Today Nippon Ichi in Japan detailed their limited edition version of The Witch and the Hundred Knights which is set to be released on July 25th exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The package contains a number of physical bonuses and will be sold for 10,290 yen compared to the standard version which will cost 7,140 yen.
As you can see above, the limited edition will come with the game itself, a 44 page hardcover art book, the game’s soundtrack with music from Tenpei Sato on two discs and a Metallica Nendoroid Petit figurine. More images of the nendoroid figure can be seen below.
Bad news came out of Capcom today with a warning that Dragon’s Dogma and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen players’ save files are at risk. It appears that the most recent patch for the game has caused some gamers to lose their save files entirely and with a game as expansive as Dragon’s Dogma, that would be a devastating loss.
Capcom has advised DD players to either play offline for now or back up their save file either to an external storage device and even saving to the cloud if possible. Capcom is currently working on a fix to this save killing patch, though no timeline on the fix has been revealed as of yet.
As many have already guessed thanks to the various leaked pieces of information about the next Call of Duty title, Activision today confirmed all the rumors by announcing Call of Duty: Ghosts. COD: Ghosts will be developed by Infinity Ward and will be released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on November 5. The title was also announced for next generation consoles but a specific release date for those consoles was not given.
What makes this announcement all the more interesting however is the fact that the company stated in their announcement that Ghosts will offer an “all-new gameplay experience built on an entirely new story, setting and cast of characters, all powered by a new, next generation Call of Duty engine.”
At the moment that is all of the information that Activision has been willing to part with as of now. The full reveal for Ghosts will occur on May 21st during Microsoft’s press conference where many are expecting the Next Xbox to be announced.
Today Sentai Filmworks announced the English dub cast for their upcoming release Mysterious Girlfriend X (Nazo no Kanojo X). The English cast for the main characters can be found below:
Genevieve Simmons as Mikoto Urabe
Josh Grelle as Akira Tsubaki
Greg Ayres as Kohei Ueno
Carli Mosier as Yoko Tsubaki
The company also stated that there will be additional voicework provided by Hayley Adams, Christopher Ayres, Clint Bickham, Kalin Coates, Tiffany Grant, Jason Grundy, Houston Hayes, Connor Leach, Margaret McDonald, Jeremy Merritt, Carli Mosier, Chris Patton, Tiffany Terrell, and David Wald though who these various characters will voice was not revealed at this time.
As for the series itself, Sentai Filmworks has provided the below story synopsis:
When the oddly peculiar Mikoto Urabe transfers into Akira Tsubaki’s class, he finds that life has thrown him the weirdest curve ball ever. Because while Urabe may be an anti-social loner who sleeps on her desk, carries a pair of scissors in her underwear and breaks out in sudden fits of insane laughter, there’s something about her that Tsubaki just can’t quite put his finger on. Until he accidentally puts his finger in it, and suddenly the phrase “sharing spit with a girl” takes on an entirely new meaning! Before he can wipe her drool off his face, Tsubaki is mysteriously addicted to Urabe, which isn’t half as strange as the fact that she not only finds this normal, but already seems to have plans for her new drooling boyfriend. So, can a girl spitting in your face ever be a GOOD thing? Is this relationship bound for disaster or great expectorations? Find out as Urabe puts a spittle love in Tsubaki’s heart and things get REALLY bizarre in the most dysfunctional bodily functional anime ever: Mysterious Girlfriend X!
Currently Mysterious Girlfriend X is set to be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 11th.
EA Mobile is kicking off this week with the release of Monopoly Hotels for Android devices. The free to play game focuses on specific hotels from famous Monopoly properties like the Mediterranean and the Boardwalk. Mr. Monopoly will help players manage utilities, guests, amenities, and security inside the hotels. The game can be downloaded from Google Play or the Amazon Appstore.
With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4, EA Mobile and Chillingo has been hard at work to optimize their titles for the Galaxy S4’s 5 inch 1080p screen. EA Mobile is bringing 16 titles to the launch and Chillingo will be providing an additional nine titles. To celebrate the launch, several paid launch titles have been put on sale for $0.99 each.
Everyone loves a good indie bundle, British based platform Bundle Stars has released a follow up to their popular Indie Jam bundle. The Indie Jam 2 bundle features nine indie titles for £3.94 or roughly $5.00. Buyers will get Futuremark Game Studio’s zero-G shooter Shattered Horizon, Interwave’s FPS/RTS Nuclear Dawn, Topware Interactive‘s Two Worlds II: Castle Defense, Targem Games’ Planets Under Attack, ISOTX’s FPS tower defense game Iron Grip: Warlord, Silent Dream’s Holy Avatar vs Maidens of the Dead, Coreplay’s shoot’em up Ion Assault, Topware Interactive’s anime hack’n slash X-Blades, and Topware Interactive’s RPG Two Worlds II.
Bundle Stars is donating a portion of their profits to Special Effect, a British charity dedicated to helping people living with disabilities play video games.
iOS RTS Autumn Dynasty is celebrating its one year anniversary in the best way possible, with a free content update. The update will come in two parts. The first part is a free content update for those who own the game. The full game will receive two new maps and major gameplay fixes. To celebrate the anniversary, the full game has been put on sale at $4.99 USD, a savings of two dollars. Be sure to check out our review of Autumn Dynasty.
The second part of the free content update will come on May 2nd. The first two stages of the campaign and Bluetooth multiplayer will be featured in a special Lite version that will be available for free. The Lite version will be a universal app, working on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The devs will be running a special giveaway for the Lite version. Depending on the amount of downloads the Lite version receives, extra bonuses such as extra maps and online multiplayer will be released. The download counter and unlocks can be found at the official giveaway page.
A new trailer from EA and Insomniac Games upcoming game four-player co-op game Fuse has been released.
This new trailer dubbed ‘Fable’s Vision’ looks into the villains of the game revealing the rogue military corporation known as Raven’s intentions with the alien energy source: Fuse. With the world facing imminent domination, it’s up to the agents of Overstrike 9 to stop with before the worst can happen.
Not only sheading light on the game’s story, the new trailer also showcases a few gameplay features and all four playable characters in action.
Insomniac Games’ first multiplatform game on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, Fuse is set to be released in North America on May 28 and in Europe on May 31.
After its announcement in March, Warner Bros and Turbine are excited to announce that on Wednesday the 8th May, the hotly-anticipated MOBA, Infinite Crisis, will start its Closed Beta. Interested players are encouraged to sign up for a chance to participate on the Infinite Crisiswebsite.
Infinite crisis will launch as free-to-play title later this year. The game will feature many different characters from the DC Universe comics and details about several of the title’s playable champions including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Doomsday, Gaslight Batman and Zatanna have been released.
The latest Guardians of Middle-earth DLC has been announced, with Elrond, the mighty leader of Rivendell and father to Arwen, becoming the newest playable Guardian. The Elrond DLC, following on from other successful DLC characters such as Frodo, will be available on PlayStation Network and on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Elrond’s exceptional battle skills were showcased during the end of the Second Age, when the Last Alliance of Elves and Men set out to Mordor to fight in the Battle of Dagorlad, where they ultimately defeated Sauron.
The Elrond Battle Profile trailer can be seen below, and a review of Guardians of Middle-Earth can be found here.
