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SMASH 2012 Interview with Yuko Miyamura

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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I got a chance to sit down with Yuko Miyamura a seiyuu, or voice actress, who you’ve probably heard at one point or another whether it’s her role as Chun Li in Street Fighter (Zero, Zero 2, II X, EX, Zero 3, and EX3), Asuka in Neon Genesis Evangelion, or the training video girl Battle Royale. As well as having a bevy of voice and screen acting titles to her name she also has singing credits, clearly she’s very talented vocally, but her career already speaks volumes about that.

CC: You have a really impressive range of work that you’ve done. Do you prefer voice acting, screen acting, or singing?

YM: I definitely prefer voice and screen acting over singing.

CC: Is there a particular role that you really enjoyed, and was there any reason that it stood out?

YM: I don’t have a specific favorite, but as for the roles that I’ve done for the longest, it would be my roles in Evangelion and Detective Conan

CC: Is there any kind of character that you’d like to play in the future?

YM: Anything and everything, I’m definitely not ruling anything out and I’d like to give everything out there a shot.

CC: Is there anything that you’ve done that you struggled with or found difficult?

YM: The original Evangelion TV series was probably the most difficult one that I’ve done in my career.

CC: Have you ever played any of the games that you’ve done voices for? If so, which ones?

YM: Yes, I’ve played Kingdom Hearts, which I was the voice of Larxene, Street Fighter in which I voiced Chun-Li and some of the Japanese Love Match games, such as Refrain Love.

CC: Do you have any upcoming projects that we can tell your fans about?

YM: Well there is the new Evangelian movie that is coming out, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. And I also have voice acting classes that I’m starting down in Melbourne where I live, in which I’ll be teaching people the ways of the seiyuu.

CC: Thank you very much for talking with us Yuko, and I wish you all the luck in the future!

Be sure to check out the official SMASH! website and our SMASH! 2012 section here on Capsule.

Timebuilders Sends You Back to Egypt and the Stone Age

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Anuman Interactive have announced that they will add to their series of time management games, with a new publishing partnership with BlooBuzz Studios for The Timebuilders: Pyramid Rising and Caveman’s Prophecy for PC and Mac.

In Pyramid Rising players get to be the Egyptian Royal Architect’s assistant and have to take on a number of challenges to help out the Egyptian economy, such as developing houses and building villages. In Caveman’s Prophecy you are sent back to prehistoric times, with a similar goal to keep your corner of the Earth running.

Anuman Interactive’s Publishing Director, Alain Milly, said this about Anuman’s new partnership:

“We are thrilled to be able to strengthen our position on the time management game market by publishing “Pyramid Rising” and “Caveman’s Prophecy”. These are quality games that will make great additions to our casual game catalogue. Also, we are delighted about taking the opportunity to widen our international horizons by signing this partnership with Quebec studios BlooBuzz.”

For more information about Anuman Interactive, head over to their site HERE. Keep tuned to Capsule Computers for more information on Timebuilders, or any other Anuman games that are coming out!

PES 2013 Demo Available Now

Joshua Spudic
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For all of those PES fans out there, the demo for the latest entry of the series, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013, is now available for Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live) and PC (via www.konami-pes2013.com). Playstation 3 owners will have to wait for a little while longer. The demo will be available on July 31, which is next week. All of these dates are for Europe and Australia.

The demo will contain the international teams of Germany, England, Portugal, and Italy and South American clubs Santos FC, SC International, Fluminense and Flamengo. The demo allows any difficulty setting to be used and localised language settings for all European languages. Konami have also released a trailer for the demo. The full game will be available just in time for the new season, Spring 2012.

UPDATE: The PS3 demo is now available on the Playstation Network, ready for download. Also, enjoy this trailer, featuring Christiano Ronaldo, the poster boy of PES 2013.

Sony Europe To Announce Two Games At Gamescom

Joshua Spudic
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have revealed that they will announced two brand new games at the upcoming Gamescom convention. There were no hints on what these games may be, including what platform the games could be on. The announcement would probably be made during Sony’s Gamescom conference, which will take place on the 14th of August at 7pm, a day before the start of Gamescom, which is August 15. These games have not been announced previously.

The revelation was found out through official Sony invites to the event. These invites also list the following games:

  • PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified
  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Soul Sacrifice
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • Dust 514
  • The Last of Us
  • Wonder Book:  Book of Spells
  • An update on the Little Big Planet franchise with a possible showing of LBP Karting

One game that will be absent is going to be Beyond: Two Souls. The game, being developed by Quantic Dream and starring Ellen Page, was revealed at E3 last month.

Fun With Darksiders II And THQ

Benjamin Webb
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Earlier this week both Luke Halliday and Myself were invited to an event with THQ over at Sun Studios in Sydney. At the event we were able to play a bunch of as-yet unreleased video games that will be coming out later this year and early next year, but more importantly, we were able to play around with stunt men and do some stunts.

In this video that is embedded below, you can watch as both myself and Luke become stuntmen to help promote the upcoming Darksiders II video game. In the video we do some Ukemi, some fireball throwing and some awesome stunt fighting.

