According to the latest issue of Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation, Falcom has unveiled several new Ys IX: Monstrum Nox details, including a few battle systems and several character reveals. Here’s a translation of the key information according to Gematsu: Characters Commander Chatelard (voiced by Yuuki Ono) – Commander of the Church Knights. A handsome man with tanned skin and silver hair. His
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On Tuesday, Scott McCullough launched a crowdfunding campaign for Doorkickers: Panzer Demon, a new, 48-page graphic novel written by McCullough and featuring illustrations by Ian Wayranto (The Mighty Mascots), colors by Faradilla Nurmaliza, and letters by Eric Weathers (aka Saint Eric the Prolific). Doorkickers is a unique combination of war and fantasy, featuring heroes who use both military technology and
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Originally scheduled for a September release, Microids has announced that Blacksad: Under the Skin is now scheduled to launch on 5 November. To sweeten that slightly biter pill, Microids also released the first in a developer diary video series titled “From Comic to Video Game”. The first episode focuses on how the development team is recreating the noir tones of
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This weekend at San Diego Comic Con, Alterna Comics announced that the film adaptation of Peter Simeti’s psychological horror book The Chair is being re-released at select theaters thanks to Terror Films and BingeWave Cinema. The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, a man on death row, struggling to escape his grisly fate. Pitted against a sadistic Warden and
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After teasing the project for months, comic book creator Kyle Ritter has finally launched the crowdfunding campaign for his sci-fi/fantasy epic StarBlades. The project is already an instant success, having raised more than 300% of its original goal for a total of nearly $20 thousand at the time of this writing. Ritter has made quite a name for himself as
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The Ninja Warriors: Once Again is set to launch on PSN and the Nintendo Switch eShop on 25 July, though when it arrives, it will be under the new title The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors. A limited physical release will follow on 30 August from ININ Games. The Ninja Saviors is an updated remake of Tengo Project’s The Ninja
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Late last week, the Indiegogo campaign for Kyrie: The Curse of the Macedonian Scroll ended successfully, raising 131% of its original goal. Starting its life as a webcomic, Kyrie is a historical adventure book written an illustrated by Matt Crotts. Here’s a breakdown of the project taken from the campaign page. It’s Indiana Jones in Ancient Rome! Get ready for
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In June, comic book creator Brenden Swan launched an Indiegogo campaign for Strangelove: I Want to be Chrome, an all-new one-shot graphic novel written and illustrated by Swan himself. We got a chance to have a friendly back and forth with Swan, who was gracious enough to respond to our questions on the Strangelove project.* As always, the answers below
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After taking a look at our analytics over the past year, The Splintering is doing pretty well. Our June 2019 web traffic measured in at roughly ten times our numbers from the same month last year. In short – Thank you! We are certainly able to keep on doing what doing, but at the same time, we’d like to do
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The Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG hype train keeps on chuggin’, having already raised more than $100 thousand with 19 days left for the crowdfunding campaign. Earlier today, Jawbreakers creator Richard C. Meyer sweetened his sales pitch by revealing the artwork for the pinup poster included with every copy of GØD-K1NG sold. Illustrated by “Sashi”, the pinup features the return of Xaxi, a
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Inti Create’s side-scrolling action platformer Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is getting an English-language Switch release in Southeast Asia this September. Here’s the official breakdown and key features of the game: Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX takes place in the universe of the Azure Striker Gunvolt (2014) and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 (2016) titles. Since its inception, the Gunvolt series
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Independent comic book creator Lewis Michael (Chromosome 96) has been teasing an upcoming project scheduled to launch on Indiegogo this August. Simply titled Hunt, the book is a black and white trek through prehistory written by Michael, illustrated by Ang Hor Kheng, and presented in a perfect-bound, 8″ X 11″ format. And get this: the story will be told only
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The Japanese website Switchsoku has revealed that iMel’s upcoming visual novel Raspberry Cube is censored on PS4, while the Nintendo Switch version remains intact. According to Raspberry Cube‘s official product listing, the changes are significant enough for the PS4 version to receive a CERO C (15+) age rating while the Switch version has a CERO D (17+). So what was
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During San Diego Comic Con, Alterna Comics revealed that The Mighty Mascots will be the first book published in the “Alterna Giants” line, a new line of 80+ page books priced at just $4.99. All Alterna Giants will collect previously-released issues similar to a trade paperback, and (according to Alterna) will contain “complete arcs, newsprint interiors, new cover art, and
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The crowdfunding campaign for Jawbreakers – GØD-K1NG cracked the blessed six-figure mark earlier today, with the graphic novel project having raised $100,242 at the time of this writing. Not only is that an impressive total for the first nine days, but it also unlocks the stretch goal for cover art by renowned comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver (Cyberfrog: Blood
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Last night, comic book artist Jon Malin launched a crowdfunding campaign for Graveyard Shift Volume II, and the project is already an instant success having raised more than $32 thousand at the time of this writing. Illustrated by Malin (Jawbreakers: Lost Souls) and written by Mark Poulton (The Savage Hawkman), Graveyard Shift is a superhero tale combining horror and science
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We reported on several indications of a Super Monkey Ball revival just last week, and SEGA has finally pulled the curtain back on Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD with an official reveal trailer. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz was originally released for the Nintendo Wii in 2006 (yes, it’s been that long), though it’s highly unlikely that the HD
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In the most recent backer update for Necromancer: Tombstone Blues, project creator Jakob Morris announced that the cyberpunk/noire graphic novel is going to press very soon, and as a result, the in-demand store is going to close in very short order. In the same update, Morris revealed some new artwork by Necromancer‘s illustrator, Ibai Canales, which you can see below.
