When Wired Productions decided to take its new idea to the people, they lapped it up. The Kickstarter campaign for eJay Pure ended yesterday, with the goal of bringing back the classic PC music editor.
While they weren’t successful in raising the £150,000 they required the eJay team aren’t calling it quits. Over a third of the amount required was raised, displaying a strong interest in the product.
eJay emphasises smooth user interfaces while having tonnes of sound packs to accommodate whatever is popular with its users, from K-Pop samples to 8-bit chip tune.
All in all, the project has given Wired Productions a few successes. Online radio station www.ejaypure.com has been more popular than at first assumed and will continue to supported as Wired Productions looks for another avenue to market.
Sydney will be hosting the 2013 Evangelion Art Exhibition from Friday 10 to Saturday 18 May at the Japan Foundation Gallery, with thanks to Madman Entertainment. Along with the art and artifacts of the franchise, Yuko Miyamura, the voice of Asuka Langley, will be attending for a one-day event on Saturday 11 May.
From 11am-12:30pm Yuko Miyamura will be be running a Q&A session with a short signing opportunity, which will be hosted by Ryan Huff, Geek of Oz editor and anime writer for JB Hi-Fi’s STACK Magazine, as well as a voice acting workshop.
Seats for the Q&A session are limited and bookings are essential. Email them at [email protected] or call 02 8239 0055.
From 2pm-4pm the workshop will give selected participants, chosen by Miyamura herself in an online audition process, an insight on anime voice production. This includes breathing techniques and lip synching to moving images from Evangelion.
The 2013 Evangelion Art Exhibition is currently showing at The Arts Centre Gold Coast (17 April-5 May) and will be in Melbourne’s No Gallery (28 May-9 June).
After releasing the trailer for the retail game for their new game universe, Deep Silver has finally put out a trailer for the arcade game due out this summer. Developed by Black Forest Games, Ride to Hell: Route 666 looks like an interesting title, focused not on the main character for Ride to Hell: Retribution, but instead an interesting combination of strategy and brawling, while riding a motorcycle.
If that combination sounds confusing to you, well you aren’t alone, but thankfully with the new trailer it is easier to understand just how the game will work. While gameplay is a little limited, instead focusing on the games art and action, there are a few telling snippets of what to expect. Seems the game will task players will figuring out the ideal formations and biker types to place, then put the plan into action and dish out tickets for the gun show, both kinds, as they set out to conquer Route 66.
Players can check out the trailer for Ride to Hell: Route 666 embedded below and see how it looks and the little bit of how it’ll play, to gear up for its release this summer for XBLA, PSN, and PC.
With 6 days remaining Worlds of Magic developer Wastelands Interactive has achieved success by meeting their baseline Kickstarter goal of $30,000. Since the baseline has been met, the team is pushing for further support to potentially meet the following stretch goals:
In other related news, the public voice has spoken as the 5th faction will be Draconians. Master of Magic and Master of Orion artist George Edward Purdy has lent his hand in the creation of this new faction, and the Wastelands Interactive team is happy to release such craftsmanship early on.
If the project yields $35,000 or more, a 7th faction will be introduced to the 4X strategy title. Only you can make this happen by going to their Kickstarter page and donating (here). Nonetheless, the team is extremely excited and very thankful for all of those that have supported the title thus far and allowing the game to become possible.
Codemasters, the masters of real racing games, have released a brand new multiplayer trailer for the hotly anticipated GRID 2 racing game, the sequel to the massively popular original GRID game.
The new multiplayer trailer for GRID 2 showcases many of the great features of the GRID 2 game in particular its multiplayer facets which provide gamers with an unmatched racing experience. Also featured in the trailer is new locations such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the awesome vehicle customization in GRID 2.
You can check out the new GRID 2 multiplayer trailer in all its high-definition glory below. GRID 2 will be racing into stores on May 31st, 2013. What more can I say? Gentlemen, start your engines!
A new update has just been released for the free to play MMO Dragon Nest Europe, and it’s everything a hero could want after a long journey saving the day. Heroes can take a load off and settle in for some recreational fun at the Circus Maximus Arena.
Featuring 5 new challenges for the heroes to face, a new ladder system for PvP, and new mounts to saddle up for adventuring Circus Maximus provides plenty more for players to tackle and earn. The new challenges include Boss Rush, pitting heroes against previous foes again; Gobartans, where heroes face a force of 300 goblins; Bumpy Road, an obstacle course for heroes to navigate; Monastery Treasure Warehouse, filled with monsters to defeat and treasure to take; and Ork Gim Strikes Back, with wounded soldiers that must be defended from incoming orcs.
But, the Circus Maximus isn’t the only news in Dragon Nest Europe, as they are currently running the Heroes Wanted! event for players to clear the Apocalypse Nest with their team as fast as possible. With prizes totaling up to €1000, players better act fast as it only goes until April 27th. For more information on the contest players can check out the rules HERE, as well as the trailer for Circus Maximus embedded below.
Ubisoft has just launched their latest update to their free-to-play PC shooter, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online. The patch primarily adds a bunch of new content and features as well as service improvements.
Among the slew of new content is a new map, Attica Heights, set in Singapore’s business district and is built around the Holdout game mode. Players can now test any weapon at the Firing Range while the Field Testing system lets you trial new tiers of weapons as they become available. You can bring along these temporary trial versions to three matches, allowing you to try before buying.
