Total War: Shogun 2 has received an all-new cinematic trailer, featuring an artistic opening folllowed by a fantastic samurai sword fight. What relevance the trailer has to the gameplay remains to be seen, but it’s a good watch with the well choreographed sword fight. The trailer is entiled ‘Warriors’ Honor’ and after watching the trailer, you will see why.
The Japanese Imperial War period is one yet to be fully explored in the RTS genre, so there’s high hopes for Total War: Shogun 2, the first tile to feature the change of ‘Total War’ being at the start of the game name.
Total War: Shogun 2 will be available exclusively on PC from 25th March.
If you recently bought the extremely limited Super Mario All Stars 25th Anniversary Edition when it hit the Wii late last year just for the collector’s value, then this might be bad news. Otherwise, if you were one of the people who grabbed a pitchfork and were ready to mob Nintendo as you missed your chance at getting a copy, then you should now rejoice as retailers such as Toys-R-Us & Gamestop have now began re-listing the Super Mario All Stars for pre-order on March 13.
Nintendo printed a very low supply of the compilation when it hit stores back in December, which left the fans who didn’t pre-order a copy mostly left out. Just recently, the title has been put back up on Gamestop & Toys-R-Us‘ websites available for pre-order. Gamestop have since removed the link though so I have a feeling Nintendo are getting ready to announce this reprint and as usual, these retailers might have jumped the gun on listing the game. The price is still planned to be $29.99 as well and it still includes all of the same content that the first run had. For all the people that hoarded copies to hold onto until later, sadly this also means your sealed diamond in the rough is now worth $29.99 at the moment as well. I do expect this print to be quite “limited” as well, but I am sure we will find out more when Nintendo officially announce this second print.
Square Enix’s latest PSP game will take you through the dark depths of the underworld to gather the powers of Arcana, but along the way you will be fighting for your life against gigantic monsters and the only way to destroy them is with your brutal attacks in a brutal way. Is it brutal enough for you? In the launch trailer for the game we see many instances of gameplay that show off impressive looking boss battles that feature quick time event finishes.
Though some may find Lord of Arcana as a grinding level up type game, it will definitely find a place in your game collection with its satisfying combat and unique monster designs. Lord of Arcana comes as a Slayer Edition which also includes a unique game case that they are calling Slayer Red, a 44 page artbook and a soundtrack CD.
Bethesda may be known for its large scaled open world games but that doesn’t mean they can’t create an action packed dungeon crawler just the same. In the latest trailer released by Bethesda we see tons of new gameplay footage for Hunted: The Demon’s Forge which shows off plenty of amazing looking gameplay that already has my anticipation level maxed.
We see Caddoc and E’lara teaming together to do plenty of different kills on enemies as the two person mercenary team attemps to stop the ancient evil that has been unleashed in the heart of Kala Moor. Also stay tuned until the end to see a giant floating eyeball and a bit of humor. Personally I can not wait until June 1st when the game arrives on shelves in the US.
Never say that EA hasn’t given you anything, at least not if you are a PC user. Those who are able to pre-order Bulletstorm on the PC will be able to get a free download of Shank from Klei Entertainment. Of course you can only get this bonus content for free if you happen to pick it up at EA’s Online Store which is of course beneficial for them as well.
You have to take advantage of this pre-order bonus quick because the deal ends on February 21st and is only good for those who pre-order the $60 Limited Edition of Bulletstorm. Of course considering that is the price of a standard game in the US usually, there isn’t anything wrong with that.
It looks like there will be no more heroes in the future of Activision…. okay bad pun but regardless of that, Activision will be pulling the plug completely on Guitar Hero and DJ Hero at the end of February. This crushes the hopes of fans who hoped that despite the cancellation of the series, that the games would continue to be supported with song packs and DLC in the months to come.
