After a title reveal, scans, and screenshots, a trailer has descended for Atlus’ not-another-Persona game Catherine – though it really comes across as a mature evolution on where Persona 2 was at back in the day.
On the upside, you don’t need to speak Japanese to see that this is the most interesting project Atlus Japan has conjured in quite a long while – whether that helps explain the port-mania is open to debate.
Catch the trailer after the break, poor little lamb.
It’s been twelve years since the release of StarCraft, which is something you’ve probably read a dozen times by now if you’ve been following the coverage of the game around the intertubes. It sounds significant, which is probably why people keep writing it—for many, the realization comes with a wave of nostalgia, recalling the days of dial-up modems, shuddering lag, zergling rushes and a million players who really didn’t know how they should set the latency option.
Then you start to realize it’s hard to get nostalgic about a game you were playing as recently as six months ago.
Yes, StarCraft had legs. Players warred with one another for years before the game began to show its age, and even then many couldn’t pry themselves away. Blizzard diligently rolled out patches, carefully adjusting the game for those faithful who still saw fit to log onto what had become an entirely archaic online gaming platform. It was a level of meticulous perfection in the gameplay mechanic that allowed StarCraft to endure far longer than anyone could have imagined, surviving the shift to 3D and certainly other challenges along the way. It had become ancient by the videogame standard when Blizzard finally dropped the StarCraft II bomb in 2007—but people were still playing.
News from Gamescom now includes overdue and unforeseen word about Grasshopper Manufacture, specifically a partnership with Digital Reality that will see the co-development of titles, starting with Sine Mora for release on XBLA and PSN – which is being plugged as an “innovative shooter… which mixes traditional side-scrolling gameplay with unique time manipulation mechanics.”
That’s right, apparently I get to write that Grasshopper is working on a side-scrolling shooter. Without assets, all I can offer is the site for Digital Reality, which possibly begs the question, “How did this all come about anyway?”
I Sincerely didn’t see this one coming, but word out of Gamescom is that Konami plans to publish the redux of No More Heroes in 2011 – at least for Europe and the PlayStation 3.
The news comes care of Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH, and calling it a “sword-based action title” the emphasis of the announcement slides almost entirely to Move support, though the dualshock remains at the ready for players who prefer it.
What this means for North America is a mystery at the moment, along with what this means for 360 owners in Europe.
Today came the announcement from Bioware and EA that Mass Effect 2 will be heading to PS3s come 2011–while the original game will remain an Xbox exclusive. Microsoft was quick to assert that the only way to experience the “full” Mass Effect universe remains safely on their console, carefully ignoring the quickly forgotten Mass Effect Galaxy for the iPhone.
While this is tremendous news for Playstation 3 owners, current fans of the series can be forgiven for groaning collectively with the knowledge that bullshit exclusive content wars for ME2 and the inevitable sequel are almost certainly imminent.
Waking up to solid dates for the many games Nintendo listed for the last months of 2010 still manages to leave a few titles up in the air – Epic Mickey just refuses to let go of the holiday season as its date, and Shantae seems to feel the same way. The rest of the list manages to present the image of there being a little something for everyone, or a complete overdose that will break your wallet depending on your gaming agenda.
Still expect to see Metroid on the shelves August 31 and Samurai Warriors 3 on September 27, and then prepare to be bombarded as Wii Party releases on October 3, Kirby’s Epic Yarn hits on October 17, and November sees PokéPark Wii on the 1st, FlingSmash on the 7th, and Donkey Kong Country Returns on the 21st.
Sprinkled inbetween those dates you can still expect Professor Layton and the Unwound Future on September 12, Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs on October 4, Art Academy on October 25, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! on November 14.
Of course there’s also third party releases like Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light on October 5th, and the outing of the next title from Gaijin Games this fall, Bit.Trip Fate.
Considering this is only Nintendo’s schedule and doesn’t include every third party offering hitting the DS and Wii, are we all ready for another spin on the holiday landslide ride?
Ys Seven hits store shelves tomorrow for your PSP, sporting a standard UMD release as well as an LCE that XSEED has stuffed with Falcom goodness. Being that I consider this year a pretty dreadful one for producing an RPG worth the investment of time and money, I’ve got plenty of expectations riding on this release.
But it occurs to me that maybe some of you don’t know what either a Ys or a Falcom is, and are left wondering if you should bother finding out. With that in mind, I’ve got my mitts on a couple of codes for a digital download of the title courtesy of Xseed Games – 2 to be exact.
So here’s the deal, drop me a line in the comment section of this post and tell me why you need this game to restore your faith in the RPG by Thursday August 19th at 11:59 pm est. I’ll draw two winners randomly from the comments on Friday and two of you can check the game out for yourself free of charge – and if you come back and tell me what you think, I’d probably dig that.
And finally, since I mentioned the LCE, you can catch two scans from the artbook that comes with that after the break.
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