Gaming News For May 9, 2012

Gaming News for May 9, 2012

Soul Sacrifice Is Being Developed by Keji Inafune, And More Details

At the Game Developers Conferenece, Keiji Inafune announced that he was working on a fantasy Vita game.It has been officially announced that Keiji Inafune will be developing Soul Sacrifice. He also will be working with Marvelous AQL, who has worked on some handheld games from the Harvest Moon series along with the
Fate/Extra game on PSP. The game is still being worked on by Sony Japan as well. Teruyuki Toriyama may be producing the game, but that information remains unclear. Toriyama has worked on Folklore and Demon's Souls. Although My original thoughts for this game are most likely false I am still very excited for this game.
In Soul Sacrifice you play as a wizard who is a slave to a evil magician. While you are enslaved your character finds a book in disguise as a demon. The story revolves around there. To cast spells throughout the game you must give up something. This idea becomes very dark because minor spells require items, stronger spells however require a body sacrifice. This can be seen through some truly gruesome imagery that successfully made me cringe a bit. Another exciting announcement is that the game will have 1-4 players, ad hoc and wifi. There also seems to be some character customization. which always is a nice touch. The game is slated for a winter release.


A Bunch of Persona 4: Arena and Persona 4: The Golden News


First off, the story for Persona 4: Arena has been revealed. It starts off with the Protagonist taking a train to return to Inaba. When he reaches the town, Nanako greets him and they then go meet up with Dojima for a meal. However, this is cut short when Maragret invites the Protagonist into the Velvet Room. Yosuke, who is now a senior in high school, is living out a normal life working at Junes when  suddenly rumors of the midnight channel pop up. He decides to go into the TV and while he is in there he meets Labrys. Labrys was first mention in the Persona 3 Drama CD Vol. 2: Moonlight, and she is named after a double bladed axe. The cool thing is that her weapon is also double bladed axe. Chie is trying to become a police officer and she too hears rumors of the midnight channel. Later on, the TV tells her she will soon meet a man wearing a cloak. Atlus has added extra

story scenes to the console version of the games. Just for reminder the game is coming out in August on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and the Arcade.

In other Persona related news, Persona 4: The Golden has some newly announced updates. On the first note they will be having a bug catching mini game. In the mini game you catch bugs that you can also use for the fishing mini game. Additionally, a few new changes will be happening to Rise. Rise will have a new evolved persona named Kouzeon. Along with the new persona, some new abilities have been added to her character. Although she does not fight in battle, she tells the player what the enemy is weak against before the battle begins and also gives the party full health when she levels up.
Rise has another new  ability that allows her to join a "all out" attack. A very helpful ability she will have will be the ability to bring the protagonist back on his feet when he is knocked down by his weakness. I never was a big fan of Persona 4, but doing all of this news is seriously getting my interest in the game again. Overall I am glad that Atlus is taking the time to add new features to the game and not just do a straight port. I think this will be a must buy for the Vita and you can expect it June 14th in Japan, and during the fall in North America



New Xbox Bundle Includes 4 Game In Japan


It seems as though Microsoft is really trying to gain a market in Japan with their newly announced bundle. This amazing bundle includes

• Xbox 360 Console 
• 250GB Hard Drive
• Wireless Controller
• Headset
• Halo Reach, Gears of War 2, and Fable 3 online codes (digital copies of these games obviously)
• Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Physical Copy)
• "Eversleep" One handed sword (Dlc for monster hunter maybe?)
• Avatar Clothing (Armor and Gunman)
• 3 free months of Gold Subscription

The price of this bundle is only $373, and it comes out May 23, 2012. Although I do find this bundle to be really cool, I have to wonder why are we stuck with a 99$ Console Bundle that has us sign a contract saying we have to be subscribed to gold for so long or else we rape your wallet. Anyways this is going off topic, this is a great bundle for any Japanese gamer and if you were looking for a Xbox 360, Now is the perfect time

New Tales Of Game Being Announced At Tales Festival In June

There is a new Tales game being announced at the next Tales Festival, which is being held through June 2nd - 3rd. No more information has been given, but hopefully we will see a international release. The recently release Tales of Graces F sold 175 thousand copies in the United States. A localization for Tales of Xillia has been hinted at heavily and if the game comes out here, make sure to buy it if you enjoy action rpgs. Remember, the more money they make on the Tales Of series the more we will see of them.








Wolfenstein 3D Is Now Free, Typing Of The Dead Is Coming To iOS

Wolfenstein 3D is 20 years old and now has a free to play browser version. The browser copy has chapters 1-3 and can be found HERE (Game). There is also a Devlopers Diary that was release feautring one of the developers, John Carmack. He plays through some of the game while sharing his time working on it and it can all be found HERE (Video)






Sega announced a new remake of Typing of The Dead for the japanese iOS market. The game uses a phone keyboard instead of a computer keyboard obviously and is free to download on the Japanese  market. They have added 25,000 words, Boss Rush, and a Drill Rush mode which may or may not cost you extra. I am very glad to hear about this since I always wanted to play Typing of The Dead. If you haven't played Typing of The Dead then I would recommend you try out this copy to see if you enjoy it. After all, it's free.