Today Tecmo Koei released the launch trailer for Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper and in this launch trailer an interesting tid-bit of information was revealed. This piece of information is the fact that Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper will feature over a 130 different playable characters which will include a number of new guest characters exclusive to this Wii U version of the game.
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper is set to be a launch title with the Wii U which means that it will be available in stores alongside the console on November 18th in North America and in Europe on November 30th. The game will allow players to use the Wii U Gamepad for off-TV gaming and players can even play co-op where one player uses the television as a screen and the other plays by looking at the GamePad’s screen.
According to BusinessWeek Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has seen a record breaking launch day at GameStop. In fact the company announced today that over a million copies of Black Ops 2 were sold yesterday during the game’s launch, making it the biggest launch for the company ever. Tony Bartel, Gamestop’s President went on to tell Businessweek that he believes that the game will easily break sales records.
It is worth noting that last year, Modern Warfare 3 hit 6.5 million copies sold in the US and the UK in the first day, so it will be interesting to see how many Black Ops 2 managed to sell overall yesterday.
If you are still unsure of whether the upcoming Devil May Cry game, DmC Devil May Cry, is going to stick true to the formula which has made it successful over the years, you soon will have a chance to try it out for yourself.
Capcom has announced today that a demo for the game will be released on November 20 in North America and on November 21 in Europe. This demo will contain two missions with one of the missions being a boss battle, a couple of difficulty settings to try out, a few of the game’s weapon upgrades and a number of “secret” things as well. DmC Devil May Cry is currently set for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 15, 2013.
The latest issue of Jump Magazine has revealed a few more details for Namco Bandai’s Tales of Hearts R. As you can see in the scan to the right, as found by Game Jouhou, another new character will be added into the game in the form of Garad Grinas.
Garad Grinas will accompany the main character to put a stop to the Despir disease and often compares the female heroine, Kohaku to his daughter and this leads to a few emotional outbursts from the man throughout the game. Garad will use an axe and a machete in battle and will be able to use the newly added Cross Chase and Chase Finish mechanics in combat. If you wish to see a slightly larger version of the scan to the right, simply click the image.
Square Enix has added another game to it’s free gaming service CoreOnline and this title happens to be Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. If you happened to miss what CoreOnline is about, it is a service recently started by the company which allows gamers to play a few games through their browser as long as they watch a few advertisements first to earn a few hours of play time.
Other games available on the service at the moment are Hitman: Blood Money and Mini Ninjas and currently Tomb Raider Underworld and Gyromancer are in development for the service.
The much anticipated, official, second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has just been released and you can view it below!!
The nearly 2 minute long trailer, with Skeletons by Stevie Wonder playing in the background, shows some great cinematic action and cutscenes. The trailer also gives a great sneak peek at our three main protagonists and their differing lives/lifestyles, although we do already know that they share one commonality – a penchant for robbing banks!
Michael, the ex-gangster who has given that life up now for many years, is portrayed as the older (richer) family man. Franklin, the repo man who also works for a luxury car dealership, is shown as having some relationship issues, whilst Trevor…he just has issues. He is seen, among various other things such as lighting a house on fire and subsequently blowing it up, jumping off of a moving train as it heads towards a collision with another train! What would GTA be without a little crazy?
The trailer is awesome, action-packed and laced with humorous quips. “That’s Trevor, my best friend. And that’s Franklin, the son I always wanted.” Michael better be sarcastic when he says that! If you don’t watch the trailer below, and you are not excited for GTA V, I feel Trevor’s response to Michael applies to you too: “Jesus, your therapist has a LOT to answer for!”
The myPES app is now compatible with the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. PES 2013 users benefit from a vast addition of stats and achievements, which are supported for both on and offline matches. The myPES functionality also adds the possibility to create or join private leagues, as well as regional groups. Upon registration users join a community based on their country and city and can easily get in touch with players living nearby.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 is available now on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Versions for the Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, Wii and Nintendo 3DS are also available to purchase right now. The myPES app can be found on Facebook, which requires a Facebook account to use.
[C] – Control – The Money of Soul and Possibility Studio: Tatsunoko Production Publisher: FUNimation Format:Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Release Date:October 30, 2012 Price: $69.98 – Available Here
Overview: Out of the many subjects that an anime company could create a series based around, many studios choose to create either a simple slice of life series, a harem or romantic comedy series or something that is simply action packed. However one series in my memory has ever tackled a subject many people find rather tedious, economics.
That series was Spice and Wolf and while that franchise may have taken this economic angle on with slice of life and drama, a new series called [C] – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility has been brought over to the West that brings with it plenty of action and an intriguing plot. Will this series succeed in providing an interesting economic based story?
Story: The story of [C] follows a college student by the name of Kimimaro Yoga. Kimimaro is a rather standard boy who has a rather simple goal in life. You see, all he wants to do is make enough money to live a normal life and be able to support a wife and child and create a happy family. However things are difficult for Kimimaro as he works hard at part-time jobs while trying to study for classes in college and attempt to have some sort of a social life.
However one night he is approached by a strange man who introduces himself as Masakaki, a representative of the Bank of Midas. Masakaki tells Kimimaro that there is an opening for a “Entreprenuer” in his district and if he wishes, Kimimaro has the chance to earn more money than he ever could have dreamed of. However there is a catch, the Bank of Midas offers large sums of money to “Entres” as they are called but for collateral the bank takes these Entres’ futures.
After becoming an Entres, Masakaki whisks Kimimaro to the Financial District, an otherworldly place, and tells him that in order to gain money he must fight against other Entres using “Assets.” These Assets come in many different forms and Kimimaro’s happens to be an almost human looking girl named Msyu. What makes these battles all the more intense is the fact that not only does each blow dealt to either the Entre or his/her Asset drain money from your account, these attacks happen to be powerful magical ones, some of which can even destroy entire city blocks.
