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GameStop PlayStation Vita document leaks out prices and release date of all PS Vita titles

Travis Bruno
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While the PlayStation Vita may have already been released in Japan, everyone in the Western world still has to wait until February to get their hands on Sony’s new handheld gaming device. But, besides the price of the system and the memory cards, we had little idea about how the games themselves would be priced upon release. But a leaked GameStop document has made its way online and not only does it contain a number of surprising new release dates for games but also the prices for all the titles both at and around release.

One of the biggest surprises is that the previously set for a release window date, Gravity Rush is now being listed as a launch day title, and considering this is one of my most anticipated titles of the Vita’s launch this is a major plus. We also see Sony’s non-standard pricing come in to effect here as well as a number of titles are listed at only costing $29.99 at release, with the rest at $39.99 and Uncharted: Golden Abyss sitting at a staggering $49.99. Note that the digital prices for the games are expected to be lower, but are not listed in the document.

Check out the full list below and start setting your money aside, because this is going to be an expensive and very enjoyable launch.

Launch titles:

  • Lumines Electronic Symphony —$39.99
  • Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 —$39.99
  • Uncharted: Golden Abyss —$49.99
  • Hot Shots Golf World Invitiational –$29.99
  • Wipeout 2048 —$29.99
  • Little Deviants —$29.99
  • Reality Fighters —$29.99
  • ModNation Racers —$29.99
  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extended —$39.99
  • Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour —$39.99
  • Gravity Rush –$39.99

Post-launch titles (all listed at $39.99 unless marked otherwise):

  • Supremacy MMA 2/16
  • FIFA Soccer 2/21
  • Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen 2.21
  • Touch My Katamari 2/21 – $29.99
  • Ridge Racer 2/21 – $29.99
  • F1 2011 2/22
  • MLB 12: The Show 3/6
  • Disgaea 3: Absense of Detention 3/20
  • Army Corps of Hell (late March)
  • LittleBigPlanet 3/31
  • Ruin (April)
  • Resistance: Burning Skies (May)

Bandai Entertainment to stop publishing DVDs and Manga; cancels Nichijou, GOSICK and more

Travis Bruno
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In news that could honestly surprise everyone, Bandai Entertainment, a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, and the producer of multiple anime and manga releases in North America has announced that they will stop releasing any new DVD, Blu-ray and manga next month. This effectively ends Bandai Entertainment’s run in the anime industry, but they will continue to distribute all of their current existing line-up.

To be a bit more specific, the company is set to end all distribution of new series and releases in February and will only be releasing their current product of already released anime and manga until their licenses for the series expire. Bandai Entertainment is not abandoning their newly picked up licenses, but is in fact looking to license the rights they own to other companies. This means that three of the five fulltime workers they had will be fired and most of their contractors will be as well.

With the end of Bandai Entertainment’s new releases, this effectively cancels the release of the below shows. Let us hope that some of these anime will be licensed to other anime companies in North America so they will not be forgotten:

Anime DVD/Blu-ray Disc

  • Gosick
  • Nichijō
  • Turn A Gundam

Manga

  • Code Geass: Renya
  • Gurren Lagann volume 7
  • Kannagi volumes 4-6
  • Lucky Star Boo Boo Kagaboo
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 001
  • Tales of the Abyss: Jade’s Secret Memories volumes 1 and 2

2012 GIVEAWAY!

Matthew Vella
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To celebrate the launch of our 2011 Game of the Year Awards as well as heading into the new year, Capsule Computers have decided to give away a $20 Amazon Gift Voucher, and we want YOU to win it! All you have to do is simply comment below and tell us:

What Upcoming Video Game are YOU looking forward to play in 2012?

You can comment by signing in with Facebook or Twitter so it’s really easy to do. Competition will close on January 7, and this post will be updated announcing the winner. For more information, check the video below!

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UPDATE: A winner has been selected! Congratulations to Treyes96! Our Editor-in-Cheif Philip Federico will be contacting you shortly! If for some reason there are any issues, feel free to contact him at [email protected]

Big thanks to everyone who entered the competition! We’ll be having more soon so keep an eye out for more competitions as we should have plenty soon!

