Official X-Blades video game demo now available for download

Take no chances!

The treasure hunter Ayumi really takes this slogan to heart - she usually slashes at everything she comes across! That's why “X-Blades” is an adrenalin-packed Hack-and-Slash game guaranteed to get your nerves jangling!



If you wanna see Ayumi in action, try this demo's unbelievable action! You'll find the 792 MB demo package ready for download at www.x-blades.com in the Community section - and it has two complete levels, including a tutorial, which will open up a fantastic new world for you. Remember - take no chances!

X-Blades - Winners of the fansite-contest posted

Our big creative X-Blades competition which has been running since the beginning of last month has now finished - and we have the winners!

In cooperation with ZUXXEZ and TopWare, the Internet site insidexblades.de asked for fans to send in their contributions covering a range of topics from wallpaper and videos to comics - and the top prize was an Xbox 360 video gaming and entertainment system! There were lots of entries - and the jury has now finally decided on a winner!

If you want to find out just who has won what and what the winning entry looks like... check out www.insidexblades.de!

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X-Blades out on PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 tomorrow

SouthPeak Interactive anime inspired foray into the hack ‘n slash arena, X-Blades, is out tomorrow across PAL territories. Available for the PC, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, X-Blades delivers high speed action and adventure, combined with a stylised artistic flair.

To celebrate the launch of X-Blades in the UK, real-life model Jodie Dart donned a specially created outfit based on Ayumi’s armour in the game. The 22-year-old from Plymouth then recreated recognisable poses from artwork of Ayumi, including the stunning cover art.

“Just by looking at X-Blades players can see that this won’t be another run of the mill action game,” said Jonathan Hales, Managing Director SouthPeak Interactive. “The large and detailed worlds, combined with beautiful artwork and film-like cut scenes, are only the beginning of what X-Blades has to offer.”

In X-Blades, players take the role of the beautiful treasure hunter Ayumi as she battles through waves of enemies in her search for a powerful and ancient relic. Armed with her trusty pistol blades, Ayumi relies on her acrobatic skills and lightning-quick fighting style to cut a swath through the hordes of evil keeping her from her goal. If she becomes overwhelmed, Ayumi can add devastating and upgradeable magic attacks to her combos to defeat her enemies.

“One of the many features you’ll find in X-Blades is the idea of letting the player choose their own character direction,” said James Seaman, Managing Director at TopWare Interactive. “The type of combos learned, magic abilities upgraded and even the layout of the controller buttons are completely up to the player, giving them the opportunity to play Ayumi in any way they like. Add that level of personalisation to the already top-notch fighting engine and sexy art style, and you’ll find that X-Blades delivers for both anime and action fans alike.”

Win an Xbox 360 - Brand-new "X-Blades" competition with great prizes!

TopWare Entertainment and the Fan Page www.insidexblades.de are about to host a fantastic competition with super prizes for creative gamers!

Participants can choose from three categories - Best "X-Blades" Video, Most Appealing "X-Blades" Wallpaper and Funniest "X-Blades" Comic. The first three winners in each group will receive a special Ayumi package - and the best from all categories will win the main prize - an Xbox 360 video gaming and entertainment system by Microsoft.

You'll find lots more info at www.insidexblades.de.

X-Blades - More Spells and Beasts ...

More Action from X-Blades, the fast-paced action adventure game, featuring a blend of cinematic style and beautiful anime-inspired characters, combat and environments

Light Blades: The power of Light is just as strong as other powers. Perhaps more so? I can actually use the Power of Light to envelope both my blades and guns and use it to inflict awesome damage! I can’t get over how beautiful it looks…or how deadly it is. (Requirements: Lightform)

Ray Of Light: Hmm…this is Ray of Light is actually very impressive. This spell consists of a ray of glittering light that is hurled against an opponent. It explodes upon impact, dealing out damage points galore. I’ve seen it do incredible amounts of damage to creatures of the dark. It will be interesting to what else it can do. (Requirements: Light Blades)

The Queen Spider: The Queen Spider is able to control her offspring. Covered in armor and gifted in the use of magic, she guards the upper floors of the castle. Apart from the spiders, which block the way to the Queen, small creatures that are invulnerable to magic attacks, to which the Queen is particularly vulnerable, surround her.

The Ancient Six-Winged: The oldest living Six-winged has been hiding in cliffs, where his only friends were the little Pangos, which used to share their food with him. They protect him desperately during attacks, so you can only hurt the Ancient Six-winged after freezing the Pangos. He prefers to attack his opponents from a distance due to his extreme sensitivity to heat. He is, of course, vulnerable to light and Fire magic.