The OMEGA Pack is also included, based on the private military corporation securing the Attica Heights facility. Players can optimise their gear for close quarters combat with high rates of fire and short ready times, along with new head gear and upgraded weapons with new camouflage.
An anticipated new feature is the Project TOPOS: Beta Map Testing, allowing the community to play prototype matches and help improve map design before they go live.
Finally, 0.11.0 makes available four new bundles of gear in the form of Mystery Boxes, sometimes containing limited-edition vintage weapons.
Visit the official site for more info and check out the trailer for the update below.
With the game releasing next month the teams at developer Eugen Systems and publisher Focus Home Interactive have 6 new screenshots to show of WargameAirLandBattle. This time focused on the battlefields that players will be meeting each other on, the screenshots display the jump in size that will be occurring from Wargame: European Escalation to the sequel.
But, players don’t have to take the size of the battlefields from the screenshots alone, as those that pre-order Wargame AirLand Battle get exclusive access to the beta right now. Featuring the “Destruction” game mode, players will be able face opponents on 4 maps using decks for all 12 nations, pre-made for the beta.
Players can view Wargame AirLand Battle‘s full sized screenshots by clicking on the images in the gallery below, but those wanting to get in on the pre-order beta can head to Steam HERE or the Wargame website HERE. As an added bonus, those that already own Wargame: European Escalation get a 25% discount.
Kingnet Technology have announced their new title, Rift Hunter. The game combines the gameplay of 1990’s arcade beat em’ ups with the interactivity of MMOs. Rift Hunter’s cutting-edge mobile co-op mode promises to let users enjoy classic arcade style action with friends around the world.
Rift Hunter allows for a level of customization which would rival most RPGs. Players will initially have 4 classes to choose from and each class has its unique combat style and a massive skill tree; giving players the chance to design their own unique fighting style.
Furthermore, the game’s unique gear system gives players additional control of their stats, allowing them to build the perfect fighting machine. With over 200 unique, hand-drawn levels, Rift Hunter allows iOS gamers to enjoy simplistic controls, along with advanced game features, as they hunt strange creatures coming from mysterious portals, which are appearing across a once peaceful land.
Daniel Chiu, Product Manager at Kingnet Technology has stated:
“Rift Hunter has successfully bridged the gap between two parts of my life as a gamer. First, it reminds me of classic beat ‘em up like Golden Axe and Final Fight which I loved as a kid, but then it brings in the interactivity of a modern MMO, so I can play co-op or duel with my friends. This game really is made by gamers, for gamers!”
Rift Hunter will be available for free on iOS across the UK and in Germany this May, with additional territories soon to follow. The trailer can be found below.
April 25th 2013 marks the release of the new DeNA/Hasbro collaboration, action card battle game Transformers: Legends for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Google Play for Android. The free game can be downloaded here.
Choose to Protect Mankind as AUTOBOTS or Steal Earth’s Resources as DECEPTICONS in the Ultimate TRANSFORMERS Mobile Card Battle Game
Like a great deal of the Transformers franchise the game is set on war-torn Earth, players choose to build a team of either Autobots or Decepticons to run through the story as, they will take the part of the good guys or bad guys as they follow the story, all the while building an army of high-powered Transformers and battling their enemies along the way.
DeNA had this to say:
“The TRANSFORMERS brand is a fantastic universe for our development team to create a fast-paced gameplay experience with gorgeous visuals, original characters, and never-before-seen game mechanics in the card-battle genre,” said Clive Downie, CEO of DeNA West. “TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS packs an extraordinary amount of fun and engaging action into mobile devices for everyone, from the most devout TRANSFORMERS fans to those players that might be experiencing the ‘More Than Meets the Eye’ property for the first time.”
The game is greatly inspired by the original series of Transformers which made it’s debut in the 1980’s and was introduced by Hasbro. Players can collect hunders of characters, inspired by and taken from that generation of the series, in both their robot forms and vehicle/alternate forms, which can either be used in battle or to fuse with another bot to create an even stronger character to fight with. Collect both the robot and alternate forms of the same character means that you can combine those two to create a big, better and stronger version of that same Transformer which will sport special bonuses that will give the player that bit of an upper hand on the battlefield.
Hasbro had this to say:
“This is our first time working with DeNA and we’re excited to be teaming with their mobile game experts on our first official TRANSFORMERS mobile card-battle game,” said Mark Blecher, Senior Vice President, Digital Gaming at Hasbro. “The launch of TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS is a great opportunity for us to share the TRANSFORMERS brand with the millions of game players across DeNA’s Mobage social network.”
Transformers: Legends will introduce different gameplay sequences during the campaign missions, sequences like intercepting an enemy missile in real time whilst combing the area for allies to recruit or new weaponry to use. PvP (Player versus player) matches will give friends the chance to show off their battle prowess and their most powerful Transformers. There will be around the world connectivity so there will always be someone ready to play a game of Tranformers: Legends against you. Regular events will be hosted in the game where players can battle against their worst enemies in order to save the world or just mine for minerals to make your team even stronger.
Check out the trailer of Transformers: Legends in our featured video section below.
