Avant-garde game developer Grasshopper Manufacture announces an impending announcement and throws one hell of a party in this afternoon's Top Story.
The off-beat developer is set to top off March with what it's calling a "clash of legendary heroes" -- Grasstream 2: Travis vs. Garcia, which promises a "face-to-face" showdown between Travis Touchdown of No More Heroes fame, and Garcia Hotspur, esoterically-named protagonist of the studio's upcoming Shadows of the Damned.
Among the evening's festivities will be a live discussion with No More Heroes' character and mechanical designers (Yusuke Kozaki and Shigeto Koyama, respectively); "Scott Pilgrim vs. Travis Touchdown?!," a Suda 51-led talk on Edgar Wright's geek-inspired epic of epic epicness; a No More Heroes acoustic set with Grasshopper Manufacture and Kazutoshi Iida, lead singer of The Riot; an announcement of a new, "super secret" game; "hands-on" impressions from J-pop duo Vanilla Beans and fashion model/gamer Kayo Sato; a mini-concert by the Vanilla Beans; a "special chat" with Suda 51, Akira Yamaoka, and a "special guest" about Shadows of the Damned; a new trailer for Shadows of the damned; and, of course, presents for those in attendance.
Phew.
Luckily for those not Tokyo-based, Grasshopper Manufacture will be ever-so-kindly streaming this jam-packed party on their UStream channel on March 30th.
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