Embark on a Text Adventure With Gunvolt on DOS! (UPDATED)

So, some of you may remember that during Inti Creates' visit to PAX Prime earlier this year, they gave away some obscure Gunvolt floppy disks to the attendees at their panel. These disks contained an equally obscure"text adventure" wherein you were required to input specific keyboard commands in order to progress through various sequences. Suffice to say that it was pretty basic. Nonetheless, Inti Creates recently decided to make this game available to everyone online by converting it into a browser game. You can check it out in all its broken English (yeah, 8-4's at it again) here:

http://inticreates.com/ms-dos-gunvolt-available-online/

...Oh, right, you do need a code to start the game, don't you? Well... I did manage to figure it out, but you certainly don't expect me to spill the beans, do you? No sir, I'd never go ahead and say that the code is "Gunvolt".

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UPDATE: By way of KiwiKamikaze on GameFAQs, I've discovered the second code you need to progress through the "story" of this game. It's "5UM3R461", which is... well, basically "Sumeragi" written in l33t. Go figure! :P
Thanks, Kiwi!

Gunvolt PAX Prime Goods!

Just wanted to take a moment to share a couple cool things I received from my associate Ryan King today. He recently had the opportunity to meet with Takuya Aizu and Matt Papa at PAX Prime for an interview, and was kind enough to pick up a couple sweet pieces of Gunvolt swag for me during his trip. You can check 'em out below after the jump!

Azure Striker Gunvolt Speedrun Contest Announced by Inti

At Takuya Aizu and Keiji Inafune's PAX Prime panel, Inti Creates has just announced plans to host an Azure Striker Gunvolt live speedrun competition, in collaboration with Games Done Quick and SpeedRunsLive! Named "Azure Blur", this contest will require use of the newly-released PC version of the game and it's unique "Speedrun Mode". Participants will first be required to clear two "qualifying races" and then one "championships race" to determine the final winner. The first qualifying race will take place on 9/12 at 10am PST, the second will take place on 9/19 at 6pm PST, and the final, championships race will take place on 9/26 at 6pm PST. The winner will receive a free trip to Tokyo, Japan (or Boston, MA if the winner is Japanese).

For additional rules and guidelines (and there are a lot), please see the link below: http://inticreates.com/azureblur/

I would participate myself if my computer was more up-to-par, but since it's not, I'll be enthusiastically watching these races from the sidelines! Personally, I'm betting that Japanese player Tori's gonna take the cake with this contest. Anyone who can do a true ending run of Gunvolt in 55 minutes is nothing short of a god amongst men.

- Skybane

GMOTM to Interview Takuya Aizu at PAX Prime; Accepting Questions From Fanbase

So, here's something that I thought a lot of my readers would be interested in: My team at Get Me Off The Moon currently has plans to interview Inti Creates President Takuya Aizu at this year's PAX Prime. What's more, we're allowing our followers to submit questions for Aizu-san to answer. If you have something on your mind that you've always wanted to ask an Inti Creates higher-up, just send it in the comments of this post and we may ask it in the interview!
The deadline for submitting a question is Wednesday. I'm really hoping we get some good ones in that time!

Inti Creates Announces Steam Version of Gunvolt!

Welp, my mind is blown.

In celebration of its first anniversary, Inti Creates just announced that a Steam version of Azure Striker Gunvolt will be releasing worldwide on August 28, which is just a week from today! This version of the game will include almost all of the Japanese content that was cut from the EN version, translated into English, in addition to a new Speedrun Mode, Japanese Voice Mode, and the option to choose different templates for GV's two game windows. The Steam release will run you $14.99. Also, if you buy the game within the first month, you'll get a free copy of Mighty Gunvolt!
For more details, check out the announcement video below:

Gotta tell you folks, of all the things I expected Inti to do for the first anniversary of Gunvolt, I didn't expect this! My team at Get Me Off The Moon received some review codes for this game, so be sure to check out the page later to read our hands-on experience with it!

Intriguingly enough, though, it appears that this isn't the only announcement that Inti has planned. My advice is to stay tuned to Takuya Aizu and Keiji Inafune's PAX Prime panel next week, on August 28! There just may be a few more surprises!

What's Inti Creates Planning for The First Anniversary of Gunvolt's Release?

Over the past week, Inti Creates has been hinting (particularly on their Japanese Twitter) towards a special "something" that they're planning for the first anniversary of Gunvolt's release. It's uncertain what this project will be at the moment, but the official JP twitter has stated at least twice within the past week that they'd like to see an official artbook for the game published, so it's possible that this is related to that.

They also posted a very mysterious-looking tweet a few hours ago, which roughly translates to the following:

"A new melody rises up against horror, the blue lightning descends upon a new battlefield."

Pretty enigmatic, huh? I'm really hoping that this is hinting towards some Gunvolt 2 news that we'll be getting soon! The time definitely seems right for Inti to talk more about the game, as not only is the first anniversary of Azure Striker Gunvolt's release coming up, but Inti will also be attending PAX Prime in about 10 days from now. Incidentally, the overview for the panel on the PAX Prime website states that Keiji Inafune and Takuya Aizu will be giving a "peek at other projects". Maybe one of those projects is Gunvolt 2!

In any case, we won't have to wait long to find out. The first anniversary of Gunvolt's release in Japan is tomorrow (JP time), and Aizu and Inafune's panel at PAX Prime is next Friday, the 28th, at 11:30am PST. My advice is to stay tuned to the official Japanese and English Twitter accounts, as well as Inti's Facebook pages. You can also keep tabs on this page for additional updates. I'll bring more news as it comes.