Today Sega announced a remake of the 1990 Genesis classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse produced in collaboration with Disney Interactive and developed by Sega Studios Australia. The updated rerelease of this platformer will be available worldwide this summer on Playstation Network, XBox Live, and Windows PC.
Source: Sega blogs
SQUARE ENIX today released the FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster Announcement trailer. The new trailer showcases Tidus, Yuna and the beautiful fantasy world of Spira in HD.
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster is a single disc bundle that will be available on the PlayStation®3 system. FINAL FANTASY X HD Remaster and FINAL FANTASY X-2 HD Remaster will be available for the PlayStation®Vita. These titles will be available in 2013.
Ducktales Remastered not enough for ya? Well, how about some D&D-based beat-em-up action? Over at PAX East, Capcom has just doubled up on rerelease announcements with something even more surprising, but hardly any less in demand from the dedicated throngs: Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles over Mystara, a double pack comprising Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara. Previously, the only way to play these games in the US without importing was in the arcades; the Sega Saturn collection released in 1999, a year after the system was dead stateside, and predictably became worth a pretty penny.
Both games are notable for being among the first to be developed by the team that would come to be known as Vanillaware, they of Odin Sphere, Muramasa, and the soon to be released Dragon’s Crown, the latter actually intended as a spiritual descendant. Even with their arcade origins, the two games had a surprising amount of depth, with multiple level paths, several class-based melee maneuvers and magical attacks, consumables, weapons, armor, enchanted items… basically, everything but the dungeon master (pardon the lame pun). The games also had 4-player co-op, which the new collection will not only support, but offer online via GGPO.
Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles over Mystara is set for a June release on XBox 360, Playstation 3, WiiU, and Windows PC via Steam at $14.99/1200 MSP.
Yesterday at PAX East, Capcom announced that they have partnered with Disney and WayForward, the company responsible for revamping classic games including A Boy and his Blob, Double Dragon, and Contra, to modernize the nostalgia-inducing NES DuckTales video game. The new game, DuckTales Remastered, stars Scrooge McDuck on a journey to collect valuable treasures from all around the world in order to become the world’s richest duck. DuckTales Remastered features a combination of gorgeous hand-drawn sprites and three-dimensional assets in a side-scrolling three-dimensional world. The game is set to feature all of the original voice actors from the Disney cartoon, appears to have a few new levels to explore, and will release this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and the Wii U Nintendo eShop. I can’t wait to hear composer Jake Kaufmann’s version of the Moon theme!
Now all that’s left for WayForward to have the world’s best company portfolio is to unleash a new Battletoads game.
Big things are happening today. Sony will be hosting an event in New York City at 6PM EST to discuss the future of PlayStation and is expected to unveil their next home console. So watch the stream below and join us as we live blog the event! We will get started about 15 minutes beforehand.
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Sonic the Fighters was originally released in the arcades in 1996 as Sonic Championships. It was a little known game that would later be released inside the Sonic Gems Collection that is widely available on both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
When I was young, I had fond memories of going to the arcade and buying tokens to play this game. I even had the privilege of owning some random kid that ended up wasting 20-30 tokens in an attempt to get me off the machine. While Sonic the Fighters is fun, the game does contain quite a few flaws. Read the rest of this entry »
What do Jack Sparrow, Mr. Incredible, and Sully have in common? They are all characters in a new game from Disney Interactive and Avalanche Software due to release on every major platform and then some this June called Disney Infinity.
Disney Infinity will bring Skylanders-like collectables into a “Toy Box” (play on words with sand box) game where the figurines comes to life on your large (or not so large) screen.
Unlike Skylanders, Disney Infinity allows the linking of two characters at one time and a power-up in the form of a “power disc”.
From the press release announcing the game:
The Disney Infinity Platform includes:
- Disney Infinity Interactive Pieces – Initially a line of 40 collectible interactive pieces will be introduced that allow players to expand and customize their play experiences.
- Disney Infinity Interactive Character Figures – Seventeen character figures will allow players to experience a variety of their favourite characters in true to property experiences and in “Toy Box” mode.
- Disney Infinity Base – When figures are placed on the Infinity base, they unlock the world and play experiences of Disney Infinity.
- Disney Infinity Power Discs – Interactive discs can be placed on the Infinity base to power up characters and “Toy Box” with unique powers, customizations and gadgets.
When launched in June, there will be 20 character figurines available with an additional 20 more released through the end of the year.
Disney Infinity will be released worldwide on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC, and mobile devices.
Click below to view the UK trailer and the full press release…
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Today, Irrational Games released the first 5 minutes of Bioshock Infinite to get us hyped for its upcoming release.
For those avoiding spoilers, just know that it’s pretty nostalgic and you can instead pass the time seeing if the alternate box cover you picked will end up on the reverse side. And don’t fret if it didn’t, because eventually, more have been promised to be available to choose from and print out down the line.
It would appear that Ubisoft really knows that the map editors of the previous games in the series were one of the main charms of the franchise, as they’ve vastly improved the editor in Far Cry 3 for players to enjoy.
With endless possibilities in creating the battleground of your dreams, the multiplayer map editor is quite appealing for those who are more creative. Not only have they made it simple to share your map online for others to battle in, but they have a strong emphasis on a new single-player sandbox mode as well, complete with wildlife, vehicles and AI.
Just think: You can spawn as many tigers as you want. If that’s not a selling point, I don’t know what is.
Hot off the Rockstar presses: Trailer #2 for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below.
Interested in pre-ordering this game now? You can visit Amazon.com which has a pre-order page up, or if you wish to pre-order elsewhere or are in a different country, additional options are available here. Grand Theft Auto V has no specific release date other than “Spring 2013″.
