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Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories will bloom on the Wii U, PC, mobile devices this Winter
After Natsume and original Harvest Moon developer Marvelous parted ways in 2014, the publisher decided to continue the series in North America with the release of Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley. Yesterday, they announced their second new Harvest Moon since the split, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories. The game is in development for the Wii U, PC, and mobile devices, and will be available this Winter.
“From the farm to the town, we wanted Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories to evoke the feeling of a classic Harvest Moon game with modern twists!” said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO of Natsume. “We’re also excited to finally bring the Harvest Moon series to the Nintendo Wii U, PC, and mobile platforms, where fans have definitely told us they want to see the series.”
Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories brings the franchise to several platforms where its never been before, but the gameplay will be inspired by some of the earliest entries in the series:
Go back to the roots of Harvest Moon in the latest installment of the series! Inspired by the old-school gameplay of the very first games, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories will bring players a sense of nostalgia, along with exciting gameplay twists.
Tasked with the job of revitalizing a farm, players will need to befriend the villagers in town to unlock the titular “Seeds of Memories”! Seeds can be unlocked in many ways, such as giving a villager their favorite item, catching a giant fish, or by raising their first cow. Players will need to be up to the challenge of collecting all of the Seeds of Memories!
If farm life’s not your thing, players will also be able to cook, fish, forage, and mine, while also participating in contests and festivals. Players might even find that special someone among the bachelors and bachelorettes that live nearby.
We’ll get our first look at Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories during this year’s E3 Expo, which opens in less than two weeks.
Ubisoft @ E3 2015: The Division, Rainbow Six: Siege, AC: Syndicate, and a few big surprises
Ubisoft has announced their 2015 E3 Press Conference will focus on Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, Tom Clancy’s The Division, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, and “a few big surprises.”
Obviously, we don’t know what those surprises will be yet, but we do know that the publisher’s E3 showcase will once again be hosted by Aisha Tyler. The Ubisoft Press Conference will be held at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 15 at 5:45 PM (Eastern Time). Fans can tune in to a live broadcast at a variety of websites including Uplay.com, YouTube, and Twitch.
In case Ubisoft’s lineup is unfamiliar to you, here are a few more details straight from the publisher:
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate: Set in London during the height of the Industrial Revolution, players will step into the shoes of twin Master Assassins, Jacob and Evie Frye. Fighting to liberate London, Jacob and Evie help define the birth of organized crime in an adventure filled with action, intrigue and brutal combat.
Tom Clancy’s The Division: In this immersive online open-world action RPG, players will team up with other Division agents to reclaim New York City from the chaos of a deadly pandemic.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege: Inspired by the reality of counter terrorist operatives across the world, Rainbow Six Siege invites players to master the art of destruction. Intense close quarter confrontations, high lethality, tactics, team play, and tension are at the center of the experience.
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area during E3 week, Ubisoft also plans to let members of the public try out these three demos at their Uplay Lounge, which will be located at the SkySpace (the 71st floor of the Bank Tower) on Tuesday, June 16 and Wednesday, June 17.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, E3 2015, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, Tom Clancy's The Division
Square Enix sets US release of Dragon Quest Heroes for October 13
Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest Heroes will be available for the PS4 on October 13. Although actually, the game’s full title is Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below. The rhyming makes it feel kind of poetic, but it is also long and a bit tongue-twisty.
Thankfully, the publisher also plans to release an extra large Collector’s Edition that’ll be big enough to handle that title. Available exclusively through the Square Enix Online Store, the Slime Collector’s Edition ($99.99) will include:
- Slime Plushie, Slime Key Chain, and Slime Lanyard.
- Helpful Slime-themed downloadable content for characters to equip including a Slime Sword, Gooey Gloves, Goomerang, Goopid’s Bow, Squishing Rod, Gungenir, Slime-On-A-Stick, Gooreat Sword, and Splat O’Nine Tails.
- Bonus quest items including the Gold-Digger’s Map and the Happy Map.
If you’re uninterested in the physical extras, Square Enix will also release a special Day One Edition ($59.99) that only includes some of the in-game bonus items (Slime Sword, Gooey Gloves, Goomerang, Squishing Rod, and Gungenir).
Dragon Quest Heroes is in development at Omega Force and will be on hand at Square Enix’s E3 booth in a few weeks. Like Hyrule Warriors, the action RPG will bring together a variety of heroes from previous Dragon Quest titles in a crossover of epic proportions:
When a dark shockwave sweeps through the city of Arba, the monsters that once lived alongside the people in peace are driven into a frenzied rage. As either the hero, Luceus, or the heroine, Aurora, the player joins forces with a cast of iconic cast from previous Dragon Quest titles, such as Alena, Bianca and Yangus, to bring the rampaging hordes of monsters to their senses and to restore order to the kingdom.
