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English Ragnarok Odyssey screenshots released

It has been many months since XSEED revealed that they would be bringing Ragnarok Odyssey to English speaking PlayStation Vita owners. However in that time we haven’t seen much about the game besides what was already revealed in Japan.

Today however XSEED released a collection of English screenshots for the game which can be seen below. It is worth noting that the title is inspired by the popular MMO Ragnarok Online. The storyline of Ragnarok Odyssey involves the Isolated Land and the Thousand Year Mountains. These impassible mountains have crumbled to the ground and the beasts hidden in the Isolated Land have begun roaming the lands.

To fight against these creatures players can select from six different job classes; Sword Warrior, Hunter, Hammersmith, Assassin, Mage, and Cleric. Currently it is unknown when exactly the game will be released, though various retailers have the title currently list the release anywhere from August 14th to September 11th.

Spectral Souls Released for iOS

HyperDevBox ported their flagship tactical RPG on Android Spectral Souls to the iOS. Available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, Spectral Souls is AirPlay compatible due to its original intended origin as a console game. The game is an epic  good versus evil fantasy world pitting humans versus demons in a seven year war in Magic Age 1053 in Neverland. The prologue to Spectral Souls is available to iOS players as a free download. Spectral Souls promises over 100 hours of game play, 84 characters, and 52 songs in the soundtrack. Spectral Souls is 25 percent off to celebrate the release until July 19th. Afterwards, Spectral Souls will return to it’s normal $13.99 price. Check out the game here.

METAL SLUG 3 Released for iOS and Android

 

SNK Playmore announced the worldwide release of METAL SLUG 3 for iOS and Android devices. The most famous and highly praised iteration of the METAL SLUG  series, METAL SLUG 3 allows players to play through the whole game in Arcade Mode or practice difficult levels in Mission Mode. Players will be able to command multiple vehicles including the Slug Mariners, Drill Slugs, Elephant Slugs, along side the original Metal Slug and Slugnoid vehicles. Coop gameplay is available via Bluetooth while players compete for the best scores in the world via the Network Ranking functions. METAL SLUG 3 is available for $6.99 on the iTunes App Store here and the Google Play App Store here.

Minecraft XBLA gets pistons with update 1.73

The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is absolutely wonderful, but it is lagging behind the actual PC release of the game. However that will change at least a little bit tomorrow when patch 1.73 will be released for the game. Perhaps one of the biggest additions is the fact that pistons will be added into the game.

Besides these there will be a number of new fixes and skins have also been added to the game. For full details about what the patch contains check it out below:

Additions:

  • Added Pistons & Sticky Pistons.
  • Added Stackable fences.
  • Added Shears – required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
  • TNT needs Flint and Steel or Redstone to detonate.
  • Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
  • New textures for Cobblestone and Brick.
  • Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from Downloadable Content skin packs.
  • Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
  • Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
  • Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
  • Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.
  • Added an option for the host to limit online games to only players in their friends list (no friends of friends).
  • Added a seed display to the level load screen (requires existing levels to be saved out again to add the display).
  • Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
  • Added the crosshair to the list of things affected by the opacity slider.
  • On using the quickselect bar, the opacity of the quickselect, tooltips, splitscreen gamertag display, and crosshair will be set to 80,
  • and will fade back down to the user opacity setting after 6 seconds of no quickselect bar use.
  • Added some more Tips & Trivia to the loading/saving screen display.
  • Tutorial World changes & additions:-
  • Added optional tutorial for Pistons and Redstone.
  • Added a self-building bridge to the castle using Pistons.
  • Added some sugar cane, cactii and clay to the world.
  • Added a few other things for players to discover.

