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Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten trailer is amazingly in-depth

Travis Bruno
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Yesterday NIS America announced what titles they will be localizing this year. These titles include Bleach: Soul Resurrección and Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. But besides their localizations they also released a very long trailer that explains practically everything you would want to know about Disgaea 4. Including the weapon systems, grinding, the random dungeons, the help system, the punishment system and practically everything else.

I’d have to say that the voice over work for the trailer alone is worth a watch, but anyone should take a look at the trailer even if they don’t know what Disgaea 4 is. Because Disgaea 4’s goal is to have a title in every home, they even say so. What other game lets you deal over a hundred million damage with outrageous looking attacks? Disgaea 4 that’s what. You can have your chance to pick up Disgaea 4 when it releases in the U.S. this September for the PlayStation 3 exclusively.

Brink 360 update live; free DLC in June

Travis Bruno
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A few days ago I reviewed Brink and found it to be a very enjoyable experience that was broken apart by a number of odd design choices as well as a terrible online experience. The Online multiplayer was practically unplayable at times due to game stopping lag that occurred when more than a few people played together at once.

It seems Bethesda and Splash Damage took my review and others to heart as they have announced yesterday via the Bethesda blog that they will be updating Brink with some content to hopefully fix the experience. First the title will receive the first DLC pack for free which adds new maps and other new content sometime in June.

More importantly however was the fact that Brink for the Xbox 360 will be getting an update that doesn’t require a download. It places a cap on the humans available for Campaign and Freeplay modes making it so that there can only be eight players online at a time instead of sixteen. This effort is to prevent the game breaking lag that has plagued the game since its release. Although this eliminates 8 vs 8 matches, the new Big Team selection will place players in a match of 8 vs 8.

Bleach: Soul Resurrección reaches North America this August

Travis Bruno
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Not only has NIS America announced that they will be localizing Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland but they will also be localizing the next Bleach game to be arriving in North America. Originally titled Bleach: Soul Ignition the name has been changed to Bleach: Soul Resurrección. The game takes its contents from the manga/anime series Bleach from Viz Media and Shōnen Jump.

This is the first time that a Bleach game has graced the PlayStation 3 platform and it will also be a change to your standard fighting game that Bleach usually has been presented as. Instead Bleach: Soul Resurrección will be an action adventure styled game with players fighting against multiple enemies at a time and wiping out large numbers of hollows with ease, similar to the Dynasty Warriors series.

As for who will be represented from the Anime/Manga, there are 21 different characters to choose from in Bleach outside of Story Mode. Jack Niida, producer at NIS America stated that the “game follows the battle against the evil Arrancars, but there are times when you will be able to play as the enemy. This is especially exciting if you follow the manga closely, since you can be characters in the manga that are normally forgotten after being defeated.”

When mentioning enemy players only one name comes to mind and she was forgotten shortly after she assisted our heroes in battle, that is Nel of course. But it will be interesting to see what characters will be playable and which won’t. From the information given now it is clear that the game will be following the character’s journey into Hueco Mundo and even the Arrancar battles in the real world. Released alongside this announcement was also a trailer and a whole slew of screenshots for the title which you can catch below.

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Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar is coming to PAL in 2011

Jorel Alvarez
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Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar is coming to PAL in 2011

Rising Star Games has just announced that Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar will be released in PAL this year. This latest game in the Harvest Moon series will feature a new bazaar system, improved farming and relationship mechanics, windmills to combine ingredients to make unique goods, and more! Along with the classic gaming features of the Harvest Moon franchise, Grand Bazaar will include the return of the horse race festival!

Set in Zephyr Town, its once world famous bazaar has sadly succumbed to an economic low, and you, as a Harvest Moon standard, are the new farmer in town! Your positive and ambitious attitude is just what Zephyr Town’s bazaar needs to get back on its feet! With your success (hopefully!) in farming, management, retail and life (don’t forget to be kind to your neighbours!), you can revitalize this fading market and transform it to the glorious and prosperous world famous bazaar that it used to be!

New releases to expect in 2012

Kellie Wallace
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With the recent announcement of God of War’s fourth instalment comes an impressive year of releases in 2012.

EA Boss John Riccitiello recently speculated Dead Space 3 was in current pre-production after he stated he believed a trilogy would push the series to a “five million unit cadence”.

Next year showcases an extraordinary range of titles that will surely provide a new benchmark in the industry. The highly popular Rockstar series Grand Theft Auto will see its fifth instalment next year.

