When Ken Berry of XSeed said to me at a party, “Hey, H-bomb, we’re gonna be publishing partners with Marvelous Interactive,” I casually backpatted him and said, “Oh, Ken, you are not.” Well, Ken, it seems I owe you a Coke.
Also, Valhalla Knights 2 is coming stateside this fall.
Thanks, Dengeki DS
From the mouth of Atlus, here’s the deal with three of the classes in Etrian Odyssey II, namely, the gunner, the alchemist, and the Landsknecht.
Starting with the gunner:
These marksmen employ a wide variety of bullets and firing techniques that make them one of the most versatile single-target damage-dealers.
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In what sounds like a sort of spiritual sequel to Namco X Capcom, the two named companies as well as new friends Gust, Nippon Ichi, and Idea Factory will be joining forces to create Cross Edge for PS3. Compile Heart will be handling development.
Joseph Wartick has written up a preview of Sonic’s upcoming DS RPG, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
Atlus USA released Success’ SRPG Rondo of Swords to North American audiences released recently, and in the past few weeks I’ve been pouring over every nook and cranny. Should you run out and secure a copy before it, like many Atlus games, disappears from store shelves? Check the review for the lowdown.
So I was walking around Denden Town in Osaka and saw this playing. Figured I’d gank it. YouTube is down right now, so here’s your download link.
*Update* Here you go:
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Here’s a trailer of this puppy (MOV format).
Adding to the update from the other day, a few more are here, via Famitsu.
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Anyone looking forward to Atlus’s May releases, take note: both Summon Night: Twin Age and Spectral Force 3 have been pushed back to July. Formerly slated for release on May 20, Summon Night: Twin Age has received a new release date of July 3. Spectral Force 3 has been moved from May 27 to July 29.
Starting with Tales of Vesperia:
A free update, available for download April 25, will enable players of the the PlayStation 3’s Disagea 3 to enlist the services of one of 10 high-powered characters with every clearing of the game. As Disgaea 3 hasn’t yet made it to North American stores, it is not yet known whether this update will be available for download in North America, or if the new version of the game will simply have it built it, or neither.
Source: Famitsu
Masato “mother-effing” Kato, Yasunori “mother-effing” Mitsuda, and Masatoshi “not as big of a mother-effing deal but still pretty cool” Azumi are just three of the big names involved with a new DS RPG by Sega, entitled World Destruction.
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After more than a year of delays and over four years in the making, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has gone gold. The MMORPG based upon Robert E. Howard’s Conan books is set to release May 20, and it looks like they might finally make their release date.
