Tactical soccer RPG Ganbare! Super Strikers launches July 26 for PC, later in 2018 for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch
Ganbare! Super Strikers, a tactical RPG and soccer game hybrid, will launch for PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam and Itch.io on July 26 for $9.99 followed by PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch later in 2018, developer Rese Games announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via Rese Games:
About
Ganbare! Super Strikers is an innovative mix between tactical RPG and soccer. Win matches to level up and earn new equipment that will allow you to learn special abilities, boost your players’ stats or protect yourself against altered status effects, such as Sleep, Silence or Poison.
The game features a Story Mode where you assume the role of a small town soccer team in Japan on their way to victory. Perform well enough and you will be selected to join the Japan National Team where you will need to play alongside old rivals in order to conquer the world. There are loads of different characters each with their own strengths and Special Abilities.
Key Features
Level up your players, equip items, learn special abilities and much more.
35-plus special abilities that can inflict up to 10 altered status effects.
Spectacular animations with anime style aesthetics.
Both 7-a-side and 11-a-side game modes.
Local Multiplayer for 2-4 players with Quick Match, League and Tournament modes.
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story announced for PS4, Switch, and PC
Publisher PQube and Indonesian developer Agate Studio have announced Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story, a game where you build and manage a school for RPG heroes, for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC. It will launch in 2018.
Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:
About
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story casts you as the Principal of a small academy in the troubled world of Valthiria. As the newly recruited Principal, it’s up to you to start work on building an academy worthy of training the world’s heroes – students in the art of combat and magic.
Trained students of your Academy can then set forth into the world, picking up quests and setting of for adventure. Successful students will grow in ability, bringing back the spoils and loot from complete missions, loot which can be used to enhance your growing school.
Improved buildings and facilities will, in turn, attract better students, bringing more power, fame and fortune to your Valthirian Academy – but beware, as your school grows in popularity, so to can it be a pawn in the political struggles of Valthiria.
With five Queendoms fighting for the right to inherit the land, and a mysterious evil lurking on the horizon – it will be up to you to decide your allegiances and the role your school will play in the story of Valthiria.
Key Features
• Take control of a school for heroes and manage the facility to train the finest students.
• Build up your school from small faculty to prestigious and influential academy.
• Construct, then improve numerous buildings from classrooms and cafeterias, to training grounds and dormitories.
• Over 20 different buildings and facilities to research and develop your teams.
• Starting as apprentices, students can train in 9 different specialist classes.
• Send out students to complete quests and control them directly in the field.
• Real time battles – switch between character classes to better outsmart the enemy.
• Loot and materials form mission can be used to improve your academy and create, forge and craft all new weapons and armor.
Death Mark, a horror visual novel developed by Experience that first launched for PS Vita in Japan in June 2017, followed by PlayStation 4 in January 2018 and Switch in June 2018, is coming to all three platforms in North America and Europe, publisher Aksys Games announced. A release window was not announced.
Here is an overview of the game’s story, via our previous coverage:
The Tokyo metropolitan area’s H City. In this suburban city, a strange rumor has been spreading recently. Those who possess the “mark” will die. The “mark” is unexpectedly engraved onto the body, as if it was a chewed up birthmark, and is said to result in an unknown death.
As a matter of fact, a strange incident occurred where someone met a suspicious death. This incident has become an urban legend, and has propagated various speculation such as it being the result of a ghost encounter somewhere or unknowingly coming into contact with a curse.
Having lost your memory, you stand before a western-style house said to protect those who possess the “mark.” As if drawn to something, when the doors to the house open, you’re greeted by a beautiful doll who is the lord of the mansion.
“Welcome to Kujou Mansion.”
The doll continued to speak.
“You will die if you stay like this.”
“But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a way to be saved.”
Sneak Peek at the Indivisible Animated Opening by Studio Trigger
Take a look at the first ~30 seconds of Indivisible's gorgeous animated opening by Studio Trigger!
