Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Natsume Announce They Are Bringing Kemco's PSP Game Mystic Chronicles To The USA This Summer

Natsume have announced they are bringing Mystic Chronicles to the USA. this PSP game from Kemco has only come out in Japan so far but now it will come this summer to the USA. described as a Cult Classic in Japan, Mystic Chronicles features retro style graphics, a turn based battle system and story driven quests. a feature of the game is the Guardian Beast System, where each character can be assigned a mystic beast that has Offensive, Defensive or healing abilities.

The main character is called Lux. he was adopted by a small village and he had begun to train to join the Guardians Guild, but a chance meeting with a young girl sets in motion a series of events that could have Lux even saving the world.

I have found a Japanese promotional video for the game that was used on the Japanese PlayStation Blog. it shows gameplay and appears to have game music playing as well.



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Zero Punctuation - Dead Space 3



This week Yahtzee plays Dead Space 3. he enjoyed the first game in the series, the horror was maybe a little too predictable but the game as a whole was different from the rest. but, with Dead Space 2 EA and Visceral started moving the series into more action and now with Dead Space 3 have they successfully created a horror action game or will Yahtzee feel that the game is a shell of it's former self?

GungHo Online Entertainment America Have Released A Launch Trailer And Screenshots For Ragnarok Odyssey

GungHo Online Entertainment America have released a launch trailer and screenshots for Ragnarok Odyssey. Ragnarok Odyssey is out this week across the EU, Australia and New Zealand at retail and on the PSN for €29.99.



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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Blizzard And Activision Announce Blizzcon 2013, Runs On 8th And 9th November At The Anaheim Convention Center

Blizzard and Activision have announced Blizzcon 2013. the event is taking place in Anaheim California at the Anaheim Convention Center. the event will run on 8th and 9th November.

Blizzcon 2013 will offer attendees:
  • Hands-on play time with the latest versions of Blizzard Entertainment games
  • Global finals for Blizzard eSports, featuring top pro gamers from around the world
  • In-depth discussion panels with Blizzard game developers and artists
  • Competitive and casual tournaments for players to showcase their talents
  • Community contests with great prizes
  • Commemorative merchandise based on Blizzard Entertainment's game universes
  • More activities and attractions to be announced

Ticketing and Pricing will be revealed nearer this years Blizzcon.

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PlayStation Cloud Websites Found, Service Expected To Be Announced At PlayStation Meeting

Superannuation have found websites registered to Gaikai called PlayStation Cloud. the logical assumption would be that PlayStation Cloud would be a part of the PlayStation Network. 

Presently, Cloud Save Games exist as a part of PlayStation Plus, separate from anything. i expect PlayStation Cloud to include the Save Game Service but also much more. the fact that Gaikai is the group that registered the websites leads me to think that rumors about game streaming could very well be true. it could well be that PS3 games and PS3 PSN Games will be streamed from your personal Cloud. it is also possible this service will extend to both PS2 and PS1 games but there is no reason why PSP and PS Vita games can't be streamed via the same service. whilst that is possible, i don't expect that to be announced, it would make sense for Sony to save it and implement it later.
 
Source: Superannuation Twitter and NeoGaf

343 Industries Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For The Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack

343 Industries have released a new trailer and screenshots for Halo 4. this video is for the Majestic Map pack and shows each of the maps in action. the maps are smaller than some of the other map packs, 343 industries say it's more similar to older Halo games and their multiplayer maps. The Majestic Map Pack comes out 25th February.



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Epic And People Can Fly Have Released A New Gears Of War: Judgement Video Showing Multiplayer And Weapons

Epic and People Can Fly have released a new trailer for Gears Of War: Judgement. this video uses in-game action to show the many weapons in multiplyer, especially some of the new features like sticky grenades, as well as new weapons like the new short range sniper. the video also shows many of the multiplayer modes and confirms that the maps will have more verticallity to them.