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Console Bundle and New Modes Announced for Kinect Star Wars

Claire Phillips
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If MMO’s aren’t your thing and you need a bit of a Star Wars fix, here’s the latest from LucasArts and Microsoft. To mark the release of Kinect Star Wars on April 5 a limited edition ‘Kinect Star Wars’ console bundle is being released, which will retail at $549. As you can see the bundle is themed after everyone’s favourite droid duo, with an R2 D2 styled console and C3PO controller. Of course a copy of the game is included, and there’s even some extra bonus content too – an exclusive C-3PO unlockable for Dance Mode.

Dance mode (Galactic Dance Off mode to give it’s proper name) is one of three new modes also announced for Kinect Star Wars. Somewhat horrifyingly it allows players who want to take a break from their Jedi training to dance along to Star Wars themed pop songs – want to bust a move in a dance off against Darth Vader? Well Star Wars fans, now you can.

Also joining the already announced Rancor Rampage and Podracing modes are Duels of Fate and Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising. Duels of fate provides a series of one to one battles to sharpen your lightsaber skills, and Jedi Destiny comes packed with ride-able landspeeders and speeder bikes, space battles and brand new opponents such as Count Dooku and Darth Vader.

If you can’t see yourself waiting until April, then Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace 3D is released in cinemas today.

Gotham City Impostors has over 100 pieces of DLC

Travis Bruno
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How would a console game’s marketplace look if it tried to make use of Valve’s policy of selling character customization items? Well it would probably look a lot like Gotham City Impostors. While the game is set to be released tomorrow on the XBLA, the downloadable content is available today. There are over a hundred different items to be purchased and each one is simply a character customization piece.

The prices for these packs range from 80 to 320 MSP. However don’t get too worked up about this situation as Monolith has explained that all of the costume pieces for purchase are available in the game itself and can be unlocked for free. Meaning that if you are desperate for a certain in-game item, maybe you should play the game a bit more to unlock it.

PlayStation Vita games already available for download on PlayStation Store

Travis Bruno
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While the PlayStation Vita won’t be out yet in North America for a couple of weeks, or next week for those who purchase the pre-launch bundle, it seems Sony has chosen to place certain games on the PlayStation Store a bit early. You will need to search for them however, and when you find them there will be five games available for download.

NeoGAF has found that these games are Uncharted: Golden Abyss for $49.99, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational for $35.99, Wipeout 2048 for $35.99, ModNation Racers Road Trip for $26.99, and the PSN-only Super Stardust Delta for $9.99. This is a nice little preview on how some games, minus Uncharted, are cheaper on the PSN and also a way for those who bought a Japanese PS Vita to get some easy to download games.

EA Celebrates Grand Slam Tennis 2 with a Party and Pat Cash

Claire Phillips
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Today a few of us here at Capsule Computers were lucky enough to be invited along to try out EA’s latest sport’s title. I am of course, referring to Grand Slam Tennis 2, the follow up to the highly rated Grand Slam Tennis. This game marks the first time that all four major tennis championships will feature in a next gen game, and has exclusive rights to the Wimbledon championship.

The venue was kitted out like a miniature tennis court, with plenty of Wimbledon themed refreshments being served – thanks for the strawberries and champagne guys! Some of the staff were lucky enough to be wearing their best tennis whites, including one gentleman sporting a dress. He seemed quite comfortable with his giant tennis racket…

Also on offer (as if cross dressing wasn’t enough) was a Grand Slam tournament and an appearance by Australian tennis legend Pat Cash.

There were several stations dotted around showing off the impressive looking game in glorious HD. The PlayStation 3 version of the title has Move support, so there were plenty of wands getting waggled in attempts to hit that perfect serve.As well as the standard TV stations, one setup was hooked up to a huge screen on one wall, clearing the way for some large scale versus matches.


Things quickly got competitive when a tournament began, with the winner lined up to take on tennis champ Pat Cash (in the flesh that is) and take home some great prizes. As the strawberries and champagne began to dwindle things drew to a head, and finally the man himself made an appearance.

In case you’re not familiar with your tennis legends, Cash is an Australian player who was at the top of his game in the eighties. Out of the numerous titles he won he is perhaps most famous for his win at Wimbledon in 1987, where he kicked off the tradition of climbing up into the player’s box to celebrate with family and friends. He’s known for always wearing a checkered headband and earring when he plays, and of course for having something of a brash on court personality.

Grand Slam Tennis 2 was fortunately nowhere near as stressful as a major tournament game, so despite some protests that the camera flashes were putting him off (of course), Cash behaved himself. Snatching victory from Cash in the final game, the lucky winner went home with some signed goodies courtesy of EA and Wilson.

