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  • Seems like 2013 will be a big year for the Danganronpa franchise from Spike Chunsoft (Formerly released by just Spike before amalgamation) – with not only an anime in the works but also a brand new installment for the Playstation Vita, succeeding from the series’ former Playstation Portable roots. This latest release will not be a brand new installment in the series, instead it is a port of both original games from the Playstation Portable to the Playstation Vita. That means that both titles – Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and the High School Students of Despair and Super Danganronpa 2: Farewell...

    Danganronpa Series Set for Release on the Playstation Vita as Part of a Complete Collection Set

    Posted on June 19, 2013 | No Comments
    Seems like 2013 will be a big year for the Danganronpa franchise from Spike Chunsoft (Formerly released by just Spike before amalgamation) – with not only an anime in the works but also a brand new installment for the Playstation Vita, succeeding from the series’ former Playstation Portable roots. This latest release will not be a brand new installment in the series, instead it is a port of both original games from the Playstation Portable to the Playstation Vita. That means that both titles – Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and the High School Students of Despair and Super Danganronpa 2: Farewell...

  • Japanese mobile video game publisher to the international market Kemco have confirmed that last week they announced a brand new RPG – Alphadia Genesis. Alphadia Genesis is the latest title in the companies multi-installment Alphadia franchise which is expected to be released in Japan this summer gaming season in Japan and internationally later on this year or early-2014. Lagoon: a quiet, peaceful world, and a world where the life energy known as ‘Energi’ is abundant. In the past, humans fought with each other over this Energi, craving it for their own ambitions. In the end, this fighting led to the...

    Kemco Announce New RPG Title – Alphadia Genesis

    Posted on June 18, 2013 | No Comments
    Japanese mobile video game publisher to the international market Kemco have confirmed that last week they announced a brand new RPG – Alphadia Genesis. Alphadia Genesis is the latest title in the companies multi-installment Alphadia franchise which is expected to be released in Japan this summer gaming season in Japan and internationally later on this year or early-2014. Lagoon: a quiet, peaceful world, and a world where the life energy known as ‘Energi’ is abundant. In the past, humans fought with each other over this Energi, craving it for their own ambitions. In the end, this fighting led to the...

  • Doki-Doki Universe is an upcoming free-to-download game by HumaNature Studios for the Playstation Vita, Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 platforms (at least for the light version), where you can fly around a customisable universe all the while taking part in fun personality quizzes. In Doki-Doki Universe, you’re a robot named Model QT377665, or QT3 for short. Your human family said to wait here on this asteroid, and they would be right back to get you. That was 11,432 days ago. Bummer. To make matters worse, an alien that looks like a green hot-dog, named Alien Jeff, finds you and gives...

    [E3 2013 Trailer/Screenshots] Doki-Doki Universe

    Posted on June 13, 2013 | No Comments
    Doki-Doki Universe is an upcoming free-to-download game by HumaNature Studios for the Playstation Vita, Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 platforms (at least for the light version), where you can fly around a customisable universe all the while taking part in fun personality quizzes. In Doki-Doki Universe, you’re a robot named Model QT377665, or QT3 for short. Your human family said to wait here on this asteroid, and they would be right back to get you. That was 11,432 days ago. Bummer. To make matters worse, an alien that looks like a green hot-dog, named Alien Jeff, finds you and gives...

  • Based on the Harry Potter line of books from the imagination of author J.K. Rowling, last year we were treated to the very first Wonderbook release “Book of Spells”. Developed by SCE London Studio’s and targeted more at the younger audience, Book of Spells allowed gamers to become witches and wizards and learn a number of spells from the series using their Playstation Move controller as a wand and the Wonderbook peripheral which when scanned by the Playstation Eye allowed the world and pages to fling to life in an augmented reality experience on the screen. Turns out this release...

    [E3 2013 Announcement / Trailer / Screenshots] Wonderbook: Book of Potions Unveiled – Sequel to Wonderbook: Book of Spells

    Posted on June 13, 2013 | No Comments
    Based on the Harry Potter line of books from the imagination of author J.K. Rowling, last year we were treated to the very first Wonderbook release “Book of Spells”. Developed by SCE London Studio’s and targeted more at the younger audience, Book of Spells allowed gamers to become witches and wizards and learn a number of spells from the series using their Playstation Move controller as a wand and the Wonderbook peripheral which when scanned by the Playstation Eye allowed the world and pages to fling to life in an augmented reality experience on the screen. Turns out this release...

