Remember the Flintstone Kids? Reboot? Recess? All have on thing in common, with that being that each was a Saturday Morning Cartoon from the 90’s. Animator HarryPartridge has already shown some love to Skyrim in the past with “The Song of Skyrim“, and now the famous Youtuber has taken it upon himself to bring the world The Elder Scrolls Adventures with the Dovahkids.
This mock intro shows us a glimpse of what Skyrim would be if it were a toon in the era we all grew up in, and I can easily say I would wake up and watch this kind of production every day if it were on television. Go ahead, take a break from absorbing dragon souls and watch the video below. You’ll be happy that you did.
Ever heard of Rock Lee’s manga spin-off Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden? Well if you have or not, you most certainly have now. Popular Naruto character Rock Lee, will be getting a spin-off anime series based upon his spin-off manga series Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden.
Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden is a comedy series focused around the hilarious misadventures of Rock Lee. So if you like the comedic side of things in Naruto you are in for a treat. It is currently unknown when the anime will premiere, however it’s only a matter of time before a release date is confirmed.
Let us know what you think of Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden getting and anime adaptation. Are you excited with full-power? Leave a comment with your thoughts.
George Takei, whom most would know as Sulu on Star Trek, has recently slammed Warner Bros. for their upcoming live-action adaptation of anime masterpiece Akira. In a video interview which can be seen below, Takei blasts Warner Bros. for whitewashing the cast and altering the film’s premise to the point where the message of the film will now become heavily distorted.
Takei poses the question; “Why even buy Akira, if they are only going to change it?” He further contends, “Why not create an entirely new production?” Both questions which are indeed worth raising. It does beg one to ponder why exactly did they purchase the rights to Akira if they only intend to create something entirely different which just features the name Akira and loosely related premise?
You can check out Takei’s interview below. What do you think? Is Takei on point regarding the Akira adaptation? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
An amazing live-action fan film based upon the popular Sailor Moon franchise created by Naoko Takeuchi, has made it’s way online.
The film is free to view to all of youtube and has created some division among fans, but if you have ever liked Sailor Moon, even slightly, it is definitely an interesting watch to see this live action take on the series.
The film weighs in at a decent 21 minutes in length and for your viewing pleasure can be seen below.
Regardless of whether you are a fan of the series or not, it is clear that a lot of work was put into making this fan film. So be sure to check it out and let us know what you think of Sailor Moon The Movie.
The Space based game from Soldak Entertainment, Drox Operative, has had two of its playable classes revealed today. Those classes are the Brunt and the Cortex classes.
To quote the website –
Brunt
Danger Level: Moderate
Brunt are as impressive as their size- huge. You’ll always find them carting large personal weaponry. While relying on firepower and aggressive tactics, they happily sacrifice speed and cunning. Intimidation and posturing often give the brunt an advantage when dealing with other races, and it precedes their true joy of mindlessly pummeling enemies to death. They are warriors of blood, fire, and brutality.
Cortex
Danger Level: Low
While physically weak, the small, quiet, calm cortex make up for their diminutive size with an uncanny intelligence. They are exceptional researchers and scientists. While clever with defense, cortex are not quick to invade neighbors. It is a mistake to consider them benign, for when it comes to betrayal, nothing will stay their hand from justice. Stubborn is an apt description. They’ll fiercely pursue a grudge, so care should be given to maintain a decent reputation among their kind.
Drox Operative looks like it’s going to be an action RPG set in space; which is always interesting to see. According to the developers, it is imperative that as a player you side with the factions most likely to achieve victory in order to win.
As a Drox Operative it’s NOT your job to manage all of those annoying people, build thousands of buildings, play nice with your enemies, or balance the budget. It IS your job to pick the winning side and maybe even help them conquer the galaxy if you’re being nice, more importantly though is to rake in as many credits as possible, well that and build the coolest, deadliest ship in the known universe. Not many screw with an Operative captaining a Dreadnaught!
So money is going to be an important facotr in this game. And if you’re a fan of this type of game, or sci-fi games where you control spaceships, you should definintely check the game out at the Official Website.
