Month: June 2018

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Nicalis shows off Blade Strangers’s cover art for PlayStation 4 and Switch

Nicalis and Studio Saizensen’s indie crossover fighting game Blade Strangers is almost here. With the game’s release looming, Nicalis has revealed the game’s box art so you can know what to look for in stores.

The art in question does its best to cram the game’s roster into a limited space. Taking center stage, however, are Solange from Code of Princess and Kawase from Umihara Kawase. Of course, that doesn’t make the presence of the other characters any more diminished.

One interesting note about the art is the fact that the Switch version’s box art has a glaring difference — it has Blade Stranger original Lina on it, whereas the PlayStation 4 version does not. Of course, this seems more a concession to the difference box proportions than to anything else.

You can check out the box art for both consoles below.

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Blade Strangers is set to arrive on PlayStation 4 and Switch in Japan on August 30 in Japan, followed by a Western release on the same consoles and PC sometime this Summer.

Source: Gematsu

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Team NINJA talks new (and guest) characters for Dead Or Alive 6 in GNN interview

With Dead Or Alive 6 coming next year, more than a few fans are wondering what the game’s roster will be like. Specifically, people are wondering whether newcomers and guest characters will make it into this installment.

An interview with Taiwanese site GNN, Dead Or Alive 6 producer and director Yohei Shimbori at the recently concluded Electronic Entertainment Expo give a bit more clarity towards both. While the interview covers a lot of the same material that’s already been announced, they do talk about both newcomers and guest characters.

On the former, Shimbori states that they do plan to reveal 1 new male and 1 new female character later on. Shimbori didn’t state whether or not these were the only newcomers coming into Dead Or Alive 6, so it’s possible that there may be more. That said, this does fit the pattern from the previous numbered Dead Or Alive installment.”As for when they would be revealed, Shimbori didn’t give out any specifics.

As for guest characters, while they have become something of a series staple as of late (Dead Or Alive 4 had a Spartan from Halo, while Dead Or Alive 5 added characters from Virtua Fighter, King of Fighters, and Dynasty Warriors), Shimbori states that, though they do want guest characters, they want to “focus first on depicting DOA6‘s worldview” by starting with a “careful portrayal of the existing characters” at launch.

Dead Or Alive 6 is set to arrive on PlayStation 4, PC, and XBox One in 2019. Prior to that, it’s set to make a playable appearance at Evo 2018.

Source: GNN