Project X Zone may seem like a risky endeavor at first, what with Capcom, Sega and Namco contributing a number of their characters to create a Nintendo 3DS exclusive strategy RPG, however just one glance at the game in action will silence the critics.
Today Capcom released a video highlighting some of the Capcom characters that will be in the game, including characters from Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Mega Man, Dead Rising, Darkstalkers and more. Check out the video below and keep an eye out for Project X Zone when Namco Bandai releases it in North America on June 25th.
It seems that an event will be held later this month that will bring Sony fans some exciting Gran Turismo news. It has been discovered via an invite found at NeoGAF that Polyphony Digital will be holding an event at Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire on May 15th to celebrate Gran Turismo’s 15th anniversary.
As you can see to the right, the invite reads: “Join us to celebrate 15 years of Gran Turismo, and discover exciting announcements about its future.” It is unknown exactly what these announcements could be, but all signs are pointing towards a possible Gran Turismo 6 reveal that may even be heading to the PlayStation 4.
If you were to cook a pig that had a habit of smoking cigarettes, would the best cooking method be to smoke it? Moving on. Today Telltale Games released the first screenshots for their next game which is called The Wolf Among Us which is a new episodic series based off of the Fables graphic novels.
The storyline of The Wolf Among Us will be set prior to the events that occur in the first issue of the Fables comic book series, where players will play as Bigby Wolf, a man who is also known as The Big Band Wolf. Bigby is the sheriff of a hidden community in New York City where mythical creatures have been banished from fairy tails into the real world.
The screenshots can be seen below and at the moment The Wolf Among Us is set to be released sometime this summer for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac.
Exato Game Studios is showing off their level design toolset in their new trailer for Guncraft. The time lapse trailer demonstrates a pirate themed level being constructed from bare ground to two pirate ships fighting near several small islands. After the level’s construction is completed, two teams do battle with guns, helicopters, and bombers as the level is slowly destroyed.
Guncraft is a voxel based shooter that features a destructible environment that can be rebuilt during combat. The game is currently available as a free open beta. Pre-orders for the full game is available for $15.00. Exato Game Studios is currently running a Steam Greenlight campaign for Guncraft.
Devolver Digital and Zilla Enterprises are working together to bring an interesting piece of software to blade collectors around the world. Blade Analyzer Pro allows users to take photos of swords and knives in their collection and upload it to the software. Users will be able to gain valuable data about the photographed blade. The app can assist in cataloguing collections. The program currently contains over 12,000 different blades with data provided by researchers and historians. A closed beta is underway with the help of museums and top private collectors.
Blade Analyzer Pro was originally designed by sword collector and Zilla Enterprises founder Orochi Zilla to catalogue his personal collection. The application is currently slated for a Fall 2013 release. A Steam Greenlight campaign is underway.
Marvel Heroes announced the final open beta before the release of the full game will occur on Friday, May 10th to Monday, May 13th. To participate, players will need to register at the official Marvel Heroes website. The Open Beta will feature the heroes from The Avengers.
To celebrate the announcement, a new trailer featuring Thor has been released. The trailer shows off Thor battering enemies in many of his classic costumes from the comics and the films.
Marvel Heroes is an action MMORPG created by David Brevik, the mind behind Diablo 1 and 2, and written by Brian Michael Brendis. The game will be a free to play MMORPG and will be released on June 4th, 2013.
Two Tribes released the very first update for Toki Tori 2. The update is currently deployed across Europe and will soon be released in the US. The update adds a hint at a certain point in the game where many people were stuck. A new area has been added to the game along with several bug fixes. The full list of changes can be found on the Two Tribes website.
Toki Tori 2 is a puzzle platformer for the Wii U. The game is currently available on the Wii U eShop for $14.99. PC users can expect a release later this year on Steam.
The latest set of screens captures the most ambitious game Rockstar has to offer yet, from their GTA collection; with explosive heists, masked units and deadly firearms, cruising through the streets of Los Santos on motorbikes and convertibles, soaring over mountains in airplanes and parachutes and heading underwater with submarines and scuba diving!
So don’t wait any longer than you already have to and pre-order Grand Theft Auto V now on Xbox 360 or PS3.
Take on the beasts of the underworld with Hellraid – a new first person co-op slasher that gives you the chance to take on evil in a variety of forms. The official trailer was released, showing a range of dark, and murky environments that you will have to explore as you take on the scum of the world, and it looks like there will be plenty of hacking and slashing for your enjoyment.
Hellraid offers a fresh take on an old equation, with a unique competitive coop multiplayer that pits four players against hell’s armies, and each other, as you battle to be the best evil slayer you can be. Join forces with your friends and save the world from the forces that seek to destroy it!
Hellraid is being developed by Techland in 2013 on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Check out the official trailer with gameplay below!