X-Blades video game - More Spells and Beasts on PS3 Xbox 360 and PC

More Action from X-Blades, the fast-paced action adventure game, featuring a blend of cinematic style and beautiful anime-inspired characters, combat and environments

Ice Flower: I found this skill from an artifact I…er…borrowed from the mountain dwellers. It took me a while to find it in their caves, even though I think the antelope people never knew of its existence. After I researched the artifact and learned from it I was able to shoot ice crystals up from out of the earth. It was very helpful on my way back down the mountain when I was attacked by wolves. I’m actually very excited about using this power with some of my other spells. For example, I can knock enemies down with earthquake and than give them some cold revenge with Ice Flower. (Requirement: Ice Arrow)

Lightform: The Light truly is a power to reckon with. When I let the power wash over me, it’s almost like I enter some form of trance. I have control of what I’m doing but it’s almost as if I’m not doing it. Weird. The Light power enhanced my running, fighting, and shooting abilities but at what price? I can use “Ray of Light” more efficiently but it seems like I can’t collect Rage points while in this form.

The Dark Guardian: This powerful substance usually appears near The Dark; however, it’s difficult to say whether it’s a servant of The Dark or a product of his magic. Apart from his mighty spell, The Dark issues forth particles which explode upon impact. As with all Elementalis, they’re vulnerable to magic opposed to their own.

Ice Guardian: According to legend, the Ice Guardian is the oldest of all Ice Elementali. Like his smaller counterparts, he attacks his opponents with Cold magic, sending forth kamikaze-like Elemantalis that strike and freeze his enemies. As with all Elementalis, they’re vulnerable to magic opposed to their own.

X-Blades - More Spells and Beasts

More Action from X-Blades, the fast-paced action adventure game, featuring a blend of cinematic style and beautiful anime-inspired characters, combat and environments

Fire Rage: You know what they say. Don’t play with fire if you don’t want to be burnt. Well I’ve love playing with fire and when I do, some things really do get burnt. In my many travels I learned how to create a ring of fire that allows me to incinerate everything around me. Not only is this power good for getting out of a sticky situation, it’s also great for warding off troublesome boys who think I need their help. (Requirement: Fire Blades)

Ice Arrow: I got this spell on one of my trips into the icy world of the mountains, where I came across a settlement of beings that seemed to be half-antelope and half-human. I hid and watched how they hunted Yetis using these Ice Arrows. The arrows froze the Yetis stiff for a while. I knew that frozen enemies would be easy meat (or ice) for my blades – but it's easy to carry out a long-range attack on a frozen opponent too.

Galapagos: After screwing up the Giant Galapagos, The Dark began manufacturing a smaller version of the same creature. The clones were twice as small as the original, and although they didn’t have much stamina and their armor was weak, they obeyed orders without question. So of them were altered so deeply they became all but invulnerable to Light magic.

Depressors: The Dark uses these ancient and partially restored machines to control the creatures it’s changing. For example, Depressors were used to guard captured Pangolins during their transformation into warriors and servants of the Dark. These ancient creatures are heavily armored and equipped with huge machine guns; however, due to their construction, their reaction times are slow. Depressors are highly susceptible to electricity, which causes its microschemes to short circuit.

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X-Blades Collector's Bundle with Statue and Artbook

TopWare Entertainment continues its tradition of high-class collector editions with its current title, “X-Blades”. The “Collector's Bundles” for all platforms will be on the market at the same time as the standard versions - on the 14th of January 2009. Highlights in the boxes are a 22 cm. hand-painted statue of the heroine Ayumi and a top-class artbook depicting the game.
There's also a soundtrack CD, a double-theme poster and a strategy guide. If you purchase the PC version, you'll even get an extra bonus - a mousepad. Language-wise, TopWare has also done the game proud - it's been fully localized in English, French, Italian, German and Russian - and there are sub-titles in Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Spanish which can be combined in any way with the speech recordings.

ZUXXEZ CEO Alexandra Constandache: “We've already had excellent fan reaction to our high-quality collector's editions for games like “Earth 2160” and “Two Worlds” - and the most important thing for us is to ensure that our customers continue to get real value for their money. Giving away a cheap map with a game and then calling it a “Special Edition” is not the way we do things here at Zuxxez. That's why we're relying on really special extras once again - with “X-Blades”.

