Code Vein Game's Character Video Previews Mia Karnstein

The game will also get a "Bloodthirst Edition" limited edition release. 

Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a character video for the for the Code Vein post-apocalyptic role-playing game on Monday. The video previews the character Mia Karnstein. The game will launch in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 27, and for PC via Steam on September 28. The game will launch outside Japan for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on September 28. People who pre-order the game in Japan will get a PS4 menu theme with a Code Veinand God Eater illustration by Kurumi Kobayashi (seen below), as well as three weapons based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's God Eater game. First-print copies of the game will also include a download code for the "Venous Claw" weapon.

The game will also get a "Bloodthirst Edition" limited edition release. The release will include a figure of game character Mia Karstein, a Code Vein World Report art book, a soundtrack CD, and a download code for a "Bloodthirster" costume set.

Bandai Namco Entertainment describes the game:

In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world as we know it. Towering skyscrapers, once symbols of prosperity, are now lifeless graves of humanity's past pierced by the Thorns of Judgment. At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. This final stronghold is where the remaining few fight to survive, blessed with Gifts of power in exchange for their memories and a thirst for blood. Give into the bloodlust fully and risk becoming one of the Lost, fiendish ghouls devoid of any remaining humanity. The anime studio ufotable is animating the opening cinematic, and VAMPS is performing the opening song "Underworld." Kotoni Shiroishi launched the CODE VEIN ‐Memory echoes- manga adaptation of the game in Kadokawa's Dengeki PlayStation magazine on Thursday. Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment's YouTube channel

Nintendo President Furukawa Comments on Smartphone Game Business

Company is "considering various possibilities" regarding 3DS successor

Nintendo's new representative director and president Shuntaro Furukawa said after a stockholder meeting on Thursday that the company would need to earn 100 billion yen (about US$902 million) from smartphone games in order for them to be a primary source of revenue for the company.

Nintendo entered the smartphone game market with the Miitomo app in March 2016. Including character usage fees, the company has earned 39.3 billion yen (about US$350 million) from smartphone games as of March 2018. The number represents 4% of on Nintendo's total earnings, and Furukawa said, "[Smartphone games] will be an important business from now on. [Earning 100 billion yen] will be difficult, but it's a challenge worth pursuing." Furukawa noted in the interview that the Nintendo Switch has been selling well, and the company's ambition is to spread the system on the scale of one unit per person. In addition, Furukawa mentioned the seven-year history of the Nintendo 3DS and said that the company is "considering various possibilities" about a successor to the handheld system. The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported in December that Nintendo was seeking to establish more tie-ups with smartphone game developers, in light of its mobile game schedule falling behind. The report claimed that GungHo Online Entertainment(Puzzle & Dragons) had been in discussions with Nintendo, but GungHo has denied that discussions took place. In 2015, Nintendo partnered with DeNA to lend its intellectual property for the creation and launch of "approximately" five smartphone titles by March 2017. Through that partnership, Nintendo and DeNA have released the Super Mario Run, Miitomo, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp games. Miitomo reached more than 10 million users worldwide, but it ended service on May 9. Super Mario Run launched for iOS devices in December 2016 and for Android devices in March 2017, and it topped Apple's list of free iPhone games in 2017. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launched worldwide on November 22, and is Nintendo's second-largest mobile game launch next to Super Mario Run. Fire Emblem Heroeslaunched in February 2017.

Pop Team Epic's Hellshake Yano Announced as Guest at Animelo Summer Live 2018

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm still thinking about Hellshake Yano.

"Hellshake Yano" is a segment from the comedy anime series Pop Team Epic. If you missed it, in the anime's seventh episode, Popuko talks to Pipimi, but Pipimi zones out. Pipimi daydreams about a band member named Yano whose bandmates suddenly can't make it to an imminent concert because the trains stopped. Yano's manager wants to cancel the concert, but Yano decides to go on stage and wow the crowd with his guitar skills alone. Unfortunately, Yano breaks a guitar string during his solo. Yano doesn't want to give up, so he decides to use the five remaining strings and then tunes his guitar to make it work. Yano's manager remarks that Yano's performance is "rocking the heart of hell." Yano acquires the name Hellshake Yano, and the crowd continues to go wild at his performance. Suddenly, Pipimi snaps out of it as Popuko asks her if she's listening. Pipimi apologizes and says "I was thinking about Hellshake Yano." The phrase "I was thinking about Hellshake Yano" became the hashtag for the meme on Twitter. Capitalizing on the Twitter trend, many posters began using "I was thinking about Hellshake Yano" to describe their moods and daily lives. Eventually, the memefaded with the ending of the anime series. But some of us ARE still thinking of the rockstar Hellshake Yano, and those fans need to look no further Animelo Summer Live 2018. Animelo Summer Live is a huge, multi-day concert held each year. It brings together some of the biggest talent in the Anisong scene. For instance, last year included a surprise appearance by Haruhi's SOS Brigade, the trio's first in over a decade. If we assume the official Twitter account for the event isn't pulling our legs, this year's concert will include an appearance by none other than Hellshake Yano. The concert's official Twitter account announced Hellshake Yano's addition to the line-up on June 29. According to the tweet, he'll appear at the event on August 26. Animelo Summer Live 2018 will be held at the Saitama Super Arena from August 24-26. Guests include Aqours, OLDCODEX, GARNiDELiA, MYTH&ROID, Kanako Itou, Asaka, Miku Itō, Aya Uchida, Maon Kurosaki, Zwei, DearDream, Do as Infinity, Megumi Nakajima, Luna Haruna, Poppin'Party, Suzuko Mimori, Erii Yamazaki, and Tomori Kusunoki.