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Ace Attorney 5 will be released July 25 in Japan, with a special edition containing a Phoenix Wright figurine (to scale with the Edgeworth figurine released alongside the sorely missed Ace Attorney Investigations 2), a 3DS case patterned after the colors of Phoenix's suit, and as yet unrevealed decorative stickers with chibi characters on them.Various permutations of the special bundle omit the figure and/or case; it's almost certain that none of these bundles will ever make it out of Japan. ...

Having previously showcased the Fighter and the Sorceress, Vanillaware beat-em-up Dragon's Crown moves onto another player class: the Dwarf. While he's not infirm in the slightest, the sudden gymnastics halfway through does remind us of that bit from Attack of the Clones.Dragon's Crown introduces the Dwarf originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Jak and Daxter Collection released for PS3 last year is coming to the Vita as the Jak and Daxter Trilogy, with a June release window for North America and Europe. There's no set date yet for the remastered compilation, which comprises Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3, but Sony did announce prices of $29.99 and €29.99.While it's not clear how much difference there'll be between the versions, Sony revealed the HD collection has its own trophy list on the porbable, sep...

We're pretty sure this would make us vomit, but those with stronger constitutions may be interested in playing Mirror's Edge on Oculus Rift. YouTube user Cymatic Bruce uploaded nearly ten minutes of the game in action.If you have an Oculus Rift and Mirror's Edge, you can get this running by installing Viero Perception and the FOV mod.Oculus Rift dev kits began shipping late last month to Kickstarter backers and include a free Oculus version of the Unreal Development Kit, though the promised D...

God of Blades, the auto-running fantasy swordfighting game with its own book, moves from mobile to PC, Mac, and Linux today. It's available now from White Whale Games' website for $5.The computer version loses the "Loreseeker" functionality - so don't feel the need to lug your desktop PC to the library - but packs in the multiplayer "Slayers" mode, as well as a weird new "Chaos Storm" mode in which, White Whale informs us, "the player is pitted against a mountain of slayers, all running towar...

Persona 4 Arena will finally launch in Europe on May 10, and today a limited edition has been revealed, available exclusively through the Zen Store. £59.99 will reserve a limited edition bundle, which includes a tote bag, jigsaw puzzle, soundtrack, badge set, digital artwork, key ring and a copy of the game.It's been a difficult trek to Europe for Persona 4 Arena, which was originally slated to launch on the continent last August, only to be pushed back out of 2012 entirely. Importing was out...

It's a Nintendo news-o-rama this week, with Joystiq getting its hands on a new Zelda: Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Kountry Returns 3D and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Just in case that's not violent or geeky enough, we've got the comic book and fighting game mash-up, Injustice: Gods Among Us. We have another weekly giveaway. Watch to find out how you can win!The podcast starts at 3:45 Eastern right here.Super Joystiq Podcast 046 Live: New Zelda, Mario & Luigi, Injustice originally appeared on ...

Capcom and Tencent are working on a new Monster Hunter for the Chinese market - which means that it's a free-to-play MMO for PC. The new Monster Hunter Online also diverges from the rest of the series in that it uses CryEngine 3 instead of one of Capcom's own engines. You can ... really tell.Monster Hunter Online brings new monsters, weapons, and locations to the series, with the familiar quest-oriented gameplay and giant boss battles. Tencent will begin testing the game in June. And just lik...

After years of sneaking around the corridors of game conventions and indie festivals, Monaco is finally ready to take a couple bucks out of your wallet (with your permission, of course) on April 24 next week. Here's the game's launch trailer for those who haven't heard of this co-op heist game.Monaco steals our attention with official launch trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Nintendo is still mulling over an official North American title for this holiday's new Legend of Zelda game, announced for the 3DS this morning. It shares a world and narrative continuity with A Link to the Past, the SNES adventure that has steeped in adoration since the early '90s. To simply call it "A Link to the Past 2" might invoke extraordinary scrutiny, just as it might trigger appropriate nostalgia."There is a '2' in the Japanese title," said Bill Trinen, Director of Product Marketing ...

UnderCurrent is an Unreal-powered deep sea exploration game designed for Oculus Rift from a group of university students over in the UK. The group became fascinated with VR technology and has already put together three different levels, though the collective notes that some of the core mechanics of UnderCurrent are still undetermined.These students are also maintaining a work blog chronicling each step of the design process, covering everything from music to artwork and team bios. The develop...

One summer, when I was a kid, I wandered into a garage sale and came across an old Atari 2600 and a shoebox full of games. I don't remember how much they wanted for it, but it was low enough that a kid without a job could afford it, so it wasn't much. I took it home, immediately hooked it up to the television and started rifling through the games.Most of the games were simple, executions of a single concept. Some of them were great, some were passable but forgettable, while others were nigh i...

