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Warhammer Quest Coming to iOS

David Partin
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It was announced today that the classic board game, Warhammer Quest, will be making its way to an iPhone or iPod Touch near you. Brought by the United Kingdom indie studio Rodeo Games, Warhammer Quest is a top-down strategy board game puts players in the shoes of four Warhammer heroes “in search of immeasurable power and riches.”

The spokesperson for Rodeo Games said the following:

“By using our existing engine it means we can really focus on developing the parts of Warhammer Quest that made it such a great table-top game; truly unique hero characters and brutal enemies from across all the Warhammer races,” Rodeo Games co-founder Laurent Maguire said in a statement. “The opportunity to work with Games Workshop was such an exciting prospect; we are thrilled to have been entrusted with this facet of the Warhammer license.”

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Rodeo Games, they are best known for Hunters & Hunters 2, a duo of highly rated sci-fi strategy RPGs with an emphasis on tactical strategy, like Final Fantasy Tactics and other grid-based RPGs. Warhammer Quest is being developed with the same proprietary “Taurus” engine used to create the Hunters franchise.

Warhammer Quest is not an original title but, it’s actually a digital port of the cult-classic board game of the same name.

If you would like to save a good $300 dollar since that’s what the actual board game is selling for today, then I recommend waiting for the digital port of the game when it releases sometime in the second quarter of 2013.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Is Go

Benjamin Webb
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Players of the Counter-Strike series will have woken up today to notice that the latest game in the series, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has just come out of Beta and is now a full retail game. The latest game in the series runs on the updated Source engine that was featured in the Portal 2 video game and also bolsters some redesigned maps and models.

The most interesting part about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is that it now takes inspiration from actual Counter Terrorism and Terrorism groups related to the countries represented in each map. However, from a gameplay standpoint, the game is still pretty much Counter-Strike, so players who didn’t like the first two may not be interested in this outing.

CS:GO is now $14.99 on Steam, be sure to check out the store page for more info.

Jessica Watson’s Solo Sail to Hit the Big Screen

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail solo around the world non-stop and unassisted, will have her story immortalized on film in True Spirit. Adapting the story of the young 16-year-old girl as she took on the perils of the sea, True Spirit will be produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and the Australian Sunstar Entertainment, as well as the Australian Paramount team.

Paramount Australia and New Zealand’s vice president Mike Selwyn had this to say about the upcoming film:

“We are delighted to be working with BME and Sunstar to bring Jessica Watson’s story to the big screen where it belongs. This is a wonderful story of courage, perseverance and triumph that will appeal to all audiences.”

While Jessica Watson commented that:

“It’s an honour to have a feature film made about you – quite surreal and very exciting! It will be interesting to watch how a film is made. I’m looking forward to working closely with the production team and Paramount in my capacity as a consultant on the project.”

I wonder if she’ll have any consultant power in regards to the casting…

This is an Australian film about an Australian story, but hopefully True Spirit delivers us something different than the standard Australian film that Australian’s like to turn away from in embarrassment. But we’ll just see how it goes as it gets closer to the release date.

True Spirit is scheduled to start shooting in early 2013, with release slated for the end of 2013. For more information on True Spirit as it gets closer to the date keep tuned to Capsule Computers.

What do you guys think? Will this be an inspiring story about an impressive feat, or will it be yet another Australian film to not do well at the box office?

PlayStation Vita to support over 100 PSOne Classics with initial update

Travis Bruno
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Sony has announced that their PlayStation Vita handheld will be able to support over one hundred different PSOne Classics when the update hits the handheld next week. Some of these big games include Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2 and of course, Final Fantasy VII.

There has not been a full list of these games revealed yet, though with the release of Firmware 1.8 happening on August 28th, many will be eager to turn on their Vita and see what they will be able to download. Better late than never right Sony? Any titles that you specifically would like to see available upon launch?

Spec Ops: The Line gets some co-op updates

Travis Bruno
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If you happen to still own 2K Games’ Spec Ops: The Line or are thinking about picking it up, then you will be happy to hear that the game has received a free update across the PS3, 360 and PC platforms. In this update players will now be able to take and play the shooter with a buddy as a co-op mode has been patched into the title.

The co-op mode consists of four objective-based missions, so there unfortunately is no way to go through the main story with a friend, but each mission will offer “its own unique objectives, environments, and playable characters.”

