Bethesda has officially stated that they have no statement about the rumor that has sprung up recently about Prey 2 being canceled. Dutch website PSFocus reported that the game which was in development at Human Head Studios is being canceled and that Bethesda would make the official announcement next week.
Despite having a strong showing at E3 last year and GamesCom, the showing that was planned for GDC was canceled only a few weeks before the show was to begin. Since that time there has been zero news released about the title from Bethesda, though that doesn’t mean that it has been canceled of course. We will have to wait until next week to see however if this is true or not.
It seems that Konami’s attempt to bring Silent Hill fans three weeks of straight Silent Hill game releases is going to fall short of expectations. Rather than delivering three Silent Hill games in March, it seems that that number will sit at two as Silent Hill: Book of Memories on the PlayStation Vita has had its release date shifted from March 27th until May 31st.
This listing has appeared on Amazon and Gamefly. This is unfortunate news for fans of the series as the game was already delayed from February until the end of March. It is worth noting that this is not an official announcement from Konami about the release date change and we have reached out to them for comment.
Arc System Works has developed plenty of games over the past few years, though most people know them for their fighting game series, BlazBlue and before that Guilty Gear. However it seems they are taking a different approach on their next video game as last night they announced a game that is called Xblaze. They described the title as their first effort in an “Adventure Project.”
At the time very little is known about the game, such as what consoles it will be on or any details about the game itself besides that it will be “another Blue story” meaning it could possibly have ties to the BlazBlue series.
Also released was the below promotional trailer and they revealed that the game will be released this Winter. To make things even more exciting, it was revealed by Producer Toshimichi Mori that the second effort in the “Adventure Project” is currently in its preliminary stages, which means Xblaze may already be getting a sequel. Expect more information as time goes on and maybe even a localization announcement.
Next week in Japan, Playstation Vita gamers will have access to New Little King’s Story, as it sees a release on March 29. To build up to that release, Konami has released a new trailer, summing up the various touch controls that will be used for the game. The trailer can be watched below. In New Little King’s Story, players will control King Corobo, a 14-year-old royal, who presides over a Kingdom threatened by an entity known as The Nightmare. As King, it is the player’s job to raise an army and expel this threat from the Kingdom.
Just a reminder that the game will also be available in English sometime in 2012 as Konami, who will be publishing the game, will be localising the game for Europe. As of yet, Konami has been tight lipped with an exact date, but Capsule Computers will bring that date as soon as Konami announces it. If you want the game next week, it will cost you ¥6,480(US$83.43/AU$77.53) for the physical version, while the digital version will be sold at ¥5,980 (US$76.99/AU$71.55).
Malevolence is the upcoming game from the independent studio Visual Outbreak and it appears to be a fantastical game set in a procedurally generated universe. And by universe, I mean that nearly every aspect of the games world is generated as needed by the game.
The developer hopes to have as much of the game generated procedurally as possible, this means that everything from characters and items, right down to the tree-life will be generated using mathematic algorithms and smart programming. Hopefully this creates a unique play experience for all players, as well as a game that continues to be interesting.
Mechanically the game is going to be a first-person turn-based combat game as the developer wants this to feel like classic games from the 90s era and the like. The developer explains it like this –
HOW IS THE GAME BOTH TURN-BASED AND FIRST PERSON?
The gameplay is very similar to the classic first person RPGs of the early to mid nineties, such as the Might & Magic series and Eye of the Beholder. The player stands in a richly detailed, 3D world using all of the latest technology, but movement is done across an invisible grid, meaning that when you take a step, you step forward one meter, and when you turn, you turn 90 degrees at a time. There are, however, moments where you are free to break out of this movement paradigm, such as the freelook option.
Most interestingly though, is the development blog about the game. It is here that the developers talk to fans about the development process behind the game and other kinds of related chatter.
Be sure to check out the game (in development) here, and the blog here.
Note: As a huge fan of games like the Might and Magic series (VII and VIII were my favorites, unfortunately my portable HDD with my game files died (like seriously it took me 3-4 hours of ejecting and closing my CD tray to get my old scratched and beat up discs to read)) I am pretty excited for this game, and the following screenshot and trailer will show you why.
Update: We’ve recently found out that the developers have an IndieGoGo account to help fund their game. You can check that out here.
The sequel to IUGO’s popular Animal Academy game for the iOS is now available on the iTunes app store. The sequel is titled Animal Academy: Summer Camp and as you can imagine features a Summer Camp setting and will like it’s predecessor contain adorable little critters for you to play with.
You can pick up the title for the steal price of absolutely honest to goodness FREE, in the iTunes app store here.
IUGO have also uploaded a launch trailer for the title which can be seen below. Be sure to download the game and let us know what you think of Animal Academy: Summer Camp in the comments section below.
Defense of the Ancients Clone, Plants War for the iOS, now has a new trailer to draw in new players. This free to play game is now on the app store for players to grab and play whenever they please. The game will also be playable on all iOS enabled devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod).
To quote the video –
Dryad Forest is under attack! Help Plant Champion Leafy defend against the invading animal force. Available now on the App Store: http://bit.ly/plantswar0308
The game itself looks fairly interesting, it’s just too bad that there are so many other DOTA clones out there vying for the same audience. Fortunately this one of the only DOTA clones for the iOS, making this ideal for DOTA players on the go.
While we may not have a narrower release window for the Wii U besides sometime around the “year-end season,” it appears that Darksiders 2 will be a launch title when Nintendo finally chooses to release their brand new system. Those who want to play Darksiders 2 on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 won’t have to wait as long as that however as the title will be released for those platforms on June 26th.
This information comes from Hayden Dalton, the lead designer at Vigial Games, as he sat down with an interview with Digital Spy. In this interview he stated “That’s been very interesting to see what those guys are doing, and they’re making efforts to make sure we do use it in more than a slapdash way. It’s basically the core game, but then with added abilities to do certain things that you can’t do on the other consoles.” He went on to give a few examples such as changing equipment instantly with a tap of the controller among other things.
If, for whatever reason, you decide that you don’t want to stare at your GameCube as it collects dust in your closet or on your entertainment center then you better hurry, GameStop will soon stop accepting trade-ins of the GameCube console as well as all GameCube games and accessories.
Well, not like they would give you much of for anything GameCube related as it is. You could probably recycle all the metal inside the system and get more than they would offer but alas it is the end of an era for a system when GameStop no longer accepts the used products.
Releasing a demo for a highly anticipated title is always a bonus for both developers and fans. Fans have a chance to try out the demo and get a taste of what they can expect and developers can look at the demo feedback and make tweaks to the game if it is still under development. However this time around it seems that fans were a bit too die hard for Tecmo Koei’s Dead or Alive 5 demo.
neoGAF user Sectus has apparently dug through the source code in the Dead or Alive 5 demo and found alternate costume data that was hidden within the game. This alternate costume data revealed a rather long list of fighters, each with six costumes each. A slew of returning fighters and fan favorites make up the roster as well as two new names, Mila and Rig. Also revealed in this list are two more Virtua Fighter characters, Sarah Bryant and Pai Chan.
The full list can be seen below but this is subject to change and can be seen as a rumor at the moment as Tecmo Koei is currently tight lipped about this reveal.
