BlazBlue Chronophantasma Shows Off Its Cruelest Character

Yuki Terumi, the true form of Hazama, is playable for the first time in BlazBlue: Chronophantasma. He can use his Force Eater drive skill to siphon Heat Gauge meter from other players. This will give Yuki a chance to do one of his four Distortion Drives. Yuki's overdrive Nightmare Reaper enhances the effect of his drive attack and the power of his Distortion Drives.

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma continues the game's plot with a focus on the Six Heroes. Yuki Terumi was once part of this group along with Valkenhayn, Trinity, and Nine. Celica, Nine's younger sister that specializes in healing magic, shows up in the BlazBlue games for the first time. Celica is the main character in BlazBlue: Phase 0 and Chronophantasma will cover some of the novel like when Celica meets Ranga the Bloodedge. BlazBlue: Chronophantasma will link the novels and game story together through Celica who is searching for the Ikaruga in Chronophantasma.

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma will be available in Japan on October 24 and is slated for release in North America early next year.

 

 

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Here's A Preview Of Shin Megami Tensei IV's Meaty Design Book

As previously detailed, all first print copies of Shin Megami Tensei IV in North America will come with a 176-page Strategy & Design Book, as well as a music collection. This morning, Atlus USA provided a preview of what the Design Book will look like:

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(Note that the preview may not work in Google Chrome. The problem might be related to the Silverlight plugin, which appears to have trouble working on the Chrome browser. Try using Internet Explorer instead, if you see a message that says, 'Sorry, this publication is not available'.)

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Shin Megami Tensei IV will be available in North America on July 16th. The game is headed to Europe sometime in the near future as well.

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Atelier Meruru Plus The Apprentice of Arland Is Coming; Have An English Trailer

Atelier Meruru Plus: The Apprentice of Arland is headed to the West, and Tecmo Koei brought the game to E3 along with a new trailer containing English-language footage and the theme song. Watch the trailer below:

Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland will be available this September.

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RUMOR Sony to Unveil Virtual Reality Headset for PlayStation 4 at TGS

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Sony will reveal a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4 this year at the Tokyo Game Show, gaming website CVG has reported.

CVG wrote that the reveal will be 'the final piece of [Sony's] PS4 hardware strategy.' According to the site, Sony had the headset ready to be shown during Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in late August, but plans were changed at the last minute. The device will be marketed as a direct competitor to the Oculus Rift.

Development for the device is already under way, CVG reported. An anonymous developer told the site that Evolution Studios is working with the headset to create a cockpit simulation for Drive Club.

The Tokyo Game Show will begin on September 19.

Source: CVG

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monster hunter 4 's latest trailer shows the new shark dragon in action

Earlier today, we got a double-dose of two upcoming 3DS Capcom titles in Monster Hunter 4 and Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies in a Japan-only Nintendo Direct. Series producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto made a guest appearance to present the latest trailer, where we got a good look at some recently introduced monsters and the new Frozen Sea area.

The trailer starts out with a Hunter encountering the new insect monster called Alceltas (which gets devoured by a much larger insect monster later.) In the Frozen Sea area, we see plenty of shark-like creatures with legs called Squagills.

Things don’t look too bad, until what looks to be a much larger version of the Squagill appears from under water. Oh, it can also run and shoot jet streams from its mouth, that would make even the Plesioth jealous. It even does its best Nibelsnarf impersonation by chomping down on the poor Hunter.

 

For the first time in the series, Hunters will be traveling around different villages with a traveling caravan. Halfway through the trailer, what looks to be a resort island full of Felynes is shown. It also shows farming features we’ve seen in previous Monster Hunter games, such as fishing, voyaging and training Felynes.

It wouldn’t be a Monster Hunter trailer without an extra something at the very end. This time, we got a glimpse of what looks like a new dragon with giant wings. Could it be a new Elder Dragon?

As reported earlier, Capcom and Nintendo are preparing limited edition 3DS XL systems with Monster Hunter 4 themes called Goa Magara Black and Felyne White, which can be seen here. Tsujimoto also mentioned in the Nintendo Direct that they’ll be revealing new online features in the near future, along with a closer look at the Charge Axe weapon during a Capcom event this weekend.

Monster Hunter 4 will be slated for release on September 14th, for 5,990 yen on Nintendo 3DS.

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Pairing Up Characters Will Be a Big Part Of Battles In The Next Legend Of Heroes

We got a glimpse of the battle system from The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash a couple months ago, that showed bit of its command based battle. Falcom introduces a new feature that will involve pairing up partners for tag attacks and support, and by the looks of it, the combat interface seems to have changed, too.

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Similar to previous Legend of Heroes games,' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash will utilize the AT (Action Time) battle system, that indicates ally and enemy character turns on the AT bar displayed on the left part of the screen. The AT bar also shows bonus stats, such as HP and Critical Up, that can be gained through various actions.

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The AT battle system will be the foundation of the fights, but it will also have some new features such as the “Tactic Link Function” or T-Link. In the T-Link menu, you’ll be able to link your party members together, which will allow them to cooperate and help each other out with resonant combo attacks. It will also have other added bonus effects such as speed and regenerative effects.

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Here’s a look at how the Link Attacks will work. The moment you select one of your party members to go for an attack, you’ll have a chance to perform cooperative attacks with their linked partners.

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Once you get it, you’ll then be prompted to enter “Burst”, “Rush” and “Pursuit” Link Attacks. Furthermore, linked partners will have the ability to reinforce and cover each other. Their abilities also become stronger with the bond shared between the two characters. You’ll be free to choose which characters to link, but the relationship between them will be up to you.

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash comes out in Japan on September 26 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

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Skullgirls PC Beta Now Available To Backers

Fans that contributed to Skullgirls’ crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo can now access a beta build of the game’s PC version, Lab Zero Games have announced.

If you backed Skullgirls, check your Humble Bundle page to claim your Steam key for the game, and you can begin downloading it thereafter. Included in the beta is the first of Skullgirls’ new characters, Squigly.

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