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Tim Cahill A Red Bull In FIFA 13

When the next FIFA game, in this case, FIFA 13, comes to stores, it brings an updated roster of players for each team. In the US, while New York Red Bull was officially revealing Australian attacking midfielder Tim Cahill as part of their roster, EA has released a screenshot of Cahill sporting the jersey of his new team. The photo of the digital rendition of Tim Cahill in his new jersey can be seen below. Also expect him to be part of the starting XI for the Socceroos, the nickname of the Australian football team.

FIFA 13 will hit shelves in late September for numerous platforms, including the Playstation 3, Playstation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS and PC to name a few. New additions include the Player Impact Engine, Tactical Free Kicks and Attacking Intelligence. Changes are coming to Career Mode as well, with the ability to manage international teams through the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup and UEFA European Championship. Who knows, you may manage Cahill and his Australian teammates to World Cup glory.

Halo 4 Comic-Con Wrap-Up Video Now On Halo Waypoint

Halo fans will enjoy the latest addition to the Halo Waypoint service, which comes in the form of the video for the wrap-up of Halo 4. This is the wrap-up from the games coverage in the San Diego Comic-Con convention which was held last month.

The video includes many people that have worked on the game, including Cortana herself. The following is a quote from the press release on who is in the video –

The video includes commentary from 343 Industries’ David Ellis, Josh Holmes and Kevin Grace, as well as Jen Taylor (voice of Cortana) and the cast from “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.”

Be sure to head on over to the Halo Waypoint and check out the video.

Crysis 3 Interactive Dam Video Released

Very recently EA have released a new trailer for their upcoming big release, Crysis 3. What makes this trailer special though is that it allows viewers to make choices within the clip to alter the outcome of the video. Whilst these kinds of choose your own adventure videos aren’t new to Youtube, to my knowledge this is one of the first to have been released for a commercial game.

The video plays along until every so often players will be required to make decisions based on what’s going on around them. For instance, at around 1:18 we see the first one of these decisions playing out. Players are tasked with going through either stealthily or with combat.

What decisions will you make? Check out the trailer below for more info.

New Doctor Who Series 7 Trailer Coming


BBC has announced that its darling, Doctor Who, will be soon receiving a new trailer for its upcoming Series 7. Series 7, as previously peeked at, will mark the departure of Amy and Rory Williams-Pond (Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill respectively) , and herald a new companion for the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith.

The Doctor Who Team on the BBC blogs announced on Monday that there will be a 90 second preview of “blockbuster excitement” that will air on BBC One on Thursday, August 2 in the evening.

While Whovians have been sating themselves on previews, convention panels, and behind the scenes photos, this is another thing to watch out in anticipation for!

Bulkypix Sale August 1-6th Sales

Bulkypix has announced a major sale on their smartphone and tablet games from August 1st to 19th. Not all the titles in the sale have been announced yet. Each day brings a new Bulkypix game on sale!

August 1st – Pix N Love rush DX is at $0.99! No more waiting, take it now.
August 2nd – Are you out of touch with the real world? Not a chance;  just take advantage of Another World at $0.99
August 4th – My BruteDiscount on packs of potion and tools!
August 5th – RPM Gymkhana Racing is at $0.99. Not need to think! It’s gonna drive you crazy!
August 6th – Fruity Jelly is now free. Fruit Time!

Pokemon: Black and White Movie Combo coming this September


Beyond Home Entertainment have just confirmed through their latest press release that they will indeed be releasing a special combo pack of the highly successful Pokemon: Black and White Movies exclusive to Blu-Ray.

Both Pokemon the Movie: Black and Pokemon the Movie: White will be compiled into a two disc collection, which is slated for release on the 5th of September. The Blu-Ray combo pack will retail at a price of $29.95.  You can check out our review of both films here.

What do you think of this news? Will you be picking up this combo pack release of Pokemon the Movie: Black and Pokemon the Movie: White? Let us know in the comments section below.

CC Weekly News Recap – 23rd-29th July 2012

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Welcome to this past week in gaming, anime, pop culture and whatever else happened. We travelled to THQ’s Darksiders II event at Sun Studios and got to preview several new titles such a South Park: The Stick of Truth, WWE 13 (is it as glitchy as WWE 12?) and of course Darksiders II. We also headed to EA’s offices in Sydney for some hands on time with Medal of Honor: Warfighter. On the anime front we interviewed Japanese idol’s Sakura Tange and Yuko Miyamura, oh and Hetalia is getting a 5th season. What else happened? Scroll down to find out… or else!

