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Kojima unveiling the Fox Engine at the MGS 25th anniversary event

Evan Brander-Jones
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During an interview with the PlayStation Blog, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he will be showing off his brand new Fox Engine to the public during the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event that will be held in Tokyo Japan on August 30th.

He also happened to mention that Metal Gear Rising Revengance was originally going to use the Fox Engine, but since Platinum Games is now handling the title it is using the Platinum Engine instead which was used to create titles such as Bayonetta and Vanquish. What do you believe the first game to use the Fox Engine could possibly be?

 

Black Rock Shooter will be completed soon according to Imageepoch

Travis Bruno
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Imageepoch is a very busy little developer over in Japan, what with the company working on games such as Toki to Towa, Sol Trigger and others. What is a bit worrying however is the fact that one title announced for release in North America by NIS America hasn’t seen any news since the localization announcement.

Well Siliconera has pointed out that CEO Ryoei Mikage responded to a fan on Twitter about whether or not an English version of the game is still going to be made. He responded stating “We are developing BRS now. BRS will be completed soon.” By BRS he means Black Rock Shooter and considering the title was released in Japan back in August 2011, it is certainly good to hear that the English version may be finished some point soon.

3DS Digital Download Cards will be slightly cheaper than retail

Travis Bruno
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When Nintendo revealed that they would be releasing their games both physically and digitally in the future, starting with New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Demon Training, they also revealed that they would be selling digital download cards for gamers to purchase at various retail stores. Well the first store in Japan has begun selling these cards and it just happens to be a 7-Eleven. Strange.

Either way, Nintendo World Report has found that these digital download cards are slightly discounted compared to the price of the retail version, with the retail version costing 3,800 yen while the digital card is only 3,580. Whether these slightly discounted prices will remain the same when the cards are released in North America is yet to be seen, though it does seem like a nice incentive for digital purchasers.

Silent Hill: Downpour developer Vatra Games could be closed down

Travis Bruno
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An all too familiar turn of events over the last few years, developer of the recently released Silent Hill: Downpour, Vatra Games, appears to be on the chopping block as their parent company has placed the developer under “strategic review.”

In a statement to Eurogamer, Vatra’s parent company Kuju stated that “The new management team at Kuju have been conducting a strategic review of all aspects of the business. As part of this process, the on-going business activities of the Vatra studio are currently under review. However, at this stage, no decisions have yet been made.”

Unfortunately this isn’t good news for the company, which is a damn shame considering how good Silent Hill: Downpour actually was in keeping with the feel of a classic Silent Hill title while successfully translating that experience to current-gen consoles.

Dance Central 3 release date revealed

Evan Brander-Jones
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Harmonix has announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive Dance Central 3 will be releasing October 16th in US and October 18th in AU 2012. Harmonix has also revealed 11 new songs for the games soundtrack, and have said that the game will feature over 40 awesome tracks.

The soundtracks at this time includes:

  • 2NE1 – “I Am The Best (Original Version)”
  • 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
  • Alice Deejay – “Better Off Alone”
  • Backstreet Boys – “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
  • Cali Swag District – “Teach Me How to Dougie”
  • Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
  • E.U. – “Da’ Butt”
  • Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – “Stereo Love”
  • Gloria Gaynor – “I Will Survive”
  • J.J. Fad – “Supersonic”
  • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins – “Get Low”
  • LMFAO – “Sexy And I Know It”
  • Los Del Rio – “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
  • Marcia Griffiths – “Electric Boogie”
  • Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
  • Usher ft. Will.I.Am – “OMG”
  • Usher – “Scream”
  • Van McCoy – “The Hustle”
  • Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby”
  • Vicki Sue Robinson – “Turn The Beat Around”
  • Village People – “Y.M.C.A.”

Harmonix also released a “Dance Central 3” developer diary, which gives fans a peek at what to expect from the game’s exciting new story mode. The video is available down below.

What do you think of the soundtracks so far?  Which ones will get you off the couch and on the dance floor?

