For the past few months since Gundam AGE was announced, there has been various bits of promotional material released building unprecedented hype. But until now there hasn’t been a promo trailer that has shown much. The latest trailer released weighs in at a whopping 5 minutes. That’s right 5 minutes of Gundam AGE goodness.
Gundam AGE is set to make it’s Japanese premiere in October this year, along side various other forms of media based around the new series. Such as manga, model-kits, video games, etc.
You can check out the mecha sized trailer below. It is guaranteed to quench your thirst for Gundam, for the time being at least. Be sure to let us know what you think of it in the comments section.
Finally! Professor Layton and the Last Specter was brought out for the Nintendo DS all the way back in 2009 for Japan, and Nintendo have finally announced that this prequel for the series will be coming to North America on October 17th. Set three years before Professor Layton and the Curious Village, this title will tell the tale of how a young Luke met the Professor and also include a “100 hour” bonus RPG called Professor Layton’s London Life, which will be available from the beginning of the game.
I have always been fond of the Layton series, and this new adventure certainly looks to bring new life to the franchise and shed even more depth into both of the main characters. This release also signifies that Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle which launched on the 3DS in Japan should also be in the process of making the trip over shores as well.
Max Payne 3 is a title that has languished in the dark for many years, so much so that the hope of the game ever being released had diminished completely. That is of course until Rockstar started to tease the game by releasing a few images for it a few months back. Now it seems that they have decided to completely throw aside any subtlety.
At Rockstar’s website, they not only revealed the two screenshots you can see here, one with Max sneaking and another with a broken window but they also said to “Prepare for our next big release on both consoles and PC, the long-awaited return of Max Payne.” Which means that there is most likely going to be a lot of news in the future for the nearly forgotten title.
Namco Bandai sure loves their teaser websites. Sometimes the teaser website will be something extremely elaborate, and then happen to be a PlayStation Portable game for an anime adaptation that hasn’t even been released yet. But hopefully that won’t be the case this time around, because this teaser website is saying that the game they will be revealing is a Namco Bandai X Tecmo Koei collaboration.
Exactly what type of game or what the game could be is not hinted anywhere on the site, and the only thing on the website besides a counter which will end next Monday, are some black and purple flames in the background. What do you think it could possibly be for? Perhaps a game that may actually have a chance of being localized?
With the amount of detail that has been put into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, many have probably been wondering what this will mean for a certain console. The PlayStation 3’s Blu-ray discs hold an extremely large amount of content, PC versions are installed and mostly downloaded off of Steam, but the Xbox 360 still uses the same type of discs as before, with limited storage space.
This problem has caused some games, like FFXII, Lost Odyssey and Mass Effect 2 to have multiple discs and cause lazy fans to be upset when they have to change discs. But even with all of the content in Skyrim, players won’t have to worry about changing discs because Skyrim will only use one disc on the Xbox 360. This news comes from Bethesda’s art driector Matt Carofano when asked about the disc count at PAX by Ripten.
Today Nintendo announced some information regarding their release of a limited edition bundle for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The bundle will sell for $69.99 and will not only come with the standard game and soundtrack CD, but also a gold Wii Remote Plus. The soundtrack CD is included in all copies of Skyward Sword and will feature the orchestral versions of songs from the series which will be performed at the upcoming 25th anniversary concerts.
As you can see above the golden Wii Remote Plus is actually very neat looking, but it also serves a double purpose. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will require the use of a MotionPlus or Wii Remote Plus, so if you don’t have that yet, perhaps this bundle is the best way to go. If not then the normal edition of the game will cost $49.99 and will be released on November 20th alongside the limited edition.
Earlier today we reported that Gears of War 3’s first piece of DLC has already been detailed. It appears that the first DLC package will be released sometime in November, but you could secure your purchase of the extremely non-limited (read infinite) piece of digital content the day that Gears of War 3 comes out, as well as that of the first four DLC installments for the game.
Available the same day the game is released, Microsoft and Epic will be launching a Season Pass which will cost 2400 Microsoft points ($30) and will be set for the next few DLC packages coming out next year. The Season Pass will overall provide “33 percent discount on the game add-ons” than if you purchased them individually. Also if you buy the pass you will be rewarded with an “exclusive Liquid Metal Weapon Set” for free. This seems like a good deal for true fans of Gears of War 3, though pre-purchasing content is always a risky move, as there is no guarantee that the first pieces of DLC will even be worth their original price.
Well, what do we have here? Hey, a little alien. He looks like he’s being tested by humans. A little cliched but I’ll go with it. Oh, he looks like he’s escaped. Alright, can he do it? He’s weaving through the different floors. There are others looking for them. I wonder what he’s… Oh dear lord, he sneaks himeslf into their bodies and forces an explosion of blood.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have just described what to expect in Warp, a new downloadable title coming to you from EA via developer Trapdoor. You will control the little alien Zero in this puzzle-based stealth sci-fi game. Your mission: to escape the clutches of Commander after being kidnapped by said character from your home. Yeah, the story is a little bland, but when do you ever play a downloadable game for its story?
