Earlier today Metal Gear Solid V was announcedand it was said that it will contain everything that fans have seen so far for the game, including Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain.
However fans have been a bit confused as to how these games will work together so after the announcement Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to explain to fans how the two games will work together to create MGSV.
“Ground Zeroes” is a prologue of “MGSV”. 9 years after that event will be “The Phantom Pain”. MGSV is constructed w/ prologue and main game “TPP”. The game play demo I presented today is the opening of “TPP” which is tutorial that starts from crawling.
The folks at independent game developer PixelNAUTS have announcd their next upcoming game at GDC. The game, titled Lost Orbit, will tell the story of an astronaut named Harrison who is trying to get home after losing his ship in deep space. Designed as a vertical platformer, the game tasks players with having to guide Harrison past planets and other heavenly body, as he faces various challenges including an alien race.
Lost Orbit will have a whole host of features such as different obstacles Harrison will face in space, like black holes and gas planets. The game will also include different gameplay modes, like campaign, challenge, and endless, as well as a total of four solar systems with unique aspects.
PixelNAUTS have said that players can expect Lost Orbit on Steam for PC in Fall 2013, with iOS and Android versions to follow later. Be sure to click on the images in the gallery below to see the full sized images released of Lost Orbit and what they can expect.
As many people have guessed since it’s reveal, it turns out The Phantom Pain is in fact the next game in the Metal Gear franchise. The game will be called Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and it was revealed during GDC today by Kojima Productions head Hideo Kojima. The game contains both Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes as well as Phantom Pain.
Snake has been in a coma for nine years and suddenly Snake wakes up in a hospital and must escape from an unknown enemy. He is accompanied by a man with a bandaged face. Don’t take my word for it though, you can check out the full gameplay reveal from the GDC demonstration below thanks to Rev3Games.
Not only that but you can also check out the game’s announcement trailer and a number of screenshots below. The ending of the announcement trailer shows the game coming to the 360 and PS3, though it is worth noting that the presentation shown at GDC was running off of a PC.
Just in time for Tiger Wood’s comeback in the PGA Tour! EA has released Tiger Woods PGA 14: The Masters Historic Edition and Tigers Wood PGA Tour 14 in Australia and New Zealand.
“We wanted to celebrate the world of golf in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 and give gamers and golf fans a chance to learn about the amazing legacy of the sport of golf through legendary players and iconic moments in majors history,” said Brent Nielsen, Executive Producer ofTiger Woods PGA TOUR 14. “We are excited for gamers to start taking down legends and earn their seat at the table of golf’s greatest players.”
The base game features 20 championship courses, over 35 golfers from the PGA and the LPGA, night golf, six era of golf with historically accurate equipment, and a chance to play win the Grand Slam with all four major events.
The Masters Historic Edition adds the 1934 Augusta National Golf Club layout, five extra championship courses, the Augusta National Golf Club’s Tournament Practice Facility, and an authentic Green Jacket ceremony.
Both games are available for $99.99 AUD for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Anuman Interactive has been busy at Game Connection San Francisco with a steady stream of announcements. Today’s announcement is the first glimpses of their upcoming game The Inquisitor. Anuman Interactive has released the game’s logo, a piece of artwork, and the first screenshot of the game.
The game is based on the series novels by Valerio Evangelisti starring the inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich. The book series contains ten books and is a fictional take on the real life inquisitor of the same name. The novels have been extremely popular in France.
The Inquisitor – Book 1: The Plague will be released on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android in May, 2013.
Avanquest Software has announced the release of the The 39 Steps; Collector’s Edition, a digital adaptation of John Buchan’s spy thriller classic. In this revolutionary interactive novel, the reader is transported back to London in 1914, where Richard Hannay finds himself framed for a murder he didn’t commit.
The 39 Steps merges the worlds of literature, gaming and film into one single form of media. We have been promised that the software remains entirely faithful to the book and has been designed to appeal to a vast range of audiences; core gamers, casual gamers, digital readers and those who love of the original story.
The 39 steps is being built using the Unity 3D engine, which will facilitate the creation of over 200 ultra-high definition locations with real-time visual FX. On their journey, players will be infused with the story world, where they can explore key locations and examine objects, they will also collect items and gain awards according to their progress and play style. The production features hundreds of hand-painted environments and authentic materials from 1910s Britain, along with an original soundtrack and theatrical voice performances. It also has an array of intuitive interactive elements, that are used to give the player control over the story, so no player experience will ever be exactly the same.
Sales information for The 39 Steps; Collector’s Edition
Might and Magic Duel of Champions received a major update today. Two new tournaments have been introduced into the game. The Swiss Tournament pits eight players against each other. Each player is given 7 minutes to win the duel. Winners will receive gold, booster packs, and tournament entry tickets. Entry to the tournament will cost players in game currency.
Players will now have the option of running their own tournaments. User Generated Tournaments have rules set by players and supports up to eight players.
Might and Magic Duel of Champions is free to play. Check it out here.
The newest Ninja Gaiden title, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, was today confirmed to be built using the technology of Unreal Engine 3 which is a first for the series. Studio head of Team Ninja, who are co-developing the game with Spark, Yosuke Hayashi, shared his thoughts on the recent announcement.
“Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is not a sequel. It is a new experience for gamers… As with any new title, there are many new challenges, from the game design to art style and even development team structure. Unreal Engine 3 is a great ally to have when taking on those challenges. Unreal Engine allows us to quickly and efficiently iterate on countless ideas, and ‘YAIBA’ is now taking on a life of its own. We can’t wait until gamers everywhere get their hands on the ultimate ninja zombie experience.”
The game has a new lead character named Yaiba, a cyborg ninja who seems fixated on tracking down previous Ninja Gaiden protagonist Ryu Hayabusa. Whilst in battle, Yaiba can utilize the environment to help incapacitate his zombie foes and can rip off their limbs and use them as weapons. The art style has taken a much more unrealistic cel-shaded approach and the game is less technical than previous entries and more straight hack’n’slash. The camera will also swing to a 2D perspective at certain times during a level to create a feel more reminiscent of the series older titles.
This is definitely a strange entry in the Ninja Gaiden franchise but perhaps this is the shake up the series needed after the poorly received Ninja Gaiden 3. How do you feel about the changes being implemented into Ninja Gaiden Z? Check out the new screenshots and let us know what you think in the comments.
Today it was revealed in the 18th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine that not only has Project Versus J been given an official title, but a popular character has been confirmed for the game’s roster. Project Versus J will be called J-Stars Victory VS. and as you can see in the scan above (click image for full size), courtesy of APForums, Naruto will also be a playable character in the game.
Naruto joins the ranks of DBZ’s Goku, One Piece’s Luffy and Toriko from Toriko. As for the game itself, it is set to be released sometime this year for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita and will allow players to fight against one another with a tag-team of popular Shonen Jump fighters where up to four people can play at one time.
Yesterday we wrotethat it seemed that the serious Saiyan Prince Vegeta would be having at least a few comedic moments in the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods movie, however since it was only a scan we weren’t treated to any actual footage of this.
That changed today when a Japanese television channel aired the below footage showing Vegeta dancing for an unknown reason. Currently Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is set to air in Japan on March 30th and sees Goku and the other Z Warriors battle against Bills, an Egyptian god.
