Last week during the Anime Expo we reported that NIS America had acquired the licensing rights to both Kimi ni Todoke and Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera and today they have released two trailers for these anime. Earlier today NIS America went into some detail about the first volume of Kimi ni Todoke, but they have yet to announce any details on the second volume of Kimi ni Todoke and there has been little information provided for when we can expect Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera.
You can catch the trailer for Kimi ni Todoke below, where you can see why some people may find Sawako a bit terrifying at least as far as her appearance goes. But with the help of Kazehaya Sawako may finally find some friends of her own and experience a normal high schooler’s life. Below the Kimi ni Todoke trailer you can also catch the trailer for Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera.
You may remember that last week NIS America had acquired the licensing rights of kimi ni todoke and would be releasing the first part of the series later this year. Today NIS America detailed their acquisition further by announcing that kimi ni todoke (From me to You) Volume 1 Premium Edition will be released on October 25th in a Premium Edition package. The first volume will contain a full color hardcover art book that will contain the character’s information as well as main character Sawako’s cherished memories. The first 12 episodes will arrive on 2 DVDs and will be subbed in English but contain their original Japanese dialogue.
kimi ni todoke follows a young girl named Sawako Kuronumaha. Sawako has always had a difficult time fitting in with those around her, whether it be her quiet way of talking, her hair or even the fact that her name is similar to a Japanese horror series she never has had many friends. That is until she meets Shota Kazehaya who treats her like a normal girl. With Kazehaya’s help Sawako finally begins to make some friends, however with her new found social life comes many pressures which will trouble the young girl throughout this slice of life style anime.
Sledgehammer Games has recently said that those men, and to a lesser extent, women, who have trouble with the red and green markers that distinguish enemy from foe in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will have an option available to them that will help them out. Red/Green color defiency is one of the more common types of color blindness, so it is no surprise that this is a swell option to have available to those afflicted with the problem. Check out the developer blog post here which has some interesting stats on color blindness for you to enjoy. Sledgehammer estimates that there may be about 1 million CoD players who have issues with color blindness. As a color blind challenged person, I am very happy with this news.
“MY NAME IS AKUMA AND I WILL TEACH YOU THE MEANING OF PAIN”
As you may know, Street Fighter IV Volt was released not too long ago on the Apple iPhone that introcuded a heap load of new improvements including online multiplayer. Now if you’re a Street Fighter fan like me and love using Akuma then today is your lucky day. We have some new screenshots (courtesy of cool dudes over at Capcom Unity) of the legendary Akuma, who can also be unlocked in the game by playing online or completeing the game. If you haven’t already unlocked Akuma yet, check out how you can do it.
There are two ways:
First, play 100 multiplayer matches via Wi-Fi (Ranked or friend match) or Bluetooth. Good thing about is you dont have to win, as long as you play it will count towards the 100 battles.
Second, this doing it the goold old fashion way and completing Arcade Mode with 17 characters without using any continues. That’s 3 rounds or more, on any difficulty.
Once you’ve achieved either of those things, you can then pick Akuma and destroy everyone you meet online with his ultimate power.
If you have an iPhone and havent already done so, click on the link below and download Street Fighter IV – VOLT. NOW before I teach you the meaning of PAIN!
A new Street Fighter X Tekken trailer has hit the web, this time teasing one of the playable characters for the upcoming game. This follows a slew of teaser trailers from Capcom, hinting at playable characters, with this being the latest one.
Street Fighter X Tekken as you can tell by the title is a mash-up of the Street Fighter and Tekken franchises. What sets this apart from past ‘worlds versing’ styled fighter games is that 2 alternate versions of this game are to be released from both the Street Fighter developers doing a more Street Fighter styled game and the Tekken developers doing a more Tekken styled game, that way fans of either series can get the feel of the game they are use to or simply prefer.
You can find the latest character teaser below. Can you figure out who it is?
The promo trailer for the upcoming anime ‘Persona 4: The Animation’ has became available for streaming today on Mayonaka TV’s official website. The promo trailer is only available for a limited time and provides a great sneak peak at the upcoming anime series based upon the video game ‘Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4’ which has an incredible cult-following in Japan.