Yup, Lobo. The Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC announcement was made by NetherRealm Studios creative director/Mortal Kombat mogul Ed Boon, during NetherRealm's extended wrap-up of its Battle Arena superhero popularity contest. No information was revealed regarding when Lobo will be available, though we can surmise from previous information that he'll probably cost about five dollars.Described as "a brawler, but a really fast brawler," Lobo is a ranged character that fights with his chains, accor...

A second collection of Level-5 games (released in Japan as Guild02) is coming to 3DS eShop as separate downloads. Like the previous collection, each is a collaboration with a known game designer.The Starship Damrey is an adventure game by Kazuya Asano and Takemaru Abiko in which your character wakes up in total darkness and must figure out where, and who, they are. The less cerebral Bugs vs. Tanks by Keiji Inafune lets you control a tiny tank and shoot giant bugs. My Summer Vacation creator K...

Update: And it's over. And there was a lo-ho-ot of news. If you missed the live version, you can check out a replay of the North American Direct above. After a wee flurry of Nintendo Direct broadcasts at the top of the year, it's been kind of a while since we last saw Satoru Iwata do that weird hands thing, or make Reggie Fils-Aime's grasp of other languages look terrible. So that's why we're eager and keen about this morning's batch of Nintendo Direct. Oh, and all the news and announcements ...

Behold, the Sourcemod Entertainment System, a custom-made plugin for Counter-Strike: GO that allows players to play "Super Mareo Bruhs" inside cs_office. With real controllers, cartridges, and a working power switch, the SMES is just like the real thing. With more flashbangs.Mod lets you play 'Super Mareo Bruhs' inside Counter-strike originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

This live action trailer for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a mix of Tron, Kill Bill, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and glorious 80s electronica. Yes, that's a good thing.Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon live action trailer is stupid and great originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Coaster Crazy Deluxe, by LostWinds and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 developer Frontier Developments, is an upcoming Wii U eShop game that lets you design death-ensuring virtual coasters on the GamePad in order to satiate the "crazies" who visit your diabolically unsafe theme park.Specific "crazies" have specific demands. The "Professor" carries nitro glycerin, and requires a coaster with a low enough G-force to prevent explosions (since he is a professor of Having a Heart Condition). The Speed Frea...

How to transform a Shakespeare soliloquy from a gorgeous ballad of love and loss into the chilling stuff of nightmares: Whisper it Play it backwardBioShock Infinite features hidden dialogue in its Possession Vigor, both in the scene where players first encounter the stuff, and when it's used to possess enemies. It's a line from Romeo and Juliet, played backward and whispered: "Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd [night] / Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die / Take him and cut ...

NHL 14 will (hockey reference) its way to stores in North America on September 10, with a European release (different hockey reference)-ing three days later.EA's latest hockey game, by EA Canada's Vancouver studio, turns a hodgepodge of EA Sports tech into a new hockey experience, with new "NHL Collision Physics" based on the Player Impact Engine used in FIFA games, and "Enforcer Engine" fighting based on Fight Night. The "Be a Pro" mode now lets you experience the life of a neophyte NHL play...

Spellirium is a mix of classic graphic adventure game Loom and word scrambler Boggle, and it's available for pre-order now on developer Untold Entertainment's site. Pre-ordering Spellirium grants instant access to the alpha version for PC or Mac, which is almost complete but is missing sound and some ending cut-scenes, as creator Ryan Henson Creighton explains in the above video.Spellirium has classic point-and-click adventure mechanics, but the core gameplay involves swapping letter tiles in...

Capcom's new video for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen shows off some new enemies, one of which is literally death. Like, Death death, with a capital "D." Death shows up randomly and (surprise!) tries to kill you and your Pawns, and while killing it is possible, it reportedly takes several encounters.Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen trailer is full of burning lizards and death originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this ...

Capcom's ongoing quest to make all of the original NES Mega Man soundtracks legally available in the US continues this week, with the release of Mega Man 2's official soundtrack over at the Capcom store. The 42 track album (!) is available digitally for $8.95.Mega Man 2's soundtrack was composed by Takashi Tateishi, who also composed the music for the arcade version of Willow and U.N. Squadron, among other things. His work on Mega Man 2 was credited under the alias "Ogeretsu Kun," a practice ...

Undead Labs has announced a June release window for State of Decay on Xbox Live Arcade. The game, formerly known as Class3, features a whole mess of zombies and survival horror action. While State of Decay will come to PC in addition to XBLA, the release window announcement from Undead Labs only specifically notes that the Xbox 360 version will launch in June.The developer recently unveiled a new trailer for the game as well, which we've embedded above.State of Decay gets new trailer, coming ...

