Besides announcingthe English localization of Toki to Towa (Time and Eternity) last night, NIS America also revealed a more expected localization at their event in California. It was revealed that the SJRPG The God and the Fate Revolution Paradox would be heading West with a new condensed name of The Guided Fate Paradox.
Developed by Nippon Ichi Software’s original team for Disgaea, Guided Fate Paradox is the spiritual successor to Z.H.P and it features a regular high school student who has become a god thanks to a mall lottery. Now he works on changing things in the “Copy World” to help make people’s dreams come true in the “Original World.”
To go along with the game’s announcement NIS America released a handful of screenshots and a trailer for the game showing off some of the main cast, anime opening and a bit of gameplay. As for the title itself, it will feature “off the wall” armor and weapon customization that lets players go as far as changing their legs into tank treads, randomly generated dungeons and Disgaea-like special attacks for over-the-top visuals and overwhelming damage.
Yesterday NIS America held a special press event in California and at this event the company announced a rather surprising acquisition. We’ve heard various rumors from Namco Bandai and Imageepoch in Japan mentioning that a certain title called Toki to Towa would be heading overseas eventually, however until yesterday it was simply a hope fans of JRPGs held within their hearts.
At the event yesterday NIS America announced that they will be releasing the title in North America under it’s predicted English name Time and Eternity. The title will be released sometime this summer exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Time and Eternity is designed to look like an anime and features HD animation throughout every aspect of the title.
The company also released the below trailer which is narrated by someone who sounds exactly like Ian Sinclair’s voicing of Toriko. For additional coverage of Time and Eternity from when it was only available in Japan, check here. The company also mentioned that they would be releasing all of the game’s downloadable episodes, even the ones featuring some rather naughty looking content. Anyways, expect Time and Eternity sometime this summer for $49.99.
It’s snowing here in Canada. Again. That’s right. Our winter got postponed to late February this year. So I have plenty of time to compile a list of cheap downloadable games to make you poor. Your wallet can thank the lousy weather outside for its sudden shrinkage.
Let us change things up from the normal pattern this time around and lead off with Amazon’s huge Farewell to February sale. As usual, its a giant mess for navigation, but there are over 850 games on sale. Max Payne 3 Completeis on sale for 78% off. The bundle contains Max Payne 3 and the Season Pass for all the DLC. I had a blast with the single player game and the multiplayer portion of the game isn’t too bad. Its an excellent price and worth a purchase if you haven’t played it yet. The fantastic 2K Strategy Super Pack is on sale for 85% off. The bundle contains Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition, Civilization V: Gods & Kings expansion pack, Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, and The Stronghold Collection for one really low price. All four games activate on Steam and are absolutely worth the purchase if you’re a strategy fan. If the 2K Strategy Super Pack isn’t enough and you still haven’t purchased, Crusader Kings II, it’s on sale at 75% again. Call of Duty Black Ops IIis on sale for 33%. Frankly, I found the single player utterly forgettable, but I found the multiplayer to be my favourite since Call of Duty 4. Check out our review of Black Ops II here. Prefer Modern Warfare? No problem, the Modern Warfare bundle containing all three games is also on sale for 64% off the regular price. If you’re looking for a good scare and haven’t played the first two Dead Space games, they are currently bundled together for 80% off. The first game wasn’t the best of ports for the PC, but was still pretty playable. The two games activates on Origin versus Steam. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition is also on sale for 63% off. Considered to be one of the hardest games ever made, there are tons of hard core Dark Souls fan who swear by this game. Check out our review here. As a bonus to the sale, Amazon partnered with Cheap Ass Gamer to bring buyers an additional 25% off the price of one game. Use the code CAGROCKS on one of your purchases to save a little extra cash.
Steam is running two play for free sales this weekend. Call of Duty Black Ops II is the bigger name of the two. It is also 33% off through Steam, but Amazon is cheaper when bundled with the CAGROCKS code at Amazon. Feel free to check it out on Steam and then buy it on Amazon. Gratuitous Space Battles is also on sale this weekend. If you’re looking to just blow some ships up without the frills, Gratuitous Space Battleslives up to its name. The game and most of its DLC is on sale for 75% off. Both games can be played for free til Sunday at 1PM PST.
Greenman Gaming is running a fantastic deal for Bioshock Infinite. Anyone pre purchasing Bioshock Infinite will get a copy of Bioshock 1 and a choice of either Bioshock 2, Mafia II, Civilization V, The Darkness II, or Spec Ops: The Line for free. This is on top of the $14.00 cash back or $15.00 GMG credit that Greenman Gaming is already offering. This is the best deal for the game hands down. In addition, the mass of Simulator series games is on sale this weekend for 50% off. Most of the games aren’t particularly good, but these games seem to have a really strange cult following. Check out all of Greenman Gaming’s weekend sales here.
