Eager fans wishing to see original Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter return to his most famous role have had their wishes fulfilled in the oddest of ways. Car manufacturer Ford not only commissioned Hayter to return as Solid Snake but they also secured Paul Eiding, the voice of Colonel Roy Campbell, for a single Metal Gear machinima spot posted on their official YouTube Channel.
This whole thing might seem a little surreal, given the fact that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima parted ways with Hayter back in 2013, instead giving the role of Solid Snake to Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland. But with Kojima and Konami’s public split now behind them, perhaps Konami is looking for ways to show goodwill to long time fans, while at the same time making a little cash? Or perhaps the whole idea was spawned from Ford’s advertising agency? I mean, this is the company that hired the original English Dragon Ball Z voice actors for a (Ford) fusion dance spot.
Either way the whole thing might seem like a psychomantis fueled psychosis but I assure you it is very real. Check out the spot below:
Game Informer has a huge Final Fantasy XV cover story in this month’s issue and the folks over at NeoGaf have already provided a handy synopsis of all of the latest information for our reading pleasure. New details on the game’s plot, quest system, opening chapter, combat, weapons, crafting and more were revealed in this lengthy post by user Philippo. There’s lots of ground to cover, perhaps more ground to cover than Notcus and crew did when hunting down that Behemoth in Episode Duscae! So why don’t we jump right In?
Final Fantasy XV will have a number of different weapon types available, not just the ones we’ve seen in the Platinum Demo and Episode Duscae. Swords, shields, lances, firearms and an unrevealed “machine” class of weaponry make up the weapon classes revealed thus far. The weapons your party members use can be crafted and upgraded during the story with materials that you find in battle.
Each member of your party has their own “special talent” which can impact gameplay and adds character growth / development. Noctus can learn how to fish, Ignis can learn how to cook, Prompto can become killed with a camera and Gladiolus can learn how to hone his survival instincts.
Remember the opening scene the starts off Episode Duscase with the groups car, the Regalia, breaking down? That is actually the beginning of the game’s opening chapter – but unlike Duscae there is no hunt for the Behmoth! Speaking of the Regalia, its trunk is used as an extended inventory for the entire party.
Currently the devs at Square Enix have designed over 200 quests into the games but are working on more. Right now there are four different kinds of quests in the game – Main scenario, side quests (think Chocobos, fishing etc.), regional quests and monster hunts. You won’t be tripping over quests – the GI article specifically mentions that FFXV doesn’t have as much questing as other open world games like The Witcher III or Skyrim but that the quests that do exist in the game feel like they carry real weight, they aren’t insignificant.
There are tons of juicy story tidbits that I just don’t want to spoil in this news post, go ahead and read them for yourself if you don’t mind minor story spoilers. Surprisingly the game also has an Episode 0 prequel chapter but Game Informer wasn’t allowed to play it during their preview session.
Final Fantasy XV releases on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 30th.
Verified leaker untypedhero on Reddit who is known to have industry connections with inside knowledge about Nintendo’s next console has posted a few new tidbits of information about the NX. Reported the upcoming system will run on the x86-64 architecture similar to the processors that power modern computers, PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.
Other information that has come to light includes the fact that the NX will report second screen integration of some kind, will allow users to back-up their data to some kind of Nintendo cloud service and by using Nintendo software you can earn My Nintendo points for use in their new apps like Miitomo.
In terms of power the Nintendo NX is said to be able handle ports of current generation titles.
x86 architecture.
Backup data to Nintendo server (most likely My Nintendo).
Support for additional screen.
Can handle ports of current-gen games.
Will be able to interact with smart device apps.
Using NX software will unlock My Nintendo reward points.
As soon as more information about the Nintendo NX is leaked or officialy announced we will bring it to you.
This is a new series of short articles that I will be doing based on currently airing anime on Crunchyroll.com! if you’re interested in any of these anime you can get a 15 day free trail to Crunchyroll to watch any and all of them! Fair warning each of these pieces will be HEAVY on the spoilers so if you haven’t seen any of the shows make sure
Depending on user response this will probably become a regular feature for this first one I have decided to feature three anime, Terraformars Revenge, The Joker Game, and The Hundred.
Fair warning spoilers will be ahead so click the read more to go on!
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