General: YouTube Gaming Announced

YouTube Gaming Announced

YouTube has sent out a message about the release of a new app and a website, YouTube Gaming, later this summer. It will revolve around gaming culture: videos, streams and more, all in one place.

General: Guild of Dungeoneering: A Fun Tabletop Card Game with a Twist

Guild of Dungeoneering: A Fun Tabletop Card Game with a Twist

When I first saw Guild of Dungeoneering, I’ll admit, I wasn’t interested in the slightest. By taking one look at a screenshot it almost looked too simple to me. Despite the common saying of not judging a book by its cover. 10 hours later and the developers at Gambrinous have completely proven me wrong with an early build. Guild of Dungeoneering appears simple from the outside, yet it gives you a fun tabletop card game to play with its own unique twist.

XSEED Bringing Nitroplus Blasterz to North America This Winter

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After a small tease on social media last night, XSEED has announced today they will be bringing the console version of EXAMU’s Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel to North America this year. The game was announced to have a Japanese release a short time ago that was also slated for winter, so XSEED picking this up for such a close North American release comes as a pretty pleasant surprise.

The console version is said to have new and exciting guest characters; we assume this is in reference to Senran Kagura’s Homura, who was just recently announced, and popular Nitroplus mascot Super Sonico in her debut as a playable character, though there may be more unannounced.

Nitroplus Blasterz has been out in Japanese arcades for a brief amount of time, which means the better players have gotten a grip on the game and footage of higher-level play is floating around online. It features a good amount of call backs and fanservice for players that are familiar with the branded characters, then attempts to layer on a multitude of popular mechanics from the current generation of fighting games.

The spectacle aspect is certainly on full display in this one, so anybody interested by that should check out Nitroplus Blasterz as we near its winter release.

Source: Gematsu

General: Looking Ahead to E3

Looking Ahead to E3

E3 is one of my favorite shows, and although developer announcements seem to be happening earlier and earlier each year in anticipation of the conference (I’m looking at you, Fallout 4 and new Xbox One SKU), it’s still an exciting time to get an advanced look at what’s coming down the pipe for MMOs and RPGs.

Torchlight 2: Headed to a Mobile Device Near You

Headed to a Mobile Device Near You

Runic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment have announced that Torchlight, the award-winning ARPG, will be headed to mobile devices soon. No further information has been released, but there is a new teaser site available complete with social media links and the ability to sign up for a newsletter.