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Didn’t forget about Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Obviously the focus on Batman: Arkham Origins has been on the console/PC versions, but Warner Bros. did bring the 3DS/Vita Blackgate side-story to E3 (though I believe the 3DS version was shown behind closed doors).
I played the PS Vita edition, and it was good stuff! As promised, the combat is nearly identical to the console games, with all the satisfying counters and easy combos — check out the GIF above from Just Bluthed Myself.
I didn’t get to see any of the anticipated Metroidvania 2.5 stuff unfortunately, as the demo was mostly chasing Catwoman across rooftops and fighting low-level thugs. A lot of what I played was orchestrated setpieces and hit-R-to-fly-to-this-ledge bits, but maybe the content leaned on that because it was a demo. Whatever, I’m still down for the Armature-developed game.
BUY Batman: Akham Origins ($10 Amazon credit), upcoming releases
$50 credit with Vita purchase
Coming so close to E3, the timing on this offer is super suspicious, but on the face of it this seems like a good deal. From today through June 8, if you buy a PS Vita from Amazon, you’ll get a $50 credit. Use it to get PlayStation Plus and start playing Gravity Rush and all the other free stuff! Or preorder Dragon’s Crown! Or pick up my favorite RPG ever, Persona 4 Golden! Or PSN credit for Sound Shapes! Or subscribe to monthly deliveries of some diapers or something, I don’t know.
Why is it suspicious? The cynical part of me thinks that if there’s a big discount like this before E3, Sony could announce a price drop at the show. But if it’s $50, same deal! Who knows what’s going to happen at E3 anyway.
Exstetra for 3DS and PS Vita
Hey, it’s a new JRPG from FuRyu, the team that brought us Unchained Blades! This Tales-esque game is apparently meant to be a new “ultra rule of right classical fantasy RPG,” or whatever that means, according to Gematsu’s interpretation of Famitsu’s article on Exstetra. This is only announced or Japan so far, with no word on whether Xseed (or anyone else) will pick this up like it did with Unchained Blades.
BUY Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL consoles, upcoming releases
Another reminder to buy Dragon’s Crown
I’ve kind of run out of ways to praise all the media that comes out for this.
Aside from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Atlus’ Dragon’s Crown is the game I’m most excited about for this summer. Can’t wait to creep around as the thief with my back all hunched, failing at opening treasure chests and having them blow up in my face.
[Update: Booooo, Thief isn’t playable. :o/ ]
PREORDER Dragon's Crown (PS Vita & PS3), upcoming games
Freedom Wars for PS Vita
After teasing this as “Panopticon” for the past two weeks, Sony has revealed this original property as Freedom Wars, a 2014 game that looks pretty interesting despite its boring title.
Dubbed a “recovery multiplayer action” game, Freedom Wars looks like more than just another urban/dystopian Monster Hunter clone based on this NeoGAF-translated press release:
“The player is a criminal in a post-apocalyptic near future, sentenced to a million years of hard labor, fighting for his freedom. By completing missions where you rescue civilians and allies who have been captured by huge enemies known as Abductors, you can reduce your sentence. The game supports a maximum of 8 players at a time in both co-op and competitive modes, and supports Adhoc and Wi-Fi Online functions so players all over the country can play together. The game will also support the GPS and Near capabilities of the PS Vita to enhance the gameplay experience.”
You can watch the trailer below:
Tenmyouji droppin’ knowledge
What else could it stand for?
BUY Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita/3DS) and 999
First look at Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
I’m glad it didn’t take long to get some screenshots for this 3DS/PS Vita project from Armature Studio. It looks just like how I’d expect a Metroidvania-style Batman game developed by Metroid Prime veterans to look — it’s also a bit Shadow Complex-y, which I’m fine with because I always wanted that title on a handheld.
Game Informer’s current issue (subscription required) has more images and all the details, but here are the basics:
- set in the eponymous Blackgate Penitentiary during a prison riot
- mostly a 2D sidescroller, though you’ll interact with foreground/background elements
- freeflow combat system similar to console games (possibly Shinobi 3D/Spyro: The Eternal Night-esque?)
- scanner-style “detective mode” that pops up an overlay outlining enemies who see or can’t see you, uncovering clues/secrets, and analyzing dangerous situations (remember the first few pages of the “Hush” arc?)
- potential for Metroid-style sequence breaking and fighting bosses in any order
Haven’t heard a single bad thing about this game yet, but we’re a long way from October.
BUY Various Batman games, upcoming releases
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate 2.5D Metroidvania hitting 3DS, PS Vita
Warner Bros. has two new Batman games on the way, the first being a prequel, Batman: Arkham Origins, starring Deathstroke as the primary antagonist and coming to Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. No one cares about that, though, because it’s developed by WB Montreal instead of Rocksteady (original Batman: Arkham series studio), and it’s not the second title…
Which is a 3DS/PS Vita spin-off titled Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, a 2.5D Metroidvania-style game coming from Armature Studio, the development house formed by Retro/Metroid Prime veterans several years ago. Normally a portable spin-off Batman game wouldn’t excite me too much, but doesn’t the combination of all those words in the previous sentence just sound baller?
All we know about the latter game is it’s a “completely separate experience that takes place after the events of Arkham Origins,” according to Game Informer. The console and portable editions release on October 25.
BUY Various Batman games, upcoming games
Dragon’s Crown still looking ridic
Yes, the figures here are grotesque, seemingly designed by the Japanese Robert Crumb, we’ve already talked about that ad nauseam.
What we haven’t discussed is the dancing wizard mouse, the giant Diablo, and this PS Vita game being totally my shit right here. Okay, we might have mentioned that last bit maybe, but I think we’ve reached the point where that topic is more interesting than the usual Boobiewitch comments.
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Dragon’s Crown screens are blowing my mind
The last few minutes have just been a stream of semi-angry IMs to Eric about how crazy great these screens look.
- “this art my god”
- “how is this a screenshot”
- “THIS GAME”
This game looks better every time I see it.
PREORDER Dragon's Crown (PS Vita & PS3), Dragon's Crown (PS Vita import & PS3 import), upcoming games
Dragon’s Crown trailer
Creepy Renaissance-esque dudes! Incredibly intricate shading! Also some butts! Dragon’s Crown looks like the absolute business. I’m so glad to see Vanillaware drift all the way into arcade-style stuff.
This comes out July 25 in Japan, and I’m seriously considering importing. Don’t need much language skill to hit stuff with a sword.
PREORDER Dragon's Crown (PS Vita & PS3), Dragon's Crown (PS Vita import & PS3 import), upcoming games
Persona 4 Golden for $29.99!
Because I’m sure you don’t already have enough handheld games to play…