Patched:

  • Fix for only the host being shown the pop-up when any player attempts to place lava near the spawn point.
  • Fixed tooltip for Flint and Steel.
  • Fix for Note blocks not showing notes.
  • Fix for Leaderboard reads taking too long.
  • Fix to block players re-entering a level they have been kicked from, until the level is restarted.
  • Fix to stop players being able to join a game when they are not a friend of any player in the game.
  • Fix for Netherracks re-appearing after being mined.
  • Fix for a rare crash on entering the Nether.
  • Fix for attacking enemies at a different level not damaging them.
  • Fixed a problem causing some save games not to load.
  • Removed Herobrine.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy DLC schedule revealed

If you have picked up Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and have already played through all of the songs available in the game, then perhaps you will be interested in expanding your song library a bit. Today Square Enix revealed their upcoming release schedule for downloadable music tracks which will cost $0.99 a piece.

The plans below are for the next three weeks:

July 12, 2012

  • Somnus (Final Fantasy Versus XIII)
  • Desperate Struggle (Final Fantasy XIII)
  • Sarutabaruta (Final Fantasy XI)
  • Battle (Final Fantasy VI)

July 19, 2012

  • Fight On! (Final Fantasy VII)
  • Etro’s Champion (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
  •  Battle Theme (Final Fantasy XI)
  • Battle 1 (Final Fantasy III)

July 26, 2012

  • A contest of Aeons (Final Fantasy X)
  • The Archylte Steppe (Final Fantasy XIII)
  • The Sanctuary of Zi’Tah (Final Fantasy XI)
  • Crystal Cave (Final Fantasy III)

Follow Agent 47 on his E3 mission in Hitman: Absolution’s latest trailer

As any veteran Hitman player knows, there are many ways to finish your tasks in any Hitman mission, you could be stealthy and take your your enemy close-up, rig an accident or even go in guns blazing. That is only a small sample of your choices, but now you can watch at least two different ways to complete the “Streets of Hope” mission that was shown off at E3 this year.

In the trailer we have commentary by game director Tore Blystad and Travis Barbour from the community team. As you can see in the video, there are a number of brutal ways you can take out your targets, including the game’s point shooting mechanic. You may want to get comfortable however, as the video is seventeen minutes long.

Fortnite to be the first title to use Unreal Engine 4

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Some of you may remember a game called Fortnite which was given only a simple teaser last year. Well it turns out that that game will actually be the first game to ever use Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. During their San Diego Comic-Con panel, the company also stated that the title will be available only on the PC because the “Next-gen is here — it’s a high-end PC!” according to Cliff Bleszinski.

Cliff went on to state that “This game has a great style, and it deserves to be the first game to come out for Unreal Engine 4.” Though the title will still have a bit of a cartoonish look, it will feature all of UE4’s new tricks. Currently there is no release window for Fortnite, but we can likely expect one soon.

Persona 4: Arena animated opening revealed

Curious about what Atlus’ Persona 4: Arena will have for an opening video? Well today that video became available in all its animated glory about a month before the game’s actual release. The opening can be seen below and those with curious minds will be interested in knowing that Madhouse is responsible for the animation.

As for the opening itself and the fact that it already has an English song, the only changes that will likely be made when the game is released in North America on August 7th is that the title will be changed to simply say Persona 4: Arena rather than The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena.

New Grand Theft Auto V screenshots appear

I have a feeling that when most of you read that title, you were hoping for some major reveal or gameplay elements to be exposed for Rockstar Games’ upcoming GTA V. However if anything can be derived from these images, it is the fact that players can still fly helicopters and also venture near what looks like a pier on a lake or ocean.

Still, it is good to see some new images for what fans are anticipating will be the best Grand Theft Auto ever. Perhaps the next time the company chooses to release some images of the game we’ll see some more interesting images.

Champion Sneak Peek – Zyra

League of Legends teases its summoners by releases an art preview of the upcoming champion – Zyra, Rise of the Thorns. Those more accustomed to DC Comic’s “Poison Ivy” will learn to appreciate this beautiful mother of nature.

Mmhmm… What? Sorry, I was just paying close attention to stay away from her deadly thorns. Zyra garners her powers from the Plagued Lands where more than just wild ferns grow. Once unleashed upon the Fields of Justice, she will be able to summon her precious gifts to the field to not only distract but also to shred enemies to pieces. This pretty flower bites back!