Developer _Discovery (Underscore Discovery) is hoping to release their point and click exploration and management game Suit Story this year. Sound like an interesting combination? I thought so too. The game features a grad student who has just finished school and has been offered the chance of a lifetime, a huge wad of cash and 10 years to gain his dream job as a Business Acquisition Work Specialist.
By combining the management of what to do with the money and point and click to head both narrative and exploration, Suit Story gives players challenges that shift based on the choices that they make through the game’s 10 years. Challenges and choices can make a big difference throughout gameplay included the ultimate failure state of death, so it’s probably a good idea to be smart about what to do with the money.
Suit Story is being made for Mobile and Desktop platforms to release this year, but a few screenshots are available in the gallery below for players to check out.
This is something that I, myself, am incredibly excited for – The Deus Ex Movie! In an article over at the LATimes, it has been revealed that the movie will focus on the Human Revolution storyline set in the year 2027.
From what I can tell, this will be a film adaptation of the recent Deus Ex: Human Revolution game featuring the protagonist Adam Jensen who is a security agent for one of the largest Augmentation firms on the planet. Even further digging on this report reveals that (in an article by Variety) Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh are set to produce the film.
So who else is excited for this film?! Let us know in the comment section below.
This week sees the release of Time Travelers, Level-5’s handheld story driven game, for Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Portable and Playstation Vita. To help promote the game, Level-5 is airing two commercials in Japan. The first commercial, “Change The Present,” shows off game footage in a movie theatre. The second commercial, “Theatre,” has a young woman playing the game on a Nintendo 3DS. She is emotionally involved. The female in this commercial remarks “This small screen becomes a theater,” according to a translation from Andriasang. In both commercials, Time Travelers is referred as a “playing cinema.”
The next issue of Dengeki Playstation will shed some light on the battle system for Ys: Foilage Ocean In Celceta, the Playstation Vita remake of Ys IV. The system will be party based with similarities from Ys 7, a later game from the series. Players can change teh character they control with the press of the square button. Each character will also have access to three different attacks. Each attack will have a different effect depending on the enemy.
Even though you only control the action of one character at a time, the game will utilise the rear touch pad to issue orders to you AI party members. The two example gestures listed are pinching in, which makes the character attack and pinching out which priorities evasive actions. Characters will have skills which require skill points to use. Character can also acquire new skills. Dengeki Playstation also lists some of the party members your main character will encounter: Nina, Ozuma and Kanririka. Ys: Foilage Ocean In Celceta will be released for the Playstation Vita on September 27 in Japan.
In the next issue of the biweekly Dengeki Playstation magazine, Nippon Ichi is set to reveal three new titles, including one coming from the Disgaea team.The two non-Disgaea team games have no set title, instead going with code names. They are Project Arcadia and Project D. Project Arcadia is described as side scrolling action game, while Project D has no genre or even one shred of gaming information which may hint on what the game is. Instead, Project D is a game that will please both new and longtime Nippon Ichi fans.
The Disgaea team game isn’t being revealed, only details are coming into light. This game will be called Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei Paradox (a rough translation on Andriasang has the English title being “Gods and the Fate Revolution Paradox”). In this game, a boy has ascended to godhood. He teams up with an angel to help grant people their wishes. The game will be an RPG with the possibility of added SRPG elements, seeing they are behind the successful Disgaea series. This is the first of two 20th anniversary projects already revealed earlier this year. No platform has been set.
Nippon Ichi will also hold a press conference on July 12, which happens to be this Thursday. This is also the day that the 20th anniversary site is due to go live, so expect the conference to be about the 20th anniversary projects.
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.