There’s no release date for the game but you can check out Zero in the screenshots and trailer below, which was revealed at PAX 2011 except for a few which were released earlier this year. Have your say on the game, especially on his ability to explode enemies from the inside.
Welome to the first and sadly last Geek Freak of the 4 week. This series will sadly not continue but it might return in the future. So please do enjoy this last entry and if you want it to continue well you can always email MasterAbbot ([email protected]) and tell him so. The winner this week is … Cellophane Girl
Okay so this weekend was my birthday. I celebrated it by basically totally geeking it up all weekend. Saturday (my birthday) my friends and I went to a store in the area called “Blast to the Past”, which honestly has degraded into a huge store full of junk and hidden treasure. We spent 2 hours looking through stacks of just about EVERYTHING you could possibly imagine. We would have stayed longer but it was over 100 degrees out, and the place had no air conditioning or airflow.
Everything in the store is a dollar.(25 items for $20) We sort of hit the jackpot on some comics. I think we bought a total of 100 comics. Which of course caused us to pull out the long boxes we had all our comics stashed in when we got home. We spent HOURS talking about comics while we looked through what we had.
On Friday My fiance had to buy a whole new shelf just to have some place for all of our figures. We have dubbed it “the shelf of awesome”. He also lined the entire hallway with Star Wars figures.
Friday 3 of us went to a few fleamarkets to look for comics. I didn’t find any comics I wanted (the other 2 people who went with me both got some good deals). But as we were leaving I found this 4 figure set from FFVIII (which is one of my favorite games). I pretty much pushed the people I was with out of the way and said “OH! I’LL TAKE THIS!”
If you’re annoyed because you didn’t win, well you need to know that Cellophane girl won because she wrote about one incident, took photos and the entry was the geekiest and maybe the weirdest. So well done Cellophane Girl, you get something from MasterAbbot’s Goodie Bag.
2. Matt Vella
This one time we got a new chick in our TAFE class, who was a major hottie. Being the awesome dude I am, I tried to act cool just to impress her. But no, I had to ruin that didn’t I?! Somebody mentioned a scene from Terminator 1, claiming it was in Terminator 2 in class. He also called the Terminator a cyborg. I had to correct this fool! So my inner nerd was released, and I began shaming him out in my Terminator knowledge and began a 10 million year-long rant. Needless to say, the girl lost interest in me and I struck out straight away cause of that. As much as I blame Arnie, I still stand by the fact that pawning this n00b was was worth it. Kind of.
3. MasterAbbott
I have like maybe 2 rooms full of video game memorabilia. I don’t know where to start, I have Atari 2600, CBS Coleco Visions, Matel’s Intellivision, Nintendo consoles, NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, on both AU, US and JP formats along with all the Gameboys from the original to 3Ds (AU and JP) including some of the cute little Gameboy Micros, Oh I also have like 20+ original Game & Watches from Nintendo, like Donkey Kong, Parachute, Octopus, Donkey Kong Jr, Fire, Fire Attack, Mickey Mouse, Popeye. Sega MasterSystem, Mega Drive + plus the 32bit extension, Saturn, the DreamCast (about 3 of those). The original Sony Playstation, PS2, PS3 (2 of them),the XBOX (3 of them) the XBOX 360 (4 of them) I know I’ve missed out on something for sure.
Then we move on to the FREAKY amount of Capcom stuff that I catalogued and shared over at Capcom-Unity before I started Capsule Computers, this is when I actually had time to do this short of stuff. I have probably ¾ of my Capcom stuff catalogued and photographed. I don’t think I could ever go back and do the rest as I just dot have enough time, but I’m still collecting like CRAZY !!!
Now lets not get started on games. I believe I have between (and this is an approx, it could be more) 1000-1500+ games on all consoles dating back to the Atari. Just on the XBOX I have over 150+ games that I haven’t even opened yet. Yes I buy games and then leave them shrink wrapped. WHY ?? BECAUSE I HAVE FRIKEN PROBLEMS !!!
This was taken approx 1.5 years ago there is a crap load more now (nearly trippled)
Then we have toys, figurines, Knick-Knacks such as Pac-Man pins and magnets, Asteroids keychains, a truckload of Super Mario toys and figurines, Gears Of War figures including my GEARS OF WAR LANCER! and also hidden in the Garage I have my prized possession, my original DOUBLE DRAGON stand up arcade machine, I also have the boards for Double Dragon 2 and 3 as well along with Street Fighter 2 and Commando and Ghosts ‘n Goblins.
I know I’ve missed a crap load of stuff but I think this should be enough to hopefully qualify me into GEEK FREAK OF THE WEEK 😉
4. Michael Irving
I don’t really even remember how it began, but sometime in early High School I started cobbling together everything I could find, and damn, The Simpsons is a marketing juggernaut.
