Finally after countless re-releases for a generation of consoles, Arc System Works gives us a look into a brand new Guilty Gear, titled Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and of course the crowd goes wild. With this very fresh info, what do we know? Let’s dig in.
Square Enix announced they will release a PC version of Final Fantasy VIII featuring high resolution graphics, Famitsu reports. The website also says additional features other than the graphical upgrade have yet to be determined.
Last year, Square Enix released a high resolution PC port of Final Fantasy VII. The port features a 5-speed mode for quicker playthroughs, achievements, and exclusive Shinra avatars.
[via: Siliconera]
Two of Hasbro’s biggest franchises are coming together. Sort of. Behold the cover of My Little Pony Micro Series volume #5, featuring Optimus Prime and Pinkie Pie (cosplaying as Prime). Comic Book Resources posted the variant cover on Friday, which is designed by artist Tony Fleecs. The special cover will be exclusive to those who attend San Diego’s Transformers Botcon from June 27-30.
Micro Series is one of two My Little Pony comic series by IDW Publishing. The other is titled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic like the t.v. show. Micro Series is a series of spotlights of the six main ponies, with volume #5 focusing on Pinkie Pie. Volume #5 is written by Ted Anderson with art by Ben Bates.
Also, take a look at some awesome Transformers Animated x My Little Pony crossover art by Inspectornills. His Pinkie Pie crossover is posted below.
Overkill Software has announced that Payday 2 will no longer just be a downloadable release.
“We have a bit of a problem here at Overkill – there are just too many great ideas and none that we were really happy to throw out – so Payday 2 has become just too big to reserve release on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network alone,” said Payday 2 director David Goldfarb, who was previously lead designer of Battlefield 3.
Thus, retail versions will be available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Payday 2 is set to be released this August. In the meantime, check out how to make bank in the original Payday, which as of October 2012 has sold 700,000 copies.
[via: IGN]
Super popular 2D side-scrolling MMO MapleStory is turning ten this year. To celebrate this event, Nexon is holding a festival titled “MapleStory 1st Festival” on May 19th at mega mall COEX in Hall D. Sistar and Girl’s Day will both be performing live at the event. Famous Korean cosplay group Spiral Cats will also be in attendance. Their most recent hit was their leader Tasha’s Kerrigan cosplay for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
[via: Siliconera]
A great day of mourning has finally arrived. Today, DC Comics released their full solicitations for the month of August 2013. Every month, I’ve eagerly awaited reading about the upcoming comics, especially about my favorite series Demon Knights. Sadly, this series ends with Issue #23 (ironically, 23 is my lucky number). This comes on the heels of my review of the recent Demon Knights #20, the start of a new arc that sadly will close out this amazing tale.
Honestly, this comic is the best thing I’ve read from DC in the last few years. It’s been full of great art, witty writing, and an enjoyable cast of characters. I’ll really miss this series, which truly gave me all I could ask for and more from a fantasy title.
Sadly, sales figures did this series in, but Demon Knights is not alone. Several other series are also set to receive the ax come August, though I don’t read any of them:
-Dial H (which I’ve heard great things about)
-Legion of Super-Heroes
-Threshold
In the wake of these cancellations, I’m wondering if DC plans to add any new titles to their lineup come August (since “New 52″ is currently more like “New 50″ even before this news). Obviously, I’m holding out for an Amethyst solo title (since my other fantasy love Sword of Sorcery ends this week). I just pray we don’t get yet another Batman title. On the bright side, at least Robert Venditti is staying with DC to write Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps, the latter of which will reunite him with Demon Knights alum Bernard Chang.
Yesterday the news that was buzzing around the internet was the looming negotiations between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Studios since Downey’s contract had expired after the release of Iron Man 3. As one of the best paid actors in the Marvel movie franchise (reportedly earning $50 million for The Avengers), Downey has been in four movies total, and is now in talks to be in the remaining films of the Avengers trilogy. As of this morning, however, it has been reported that in these negotiations, there has been no mention of Iron Man 4. There could be several reasons for this including Downey’s other projects, a desire to retire in the near future, a discussion of a shortened contracted to allow for re-negotiations later, or perhaps that he is going to bow out as Iron Man after the third Avenger’s film.
The main theory that seems to be rampant about the whole affair is that Downey is using his leverage as Marvel’s biggest bread winner to force Marvel to re-negotiate for the rest of the cast by threatening to not appear for Iron Man 4. Marvel has a history with issues concerning actor’s salaries for various films. Samuel L. Jackson fought for better pay back in 2009, and Terrence Howard was dropped from the role of Lt. Col James Rhodes when he demanded higher pay, only to be replaced in subsequent Iron Man films by Don Cheadle. Chris Hemsworth has reportedly not yet been signed up for Avengers 2, and there are rumors that Scarlett Johansson is not going to take a pay cut for said film. Marvel has already threatened to replace Hemsworth in the film, or to remove the Thor character from the film all together. Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Samuel L Jackson are all signed on for the project, which is set to release in 2015.
If the negotiations do not work in Downey’s favor and he is dropped, many fans agree that it would be hard to see anyone but him piloting that iconic metal suit on screen.
Every year since 2010, Good Smile Company releases a Winter-themed Snow Miku nendoroid. 2013, however, was the first time fans designed and voted on the final product (that shiromuku is so cute). 2014 will give fans another opportunity to design a Miku. Straight from Mamitan’s blog:
The design for Snow Miku’s outfit must also include a magical staff, as no magical girl is complete without her trusty staff! We look forward to seeing everyone’s lovely design ideas!
However the outfit is not the only thing we’re looking for this time! We’re also looking for the design of Magical Girl Snow Miku’s pet! The pet should also have a snowy, crystal or Winter theme, and should be based on an animal found in Hokkaido. We hope to see many cute and creative pets for Snow Miku 2014!
So there you have it. You can read more about the rules and how to enter on Mamitan’s blog. Although I will mention here that the deadline for entries is 13 May 2013 at 16:00JST.
Here are the entry galleries for the outfit and pet designs:
Cue the fangirls.
So for the past few months, Kyoto Animation has been teasing an anime about high school students doing things. Seems up their alley? You bet. Moe, moe girls all around, but that’s the rub, it’s an anime about high school boys instead! This week the trailer was released set to premiere in July, so what did it tell us? Let’s find out.