Xbox One Unboxing Video, Includes Chat Headset

Microsoft has given us an up close look at its upcoming console by sharing the official unboxing of the Xbox One.

As it has been rumored, for every Xbox One (Day One Edition and Standard) will include an Xbox One chat headset and 4K HDMI cable.

'In the video, we are unveiling the Xbox One Day One edition – which includes a special Day One package, specially branded DAY ONE 2013 controller with chrome D-pad, and a Day One digital achievement. This will be available in limited quantities.

The Xbox One console, Kinect sensor – even the HDMI cable and the power supply ' have a “liquid black” finish, with a focus on a consistent 16:9 design ratio across all components. This attention to detail was intentional and a great example of how every component in the box was especially designed for Xbox One. You can hear more about our attention to design details from our design team here.

The Xbox One console is state of the art ' a 500GB hard drive, slot load Blu-ray drive, IR blaster port, HDMI input and output connectors, a S/PDIF interface, new Kinect sensor port, three USB 3.0 Super Speed ports, Wired and Wireless network support and a Kensington Security Slot. Of course, what’s most important is what the console can do – if you haven’t checked out the latest product details on Xbox.com, you should.

The all new Kinect has improved gesture and voice control, 1080p color HD camera for video with Skype and a greater field of view. On-board sensors improve fidelity of the depth-sensing and low-light visibility, along with a four microphone array and IR blasting capability.

The Xbox One controller offers over 40 design improvements, including a redesigned D-pad for accuracy, redesigned thumb sticks for better grip and control, new menu and view buttons, redesigned triggers and bumpers for accuracy and comfort, as well as exclusive impulse triggers for haptic feedback.

The new integrated battery compartment on the Xbox One controller blends seamlessly into the back, offering better comfort. You can play wirelessly with standard AA or rechargeable AA batteries, or via the standard micro USB port for wired gameplay. The micro USB cable will charge the batteries if you are using the Xbox One Play ' Charge Kit (it will not charge generic rechargeable AA batteries).

The chat on Xbox One offers 3x the sampling rate of the Xbox 360. The quality of the Xbox One Chat Headset speaker and microphone have been upgraded to take advantage of the much improved audio quality. It’s also super lightweight-only 44g-with a padded earpiece that can be worn on either your left or right ear, and a bendable, rotating mic boom. You can control mute and volume without taking your hands off the controller.

Of course, a HDMI cable, a power supply and a Quick Start Guide are included as well.'

The Xbox One will be released in November 2013.

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atelier escha ' logy's opening movie puts both characters in the spotlight

Gust have shared the opening movie to Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky. You can watch the video below:

As previously reported, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky will feature two lead characters. You can read more about the two leads in this report and some of the recently revealed supporting cast here.

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky is scheduled for release in Japan on June 27th.

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New Super Luigi U To Be Released As Both DLC And Standalone Game

 

New Super Luigi U will be released both as a downloadable add-on for New Super Mario Bros. and as a special standalone version that will be available at retail. The retail version will not require a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U to play.

The retail version will cost $30 while the downloadable add-on version will cost $20. Multiplayer will be enabled in the game and will make Nabbit a playable character.

New Super Luigi U will be released on June 20th in North America and Europe. The standalone packaged version will be released on August 25th in North America and July 27th in Europe.

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This Week In Sales Ace Attorney Returns As Strong As Ever

Period: The week of July 22nd – July 28th (2013)

Top-seller: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies – 250,216

Nintendo 3DS sales: 18,625 | Total sales: 8,449,730

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 36,350 | Total sales: 3,465,056

PlayStation Vita sales: 19,866 | Total sales: 1,741,787

Wii U sales: 11,373 | Total sales: 1,016,391

<< Last week’s software sales chart

Last week saw the release of a game that’s been a long time coming—Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, the fifth game in the main Ace Attorney series, which brings back a number of the series’ popular characters alongside new ones. Capcom sold 250,216 copies of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies in the game’s first week on store shelves.

That figure is very well similar to how Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney sold back in 2007. In its first week, Apollo Justice sold 250,186 copies. Considering that there’s been a gap of six years between the two games, Dual Destinies’ sales are rather impressive and indicate that any fans that were lost in the interim have been made up for by new fans.

[Note: For much more Ace Attorney sales data, check out this report.]

Also released last week was Dragon’s Crown, Vanillaware’s multiplayer brawler. The game enjoyed a very respectable debut, with 104,359 copies sold on PS3 and another 71,083 copies on PlayStation Vita.