  • As it has been for many many years now, with each Nintendo console comes a brand new Mario Kart game – and with the Wii U Nintendo have finally announced the release of Mario Kart 8…. or Mario Kart 90 degree angled infinite sign. In this game we can expect new racing circuit designs, no doubt a new and even more frustrating Rainbow Road and the games feature of the installment – antigravity cars. Yep, while the Gamecube allowed two people per vehicle, the Wii introduced Motorbikes and the 3DS edition took the three car types from Diddy Kong Racing...

    [E3 2013 Announcement / Trailer / Screenshots] Mario Kart 8

    Posted on June 13, 2013 | No Comments
    As it has been for many many years now, with each Nintendo console comes a brand new Mario Kart game – and with the Wii U Nintendo have finally announced the release of Mario Kart 8…. or Mario Kart 90 degree angled infinite sign. In this game we can expect new racing circuit designs, no doubt a new and even more frustrating Rainbow Road and the games feature of the installment – antigravity cars. Yep, while the Gamecube allowed two people per vehicle, the Wii introduced Motorbikes and the 3DS edition took the three car types from Diddy Kong Racing...

  • While I think I join everyone in wishing for a brand new Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U, Nintendo have decided that the next installment in the series will be headed to the 3DS platform. The game is titled The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which comes with a brand new storyline set it the world of the Super NES classic “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past” which was later released for the Game Boy Advance and Virtual Console platforms during 2002-2003 and 2007 respectively. Some of the promoted features of this release...

    [E3 2013 Announcement / Trailer / Screenshots] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    While I think I join everyone in wishing for a brand new Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U, Nintendo have decided that the next installment in the series will be headed to the 3DS platform. The game is titled The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which comes with a brand new storyline set it the world of the Super NES classic “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past” which was later released for the Game Boy Advance and Virtual Console platforms during 2002-2003 and 2007 respectively. Some of the promoted features of this release...

  • It is exciting to hear about some of the indie games that are already in the works for the Playstation 4 console, and one of the more interesting titles is from the Chicago-based independent studio “Young Horses” named Octodad: Dadliest Catch. In this game players are left to control Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human as he goes about his daily life – which you you will be able to tell from the above trailer is all about destruction, deception and of course… fatherhood. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is set for release in 2014. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is the sequel...

    [E3 2013 Trailer] Octodad: Dadliest Catch

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    It is exciting to hear about some of the indie games that are already in the works for the Playstation 4 console, and one of the more interesting titles is from the Chicago-based independent studio “Young Horses” named Octodad: Dadliest Catch. In this game players are left to control Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human as he goes about his daily life – which you you will be able to tell from the above trailer is all about destruction, deception and of course… fatherhood. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is set for release in 2014. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is the sequel...

  • Square Enix and their Eidos-Montreal studio have today announced that Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Director’s Cut is no longer exclusive to the Wii U platform. Instead it is also being extended to support the Playstation 3, Xbox360, PC and Mac platforms later this year. Stéphane D’Astous | General Manager of Eidos-Montréal After our Director’s Cut announcement we received an overwhelming response from the community asking us to bring this ultimate edition of HUMAN REVOLUTION to other platforms. We’re thrilled to accommodate that request. We can now say with pleasure, ‘You asked for this! One of the new features of the game...

    [E3 2013] Deus Ex Human Revolution: Director’s Cut Goes Multiplatform

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    Square Enix and their Eidos-Montreal studio have today announced that Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Director’s Cut is no longer exclusive to the Wii U platform. Instead it is also being extended to support the Playstation 3, Xbox360, PC and Mac platforms later this year. Stéphane D’Astous | General Manager of Eidos-Montréal After our Director’s Cut announcement we received an overwhelming response from the community asking us to bring this ultimate edition of HUMAN REVOLUTION to other platforms. We’re thrilled to accommodate that request. We can now say with pleasure, ‘You asked for this! One of the new features of the game...