Aria: The Scarlet Ammo English dub cast and trailer revealed

Travis Bruno
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In a very quick turnaround from FUNimation’s licensing announcement, anime fans will soon be seeing Aria: The Scarlet Ammo on store shelves on October 23rd on both Blu-ray and DVD. To get fans pumped for this release, FUNimation released a trailer for the show in English while also announcing the English cast.

The full cast of main characters can be found below and the trailer itself below that.

CHARACTER     ACTOR
AriaLeah Clark
KinjiTodd Haberkorn
ShirayukiBrina Palencia
SayonakiJ. Michael Tatum
RikoLuci Christian
MutoRicco Fajardo
ShiranuiChris Cason
JeanneColleen Clinkenbeard
DurandalChuck Huber
RekiJād Saxton

 

Highschool DxD may be getting a second anime season

Travis Bruno
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Highschool DxD may be getting a second anime season

Many of us remember Highschool DxD for its very provocative ending sequence and the massive amounts of fan service the show contained when it aired at the beginning of this year. Now it seems that there may be a second season of this anime coming to fans everywhere, much to the joy of many, including myself.

According to a printout found by Japanese website Yaraon, there will be an announcement of some sort made on the 6th of September, two weeks before the thirteenth light novel is meant to be released. Now this announcement could be anything, though with the popularity of the first season and the massive amount of un-animated content from the light novels, a second season does seem probable.

Anime viewers in North America should especially keep their eyes out for this news, as the first season was licensed by FUNimation, so if a second season is produced it will likely be acquired as well. Those interested in seeing the document can find it below.

Nordcurrent Release 101-in-1 Games HD For Free

Kyle Moore
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What’s better than one free game? Try 101 Games for free! European game developer and publisher, Nordcurrent, announced that today their latest game 101-in-1 Games HD is out free on the iOS App Store.

Nordcurrent games director, Victoria Trofimova expressed their excitement today, “it was re-designed from scratch to take full advantage of iPad. 101-in-1 Game HD offers a huge variety of games in different genres – from arcade games, to puzzles and racing. 101-in-1 Games HD is a perfect game to play alone or together with your family and friends!”.

The collection is a range of different games from different genres, such as arcade, puzzle, racing, cooking, and many many more. With a wide spectrum of different visual and game worlds – taking players from ocean depths to the Wild West, and even back in time to the stone age, this is surely worth the minutes it will take to download.

Pick up your free copy of 101-in-1 Games HD for the iPad here.

Explore Space with Gameloft’s Cosmic Colony

Kyle Moore
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Set in the year 2088, Cosmic Colony allows players to become the ultimate space commander. In this distant time, brave men and women venture to the far reaches of the galaxy in search of life. Join veteran Planetnaut Breck Powers on his journey to explore the unknown!

Cosmic Colony is the latest in the long list of Gameloft titles for iOS and Android. The game gives players the ability to create and expand a lively space-age settlement – featuring more than 60 animated buildings, business centers, factories, and more! Players can explore the planetary surface by expanding their colony, launch rockets and traverse space, seeking out galaxies and planets in search of artifacts. But it’s not all smooth sailing. Players will need to defend themselves against invading space pirates in fun and engaging mini-games. Alongside all of this there are unexpected events from the cosmos, such as dangerous UFO’s and falling meteorites.

Would-be space explorers need only to wait until this Thursday, the 23rd of August until they can blast off into space and explore the unknown reaches of the galaxy.

EBGames Expo Schedule Revealed

Benjamin Webb
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This is something that is going to excite anybody who has even heard the words Video games as a passing remark; the EBGames Expo is coming to Sydney and it’s schedule has just been announce. The Expo looks like it is packed tight with video game distributors and publishers showing off the latest builds of upcoming games.

Here’s some interesting info about the screenings –

Taking place in a massive 3000-seat arena, with a gigantic 65m x 8m viewing screen, EB Live is the ultimate gaming experience.  The world’s leading publishers will show off the hottest new games, including long awaited new releases such as the ground-breaking Halo 4 and Tomb Raider.

The schedule looks amazingly tight with a few major publishers giving out a presentation at key times during the day. Each presentation is sorted into a daylight / twilight sessions with a different company taking the presentation hall during different sessions.

Be sure to check out the official schedule here and to buy your tickets ASAP at the nearest EBGames or Ticketek. We’ve also reproduced the map of the convention below, right click and view image to make it bigger.

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