Ace Combat Infinity Screenshots Take Us To The Sky

Ace Combat Infinity follows in the footsteps of Tekken Revolution and Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation as a free-to-play game for PlayStation 3. Players will be able to fly through a story mode and fight alongside friends in multiplayer. Namco Bandai has not said how they will monetize the game yet, but their other free-to-play titles have some kind of "energy" like coins in Tekken Revolution that limit play sessions.

Ace Combat Infinity is scheduled for release later this year on PlayStation 3.

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See The Latest Dark Souls II Trailer And Screenshots

That heavy knight's mace looks like it can do some serious damage, but that enemy might actually be helpful in Dark Souls II. FromSoftware designed the game with destructible environments and this trailer shows one of those mace swings can shatter a stone column. Dark Souls II has secret paths that can only be found if you lure an enemy, like the heavy knight, to specific spots.

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Dark Souls II comes out on March 11 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The PC version is scheduled for release shortly after the console versions.

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ZZ Gundam, Zoids Genesis, Aura Battler Dunbine Are In Super Robot Taisen OE

The Super Robot Taisen OE story continues with Chapter 4 set for release on Thursday. This adds mecha from six more series:

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Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files

Aura Battler Dunbine

Heavy Metal L-Gaim

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam

Zoids: Genesis

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Super Robot Taisen OE has eight chapters and the last one is slated for release in October. Right now, the first chapter is just 500 yen, half the price of the other chapters.

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Pokémon X And Pokémon Y's Mega Evolutions Are Like Going Super Saiyan

The Pokémon Company has shared new information regarding the Mega Evolutions in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Mega Evolutions are transformations that certain Pokémon can undergo during battles in the games. Additionally, once the battle ends, the Pokémon will return to its regular form.

An item required for Mega Evolutions is the Mega Stone. These are special stones that exist for all Pokémon that can Mega Evolve. Mega Stones are unique to each Pokémon, too—for example, Lucario uses the Lucarionite Mega Stone. Different Pokémon will see different effects from Mega Evolution. Mega Mewtwo and Mega Lucario will see their looks and stats increase. Others will change their abilities and element-type.

One Mega Stone in particular, Blazikenite, will not be found in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. This stone will be made available via a special limited time Wi-Fi distribution, where you’ll get a Torchic holding a Blazikenite Mega Stone. The distribution will begin alongside the launch of the two games on October 12th.

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Ultra Street Fighter IV Trailer Relives Memorable Tournament Moments

Capcom have shared a “special trailer” for Ultra Street Fighter IV, showing a montage of scenes from recent fighting game tournaments, followed by footage of four of the game’s five new characters. Watch it below:

Ultra Street Fighter IV is planned for release in early 2014 on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Kenshin And Ichigo Clash Swords In J-Stars Victory Vs.

Luffy vs. Goku. Toriko vs. Naruto. Kenshin vs. Ichigo. And then Ryotsu Kankichi steps into the ring and blasts Ichigo with a rocket launcher. Ryo-san brings some humor into J-Stars Victory Vs., a crossover fighting game with Shonen Jump characters.

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This trailer has a brief look Yusuke Urameshi from YuYu Hakusho and Gon Freecss from Hunter X Hunter who are confirmed to be in J-Stars Victory Vs. too. If you plan on going to Tokyo Game Show next month, you can be among the first to play J-Stars Victory Vs.

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Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers Shows Off Its Golden Side

Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers brings together over 50 characters from the series including the powerful Gold Saints. Players will have to knock out Leo Aiolia and dodge Aquarius Camus' freezing attacks.

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Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers is scheduled to come out this fall in the U.S. and Canada as a PSN title. Japan gets the game as a retail title on October 17.

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Rorona Brewing Up A Fluffy Blanket For New Atelier Rorona

Dengeki will release a special package for Rorona fans, reports Degenki PlayStation. The New Atelier Rorona Dengeki Collaboration Goods Box includes collectibles like a blanket designed by series artist Mel Kishida, a microfiber cloth to clean a PS3 controller or Vita screen, and a download code to get three items for the game.

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New Atelier Rorona comes out for PS3 and Vita on November 21.

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This Comical JRPG Makes Has Suikoden Inspired Character Recruitment

Citizens of Earth for Eden Industries draws on the humor of games like Earthbound and Little King's Story for it's plot. Instead of a brooding warrior, you are the Vice President of Earth and have regular people in your party. You know like a Used Car Salesman and a Barista that serves as a buffer.

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Every character in Citizens of Earth is recruitable, even your Mom. When characters aren't fighting monsters with you they work their regular job in town. Characters are more effective in battle and in town when you level them up, so there's a little bit of a town building mechanic in Citizens of Earth too. It's a quirky concept and Siliconera saw the game earlier this year.

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Citizens of Earth opened a Kickstarter page and $15 Canadian dollars gets you a copy of the game. $25 includes beta access and an exclusive prologue story. Eden Industries' goal is to raise $100,000, but if they can stretch to $160,000 they will release the game for Wii U. $170,000 brings Citizens of Earth to 3DS, $250,000 makes it a PS4 game, and the $260,000 target is for a VIta port.

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Why Did Makoto Asada Leave Cave For Phantom Breaker Developer Mages

Because Makoto Asada became well known for his work at Cave bringing their arcade shooters to Xbox 360, his departure was rather surprising. Siliconera caught up with Asada-san and asked him about his move to Phantom Breaker series developer Mages.

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"Cave had announced that they were going to take a break from consoles and stuff that goes directly to the consumer, and that's really what I enjoy about what I do," Asada explained. "When I was going to quit Cave, about 10 companies contacted me to see if I was interested in joining them. Out of [those companies], MAGES had the best deal. Our president offered me the opportunity to explore and really do something interesting."

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Check back later for our full interview with Makoto Asada and International Games System, developer of the upcoming title Constant C.

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