When we released Azure Striker Gunvolt on Steam a month ago (hard to believe it’s been a month already!), we promised that we would be doing monthly content updates to the game in addition the patches we have already released for the game.
Well, the time has come, and as of RIGHT NOW, the first of these 6 monthly updates is now available on Steam! Here is a breakdown if what we’ve added in the new update:
After three exciting qualifying races, and an absolutely incredible championship race, Coolkid, a super rad speedrunner hailing from Jonkoping, Sweden, has won Azure Blur and taken the Grand Prize! Coolkid will be enjoying a free trip to Tokyo, Japan, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome such an incredible speedrunner to the Land of the Rising Sun! Coolkid will get the chance to visit Inti Creates HQ, meet the legend himself Mr. Keiji Inafune, and more! 😀
The competition was tight, with the racers who came in 2nd-5th place all finishing within 1 minute and 49 seconds of each other! To reward the valiant efforts of these speedrunners, we will be sending them Gunvolt t-shirts, courtesy of our friends at Level Up Studios!
Here are the final clear times for all the racers in the Azure Blur Championship Race!
| 1st | Coolkid | 00:51:58 |
| 2nd | Qttsix | 00:54:01 |
| 3rd | Greenalink | 00:54:40 |
| 4th | Trogdor | 00:55:35 |
| 5th | Ajarmar | 00:55:50 |
| 6th | Flameberger | 00:57:42 |
| 7th | KIMTADAM | 00:58:02 |
| 8th | Zinfogel | 00:59:01 |
| 9th | Tubamin | 01:00:20 |
| 10th | Ikkisoad | 01:01:58 |
| 11th | Blast | 01:03:01 |
| 12th | Chlorate | 01:03:32 |
| 13th | Zecks | 01:04:29 |
| 14th | Orekue | 01:24:51 |
Thanks again to our partners at SpeedRunsLive and Games Done Quick for helping us put on an amazing contest! You folks did an incredible job! The speedrun community is very lucky to have awesome people like you!
Until next time, keep on striking!
-Matt
Over the past two weeks, three qualifying races for Azure Blur have taken place. With the final race upon us this evening at 6PM Pacific Time, and with the grand prize (an awesome trip to JAPAN!) at stake, we wanted to take a moment to give a shoutout to the 20 speedrunners who will be competing in the Azure Blur Championship Race! These 20 racers are a combination of the winners of the Qualifying Races, and amazing Gunvolt speedrunners hand picked by the wonderful folks at SpeedRunsLive and Games Done Quick to participate in the race! Be sure to cheer on your favorite racers on Twitter and Twitch!
Gengesa / @naminodarie / twitch.tv/gengesa
Blast / @Blast_kun / twitch.tv/blast_kun
Orekue / @Orekue / twitch.tv/orekue
Tubamin / @Tubam1n / twitch.tv/zwei_yulis
Zecks / @Zekobah / twitch.tv/zekks
KIMTADAM / @KIMTADAM / twitch.tv/tdm88
Zinfogel / @Zinfogel / twitch.tv/zinfogel
VarKhalin / @VarKhalin / twitch.tv/vkhalinpopopodhd
Best of luck to all of our racers! See one of you in Japan! 😀
With the Steam version of Azure Striker Gunvolt now out there for all to enjoy, we wanted to give everyone a bit more insight into one of the new modes that debuted with the Steam version of the game: Japanese Voice Mode!
Happy Anniversary, Gunvolt!!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Azure Striker Gunvolt, our very first self-published game made it’s way to the 3DS last August. Today, we are extremely happy to announce that on August 28, 2015, Azure Striker Gunvolt and Mighty Gunvolt will make their grand worldwide debut on Steam! It will be priced at $14.99USD, and Mighty Gunvolt will be given away as a free download to everyone who purchases the game during the first month
We are super excited to announce that we partnered with Toronto-based indie game company 13AM Games to bring Gunvolt himself into Runbow, a brand new 9-player color-based running action bonanza! Joining an already robust lineup of indie characters, GV will feel right at home alongside his indie friends, such as the characters you see above, and his homie Shovel Knight!
Runbow promises to be a lot of fun, and will be coming soon to the Wii U! We hope you enjoy Gunvolt’s first ever official cameo appearance! Have a look at the official trailer below!
With the release of Gal*Gun: Double Peace in Japan the other day, and the absolutely tremendous amount of support we have received in the past 48 hours, we have come to the decision that now is the time for people around the world to experience Gal*Gun! The team was completely blown away by the outpouring of love and support for this franchise from the fans outside of Japan, and it turned out to be the final push to make a worldwide release for Gal*Gun come to be.
Hello Strikers! We know you have been waiting for some more exciting news about Bloodstained, and today we are happy to deliver! Straight from the Gamescom conference in Germany happening this week in a presentation delivered at the Microsoft Press Conference, IGA announced two awesome new features for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night!
First and foremost, players who purchase the Xbox One version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will be able to enjoy cross-play functionality with Windows 10 right from the get-go!
We also have information on a new character that will be joining the cast of Bloodstained! While we put the finishing touches on his design and come up with a name for him, we can tell you that:
– He is a demon hunter who wields a katana
– Uses Japanese mystic “Ofuda” type spells
– He did battle with the demons that came to Earth ten years before the events of the Bloodstained game take place
We look forward to revealing information about this character in the future! Stay tuned to what’s going on at Gamescom for more potential announcements involving Inti Creates! 😉
Keep On Striking,
Matt
Hello there Strikers! For those of you who use the mobile messaging app Line, we announced at Too Many Games that a set of 40 Azure Striker Gunvolt stickers are now available for you use when you tell mom you’re busy, ask your friends if they wanna go get burritos, or whatever else people message each other about these days. As you may have noticed, we’ve been using these images on our official Twitter account for a while now, so we figured “‘Ey, why not share these with our awesome fans so that everyone can use them all over the Internet too?” So, that’s exactly what we’re doing! Enjoy these super rad Gunvolt stickers, featuring art by Bloodstained lead artist Yuji Natsume and captions by yours truly.
Hello Strikers! We’re very excited to tell you all that we will be attending BitSummit 2015 this weekend in Kyoto, Japan from July 11th – July 12th. BitSummit is the the biggest indie game event in Japan, and we have a lot of cool stuff in store for everyone!
First and foremost, we are very happy to share that our CEO/Producer Takuya Aizu will be holding a panel with two of our more recent game dev companions, who just happen to be legends in the industry! That’s right, Aizu-san will join Keiji Inafune and Koji Igarashi for a panel a BitSummit this Saturday July 11th, starting at 12:40pm JST! (That’s July 10th at 11:40pm Eastern, 8:40pm Pacific)
The panel will be broadcast live on Nico Nico Douga, so you can all watch it here: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv226842474
For those who are attending the event, we will have a booth set up with Inti Creates swag and games to demo as well! You can find us on the following map at Red 19:
We hope to see you at BitSummit 2015!
Keep on Striking!
-Matt