Friday, 28 March 2014

Sound Race Ranking 2 March Results and Videos

Small turn out last night but had a ton of casuals and some excellent play. Hope everyone had fun.

Winners:

Popular Ranking:

7Ten

Technical Ranking:

S2K

Specialist Ranking:

Malindi

EX Ranking:

Tibsy


Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Nth Gen Interactive Presents: Revolution 2014: European Anime Fighting Games Cup



It's back, after a two year absence it's back and it's ready for new blood.

Nth Gen Interactive will proudly present Revolution 2014: EAFGC. This is our second time holding our flagship event and now it's dedicated completely to anime fighters.

The current games list (Subject to change due to availability*):

Blazblue Chronophantasma
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max
Gundam Extreme Vs: Full Boost (2v2)
Jojo: All Star Battle
Persona 4 Arena 2: Ultramax Ultra Suplex Hold*
Guilty Gear Xrd*


Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Valentine's Special: Xynnia and Rayokarna Play Galgun ぎゃる☆がん

Xynnia: Hey guys, Xynnia and Rayokarna here with a special joint blog post!
Rayokarna: Yo yo.
Xynnia: Obviously we're putting it up a bit late, but officially this is a Valentine's Day special. On Valentine's Day we did what all normal couples do and sat down to play a game about girls having orgasms. That's right - none other than the Japanese rail shooter Galgun.

Rayo has been going on about this game for some time now, but I've never quite got my head around what it's all about. Well, today you can follow along with my confused attempts to make sense of the game as Rayokarna plays through it. The fact that it we're playing it in Japanese as there's no localised English version bodes especially well for my ability to understand what is going on. Are you ready?

Monday, 24 February 2014

Quick Import Reviews: Gundam Breaker



Gundam Breaker Review:

Developer: Namco Bandai

Publisher: Namco Bandai Games

Release: 27th June 2013 (JP/PS3) 31st October (JP/Vita)

Probably one of the most interesting Japanese releases in 2013 was Gundam Breaker. A half Gundam, half hunting game which brought different aspects from Monster Hunter, Ragnarok Odyssey and Soul Sacrifice wrapped up into one with a hint of Dynasty Warriors Gundam in the mix too. This is definitely an interesting take on the Gundam Franchise that quite a few people haven looking forward to which involve the ability to mix and match their Gundam preferences is something that has been talked about and this is the first game to make it happen.



Saturday, 22 February 2014

Sound Race Rankings 1 Results



Results from Sound Race Rankings 1:

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

EAG 2014 Interview: Lauren Harrison from Namco Bandai on Animal Kaiser



In the middle of a busy day at EAG, Commander Nippon and I ran into something we haven’t seen since we were in Japan: a card terminal game, very common in Japan but almost non-existent in the west. Games like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Idolmaster, Love Plus and Dragon Ball Z have all had arcade games based around their collectible cards, but none of those saw a western release. Needless to say we were quite surprised to see the machine; not only that, but it appeared to be in mid-translation from Japanese to English. Luckily for us, Lauren Harrison from Namco Bandai was on the scene to give us more information about the game.


Monday, 10 February 2014

Xynnia Reviews Video Games Amino: A Gaming Community With a Difference

Video Games Amino is a portable gaming community. And by that I don’t actually mean a community for players of portable games (like, say, DS London or our very own Portable Gaming Centre) – I mean a gaming community that’s literally portable. If you have a portable iOS device like an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, I recommend taking a look at the Amino apps. I’ll be focusing primarily on the Video Games Amino in this review, but there is an Amino app for almost every hobby and each one is free to download and use.