  • One of the biggest queries surrounding Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was while the decision to release the online game on the Playstation 3 was not a new one, it was a decision they have only just decided to end at the end of the consoles generation. While it was not a big mention during the Sony E3 press conference yesterday, Square Enix confirmed that they would be porting over the game to the Playstation 4 in 2014. For gamers who do go out and purchase the Playstation 3 copy, you will be glad to know that Square Enix...

    [E3 2013 Trailer] Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Headed to the Playstation 4

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    One of the biggest queries surrounding Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was while the decision to release the online game on the Playstation 3 was not a new one, it was a decision they have only just decided to end at the end of the consoles generation. While it was not a big mention during the Sony E3 press conference yesterday, Square Enix confirmed that they would be porting over the game to the Playstation 4 in 2014. For gamers who do go out and purchase the Playstation 3 copy, you will be glad to know that Square Enix...

  • Fans of the classic arcade series will be glad to know that Namco Bandai have a great collection of Pac-Mac games in their line-up for Pac-Mac Museum which is a compilation set for release during Summer 2013 in ANZ regions for the XBox360, Playstation 3, Wii U, PC,  and Nintendo 3DS platforms. PAC-MAN, the yellow 80’s icon with a voracious appetite that has transcended generation upon generation of gamers stars in this nostalgia-packed collection of games. In the game, players will need to skilfully dodge and juke troublesome ghosts while gobbling up all the pac-dots and power pellets lying in their...

    [E3 2013 Announcement] Namco Bandai Games Announce Pac-Man Museum and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    Fans of the classic arcade series will be glad to know that Namco Bandai have a great collection of Pac-Mac games in their line-up for Pac-Mac Museum which is a compilation set for release during Summer 2013 in ANZ regions for the XBox360, Playstation 3, Wii U, PC,  and Nintendo 3DS platforms. PAC-MAN, the yellow 80’s icon with a voracious appetite that has transcended generation upon generation of gamers stars in this nostalgia-packed collection of games. In the game, players will need to skilfully dodge and juke troublesome ghosts while gobbling up all the pac-dots and power pellets lying in their...

  • I have always and most probably always will hold a fondness for the Super Mario series due to the impact it has had on my in my gaming life. Not only was Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins the very first video game I ever owned but, and more relevant to this article,  one of the very first games I owned for a home video game console was Super Mario 64 – the 3D platformer that I spent countless hours of my childhood playing through. Given that the Wii was basically home to the Mario Galaxy line of games...

    [E3 2013 Announcement / Trailer] Super Mario 3D World

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    I have always and most probably always will hold a fondness for the Super Mario series due to the impact it has had on my in my gaming life. Not only was Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins the very first video game I ever owned but, and more relevant to this article,  one of the very first games I owned for a home video game console was Super Mario 64 – the 3D platformer that I spent countless hours of my childhood playing through. Given that the Wii was basically home to the Mario Galaxy line of games...

  • While I wouldn’t say it comes as a big surprise given their history with past installments, but ATLUS USA have today confirmed their acquisition and plans to publish Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl on the Nintendo 3DS this Fall gaming season. In this installment a new challenge for map-making labyrinth-crawling fans awaits, as not one but two different experiences await. The expanded story mode takes players on a journey to unravel the mystery of the Yggdrasil Tree’s origins, and the classic mode updates the original Etrian Odyssey. Both versions feature the same gameplay conveniences, updated 3D graphics, and StreetPass abilities...

    [E3 2013 Announcement] ATLUS USA Confirm Plans for International Release of Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    While I wouldn’t say it comes as a big surprise given their history with past installments, but ATLUS USA have today confirmed their acquisition and plans to publish Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl on the Nintendo 3DS this Fall gaming season. In this installment a new challenge for map-making labyrinth-crawling fans awaits, as not one but two different experiences await. The expanded story mode takes players on a journey to unravel the mystery of the Yggdrasil Tree’s origins, and the classic mode updates the original Etrian Odyssey. Both versions feature the same gameplay conveniences, updated 3D graphics, and StreetPass abilities...

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