General Gaming News II: Steam Helpdesk Site Leak

[Kirin]

I always love these surveys so we can see how the company misconstrues the data and shits out a shitty ass f2p chrono trigger mobile game

Card Battle sequel to Chrono Cross.
Xenogears prequel dating sim. Gears included.
Final Fantasy XIII detective/mystery visual novel with Snow.
Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy crossover candy crush game.

God, the ideas are endless.

Also, seems Tri-Ace might not be dead afterall.

http://operationrainfall.com/2015/03...mobile-titles/



Seems their purchaser might be looking to strengthen their "consumer" presence, which generally refers to consoles and handhelds in Japan and is separate from mobile.

[6souls]

Rumor: Monster Hunter Frontier Online 2 being developed for PC & PS4
http://gematsu.com/2015/03/rumor-mon...ent-for-ps4-pc | http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=128965

[6souls]

Valkyrie Drive: Siren
(PC)

Spoiler: show

The tagline for Marvelous' "beautiful girl sexy social game" Valkyrie Drive -Siren- is "Girls' thoughts become the strongest weapons!" Basic gameplay will be free, but in-game items will be available at an additional cost.

In the game's story, female characters run across the mysterious artificial island Siren. The girls utilize their unique abilities and fight against fate to maintain their way of life.

Masahiro Cle is designing the characters. Ayaka Ohashi (Aikatsu!, EUREKA SEVEN AO, Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono) will play Setsuna Kisaragi (pictured right above), and Azusa Tadokoro (Aikatsu!, Tokyo ESP, Brynhildr in the Darkness) will play Urara Sashō (pictured left above).

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...o-games/.86208
http://valkyriedrive.jp/

[6souls]

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim coming to PC sometime this Spring

Formerly only available in North America on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable systems, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim delivers a storyline rich with memorable characters and themes on top of engaging hack-and-slash action RPG gameplay that would go on to influence later Ys titles, setting the foundation that series favorites Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin were later built upon. Complete with the original high-resolution graphics and full USB controller support, the PC version of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim introduces brand-new features exclusive to this PC version that aim to create a modernized gameplay experience more in line with later Ys entries. Among these features are full widescreen support, the ability to warp among checkpoints, and an optional “Catastrophe Mode” in which healing items can’t be purchased or stored and are instead used automatically on pickup.

[6souls]

Rumor: Black Ops 3 is this year's CoD
http://www.superdataresearch.com/blo...-games-market/

[Corrderio]

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim coming to PC sometime this Spring

I was going to bump the Ys thread... screw you.

Seriously though, I've been waiting o play this for a long, LONG time.

[6souls]

Destiny's Gameplay Designer, Josh Hamrick, has left Bungie for Bethesda
http://www.vg247.com/2015/03/28/dest...mrik-bethesda/

[Adajer]

Rumor: Black Ops 3 is this year's CoD
http://www.superdataresearch.com/blo...-games-market/

That cant be true. This year is infinity ward's turn.

[Qalbert]

no it's treyarch, next year is infinity ward, then sledgehammer again.

[izembo]

yeah this year is definitely treyarch, also for the record infinity ward year is basically neversoft year lmao

[Adajer]

oh yeah, you are right. forgot about ghosts.

[6souls]

Bandai Namco is opening some of their IP's to Indie Devs (much like Square Enix did) in April

• Pac-Man
• Galaxian
• Xevious
• Mappy
• Galaga
• DigDug
• The Tower of Druaga
• Battle City
• Star Luster
• Tower of Babel
• Adventure of Valkyrie
• Sky Kid
• Dragon Buster
• Shadow Land
• Genpei Toma Den
• Wonder Momo
• Wagan Land

http://gematsu.com/2015/03/bandai-na...ors-next-month
http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/co...f/20150331.pdf

[6souls]

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation - Closed Beta Sign-ups are now Available, Selected Applicants get a free retail copy of the game
(April 6 at 10:00 a.m. PDT and April 20 at 10:00 a.m. PDT)
http://ideafintl.com/beta.php | [email protected]

[6souls]

Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kame (False Mask) Announced
(PS3/Vita)
http://gematsu.com/2015/04/utawareru...mask-announced | http://secret.aquaplus.jp/

[Corrderio]

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim coming to PC sometime this Spring

Looks like XSEED is doing more than just a localization:
http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/11...ization-blog-1

[6souls]

Rumor: Black Ops 3 is this year's CoD
http://www.superdataresearch.com/blo...-games-market/

BLOPS2 has been updated with viral Snapchat content


Video of from the Snapchat
http://charlieintel.com/2015/04/06/b...-call-of-duty/

[6souls]

Level-5 Stream Tomorrow at 5am ET
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/level5vision2015

Game line-up:

• Youkai Watch 3
• Layton 7
• Fantasy Life 2
• The next cross-media franchise teased last year by Akihiro Hino
• A major collaboration title (rumored to be White Knight Chronicles 3)

[6souls]

Metropolis Defenders
(PS3/Vita)

Altanight. An underground resource that appeared after the “Invisible End,” which was intended to be the final refuge for the many whose lives were destroyed. However, a gigantic life-form soon emerged, and even the Altanight was snatched away.

Then, about a half century later…

After a great deal of sacrifice from our predecessors, us humans finally became able to construct a city that can defend against the enemy. In order to move towards the future, and in order to destroy the enemy, we must expand the city and continue to protect the people.

http://gematsu.com/2015/04/metropoli...ailer-prologue
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201504/09076198.html

[6souls]

Don Mattrick (Formerly of Microsoft) has stepped down as CEO of Zynga, Founder Mark Pincus returns to CEO for a Salary of $1/year

Zynga, a leading provider of social game services, today announced that current Chief Executive Officer Don Mattrick will depart the Company and the Board of Directors effective April 8, 2015. Mark Pincus, Zynga's founder and chairman, will return to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

"Don joined us in a very important time in our evolution. I sincerely thank him for his leadership in better serving our players in a mobile first world and for delivering world class quality and value to our consumers," said Mark Pincus. "The team's hard work for our mobile players has resulted in bookings growing from 27% mobile bookings when Don joined to 60% by the end of last year. Further, to deliver unique and differentiated value to our mobile players, Don and the team acquired NaturalMotion. NaturalMotion has surprised and delighted the world with Clumsy Ninja and CSR Racing resulting in more than 160 million installs to date. I am inspired by our upcoming products - it is the most exciting slate of mobile games in Zynga's history with titles like Empires & Allies, Dawn of Titans and FarmVille: Harvest Swap. These games are coming on the heels of one of the most successful mobile launches in our history with Wizard of Oz Slots, which was launched this past November by our Spooky Cool team in Chicago."

Pincus continued, "Now that we are a mobile first company, it's time to renew our focus on our founding mission to connect the world through games and our vision to make play and social games a mass market activity. I am returning to the company that I love in order to accelerate innovation in the most popular categories like Action Strategy and strengthen our focus on our core areas like Invest and Express. I look forward to partnering with our leaders to intensify our focus on social experiences for the millions of consumers who play our games."

"When I joined the company in July 2013, Mark and I shared a vision of building a meaningful company that redefines entertainment in an increasingly mobile world. I am proud of the progress we have made together. I believe the timing is now right for me to leave as CEO and let Mark lead the company into its next chapter given his passion for the founding vision and his ability to couple our mobile progress with Zynga's unique strengths. As a company, Zynga is in a stronger position today to serve mobile consumers and take advantage of the unprecedented growth opportunity across our industry. I am excited about the company's trajectory and wish the best for Mark, Zynga and NaturalMotion as I plan to return to Canada to pursue my next challenge," said Don Mattrick.

"Q1 was a strong quarter and we are confident in the outlook we gave during our Q4 2014 earnings call on February 12, 2015. Our teams are heads down and focused on our mobile-first product slate and we will be sharing details related to our product progress and financial performance during our Q1 earnings call on May 7, 2015," said David Lee, Chief Financial Officer, Zynga.

At his request, Pincus will receive an annual salary of $1 in connection with his appointment to Chief Executive Officer.

[Gokulo]

I've... got nothing

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