Finally, a brand new trailer for Dragon Quest Heroes was released today. It’s been embedded at the top of the article.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Dragon Quest Heroes, E3 2015
Bethesda is counting down to Fallout 4… probably
It’s real. It’s finally happening. Right? Yeah, probably. At least, we hope so. Gah!
Anyway, this morning, visitors to Bethesda’s official website were treated to the image of a Fallout-inspired test pattern and an accompanying countdown clock, which expires tomorrow at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time). Is this the Fallout 4 announcement we’ve all been waiting for? Probably, but it’s just as likely that when the clock strikes zero Bethesda will announce that the real Fallout 4 announcement will take place during their E3 2015 Press Conference, which is set for June 14.
That said, Fallout 4’s status as an in-development project has been a bit of an open secret at Bethesda for several years. Company executives will happily discuss the game and a casting call referencing locations from the series was even made available to the public in 2013.
So, yeah. It’s real and it’s finally happening.
2K’s “Advent” is actually a PC-exclusive XCOM 2 from Firaxis
2K Games has teamed up with IGN to reveal our first look at XCOM 2, a PC-exclusive sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown in development at Firaxis Games. Scheduled for release this November, XCOM 2 takes the story 20 years beyond the alien invasion of the first game. Oh yeah, and we lost…
Watch the debut trailer above for a glimpse into a future where the aliens are in control of the Earth, and XCOM has gone underground to fight to overthrow their Advent government. This new guerrilla force will face more powerful enemies in unpredictable combat scenarios as they fight to turn the tables on a technologically superior enemy.
XCOM 2 will include “new soldier classes, new aliens, stealth-infused tactics, procedurally generated maps, and more.” IGN has also promised that Creative Director Jake Solomon and Lead Producer Garth DeAngelis will sit down for an interview later this week to discuss why XCOM 2 is skipping consoles.
2K Games and IGN will get together again in two weeks to reveal the first XCOM 2 gameplay trailer during this year’s E3 Expo.
“Aim Greater” with this new cinematic trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider
“For some, discovering the secrets of the world is the only way to live.”
Rise of the Tomb Raider is still a ridiculously awful title, but this cinematic new trailer does an amazing job of showing Lara Croft’s transformation from an inexperienced graduate student to the globe-trotting adventurer we all know her to be.
Microsoft will unveil the first gameplay footage from Rise of the Tomb Raider during a special “World Premiere” presentation as part of their E3 2015 Press Conference, which will take place two weeks from today on June 15. Fans will be able to view the show through Xbox.com, their Xbox system, or through a variety of online video providers.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is in development at Crystal Dynamics and will be released this Fall for the Xbox One and Xbox 360.
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2015, Rise of the Tomb Raider
New trailer confirms Extreme Exorcism is also coming to PS3 and Wii U this year
Developer Golden Ruby Games is hard at work on Extreme Exorcism, an arena platformer where players have to bust a bunch of ghosts while avoiding attacks from their past lives. The premise alone should be enough to put it on your radar, but development is also coming along nicely as we awarded it a Best of PAX East 2015 badge earlier this year.
In fact, Extreme Exorcism was a huge hit with a lot of convention-goers, many of whom asked the developer to bring the game to the PS3 and Wii U in addition to its previously-announced destinations (PC, PS4, and Xbox One). As you might have guessed from the headline, Golden Ruby has granted their wish and released a brand new gameplay trailer to boot.
Extreme Exorcism will be available for all five platforms later this year, but it’ll likely be after this year’s E3 Expo as Golden Ruby plans to demo the game in Ripstone Publishing’s booth at the big show.
EA will reboot Need For Speed franchise this Fall on PC, PS4, Xbox One
EA has announced that the Need For Speed franchise will most definitely return this Fall. Specifically in the form of a “full reboot” that will simply be known as Need For Speed. Developed by the same team who produced Need For Speed Rivals, Sweden-based Ghost Games, Need For Speed will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
According to the developer, Need For Speed will include “deep customization, authentic urban car culture, a nocturnal open world, and an immersive narrative that pulls you through the game.” A teaser trailer is available for your perusal above with a more in-depth trailer scheduled to debut during EA’s E3 Press Conference on June 15.
In addition to Ghost Games, EA has also recruited the team from Speedhunters, the publisher’s “car culture community,” to assist with the development of Need For Speed. EA hopes that this collaboration will result in an even more authentic racing game:
Need For Speed will deliver an experience that’s grounded in authentic car culture by diving into the rich world of past, present and emergent trends of the urban car scene. This collaboration with Speedhunters in the research and development of the game means the level of detail and real-world authenticity will envelop gamers in an exciting world to discover and enjoy in a way that only Need for Speed can deliver.
Finally, Executive Producer Marcus Nilsson reassured fans that Ghost Games wants to bring the series back in a big way: “Need For Speed is one of the most iconic names in gaming, and we’re returning it to greatness in this reboot.”