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April 2012 Archive
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Binary Domain’s PC Release Set for the 27th April 2012
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsBinary Domain, a third person shooter developed by the same team that brought you the Yakuza games and published by Sega is set to receive a PC version. Sega Europe and Sega of America have announced that the PC version will be released via digital services on the 27th April 2012. Here is a brief official blurb on the game for those who are unfamiliar with it: Binary Domain is a dynamic action-adventure, featuring a cast of striking characters battling through 2080 era Tokyo in an... -
Spike Chunsoft Release New Commercial for Conception: Please Give Birth To My Child! – Demo to Be Released on the 19th and Pre-Release Comic Unveiled
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsSpike Chunsoft (The merger company of Spike and Chunsoft) have recently unveiled the above commercial for the game which focuses on the games animated scenes more than actual gameplay. In order to further promote the game, the company has also announced that a demo of the game will be available on the Japanese Playstation Network from the 19th April 2012 and the first volume of a pre-release manga series is available on their website (Under SPECIAL) As I understand that this might not provide information... -
Madman Entertainment and Gestalt to Team Up and Bring You Even More Graphic Novels
Posted on March 31, 2012 | No CommentsMadman Entertainment have recently announced that they will be the official distributor for Gestalt – An Australian graphic novel publishing house. Gestalt’s endeavour is to showcase the unique works of Australian graphic novelists and artists to the world, and since its inception in 2005, has released books with input from talent such as Shaun Tan (The Lost Thing, The Arrival), Tom Taylor (Star Wars graphic novels, DC Comics), Justin Randall(30 Days of Night, Silent Hill) and many more. The range of books will launch in April and will feature a line-up of titles with... -
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Goes Gold
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsNamco Bandai Partners and CD Projekt RED studio have today announced that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Editions, an enhanced version of the PC game for the XBox360 has gone gold, and will be released on the 17th April 2012. The enhanced edition will also come with a world map, a soundtrack audio CD and a quest handbook, all available as a first day Limited Edition. Olivier Comte, Senior Vice President of Namco Bandai Partners S.A.S. had this to say on the announcement:... -
Shoot Many Robots to Be Released on the PC Early April
Posted on March 28, 2012 | No CommentsFollowing from their launch of Shoot Many Robots on both the XBox Live Arcade and Playstation Network this month, Ubisoft and Demiurge Studios have announced that their beer-fueled run-and-gun co-op romp will be available for the PC through Steam from the 6th April 2012.Starting today and going through launch, those that pre-order through Steam will receive a batch of bonuse content including: Buy Three Get One Free (The Steam Four Pack) Special Gear that Enables you to “kick butt” as Gordon Freeman from Half Life... -
I Am Alive – To Be Released to the Playstation Network in Early-April
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsUbisoft have recently announced that I Am Alive, their post-apocalyptic action-adventure game will be available on the Playstation Network from the 4th April 2012, following their XBox Live release this month. I Am Alive follows an everyman’s journey to find his wife and daughter, who were lost during the “Event.” A year later, he finds Haventon, his hometown, in shambles. Buildings are destroyed, toxic ash fills the streets and society has been torn, causing inhabitants to take all necessary actions to survive. In I Am Alive, players will... -
Binary Domain To Be Released on the PC in April
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsSEGA Europe and SEGA of America today revealed that their recently released Playstation 3 / XBox360 game Binary Domain, developed by the same studio as the Yakuza games will be released on the PC this April. This will be available in both boxed and digital formats. Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA had this to say about this recent announcement: As well as the excitement generated by Binary Domain in the console press we were seeing increasing numbers of players asking for... -
Trailer for Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge Unveiled
Posted on March 19, 2012 | No CommentsWhile the announcement of Project A14 might very well have been enough to satisfy everyone, Gust who was holding the conference at the Dengeki Game Festival yesterday also unveiled this new trailer for upcoming Playstation Vita “Life-Simulator” Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge which is due for release on the 26th April 2012. -
Nintendo Australia Announces Upcoming Release of Pandora’s Tower
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsLast year in Japan – game development studio Ganbarion released an action Role-Playing game under the name of Pandora’s Tower, and as other releases such as The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles is being released by Nintendo in PAL Regions, including Europe and Australia. Nintendo of Australia today announced that the game will be hitting shelves exclusively on the Nintendo Wii from the 12th April 2012. Featuring real-time combat, motion controls, multiple endings and a relationship system – Nintendo are hoping that the game will... -
Pre-Orders for Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention Now Open
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsNippon Ichi Software America are set to be releasing Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention on the 17th April 2012. This game is an enhanced Playstation Vita port of the original PS3 game featuring all of the DLC released originally, item customization, new bosses, touch controls, GPS functionality, new skills, super moves, data shop, new Tera magic AND brand new chapters for the game featuring different characters other than Mao and Raspberyl. Coming in at the price of $39.99 on the NIS America Online Store, this... -
Danny Choo Unveils Moekana Hiragana Learning Cards
Posted on March 9, 2012 | No CommentsAll the way back when I was in Primary School, I began studying Japanese from Grade 5, completely by chance as the school alternated French and Japanese each year – and as you may have guessed one of the first things we learn’t over the year was all 46 hiragana characters – along with the addition of dakuten in order to turn か (ka) to が (ga) for example amongst other things. To learn all the characters we used visual and descriptive references in order... -
Playstation Suite to Hit Open Beta for Developers in April
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsUnveiled by Sony Computer Entertainment last year and having been in Closed Beta since November 2011, the company today announced that the open beta of their Playstation Suite SDK will be available to content developers in April 2012, with the intention of the official version being released later on this year. Through the introduction of these SDK’s, they will be able to offer a more streamlined content development environment for developers and further expand the Playstation to open operating system based portable devices. The closed...