AtlusUSA uploaded a new trailer for the Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita title Lost Dimension in conjunction with the game’s July 28 release in North America (Europe will be getting this game in a month.) The trailer is a little under a minute and a half, and touches all of the major bases in the game: the battle system, the basic story concept, the voting process. It’s a good recap …read more
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition, an updated version of Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, has launched in arcades in Japan today. Accompanying the launch is a new trailer for the game, also featuring the two new characters Emi Yusa from Hataraku Mao-sama! and Quenser Barbotage from Heavy Object. You can watch the launch trailer below. Meanwhile, the original Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is scheduled to be released later this year in …read more
The latest Famitsu interview with Sega’s CEO, Haruki Satomi, generated a lot of interest from Sega fans accross the world. It seems Sega noticed this as well, as both Destructoid and Siliconera received a follow-up statement from Sega’s CEO: Seeing our fans across the world respond to our recent interview with Famitsu, lets us know we’ve made the right first step in acknowledging who we are and where we want …read more
Atlus USA have announced that the recently revealed HD remake of Odin Sphere, called Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, will be heading to the Americas in 2016. The game will receive both a digital and physical release on the PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. It’s currently scheduled to be released in Japan on January 14, 2016. Atlus USA have posted the Japanese trailer on their own Youtube channel, you can watch it …read more
Atlus have posted two trailers for the English version of Persona 4: Dancing All Night featuring Kanami and Teddie. While these are the same trailers used for the Japanese character introduction videos, they’re now voiced by the English voice actors. At the same time, Atlus also announced that the game will be released on September 29 in North America. The standard edition will retail for $49.99, while the Disco Fever …read more
Sega has published a new webpage promoting Blade Arcus from Shining EX under their umbrella of Shining games websites. It features screenshots of the game, the story’s premise (revolving largely around the two new characters Pairon and Ryuuga,) character bios and “battle style” descriptions for the 14 characters that are currently confirmed for the game, and a preview of the Limited Edition contents. The image above is what Sega used …read more
While previously only given a release window of “Summer 2015”, Sega has officially announced that Dengeki Bunko: FIGHTING CLIMAX Ignition will arrive in Japanese arcades on July 28, which is next week. It’s rather sudden, but the sooner the better. Were a console version to come out, you’d want the space between releases to be pretty noticeable. And considering that Blade Arcus from Shining EX is coming to Japan late …read more
Atlus have revealed new DLC for Persona 4: Dancing All Night featuring Crypton Future Media’s virtual idol, Hatsune Miku. Given how Sega has been making their own rhythm games featuring Miku, it’s not a big surprise to see her featured as DLC for Dancing All Night now that Atlus is owned by Sega-Sammy. The DLC is scheduled to be released mid-August, and will feature the song “Heaven feat.Hatsune Miku (ATOLS …read more
Some of our readers who are interested in competitive fighting games should be aware that EVO 2015 took place this past weekend. Persona 4: Arena Ultimax was one of the headlining events. Sega’s Dengeki Bunko: FIGHTING CLIMAX and Atlus’s Catherine were featured as side events at EVO 2015. So while they weren’t featured as main stage events and enjoyed the large pot bonuses that some other games may have enjoyed, …read more
This week’s Famitsu has revealed the first console port of the Blade Arcus from Shining series, to be titled “Blade Arcus from Shining EX.” The game is coming to both Playstation 4 and Playstation 3, which is in keeping with Japanese developers’ greater adoption of the Playstation 4 as a platform moving forward. It is set to release on November 26, and is receiving both a standard edition (¥6,990) and …read more