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Over the weekend, comic book writer Blake Northcott launched a crowdfunding campaign for Everglade Angels, a new 48-page graphic novel for mature audiences only. Written by Scott Lobdell and featuring artwork by Roc Upchurch, Everglade Angels is a “survival horror” tale surrounding a murder mystery in the Florida Everglades. Here’s a summary of the Everglade Angels taken from the Kickstarter
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Independent comic book creator Kyle Ritter (Cyberfrog: Blood Honey) recently announced that the crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming Starblades graphic novel has been slightly delayed from 18 July to 22 July, allowing Ritter a bit more time to polish the project a bit before launching the Indiegogo campaign. The good news, however, is that Ritter has finally revealed the names
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Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Earthworm Jim: Launch the Cow ended as a massive success, raising $706,951 – surpassing Icarus and the Sun to set a new record for a comic book campaign on Indiegogo. At those numbers, the Launch the Cow project met dozens of stretch goals, including a poster, patch, trading cards, gilded pages, cover upgrades, extra pages
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Konami announced their TurboGrafx-16 Mini console back at E3 2019 along with only the first handful of games included with the system. This week, Konami revealed that the TG-16 Mini would be available on 19 March 2020 and also unveiled the full lineup of games, which is a bit confusing. The console will come pre-loaded with 50 total games, including
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Comic book creator Jon Malin has finally revealed the first look at Graveyard Shift: Volume II” the follow-up to the first Graveyard Shift which was successfully crowdfunded via Indiegogo in 2018. Earlier this week, Malin showcased a work-in-progress of Volume II‘s first page on his YouTube channel. Volume II picks up right where the first Graveyard Shift graphic novel left
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been banned in Jordan by the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), citing “negative impacts for players of all generations”. The TRC is now considering banning at least six other popular battle royale games, including Fortnite. According to the TRC’s Director of Beneficiaries Affairs, a study was conducted to deal with complaints from citizens about the terrifying
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On Thursday, the crowdfunding campaign for Iron Skies ended successfully, raising 143% of its original goal for a total of more than $14 thousand. Noice. Iron Skies is a steampunk/fantasy book written by Kristopher Rue, illustrated by Renan Shody and Victor Cappola and featuring colors by Dijjo Lima and letters by Eric Weathers. Disappointed that you missed out on the
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The Shenmue III anti-hype train just keeps on chugging along. According to a comment on the game’s Kickstarter page, original Kickstarter backers of Shenmue III will not receive the bonus pre-order content that comes with the standard or deluxe retail editions of the game. A backer named Antonio Miranda requested information from Ys Net regarding season passes and the trial
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Publisher Universal Studios and developer Pillow Pig Games have unceremoniously unveiled Turok: Escape from Lost Valley. The game recently Steam page indicating that a Windows PC version will be available on 25 July. However, as Niche Gamer‘s Brandon Orwelli points out, there was no official announcement or press release from from either Pillow Pig or Universal, and the gameplay trailer
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Disney recently re-released the first three Toy Story movies in conjunction with the theatrical release of Toy Story 4, but the company has decided that one of the jokes from Toy Story 2 was no longer acceptable and that it needed to be censored out. The removed scene is part of the end credit “blooper reel”, and features the film’s
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AiAi and company may be prepping their balls for a comeback, if a newly discovered Taiwanese rating for a Super Monkey Ball game is any indication. You can check out a snapshot of the rating below. This is just the latest piece of evidence pointing to the return of the tilt-based arcade/party series. SEGA trademarked the title Tabegoro! (which translates
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Independent comic book publisher Alterna Comics announced today that four more of its books are going back to print. Both Midnight Mystery #2 and The XII #3 will be receiving second printings, while The XII #1 and Trespasser #3 will be going back for a third printing, a milestone unheard of just a year ago. As noted in the announcement,
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