We are getting very close to the release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, and thus far, this portable offering is looking quite sharp. Now, we all know that Simon and Trevor Belmont’s stories will be revealed in this title, but a new trailer has quite a bit to show from Simon’s own narrative.
The little cutscene involved does well enough at showing off the art style, but it’s the dialogue and brief bit of combat is certain to make fans of the series’ mouth water as everything is looking pretty solid. Check out the clip below, and you can download the demo of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate on Feb. 28th for the eShop.
Remember the NEOGEO X GOLD that released back in December? Well, it turns out the niche little platform as been quite a success for Tommo, and will be seeing some new games added to the already strong retro line-up.
Those games included in the newly titled pack NEOGEO X Classics: Volume 1 are:
Art of Fighting 3 Blazing Star Breakers Revenge Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves Kizuna Encounter The King of Fighters ’96 The Last Blade 2 Metal Slug 2 Samurai Shodown 3 Savage Reign Sengoku Shock Troopers Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory Top Hunter World Heroes Jet
15 more games in one big blast is quite nice, and seeing more retail love is sure to get more interest brewing for the little handheld that could. Making matters sweeter is the data transfer that will be bundled in, as well as a new charging cable for on the go play and system update 1.0. Expect all of these goods to hit shelves in one fine package in April.
Out now in the UK and export territories, Airline Tycoon 2 Gold is a package of the original game plus two included DLC packs, Honey Airlines and Falcon Lines. Developed by the Kalypso Media Group, Airline Tycoon 2 puts players in control of a modern airline and gives them the task of growing into a success. Players also have the ability to design their own planes, and bring a business out of its ashes into former glory.
An incredible amount of new features have been put into the game for the Gold edition, but the games developers kept features fans loved. The game gives gamers the ability to explore real airports from around the world with details from weather and travel conditions to the number of patrons in the terminal. The planes you can create have a lot of variety in them, the only limit is your wallet, including the most luxurious planes in your imagination. Micromanagement aficionados will have plenty to satisfy them as you can schedule flights, manage arrivals, departures, and balance the finances and accounts. For the devious folks out there you can sabotage your business rivals to slow down their development or damage their finances, but as they say what goes around comes around.
For additional information on the game or for news from the developers other releases, visit www.kalypsomedia.com.
Indie Royale spent the last few weeks asking the public what was their favourite Indie Royale Bundle. The Chosen Bundle is the resurrection of last years St. Patrick’s Day Bundle as chosen by the fans. The bundle contains Flying Wild Hog’s cyber punk FPS Hard Reset, Brawsome’s 2d point and click adventure Jolly Rover, Michael Brough’s strategy game Vertex Dispenser, Going Loud Studio’s RPG parody DLC Quest, and Going Loud Studio’s procedurally generated RPG shooter Lair of the Evildoer. Those who pay more than $8.00 will also receive Daniel Capo’s chip tune album OST: Original Soundtrack.
Missed out on the St. Patrick’s Day Bundle? Pick up the Chosen Bundle here.
PlayStation Australia is offering a 30 day free trial of its PlayStation Plus service for those that “Like” their Playstation Australia Facebook page and fill in a small form. A code will be sent to your e-mail that you can use in the “Redeem Codes” section of the PlayStation Store to claim your free month of PS Plus.
Unfortunately, you can not redeem the code if you are already on a trial or playing for Plus, however the code you receive does not expire until the end of this year so feel free to grab a code and hold onto it until a time when you can use it.
Now is a great time to claim this offer as the Square Enix published Sleeping Dogs was recently added to the instant game collection on PS3 and is available alongside other great games such as Infamous 2 and Little Big Planet 2. The Plus service is also available on the PS Vita and gives access to Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Rush among other great titles.
An ending date for this promotion has not been stated so grab it while you can by heading to facebook.com/PlayStationAU .
The team at Mojang is teaming up with several indie developers to run the Humble Mojam 2 event. Six developers are spending three days creating eight new games in support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Block By Block. Block By Block is a joint collaboration between the United Nation’s Habitat and Mojang to give youth a voice in the planning and development of their cities.
The teams are currently live streaming their work at the official website. Those who donate will gain access to all the games developed during the Mojam. Watch the teams in action and make a donation at the Humble Bundle webpage here.
During Nintendo’s previous Nintendo Direct conference which focuses primarily on 3rd-party 3DS titles, they revealed some new footage of Level-5’s Yokai Watch game via a trailer narrated by none other than Satoru Iwata himself.
The new trailer reveals a great deal of information regarding the Yokai Watch game and in particular its plot. The game follows a young boy named Keita who discovers an old capsule toy vending machine, he opens his capsule to reveal a watch. Once he puts on the watch suddenly a ghost named Whisper appears before him and informs him that he is wearing the Yokai Watch that grants the person wearing it the ability to see supernatural beings known as yokai. Keita sets out with the help of good yokai to protect his town from evil yokai.
Level-5 has announced plans of turning Yokai Watch into a franchise, with an anime and manga adaptation already in the works. Be sure to check out the trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments section.
Last night NIS America’s press conference revealed that the game previously only known as Disgaea D2 is set to head to North America in English this Fall season. The company also has decided to expand the game’s name from simply being Disgaea D2 to Disgaea Dimension 2: A Brighter Darkness.
Anyways, Disgaea Dimension 2: A Brighter Darkness is the first actual sequel in the Disgaea series and it places Laharl as the main character once more and this time he is the King of the Netherworld. However as past information has revealed, not everyone is ready to accept Laharl as their leader. To make things even more interesting, a girl claiming to be Laharl’s sister appears. Anyways check out an English subtitled trailer for the game and a number of new screenshots below.
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.