As Kimimaro comes to grips with his new found power and money, he must try and work with Msyu and avoid going bankrupt, for anyone who goes bankrupt will sacrifice their dreams and lose their future. As Kimimaro fights against others to try and avoid bankruptcy, he learns of the disastrous consequences that the Financial District can cause and he is quickly swept up in a series of events which may just lead to the collapse of the entire world economy and even worse, the loss of the entire country itself.
[C] does something that is a rather rare occurrence in, well… any line of entertainment. It makes a storyline that is centered on economics and makes it mostly entertaining. How does it do this you ask? By not only creating a strong philosophical base as well as a number of action packed fights that keep things interesting as well as the humorous interactions between Kimimaro and Msyu as the two grow closer to one another.
Now the main story point of [C] is what someone should put their efforts towards. Should they focus on trying to make sure that their future is safe and secure and that they will live happily later on? Or is living in the now the best thing to worry about, as your current self is one of the few things you can be sure about. [C] brings these two contrasting ideas to of the members of the Financial District begin to clash and ultimately brings forth a question many people ask themselves multiple times in life.
That being said, the economic focus of [C] can cause the series to drag at times as various things are explained and sequences slow down. It is also worth noting that despite there being a large number of action sequences where Kimimaro and Msyu must fight against other Entres, most of these battles are either cut entirely short or are extremely predictable, which is quite a shame as they always help pick up the pace of the show when it begins to crawl thanks to heavy dialogue sequences.
Visuals: [C]’s artwork is rather impressive when the viewer simply sees the world outside of the Financial District but the series really shines whenever the focus shifts to the other dimension. In the Financial District everything is presented with a nice sense of style and bright colors that really help bring out the otherworldy nature of the place.
As for the character designs, the human characters are rather standard in their designs and are nothing too impressive outside of battle sequences. That being said, the various designs of the Assets, especially Msyu herself, are simply gorgeous and whenever two of them begin battling the animation quality seems steady throughout. In fact, [C] features a number of sequences that blend in 3D character models into the 2D world rather well in most of these fights and sequences that involve either Msyu or Masakaki.
Audio: As one would expect, [C] features both the original Japanese dub as well as the newly recorded English dub by FUNimation. As far as the voice work goes, the characters are rather well done and each voice actor seems to fit their role well. One thing that does deserve special mention is the way that the company provided a neat filter to the voices of the Assets as they talked to their Entres whenever they were in the human world.
Most of [C]’s background music is unfortunately rather forgetful as none of the background tracks leave any impression on the viewer with only a couple of action tracks even being noticeable throughout the series. As far as the opening and ending themes go, we have “Matryoshka” by Nico Touches the Walls and “RPG” by School Food Punishment. Both of these songs are rather enjoyable and the opening theme is set to some interesting animation sequences that make it worth watching more than once.
Extras: [C] contains a number of standard bonus features in the form of the original promotional material used in Japan, an English trailer, clean versions of the opening and ending songs and trailers for other FUNimation releases but alongside these extras is something that most people should probably read through if they aren’t up to date with their economic terms.
On the second disc is a C-conomics 101 bonus feature that provides a helpful explanatory guide to many of the economic terms used in the series and even contains an explanation of the various attacks that are used in each episode, as these attacks are often related to economics in some form such as Msyu’s Overheated Economy.
Outside of those bonus features there are also a pair of commentary tracks on this release. Episode 5’s commentary is provided by J. Michael Tatum who voices Souichirou Mikuni as well as Monica Rial who helped write the script and voices Q, Souichirou’s Asset. The two spend most of the commentary talking about how writing for the show and its focus on economics was extremely interesting as well as some of the philosophy presented within the series.
Episode 11’s commentary features Todd Haberkorn, the voice of the main character Kimimaro Yoga and Brina Plancia who handles his asset Msyu. These two spend most of the time talking about the recording process as well as reveal how some other voice actors try to “bomb” each other and make the recording voice actor mess up their line or laugh during recording.
Overall: [C] – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility tackles a rather mundane subject with a decent amount of action, a few humorous moments here and there between Msyu and Kimimaro as well as a plot that will leave you thinking after the final episode wraps up. That, along with an impressive level of animation, helps [C] do an impressive job of keeping the viewer interested, however it is still plagued with multiple points where the story slows down to a crawl and is loaded down with multiple economic terms that almost certainly require a visit to the C-conomics extra to understand.
Rhythmix by Starlab Game is currently on sale for the game launch promotion at$0.99 and$1.99, for the iPhone and iPad respectively. This music-rhythm game, also known as Rhythmanix in the USA, UK, Korea and Japan, will get you tapping 6 kinds of notes in numerous categories including pop, techno, disco and classical. Didn’t think there was a rhythm, tap-along version of the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C Major? Well, tap away with all the trills because it is one of the great music selections featured in the game. There are also many difficulty levels to keep players tapping for hours! Hurry and grab a bargain because this promotion won’t last long!
Originally released back in 2010, Rage of the Gladiator was a very well received hack-and-slash arena game available over WiiWare, the Nintendo Wii’s own online marketplace for games and add-ons. Dropping into the boots of hardened soldier Gracius, players must defend against numerous bosses and creatures that are out of this world. Using motion controls to dodge, block and swing your trusty war hammer to victory players could also summon useful powers such as tornadoes, lightning storms and pillars of flame to aid in their fight.
A big announcement today for fans then, as developer Gamelion confirms that the game will be available in an entirely new mobile format. The game will appear on the iTunes App Store on November 21st for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as well as becoming available on Android. Featuring updated 3D visuals, a new armoury and an entirely new introductory sequence, Rage of the Gladiator’s new trailer can be seen down below.
