Final Fantasy Director Wants To Develop New I.P. For quot;Seniors quot;

Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and co-director on Final Fantasy XV, says his future goal is to develop new IP aimed at “seniors”. Tabata’s comment made an appearance in Square Enix’s latest annual report.

“My aim for the projects centering on Final Fantasy XV is to achieve the highest-acclaimed, highest-profitable installment in the Final Fantasy series,” Tabata says to Square Enix shareholders. “With this goal in mind, I would appreciate your continuous support.”

He continues, “Going forward, as a creator I would like to develop new IPs for seniors. I will create games that would thoroughly satisfy myself as I get older.”

“Also, as a leader, I want to establish a strong production studio with an open, flexible atmosphere that constantly delivers excitement to shareholders, employees, the game industry and users—a studio with the capacity to consolidate the Group’s capabilities and play the best match at the forefront of the industry.”

“On this journey, the support of shareholders would be very much appreciated.”

Image courtesy Square Enix.

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Killer Instinct Will be a Free-To-Play Game for the Xbox One

When Xbox One was showing its game lineup, many didn't expect them to pull out a heavy hand and unload Killer Instinct onto us. Not only did they announce the long awaited return of Killer Instinct, but it will also be a digital only game available on day one of Xbox One. Not only that, but it will be free to Xbox Live Gold Members with fighter Jango. Additional characters will need to be purchased.

'Fighting games are big and expensive and they can be complicated. It's very hard to get good at a number of characters,' the producer said. 'You generally gravitate towards one or two or three or four at the most. We want players to be able to experience the game that way. Just buy the characters you want or buy them all and we'll give you a discount on that.'

Pricing was not revealed but the Xbox One and Killer Instinct are expected to be released this November.

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Tales of Xillia 2 Will Have Bonus Items For Loyal Tales Fans

As reported this past weekend, Namco Bandai are bringing Tales of Xillia 2 to Europe (and Australia, too, they say) in 2014.

Prior to the game’s release, this August will see the release of the first Tales of Xillia game in the West, and Namco say that if you have a save file for both Tales of Xillia as well as Tales of Graces f on your PlayStation 3, you’ll be able to avail bonus items in Tales of Xillia 2.

Namco haven’t specified just what these items will be, if you look over our Japanese coverage of the game, you’ll see that Tales of Xillia 2 has a whole lot of DLC in Japan to pick from.

Tales of Xillia 2 follows the adventures of Ludger Kresnik and Elle Marta. The game features a “choice” mechanic, where the player is asked to make on-the-spot choices using the L and R buttons. Tales of Xillia 2 also has a weapon swap feature in battle, which allows Ludger to switch between dual pistols, dual blades and a sledgehammer.

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Phantom Breaker Another Code Makes Final Boss Playable

Delta Factory's fighting game Phantom Breaker was re-released in arcades as Phantom Breaker: Another Code. A new version is scheduled to come out in a few days that adds Infinity, the game's final boss, as a playable character.

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Phantom Breaker: Another Code Version 1.1 also fine tunes the game balance so you gain more meter when you take damage. This should make gameplay more aggressive since players will be able to use special attacks more often. A new opening movie will give players a better idea about the Phantom Breaker universe too.

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Phantom Breaker was supposed to come out in North America, but the game's releases has been on hold since last year.

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drakengard 3 s lead character is rather promiscuous

We recently reported that Drakengard 3’s protagonist, Zero, will have other allies aside from dragons to help fight on the battlefield. They’re male characters called 'Apostles,' who we’ve briefly described. This week’s issue of Dengeki gives us a closer look.

According to Dengeki, the Apostles serve the role of' satiating Zero’s sexual desires. She can also take along two of them to help out on the battlefield.

Here are details surrounding some of Drakengard 3’s Apostles:

Dito

A beautiful young man with a contradictory brutal personality. He has sharp insights, but also a sadistic nature, as he feels joy when deeply injuring opponents and hearing them scream in pain when tormented.

Decad

A middle-aged brawny man with glasses who fights with his fists. He secretly considers his pains and adversities to be some sort of rewarding trial that he enjoys in a masochistic manner, but he still has common sense and consideration towards women.

Octa

An older man who uses special ring-like weapons. He walks around wearing a pair of amazingly tall wooden clogs. The old man is considered the best of the Apostles when it comes to sexual activities, an abnormality for his age that he is proud for.

Cent

Cento (pictured right) is a young man with a cross-shaped scar across his stomach. Cento’s weapon of choice are dual blades. He’s a handsome man who has nothing but absolute confidence in himself, but he often makes the mistake of announcing his knowledge, which might seem cocky to others.

Drakengard 3 is slated for release on PlayStation 3 later this year.

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how level-5 s little battlers strategy rpg works

The Little Battlers Wars is a strategy RPG take on Level-5’s The Little Battlers RPG series.

The Nintendo 3DS game takes the original premise of fighting with miniature mechs and places it in a battlefield where LBX players compete in teams.

The story takes place in Kamui Daimon United Academy, a prestigious school built for LBX players. Underneath the school is a battlefield ten kilometers in diameter called Second World, where battles between LBXes unfold. You play as a new transfer student in this school and can interact with the heroes of the anime, Arata and Hikaru.

In the second world, you maneuver a team of LBXes by drawing lines on the touch screen. When you make contact with an enemy on the map, the game will switch to a battle screen that should be familiar to fans of The Little Battlers.

 

Just like in the mainline games, your LBXes can fight with eight different weapons: the sword/rapier, lance/naginata, hammer, one-handed gun, two-handed gun, dagger/knuckle, bazooka/missile, and arm weapon.

The Little Battlers Wars is scheduled to be released on September 26 for the Nintendo 3DS.

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killer is dead trailer introduces mondo girls

Kadokawa Games have shared a new trailer for Killer is Dead via Famitsu.com, introducing more of the game’s female characters and their interactions with Mondo. Watch the trailer below:

Killer is Dead will be available in North America this Summer. The game will also be released in Europe and Oceania, where it will be published by Deep Silver.

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