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Innovative New RPG Patchwork Battles Launches Kickstarter Campaign

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Patchwork Battles published by Ayopa games, is a multi-platform, turn-based RPG with which brings whole new levels of customization and depth to players. Through a set of revolutionary systems, Patchwork Battles can be customized by each player to suit his or her own style of play.

In Patchwork Battles the player becomes young Jaden Toys on his quest to become a Grand Elite Animator and win the Patchwork Battles competition. He won’t be doing this himself though, as he needs his Mimics. Mimics are magical beings that you build and bring to life through the magical art of Animation.

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Every Mimic is made up of various body parts: arms, legs, head, body, etc. These body parts are imbued with a spirit which gives the body part its role or class. The body parts are put together in any fashion the Animator sees fit, and then brought to life!

Some of the distinctive features of the game can be seen below:

  • Build your own Mimic. Use an array of body parts (heads, arms, legs, etc) to create your own unique characters from within a myriad of different classes.
  • Character Development: Every Mimic has its own unique skill tree based off the parts they have equipped. Change a body part, and your Mimic’s entire skill tree will change!
  • Reactionary Battle System: A  progression of the renowned Active Time Battle system. Instead of just acting and then waiting for your next turn, you can now react to the actions of your enemies and your allies. Dodging, blocking, and spell shielding all happen in reaction to an action by another character! 
  • Gathering and Crafting: Harvest materials in-game with increasing quality and elemental power. The higher the resource quality, the better item it produces!
  • Community and Social: Patchwork Battles embraces social gameplay. Sell the uber items you create on a centralized Auction House and receive rare or even unique in-game rewards. You can also share your Mimic and Skill blueprints with friends, or sell them at auction!

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Patchwork Battles needs help from the community to finish the final 60% of the games development off, and the Kickstarter page can be found here. Thus far only around $500 of the $28,000 needed has been collected, so if you would like to get behind this game, please don’t hesitate to donate!

Rush Bros Out Now on Steam

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Digital Tribe Games‘ highly anticipated title Rush Bros, a side scrolling racer that utilizes music-reactive level design, will be hitting the shelves for PC and Mac via Steam this evening. The release follows a previous announcement that during the launch period, the game will be available at a discounted price.

Rush Bros is a platform racer unlike any that we’ve ever seen. Packing more features than a garden center, it’s offering us both local and online co-op, an arcade mode, full 360 controller support, full Steamworks integration including achievements, leaderboards and big picture compatibility, a string of updates offering new levels, game modes and more in the near future, and to top it off, a solid soundtrack from international music dons Infected Mushroom.

Rush Bros. will be available for a limited time at $8.99, and as an added part of the deal, a special Twin bundle will simultaneously be available for $14.99. Visit the store page to learn more.

Quell Memento Now Available on iTunes

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Bulkypix and Fallen Tree Games released the third game in the Quell series of logic based puzzle games onto iTunes today. Quell Memento sets players inside an old house in a tale of self discovery. Players must help fix the memories of the previous occupant. The game contains over 10 hours of gameplay across 144 levels and 20 bonus puzzles.

The visuals in Quell Memento are entirely hand painted and support Retina and iPhone 5 displays. The haunting soundtrack is composed by Steven Cravis, best known for his relaxing piano music.

The game is available on iTunes for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Quell Memento is priced at $2.99 USD.

Bundle Stars Releases The Outlaw Bundle

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Bundle Stars is back with their latest bundle titled “The Outlaw Bundle.” This bundle features Post Apocalyptic Mayhem, Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, Pacific Storm and RIP Trilogy. All of the games are available as Steam redeemable keys and run on Windows.

Post Apocalyptic Mayhem is a vehicle combat and racing game. Players will race through a post apocalyptic landscape, attempting to be the first one across the finish line by any means necessary.

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a stealth based real time strategy game recounting the classic tale of Robin Hood. Players can take on the roll of classic Robin Hood characters like Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Robin Hood himself across a 30 mission non-linear campaign.

Pacific Storm is a RTS and combat flight simulator. The game relives the events of Pearl Harbour, allowing players to take control of either the US or Japanese forces during the historical attack. Players will need to manage resources to build units then take to the sky for intense aerial combat.