Jet Set Radio coming to iOS

Evan Brander-Jones
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SEGA’s Dreamcast classic – Jet Set Radio was announced back in April that it will be coming soon on the PC, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita and Xbox 360. But wait there is still more! SEGA has also announced that the game will be coming to the iOS platform.  The iOS version will support leaderboards via OpenFeint, and hopefully Apple’s Game Centre, it will also be designed to support Apple’s Retina display.  The game will have a feature that allows you to use photos taken with the device as in game graffiti.

No release date has been given for the iOS version, but the PC, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita, and Xbox 360 versions will be released sometime this summer. For now I’ll stick to my Dreamcast version, but which version will you be playing when JSR skates back into the scene ?

 

Wheatly’s Fate Becomes a Reality

David Partin
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Well it looks like Aperture is going somewhere no one has ever gone before, SPAAACCEEE! Or at least in a way they are. It was shown yesterday that an anonymous technician at NASA decided to etch Portal 2’s iconic British sounding villain Wheatly into space! The Valve blog gave this response:

“When we mentioned an ‘anonymous tech at NASA’ we weren’t kidding: NASA in no way officially endorses secretly laser-engraving characters from Portal onto their spacecraft.”

This wonderful easter egg will be launched on a resupply craft heading to the International Space Station on Friday at 10:06 EST. This comes as a surprise, not because the technician decided to do this but because he decided to use Wheatly. They should have used Personality Core 1 because he was the “space” core out of the bunch. All in all, everyone be on the lookout on Friday for the resupply craft and have fun with portals!

Assassin’s Creed III: DLC Season Pass Coming Up

David Partin
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Ubisoft today announced that they will have a season pass for Assassin’s Creed III and that the game will be following the trend of getting a season pass for all of the future DLC that will be later announced for the game. This came as no surprise due to all of the rumors and photos of the season pass being up for pre-order on the Playstation Network and how Ubisoft also sent out a little scroll press releases to Gamestop’s across the country to help them get ready to start allowing pre-orders on the season pass.

During the official announcement made by Ubisoft today regarding the season pass, they also said that they have a whole developer team dedicated to the DLC for Assassin’s Creed III post release. This just means that we can expect loads of post content for the game!

Pockie Ninja II Original Open Beta Coming This Week

Simon Wolfe
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Pockie Ninja II Original Open Beta Coming This Week

Pockie Ninja II Original has already hit closed beta earlier this month, but come Wed. July 25th, it will be heading into open beta already.  Players interested in the original Naruto and Bleach crossover MMO Pockie Ninja, should consider signing up to check out what is coming with Pockie Ninja II Original.  When the game is finally set to release it will not only get a server to itself, but go over the first Pockie Ninja game, but don’t fret over loss of data as it will still carry through and gain the perks of the new game.

Features being added in Pockie Ninja II Original are a Bankai system, so players can get their own Bleach style Zanpakuto, and Angelic Wings that will add big stat bonuses.  Even more interesting is the fact that players will be able to build clans, so that they can fight as a team.

Players interested in checking out what’s coming in Pockie Ninja II Original can check it out and sign up for the open beta from the website HERE.

Chester Discounted 100% on Desura

Simon Wolfe
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Chester Discounted 100% on Desura

What’s better than getting a game for an extreme discount during a Steam sale?  Getting a game completely free of course!  Which is why Brilliant Blue-G has put their game Chester at a 100% discount on Desura for 48 hours starting today.  Why go all the way up to 100% in discount?  To help get as many players as possible to check out Chester and help build it’s fanbase before Steam’s Greenlight platform gets launched, so Chester has the best possible chance to make the cut.

Chester is a 2D platformer, but with an interesting twist of letting the player choose between 8 styles that will also give a gameplay bonus.  Some of the styles include sketchbook, 8-bit, and LCD, just to give an idea.  In addition to the styles, there are 10 unlockable characters, about 50 levels, 4 difficulty levels, and a little bit of RPG and leveling system.

Players interested in cashing in on this 48 hour deal can download Chester for FREE from Desura HERE.

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