Feel Final Fantasy’s Rhythm This Summer

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Square-Enix has announced that their rhythm-minded Final Fantasy game will be hitting the 3DS in North America this year, giving a Summer 2012 release window to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – the nostalgia machine that offers players a chance to run through Final Fantasy’s musical rpg history with adorable revisits on favorite characters.

As a fan of rhythm games and Final Fantasy’s musical history, I’m optimistic this will be the one Final Fantasy title we can all agree on this year.

Having already released in Japan, there’s no shortage of gameplay videos available, but Square-Enix has offered up some art assets you can catch below, along with some hastily grabbed video from Youtube.

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Posted: March 22, 2012 at 9:30 am By | 1 comment

The Walking Dead Arrives In April

The Walking Dead Release Date
Telltale Games has announced the their gaming spin on The Walking Dead franchise will be arriving in late April, with the first of five monthly episodes hitting Xbox LIVE Arcade for 400 Points, PlayStation Network for $4.99, and arriving on PC and Mac as a season pass priced at $24.99.

Telltale’s had deeply mixed results with a slew of big name franchises over the last year, so color me helplessly curious and eager to discover how the company makes out with this cult franchise.

In addition to this announcement, the publisher has also released a stylish trailer for the game, which you can catch below.

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Posted: March 20, 2012 at 1:41 pm By | 1 comment

Anime Icarus

Kid Icarus Uprising Anime
One of the great lost treats of childhood is curling up with weekend morning cartoons, partly because they don’t make them like they used to, and partly because the art of waking up early continues to prove beyond my reach. But regardless of what time you stir today, it seems worth reminding 3DS owners that bite-sized doses of animation await them via Nintendo’s 3DS video app.

As you may have already heard, Nintendo has collaborated with three Japanese animation studios to create short features for Kid Icarus: Uprising, and two of those projects are currently available for your viewing pleasure.

Production I.G. offers up a three part scenario, with Pit battling the God of Death, resulting in a lighthearted spin that sees Pit and Palutena briefly discuss blogging. Studio 4°C offers a darker short that appears to set the stage for the upcoming game, with Medusa laying waste to humanity as Pit is once again summoned to square off against her stone cold gaze.

Shaft Inc. is also working on a short, so keep an eye out for that one too.

Since I’m working away on a review of the game for next week, and because I’m a nerd about packaging, you can also catch a glimpse of everything Nintendo’s crammed into the box for Uprising below, which includes the new 3DS stand, AR cards, and a snazzy double-sided cover.

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Posted: March 17, 2012 at 1:49 pm By | 2 comments

More Raccoon City For Your Buck

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil fans may be shocked to hear that Capcom has just used the word “free” in announcing that the upcoming Operation Raccoon City will recieve an additional mission, which players can download on April 10th – seriously, they said “no charge”.

As for the details of this DLC, players will fill the boots of a Spec Ops team sent into the doomed city to determine the source of the viral outbreak within a storyline set between Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, which means you should probably watch out for our old friend the Nemesis. Capcom has previously announced that 360 owners will also score a bonus mode offering a chance to control the Nemesis.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City hits shelves on March 20th for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, PC players will have to wait until May 18th.

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 1:26 pm By | 5 comments

PSA – It’s Raining AR Cards

Kid Icarus Uprising AR Cards
As part of Nintendo’s mission to make the upcoming launch of Kid Icarus: Uprising on the 3DS a very big deal, the company claims to be unleashing hundreds of augmented reality cards for players to find and collect, which offer a chance to use the 3DS’ camera to bring the corresponding characters of each card to virtual life.

As to where one might begin tracking down said cards, Nintendo has offered some options in addition to the six randomly chosen cards that accompany every copy of the game on March 23rd.

Worth immediate attention is the fact that Club Nintendo members can score three cards for free, specifically the Great Reaper, Palutena and Drill Arm cards by simply paying a visit to this page right here.

There are also cards to be had via events, retail locations, and gaming publications, which you can catch the official Nintendo word on below.

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Posted: March 15, 2012 at 10:56 am By | No comments yet

The House of the Dead 4 Hits in April

The House of the Dead 4
Hey kids, owning a PlayStation Move promises to get far less sorrowful this April now that your uncle Sega has announced that The House of the Dead 4 will be traveling from the arcades to your PlayStation 3 on April 17th. The Move compatible revisit will offer multiplayer, trophy and ranking support, as well as multiple paths and levels from The House of the Dead 4 Special.

Aiming to offer more bang for your buckshot, Sega has also priced the light gun shooter at $9.99.

Sega also mentions that PlayStation plus members will have a chance to demo the game between April 10th untl the 24th as well as score a 30% discount from April 17th until May 1st.

Catch a short peek at The House of the Dead 4 below.

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Posted: March 14, 2012 at 1:24 pm By | 2 comments

Resident Evil Chronicles HD

Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection
With Move support having long opened the door for Wii revisits on the PlayStation 3, it was inevitable that Capcom would jump on the opportunity to bundle their two Resident Evil lightgun shooters – The Umbrella Chronicles and The Darkside Chronicles. Capcom hasn’t seemed in a rush to bring these revisits to North America, but today finally announced that the two games will be hitting the PlayStation 3 as the Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection in June.

Skipping retail entirely, Chronicles HD will be hitting the PlayStation Store as a bundle at first, with the two titles being available for individual purchase at a later date. While Move support is the emphasis, both titles can also be played with a controller and feature trophy support.

Catch a shiny trailer for Chronicles HD below.

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Posted: March 13, 2012 at 12:36 pm By | 5 comments
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