The RIP trilogy is a retro styled top down shooter. The trilogy features over 200 levels of arcade styled action and several gameplay modes including a child friendly low violence mode, two player co-op, and multiplayer deathmatch.

The Outlaw Bundle is priced at $1.00 AUD and is available at the Bundle Stars website.

Kickstarter Successful for Jagged Alliance: Flashback

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The 30-day Kickstarter Campaign by Danish studio Full Control for the funding of Jagged Alliance: Flashback, the latest entry in the Jagged Alliance series has come to a close with a resounding success. The goal of $350,000 was not only met but exceeded, reaching a total of $368,614 through Kickstarter, with an additional $12,000 raised through PayPal.

Needless to say, Full Control are thrilled with the support offered throughout the campaign, with CEO Thomas Lund having this to say;

Wow, what a campaign! we’ve been blown away by the community’s feedback and faith in the Full Control team with what is a sacred, beloved franchise to many… We are now looking forward to turning this concept into reality and beginning pre-production – as well as engaging with the community and asking for their ideas and feedback to shape the Jagged Alliance: Flashback.

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Support for the project was always high, but it grew when Full Control released a downloadable scene which showed longtime fans of the series, as well as newcomers that it would be sticking to its fundamental gameplay roots that made the series great.

Although the Kickstarter campaign is over, fans can still donate money through PayPal at the official site to help the project reach its stretch-goals (which include a map editor, and a new location off the coast of the main gameplay area). Production on Jagged Alliance: Flashback will begin in a few months time, with a planned release in late 2014.

We have been following the game progress since it first surfaced and will continue to do so right up until release, so be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for more information as it becomes available.

NEOGEO X Classics Coming in June

While the newest batch of game for NEOGEO X from SNK Playmore had previously been expected to release in April, it has now been announced that the NEOGEO X Classics will be arriving on June 25th 2013 thanks to the partnership between SNK Playmore and Tommo Inc.

Featuring 3 classic games each, they will release in volumes 1-5 for a total of 15 games to be added to those NEOGEO X fans looking to bump up their game count. While visible in the image above for even easier reading, players can find which volumes have which games here:

  • Vol I     – Sengoku, Metal Slug 2, and Top Hunter: Roddy and Cathy
  • Vol II   – Samurai Shodown 3, Savage Reign, and Super Sidekicks 3
  • Vol III – The King of Fighters ’96, Blazing Star, and Kizuna Encounter
  • Vol IV  – Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Shock Troopers, and World Heroes 2 Jet
  • Vol V    – The Last Blade, Blue’s Journey, and Art of Fighting 3

But, if interested players should be wanting to get all 15 games anyway, they can skip having to buy the individual Classic Volumes and instead pick up the Mega Pack Volume 1, which includes all of them on a single game card and bonus items. Even better going with either option will also get the Rocket Cable for fast charging, as well as System Update 1.0.

Those interested in the United States can pre-order now from amazon.com, gamestop.com, and bestsku.com. Pre-orders for Canada will be opening soon through EB Canada, Future Shop, and Best Buy, with more online retailers for all regions on the way. Please visit www.NEOGEOX.com for the latest info.

Game of Thrones Ascending to Disrupter Beam

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Disrupter Beam announced today the launch of a third platform for the increasingly popular social game on PC ‘Game of Thrones Ascent’, currently available on Facebook andKongregate.

CEO and Founder of Disrupter Beam, Jon Radoff declared, “We’re thrilled with how well fans have reacted to Game of Thrones Ascent, with close to a million installs since February. Players have told us that they are looking for social game experiences beyond Facebook, so we’re excited to now provide the game on our website. This is just the beginning for DisruptorBeam.com, which we plan to transform into a go-to portal for story-based social game experiences in the future.”

Game of Thrones Ascent is an RPG strategy game that brings players into the storyline of the HBO TV series and George R.R. Martin’s literary collection. During the third season of Game of Thrones, Disrupter Beam will be releasing new quests and in-game items every week; allowing players to access the same content on each platform for free!