Overview:
If you’re like me you’ll only get into the Winter sports once every four years with the Winter Olympic Games. Or, if you’re lucky enough to go on a skiing holiday, you’ll probably have a fair amount of interest in the world of snowy sports for a short time before, during and afterwards. I’m not saying sports like skiing, bobsledding and snowboarding don’t have a following, but I imagine it’s comparatively smaller than that of the likes of football, especially for us countries that don’t natively have snow or mountains.
Which is why it strikes me as odd that the developers have gone down a serious route in favour of an arcade bash for the inexperienced majority. Winter Stars isn’t a simulation, but its complicated controls, sombre perspective on the sports and straight-faced story mean it’s not far off.
Story:
Upon booting the game up for the first time you are presented with a short playable scene where you witness Jake Ortis’ horrible skiing accident. It’s surprising how much more impact this has by having you playing at the time of the accident as opposed to just looking on. In this sense it starts how it means to go on, showing that the coming playtime could be a bit bleak when compared to the cheery, kiddy Kinect game you had in mind.
Keen to get back into competing after his accident, Jake Ortis forms the ‘Winter Stars’, a sponsor-less, coach-less team of athletes that make up for it through their passion and ability in their respective sports disciplines. This lays the foundations for the career mode, which sees you guide your team through a large number of made-up cups and competitions by placing in the necessary positions for each individual event. You always compete against three other teams in each event to earn gold, silver or bronze medals. Points are earned based on your position in the event (with zero points for a fourth place finish) which add to your overall tally, determining whether you qualify for the next competition.
From the start, only four events are available – Bobsled, Biathlon, Figure Skating and Downhill Skiing – with the other events gradually introduced over the course of career mode to make up a total of 11 events. The other events are as follows: Ski Freeride, Ski Flying, Paraskiing, Short Track, Curling, Snowboard Cross, Snowmobile. You will notice there are a number of skiing events, although these all manage to be completely different activities in their own right and, overall, Winter Stars manages a sufficient amount of variation through its events.
However, although it’s acceptable for it to hold back all but four events in the career mode to start with, this has the adverse effect of locking off everything but these four events for other modes. This is one of my all-time bugbears in games and I really dislike it when the developers prohibit a large portion of the game from the off; it feels as if you aren’t being given your money’s worth if most of the game needs unlocking. As you can imagine, the initial lack of modes puts a damper on the so-called ‘addictive multiplayer’ announced on the box. Picture the scene: it’s Christmas day, someone’s bought you Winter Stars and they’re as eager to try out your gift as you are. In this situation you aren’t going to want to spend hours unlocking events in order to have something to play, meaning the initially sparse choice makes their purchase appear far smaller than it actually is.
Ice skating, skiing and snowboarding aren’t as easy as they look, and I found the simpler events like downhill skiing, ski flying and the shooting part of the biathlon were much easier to control and, consequently, more fun. For sports with such intricate techniques as those over snow and ice, you would expect some teething problems with the controls. Still, although you can appreciate the creators had a tough time with it, it must be said Winter Stars doesn’t handle well, with some events basically uncontrollable. There is a solution to this, although it does create a dilemma of its own.
As well as the normal control scheme, the game gives the option to switch the controls to ‘family mode’. As the name suggests, this simplifies the controls and increases the degree of auto-assist to cater for young, inexperienced players. This may serve its purpose for younger players, but those struggling with the unreliability of some of the proper control schemes could be tempted to use it as well. This leaves players between a rock and a hard place. The standard controls for many events are too complicated to work, but family mode turns the game into something so automated you watch, not play. For anyone who’s seen the hilarious video of a gamer staying stock-still while Kinect Joy Ride does the driving for him, the situation in Winter Stars with family mode is much the same. You have little input, especially on the steering; I was able to stand perfectly still for a downhill skiing event and still come first.
