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February 12, 2012

More details emerge for Fire Emblem: Awakening

You may remember that a Fire Emblem title is being developed for the Nintendo 3DS. However at that time, we knew very little about the game. Now we know just a little bit more thanks to Jump Magazine. Fire Emblem: Awakening is first set to be released on April 19th in Japan and here is a brief glimpse of what the story will entail.

“Two sleeping dragons – one a sacred ally of mankind, the other its sworn destroyer. Two heroes marked with the symbols of the dragons. Their meeting heralds the dragons’ awakening – and the world’s ending.”

The main character is named Crom, Prince of the Iris Kingdom. He will wield a Falchion as a weapon, while the other main character is a character that the player will create as themselves. Players will be able to choose a gender, weapon type and various other customization options to create their own fighting unit. Very interesting… now we just need to see this title released overseas in North America and it will be even better.

Sentai announce English dub for Gintama: The Movie

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February 12, 2012

In a shocking and puzzling twist, Sentai Filmworks has confirmed an English dub for Gintama: The Movie. This announcement has left many fans puzzled but also delighted at the idea of hearing their favourite Gintama characters speaking English.

The reason for confusion of the series fans is the fact that Sentai’s release of the anime series itself was subtitled only. However, due to one of Sentai’s policies regarding Blu-Ray releases (all Blu-Ray releases must feature an English dub), the film will mark the first time fans will hear Gintoki and friends speak English.

Sentai plan to release Gintama: The Movie through multiple mediums, specifically digitally and on DVD and Blu-Ray later this year.

Namco Bandai creates 1000 member studio

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February 12, 2012

Namco Bandai Holdings has chosen that the best way to coalesce their work force is to merge all of their game making talent into a single studio. Starting on April 2nd Namco Bandai will now handle every franchise that they have been working on since their creation. This includes franchises such as Tekken, Soulcalibur, the Tales series and much more.

Employees will all be moved over to Namco Bandai Studio and all of them put together will reach 1,000 people. Namco Bandai is doing this because they believe it will help speed up game development and increase the creative efficiency of the team.

New Eureka Seven AO Artwork

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February 12, 2012

Newtype Ace magazine, recently revealed some new character artwork for the forthcoming Spring 2012 anime series Eureka Seven AO, which itself is a sequel to 2005 anime series Eureka Seven.

Several characters have been revealed through the artworks (which can be seen below).

The characters are members of a group known as Pied Piper, a smaller team of the bigger organisation known as Generation Bull.

You can check out the character art below and let us know what you think in the shoutbox and comments section.

Eureka Seven AO is slated to premiere in April 2012.

Learn about the weapons of Twisted Metal in latest trailer

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February 12, 2012

Despite the bad news that has been coming out of Eat Sleep Play over the past few days, Twisted Metal is still set to be released in less than a week now in North America and Sony Computer Entertainment America isn’t about to let us forget that fact. Today they have released a trailer that demonstrates the weapons you’ll be using to blow apart other drivers.

As you can see in the video below, there are a large amount of returning weapons that have been given an upgrade in the visual department as well as a number of new weapons that have been added into this iteration of the game. You can even hang out your window and shoot people with various guns… interesting…

Kingdom Hearts 3D Japanese Box-Art Revealed

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February 12, 2012

Square Enix have revealed the Japanese version box-art for their forthcoming instalment in the wildly popular Kingdoms Hearts franchise, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

The box-art which can be seen above, features the game’s protagonists Sora, Riku and Mickey floating through what one can only presume to be some kind of dream, considering the games title and plot. But that surely does not matter to Kingdoms Hearts fans who are most likely salivating at the mouth just looking at that glorious box-art.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is slated for release in Japan on the 29^th of March, 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS.

Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise on XBLA announced by 7sixty

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February 12, 2012

While there were rumors circulating last month about 7sixty bringing out a Kung Fu game in the future, there had yet to be any official confirmation of that rumor until now. Today 7sixty has announced that they will be releasing Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise on the XBLA sometime early this year.

The title is being developed by Qooc Soft and will follow the story of General Loh, a warrior who is out to avenge his father’s death. The title will feature a beat’em up gameplay style and contain plenty of over the top martial arts. The game will also feature two player co-op and a versus mode. Currently there has been no price range announced for the game, though you can check out the teaser announcement trailer below.

First look at Shaman King – Flowers Manga

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February 12, 2012

The sequel to the popular manga Shaman King, known as Shaman King – Flowers is set to make its debut in the Jump Kai magazine in April. In anticipation of its debut Jump Kai magazine featured a first look section recently giving fans of the series a look at the characters and some details on the plot.

The new manga is set to star the original protagonist’s son, Hana Asakura. For those that do not know, Hana is the Japanese word for Flower, thus revealing the reasoning for the ‘Flowers’ in the sequels title. Little is known about the plot of the series other than it follows on directly from the previous series however now starring Hana instead of his father Yoh.

You can check out the first look page to the right (click to enlarge). Be sure to let us know what you think in the shoutbox and comments section.

Skyrim patch 1.4 live now on 360 and PS3

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February 12, 2012