Get Games is running its Get Loaded deal this weekend with Square Enix. Buyers have three options. First they can buy Sleeping Dogs and Hitman Absolution for $30.00. Or they can buy two games for $10 dollars. options include Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Quantum Conundrum, Dungeon Siege III, and Just Cause 2. Or they can buy all the games on sale for $45.00. This is an excellent price for Sleeping Dogs and Hitman Absolution. If you don’t own both games, I highly recommend purchasing both at this price. There are several good titles in the two for $10.00 deal too. If I had to choose my two favourites in that list, it would be Deus Ex Human Revolution and Just Cause 2. I had a blast with both games.
Get Games is also running a normal weekend sale. The theme this weekend is Ubisofttitles. Far Cry 3 is $10.00 off its normal price. I chose Far Cry 3 as my pick for Capsule Computer’s Game of the Year, so if you’re willing to spend some good cash for the game now, $10.00 off isn’t too bad. Check out our review of Far Cry 3 here. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is on sale for 50% off. I really enjoyed the game and sunk many hours in both the single player and multiplayer game. The Gunsmith is a fun little extra that I spent way too much time tinkering with. If you’re looking for a great tactical 3rd person shooter, I highly recommend checking Future Soldier out.
If you clicked the link to this article hoping to see what the front of a PlayStation 4 box art would look like then we should probably inform you now that this doesn’t contain that reveal. What it does contain however is a particular set of box arts that are already known to the world such as the box art for the PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 and PC version of the game.
As for the PlayStation 4 cover, it will likely feature the same image but who knows how it will by stylized at this point. Anyways, Watch Dogs will be hitting store shelves this holiday season for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC.
You may remember that not too long ago a teaser website for something many people thought alluded to Prey 2 had been posted online. The site with the title “Alien Noire” had references to the main character of the original Prey title, Tommy, hidden in the site’s source code.
Well if you check out that Alien Noire website now, you’ll notice that not only does it have a Prey 2 logo on top of it, but the company logos for Bethesda and Human Head Studios are also on the bottom of the site. While this should be an obvious clue to those looking forward to Prey 2, it seems Bethesda may not have a hand in things.
Speaking with Joystiq, a representative from Bethesda stated that “I don’t know what that is or who is doing it. It’s not something we’re doing.” While this could mean that the company was in the dark about the teaser site, it could be them simply remaining aloof concerning the website’s origin and mysterious countdown timer until the big reveal. Time will tell.
Continuing with what has become a long running trend since December, Atlus USA has released a new trailer for Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan which shows off yet another character class. This time around Atlus has something a little different to reveal though, the Bushi class.
From what was shown in the video, which you can check out below, the Bushi are anthropomorphic beast warriors who are terrors on the battle field and deal out massive damage. What sets them apart from other warrior classes such as the Landsknecht? Well you’ll have to wait until the game is released next week on February 26th to test them out for yourselves.
Today we have some good news for fans of the upcoming Shin Megami Tensei title, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers. Atlus has revealed that the official English website for the game has just launched and can now be accessed here.
The website contains not only additional biographies and information about each character in the game, but extra plot details, information about the world itself and various features that the game will contain once it is released on April 16th exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS. Also, there are a few wallpapers there and a chance to catch some of the game’s background music a little over two months early.
DeNA Co. and Runaway are taking players to the beauty of the rain forests to experience butterflies. Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary will allow players to collect and raise butterflies from around the world. Each butterfly is modelled after its real life counterpart in behaviour and wing pattern.
The developers at Runaway spent countless hours researching the butterflies that call their local museum’s hot house home. Players will be able to experience the incredible life cycle of the butterfly as they collect items to build a viable butterfly habitat. “It’s our mission to create great games inspired by nature,” said Tim Nixon, director at Runaway. “This area of focus gives us a huge world of wonder to draw upon for characters and stories, while still being able to craft a unique style and feel to our games. Flutter is our best work to date and it finds a wonderful balance between factual authenticity and the magic of gameplay.”
Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary is available fore free on the iTunes App Store here.
FromSoftware is bringing Armored Core: Verdict Day to the North American shores this summer. Players will participate in the battle for precious natural resources in squads of up to twenty members and battle each other online or in co op mode. Those who have played Armored Core V will be able to transfer their save to the new game and use their old Armored Core in the new game while outfitting it with brand new parts in the new game.
“The Armored Core series has continually found itself a deep and dedicated fanbase,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. “Armored Core: Verdict Day expands the level of immersion with more advanced customization fine tuning and streamlined multiplayer modes.”
Armored Core: Verdict Day will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this summer. Find out more about Armored Core: Verdict Day at the official page here.
Puzzle Craft will be receiving a major content update on February 28th, 2013. Publisher Chillingo and developer Ars Thanea Games released an infographic teasing the upcoming additions to the game that was included in iTune App Store’s Best of 2012 list in the New Ways to Play category.
The update features a max level bump to level 60, an increase to the maximum workers for hire up to 75, a variety of new buildings and workers to build and hire, and new treasures to uncover. The update also adds full iPhone 5 support, for those who have been wanting to play in widescreen.
Puzzle Craft is free to play, check out the game on the iTunes App Store here.
