Becoming a fledgling samurai in Shin Megami Tensei 4 sounds pleasant, but what responsibilities does an initiate have? Cleaning shoes? Answering phones? A new gameplay trailer shows a samurai's duties are far more of the 'wearing a cool wrist computer' and 'slaying demons' variety, thankfully.
I am awfully excited to start playing Zeno Clash 2 next week, as you surely are all too, but next week is just so far away. To steady our nerves, publisher Atlus has very kindly released a trailer showing the opening six minutes of ACE Team's first-person face-puncher. Or six minutes from the start, at least, as it's now open-world-y so who knows where you'll go on your adventure?
Dragon's Crown is coming on August 6, publisher Atlus and developer Vanillaware announced today. The four-player co-op game will be coming to PlayStation 3 and Vita simultaneously, both equipped to show off Vanillaware's signature 2D art style.
While Atlus has released heaps of games with Shin Megami Tensei branding, from Persona to Devil Summoner, there are only four games in the core SMT series. The fourth, snappily titled Shin Megami Tensei IV, will arrive in North America on Nintendo 3DS this summer with a samurai tale, Atlus announced today.
Before Dark Souls became a massive success, From Software released Demon's Souls--its bone-crushingly difficult predecessor. PlayStation Plus members will be able to grab it later today as part of this month's update to the Instant Game Collection.
Stay strong, friend, you only need to face another 28 days of shooting men in the face. Come April 30, you'll get kick, punch, chainwhip, and hammer crabs, elephants, animate statues, and all others sorts of weird and wonderful enemies in the face. That is when first-person biffer Zeno Clash II will launch, see, and that is what ACE Team's game is about.
Dragon's Crown was announced alongside the PlayStation Vita at E3 2011 but while Sony's handheld came out long ago, the hand-drawn beat 'em up from Odin Sphere dev Vanillaware has been notably absent. Not for much longer. It'll arrive on PlayStation 3 and Vita this summer, publisher Atlus announced today--a wee bit later than the original launch window of spring 2012.
The first gameplay trailer for ACE Team's first-person biffer Zeno Clash II has punched its way out, putting on an impressive display on new moves and combos, unusual weaponry and characters, and general violence. You'll also catch a few glimpses of co-op, and the new open world and RPG-ish stats.
Zeno Clash had two main strengths: a delightfully weird world and a giddying simulation of beating the merry heck out of man and beast alike with your meaty fists. The announcement of Zeno Clash 2 focused mostly on the former quality, but some new screenshots give us a pleasing look at the latter. It's our first day properly back at work so we're easily excited by things like pretty pictures, see.
Over 15 years after its debut on Sega Saturn in Japan, Atlus's Shin Megami Tensei spin-off Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is due to finally arrive in North America in the form of a Nintendo 3DS revamp. Soul Hackers hit Saturn in 1997 then PSone in 1999 but never officially launched outside Japan. The revamp is due in spring 2013.
Some developers were quite livid with Nintendo's approach to downloadable games with the Wii Shop. However, it appears Nintendo's newly launched eShop for Wii U dramatically improves the experience for devs. According to Frozenbyte, the studio behind Trine 2, the eShop is competitive to services like Apple's App Store and Steam.
Persona 4 Golden is no mere port of the fine PS2 RPG, no no no. The Vita edition comes bristling with all manner of shiny new additions and improvements. A new trailer shows off some of the extras, and has some delightfully cheery music to lift your spirits on a chilly autumn morning.
Tomorrow brings yet another refresh to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection. King of Fighters 13 will be free to download for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Released last year, KOF13 is the latest addition in SNK Playmore's long-running fighting franchise. A testament to its popularity, it was the second-most-watched game at EVO 2012.
After hitting Japan back in July, Etrian Odyssey 4 is now winding up for a western release. Publisher Atlus today announced that it's localising the latest in the handheld RPG series for release on Nintendo 3DS in "early 2013."
Persona 4 was beloved by fans and critics alike when it originally released on PS2 in 2008. The Vita is getting an enhanced port, which will be available on November 20th.
The "Golden" version of Persona 4 adds a new character, new events, new anime cutscenes, and updated graphics. All in all, it promises "over 100 hours" of gameplay. It's also portable, which is pretty nifty.
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