If you’re a fan of the franchise, be sure to check it out quick before it goes (or for those who are reading this late, you can find it below this article streamed from youtube). Persona 4: The Animation will begin airing this October on Japanese TV station, MBS. So if you’re in Japan keep an eye out this October for Persona 4 on a TV near you.
Irrational Games has today released an epic 15 minute long video featuring Bioshock Infinite gameplay footage from their E3 2011 demo. For those who want to see more of the upcoming Bioshock title, you can grab a beverage, kick your feet up and let the footage take you to the skies in the world of Bioshock Infinite.
Bioshock Infinite will be a new direction for the franchise, leaving the underwater nightmare of Rapture and taking to the clouds in the new world of Columbia. Thus far it has been announced that Bioshock Infinite is to be released in the second quarter of 2012. You can check out the epic footage below.
Sydney’s very own cultural icon, the Sydney Opera House, will soon become the home to the Best of the Independent Games Festival. The Opera House will show case the most innovative and exciting games from this years Independent Games Festival from 28 July until 21 August. The Independent Games Festival is the longest running and largest festival dedicated to independent games worldwide: celebrating game designers who push the medium of video gaming in new and innovative ways. The festival has now been running for 13 years, originating in San Francisco when organisers noticed the value Sundance Film Festival provided independent filmmakers, who then decided to create a similar event for game developers. The Best of the Independent Games Festival is a free event and will be held in the Western Foyers of the Sydney Opera House between 28 July and 21 August. For More information visit the Sydney Opera House Website.
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Keyboard – Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Developer: Razer
Compatible with: Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® / Windows® XP / Mac OS X (v10.5 to 10.6)
Available for purchase at: Official Razer Store ($129.99USD) or Official Razer Store ($199.95 AU)
The first time I laid eyes on the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate was back in 2010 in the Razer booth at Tokyo Game show. I instantly fell in love with it, as the Razer representative was explaining its features to me, I wasn’t actually listening to anything he was saying, I totally zoned out and all I could think of was its Ultimate beauty and hoping that one day I could have her in my room on my desk all alone and all to myself. Well people, that day has finally arrived: Razer’s BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard appeared on my doorstep and after unpacking it I have her all to myself, turning off the lights, I can finally get acquainted with all her amazing features such as her illuminated and 1ms response time keys. Is the BlackWidow’s beauty really that ultimate? Read on and find out.
The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard is a fully mechanical keyboard with 50g actuation force providing 1ms response time. It’s fully programmable keys allow on the fly macro recording. It also has USB-pass-through and Audi-out / Mic-in jacks along with very cool backlight features.
The look of the of the BlackWidow Ultimate is very slick, one thing that I do want to mention is that it’s got this high gloss boarder running around the entire keyboard that personally I don’t like as it’s a magnet for dust and my pet peeve “finger print marks” This can make the keyboard look messy in the light. The keys however are a nice matt black and feel great on the fingertips. For all you wireless fans out there, the Blackwidow Ultimate is NOT a wireless keyboard but it has a very long braided cable (very well insulated) that feels like cloth/material. As always with all RAZER products the packaging is top notch and taking the keyboard out of the box is a quick and simple task that will not have you ripping or tearing apart anything.
Gone are the days of having your little desk lamp turned on so you can see where your typing, with the BlackWidow Ultimate you have individual backlit keys with five levels of lighting, pressing the function key along with the light key will toggle you between all five modes which are dull to very bright. I personally love the blue colored lights on the keys as they are easy on the eyes and don’t feel at all annoying to look at while typing in the dark. Also the light matches the lights on the front panel of my PC so that makes it even better for me as I like color co-ordination in the office and while playing video games.
The first you will notice about the Ultimate is that it’s very solid and quite heavy, weighing in at 1.5kg’s. Being heavy does have advantages and it does come in handy when you’re play games such as first person shooters or RTS such as Star Craft II where your fingers are moving frantically all over the place and you can’t afford to look down to re-adjust yourself because the keyboard moved slightly, this can sometimes be a deciding factor in tournaments or online matches. I personally found the weight of the keyboard to be a major plus for me in terms of gaming and even when I’m just trying to type I don’t want to re-align myself because the keyboard moved, I want to stay in the zone and type away like a madman and the BlackWidow Ultimate gives me that option.
