Monster fighting game hyped for this summer
Ready or not, here comes another monster fighting game for the Mobage mobile social game platform. Ahead of a summer launch, parent company DeNA has gotten the ball rolling on Raldessia Chronicles with an animated promo. See if it gets you excited after the jump.
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Season 1 comes dubbed this December
Discotek Media’s latest announcement should please fans of monster collectin’. The distributor plans to release the first season of Monster Rancher in an English-dubbed boxset containing episodes 1-26 this December. More after the jump.
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Double Fine’s Kickstarter-funded point and click adventure game’s official name has been revealed. It’s called Broken Age, and it’s about “a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a terrible monster–but she decides to fight back. Meanwhile, a boy on a spaceship is living a solitary life under the care of a motherly computer, but he wants to break free to lead adventures and do good in the world. Adventures ensue”.
The game’s official site has just been launched and is accompanied by the following image:
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Co-op monster hunting hits Wii U and 3DS on March 19
With just a week to go before the launch of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Capcom rolled out a Battle Trailer that shows off plenty of cooperative huntin’ action. Check it out after the jump.
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Capcom brings the monster hunting to 3DS in Japan this summer
Capcom is getting ready to unleash the beast battling Monster Hunter 4 on Nintendo 3DS in Japan this summer, and the latest chapter was present at this morning’s third party Nintendo Direct showcase. Check out the new trailer after the jump.
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Third game in the Witcher series sees Geralt go open-world for all “high-end platforms” in 2014.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been officially announced by Polish developer CD Projekt RED. The game will be released in 2014 and will be coming to PC’s as well as all other “high-end platforms”.
The main source of inspiration for The Witcher 3 seems to be The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with Geralt’s third adventure taking on a more open-world role without acts and chapters.
According to the GameInformer reveal (digested via NeoGAF), the world will be 20 per cent bigger than Skyrim’s and will take up to 40 minutes to traverse from one end to the other on horseback. The new version of the proprietary RED engine features new streaming technology designed to minimize load times.
Right now The Witcher 3′s visuals are running on an old renderer that will be upgraded before the game is released next year. “Right now you see the game in the old renderer, but it’s going to be taken to a truly next level,” says gameplay producer Marek Ziemak.
The game’s quests and narratives are being designed around an interwoven three-tier structure, with Geralt’s personal plot sitting at the top and feeding into the invasion of Nilfgaardian and then into typical quests like monster hunting and crafting.
Monster hunting promises to be far more in-depth this time around, with redesigned enemy AI and a much larger focus on gathering clues and information from townsfolk and books before engaging enemies. Factors like the time of day also affect where monsters will appear and their abilities. You can learn that it is possible to kill a vampire in one hit by stabbing both its hearts simultaneously, for instance.
The game’s skill trees, magic signs and inventory will also be tweaked, with CD Projekt RED admitting that many found The Witcher 2′s inventory frustrating. Spells can be modified and developed, with Igni now having a new flamethrower effect and also the ability to be transformed into a 360-degree blast.
The Witcher games are based on a famous series of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski and revolve around Geralt of Rivia, a member of the socially maligned but powerful monster-hunting Witchers.
In The Witcher 3, Geralt’s memories (he had been suffering amnesia in the first two games) have been resorted. The game’s subtitle suggests a confrontation with the band of spectres known as The Wild Hunt, which are presumably responsible for Geralt’s amnesia and are also considered an omen of death.
CD Projekt RED also says Geralt’s barber will be
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Global release planned for October
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Pokémon #025, Pikachu, have taken to the net to deliver on the promised January 8th announcement. The monster fighting RPG series will be evolving this fall with Pokémon X and Y slated to be released for the Nintendo 3DS globally in October. Check out the announcement after the jump.
Direct sequel is due out on PlayStation 3 in Japan on March 20
We’re getting a direct sequel in Disgaea Dimension 2, so naturally there are plenty of familiar faces in the latest trailer. See Laharl, Etna, Fionne, and more, as well as some human/monster combo technique action after the jump.
Foodie/fighting manga adaptation hits today
Bandai Namco Kids posted a special Christmas commercial and release preview of the Nintendo 3DS adaptation of Shonen Jump eating/fighting manga Toriko. The portable adaptation features ”gourmet monster training RPG” gameplay, boasting 200 species of monsters. Get a look after the jump.
Featuring egg-on-egg action and a nearly foot-long croquette
To commemorate Yakuza 5‘s release for PlayStation3 December 6th in Japan, Dining Darts Bar Bee has cooked up “the ultimate evolution” of their demi-glace sauce omelet rice as a collaboration menu item. Marketed as “super huge” and “super spicy,” does this monster dish deliver? Find out when we scarf it down after the break!