Spring Breakers Studio: Annapurna Pictures, Muse Productions, Division Films Publisher: A24 Format: Cinema Release Date: May 9, 2013
Overview
If you glance at the poster for Spring Breakers, a bunch of girls in bikinis, combined with the title, you may have already made up in your mind what the movie is about. Yet again we have another party movie. Except this time two famous Disney stars are involved, which causes intrigue enough.
But that’s not all, it isn’t just about a bunch of attractive young women flouncing around in bikinis and having a good time. In fact, if you inspect the poster closer you can see a gun dangling from Ashley Bensons’ hand, a hint as to what the movie truly is at heart, that darker streak that sets it apart.
Story
Plot isn’t the strongest thing in Spring Breakers. It starts in a dreary town where four girls (Hudgens, Benson, Gomez and Korine) are desperate to escape and get to Florida for Spring Break. Yes, this sounds like a story told time and time again but instead of taking on boring jobs, smiling at cute boys, and learning things about friendship, they rob a diner with a squirt gun and mallet. Yep.
With that, they are on their way to Florida to party it up. Once more it seems to drift into that cliché of party rocking, drinking, drugs, and so on. Though to be honest the moments of friendship between the girls are probably more genuine than in most movies, they each have their quiet alliances, and they all have fun and act ridiculous with each other, bursting into a rendition of a Britney Spears song in the parking lot.
Yet here, again, it takes another turn. When they are busted for having taken narcotics (by snorting them off the bare chest of a passed out girl), they spend time in jail. Still wearing their skimpy bikinis. Because apparently the penal system in Florida can’t afford to give them any more than a thin blanket.
This is where Alien (James Franco) comes into the movie and it takes a turn. Suddenly everything gets so much darker, and far more out there, and suddenly the movie doesn’t at all resemble the beginning where a bunch of college girls wanted to get some drugs and sex.
This movie goes places where you wouldn’t think it would. It has some pretty ridiculous moments, and some moments that are meant to be tense and gritty but the grittiness is worn down by the overall ridiculousness. It feels like a crazy dream, and will probably make you laugh – whether out of humour, discomfort, or disbelief – a lot of the time. This might take away from the moments that are meant to be heavier and cause them to be more boring, but it makes up for it shortly afterwards.
The previous Disney stars, Hudgens and Gomez, actually do really well in this new edgy environment. To be perfectly honest, Hudgens plays the dangerous, flawed Candy far better than she ever played the wholesome Gabriella Montez of High School Musical. She slips into the role easily and her performance doesn’t cause any of those uncomfortable grimaces that you’d usually expect.
Gomez’s character Faith takes on the main focus of the movie at the beginning, being the less intense out of the girls and having a religious upbringing that still has her visiting churches and youth groups. It is this viewpoint that allows us to more easily slip into the movie, providing a more ‘normal’ outsiders view that eases us into the eventual craziness of the ride.
While Faith is the more toned down of the characters, Gomez still adopts the role well and there is no hint of the Disney girl in this new character – Selena Gomez has clearly grown up.
Still, the female characters are a lot less developed than Franco’s Alien. Where Alien is given depth and backstory, the only female character with any true depth is Gomez’s character. The other three girls are treated with broad angsty late-teen-early-twenties character strokes. In fact, Benson and Hudgens’ characters are barely distinguishable at all, and could in fact be melded into one character with no real loss.
Visuals and Audio
Spring Breakers was written and directed by Harmony Korine, someone known for his focus on imagery and events rather than linear storyline. This comes through in the movie strongly, with some very solid shot composition that looks fantastic without playing that much of a role in terms of story development.
Still, most of the many visual and audio montages of the film do have a purpose and do a good job of building the emotion of the scene well. Quite often the clash of these different film tools succeeds in creating the right environment for the off kilter direction of the plot and characters.
If it weren’t for the cinematography and styling, a lot of the scenes and dialogue would fall flat and come across as entirely ridiculous. However, even the simple way in which pool scenes are shot help to draw you into the movie more and expand on what is usually a fly-on-the-wall feeling to being able to relate and resonate with the movie. Especially as someone who is in their early twenties, I found myself relating to a few of the themes due to the involving way it was shot, combined with the voiceovers.
Repetition is a big thing throughout the movie, linking the beginning to the end, and containing that one thread that the whole movie wants to stress. There’s repetition of phrases with different character’s voiceovers, repetition of scenery and imaging, and it all does a pretty good job of tying the movie together and giving a sense of an ending, even if the ending isn’t really there at all.
Overall
This is a crime movie, wrapped up in a party movie, wrapped up in an overload of sex and topless girls. While on the surface it looks like your typical movie, it really isn’t. Like the girls in the movie, it has a beautiful magazine-quality scantily-clad look with a far, far darker part underneath. Don’t go into this movie expecting anything and you will get a few interesting surprises. If nothing else, this movie will coax a reaction out of you.
Oh, and yes, there is a threesome scene.
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