Indivisible is a new RPG/platformer IP, starring Ajna (AHZH-na), a girl who sets out on a globe-spanning journey to discover the truth behind her mysterious powers. On her quest she’ll be joined by a variety of unique heroes and gain new abilities to traverse the environments and defeat the enemies they’ll encounter along the way.
Indivisible is inspired by classic platformers and RPGs, but with the unique characters and gameplay depth Lab Zero is known for.
In addition to a fresh spin on RPG gameplay, Indivisible features a deep storyline inspired by southeast Asian and other world mythologies, Lab Zero’s trademark feature-quality 2D hand-drawn animation, a lush soundtrack from legendary Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta, and an animated opening by popular anime studio Trigger.
Indivisible will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam for Windows / Mac / Linux.
Sausage Sports Club will launch for Switch via the Nintendo eShop and PC via Steam on July 19 for $15, developer Luckshot Games announced. Pre-orders are available now via the Nintendo eShop.
Here is an overview of the game, via Luckshot Games:
About
Sausage Sports Club is a physics game about adorable, floppy-necked animal friends competing on a reality sports TV show. Duke it out with up to eight friends in Free Play, where you’ll compete in tons of game modes like Soccer, Sumo and Capture the Flag. Not feeling competitive? Explore the toy-filled Overworld and get to know the show’s other melodramatic competitors in a 1-4 player replayable Adventure mode. No matter how you play, you’ll unlock new characters, skins, hats and arenas along the way.
Key Features
When on the go, play Adventure mode solo or co-op.
At home on the TV, compete in Free Play with up to 8 players on one device.
Enjoy unique HD rumble for every physics bump, slam and stomp.
Use the Joy-Con’s motion controls to lean your floppy neck for added finesse.
Punch Your Friends' Giant Robot Faces in Override: Mech City Brawl
Publisher Modus Games, with developer The Balance today announce Override: Mech City Brawl, a 3D mech-based party brawler coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on December 4, 2018.
Pilot your very own mech and pit them against other enormous robots in fully-destructible arenas modeled after real world locations like San Francisco, Egypt, Mexico, and Japan.
Override: Mech City Brawl will launch with a total of 12 different mechs to pilot, all with their own play style and specialty moves. Once you've selected your mech, you can customise it with a range of unlockable accessories and skins in The Garage. If you're going to smash your way through cities, you might as well look good doing it!
• Supercharged Mechs – Pilot 12 outrageous mechs of epic, skyscraper-sized proportions, each with diverse fighting styles and unique skills.
• Real World Locations – Destroy 3D arenas modeled after actual cities and countries, including Tokyo, Egypt, San Francisco, and Mexico.
• Party Co-Op – Gather 2 to 4 friends to engage in party co-op where each player is responsible for one part of a towering mech.
• The Garage – Customize your mechs in the Garage, changing their accessories and skins to create your own unique style.
• Multiple Game Modes – Challenge other players in local and online Versus and Co-Op modes and experience Override’s story in a single-player campaign.
Cold War-set turn-based tactical strategy espionage game Phantom Doctrine will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on August 14 for $39.99, publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developer CreativeForge Games announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Phantom Doctrine is a strategic turn-based espionage thriller set at the peak of the Cold War. Drawing on a wide variety of influences and capturing the subtle intrigue of classic spy films, the game thrust the player into a mysterious world of covert operations, counterintelligence, conspiracy and paranoia.
As leader of a secret organization known only as The Cabal, you are charged with preventing a global conspiracy that seeks to pit leader against leader, and nation against nation. By carrying out secret missions, investigating classified files, and interrogating enemy agents, a sinister plot is uncovered. With the clock ticking, it must be thwarted in order to save the world from an unthinkable fate.
Key Features
• A Deep Single Player Story Campaign: the 40+ hour Single player campaign mode features a rich gripping plot woven with numerous historical events and characters to bring the terrifying reality of the Cold War to life from a unique perspective.
