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6 CommentsAfrican RPG Aurion launches Kickstarter campaign
Cameroonian fantasy role-playing action game Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan has launched a Kickstarter funding campaign, which aims to raise $45,000.
Aurion is being developed by Yaounde-based Kiro'o Games and published by Plug-in Digital. It offers 2D combat and role-playing progression against a backdrop of African fantasy lore and characters.
"We are 20 young Cameroonians working on Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-‐Odan, one of the few, if not the only game developer in Cameroon," said Olivier Madiba, founder of Kiro'o Games. "We want to show the world our professionalism and stand as models of inspiration for our young brothers and sisters not just in Africa, but around the world."
You can find out more about Aurion here.
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77 CommentsThe Halo 5 tech that scales resolution to ensure 60fps and 'large-scale destruction'
Halo 5: Guardians developer 343 Industries is prioritizing framerate over resolution to ensure that the first-person shooter is always running at 60fps — but not necessarily at 1080p — according to a Halo Waypoint post this week from three of the game's creators.
In short, to keep Halo 5 running at 60fps amid the chaos of alien warfare, 343 will periodically decrease its resolution beneath the maximum 1080p.
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"Framerate is king for us on Halo 5," studio head Josh Holmes writes, explaining that Halo 5's game engine uses a "new progressive resolution system that allows us to dynamically scale the resolution at which we render the game (up to 1080p) based on the needs of the scene. This enables us to deploy...
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11 CommentsGood news! PlayStation still makes amazing Vita commercials
There was quite a bit of news out of last night's PlayStation press conference at the Tokyo Game Show. More surprising, though, were how many games were shown off for the Vita.
If you're feeling a bit glum about the Vita (I still love mine), then check out this fantastic commercial, it's a bag of smiles and giggles.
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11 CommentsDanganronpa 3 coming to PlayStation 4, PS Vita
Earlier this year, Spike Chunsoft developers told Polygon they were working on Danganronpa 3, but that nothing was yet set in stone for the upcoming title. Today that changed with the studio announcing that the game is coming to PlayStation Vita and PS4 and showing off a new trailer.
You can watch the trailer in the video above. If the trailer doesn't play, make sure the video skipped to the 1:26:40 mark.
In the original Danganronpa and its sequel, players take on the role of a high school student trapped, first in a school and then on an island. To escape, the characters have to get away with murder.
You can read more about the series and how it was developed in our interview with writer Kazutaka Kodaka.
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9 CommentsFor Honor details knight-slaying Oni hero
Ubisoft showed off a bit more detail on its samurai hero "Oni" in this amazing new For Honor trailer.
Unveiled during today's PlayStation press conference at the Tokyo Game Show, the Oni samurai hero is a lightning fast class that wears leather and wood armor and uses a Katana to cut down his enemies.
Special abilities include poisoning his blade, throwing kunai and an "arrow storm." Check out this amazing video to see Oni in action.
For Honor is coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.
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12 CommentsSuper Mario Maker is coming to Super Smash Bros. in a new stage
Nintendo will release a new stage based on Super Mario Maker for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, the company announced today. The Super Mario Maker stage comes with a pretty neat trick: dynamically built stages based on four Mario games.
Like Super Mario Maker, the new stage for Super Smash Bros. will draw upon elements from the original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. According to a video released by Nintendo today, the levels will be quickly constructed at the beginning of a match. The hand that pieces the level together will even fix portions of the stage that are broken by players.
The Super Mario Maker stage for Super Smash Bros. hits Wii U and 3DS on Sept. 30.