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Fireball: I always loved fire, even as a little girl. Then people noticed that I was able to command fire in some mysterious way. That's why I have a special affinity for these skills and I like learning them. A Fireball can be hurled against all kinds of enemies, even airborne opponents. On impact, it explodes and throws the opponent to the ground. This spell is really effective against Ice Elementals.

Fire Blades: The power of Fire amazes me, because it truly is a skill that has aided me in many battles. I've learned to harness the power of fire and imbue it into my very own gunblades. This is quite a skill to master because the last thing an adventurer wants to do is melt her own weapons accidentally. This spell also allows me to shoot blazing projectiles at my enemies as well. Fire is a beautiful thing. (Requirement: Fireball)

Dark Elementals: A particle of the Dark which has a slight awareness of its own existence. Little more than a parasitic vampire, Dark Elementali suck away their victim's energy after melting it down with dark magic. Since they consume a lot of energy and spawn quickly, they're often hungry and extremely aggressive.

Ice Elementali: Ice Elementali are the embodiment of Cold magic. The result of dangerous experiments conducted by ancient magicians, these creatures can stop the use of magic by binding their victim's body with ice, thereby slowing them down. As are all Elemantalis, they're vulnerable to magic opposed to their own.

X-Blades is a fast-paced action adventure game, featuring a blend of cinematic style and beautiful anime-inspired characters, combat and environments. Players assume the role of Ayumi, a charismatic and fearless treasure hunter who users her pistol blades and magic spells to defeat her enemies. X-Blades will be available later this winter.

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X-Blades - Fan Art competition winners

The Jury of the “X-Blades” Fan Art Competition (prizes up to 10,000 dollars), couldn't believe their eyes when they looked at the entries. The call we put out to design artistic outfits for Ayumi, the heroine of the Anime action game, was answered from all over the world... and how! We got stacks of brilliant artistic interpretations from places like North America, Japan and of course Europe!

At the end of October, the three winners were selected - and what a task that was! 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 dollars were awarded to the 1st 2nd and 3rd places. First place goes to Konrad Beiskammer from Austria followed by Toshinori Kihara from Japan and Jasmine Kong from Canada.

Of course there were other prizes too - money and great gifts were awarded to the best runners-up - AND most of the entries will be printed in a high-quality "X-Blades" artbook, which will include the Royal Edition. Take a look at samples of the work of art in the fanart area at www.x-blades.com.

X-Blades video game Introducing more spells and beasts

Darkform:
Yes! The Dark power truly is amazing. I don't know why I never embraced it before. When I do, I'm rewarded with almost god-like qualities which I use to smash my opponents. I can feel the power flowing through me which allows me to run, attack, and shoot faster. But I also feel this power consuming a large amount of my souls. But there is the advantage of using other Dark powers such as "Darkball". I think it consumes less energy to use, however it doesn't seem like I can gain Rage while I'm using it. Interesting. (Requirement: Dark Rage)

Earthquake:
I learned this skill when I was in the plains of Africa where a local Shaman taught me how to harness this ability. Originally it was used to scare away predators of the plains. I took it a step further and used it to smash enemies around me. I now use this power to help me get out of situation where I am surrounded but the only problem is when I am fighting flying creatures.

Crabs:
These little three-legged creatures, which are covered in thin armor, possess no defensive magic and are vulnerable to physical attacks, if you can hit them. They don't pose any danger alone, and even in a group, they appear to be disorganized, yet they can flank their enemies and attack in unison to knock down and finish off their opponents.

Spiders:
The most ancient predators of this world are Spiders. They were the first fighters The Dark drafted into his army. He gave them armor and taught them how to use a deadly ray. Lightning magic can ruin their defenses, as it melts their shells; however, The Dark didn't modify Spiders since storms are rare on the Island.

X-Blades' Ayumi getting new sets of armored clothing and weapons - From Sexy Sweetie to Battling Babe

From Sexy Sweetie to Battling Babe

X-Blades' Ayumi getting new sets of armored clothing and weapons

X-Blades developers, Gaijin Entertainment, are bringing some options to Ayumi's wardrobe, along with a bunch of new gunblades. At the beginning of the game Ayumi is limited to her sexy outfit when she's hunting treasure and monsters, but soon things begin to open up and new combat suits and bonus weapons will be made available - and they don't just look good, they have special properties too!



For example, the player can choose between regenerative and protective outfits. Depending on what's selected, the life energy can build up faster, or damage points by enemy attacks won't be so severe. Equipped like that Ayumi is perfectly prepared for the challenging boss fights!