For those of you who didn’t know, Street Fighter turns 25 this year on the 30th of August. Capcom have today revealed that when it comes time to celebrate there famous franchises 25th anniversary they claim to  have ‘big things’ planned.
They have yet to reveal what exactly the big plans are but it’s safe to assume that a fair amount of Hadouken’s will be thrown this year. Thus far the only thing they have revealed regarding the anniversary is the flashy logo for promotional use for the event which can be seen above.
What do you think of Street Fighter turning 25? Let us know your thoughts in the shoutbox and comments section.
Some new information has come to light regarding the upcoming sequel to the cult classic mecha anime Eureka Seven. The sequel, Eureka Seven: AO, now has it’s plot detailed as well as some new character artwork for protagonists, Ao and Naru.
The plot focuses on 13 year old Ao Fukai, lives with an elderly doctor as his parents disappeared when he was at a young age. His childhood friend Naru Arata has a strange ‘yuta’ ability that she got when she was younger due to a mysterious accident. The ‘yuta’ ability seems to allow her to speak with the dead. Soon Ao discovers the Nirvash mecha and the story takes flight from there.
Some character artwork of Ao and Naru can be seen below. Eureka Seven: AO is set to premiere in the Spring 2012 anime season.
Now some people will likely not know what Geocaching is and those people should not feel bad about not knowing. However now there is a perfect reason to learn what Geocaching is because Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced that they will be partnering with Geocaching.com to help promote their upcoming Tomb Raider game.
Now geocaching is something that is quite interesting in theory and is done by countless people all over the globe. Participatnts must use a GPS system or an app on their phone (that supports GPS) to track down various “geocaches” hidden by other people who then promote it on the website. The promotion itself will begin later this year and promises “a series of unique location-based adventures.” It will not only make use of Geocaching.com’s app but also something called Geocaching Challenge from Groundspeak.com. There was no hint as to what the treasures hidden will be but they most certainly will be worth the effort. Find out more about what Geocaching is here.
Yoshihiro Togashi the man behind the Hunter x Hunter manga has revealed the interesting and self-mocking news in his Weekly Shonen Jump author notes, that this is the longest consecutive serialisation of Hunter x Hunter without taking a hiatus of any sort.
Togashi is known to take breaks from his manga at times throughout the series run and in his author’s note write up he even mocked his self for that problem. The current run has been going for 21 chapters, which is ‘apparently’ an accomplishment for Togashi.
It is worth noting that a few weeks back Togashi mentioned that with the launch of the anime series he feels that he can not afford to go on hiatus for fear that the anime would catch up with the manga. So it is safe to say, Togashi is sticking with this for the long haul.
There’s a few interesting pieces of news for fighting game fans to take note of today, both of which concern the highly popular BlazBlue fighter series. For the really hardcore fans of this highly acclaimed franchise, you should be aware that the contents of the limited edition of Continuum Shift EXTEND have been revealed. The limited addition, which will be supplied via preorder through Gamestop/EB Games and Amazon, will contain the following contents:
– 2012 Calamity x Continuum Calendar
– 40-page, full color art book with event scenes, artist illustrations, and concept art of the newer characters
– 17-song Soundtrack CD. The specific tracklist is available HERE
This limited edition package will be available on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. However, it will not be available when released for the PS Vita. Only the console renditions will be receiving the limited edition treatment. The game is set to release in stores in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand on Febuary 14th, 2012.
In addition, BlazBlue players should also take note that further details of the open invitation BlueRev tournament have been released by AKSYS games. Our prior coverage of BlueRev can be found HERE. This announcement comes with an additional competition which will see the team of the 3 best players in the US win a fully paid trip to Japan to compete in the international finals of the tournament. Deatils released by AKSYS are as follows:
If you haven’t heard yet, the website for the BlazBlue Revolution (BlueRevo) has gone live last month.
BlazBlue Revolution, or BlueRevo for short, is the biggest open invitation BlazBlue team tournament in Japan. Participants from all over Japan are gathering their strongest allies and heading to their local qualifier sites for a chance to battle it out in the BlueRevo Finals. And now participants from North America have also been invited for a piece of the action!
