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.
Rockstar Games have released ten brand new screens from their highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V.
These new screenshots show off new weather effects that we can expect to see while exploring the game’s newly redesigned city of Los Santos.
Along with this, skydiving and scuba diving can be seen, which will probably be tied into some new gameplay later down the track. As seen in previous screenshots submarines have been confirmed in the game.
The game’s three protagonists Franklin, Michael and Trevor all feature within these screens, each of them performing a different activity, and raising some hell no doubt.
Grand Theft Auto V is set to be released on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on September 17.
Good news if you’re a Pokéfan in Europe, the dates and locations of the Pokémon European Video Game Championships have been revealed. The championships will take place in three major cities across the continent:
Milan, Italy (May 11th-12)
Bochum, Germany (May 26)
Birmingham, United Kingdom (June 2)
European Pokemon fans can build their teams from the 649 strong National Pokédexi on either Pokémon Black 2 or Pokémon White 2. The Championships will be divided in three different divisions – Junior Division, Senior Division, and Masters Division.
The top four Masters Division and Senior Division players and the top eight Junior Division players from each event will win a coveted Travel Award to the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver.
Now who said playing Pokemon never gave you anything?
If you’ve been eager to try out the mobile version of Batman: Arkham City because you can’t get enough of it or Scribblenauts Remix looks really appealing because you’re some sort of gaming DJ and an Android has held you back, well good news everyone! The two popular titles, originally only for those with an iOS device, can now be found in the Amazon AppStore.
In Batman: Arkham City Lockdown players must track down and defeat the many infamous thugs and iconic villains from the Batman Universe who have escaped Arkham. Featuring high-end graphics (at least for a mobile device) and some intense looking combat, Lockdown will pit all of your tactics and skills against The Joker, Two-Face, Deathstroke and many, many more.
Scribblenauts Remix focuses on the unique ability to write any word, bring that word to life as an object and then use them to assist with in-game puzzles and enemies. Gamers are restricted only by their own imagination in a combination of puzzles from Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts, and in a franchise that has won over 50 awards and sold more than 6 million units, you may just want to sit up and take notice.
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown is ready and waiting for immediate download, while unfortunately Scribblenauts Remix will actually become fully available on the 7th of April. Get your cowl and pen ready!
Gaming publisher Anuman Interactive have announced today that they have just recently acquired two new gaming IP’s for their library. These two licenses are the “My Baby” and the “Moto Racer” licenses, which they have recently recovered from the (now defunct I’m assuming) Nobilis’ library of titles.
On the acquisition, Anuman representatives had this to say:
Alain Milly, Publishing Director at Anuman Interactive points out that “Anuman Interactive is currently structuring its global strategy around several activities. Retro-gaming/remastering,Adventure video games and Kids titles are part of it and are very important for us.”
“Therefore, we have decided to acquire the “Moto Racer” and “My Baby” brands to reinforce those activity poles and keep alive those licences on current and future multimedia supports”, adds Eric Nguyen, Marketing Director for the publisher.
Not only has the publisher picked up these important properties, but they have also acquired these titles as well:
Moto Racer
The Secrets of Atlantis
Cleopatra
Destination Treasure Island
The My baby series
Coffee Break
Criminology
Gamers looking to play these titles will now find that Anuman Interactive is publishing them and as such should look towards Anuman Interactive for further information.
