A news post made on the Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 website announced a cool milestone for the PC game: a new record for simultaneous user activity! Previously, the highest number stood at 123,758 connections, but on May 15 at 10:50 PM, SEGA recorded 131,265 user connections. To commemorate this event, SEGA has planned a small bonus for users: log in during the upcoming maintenance period of June 15 – …read more
SEGA AM2 will be adding five new Kanmusu (“ship girls”) to their popular arcade game Kancolle Arcade on May 26. You can view the trailer below. The Kanmusu is question are: Yukikaze (Kagerō-class destroyer) Mutsuki and Kisaragi (Mutsuki-class destroyer) Furutaka and Kako (Furutaka-class cruiser)
Atlus have revealed the Japanese box art for their upcoming 3DS RPG Etrian Odyssey V. The box art features five of the game’s characters, each of a different class, namely Fencer, Dragoon, Masurao, Warlock, and Herbalist. At the same time they also represent the four different races included in the game: Earthrun, Lunaria, Therian and Bronie. The box art and characters were designed by Yuji Himukai. You can view a clean …read more
The latest UK All Formats video game sales charts courtesy of Chart-track shows Valkyria Chronicles Remastered debuting at #6, just behind Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. In the PS4 specific sales chart, it entered at #4. While the game is being sold at a budget price, the game appears to be getting a much better reception this time around than its original release on PS3. Back in 2008, the PS3 version …read more
Phantasy Star Online 2 sure does love its crossovers. And why not? Especially if there is an upcoming event for Sakura Wars. Some time ago, Sega announced a collaboration event with the Sakura Wars series for Phantasy Star Online 2. With the broadcast of the recent 42nd PSO2 Livestream, we have more footage and images to share. The collaboration event features Scratch items inspired by Sakura Shinguuji and Ichiro Ohgami. …read more
Atlus of Japan has recently two additional character class trailers for Etrian Odyssey V. Check them out below! The Reaper specializes in using skills to inflict ailments, and can also attack using a scythe. The character concept of using “miasma” to attack is unique to them. They belong to the Earthrun race. Reapers are meant to be placed on the front row, as an offensive class.
In a recent interview with MVC, Sega Europe’s SVP of commercial publishing John Clarck talked about SEGA’s PC business and how it shaped the company’s future. Interestingly, he also commented on their desire to deliver Japanese content from the entire group within SEGA.
Nintendo has released a new trailer for Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, which details the game’s combat system. The video is narrated by a certain “DJ MasterSeal”, who will apparently be talking about Mirages in more detail in a future video. In the current one, he talks about the concepts of Mirage Masters, their creative potential called “Performa”, the game’s Action Bar, Session Attacks and more. You can find the video …read more
We’ve been keeping an eye out on the Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy crossover event since its launch, given that an English translation had been announced for the event. As we mentioned in a previous article, the game’s Japanese version actually has an English language option, and as such events like this one also end up getting an official translation. With a few days left in the campaign (it’s ending …read more
Deep Silver has announced that it will be publishing King of Fighters XIV in Europe, allaying the fears of KOF fans or fighting game fans who were worried about the game’s position in Europe. King of FIghters XIV will release on August 26 in Europe, for €59.99 / £49.99 and with both physical retail copies and digital purchases as an option. The release date is nice in the sense that …read more