I must say that for the first few hours using the keyboard it did feel a little awkward as this was my first time using a mechanical keyboard the keys are far more responsive than a regular keyboard that uses the standard rubber in lay (old keyboard Logitech MX 5500) but after a while as with all things you start getting used to the keys, the pressure and the feel and most importantly the clicking sound really helps with typing and I believe it improves your accuracy and speed.
The main feature of the BlackWidow Ultimate mechanical keyboard is the feel. On a regular keyboard you never quite know if you’ve actually pressed the specific key fully so that it registers to the PC and through to the game or an the email your typing, but with the Ultimate keyboard when you push any key on the keyboard down slowly or fast you hear a “CLICK” this sound also plays with your head because if you can hear the click that means its worked and you know you can move on and press the next key. As previously mentioned the 50g actuation force and a reduced actuation of 2mm resulting in 1ms response time is amazingly quick and what you need for online gaming or just touch typing in the office.
Another cool feature available is the audio-out / Mic-in Jack and USB-Passthrough. You can of course plug in your headset into the mic/audo jack (which worked quite well) and then a USB memory stick or USB mouse without having to maneuver you way to the back of your PC and fiddle your way through finding the jack or the USB slot. I’m personally using the USB-Passthrough with my audio headphones and they are working perfectly, would have been nice to have 2 USB slots hey one slot is better than none.
Finally, the part where all the MMO fans came to read. I must say that the Black Widow with its “On-The-Fly macro recording and 10 customizable software profiles is where the magic really happens, with a simple click of two buttons you can set your macro click again stop the recording and your right to go. I’m not a big fan of MMO’s so I didn’t test it out on WOW or RIFT but I did test the on-the-fly macro on a few of my Steam titles such as Mass Effect, Amnesia, Torchlight and Beyond Good and Evil and had no problems what so ever. You have the option to change between 10 profiles without having to go into any driver menus which is where the BlackWidow blows many of the other keyboards out of the water.
Now how much do you expect to pay for all of this you ask? Well if you live in the USA the BlackWidow Ultimate is retailing for $129.99 from the Razer store. If you live in my neck of the woods (Australia) the BlackWidow is retailing for $199.95. Quite a huge jump in price difference, now taking both these prices into consideration the BlackWidow is still quite expensive, are you getting your money’s worth? I have to say YES! But can everyone afford this Ultimate keyboard? I’d probably say no. That said the BlackWidow Ultimate with its mechanical and backlit keys, programmable on-th-fly macro recording, audio and usb-passthrough make it a delight to work and especially game with, both casual and of course hardcore gamers will find plenty to love in this keyboard. If you can muster up the cash to pick one up – you will not be disappointed.
Technical Specifications
•Full mechanical keys with 50g actuation force
•Individually backlit keys with 5 levels of lighting
•1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
•Programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
•Gaming mode option for deactivation of the Windows key
•10 customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching
•5 additional macro keys
•Gaming optimized key matrix for minimized ghosting
•Multi-Media Controls
•Braided cable
•Audio-Out / Mic-In Jacks
•USB-Passthrough
•Approx. size in mm: 475(L) x 171(W) x 30(H)
•Weight: 1.5kg
System Requirements
•PC with USB port
•Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® / Windows® XP / Mac OS X (v10.5 to 10.6)
•Internet connection (for driver installation)
•At least 75MB of hard disk space
Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the infamous Resident Evil franchise, Capcom has some big plans in mind to celebrate the series. As well as the releases of Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D and Resident Evil Revelations, Capcom will be releasing an epic anthology box-set featuring every main title of the series, excluding Resident Evil 5 (though the box features a spot for it to slide right on in, if you own it).
Featured in the box are the following games and goodies:
Resident Evil Directors Cut (PS1)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Resident Evil 3 Last Escape (PS1)
Resident Evil Revival Selection (PS3) – HD versions of Code Veronica and RE4
Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica Soundtracks
Special Pins and Stickers
That is a great deal of goodies to be had, unfortunately folks here is the bad news; this box-set is limited to Japan only and is only for the Playstation 3. Some good news however is that Resident Evil Revival Selection will be making it’s way to North America in the near future.
Capcom is releasing the box-set to Japan on the 8th of September for 7,800 yen, exclusive to the e-Capcom store. Prepare to import Resident Evil fans, this one looks to be a must-have.
