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NIS America bringing Neptunia MK-II, Clan of Champions, Disgaea 3 Vita, more to US
NIS America hosted a special press event at the Tokyo Game Show to announce a slew of new titles for the PS3, Xbox 360, Vita and mobile platforms.
First up, the publisher will be bringing Disgaea: Netherworld Unbound to Android devices in late 2011. It is basically an Android version of the original Disgaea game, but it also allows players to purchase extra characters, items, and features. The Disgaea series will be coming to another handheld device as well, the PlayStation Vita. Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention will arrive in Spring 2012 and is said to feature new characters, stories, items and a Vita-specific control scheme.
NIS is also teaming up with Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, and Acquire, the developers of Tenchu, to bring Neptunia MK-II and Clan of Champions to the US. Neptunia will be a PlayStation 3 exclusive, set for release in spring 2012. Clan of Champions, as it is tentatively titled, has no release date yet, but it will be coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. JRPG aficionados, REJOICE!
Posted in Mobile, News, PS3, Vita, Xbox 360
Tagged Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2
New Releases: Gears of War 3, Persona 2, Kirby Mass Attack, More
Are you ready to finish the fight with the Locust and the Lambent? I hope so because Microsoft and Epic Games plan to release Gears of War 3 in three different configurations this week: a standard edition, a Limited Edition and a $150 Epic Edition. A Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 console bundle is also on the schedule.
Atlus is making a different hugely anticipated game available this week with Shin Megami Tensei Persona 2: Innocent Sin for the PSP. Innocent Sin was originally released on the PSone in Japan, but has never made it to America until now.
Rounding out this week’s big releases is a pair of DS games: the crazy platforming of Kirby: Mass Attack and and monster-raising of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Gears of War 3, Kirby: Mass Attack, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Katamari Damacy Vita TGS trailer is all about shapeshifting
Namco Bandai’s trailer for Katamari Damacy on the PlayStation Vita is light on info, heavy on the quirkiness, but all around awesome. See the Prince roll around and listen to the announcer shout, “STRETCH! SHRINK! STRETCH! SHRINK!” in Japanese. It would seem that the newest addition to the series is the ability to shapeshift. When thinking about the Vita’s dual touchscreen features, I get perhaps a little too excited about the gameplay possibilities.
Check out the video up top and try to figure out if that’s a giant man-baby that the Prince encounters. No release date has been given, but I’m already rarin’ to go roll my balls over junk.
Posted in News, Vita
Tagged Touch My Katamari
Daily Scoop: Friday, September 16 – It’s Friday, I’m in love
Well hello everyone! It’s a gorgeous day here in Philadelphia – it feels like the first real day of autumn! It’s crisp and beautiful. And to celebrate, I hope to kill some chimera later!
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is CTA Digital’s Xbox 360 Cooling Stand. It’s $10.99 and has two fans to cool down your Xbox 360, as well as space to store up to four games. Not bad, as far as strange peripherals go these days!
No gaming shirts today, but if you’re into “Venture Bros,” then Ript‘s “Yes He Can” is perfect for you: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Xbox 360
Sony makes its Move on the Fall with LBP2 Move Pack, InFamous 2 Festival of Blood, more
Sony has big plans for the PlayStation Move this Autumn.
Leading things off on September 13 (which was actually a few days ago) is “LittleBigPlanet’s biggest Downloadable Content pack to date,” LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Pack: Rise of the Cakeling. Rise of the Cakeling adds five new story levels, seven side levels and gives gamers the ability to paint their own stickers and create their own Move-powered games. According to Sony, the Move Pack for LBP2 will “vastly broaden your creative palette.”
If you’d prefer to paint the town with blood, the standalone InFamous: Festival of Blood will be available to download on October 25 alongside a game update that adds Move support to InFamous 2.
Rounding out the rest of the Move-a-palooze is Everybody Dance on October 18 and the trio of Carnival Island, EyePet & Friends and Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest on November 15.
You can move forward with more information on all of these Move titles after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged InFamous: Festival of Blood
Dark Souls “Full Prologue” is full of demons, dragons, darkness
Over the last few weeks, Namco Bandai has slowly unveiled the Dark Souls “Prologue” in three creepifying parts. Now, to celebrate the game’s appearance at the Tokyo Game Show, they’ve released the “Full Prologue” to fulfill your dreams of demons, dragons and darkness.
Dark Souls will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 4. That’s just a little over two weeks away!
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Dark Souls
For Learning! Snag a free copy of Portal until September 20
Valve has seemingly perfected the “demented schoolteacher” genre with the two Portal games. Encouraging players to look at science and puzzle-solving in new ways, they’ve become more than just games. And now, Valve has taking that a step further with their new Learn With Portals site.
Designed as an educational destination for teachers and students, Learn With Portals wants to make “physics, math, logic, spatial reasoning, probability, and problem-solving interesting” cool. Step one in this coolification of learning: give away a free download of Portal from now until September 20.
So teleport yourself over to Learn With Portals and download your free copy today. For Science. For Learning. For Fun.
First Army Corps of Hell trailer, complete with pig squeals
Square Enix’s upcoming Vita game, Army Corps of Hell, seems to be an unholy marriage of Pikmin and countless dark forces from the deepest parts of the underworld. In the game’s Tokyo Game Show trailer, we are treated with some gameplay, music by a Japanese metal band called United, and more than a few instances of censored objects onscreen.
Prepare your senses and click up top to view the trailer. No release date has been given yet, but I’m willing to bet that the pre-order bonus will be a sacrificial goat.
Posted in News, Vita
Tagged Army Corps of Hell