Nubuwo Winter Bundle gets Kickstarter Staff Pick
The Nubuwo Winter Bundle was chosen as a Kickstarter Staff Pick earlier today, joining a page set aside for the crowdfunding service's list of notable projects. Featuring eight albums of game-inspired music, the promotion will serve to fund the publication of the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD in collaboration with METEOR.
Aycomusic's Chrysalis featured in Winter Bundle
Eiko Ishiwata of Aycomusic writes scores for Norwegian developer Snowcastle Games at her studio in Vancouver. The composer's original album Chrysalis is currently featured in the Nubuwo Winter Bundle, and includes her acoustic arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy series themes.
Nubuwo Winter Bundle launched on Kickstarter
The Nubuwo Winter Bundle has launched on Kickstarter, funding the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD. The album bundle features in the INDIE PACK the soundtracks to Rainbow Moon, FTL (Faster Than Light), El Huervo Trilogy and Slipstream [ volume one ], and in the FAMI PACK, Mega Ran Fifth Anniversary, 8-Bit Jesus, Killed by Koopa Stage One and FAMI-MODE 2012 Live Recordings.
Announcing the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD
Today we are pleased to announce a collaboration with the METEOR game culture shop in Tokyo to create the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD. Crowdfunding through Kickstarter this month, the movie features live performances by Sexy-Synthesizer, Omodaka, Penny and Ashtray, Kplecraft and Professor Sakamoto.
Rokko Chan Original Soundtrack mastered release available for "name your price" on Bandcamp
Rokko Chan Original Soundtrack by Asagen of Hokkaido, Japan has been mastered for release on compact disc by Pocket Groovy, aka Yoshi Miyamoto. Download the 27-track album from Bandcamp for "name your price" and 100% of all payments will go to the Rokko Chan development team responsible for the freeware action game.
Anime Expo 2012 photos exceed ten thousand views
Our 200-photograph set from the 2012 Anime Expo in Los Angeles has received over 10,000 views, over five times the view count of our second most popular set from this year's Game Developers Conference. This year attendees cosplayed as characters from Portal 2, Okami, Final Fantasy VII, Pikmin and more.
Anime Expo 2012 flickr photo set
Photographs from the 2012 Anime Expo, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA, are now available to view online. Over 200 photos from the show floor have been added to our flickr account, including cosplay inspired by Street Fighter II, Final Fantasy XIII, Catherine and Okami.
Nubuwo Summer Bundle 140% funded on Kickstarter
Nubuwo's summer Kickstarter initiative has ended, securing over 140% of its intended funding goal. Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the participating musicians and be put toward the creation of a CD soundtrack album for Rokko Chan Soundtracks, featuring music by Asagen and various artists.
The musical destinations of Digital Voyages
The Nubuwo Summer Bundle project's Digital Voyages compilation features audio from various independent game titles. Included is music from The Swapper by Carlo Castellano, Cream Wolf by Mark DeNardo, Dyad by David Kanaga, Mirage by Andi Bissig and Soundstory by Zach Parrish, among other game-related audio.
Rokko Chan Soundtracks preview streaming online
The Nubuwo Summer Bundle has been fully funded, and Rokko Chan Soundtracks will be available to stream online until midnight tonight (PST). The chip remixes by international artists and arrangements in multiple genres will be back online on July 4, along with additional tracks and optimized volume balancing.
Rokko Chan Soundtracks trailer
The trailer for Rokko Chan Soundtracks is now online. Music for the video is composed by Asagen and arranged by K->, both based in Hokkaido, Japan. A 2-disc CD release for the album is currently being crowdfunded (through Friday evening) as part of the Nubuwo Summer Bundle project on Kickstarter.
Aycomusic Fantasy Collection featured in Nubuwo Summer Bundle
A special backer reward has been added to the Nubuwo Summer Bundle, featuring over 35 music tracks performed by Vancouver-based game composer Eiko Ishiwata Nichols. Aycomusic's Fantasy Collection is inspired by the compositional style of Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu, and comes with acoustic arrangements of music from the Final Fantasy game series.
Nubuwo Summer Bundle launches on Kickstarter
Nubuwo's second album bundle has launched and will run through June 15 on Kickstarter. The Summer Bundle's Originary Pack features Super Meat Boy Choice Piano Cuts, Omodaka by Sanosa and the soundtracks to Closure and Splatterhouse. The Arranged Pack includes Black Materia: The Remixes, Varia Suite, 8 Bit Democracy and Rokko Chan Soundtracks.