Finally, Nippon Ichi Software released The Witch and the Hundred Knights last week as well, and the game sold close to 50,000 copies. That puts it close to the sales of 2008’s Disgaea 3, which is pretty good, considering the low sales of Nippon Ichi’s other non-Disgaea games.

The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:

LwTwTitleWeekly SalesTotal SalesSys.PublisherNew01.Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ' Dual Destinies250,216New3DSCapcomNew02.Dragon's Crown104,359NewPS3AtlusNew03.Dragon's Crown71,083NewPSVAtlusNew04.The Witch and the Hundred Knights49,209NewPS3Nippon Ichi01.05.Mario & Luigi: Dream Team43,721143,6943DSNintendo05.06.Tomodachi Collection: New Life22,2811,309,4673DSNintendo02.07.Youkai Watch18,543101,2993DSLevel 5New08.Fantasy Life Link!18,234New3DSLevel 5New09.LEGO City Undercover18,199NewWiiUNintendo03.10.Pikmin 314,161135,393WiiUNintendo06.11.Earth Defense Force 202510,879222,847PS3D3 Publisher04.12.The Little Battlers W Super Custom10,79638,0383DSLevel 511.13.Animal Crossing: New Leaf9,9663,345,1643DSNintendo10.14.Donkey Kong Country Returns9,547226,6953DSNintendoNew15.Toki No Kizuna: Hanamusubi Tsuzuri9,252NewPSPIdea FactoryNew16.Hoppe-chan Tsukutte Asonde Puni Puni Town!!8,837New3DSNippon Columbia07.17.Toukiden8,253208,170PSVTecmo Koei12.18.Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon8,147842,5383DSNintendo14.19.Danganronpa (PSP the Best!)7,507105,158PSPSpike09.20.Toukiden7,428136,840PSPTecmo Koei

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle Is Ultimately About Reading Your Opponent

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 was not the only game CyberConnect2 president Hiroshi Matsuyama was open to speaking about when we caught up with him at a recent Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 promotional event in Tokyo.

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Since the event was organized by Namco Bandai Games, the developer was also okay with talking about the next fighting-game-based-on-a-popular-manga-franchise they're working on for the publisher as well ' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a franchise that fighting game fans should be quite familiar with, even if they've never read the manga series or watched the anime, largely due to the Capcom 2D fighter first released in arcades over a decade ago. The game was re-released now re-mastered in HD for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

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Matsuyama allay any fears that All-Star Battle might turn out to be just like the Naruto Shippuden games, which are accessible to anime fans, but otherwise alienating fans of core fighting games such as Street Fighter IV or Persona 4 Arena.

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"JoJo is ultimately about reading your opponent's moves in a fight, more so than in Naruto," Matsuyama said when we asked him how All-Star Battle would be different from their Naruto fighting games. "And so the style and controls here are shaping up here more like a conventional fighting game," he continued.

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"Having said that, our mindset here is that we're not exactly tailor-making the title to suit the tastes of hardcore fighting game fans. Rather, we're striving to make a game that JoJo fans will enjoy."

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As a fan of the manga series himself, Matsuyama also mentioned that his favourite character throughout the entire franchise is Part IV's Rohan Kishibe, but that his favourite storyline over all is that of Part V.

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American McGee Flips Another Fairytale with OZombie

The tale of Alice in Wonderland has been told in books and by Disney on the big screen. The story consists of a curious girl adventuring through a strange world that could only have been plucked from the very dreams themselves. Building upon that premise, American McGee took the story of Alice and added a few hints of blood, and a dash of dark storyline, to create a winning adventure two times over.

Now, the haunt-repreneur is looking to apply that same world-turning experience to what we've come to appreciate in the land known as Oz.

The pitch for the title can be seen in the trailer above. Something immediately noticeable, besides the word 'zombie' being stitched into the title, are the new duds that Dorothy is rockin'. The style of clothing she sports is reflective of the game's story. The land promises to be ''mystical, filled with magic, enchantment,' while being pushed in a 'steampunk' direction. This is explained with the struggle of its citizens to either keep the Oz that they've grown to love, or move in the direction where outside technology has invaded the land.

The story is further impacted by the social persuasion that the people of Oz has fallen victim to. So, who is behind this power struggle? None other than the Scarecrow himself. Once again, he is craving brains and the only pacification is through mass indoctrination.

The story will play out through the single player campaign and then open up through the multiplayer. The modes available are something most gamers would appreciate, including offline play and DRM-free content.

