Atlus has announced Catherine, a new game from the team that developed both Persona 3 and 4. Sadly, Catherine isn't the new RPG that fans have been hoping for. Instead, it's a new action-adventure game with horror and mature themes. Catherine is directed by Persona 4's Katsura Hashino and will feature character designs from Shigenori Soejima.
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At Gamescom, the leading game expo in Europe, Konami Europe announced they will be picking up No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise for the Playstation 3 and adding Playstation Move controls to it. The main appeal of Heroes’ Paradise is that it will be in HD, though it lacked the Wii’s motion controls; now fans can have the best of both worlds. No word on an American or Xbox 360 release yet, but fans can still rejoice that we are in the age of region-free gaming. More after the jump.
With three different interations of the game already released, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 has landed on Japanese cell phones as Persona 3 Social. The game marks the series' first multiplayer title, bringing a whole new dimension of gameplay. Using the Mobage-town, which is a Japanese social network service for mobile phones, players can accomplish various quest, defeat evil shadows, and of course, collect personas.
While the game will be free to play, Atlus will support the game's network with the inclusion of various micro transactions, such as purchasing in-game items; no further information has been released. Players can probably expect to see special weapons or personas for sale. Although the game is not likely to be released in the United States, fans can still pray.
[Source: Siliconera.com]
New details on Half-Minute Hero 2’s edit mode, which allows players to create their own half minute adventures and share with the world, have just been announced. Once players complete a level, they can upload it onto a server, allowing fans to download user created quests and even rate them. This is quite similar to other recent games, like Little Big Planet or ModNation Racers, that allow players to express and share their creativity.
Square-Enix has announced a brand new third-person shooter,Gun Loco for the Xbox 360, featuring an art style and gameplay that rings more western than most titles Square Enix fans may be used to. The game will feature an exciting, fast paced single and multiplayer experience. Square-Enix claims that Gun Loco will bring a whole new approach to third-person action games. The game will feature a run-and-gun aspect, which will encourage players to constantly be on the move while chasing or being chased by enemies.
While the newest game in the popular mecha series Front Mission will be an action game – Front Mission Evolved – Square Enix just announced that Front Mission 3 from the original Playstation will be released on the digital Playstation Store in Europe. No word yet on an American release. Front Mission fans have been somewhat split up over the latest iteration that turned the classic franchise into a third person action game, but this will be a great chance both for old time fans to relive the adventures and newcomers to see the franchise’s roots. More Front Mission details after the jump and a gameplay video of Front Mission 3 from the Playstation release.
A mysterious viral website has just popped up that contains a short video of the recognizable blue flame associated with anime Black Rock Shooter. The final written text the video leaves states, "She becomes RPG," before cutting into an image of Black Rock Shooter herself pictured above. With a URL of brs.jrpg.jp, it's pretty certain that a pending announcement for the game is coming soon. Stay tuned for more updates; video and more details included inside.
UPDATE: Included background information of Black Rock Shooter
The vocaloid series is a voice synthesizer program by Yamaha that makes use of various virtual idols, who were created using actual voice actors. Miku Hatsune is arguably the most famous one, used for many songs on Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga, inspiring figures, new anime Black Rock Shooter, and a music rhythm game called Hatsune Miku: Project Diva. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd is the sequel and improves upon it in many ways.
When gamers think of Dragon Quest, they probably think of adventure, exploration, and combat. But a new collaboration between Square Enix and Parco, a clothing outlet in Japan, begs to differ. These two giants are teaming up to release a line of clothing directed at young female Dragon Quest fans or anyone who thinks the little slime creature is cute.
Macaron is an all new character for the PSP’s Twinkle Crusaders GoGo!, a port of the PC visual novel Twinkle Crusaders that did not include this character. Both previous Twinkle Crusader fans and newcomers should check this profile out to get a sneak peak at what lies ahead in the game. She is apparently training to be a devil, so if you’re into that kind of thing and loli, or little girls, keep on reading.
Barcode Kanojo or Barcode Grilfriend is a new application developed by Cybird that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to take pictures of barcodes and wind up with randomly generated girlfriends. There will be more than 7 trillion possible generated girls, which will test the size limits of harems everywhere.