Grand Slam Tennis 2 hits stores tomorrow, and you can check out more pictures from the event below.

Cloudberry Kingdom

Benjamin Webb
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Cloudberry Kingdom is the debut title from the up and coming independent game developers – Pwnee Studios. The title is an interesting platformer that creates procedurally generated levels for players to enjoy and solve.

The game is also scaled to a players skill level, so that they will always find it challenging, but not too challenging. This seems to be a new technology as we have yet to see a title that can do both of these things together. The developer says that there are something like ’1096 ‘ potential  levels in the game.

The most interesting aspect of this game seems to be the way that it was developed. The developers claim to have taught an AI how to play platformer games (I’d love to see it beat Megaman 2 at some point), here’s the quote below –

Instead we spent the last two years teaching an Artificial Intelligence how to design and play platformer levels. Afterward we caged it in a box of software and called it a game.

The developers seem like really witty guys and we would love to see their stuff on as many platforms as possible. So be sure to check out their site for more info and the video embedded below on their games gameplay.

I Am Alive Survival Trailer Released

Benjamin Webb
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Upcoming survival game, I Am Alive, has had a new trailer released for it from publisher Ubisoft. The trailer showcases many of the environments that players must traverse in order to stay alive and advance through the game.

The unique looking and sounding title is set to be released on the 7th of March and is set in the post apocalyptic city of Haventon, USA. Of course, this is a fictional city, but it is a very interesting set-piece for the kind of game that this is.

Fans of survival movies and games are sure to love this game when it is released for the Xbox Live Arcade. So be sure to check out the official site for more info.

Trailer is embedded below.

Shank 2 – Out Now!

Benjamin Webb
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Klei Entertainment and EA released the newest game in the Shank series, Shank 2 earlier today. Shank 2 is described as a cinematic two-dimensional brawler and is now released for the PC, Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network.

For a game in this region, it appears to be reasonably priced at AU$15.95 (or NZ$15.90) and 800MS points for the Xbox Live. However, Xbox Live users will have to wait until tomorrow to purchase the game (only a few hours to go at the time of writing).

So be sure to pick up this title at the nearest opportunity and make sure to check out the official site to determine if this is the right game for you.

Rumour: LittleBigPlanet Kart Racing Game?

Joshua Spudic
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If a tweet is led to believed, then we can expect another kart racing game, but it won’t be another Modnation Racers. In fact, this kart racer will be set within the Little Big Planet world. This unusual tweet came from Canadian retailer Future Shop during Destination Playstation 2012, which is currently running in Arizona. This is what the tweet said:

@FS_Gamer at #Playstation Destination Little Big Planet Cart racing announced for ps3. Move compatible wheel and 3D capable!

If that wasn’t enough, the claim has more credibility than you might think. Below is a banner ad that shows “Little Big Planet Karting” and it is going to be released on the Playstation 3. It is unknown whether it is fake or not, but, considering the amount of time required to make this banner, surely it can not be a fake.

Sackboy Wants To Race (Source: Playstation Lifestyle)

As one can see, the banner has screenshots and the slogan “Play, Create, Share,” which is usually attached to every Little Big Planet game. However, it does raise one important question: What happens to Modnation Racer? Will it die out or run parallel to another Little Big Planet game? What do you think of the rumour and do you believe it will hurt Modnation Racer? Why don’t you document your thoughts below.

Source: Eurogamer

Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge available now!

Travis Bruno
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If you’ve been living under a rock then perhaps it is time to switch to living under a bridge. I mean, if you were to move under the bridge that spans over the Arakawa river then just look at all the interesting people you will be able to meet down there.

There is a guitarist who wears a star on his head, a towering man who dresses as a nun, a man who won’t come out of a kappa suit and even more. I suppose living under a bridge like that just attracts a whole bunch of nutty people. If you don’t feel like moving under a bridge however, you can always just watch the antics of those who do with NIS America’s Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, the second season of Arakawa Under the Bridge. It can be picked up at NIS America’s online store and those interested in seeing the first half can check out our review of it here.

Ace Attorney 123HD screens for the iOS

Jahanzeb Khan
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Ace Attorney 123HD has just arrived at the Japanese iOS store.  The game is a HD remaster of the first three games in the popular Ace Attorney series. Unfortunately, the release is strictly Japanese at this point with no current plans for a localisation. An Android version is also set to be released sometime in 2012.

The HD remasters retain the style and look of the Nintendo DS versions, but offer much cleaner visuals. It also allows players to play all three games using a DS style interface.

While there are no plans to localise the HD remasters, bear in mind that that Capcom did release the iOS port of the first Ace Attorney game in Western regions back in 2010, so one can still hope.

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