From the release:

• OZombie will be first and foremost a single player game. You'll play as Dorothy and be able to persuade many of the captivating fiction’s familiar characters such as Tik Tok and Billina to join your hunting party
• OZombie will also support an optional multiplayer mode, which you can unlock after finishing the single player experience. In multiplayer you'll be able to select from a range of player characters and enjoy competitive features like Raids and Tournaments

Much like the first 'Alice' title, the game is set to release primarily on PC and Mac. The Kickstarter for the title has recently launched, and there are plenty of goodies for backers.

Check out the official site for more details and art.

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take a peek at escha synthesizing in atelier escha ' logy

Gust have shared a brief video for Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusky Sky, that shows Escha trying her hand at alchemy. Watch it below:

Atelier Escha & Logy features a familiar alchemy system with new additions like an element system that can change the outcome of synthesis. Ingredients now have elemental attributes that can result in different skills used for synthesizing.

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusky Sky will be available for PlayStation 3 in Japan on June 27th.

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Skulls of the Shogun Is Coming To Steam; Will Work On Regular PCs

The PC version of turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun was initially exclusive to Windows 8 PCs. Today, however, developer 17-BIT announced that they will release a Steam version of the game that will run on non-Windows 8 PCs as well.

The Steam release, titled Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition, features the full campaign and multiplayer modes from the original, as well as a challenging new four-chapter episode that takes place after the original’s ending. This episode has a new protagonist and a new unit type, the Tanuki, who can confuse enemies with teleport spells and taunts.

Also available will be a developers’ commentary mode and a new introduction theme performed by chiptunes DJ, Mega Ran.

[Related reading: Our interview with CEO Jake Kazdal on modernizing strategy RPGs.]

“After the original game launched, we were delighted by all the positive reviews and player feedback, but realized there were a few features we could add to power-up Skulls and make it even better.” said Jake Kazdal, CEO of 17-BIT. “We’re delighted to bring that definitive version of Skulls of the Shogun to Steam, which adds a ton of original content and enhanced multiplayer features. We hope it’s worth the wait.”

Skulls of the Shogun will be available on Steam in July. You can pre-order it for a discounted price of $11.99. Post-release, the game will cost $14.99.

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Samus And Mega Man Face Off In New Super Smash Bros. Screenshots

This week’s Super Smash Bros. screenshots have Samus and Mega Man facing off, while the Villager from Animal Crossing tortures Luigi some more. There’s also a nice close-up of Link in action. Check them out below.

Food for thought: Is that the inside of the Mechonis from Xenoblade, in the screenshot with Link and Kirby, or is it the Ridley stage from Metroid: Other M?

 

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Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo Review

Developer: Pixel Toys
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: 3DS (eShop)
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Price: $7.99

Review Notes: A code for the game was received for review purposes.

It is difficult to determine how entertaining a game about squirrels gathering nuts for the year for survival can be, especially with the word 'turbo' in its name. How turbo can a game be where you play a little nerdy squirrel with glasses? Super Little Acorns: 3D Turbo is a simple, yet fun game that you may not be grabbing it every day, because you just have to beat the next level, but you may carry it around just to kill time, like the DMV or the bathroom.

The story (yes, there is one) is as follows: In the beginning, a family of squirrels return to their big oak tree where they stored all of the nuts for the winter only to find that it has been ransacked by a bunch of animals who stole their food. Spiders, bats, raccoons, all of these creatures just had to get a piece of these squirrels' nuts. With the family in tears, one of the nerdy brother squirrels (assuming it is a guy for the lack of girly eyelashes and nerdy for the glasses) sets out to help get his family their nuts back.

The select screen is very simple. You have the standard options of a new game and game options, but the ones that are unique to Super Little Acorns: 3D Turbo are the acorn counter, challenges, achievements, costumes and turbo. The acorn counter shows how many acorns you have collected and the percentage completed. You are shown your progress in the game so far with bosses beaten, acorns acquired, challenge completed, fruity finish, speedy squirrel and enemies eliminated that I will go over in a bit. In challenges, there are different ones you can take on and earn even more acorns.

Like any game nowadays, achievements can be earned that range from the typical first steps to the more advanced like Pinball Wizard (bounce between three different springs). Why not dress your squirrel up a bit? In costumes, you can select items to place on your squirrel's head, face, body, and its rope (which I will explain its purpose later). You unlock different items throughout the game by collecting all five fruits in each level and earning the award. And then there is turbo mode. What puts the 'turbo' in Super Little Acorns: 3D Turbo is the ability to make him move slightly faster, giving the game a bit of challenge. Turning on the turbo will open another set of levels (exactly the same as in non-turbo mode), but you go fast.