Don’t miss out on the Ascent!

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Out For Wii U

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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has arrived on the Wii U thanks to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; now more gamers can play the Best Family Game of 2012, as awarded at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, which has so far sold over 3.5 million units worldwide.

The humorous adventure into Gotham City is filled with fun combat, creative puzzles and tons of collectibles. The GamePad adds to the experience by allowing the player to utilise the touchscreen and interact with an enhanced map and even play the game completely on the touchscreen in off-TV mode. Managing Director of developer TT Games, Tom Stone, said this about the release;

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a big hit and we are very happy to make this exciting adventure available to owners of the Wii U. The Wii U GamePad offers gamers the stellar charm, humour and adventure that fans and families love about the Lego games.

Check out the launch trailer embedded at the bottom of this article to catch a glimpse of the new features and mechanics.

Grid 2: Mono Edition – The Worlds Most Expensive Video Game

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Today Codemasters announced that the world’s most expensive video game, GRID 2: Mono Edition, is available for pre-order. This special edition is only available at GAME and comes with a price tag of £125,000. This may appear absurdly expensive for a video game, but the price tag also includes the buyers very own supercar!

This exclusive edition of the game is available for just one customer only and the package includes the highly anticipated racing game GRID 2, a PlayStation 3 to play it on, and a 170 m.p.h. BAC Mono supercar complete with full driver race wear as well. The buyer also receives a day at the BAC factory, which includes a factory tour and time spent with technicians to customise the BAC Mono for size and specifications.

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The BAC Mono stars in the actual game GRID 2, and created from high-strength carbon fibre, the BAC Mono is an  example of lightweight performance engineering. It has a 2.3 litre, 280 bhp four cylinder power plant which will go from 0 to 60 m.p.h in just 2.8 seconds.

At £125,000, the GRID 2: Mono Edition has set a new Guinness World Records title for the ‘Most Expensive Video Game Commercially Available – Special Edition’ and will include a range of extras for the buyer to enjoy the ultimate experience of racing the car in-game and driving it in real life.

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Neill Briggs, Project Director, BAC Mono has said:

BAC is immensely proud and excited at the release of GRID 2: Mono Edition; a game which offers an opportunity for one lucky person to own a truly unique supercar. Codemasters has developed a stunning game which focuses on delivering the ultimate driving experience and Mono is the ultimate expression of this, in both the real and virtual worlds.

The game’s record-breaking achievement has been short listed for entry into the next Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition.

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GRID 2: Mono Edition is available to pre-order here if you would like to own the ultimate collectors item, and pictures of the car can be seen below.

 

Ninja Theory to Release Mobile Game – Fightback

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Ninja Theory, the powerhouse company behind Heavenly Sword and DmC: Devil May Cry has announced today that they will be releasing their first ever game for the mobile platform: Fightback. If that wasn’t enough to get your attention, they also announced that they would be working with mobile publishing giant Chillingo on the project. Chillingo is probably most well known for the Cut the Rope series of games but with a plethora of great mobile titles to their name, the combination seems like it is a match made in heaven for mobile gamers.

Although not much is known at this time, what we do know is that Fightback will be a thrilling action game with a distinctive 80s action film vibe. The game has been designed from the ground up for the mobile platform, and both Chillingo and Ninja Theory boast that it will have a “revolutionary touch-based combat system.” Chilling’s COO, Ed Rumley stated that their team was working very closely with the folks Ninja Theory to “ensure Fightback delivers a phenomenal experience for mobile and tablet devices.”

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When discussing why they were making a game for mobile, Ninja Theory’s Product Manager, Dominic Matthews said that:

Mobile and tablet gaming is a phenomenon that we just couldn’t ignore as a studio and we’re very proud to be working with one of the industry’s heavy-weights on bringing Fightback to market. Ninja Theory has always strived for the highest production values and that absolutely remains the case in this exciting new space.

Fightback is set to release on iOS and Android later this Summer, with more information and hands-on demos coming from E3. In the meantime, to keep up to date with all the Fightback news, check out Chillingo’s website, and be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for more information as it becomes available.