Phantasy Star Portable 2: Pizza Hut Pans and Leek Rifles
Sega Japan has taken Japan’s special relationship with Pizza Hut – last seen being frequented by an immortal Geass dispenser – to the next level with the upcoming Phantasy Star Portable 2. Apart from an in-game Pizza Hut, Phantasy Star now features room decorations of the chain restaurant’s Japanese mascot, Cheese-kun. Players may also arm themselves with Pizza Hut box shields and pie pans.
Those not interested in fast-food pizza appear to have other ways to garb and arm themselves. As reported by Famitsu, outfits from Evangelion, Fate/Stay Night, and – of all things – Vocaloid‘s Hatsune Miku are available via equippable armor.
Source: Kotaku
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Magna Carta 2 Launches With DLC At Hand
Magna Carta 2 was released earlier this week, and DLC for the game became available the next day on Xbox Live. For a mere 400 points, you can unlock three comical cutscenes and a dozen strong weapons for the main characters. The download also adds nine achievements, though you will have to go out and actually earn them through hard work.
White Knight Chronicles Sequel Features More Knights, More Conflict
More information has surfaced regarding White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness. The story is set one year after the events of the previous game. The three kingdoms of Balandor, Grid, and Foria are facing difficulties, and the thousand-year-long war between the Islendia Empire and the Asvan Kingdom is spreading across the continent.
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Alpha Protocol Springs For Later Release Date
Spy RPG Alpha Protocol has chosen to remain in hiding for a while longer. Though the game was originally supposed to be released this fall, the release date listed on its official site has been changed to Spring 2010.
Bioware Blogs About Mass Effect 2 Release Date, Pre-order Bonuses
Bioware has announced on its official blog that Mass Effect 2 will be released in North America on January 26, 2010. The company also announced some shiny pre-order bonuses for the game.
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Game Changers: Volume 28 – The Witcher
Saying that development for the PC is complicated is a lot like saying someone struck by lightning is feeling under the weather, in that it doesn’t really grasp the problem. Given the various combinations of operating systems, hardware, software that might be borrowing the hardware during play, physical condition of the computer, and simply where that internet browser has been, it’s almost impossible to build a PC game that won’t give somebody trouble. And this is on top the usual things that don’t pan out: weird voice acting, misplaced quest triggers, poor plot handling, and so on.
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days – Staff Review
Since the release of Kingdom Hearts II, many players wondered what Roxas’s time in Organization XIII was like. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days answers that question: it was like being a real-life cubicle worker, a cog in a corporate machine that grinds away at its work. It’s almost like “Walt Disney presents Office Space.” And like Office Space, it’s at its best when things start to unravel.
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Dragon Age Getting DLC Content At Launch
Time was, companies waited a few months before releasing expansion content, usually to the tune of $29.99 and with a few new monsters/maps/weapons to hold players over until the sequel rolled around. Breaking the mold they used not long ago with Mass Effect, Bioware have announced its downloadable expansions for Dragon Age: Origins will be available on release day.
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Strategy Session – Dragonica Online, Part I
With Dragonica Online going into full release next week, we thought we’d take this opportunity to take a strategic look at the classes available in this MMO. We’ll be starting off by taking a look at the Warrior class and its first two promotions, the defensive Knight and the bruising Gladiator. This class is a little disadvantaged when it comes to the bare mechanics of the game, but it can still be quite useful and powerful with the right setup.
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Dragon Age: Build Your Own Fantasy Archetype On 10/13
In preparation for next month’s release of Dragon Age: Origins, the folks from Bioware have released the DA:O Character Creator for download. The creator will allow players to build and experiment with a variety of character setups prior to launch, and may be used when the game is released.
Additionally, Bioware have joined with EA and IDW Publishing to produce the upcoming Dragon Age comic book, to be written by “Ender’s Game” author Orson Scott Card. There has been no answer as to the question of whether the comic will segue into a second civil war in the near-future United States.
The character creator will be available for download on October 13. Further details are available through the official site.
Game Changers: Volume 27 – Kingdom Hearts
Once upon a time, Squaresoft and Disney worked in the same building in Japan. Though they shared a residence, they each had their own projects and worked separately. One day, Shinji Hashimoto had a chance encounter with a Disney executive in the elevator and an idea appeared: a collaborative crossover game featuring Disney and Squaresoft characters.
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Valkyria Chronicles 2: Preorder Bonuses? In MY SRPG?
Early adopters of the upcoming Valkyria Chronicles 2: The Gallia Royal Military Academy, in Japan at least, get some preorder swag in the form of a box set marked “The Document of Gallia 1936.” The set includes a soundtrack, a 30-minute companion DVD, and some unique in-game items.
Valkyria Chronicles 2 is due out in Japan on January 21. There is no information as to whether the preorder bonus applies to the US release, scheduled for summer of 2010.
Source: Dengeki
Translation: Adrienne Beck
Ys Online in a Giving Mood, Musically Speaking
The complete soundtrack to Ys Online: Call of Solum has been released for free. It’s available for download through the official website, courtesy of the online portal Key to Play.
