Random Mecha Video of the Day: Aerosmith’s Fly Away From Here

An old music video by rock band Aerosmith back in 2001 from the album “Just Push Play” which includes another more famous hit called “Jaded”. You’ll see standard stuff form music videos in addition to some mech action between two giant robots, which is cool except I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a story in the video or something.

Tekken 6 for PS3 – Mini Review

Aside from Armored Core and mecha, the members of Raven Republic also have a deep appreciation for competitive fighting games such as Tekken. So of course, the much-awaited console release of Tekken 6 made several of us ecstatic, arch_angel in particular. Check out his passionate review below.

Victoria AC for Silent Line Portable

Looks like Silent Line Portable will be getting a new head part based on the Brave New World side story, as the AC Victoria is confirmed to appear in the game. No details on the part functions as of the moment, but it seems to be a trend as the GLITCH head from AC3P was also from the Brave New World side story. More pics of the head part after the jump.

3D Dot Game Heroes Coming in English

Word’s been spreading that From Soft’s retro 8-bit 3D pixel-art RPG 3D-Dot Game Heroes is coming out with an international English version, so says the official PlayStation Twitter account. Those looking forward to this game need no longer import the copy and battle through Japanese text in order to understand the game.

[via: Kotaku]

Awesome NTT Ad Featuring Tetsujin-28 (Gigantor)

A short commercial featuring a modern interpretation of the classic giant robot Tetsujin 28 can be seen in NTT’s stylish website. The website itself is well designed and the video of interest is located on the 4th panel under “CM” after the site intro has loaded.

[via: Anime News Network]

Armored Core 3 Portable Available In US Playstation Store

Armored Core 3 Portable is now available in the US Playstation store for $14.95 for your PSP. Enjoy your mech action on the go, because this one doesn’t require a UMD making the game load faster than its UMD based counterpart. Here’s hoping for an English SL portable and LR portable as well.

Thanks to forum member R.Leonhardt for the heads up.

New RR Covergirl Sophie Emilia Illustration By Trace-02

RR covergirl Sophie Emilia has been given a new illustration by the talented hands of Trace, which only serves to delight everyone. Currently a work in progress, this picture is soon intended to grace the background of Raven Republic soon enough. A second picture after the jump which is a preview of an upcoming comic tentatively titled “Conversations with an A.I. AC”

Mecha Video of the Day/Week: Armor Trooper Votoms PS1 games

In celebration of the upcoming new Armor Trooper Votoms series, our Random Mecha Video of the Day/Week is a duo of PSX Votoms games; Armor Trooper Votoms: Lightning Slash and Armor Trooper Votoms: Blue Knight Berserga. Lightning Slash is a little gem of a VOTOMS game was released by TAKARA in 1999 for the PSX.