The levels are broken down by year and season, so you start out in year one during Spring. In order to save your family from starvation, you need to collect all of the nuts and reach a certain line. These lines in the tree are turbo, year two, and year three. Simply collect enough the nuts in the levels to reach that line and continue on with the game.

In each level, there are obstacles to overcome and enemies that are trying to hurt you. You cannot die in this game by getting hit by enemies; only by falling in water or down a hole. But the enemies slow you down, so if you are trying to get that Speedy Squirrel award, you may be out of luck.

Speaking of awards, every level (sans the first one) has four awards that are available to earn: Acorns, Fruity Finish, Speedy Squirrel and Enemies Eliminated. To get the Acorns award, you simply complete the level and get all the acorns. To get Fruity Finish, you have to collect all five fruits in the level. Getting this award also unlocks costume items ranging from a little red tie to a tuxedo. To get Speedy Squirrel, you must complete the level before you reach the predetermined challenge time. Getting hit by enemies or missing a jump can really set you back, so this award is the toughest to earn. To get Enemies Eliminated you simply kill all the enemies in the level. You do this by jumping on them in a very Mario-esque kind of way. You may not collect all of these awards in one go, so multiple attempts at the levels are in your future. At the end of each year, there is a boss to 'defeat,' which doesn't require a lot of intense cognitive ability to do.

As you advance in the game, the levels get progressively tougher. But have no fear, because there are items that are made available to help you through this tough time. Power-ups like 'toughnut' (killing enemies without jumping on them), 'super jump' (jump extra high), or 'super speed' (gotta go fast!) appear in various levels where they make sense and help you achieve your goal easier. Aside from these power-ups, you are introduced to the mechanic of rope swinging (which you can customize in the costumes option). Why a squirrel swings on a rope like Tarzan to get nuts, I don't know, but it's alot of fun.

Other than that, not a whole lot can be said about Super Little Acorns: 3D Turbo. There are other challenges to overcome like babies in a level and plowing through a wall with your tough head, but other than that the levels are pretty much the same. You swing on your rope to collect your nuts to feed your family for the year. Mess up and you failed your family and they most likely died (Ed: bummer). In terms of the graphics, there wasn't a whole lot of the 3D aspect going on. When you take a look at your progress, there is some depth in the forest behind the main tree, but that's it. This game really didn't need to be in 3D to be enjoyable. But, hey, it's the technological age, so why not make it 3D if we can?

Final Truth:

Super Little Acorns: 3D Turbo is a fun game to play when you are waiting in line at the grocery store or going into the bathroom when you know you are going to be a while. While the 3D aspect of the game was not necessary, the game was simplistic in nature and did not attempt to do anything too outrageous. This game would be the same as those flash games we all know and love. Other than that, it's just your average platformer.

Rating: 6/10

+ Cute costume customization
- Not a whole lot of replay value once the game is completed
- Really didn't need to be in 3D

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Did Falcom Just Tease A New Version Of A Legend Of Heroes Trails Of Blue

Falcom set up a crossover with Trails in the Sky and the online role playing game Grace of Fairsky. While tweeting about the collaboration, Falcom said that it looks like Trails of Blue, which was released for PSP in 2011.

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Falcom then tweeted that reminds them "that blue" will be announced soon. Speculation from Japanese message boards is Falcom is teasing a port or a remake of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue. Kadokawa Games partnered with Falcom to bring The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Zero to PlayStation Vita. Trails of Zero Evolution added a new scenario, a couple of mini-games designed with the Vita's hardware in mind, and unfortunately a rash of bugs.

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Monster Hunter Frontier G Headed To PlayStation Vita In 2014

Capcom have announced Monster Hunter Frontier G for the PlayStation Vita at Tokyo Game Show. The game will be released in 2014, alongside Wii U and PlayStation 3 versions, and the PS3 version of the game will be able to cross-play with Vita.

In case you need to get caught up, Monster Hunter Frontier is a subscription-based online game that was released in 2007 for Windows PCs. In 2010, Capcom ported the game to Xbox 360 and stated their desire to bring the game to other platforms in the near future. Then, earlier this year, the company announced that the most recent version of the game, Monster Hunter Frontier G, was headed to the Wii U and PS3.

While PlayStation Vita players won’t be able to play in every world of Monster Hunter Frontier G, several PlayStation 3 worlds will be open for Vita players. Additionally, there will also be a data-transfer feature between the two consoles.

