Hey, These Trademarks Sound Like Future Bravely Default Games

While Bravely Default: For the Sequel is set for release on the Nintendo 3DS this December in Japan, Square Enix are also working on a second, entirely new Bravely Default game.

Maybe not-so-coincidentally, Square Enix have also trademarked Bravely Second and Bravely Third in Japan, reports Japanese blog Hachima Kiko. While those could be unrelated to Bravely Default, they sure sound like potential names for future games in the series.

We’ll have more to report on Bravely Default and future games in the series as Square Enix make more announcements along those lines in the future.

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project x zone to see surprise demo in europe this week [update]

Project X Zone is getting a “Lethal Surprise Demo” in Europe this week on the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo of Europe announced this morning. The demo will be available on May 23rd when the eShop is updated.

Update: North America will not be getting the demo this week. A Namco Bandai USA representative confirmed to Siliconera: 'We will not be releasing the demo here this week. Once I have a solid date for the North American release, I’ll be happy to share that with you.'

Project X Zone is a strategy RPG developed by Monolith Soft in collaboration with Banpresto. The game features a crossover between characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega. Namco Bandai had to re-negotiate rights to every character for the game’s Western release, but no content from the game has been cut.

Project X Zone is slated for release on July 5th in Europe and on June 25th in North America and Latin America.

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Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Video Shows Jacky And Ein, New Costumes

Tecmo Koei America have released new screenshots and a video featuring Jacky and Bryant, two of the new characters being added to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate. Ein, as you may know, is Hayate’s alter-ego, while Jacky is from Virtua Fighter, and will be joining his sister, Sarah Bryant, in the game. Watch the new video below:

In addition to the new characters, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will feature new costumes, too. Hitomi will have a new outfit with a new hairstyle, denim jacket and jeans. Kasumi has a new blue cardigan. Meanwhile, Christie is getting a police officer’s outfit.

 

Also being added to the game are new stages. Two of these have been shared by Tecmo Koei America—“Lost World” and “Forest”. The Forest stage is the one in the Kasumi screenshot above. The Lost World stage can be seen below:

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle Is A Hit

Last week, Namco Bandai released JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, a PlayStation 3 fighting game based on the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime series, in Japan.

Developed by CyberConnect 2, the studio behind the Naruto fighting games, the title sold 425,718 copies in its first week.

Japanese sales tracker Media Create reports that the game sold through 80.95% of its shipment in its launch week.

Also released last week was Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The MMORPG sold 184,018 copies at retail on the PlayStation 3, with an 89% sell-through.

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It's Like A Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Fashion Show

This Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII video titled Lightning Collection 2013 in Luxerion shows many different kinds of garb Lightning can wear. Changing into a different costume alters Lightning's stats and the abilities she can use in battle. It's kind of light Final Fantasy X-2's dress change system, but with only one character in battle.

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The first outfit is Equilibrium, Lightning's standard look in Lightning Returns. Garb can be further customized by changing colors for different pieces of the outfit. Keep your eyes peeled for the Cloud costume, the Miqo'te outfit from Final Fantasy XIV, and Lightning's old costumes from the other two Final Fantasy XIII games.

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Corpse Party's Anime Adaptation Now Available In Japan

On July 24, Mages released the 4-episode anime adaptation of their horror adventure series Corpse Party.

Just before release, they released another trailer with a preview of the anime and the theme song Hoshikuzu no Ring (Stardust Ring), performed by Asami Imai, who is known for her voice acting roles as Chihaya from The Idolm@ster and Noire from Hyperdimension Neptunia, which you can watch above.

Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is available now in on DVD and Blu-ray. You can also play Corpse Party in English on the PSP, available on the PlayStation Network.

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New Version of Final Fantasy VII Now Available for Download on PC

Time to sharpen those Buster Swords, boys and girls. Square Enix has announced that the new version of Final Fantasy VII is now available to download for PC.

Originally released on the PlayStation in 1997, the game was made available to PC users back in 1998. This latest version, though, is digital, and contains some modern features.

While the game was not given a graphics boost, it does feature new updates including the Character Booster, which fully powers up a character, in-game achievements and an optional cloud save.

Final Fantasy VII was once heralded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Those who are interested to experience Cloud Strife's adventure ' and long-time fans who want another go ' should find this latest edition more than worth the gil.

The game is available for $11.99, and can be downloaded at Steam, Amazon, GameStop or the Square Enix online store.

Happy adventuring.

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Japanese Indie Game Recettear Sells 300,000 Copies Since Launch

Japanese shop-management game Recettear has sold 300,000 copies since its launch three years ago, Carpe Fulgur have revealed on their website.

Additionally, Carpe Fulgur’s other projects, Chantelise and Fortune Summoners, have both been “very successful” as well, according to the localization studio.

“All our products have, to date, turned a profit for us inside of six months, and then proceeded to produce nothing but pure profit from there on out,” Carpe Fulgur write on their site, adding that the studio “will not be going anywhere for a very long time.”

Carpe Fulgur are presently translating The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC for Xseed, who will publish the game in the west on PC and PSP.

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