Is The Online Pass Heading To The Playstation Vita?

Joshua Spudic
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Is The Online Pass Heading To The Playstation Vita?

The Online Pass might be heading to the Playstation Vita for Sony’s first party games. Destructoid have revealed that Hot Shots Golf 6, which will be renamed as Everybody’s Golf for the European and PAL territories and Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational in North America, does in fact have something called “Online Play Ticket.” This online pass, which cost 900 yen for players who purchase the game used, will be required for online play. A one time use code will be included with retail versions of the game.

It seems that Sony is further fighting the used market, this time taking the war on the portable front. I have to disagree with this tactic, however. Taking away the player’s ability to play on an online network that is free to play on in the first place seems so draconian and unfriendly to the public. Although I do not like the fact that used game purchases do not reward developers for their efforts, taking away online play is not the answer. Why not offer exclusive courses or characters for free for new owners? That will convince people to buy new copies rather than used.

Destructoid did note that digital copies will also include the “Online Play Ticket” in its price, so the digital version is still the cheaper version to purchase.

FIFA On Vita Receives Developer Walkthrough Video

Joshua Spudic
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FIFA is usually released on every platform known to man, so it is no surprise that the game will see a release on the Playstation Vita. So, with that established, will the game use the Vita touch functionality? Well, in this developer walkthrough video, it seems that it will and it does look good. The front touch screen will be used for passing and selecting players while the rear touch pad will help with precision shooting.

Known as FIFA Football (as oppose to FIFA 12), EA Sport’s latest football title will bring over 500 licensed clubs, roughly the same amount as the console counterpart. It also emulates most of the features as its console counterpart, like Career Mode. Also expect console like presentations and commentary. FIFA Football is expected to be released in February 2012, most likely a launch title for the handheld.

M. Bison And Xiaoyu Revealed For Street Fighter X Tekken

Joshua Spudic
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Capcom has posted some more screenshots of Street Fighter X Tekken on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Fortunately for fans, one of these screenshots have confirmed two more fighters for the game. Both M.Bison of Street Fighter fame and Xiaoyu from Tekken are shown above the lifebars of Heihachi and Dhalsim. The screenshot in question is in fact at the top of the article.

Street Fighter X Tekken is one of two games that will feature both universes, the other being Tekken X Street Fighter, which is being developed by Namco. Street Fighter X Tekken will be released in March 2012 for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Playstation Vita.

Final Fantasy X HD Still In Early Development

Joshua Spudic
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It seems that Final Fantasy X HD is still a long way off from releasing anytime soon, according to Yoshinori Kitase. In an interview with German magazine M! Games, Kitase has revealed that the game is still in very early development, meaning that programming might not have even started yet. Kitase has also revealed that he might be working on it because he wants to “ensure that the remake of the game will have the same quality as the original.” He describes the game as a “neuauflage”, which means “remake” in German.

Final Fantasy X HD will see a release on the Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita in the future. Right now, though, it seems the game won’t be released this or next year. Of course, I could be wrong for a 2013 date. Nonetheless, this is good for any Final Fantasy fan, especially when said fan can take Tidus and company on the go, although that can be semi-achieved with Dissidia and Dissidia Duodecim, which featured Tidus (both games) and Yuna (Dissidia Duodecim) as Warriors of Cosmos.

Famitsu Reveals Games That Made The Japanese Cry

Joshua Spudic
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Famitsu.com has conducted a poll on the games that made the Japanese public cry and the top emotion driving game is Final Fantasy X. First released on the Playstation 2 (with further releases on Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita), the story follows Tidus, a Zanarkand resident transported 1000 years into the future and the pilgrimage of Yuna, where Tidus becomes one of her Guardians. Final Fantasy X beats out fellow Final Fantasy game Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, the prequel of Final Fantasy VII starring Zack Fair, and Okami, a game about Amaterasu, the sun goddess of Japanese mythology, who takes the form of a wolf throughout the game.

Here is the top 20 of games that made the Japanese cry (thanks to Andriasang). You may notice that there are some games with the same number . That means that they had the same number of votes. Famitsu, however, did not disclose the number of votes for any game.