Be sure to check out the video embedded below for a full overview.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 Strategy Guide Details

Luke Halliday
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Want a step up on the competition? Want to know all the secrets to a game? Want to be able to 100% complete a game? Well Prima Games have you covered with their line of strategy guides, the latest of which happens to be for the hotly anticipated upcoming sequel to New Super Mario Bros. called simply New Super Mario Bros. 2.

Prima Games’ new strategy guide will help you along the way through New Super Mario Bros. 2 and includes the following awesome features:

• Detailed walkthrough guides you through every world and shows you every hidden path
• Every hidden item revealed
• Full details on the brand-new Coin Rush mode
• Maps show you step-by-step instructions for completing each course
• Bonus poster included

Does that whet your appetite for some strategy guide goodness? You can check out a picture of the New Super Mario Bros. 2 strategy guide to the right. The guide will be released on the 18th of August, 2012. Will you be picking up the game and strategy guide? Let us know in the comments section below.

Nike+Kinect Training and Kinect TV Shows Get Launch Dates

Luke Halliday
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Microsoft have just announced the launch date for Nike+ Kinect Training and two revolutionary Kinect TV Shows, Kinect Sesame Street TV and Kinect Nat Geo TV. These innovative Kinect titles will ignite the imaginations of gamers and children across Australia in the coming months.

Nike+ Kinect Training will give players the work out they truly need when the game hits stores on November 1st, 2012. Nike+ Kinect Training is described as the most magical fitness game to ever grace the video-game industry and you yourself can decide whether or not that description from Microsoft is accurate or not for the price of $69.95. You can of course find more details on this title here.

Thats not the end of it though! Are you a child? Or perhaps a parent with a child? Then get excited because Sesame Street and Nat Geo are now available on Kinect in the innovative TV experience Kinect Sesame Street TV and Kinect Nat Geo TV which both launch on September 20th, 2012. Both games are an interactive TV experience and will each retail $39.99 for 8 30 minute episodes or alternatively available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 2400 points.

What do you think of these interesting Kinect titles? Let us know in the comments section below.

Hawken Devs Unveil Transmedia Marketing Strategy

Benjamin Webb
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The developers and publishers behind the upcoming Mech shooter Hawken have revealed their plans for a transmedia form of marketing in relation to the franchise. As a part of this approach, they have enlisted the aid of comic book artists and directors to get a digital series and original graphic novel off the ground.

The strategy is to create a massive backstory and lore for the game to build a context for the players to relate to. For a better understanding of this, I have quoted a portion of the press release below –

Meteor Entertainment is successfully implementing a transmedia approach for HAWKEN.  The goal is to make a killer game with a back-story that can be told across multiple mediums.  Each segment of the transmedia approach: the game, web shorts, digital series, original graphic novel, and feature film all tell a story about HAWKEN in a specific time.  Each piece is so well told that it could stand-alone but they all work perfectly together.  This can only be done thanks to some very talented folks who have brought together the vision of HAWKEN.

Be sure to check out the Official Website here for more info. The artwork featured is by Francisco Ruiz Velasco, who has worked on some awesome things like Hellboy 2.

Razer Ouroboros Officially Announced

Benjamin Webb
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The Razer Ouroboros is a mouse that allows users to fully customise the look and feel of the device to match their own unique playing styles. The wireless mouse is the latest in the line of mouses from Razer and as such, carries their high quality design and precision movements.

The Razer Ouroboros is fully customisable in that gamers will be able to change the mouses length, width and even butt-lift. This allows for each gamers unique hand and method of holding the mouse. For instance, some people lay their hands on the mouse, whilst others prefer to claw their mouse. The Ouroboros accounts for both methods and is therefore a more comfortable mouse.

It is also a wireless mouse, meaning that players wont have to worry about cords and cables clogging up their desk space. With wireless technology, it’s always a worry that the device will run out of power in the middle of use. Fortunately, the mouse boasts 12 hours of continuous use before needing to be docked and recharged.

On the mouse, Razer had this to say –

“Designed for excellence and total ownage, the Razer Ouroboros was intended to be wielded by all serious gamers looking to win any FPS, RTS or RPG with custom-made dominance,” said Robert “RazerGuy” Krakoff, president of Razer USA. “We are proud to introduce it as Razer’s first gaming mouse that features optimized, customizable, ambidextrous ergonomics that better fit the curvature of any and every hand size and personal grip style by delivering ultimate comfort, control, power and built-in intelligence to ascend to gaming immortality.”

The Ouroboros is an ambidextrous mouse, meaning that it can be comfortably controlled with both the left and the right hand. This is important for many gamers who have had to adapt to mouses that have not been designed with them in mind.

You’ll be able to get the Ouroboros for $129.99 USD in Quarter 4 this year. Be sure to check out the official website for more info.

Get an Umbrella umbrella if you pre-order Resident Evil 6 from Capcom

Travis Bruno
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We heard you like Umbrella so we put an Umbrella logo on an umbrella with a game involving Umbrella. Or at least that is what Capcom must have been thinking when they thought up this… unique pre-order bonus for Resident evil 6.

If you happen to pre-order the title from their online store, found here, you will receive the Umbrella branded umbrella seen to the right. It is worth noting that you can also buy the Umbrella umbrella separately for $17, though they have already been backordered so your only chance at getting an Umbrella umbrella may just be to pre-order the game instead.

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