Monster Hunter Frontier G will begin service on PlayStation Vita in 2014. Similar to the PC, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, a subscription will be required to play the game. You can watch a trailer for it above.

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master one of akb48 's dances in konami's dance evolution

Remember Konami's Kinect enabled dancing game, Dance Evolution? It lives on in Japan as an arcade game and some arcades leave props for players to wear while dancing to Afronova Primeval.

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Dance Evolution will add AKB48's latest song, "The Fall In Love Fortune Cookie in Love," on August 21. The song has the same choreography as the music video and you can also get costumes to dress your Dance Evolution avatar up like the AKB48 members.

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Just like the Xbox 360 game, the Dance Evolution arcade machine uses a Kinect sensor.

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Ubisoft Working On A New ZombiU Prototype

It appears Ubisoft are prototyping something along the lines of ZombiU, their recently released Wii U survival horror game.

Over on Twitter, a fan asked Jean-Philippe Caro, Creative Director at Ubisoft Montpelier, if a ZombiU sequel could be expected. Caro replied:

“thank you for your interest in zombiu. The team is working hard on a prototype. it’s too soon to tell you more.”

Ubisoft have not officially announced plans for a sequel to ZombiU.

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Tales Of Phantasia Is On iOS Now And It's Free

Namco Bandai brought Tales of Phantasia to iOS and the price is a steal – it's free. You can play Tales of Phantasia all the way to the end of the game without spending any money. The game has microtransactions and players can purchase items that revive a party if they are annihilated by enemies, but as long as Namco Bandai didn't ramp up the difficulty those items should be optional.

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Tales of Phantasia for iOS is based of the Full Voice version for PSP. The iOS version includes bells and whistles like the animated movie and voice acting. Controls and menus have been reworked to support a touch screen. Namco Bandai also added GameCenter functionality with leaderboards and achievements.

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PlayStation Vita 64 GB Memory Card Coming In October, Costs $105

Need more storage for all of those Vita games? Sony will begin selling a 64GB PlayStation Vita memory card on October 10. Currently, the largest PS Vita memory card is 32 GB.

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The memory card will cost 10,479 yen ($105) in Japan.

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See An Entire Level Of Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut

Square Enix have shared a video walkthrough of Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut, showing off the Wii U version of the game. The video goes through the FEMA camp, all the way to the boss fight, and demonstrates the features of the Wii U GamePad.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut is slated for release on PC, Wii U, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2014.

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Castlevania Mirror of Fate 3DS Game Possibly Coming To 360 And PS3

Play-Asia have a listing (thanks, Hachima) for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (The Collection), which appears to include an HD version of the Nintendo 3DS game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate.

According to Play-Asia’s listing, the collection will include the following:

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow with Reverie/Resurrection DLC

A demo of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

In the past, developer MerurySteam have hinted at the possibility of bringing Mirror of Fate to HD consoles, so this isn’t much of a surprise.

Konami have not yet announced Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (The Collection), but Play-Asia have it listed for an October release for $35 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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This Shoot-em-up Was Developed In Canada, But You Probably Can't Tell

Indie shoot-em-up Danmaku Unlimited 2 is out now on PC. Originally developed for iOS devices, the game is a vertical-scrolling shooter that hopes to replicate the Japanese shooting game genre, even though the game was developed in Vancouver. Here’s a look:

You can grab Danmaku Unlimited 2 for $5 from the game’s website. Additionally, a free demo of the game is available on the website, to. You can also vote for Danmaku Unlimited 2 on Steam Greenlight.

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Tales Of Phantasia Is On iOS Now And It's Free

Namco Bandai brought Tales of Phantasia to iOS and the price is a steal – it's free. You can play Tales of Phantasia all the way to the end of the game without spending any money. The game has microtransactions and players can purchase items that revive a party if they are annihilated by enemies, but as long as Namco Bandai didn't ramp up the difficulty those items should be optional.

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Tales of Phantasia for iOS is based of the Full Voice version for PSP. The iOS version includes bells and whistles like the animated movie and voice acting. Controls and menus have been reworked to support a touch screen. Namco Bandai also added GameCenter functionality with leaderboards and achievements.

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Sterk From The Atelier Series Cuts Through Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

First introduced in Atelier Rorona, Sterk will represent the Atelier series and Gust in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate. He's a guest character just like Kasumi from Dead or Alive 5 and Momiji from Ninja Gaiden. Tecmo Koei shared more screenshots of the hack and slash game mostly featuring Sterk and Ouryu, a brand new character to the Warriors world.

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Warrior Orochi 3 Ultimate is slated for September 26 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in Japan.

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