• Next-generation turn-based combat: offers unprecedented flexibility of movement and actions, including variable Overwatch modes and assault-oriented Breach ability.
• Expanded battlefield: assets can be positioned around the world, enabling you to call for assistance in the heat of battle. But the enemy can also bring in reinforcements, including heavy weapons and even air support. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.
• Knowledge is power: Improve your chances of success by infiltrating mission locations with undercover operatives. Attempt to stay one step ahead of enemy agents, who are also preparing to spring their own devious traps.
• Lurk in the shadows with fully-fledged stealth gameplay: Clandestine operations can be completed with muffled weapons, silent takedowns and cutting edge Cold War technology.
• Take charge of the crucial counterintelligence operation: Recruit from both the KGB and the CIA, the criminal fraternity, or even utilise the unique talents of subjects of secret government experiments. Weapons, resources and contacts can be secured around the globe, enabling you to command from afar. But if the situation requires a hands-on approach, you will be locked, loaded and ready to fight.
• Innovative Investigation Board: Utilizing a classic pinboard and string approach, the Investigation Board is the hub from where cases, locations and individuals can be researched to reveal new missions, resources and technologies. In Phantom Doctrine, investigation and intel is an active and vital element of success.
• Multiplayer Battles: lose friends and make new enemies in ruthless online multiplayer matches. Experience the deviousness and lethality of Phantom Doctrine in accessible 1v1 skirmishes.
• Utilize ruthless Technology: New capabilities can either be stolen from the enemy or researched, and then ruthlessly used to your advantage. Often experimental and morally dubious, brainwashing, interrogation, body engineering and chemical enhancement are all fair game as you extract information by any means necessary.
• Fully customizable character creation: Operatives can be customized each time they need a new identity. Change their appearance, forge their documents, train them in the deadly arts and send them back into the field.
• Carefully Designed hand-crafted levels: Combining the best of both worlds: the quality of large, hand-designed maps and meticulous, smart design ensuring visual and gameplay variety. Travel the world of the 1980s in the grip of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
• Replayable modular campaign: a wide array of mechanics ensures markedly different playthroughs. A unique experience is guaranteed by randomly generated character names and backgrounds, algorithmically populated and adapted maps, and randomized intelligence snippets.
• A spy thriller from two different points of view: Play as either a former KGB counterintelligence operative or a renegade CIA wet work commando. Each has to come to terms with the truth and challenge the global conspiracy. Complete the campaign to be rewarded with an additional protagonist in Extended Playthrough.
• No mission is too big or too small: whether infiltrating a busy government facility to clinically assassinate a target, or mounting a full frontal assault on an enemy base. With optional objectives linked to a mission’s complexity, as well as loot and intelligence to collect, every decision has an impact.
Dead Cells will launch digitally for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on August 7, developer Motion Twin announced. Console pre-orders include a 20 percent discount. Publisher Merge Games will also release a physical edition for PlayStation 4 and Switch.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
Roguelite? Metroidvania? Roguevania!
You grew up with the roguelikes, witnessed the rise of the roguelites and even the birth of the roguelite-lites? We’d now like to present for your consideration our RogueVania, the illegitimate child of a modern Roguelite (Rogue Legacy, Binding of Isaac, Enter the Gungeon, Spelunky, etc.) and an old-school Metroidvania (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and its ilk).
Key Features
• RogueVania: The progressive exploration of an interconnected world, with the replayability of a rogue-lite and the adrenaline pumping threat of permadeath.
• 2D Souls-lite Action: Tough but fair combat, more than fifty weapons and spells with unique gameplay, and of course, the emergency panic roll to get you out of trouble.
• Nonlinear progression: Sewers, Ossuary or Remparts? Once unlocked, special permanent abilities allow you to access new paths to reach your objective. Opt for the path that suits your current build, your play style or just your mood.
