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Amagami SS will get a second season

Travis Bruno
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Amagami SS will get a second season

Good news everyone who enjoys a good romance anime. Amagami SS is going to be getting a second season. Amagami SS aired last year through the Summer and Fall anime seasons and spent 26 episodes following Junichi Tachibana and his romantic exploits. Amagami SS was a breath of fresh air to the romance genre because rather than focus on harem or anything similar to that, the series stayed as normal as possible with the character’s romance.

Also, albeit a little repetitive, each girl was given four or five episodes where Junichi would only focus on them, eventually falling in love with each other and beginning a relationship. After that, the series would start back over at the beginning and focus on another girl’s route. This news is honestly a little surprising as I’m not entirely sure what girls they could focus on now, or if they will make a different approach next season. Currently there is no date given for the beginning of Season 2.

Ferrari F458 Wheel and TH8 RS Shifter announced

J. Bradshaw
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Ferrari F458 Wheel and TH8 RS Shifter announced

Thrustmaster has announced at Gamescom 2011 that they will be bringing a brand new Italia Racing Wheel to the Xbox 360. Called the Ferrari F458, this slick controller comes with a rubberized grip around its 11″ circumference, metal paddle shifters, Manettino dials and a $180 price tag. It doesn’t get much better.

In addition, the company also announced that they will be bringing a TH8 RS gear shifter to the market for $90. Compatible with the T500 RS and other Thrustmaster USB PC Steering wheels, this shifter will let you adjust nearly everything for the perfect experience. This model is also compatible with the Playstation 3.

SMASH! Picnic Pushed Back to August 27

Matthew Vella
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For all those who haven’t heard, SMASH! has pushed back the date of their Picnic! The anime and manga cosplay picnic hosted by SMASH! was originally meant to be held today, BUT about 14 hours ago it was announced that due to the rainy weather of yesterday and lack of cover, the day would have to be moved. SMASH! has released the following message on their Facebook page:

Due to what is promising to be some truly terrible weather, the SMASH! Picnic will be postponed one week to take place at the same time and place on SATURDAY, 27TH OF AUGUST. There is not enough cover in the park for us to make the most of tomorrow, so please stay safe and stay warm and we hope that we can see you all next week!

The new details are as follows, and we hope to see you there!

Event: SMASH! Picnic
Date: Saturday, August 27
Time: 10:30am – 4:00pm
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (Click here for a map!)

SMASH! Picnic Facebook Event

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ALL OUR COVERAGE ON SMASH! 2011!

I Am Alive teaser trailer leak discovered

Travis Bruno
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I Am Alive is a game that has been unfortunately named what it is. The reason I say it is unfortunate is because Ubisoft announced the game back in 2008 and since then there has been practically zero updates about the title, despite Ubisoft recently claiming that the game wasn’t actually canceled.

Despite all of this however, a person known as supererogatory stumbled upon a never before seen trailer that not only shows gameplay footage but it also shows a number of mechanics and an interesting voice over. You can catch the video below, though the actual trailer itself starts 30 seconds in. We have contacted Ubisoft to see if they have any statement on this video, or the status of I Am Alive itself.

Gamestop testing game streaming console?

J. Bradshaw
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According to various reports, the gaming retail giant Game Stop is looking to cash in on video game streaming. With digital sales on the rise, this is no surprise. Game Stop even purchased Spawn Labs, who brought their own game streaming console to the market in 2009.

GameStop will reportedly use this service to stream 360, PS3 and, presumably, PC games to their customers who have the GameStop PowerUp Rewards card. Demos of various games will also be included as part of the console. Pricing and other details have not been revealed, but new details will emerge early next year says GamesInudstry.biz, and the service could launch as soon as next summer.

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

Gears of War 3 gets golden, cuts some cake

Travis Bruno
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Seems like video game developers really like celebrating their successes with cake. Just a few weeks ago Atlus made a Catherine cake for selling the most units ever in their history. Destructoid has some pictures showing the Epic Games’ crew cutting some Gears of War cake to celebrate the fact that Gears of War 3 on the Xbox 360 has gone golden.

What this means for you is that there won’t be any delays or problems from here until September 20th when the game hits store shelves and is bought up by all the Gears fans like MasterAbbott. The cake that they are cutting looks like a Gears of War Xbox 360 slim, though perhaps it is a bit deformed looking. Better yet, they cut the cake with a golden retro lancer. Talk about class. Now time to sit back and watch as everyone else tries to make similar cakes and celebrate in the same fashion.

Dead Space hitting Xperia Play and RIM’s Playbook

J. Bradshaw
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Electronic Arts has always endeavored to port their most successful games to every platform imaginable. And now they are doing the same with the Dead Space franchise. Of course, when a game is actually enjoyable on a mobile platform, thats a good thing. Luckily, Dead Space is a good mobile game, albeit far from the likes of its console brethren.

Regardless, Dead Space is now available on the Playbook tablet and the Xperia Play Android phone. Other Android phones are also expected to get the game soon. Dead Space has already premiered on iOS, so if you have that brand, you can also get in on the horror.

The Playbook version of Dead Space is priced at $9.99. Similar pricing is assumed for the Android versions, although this is unconfirmed.

Incubus coming to Rock Band 3

J. Bradshaw
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Rock Band keeps slowly growing its collection of music playable with plastic instruments. Next week, Harmonix will release 3 Incubus tracks for the rock simulation game. On August 23rd, get ready to enjoy all of tracks named below on either your Xbox 360, PS3 or Nintendo Wii.

The Incubus Pack 01 includes all tracks for 440 Microsoft Points, 550 Wii Points or $5.49. You can also buy each track separately.

“Adolescents” priced at 160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points or $1.99.
“Pardon Me” priced at 160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points or $1.99 – A seperate Pro Guitar/Bass DLC pack can also be had for an extra $1.
“Wish You Were Here” priced at 160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points or $1.99.

Senran Kagura’s full opening animation released

Travis Bruno
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Despite the fact that Senran Kagura: Portrait of the Girls may never actually see the light of day in the West, you can now watch the game’s whole opening animation. Marvelous, the developer of the game, released the opening which you can catch below. Beware however, maybe you should take a look around you before watching.

Senran Kagura: Portrait of the Girls is about more than the bouncing and torn clothing however, though the game’s opening animation doesn’t do much to sway that opinion, what with pulling scrolls out from between their chests and all. In fact it will actually be focused around hack and slash gameplay. Either way, Senran Kagura will be released in Japan on September 22nd, though with the 3DS’ region lock you’ll need a Japanese 3DS to play any import. Or of course, pray that someone decides to localize it for Western release because we need more 3DS games… yes that’s it.

Play ‘Hutball Warzone’ in the Old Republic

J. Bradshaw
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Sometimes even Star Wars fanatics get a little tired of playing Sith vs Jedi and good vs evil. It may sound sacrilegious, but it is the truth! With that in mind, Bioware has created “Hutball,” which is a warzone game type similar to Grifball, except with lightsabers, lightning and dangerous environments. This gametype will be intense for even the most hardened Sith Lords, make believe and virtual.

Like nearly every trailer we post on the site, this one is also awesome! Showing off the gameplay, rules and other details of “Hutball,” this trailer is all you’ll need to jump straight into the PvP action when The Old Republic launches.

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