Here what made headlines this week:

Gaming News:
Final Fantasy XIII has not been cancelled
South Park: The Stick of Truth Preview
Darksiders II Event Impressions
Ubisoft reveal full Gamescom Line-Up
WWE 13 Hands On Preview
Medal on Honor: Warfighter Hands On Preview
Medal of Honor: Warfighter ‘Fire Team’ Preview
Check out DOA girls in their Bunny Bikinis

Pop Culture News:
EA Joins Business Coalition Opposing Defense of Marriage Act
Rhys Darby, This Way to the Spaceship
Max Payne Short Film

Anime/Manga News:
Sakura Tange Interview – SMASH! 2012
Yuko Miyamura Interview – SMASH! 2012
Hetalia to get 5th anime season
Redakai to hit stores in Septemeber
Funimation Otakon Announcements
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai getting a second season

Tech/Gadget News:
New Astro Gaming A50 Trailer
Razer Announces 2 New Additions to the BlackWidow Range
Razer Ouroboros Officially Announced

Reviews:
Fractale Review
kimi ni todoke -From Me To You- Volume 3 Review
Total Drama Island: Food Fracas Review
Endless Space Review
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Premium Edition Review
Tony Hawk HD Review
Party Wave Review
Einstein Brain Trainer Review
To-Fu Collection Review
Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon Review
Wreckateer Review
Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Review
Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens Review

Podcasts/Videocasts:
CC Powerslam #10 – Money in the Bank Aftermath and RAW 1000
Capsule Computers Podcast 052
Capsule Computers Podcast 053

See you next Sunday for the CC Weekly Recap.

Mugen Souls escapes the ESRB with a Teen rating

When you get a game like Compile Heart’s Mugen Souls coming to North America, the ESRB has quite a large job on their hands. Surprisingly, NIS America’s upcoming release managed to escape the ESRB with only a T for Teen rating, though this rating came with a rather large explanation.

See what the ESRB had to say about the game below:

In this role-playing game, players control Chou-Chou, an “undisputed god” attempting to forcibly take over her universe. As players explore the solar system, they can engage in turn-based combat with human-like characters and fantasy creatures. Players choose weapon strikes and special attacks from a menu screen (e.g., Rainbow Tower, Two-Part Cut); damage is indicated by slashing sounds, light effects, and a loss of hit points.

A number of cutscenes depict female characters whose bodies are partially obscured by hot-spring mist and soap suds. During one such scene, a nearby male character suffers a nosebleed, resulting in exaggerated blood effects (e.g., “There it goes! The Red Ryuto Geyser!”).

Players can also access gallery images depicting women in revealing outfits that expose large amounts of cleavage/buttocks. The dialogue and on-screen text include several instances of sexual innuendo/references (e.g., “What if he wrote about his weird habits or sexual fantasies or something,” “CC Sadist,” “I’m just a perverted girl who likes verbal abuse. Please scold me,” and “Marina, lemme grab your boobies.”). The words “sh*t,” “a*s,” and “b*tch” also appear in dialogue.

Learn how to play Orgarhythm… in Japanese

Not much has been said about Acquire’s PlayStation Vita rhythm game, Orgarhythm, since E3 where a few pieces of gameplay footage and screenshots were revealed. Well today Acquire released a new promotional video to help prepare gamers for the title’s release on August 9th to Japan.

It’s worth noting that despite the video being released by the Japanese developer, it is perfectly comprehensible for those eager to learn more about Orgarhythm. Meaning you should probably check it out below because XSEED Games is planning on releasing it at some point in North America, though an exact release date has yet to be announced.

Batman: Arkham Asylum steam keys cannot be activated

DRM always seems to be an issue for everyone except for the video game publishers levying such punishments on the games purchased by consumers. Today we’ve not only heard about Uplay’s plug-in allowing hackers free reign on your computer, but now people can’t even play the game’s they paid real money for.

It turns out that anyone who has picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum from Steam’s Summer Sale has actually been unable to play the game because the Steam and SecuROM services will not activate authentication keys. Destructoid reports that Warner Bros. has made a statement to people saying that they are looking into the problem though Valve is keeping tight lipped about the issue. Seems that no matter what a company tries, they are only pushing consumers to easier, less intrusive, more secure ways of playing their games through nefarious means…