Atlus delivering 3DS title Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl to US this Fall

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Andrew Rainnie

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Japanese Developer Atlus, best known for the Persona series, is bringing the next title in the Etrian Odyssey RPG series to the US this Fall for the 3DS. The new game, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, will be the second title in the series on Nintendo’s newest handheld, following on from the success of Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan. It is being touted as a reimaging of the original Etrian Odyssey that debuted on the DS in 2007.

Atlus will once again be employing Japanese animation company Madhouse, who they worked with on Persona 4: Golden and Persona 4: Arena, to provide story cutscenes and voice acting, marking a first for the RPG franchise. The game is also shedding the limitations on class skills found in previous titles, replacing it with a new system, dubbed “Grimoire Stone,” that will allow players to assign skills wherever they choose.

In addition to the game’s Story Mode, there will also be a Classic Mode for the nostalgic gamer, featuring the original game with an extra dash of 3D and three difficulty settings: Picnic, Standard, and Expert.

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The Order: 1886’s E3 trailer brings steampunk knights to the PS4

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Andrew Rainnie

One of the surprises from Sony’s E3 event was Ready At Dawn’s The Order: 1886. Coming across as a fusion of London-based period detective drama Whitechapel and Dishonored, it seems to take most of its inspiration from the latter, with the trailer showcasing technological weapons in the Victorian era. With one of the characters referred to as “Galahad,” it looks like Ready At Dawn (and their development partner, Sony Santa Monica) has decided to update the old Arthurian legend and cast the Knights of the Round Table as steampunk warriors battling hordes of demons. A quote from Mallory’s Le Morte D’Arthur even opens the trailer.

While no release date has been announced, we will be keeping a close eye on this one.

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Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed by Infinity Ward

Posted on June 12, 2013 by John Scalzo

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After a month of hemming and hawing, Activision (or rather, Infinity Ward’s Mark Rubin) has confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will be available on the Wii U.

In an interview with GameSpot, Rubin said: “[The Wii U version] is probably in the next-gen bin. We’re not actually talking about Wii U yet because we want to keep it mysterious.”

So what mysterious secrets does Activision and Infinity Ward have planned for the Wii U version of Ghosts? I don’t know, but I bet it has something to do with Riley the Dog. Everything else connected to Ghosts does.

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Earth Defense Force 2025 release shooed away to February 2014

Posted on June 12, 2013 by John Scalzo

Bad news out of this year’s E3 Expo… D3 Publisher has delayed Earth Defense Force 2025. Instead of getting a chance to squish the Ravagers this year, fans of the insane alien invasion series will have to wait until February 2014.

To make up for this delay, D3 has released a new “E3 2013 trailer” starring the Air Raider, but it’s more-or-less an English translation of this trailer, which has been available since December.

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Take the first Mario Kart 8 trailer for a spin

Posted on June 12, 2013 by John Scalzo

Do you get car sick? If so, you might want to skip the topsy-turvy shenanigans of Mario Kart 8‘s E3 2013 trailer. But if you’re cool with driving up walls and flinging red shells while hanging upside down, this one is definitely for you.

Mario Kart 8 will be released for the Wii U in Spring 2014.

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Transistor will be available on PS4, PC… and beyond

Posted on June 12, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Transistor will make its console debut on the PS4 in 2014, but Supergiant has confirmed it will also be released simultaneously for the PC through Steam. After that, the developer plans to bring the game to Linux and Mac. And after that? According to Creative Director Greg Kasavin, Supergiant “[hasn’t] ruled anything out beyond that.”

Bastion, Supergiant’s first game, originally appeared on the Xbox Live Arcade and over the course of a year was eventually released on several additional platforms including PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and a version playable in Google Chrome.

Kasavin has similar plans for Transistor, saying: “The main reason Bastion ended up in so many places, of course, is because a lot of people liked the game. And the main reason a lot of people liked it is because we were able to create the game we wanted to make in the first place, by not spreading our focus too thin and making sure Bastion ran great on XBLA, then on Steam, and so on. So, in short: Our strategy of focusing on a console/PC launch worked well on Bastion so we’re doing it again on Transistor.”

We definitely liked Transistor when we played it at this year’s PAX East show.

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PSN Today: The Last of Us, Tekken Revolution, Big Discounts, more

Posted on June 11, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Has wall-to-wall E3 2013 news knocked you for a loop? How about a good old-fashioned PlayStation Store update to cleanse your palette. This week, PS3 and Vita owners will be able to download…

  • The Last of Us (available Friday), Naughty Dog’s ridiculously well-reviewed post-apocalyptic tale of a man named Joel and his teenage companion.
  • Tekken Revolution, a free-to-play version of everyone’s favorite fighting game. OK, second favorite. Um, third favorite. Eh, it’s alright.
  • Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox’s bungled attempt to create a sequel to Aliens.
  • Final Fantasy XIII-2, with Lightning set to return next year, now’s a good time to play this one.
  • Contra: Shattered Soldier, one of the greatest PS2 games ever is now available on your PS3.
  • Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer, a PS2 pirate game, now available on the PS3.
  • Flying Hamster HD (Vita), a hamster shooter. Enough said.

In celebration of the E3 Expo, Sony has also discounted a ton of games in the PlayStation Store this week including Dishonored, Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and many more. If you’re looking for deals, you need to consult the full list at the PlayStation Blog.

That PlayStation Blog link also includes a complete list of this week’s new game add-ons. And be sure to hit the jump for more details on the new releases for this week.

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Sony: The Last Guardian is “on hiatus”

Posted on June 11, 2013 by John Scalzo

Sony ripped off announcement after announcement during their E3 2013 Press Conference last night. New games… third party deals… no DRM! It was a successful night all around.

But what about Team Ico’s The Last Guardian? Jack Tretton, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment America, spoke to Game Trailers and revealed that the game hasn’t been canceled, but that it is “on hiatus.”

“The cool thing about our Worldwide development studios is that we got so many projects out there from so many great teams. Projects never ultimately go away. The Last Guardian is certainly not going away, but it’s on hiatus right now.”

The Last Guardian was originally scheduled for a 2011 release, but development difficulties (including the departure of Director Fumito Ueda from Sony Japan) have pushed the game back time and again. Team Ico’s last game was Shadow of the Colossus, which was released in 2005.

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