Daily Briefs (July 6, Round 2): Dead Cells / Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk / GRIP

6 July 2018 Lite_Agent 5pb., Anime Expo, Anime Expo 2018, Caged Element, Capcom, Dead Cells, GRIP, Gust, Koei-Tecmo, Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, LEGO Worlds, Mega Man X Legacy Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2, Merge Games, Motion Twin, Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World, Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America, Spike-Chunsoft, Steins;Gate Elite, TT Games, Warner Bros., Wired Productions

Today’s Daily Briefs: Dead Cells getting a retail release, but also…

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
GRIP
Neruke to Densetsu no Renkinshitsushi-tachi ~Aratana Daichi no Atelier~
Steins;Gate Elite
LEGO Worlds
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2

Dead Cells

Yesterday, Merge Games announced that Dead Cells is getting a retail release, on August 17th in Europe and August 21st in North America. There’s two editions:

regular: 34.99€ / £34.99 / £29.99. Includes a twenty-page artbook;
Signature Edition (2 000 copies, only available via Signature Edition Games): 40€ / $45 / £24.99. Includes a double-CD soundtrack, an exclusive enamel character pin, a fifty-six-page hardback artbook, and a numbered certificate of authenticity. Comes in an outer box featuring exclusive artwork in a matt finish with spot gloss.

Dead Cells (Switch) comes out at retail on August 17th in Europe and August 21st in North America. The release date for the Nintendo eShop will be announced at a later date. The Upcoming Games page has been updated!

Source: Merge Games PR

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

Here’s a character trailer for Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, introducing Dusk Witch Dronya, Luca, and more:

Meet the mysteriously gorgeous Dusk Witch Dronya, her little apprentice Luca (who also happens to always be carrying the mysterious tome Tractatus de Monstrum), and some other interesting faces that you’ll encounter on your journey.

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (Switch) comes out on September 18th in North America, September 21st in Europe, and September 27th in Japan.

GRIP

Today, Wired Productions and Caged Element shared some more details about the game, revealing a new game mode known as “Carkour”. It offers no less than 19 maps (18 Point-to-Point, and a final, “open” map), where you have to master a series of increasingly mind-bending courses, with many jumps, twists, and collectibles.

There’s various difficulty levels for the maps, offering different types of challenges:

Easy (Airtime, Speed, Squiggly, Tubes, Upsy Downsy)
Normal (Live Jump, Scoops, Slide)
Hard (Angles, Endurance, Rainbow Road)
Nightmare (Half Tubes, Loop Gap)

There’s something for players of all skills, and are perfect for playrs who want to concentrate on fine-tuning their timing, speed, and spatial awareness before heading back into Campaign mode, or one of the multiplayer modes.

Here’s the latest trailer for the game, showcasing Carkour mode:

And here’s the Nintendo Switch boxart:

GRIP (Switch) comes out this Fall in Europe and North America.

Source: Wired Productions PR

Neruke to Densetsu no Renkinshitsushi-tachi ~Aratana Daichi no Atelier~

Here’s the latest set of pictures for Neruke to Densetsu no Renkinshitsushi-tachi ~Aratana Daichi no Atelier~:

Neruke to Densetsu no Renkinshitsushi-tachi ~Aratana Daichi no Atelier~ (Switch) comes out later this year in Japan.

Source: Gamer

Steins;Gate Elite

Bad news for players who were hoping to play Steins;Gate Elite in English this year: Spike-Chunsoft US has announced that the western release has been delayed to early 2019. Considering the game was already delayed from Spring to September in Japan, it’s no wonder Europe and North America would also be impacted.

But Spike-Chunsoft US did have some good news for players: the 8-bit game, offered as early purchase bonus in Japan, will also be available in Europe and North America.

Also, 5pb. in Japan has shared some footage of the game:

【ゲーム情報】9月20日発売予定のゲーム『STEINS;GATE ELITE』（シュタインズ・ゲートエリート）からの１シーンをご紹介！
TVアニメと同じWHITE FOXさん制作による新作カットです。アニメじゃないです、ゲーム画面なんです！ #シュタゲエリート
ゲーム公式はこちら→https://t.co/wfTVcH5SZH pic.twitter.com/RjbATn9e1s

— STEINS;GATE TVアニメ公式 (@SG_anime) July 5, 2018

Steins;Gate Elite (Switch) comes out on September 20th in Japan, and in early 2019 in Europe and North America. The Upcoming Games page has been updated!