Constructed by evil genius/mad scientist/hardware hacker Bacteria, Project Unity is a single, unified gaming console that can play Sega Master System, Neo Geo MVS, GameCube, Dreamcast, Saturn, Intellivision, Colecovision, Atari 7800, Turbografx 16, PS1/PS2, Mega Drive, NES, Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64 and Amstrad GX4000 games.Project Unity's most impressive feature, besides the fact that it works, is that it was constructed entirely out of authentic hardware and does not make use...

The Korg M01D synthesizer suite for 3DS is coming to the eShop this summer, Detune has announced.M01D is a full music-creation tool with lots of sample beats and sounds to draw from. You can share music files over Wi-Fi and even save files to an SD card for quick importing into your favorite editing program.Detune has revealed no price for Korg M01D at this time, but it's set to launch in Japan next month so perhaps that will give us an idea. Korg M01D is an improved version of Korg M01, whic...

So here's our problem with Dragon's Crown. The art is technically very well-done, and almost entirely, unreservedly beautiful to look at. It's one of the most impressive 2D creations ever. But there are also ... problematic aspects to it.And by "aspects" we mean the Sorceress, whose carefully drawn voluptuousness and general lack of clothing makes a game we'd think everyone should see just that much harder to show off. Speaking of which, maybe don't watch this at work.Dragon's Crown trailer s...

If you've been keeping up with your Swapnote mailbox on 3DS, you can download an update today and enjoy some new features, including the ability to take photos or record audio and attach it to your notes, undo drawings, and use different colors on each page of a note.Even if, like me, you haven't checked Swapnote in a few months and get kind of sick to your stomach at the thought of the thousands of unread notes building up in your inbox, the update will be of interest. You can delete multipl...

On this week's live edition of the Super Joystiq Podcast, the crew gathers to discuss the Android-powered Ouya console, which recently started shipping to Kickstarter backers. We'll also dip our toes into some Guacamelee and beat up a few friends in Battleblock Theater. The show starts at 3:45 Eastern!We'll also be giving away the new Pikachu-flavored 3DS XL. Watch the show to find out how you can win!Super Joystiq Podcast 045 Live: Ouya, Guacamelee, BattleBlock Theater originally appeared on...

All Games Beta has posted leaked screenshots and a trailer it says are from Dark Souls 2. See 12 minutes of gameplay right here.Continue reading Rumor: Dark Souls 2 screens show what's going to kill youRumor: Dark Souls 2 screens show what's going to kill you originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Even though Neill Blomkamp already put five months of work into the stalled Halo film project, he's not bitter. In fact, he's still down to work on the film - that is, if he's in control."I still really love the world and the universe and the mythology of Halo. If I was given control, I would really like to do that film," Blomkamp told IGN. "But that's the problem. When something pre-exists, there's this idea of my own interpretation versus 150 other people involved with the film's interpreta...

Soda Drinker Pro is a weird game, a first-person, real-time simulation of drinking some soda. Full disclosure: we don't fully get it. And we didn't know that there was a secret passage in the game, leading into a completely different game called Vivian Clark.Snowrunner Games revealed Vivian Clark in a Giant Bomb interview, and has now gone on to Kickstart a full version of it. It's bizarrely surreal where Soda Drinker Pro is bizarrely hyperreal, a game in which you start as a raindrop and the...

Obsidian upgraded that first Project Eternity screen from half a year ago into some fully-fledged footage this week. The video, as preambled by project lead Josh Sawyer, doesn't showcase any gameplay, but focuses on some of the RPG's dynamic environmental effects.As you can see - skip to 1:48 for the footage itself - these effects range from the subtle movement of leaves blowing in the wind to water levels rising and falling. The video briefly throws in some character animations before demons...

Awesomenauts' patch 1.17, now available on Steam, adds two new skins and a map called Aiguillon, which is the French word for "Sting." We're not sure why a map dedicated to a great English songwriter is outfitted with a stealth orb powerup and lots of insect imagery, but -- wait. We just got it.Let your soul be your pilot to this new Awesomenauts map originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Texas-based developer TimeGate Studios has announced that it's working on a new free-to-play, third-person match-based shooter called Minimum.Minimum boasts a simplistic look, and has you building a character up during each life, adding more and more power-ups to your weapons (ranging from ice-powered sniper rifles to flaming katanas) as you go. In Titan, the "signature" game mode according to the FAQ, players support two giant creatures fighting each other during the match.TimeGate also says...

Jared Bailey of developer Nocanwin has confirmed to Joystiq that Fist Face Fight will be available on Thursday, April 18. Fist Face Fight will be a free download on both Android and iOS devices, ad-supported with in-app purchases of in-game currency. Any in-app purchase will disable advertisements permanently.Fist Face Fight is a self-described "frenetic physics based arena combat game" in which you defend your heart by punching back waves of encroaching ninja. They want your heart; punch the...

