Project Phoenix Will Be Released On PlayStation 4 And Vita

Project Phoenix is an upcoming JRPG meets real time strategy game. Hiroaki Yura who worked on Valkyria Chronicles and Steins;Gate is leading the development team which includes a game designer from LA Noire and Final Fantasy XII artist Kiyoshi Arai.

The team confirmed Project Phoenix will be released for PlayStation 4 and Vita on top of PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android which were previously announced.

Project Phoenix soared past their goal of $100,000 on Kickstarter raising over $700,000 and they still have a few days to go. The game is slated for release in mid-2015 and a digital download costs $20 on Kickstarter.

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Wii Game Brings Gangnam Style, Wonder Girls, And Other K-pop Artists Together

"Dance is the Healing" for Sknoec, a Korean developer that's making the only Wii game exclusive to Korea. Imagine Just Dance with K-pop songs and dance moves, that's pretty much what K-Pop Dance Festival is.

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Skonec pulled together artists like Wonder Girls, Kara, T-ara, Lee Hi, 2NE1, and of course Psy who is famous for "Gangnam Style." Here's a list of songs confirmed for K-Pop Dance Festival:

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"Fantastic Baby" from BigBang
"Mister" from Kara
"Roly Poly" from T-ara
"압구정 날라리" from Infinite Challenge hosts Lee Juk and Yoo Jae Suk
"Honey" from JYP
"10 Minutes" from Lee Hyo Ri
"Beautiful Night" from Beast
"1, 2, 3, 4" from Lee Hi
"I Don't Care" from 2NE1
"Nobody" from Wonder Girls
"Gangnam Style" from Psy

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There are a total of 26 songs in the game ranging from the 80's, 90's, and recent hits. K-Pop Dance Festival is slated for release on April 25.

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Watch_Dogs Is About Hacking, But This New Trailer Shows Off Combat

Here’s a look at the latest trailer for Watch_Dogs, Ubisoft’s upcoming futuristic action game set in Chicago, where you play as a hacker named Aiden Pearce, who has the ability to access the city’s central operating system:

Watch_Dogs is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, with support from other Ubisoft studios. The game is scheduled for release on November 19th in North America and November 21st in Europe. Watch_Dogs is headed to PC, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, but Ubisoft mention “next-gen consoles,” so that likely means more than just the PS4.

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Metal Gear Solid Creator, Hideo Kojima, Has His Own Action Figure

Metal Gear Solid creator, Hideo Kojima, has his own figurines. Square Enix, who own the Play Arts brand of action figures, sent Kojima a figure in his likeness with Raiden's costume. Kojima showed it off via Twitter earlier in the week:

This one wasn't sent to him by Square. Instead, Kojima took the head part off and put it on a Solid Snake figurine:

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