Game industry analyst Michael Pachter says, “I actually think they already have a story in mind. GTA5 is already in the planning stage and my guess is you’ll see [the next GTA] in two and a half years. In fall of 2012, there’ll be Grand Theft Auto 5.”

With the huge success of Bioshock 1 and 2, Irrational Games will release their highly anticipated Bioshock Infinite next year. Despite speculations, the game will not follow on from the Rapture saga but will feature as the city Colombia in the sky in 1912.

This month, BioWare announced the cult favourite Mass Effect 3 was pushed back until early 2012, leaving a lot of fans disappointed and slightly bemused. However the developers insist the third instalment would impress and definitely make up for the lost time.

Flying under the radar in 2009 was Prototype. This title held amazing appeal and slowly earned a following among fans. The developer Radical Entertainment baited fans with an impressive teaser trailer and screenshots for the sequel this year, giving the game huge press despite its release until early Q1.

With a new character design already slotted in, Devil May Cry’s fifth instalment will hopefully help an ailing series. Dante will return, not as a snow white haired assassin but as an emo inspired fighter, hoping to accommodate for new fans of the games. DMC: Devil May Cry is expected in the first half of 2012.

South Korean Gamers Get Midnight Curfew

Matthew Vella
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In case you haven’t heard, video game addiction is a big problem in South Korea, and now a new law might kick in order to address this issue. According to Korea Herald a new policy will “attempt to block underage access to online computer games after midnight in light of the risking problem of video game addiction among youth.” Yeah that’s right, if your ages 16 or younger and live in South Korea, it may soon have a curfew on video games. Another policy spoken of is one called “the slowdown policy” where gamers who play for too long will find their internet speed dropping to 56k levels. What a buzz kill!

While this may seem crazy and extreme to us here in the western world, and horrid thoughts of Starcraft freaks freaking out over their net speed race to our mind, video game addiction is a serious problem in South Korea. A particular popular example is of the death of a South Korean newborn child, who died from starvation because it’s parents were so addicted to online gaming, it led to the neglect of their child. However it should be noted that this example involves adults rather than children, yet it’s the young who suffer. Never the less, this has obviously outraged  many in South Korea.

I can’t help but wonder, is this a good solution to gaming addiction or a bad one? I’m honestly not sure. Should we be treating video games like a bad habit like drugs, alcohol or cigarettes? Do games like Counter Strike, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty make us junkies? If so, Im hooked! What do you guys think?

Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland arriving in North America this Fall

Travis Bruno
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Last year NIS America brought Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland over to the United States much to the pleasure of JRPG fans all over the country and the world. Now NIS America is going to continue to bring the Atelier series over from Japan. Placed on their website today was a link to Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland which is the next game in the series.

Slated for a Fall release this year on the PlayStation 3 Atelier Totori takes place five years after Atelier Rorona. Players will take the roll of Totori as she sets out for adventure. She leaves to make a journey towards Arland and leave her hometown. Developed by Gust the game will contain many of the same elements of gameplay that Atelier Rorona had, including item synthesis and multiple endings. We’ll be able to access the latest in the Atelier series in the Fall for the PlayStation 3.

inFamous 2 opening video fills in the plot

Travis Bruno
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Sucker Punch and Sony have released the opening cutscene that will play when you begin your inFamous 2 game when it releases on June 7th. Now this cutscene is designed to fill in the blanks of what happened between the end of inFamous 1 and 2 but it also serves to be major spoilers for anyone who has yet to play the first game.

Be that as it may, this is also a good way to allow players who never played the first title to still be able to easily access the second without losing much in translation. Fair warning though if you do plan to play inFamous 1 before playing the second then it’d be best for you not to watch the trailer. For the rest of us, the trailer itself is below and provides a sneak peek into what you will be focusing on, at least to begin with, when inFamous 2 starts.

Hatsune Miku to perform at 2011 Anime Expo

Travis Bruno
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While E3 can be seen as one of the biggest gaming conventions in the United States, the Anime Expo can be seen as the largest convention for Anime in the U.S. Now there hasn’t been a whole lot revealed for the Anime Expo so far this year but it seems that it will have a brand new attraction that has yet to be seen in the U.S. outside of a very recent Toyota Corolla commercial.

Hatsune Miku will be performing with a concert at the Anime Expo. Alongside Hatsune Miku those in attendance will also be treated to performances by Megurine Luka and Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len which will be the first major showing of these vocaloids in the United States. Crypton Future Media, the original company behind the Vocaloid project has begun organizing the event and has established a website for further information on each of the “performers.” This is a huge event and for those who are interested in how exactly it will work, there are videos below from each performer at a similar concert in Japan.

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