Namco Bandai Games have revealed that they will be releasing a third instalment in the popular fighting game series Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm. The third instalment in the franchise, will be aptly titled Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 and will be the first in the series that utilises stereoscopic 3D vision.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will be available on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 with compatibility with 3D technology. As per usual this game will include more playable characters than any previous game in the franchise to date.
Namco Bandai also released a trailer for the game which can be seen below. What do you think of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 come to console in 2013? Let us know in the comments section.
Namco Bandai have released a new batch of screenshots for the game Tales of Xillia. This is to celebrate the recent announcement that the game will make its way to North America and Europe in 2013. The screenshots show off both the characters of Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell, the two protagonists of the game, as well as the battle system, which will be known as the Double Raid Linear Motion Battle System. The screenshots are below if you want to check them out.
In additional release news, Namco Bandai have confirmed that both Australia and New Zealand will also receive Tales of Xillia in 2013 alongside the already announced release territories of North America and Europe. Tales of Xillia will be release exclusively for the Playstation 3.
The British Board of Film Classification has rated Resident Evil 6 as of recent, giving the game an expected 18+ rating. With that rating also comes the news that there will be 4 hours and 15 minutes of cutscenes within the game.
I know what a lot of you are thinking. Games heavy in plot can actually suffer in the long-run, as the gameplay usually takes a backseat. Resident Evil is no longer in need of proving itself as a top tier franchise with gameplay though, as we already expect the gameplay to be good. Just look at Resident Evil 4, which is still considered to be one of the best video games of all time by many. 5 was arguably just as good, introducing a fluid and functional co-op mode while still remaining solid until the grand finale.
Resident Evil has detracted away from the very survival horror genre considerably, and like it or not, that’s a good thing.
Over the years, fans have gotten to know Leon, Chris, Ada, Jill, and all of the other characters in the series very well – and these faces have proved themselves as a team that no longer need to prove themselves to their antagonists. When you are playing as protagonists who have seen it all, you’re not supposed to be surprised by danger around every corner. There is no longer a purpose for jump scares – as they just don’t make sense with a cast who have faced countless zombies and a virus that turned men into cannibalistic beasts.
I know many think that Resident Evil should be scary, but we are past the point of being afraid with this aging roster. Instead of making players weary of their next step, this series needs to concentrate on telling it’s story and tying up all loose ends with those who entered the mansion over 15 years ago. From the looks of it, this is exactly what Resident Evil 6 plans to do. Yeah, I don’t see it being the end everybody’s story arc, and there is no doubt Jill will be back yet again in a future installment, but I personally feel if Capcom want to successfully move back into the realm of survival horror with Resident Evil, it’s time to drop the gimmickry and allow these characters to get the send-off they deserve. Then, and only then, can we go back to fearing the unknown and start being afraid while playing the grandaddy of horror all over again.
It has been nearly a year since Panzer Corps has been released and to celebrate its first anniversary, Slitherine and Matrix Games have announced that it will go on sale at 33% off. That’s $10 off the original price! But you have to be quick, this sale starts today and it will end this Sunday, 15th July.
Panzer Corps is a World War II, turn-based strategy game where players are in charge of the Axis armies to lead them to victory. This award-winning game’s features include 20 unit specific attributes to differentiate the 400 unit types in 19 classes, a campaign with 26 scenarios, and upgradable core units that gain experience as you progress through the campaign.
Everyone likes free stuff right? Stark Apps has just released their pirate, face-punching game, Pirate Smash, which is available for free for iOS devices. From the makers of iDestroy and Pocket Bugs, which reached #7 and #5 of the “Top Free Apps”, App Store ranking in the US respectively, Pirate Smash puts you in charge of protecting the ship’s delicious looking cakes. As a cake protector, your job is to annihilate those naughty and very hungry pirates of Omnom Bay by beating them up! Be aware though that some of these pirates will use weapons to sneakily steal them! Oh, and watch out for the evil birds! This action-arcade defence game features simple controls but challenging gameplay and an unlockable Blood Mode, and it enables you to share highscores on Facebook with your friends.
There is a new release date for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron in Australia. Those in Australia who are waiting for the game will now have to circle August 22 on their calender as that is the new release date. With the announcement of this release date, Activision has released a new trailer. The trailer shows off various Autobots and Decepticons fighting in different sections of Cybertron. You can check it out below.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron continues the story started in War For Cybertron where the Autobots and Decepticons are at war over the control of their homeworld, Cybertron. In this game, the tale told is the end of the war, where Cybertron falls and the Autobots are forced to flee. Fall of Cybertron comes out on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on August 22 in Australia and August 21 in North America.
You may already know, but EVO 2012 was this weekend and considering it is one of the biggest fighting events all year long, NetherRealm and Warner Bros. would have been missing out if they didn’t show up with a chance to offer those in attendance a chance to play their upcoming super hero fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Today IGN released fifteen minutes of gameplay footage featuring Flash getting his speedy butt handed to him by Superman in the middle of Batman’s cave as well as Batman battling against Solomon Grundy. The footage can be seen below and is also narrated by NetherRealm’s founder, Ed Boon.
While the PlayStation Portable has actually gotten a little bit of love over the past thirty or so days, that love isn’t about to stop. Atlus has launched the official website for their next title, a tactical role-playing game that goes by the name of Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time. Those eager to check out the website and learn more about the game can do so here.
We’ve already heard about the fact that Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time is going to be released later this summer and with the launch of the official website we now have a set release date of July 31st. What makes this news even better for fans of physical releases is the fact that Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time will be released both on the PSN as well as on a UMD. No news at the moment whether the digital version of Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time will be Vita compatible upon release, though we have reached out to Atlus for a possible answer to this question.
Now that the demo for Resident Evil 6 has been made available for download, the only use Dragon’s Dogma’s disc has probably gotten from most of us is simply launching the demo. However it seems that Capcom isn’t about to let the rather successful title fall by the wayside.
In an interview with 4Gamer, translated by Andriasang, Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed that there will indeed be more DLC in the future that will add “new play elements” to the game. These new elements will apparently be enough to intrigue gamers who have already completed the title once into trying out the content once again.
Literally sick in this case, as the first 100 people who pre-order the game at Activision’s booth at Comic Con this weekend will receive a rather gruesome piece of swag. Similar to the one which Daryl was making in the last season of AMC’s Walking Dead, pre-orderers will receive an “extremely limited edition version of Daryl’s ‘walker ears’ necklace.”
While I have never actually attended the show myself, it may be quite troublesome to be one of these hundred people, but then again… this piece of swag is sick in more of the literal sense and less than in the metaphorical one. Either way, Activision’s version of The Walking Dead FPS is going to be shown for the first time at the San Diego Comic-Con and today they have released a little teaser trailer which can be seen below.
Literally sick in this case, as the first 100 people who pre-order the game at Activision’s booth at Comic Con this weekend will receive a rather gruesome piece of swag. Similar to the one which Daryl was making in the last season of AMC’s Walking Dead, pre-orderers will receive an “extremely limited edition version of Daryl’s ‘walker ears’ necklace.”