This news comes from the Guitar Hero twitter and states that any previously announced DLC tracks will still be released this month, but after that the IV that has been keeping the series supplied with fresh songs will be stopped. Then again it makes sense considering the amount of money that Activision has to pay bands to license their songs and use them for their game, but it still is a let down to know that your Guitar Hero discs will not be supported any further by the publisher.
Yesterday we received some bad news regarding the Guitar Hero Franchise from Activision, which left Harmonix as the only music instrument peripheral using music game maker in the business at the moment. Or at least the only main stream company. Now Harmonix has issued a statement regarding the fact that Guitar Hero has now found itself in the game franchise graveyard.
Harmonix’s John Drake commented on the Rock Band forums about the closure saying:
We were sad to hear yesterday that Activision was discontinuing development on Guitar Hero. Our thoughts are with those who are losing their jobs, and we wish them the best of luck.
The discontinuation of Guitar Hero is discouraging news for fans of the band game genre. As retail sales of Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles have slowed with time, we’ve been focused on building a robust digital platform for music gaming and have recently crested 2,500 songs available for play within Rock Band 3.
He went on to say that Rock Band would continue as a franchise and that they thought of Activision’s Guitar Hero as a battle of the bands but now that they are gone they are keeping their eyes to the future. This is good news considering the fact that, as he said, the music game shine has faded over the years, but at least one company will continue to support fans.
There are only seven days until Catherine hits shelves in Japan and give players there a chance to experience one of the strangest, but most intriguing games of the past year. Atlus isn’t missing a beat either, they have released another trailer for the game which shows off plenty of the anime-styled custscenes and lots of drama and of course suggestive scenes too.
It looks like there will be plenty of scares of course, as Atlus is looking to provide fans with a very creepy and mind bending experience as they explore the horrors of the human mind. There are also plenty of different characters shown off, though their relation to the main character other than the two girlfriends are a mystery.
So the ESRB has picked up The 3rd Birthday now and given it an expected M-Rating and a breakdown of what may offend people who play it. The description really isn’t much of a surprise to anyone who has followed the game so far, but if you haven’t been following it then a lot of the game mechanics are explained and fans of Parasite Eve will be happy to know that the blood and horror has returned.
A new mechanic which may interest some, and make others wonder how they thought about it, is the fact that Aya’s clothing tears depending on how much damage she takes and can reveal parts of her body as the description says. Also the famous shower scene has returned yet again despite earlier statements that it would not be included in The 3rd Birthday. But don’t take my word for it, catch the full description from the ESRB below:
This is a third-person shooter in which players assume the role of a federal agent (Aya) who uses her special abilities to battle an alien invasion. Players use machine guns, pistols, shotguns, and explosives to attack and kill alien creatures (i.e., “the Twisted”). Battles are accompanied by realistic gunfire, explosions, and screams of pain; enemies generally explode and disappear when defeated. Several cutscenes contain large pools or splashes of blood; in one sequence, slow-motion blood droplets fall over a crowd as multiple characters are killed at once.
Aya’s character can change into a variety of outfits (e.g., lingerie bunny costume, short skirts, bikini tops); when she is injured, her clothes also take damage and reveal large amounts of cleavage/buttocks. One unlockable video depicts Aya in the shower, with her breasts and buttocks partially obscured by steam and varied camera angles. The words “f**k” and “sh*t” appear in the dialogue.
There are many ways that you can make a boxart for your game. You can create something entirely unrelated to the game and leave it as a nice picture to help try and make the game look fancier than it is, or you could simply leave the name of the game on the title and leave it as that. Or you could also place every single character in the game on the cover as well.
Such is the case with Dissidia 012[duodecim]: Final Fantasy’s box art. As you can see below you will be able to tell distinctively which characters will be on the Cosmos side of the fighting (on top) and who will be fighting for Chaos (below). There are a number of different ways they could have done the box art but I believe that this is actually one of the more complicated ones that you can find. I’ve always been partial to having a well done box art and I’m really liking the fact that they put a good amount of effort into designing this one. So much in fact that I decided to give a full sized view so you will be able to pick out your favorite characters.