The Humble Weekly Sale has a quartet of titles from Blendo Games, featuring IGF nominees Thirty Flights of Loving, Flotilla and Atom Zombie Smasher, and educational children's game Air Forte. Pay more than $1 to get Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher and Air Forte, or pay above the average asking price (currently around $4) to add Thirty Flights of Loving to that list.Buying a bundle includes the soundtracks for Atom Zombie Smasher, Air Forte and Thirty Flights of Loving, as long as the appropriat...

Media Molecule's next game, Tearaway, will launch on PS Vita October 22 in North America, October 25 in the UK. Media Molecule's last game was 2011's LittleBigPlanet 2.Tearaway is an adventure game utilizing several hardware aspects of the PS Vita - such as the camera and rear touch-pad - to interact with the paper world. At the outset, players may choose the male messenger Iota or his female counterpart, Atoi.Tearaway cuts loose on PS Vita October 22 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09...

For those who missed out on Metro 2033, this trailer is a primer of the game's world and explains that Metro isn't actually a post-apocalyptic train simulator. You know, in case you were confused.Metro: Last Light trailer illuminates game world originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sony's Xperia SP smartphone will be able to sync with the PlayStation 3's DualShock 3 controller, allowing you to ditch the onscreen gamepad in compatible PlayStation Mobile games. The DualShock 3 connects to the Xperia SP via Bluetooth.The DualShock 3 should work with any games that support a USB gamepad. Finally, an excuse to bring a smartphone and a full-size DualShock 3 on the bus.Sony's Xperia SP pairs with DualShock 3 controller, a nice merlot originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 A...

The team at Tested got a chance play around with Team Fortress 2 using the upcoming Oculus Rift headset, and they recorded half an hour of gameplay for us to virtually enjoy. Not "virtually" as in we'll "almost" enjoy it, but "virtually" as in "virtual reality"-based enjoyment. Just watch the video.Kickstarter backers should receive their Oculus Rift dev kits by mid-April, with pre-orders hitting a little later in the month. For those expecting a kit, check out Valve's list of handy tricks fo...

Demon Gaze is a Vita dungeon crawler developed by Experience Inc. and published this year in Japan by Kadokawa Games. It would appear Kadokawa has an interest in bringing it stateside, as the publisher has filed a trademark for "Demongaze" in the United States. Demon Gaze sounds, well, kind of insane. Protagonist Oz can use his eye to capture demons, many of which are also robots who can transform. Oz can use money earned in the dungeon to rent more rooms from an innkeeper, in order to invite...

"Create your happy place" is about as apt a tagline as we've ever heard for Animal Crossing. The latest trailer for New Leaf attempts to encourage visits with promises of fresh fruit, fishing, swimming, and, yes, nightlife, with KK Slider spinning records in the new club.A scenic trailer for Animal Crossing: New Leaf originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter. Every week, we take a look at, uh, something - meanwhile, the previous week's Japanese hardware sales figures are posted after the jump, and a discussion of said figures takes place in our comments. It may not be conventional, but it's a time-honored Joystiq tradition. With the recent closure of LucasArts by Disney, we're taking some time this week to watch this news report from 1990. The report by KP...

Perhaps you noticed, but Garrett has a new voice actor in Eidos' upcoming Thief. He goes by the name of Romano Orzari. For a guy portraying a master thief, ostensibly someone who spends most of his time being vewy quiet, he sure talks a lot.Thief's new voice actor gets chatty originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Vanillaware scrolling beat-em-up Dragon's Crown features six classes, and this video shows off the Fighter one. It doesn't matter the voiceover is Japanese, because the game's hand-animated art speaks for itself. Dragon's Crown scorches PS3 and Vita this summer.Dragon's Crown trailer shows the Fighter mauling blighters originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Yep, just BioShock Infinite. That's the only thing we care about right now - even outside of the gaming world (we might have serious issues). But really, have you played this one yet? Xav de Matos gave it a perfect score in our review, calling it "one of the best told stories of this generation" and the "finest game crafted by Irrational Games." If you think that all sounds ridiculous, here's your chance to get the reasoning behind the praise, straight from the reviewer himself, and backed up...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is about to deal with an uprising. The next DLC pack for the shooter - dubbed 'Uprising' if you didn't catch it - lands on April 16 on the Xbox 360 and includes five maps and one new "zombie adventure."New maps for the content pack include Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio - all teased in the video above. "Uprising is the most fan-centric DLC package we've ever created," David Vonderhaar, game design director at Treyarch claims in the video.Adding to that fan servic...

Nintendo has collaborated with iam8bit to produce a real-life replica of Luigi's supernatural sucker, the Poltergeist 5000 vacuum seen in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. The making-of video above shows the vacuum itself is functional, with a gutted vacuum motor housed within custom parts at its core.iam8bit is a gaming art and exhibition company, with recent exhibitions highlighting the Street Fighter series and its American Icons series.Continue reading Luigi's Mansion 'Poltergeist 5000' replica...