There are the usual things like glasses, mugs, figurines, soft toys, tins, clocks, etc, but I prefer the random stuff. Among my collection are Simpsons guitar picks, shoelaces, a doorbell that quotes Homer; a cuckoo clock in the shape of Moe’s, with a little Homer who pops out and Woo Hoo’s on the hour; a remote-controlled version of the family car, that hideous pink thing; a working telephone; an Etch a Sketch, and board games with a Simpsons twist. I’ve never lived in a place with enough room to set everything up on display, so most of it is in boxes. The image included is only the contents of one of the Roll N’ Store boxes. There are six more, plus several of those massive canvas bags.
But my piece de resistancé is either my 5-foot Homer statue who sings and dances on a motion sensor, or my official production art, including a pencil sketch of Homer, 2 animation cels and a storyboard page, all signed by various directors.
I also have the uncanny/awesome/geeky ability to identify most episodes by a single quote, or the first few minutes, and spout the episode name and season. I don’t actually know how this superpower evolved: I didn’t deliberately learn them, but it sunk in somehow.
Well thank you so much for joining me in this weird and fun adventure. I hope you do at least enjoy the rest of other weird articles.
It’s getting closer. Gears of War 3, exclusive to Xbox 360, nears its September 20 release date after a delay last year. With the release date so close now, Epic Games have decided to reveal a truckload of multiplayer maps for your enjoyment. It is quite a list so keep up. They are:
Checkout – Checkout’s combat takes place in the carcass of an abandoned superstore.
Drydock – This shipyard stands full of undelivered goods and the necessary tools of a society’s infrastructure. Its most prominent landmark is the rotting husk of a cargo ship that will forever stand in Drydock.
Gridlock – This ashen street was once a bustling tourist destination known for its quaint inns and waterfront cafés. Even the water is gone now, replaced by the burnt shell of a crater that stands as a testament to the loss of Seran humanity.
Hotel – Small island resorts such as this one catered to the opulent tastes of vacationing Serans. But as the Lambent infection spreads across the globe, tides are shifting to flood once popular beaches, and fierce winds batter and push at the walls of humanity’s creations.
Mercy – This area was once a bustling town square filled with people, but it never recovered from the UIR mortar shellings of the Pendulum Wars.
Old Town – Several remote areas of Sera managed to stave off the impact of Emergence for quite some time. Island towns such as this one were able to sustain themselves with small farms and a steady bounty from the ocean.
Overpass – Battles in this highly dynamic map often focus around the elevated Overpass, where teams can hole up and take advantage of the protected position and emplaced weaponry located there.
Sandbar – This observation post once had a commanding view of the distant horizon. Never threatened, it was thought to be impenetrable due to its unpredictable coastline and the constant shifting of sandbars along the shallow water of the coastline. And it never did fall; it was simply abandoned when humanity fled from a threat that nobody could ever see coming.
Thrashball – This stadium was once home to a different sort of national hero, one who fought for honor and glory, instead of scrambling for survival.
Trenches – The Locust have begun to carve mines and tunnels into the rocks of the Seran Deadlands, eking out any existence that resembles the underground passages of the Hollow they once called home.
Man that is a lot of maps. Congrats to Epic Games for giving the players quite a bit of choice. The multiplayer offerings are just as good. Just to recap, Gears of War 3 has Horde Mode, Beast Mode, regular competitive online and offline and four player co-op campaign. But there is more. Gears of Wall 3 will include a Casual Versus Multiplayer playlist where new players will have the option to compete against one another.
Expect the game on September 20. You can pre-order three versions of the game: Standard (AUD $99.95), Limited (AUD $129.95) and Epic (AUD $199.95). Have your say about the multiplayer maps below.
For the past few months since Gundam AGE was announced, there has been various bits of promotional material released building unprecedented hype. But until now there hasn’t been a promo trailer that has shown much. The latest trailer released weighs in at a whopping 5 minutes. That’s right 5 minutes of Gundam AGE goodness.
I have like maybe 2 rooms full of video game memorabilia. I don’t know where to start, I have Atari 2600, CBS Coleco Visions, Matel’s Intellivision, Nintendo consoles, NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, on both AU, US and JP formats along with all the Gameboys from the original to 3Ds (AU and JP) including some of the cute little Gameboy Micros, Oh I also have like 20+ original Game & Watches from Nintendo, like Donkey Kong, Parachute, Octopus, Donkey Kong Jr, Fire, Fire Attack, Mickey Mouse, Popeye. Sega MasterSystem, Mega Drive + plus the 32bit extension, Saturn, the DreamCast (about 3 of those). The original Sony Playstation, PS2, PS3 (2 of them),the XBOX (3 of them) the XBOX 360 (4 of them) I know I’ve missed out on something for sure.