Visuals & Audio:
Although the visuals were never going to capture the breathtaking natural beauty of mountain ranges, the expansive environments create the illusion of a world around you. Winter Stars, puzzlingly, went the serious route. It doesn’t brush over things with arcade fun, instead showing the darker side of the sporting world with a sense of danger in some events, with collisions and crashes, or a disappointed female sobbing over a poor performance in the figure skating. You even earn experience points improve talents, or weirder still, upgrade equipments Need For Speed-style to make your Bobsled go faster.
The developers’ vision for realism ends with the graphics for people, though. Humans look slightly alien in appearance and although their lip movements match the audio, the voice work itself is poor. The voice acting is unconvincing and the tone of conversation often feels stilted.
Overall:
Just as the key to a good ski jump or nailing a figure skating spin is the approach, whether 49Games got a face full of snow or emerged with dignity rested on their approach to a Winter Sports compilation. Sadly, their choice of a more serious direction, I feel, was an error in judgement. Complicated controls, an actual plot and customisable specialist gear don’t necessarily make it any more appealing to the skiing enthusiast, but serve to alienate the casual player. There’s plenty to work through in career mode given most of the game is closed off at first, but the fiddly handling of some events requires the patience of a saint to master, and even then you may struggle. Simplify the controls using family mode and you’re barely playing.
I know that many fighting game fans found true love this year in Marvel vs Capcom 3, but if any release in the genre turned heads this year it would have to be Mortal Kombat. As many of you know, this reboot was one of the most successful titles this year, selling over 3 million and offering up some meaty DLC, but it looks like things are not quite over for Raiden and his chosen warriors.
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) have have now rated a game by the name of Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition. Now if history serves correct, this will more than likely be a re-release of 2011’s Mortal Kombat with all of the DLC bundled in, along with a few new extras that the series is famous for. We still don’t have a price or any other kind of confirmation for this “komplete” package but with a release date of February 17th, there isn’t much doubt that Warner Bros. should be announcing the gory details sooner rather than later.
Yet another offer by the generous and lovely guys over at Daily App Dream (I have never actually met, or spoken to them, I just love people that give me free things), offering the super popular Legacy: Mystery Mansion for FREE.
Legacy: Mystery Mansion ranked among the top in the puzzle category of the App Store, thanks to its challenging gameplay and fair learning curve. Legacy: Mystery Mansion also boasts great visuals and audio, with some damn fine graphics and a great soundtrack to accompany the game.
There are over 40 achievements, which will keep those achievement-whores of you happy, and those who just like being praised pretty happy too.
Jump on over to Daily App Dream to get it before time runs out, or go grab it from the App Store HERE
Want more zombies on you Apple device of choice? Call of Duty has the answer, with another entry in the franchises iOS ‘zombie experience’, this time riffing on Call of Duty Black Ops.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies app has been built specifically for Apple devices, and although optimised to perform best on 3rd generation and higher models, promises to be equally impressive on it’s gory goodness no matter what size screen your playing on – whether it’s iPad or iPhone.
There are 50 levels of the fan favourite zombie mode on offer here, and to keep that famous Call of Duty team spirit alive there’s even voice chat available in the multiplayer. Up to four players can join a game to take down the undead hordes, and fans should keep an eye out for future updates that will include feature upgrades and extra maps (surprise!).
Madman Entertainment have been running a Facebook campaign throughout last month, giving hints for a supposed huge suprise announcement of acquired titles. Well, the announcement has been made. Madman shocked the country by announcing the acquisitions, which featured titles that no one could have predicted.
The newly licensed titles are as follows:
Coicent/Five Numbers – Two OVAs to be released in a combo pack April 2012.
Maken Ki – No release information has been made available.
Madoka Magica – To be released in April 2012.
Future Diary – Streamed in Madman Screening Room and then eventually a DVD release.
Heaven’s Lost Property (Season 1 and 2) – Season 1 to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in March 2012. The second season will be released at a later date which is yet to be confirmed.
Persona 4 – Streamed in Madman Screening Room and then eventually a DVD release.
This is a huge announcement from Madman Entertainment. Perhaps the biggest title announced is the incredibly popular Madoka Magica. Which title are you most excited for? Let us know in the shoutbox and comments section.