Here in the United States, a single team of three will be chosen to participate in the prestigious BlueRevo Finals in Japan on March 24th, 2012. Aksys Games will provide full airfare and hotel accommodations to the selected players; all you need to do is prove that your team is the strongest in all of North America at the BlazBlue Revolution US Finals on Februrary 25th, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.
If you plan to compete, get your passports ready.
Ready to battle it out? Check out the Events or Rules section for more info on BlueRevo at www.blazbluerevolution.com. Updates about the preliminary events held all over the US and the US finals will come next week!
For additional details, visit the above mentioned BlzBlue Revolution website or http://www.aksysgames.com
It certainly seems like Section 23 has been very busy over the past week, even more so today. For those who don’t know, Section 23 is the parent company of Sentai Filmworks, which has been picking up multiple licenses over the past week, and also for Maiden Japan which has just announced that they have acquired the license for Polyphonica Crimson S. Fans can expect to see the DVD released with English subtitles only sometime this Spring.
In the world of Polyphonica there lives a certain type of musician capable of communing with the spirits. They are called Dantists and are able to use their music to control the spirits in battle for good or for evil. Polyphonica Crimson S follows the story of Phoron who, despite mastering everything needed to become a Dantist, is unable to do so due to a promise he made as a small child to a spirit. When that spirit returns 12 years later he finally is able to make his contract with the girl. The only problem is she is named Corticarte, also known as the Crimson Annihilator.
Today more screenshots for Agent 47’s next journey Hitman: Absolution have been released by Square Enix and in these images, which can be seen below, we see what makes Agent 47 the best hitman in the organization. These images show everything from Agent 47 disguising himself as a priest, about to execute a guy with a fire axe and also even hiding a whole bunch of bodies in a closet. Puts a whole ‘nother twist on the phrase skeletons in the closet huh?
Among these images are your more standard actions such as blowing people away with a shotgun, observing the interrogation of a pollice officer and more. Well I wouldn’t say that those are very standard but with Hitman: Absolution expected to be released sometime this year on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, plenty of gamers will have a chance to do everything seen below and more.
Sentai Filmworks has continued on their licensing spree and has announced today that they have picked up the license to release Motto To Love-Ru to North American audiences. Those hoping for an English dub or a Blu-ray version will be disappointed however as the company will be releasing the complete season only on DVD and only with English subtitles.
Fans will also be disappointed to hear that Sentai Filmworks will not be including the multiple OVAs that aired between To Love-Ru and Motto To Love-Ru which helps bridge the gap between the two stories and introduces Lala’s sisters. The license acquisition isn’t too much of a surprise, as Sentai Filmworks already owns the license to the first season of the series, though it may be a bit of a surprise that it took this long for the acquisition to be made.
Ever since 7sixty revealed that they would be bringing Phantom Breaker to North America the title has been given a lot of attention, so much attention in fact that the developers of the title in Japan, 5pb has decided that they will be releasing a title update for the Japanese version of the game.
Currently there is no news as to what this title update will entail nor has there been any word of whether this update will also be applied to the North American version of the game by 7sixty before the title is released in early 2012. Phantom Breaker is being released exclusively on the Xbox 360 and will come in a limited edition package that will contain a mini strategy guide, desk calendar and two double-sided posters
As any good video game should, Gravity Rush contains two different kinds of missions. There are your standard story missions which will advance the plot and provide bosses for Kat to face off against, but then there are also side quests. The side quests in this title however are called Challenge Missions and they will award the player with precious gems that will be used to power up Kat.
Famitsu has explained that the precious gems will let players level up Kat’s various abilities such as her main skill to bend gravity and allow her to walk on walls and slam enemies with ease. She has a number of other abilities such as a gravity glove to lift heavy objects and more that has yet to be detailed. Gravity Rush is slated as a PlayStation Vita launch title in North America and is a personal must buy for this writer.