  • 1. Final Fantasy X (Square Enix, PS2, 7/19/2001)
  • 2. Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, PSP, 9/13/2007)
  • 3. Okami (Capcom, PS2, 4/20/2006)
  • 4. Clannad (Gung-Ho Works, PS2, 2/23/2006)
  • 5. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (Konami, PS2, 11/17/2004)
  • 6. Steins;Gate (5pb., Xbox 360, 10/15/2009)
  • 7. AIR (Incerchannel, Dreamcast, 9/20/2001)
  • 8. Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, PS, 1/31/1997)
  • 8. Mother 3 (Nintendo, GBA, 4/20/2006)
  • 10. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, PSP), 10/27/2011)
  • 10. Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype, PS2, 12/24/2009)
  • 12. Final Fantasy IX (Square Enix, PS, 7/7/2000)
  • 12. NieR Replicant (Square Enix, PS3, 4/22/2010)
  • 14. 428 (Sega, Wii, 12/4/2008)
  • 16. Tales of the Abyss (Namco Bandai, PS2, 12/15/2005)
  • 16. Metal Gear Solid 4 (Konami, PS3, 6/12/2008)
  • 16. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, PS3, 12/17/2009)
  • 16. Tales of Legendia (Namco Bandai, PS2, 8/25/2005)
  • 16. ICO (Sony, PS2, 12/6/2001)
  • 16. Shadow of the Colossus (Sony, PS2, 10/27/2005)

Are there any games that made you cry? Why don’t you tell us below in the comments or in the shoutbox, located at the left of the website.

Rumour: Is Epic Mickey 2 In The Works?

Joshua Spudic
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It seems that there will be a second Epic Mickey coming out, if an entry in a monthly newsletter is led to believe. The entry details how the game is going to be multiplatform and might also feature 2 player co-op with Oswald the Rabbit as the second player. It will also see a release during the Autumn of 2012. Below is what the entry supposably was, as the description was pulled from the final version of the newsletter (captured by StitchKingdom.com):

“Disney Epic Mickey 2 is the latest game in the critically acclaimed Disney Epic Mickey videogame series. In this all-new action-platforming game available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii, Mickey embarks on an epic journey and is pulled back into a world filled with Disney’s forgotten characters. Players can choose to play single-player as Mickey or for the first time players can also choose 2-player split screen mode. In the 2 player mode one person can play as Mickey wielding magic paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world and the second player can play as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – Walt Disney’s first cartoon star – with the power to fly like a helicopter and use electricity to fight or friend enemies and solve challenges. Team-up and choose your path to save this forgotten world because the choices you make will alter the story and change the end of the game!”

So, Mickey will jump to two more platforms? That’s pretty good for all gamers. Also, 2 player co-op sounds like a good idea. I wonder what it will add to the overall game. Epic Mickey saw a release in 2009 only on Wii.

Super Kid Icarus Flash Game, A Remake With Heart

Luke Halliday
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Super Kid Icarus Flash Game, A Remake With Heart

For those of you hanging out for the upcoming Kid Icarus 3D Classics remake on the Nintendo eShop, here is something that will entice you in the mean time – Super Kid Icarus.

Super Kid Icarus, is a flash version playable for free in the comfort of your internet browser. If you loved the original, you’ll love this remake with heart. While staying true to the original, it updates Kid Icarus to what it would be had it released on the Super Nintendo.

Not only is it a great remake, it also features an awesome map creator for fans with a taste for creativity and even a comprehensive enemy guide for the truly hardcore players. If you want to jump back into the world of Kid Icarus, whether it be for a nostalgia trip or simply to bide your time until the Nintendo eShop remake you can play the game here.

Also check out Hop and Bop as well!

You can also check out Hop and Bop, an action style platform game. Featuring 8-bit NES style graphics usingg a total of 16 colors and chip tunes. An editor allows you to create your very own custom areas and publish them for all the world to play.

Fans of the NES and and Super Marios. just might find something like here. You can check out and play Hop and Bop here.

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