• Exploration: Secret rooms, hidden passages, charming landscapes. Take a moment to stroll the towers and breath in that fresh sea mist infused air…
Interconnected levels and progressive unlocking of access to the island provides you with a real incentive to explore your surroundings. Add in a degree of evolution for your character and permanent weapon upgrades and you can see where Dead Cells borrows from the long line of Metroidvanias that precede it.
At the end of the day though, it’s YOUR skills as a player that matter most! Roguelites are about constantly getting better, until what was an insurmountable obstacle becomes a walk in the park. Unforgiving combat wed to the absence of any kind of safety net makes for an adrenalin pumping ride each and every run and unrivaled replayability.
《东京Chronos》由《乐园追放-Expelled From Paradise-》的动作导演柏仓晴树任导演,《刀剑神域》责任编辑三木一马负责监制。游戏讲述原本青梅竹马的八人组,不知何时开始关系渐渐疏远,而又因为八人被一同关起来为契机,一场悬疑的游戏拉开了帷幕。
Sekai Project and MyDearest have launched the Kickstarter campaign for virtual realit mystery visual novel Tokyo Chronos, which is aiming for release across Oculus and Steam TV in early 2019, followed by PlayStation VR in May 2019. It is seeking $75,000 in funding.
Tokyo Chronos is the latest project from Japanese video game studio MyDearest, focusing on immersion and storytelling via virtual reality. In this game, the suspense and drama are told via a mix of gorgeous visual animation and a new comic book style UI, taking its inspiration from both animation and the visual novel genre and bringing them together in a brand new way.
VR allows you to look around, discover new details, new things each time and listen to the surroundings unlike ever before in a visual novel adventure via a dynamic sound system. The characters truly come alive right before your eyes, deepening the experience. The team behind Tokyo Chronos is a smorgasbord of industry veterans and talents, promising to deliver the very best in Japanese entertainment to the world of VR!
Producer: Kazuma Miki (Sword Art Online producer)
Director: Haruki Kashiwakura (Rakuen Tsuiho: Expelled from Paradise motion director)
Scenario Writer: Kou Segawa (A Mystery Schoolgirl series mystery writer)
Character Designer: LAM (illustrator)
MyDearest is a developer from Tokyo, Japan which specializes in virtual reality entertainment, specifically adventure games. Established in 2016, the company has already released several titles including Innocent Forest, an interactive VR novel.
Sekai Project is a Los Angeles based publisher and developer, specializing in localization of Japanese media and entertainment. Most known for their large catalog of visual novel classics, the company has also released games across major console platforms such as PS4 and the Nintendo Switch.
■ Synopsis
When, and why, have we become separated?
A group of eight childhood friends —
The time has come for the truth to be revealed.
Trapped in an empty, deserted Shibuya where time has frozen over.
A strange world where the eight disappear one by one.
— I am dead. Who killed me?
■ Characters
Kyosuke Sakurai (CV: Yuto Uemura)
Protagonist. 16 year-old attending high school in Shibuya. When he wakes up, he finds himself in the “Chronos World”, an empty, deserted Shibuya where time has frozen. Has a peaceful and caring personality. While the others become suspicious of one another, he tries his best to trust them. Back in his elementary school days, it seems that he was the leader of the 8 childhood friends, but…
Karen Nikaido (CV: Yui Ishikawa)
A quiet and mysterious girl. Calm but strong-willed. Wears a red ribbon as her trademark. Moved in when she was in elementary school. She was alone until Sakurai invited her into his group of friends. In the “Chronos World”, she acts curtly against Sakurai but…
Yu Momono (CV: Ibuki Kido)
A girl with a simple and innocent personality. Has known Sakurai for the longest. Lived nextdoor to Sakurai, and grew up together like siblings. Even as a high school student now, she always sticks to Sakurai. She is in the Camera Club, and brings with her a pink camera at all times.
Yuria Togoku (CV: Shoko Yuzuki)
Despite the childish look and actions, she is a genius physicist acknowledged by the government. Carrys around a strange stuffed animal that she named Patty. She acts at her own pace, but when something happened within the group of friends, she has always helped solve the problem using her intelligence.