It was revealed way back at E3 that Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS, would feature use of the handheld console’s Augmented Reality feature. It has now been confirmed that six AR Cards will come packaged with the game on release.
The AR Cards feature characters from the game including Pitt and Palutena, which can battle one another before your eyes with the Augmented Reality feature.
Kid Icarus: Uprising is set for a release on the 23rd of March, 2012. What do you think of the game’s AR functionality? Would you want to use it? Let us know in the shoutbox and comments section.
Fans of adventure gaming may have had their eye on this – Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle. A point and click adventure set in the 17th century pirate infested Caribbean, the game was originally due for release on February 24. For reasons unknown the game has been delayed by a couple of weeks until March 16.
The title is shaping up to be something very unusual, given that it’s a point and click adventure built on an unusually large scale. Reportedly containing over 20 hours of gameplay, Captain Morgane also runs in full HD, is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well as the usual adventure game home that is the PC, and boasts over 40 characters scattered through 50 environments. The title is also due to release on the Wii and DS.
For those who aren’t hardcore Neon Genesis Evangelion fans, you are excused for not knowing that this manga even existed at all. Well regardless it has now been confirmed that the manga which is a tie in with the anime series of the same name is soon to be coming to an end.
The manga itself is often considered by it’s fans as an alternate retelling of the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion storyline, not much unlike the recent cinematic re-imaginings known as the Rebuild series.
The announcement regarding the manga’s imminent conclusion confirmed that the series has one more manga volume left before it finally says farewell to the truly hardcore readers that still remember it exists.
Takehiko Inoue the author of Vagabond and Slam Dunk has confirmed via. his official twitter page that his samurai manga series Vagabond will be returning next month after nearly a year and a half hiatus.
Vagabond which was serialised weekly in Kodansha’s Morning Magazine, was placed on indefinite hiatus in August 2010, after Inoue became gravely ill. After he regained his health, he had found that he has lost enthusiasm for writing his manga and prolonged the return.
It appears now that Inoue has regained his enthusiasm and plans to bring back his award winning manga in full force next month. The next instalment of the manga is currently being coloured (which reveals that the next chapter will feature a colour page). No exact date has yet been revealed for Vagabond’s return, but the vague ‘next month’ date is good enough for fans of the manga.
Vodafone Australia have revealed their plans for the Wi-Fi/3G Playstation Vita. Potential customers can grab a monthly data plan with no upfront cost for the Vita or you grab it pre-paid for $419, which is roughly the price elsewhere. For those who do buy it outside of Vodafone, a Vodafone Sim will be included in the box on launch day.
Postpaid plans will start at $55 per month on a 12 month contract. With the basic plan, owners will get the Playstation Vita and 1.5GB of data per month over 12 months (minimal cost is $660). If that is too small, there will be other data plans available, up to 18GB for $95 per month (minimal cost is $1,140). For those who just want to pay it all on launch day, the $419 prepaid pack includes 200MB of data on a 30-day expiry.
As a special offer, if you pre-order the Playstation Vita through Vodafone’s online store by March 31st (which you can do right now), then customers will be given a necessary gift: a 4GB Memory Stick. The Memory Stick is essential for the Playstation Vita due to a lack of internal memory for save data. This does apply to both postpaid and prepaid deals. This is in addition to a free digital copy of WipEout 2048 when you activate your Vodafone sim, which you can now play since you will have the Memory Stick.
Ross Parker, General Manager of Devices at Vodafone had this to say on the Vodafone partnership with SCE Australia:
“Our partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Australia presents us with a unique opportunity to make the move into the exciting world of mobile gaming. Our new network is built for smart devices like PlayStation Vita. Our customers have told us they can’t wait to get their hands on this device, and we echo their enthusiasm and look forward to the arrival of PlayStation Vita in Australia later this month.”
For more info or to pre-order the Vita, check out the Vodafone Playstation Vita page and see if the 3G version is the right one for you.
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for one of the best movie concepts of all time: Nazis on the moon. That’s right, for seventy years a group of them have been hiding on the dark side of the moon, just waiting for the right moment to invade. In this completely over the top movie (produced by the Fins of all people), not only is there a swastika shaped base on the moon, but there’s a female president in the White House, and she’s keen to keep her seat: “All President’s who start a war in their first term get re-elected.”
I implore you to watch the full trailer for yourself to get a more perfect picture of how barmy this film is. It’s going to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in a few days time, and hits cinemas on April 4.
Any excuse for a sale! With Valentine’s Day on the way, EA have had a generous turn of heart. Bad puns aside, the ‘Games to Love’ sale has some serious discounts across the board.
So if you’re interested in snapping up a few cheap iPad or iPhone titles at up to 85% off their usual price then check out the list below. The sale begins February 10.
WARNING: It’s a long list!
iPad titles
BFBC 2
$9.99 down to $4.99
Battleship
$4.99 down to $1.99
FIFA 12
$9.99 down to $4.99
Game of Life
$6.99 down to $2.99
Madden 12 $6.99 down to $0.99
Monopoly $9.99 down to $4.99
Monopoly HN
$9.99 down to $4.99
Real Racing 2
$6.99 down to $2.99
Risk
$6.99 down to $2.99
Spy Mouse $2.99 down to $0.99
Tetris
$7.99 down to $2.99
Trivial Pursuit Master Edition
$4.99 down to $2.99
EA’s epic fantasy role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is now available to players across Australia and the United States.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an epic role-playing game in the same style as other Western RPG greats as Fable and Skyrim. We recently reviewed the title to which we gave it glowing praise. You can view our review of Reckoning here.
You can purchase Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning now from your local gaming store for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Will you be picking up Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning? Let us know in the shoutbox and comments section.
That’s right boys and girls, Grand Slam Tennis 2 has officially hit Aussie shelves as of today so go out and grab your copy ahead of both North America and Europe.
Grand Slam Tennis 2 is available for Xbox 360 and PS3 and also utilises the PlayStation Move controller. The game features a star-studded lineup including current legends in the making: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Serena Williams as well as past greats such as John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova.
The game also boasts the official licensing to all four Grand Slams, and implements an all new Total Racquet Control system for a truly realistic experience.
Don’t forget to keep your eyes open for our review which will be on the site very soon.
What is it with TMNT titles disappearing from downloadable services? After seeing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled taken off the Xbox Live Marketplace just last summer, we now have the sad news to report that the original TMNT for the NES (Yes, the Konami one) has been taken of the Wii’s virtual console for unknown reasons.
Those who already made a download of the classic can still re-download, but as of today, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is unavailable in all regions. My guess that this is just a licensing issue and might be corrected in the future, but it still is a bit disheartening that Wii owners were given no warning of these reptile’s departure.
