Nintendo are no slouches when it comes to events, specifically those that involve Pokemon titles and Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are no different. This next event is very limited and will allow trainers to obtain the Eon Ticket, a special key item that will allow you to travel to Southern Island where you can find either Latias if you are playing Omega Ruby or Latios if you’re playing Alpha Sapphire. All the times and locations for this very short notice event are below:
Nintendo representatives will begin distributing the Eon Ticket at the below locations on Monday 1st December, 12pm – 12:30pm local time, with additional locations and dates to be announced soon.
Melbourne – JB Hi-Fi Westfield Doncaster, EB Games Swanston St Sydney – EB Games Westfield Parramatta, EB Games Westfield Chatswood Gold Coast – EB Games Robina Town Centre Adelaide – EB Games Rundle Mall Adelaide Perth – EB Games Hay St Auckland – EB Games Queen St
The kicker about this event is that the Eon Ticket is only available to be received via local wireless StreetPass if you miss one of these events, so make sure you have StressPass turned on on your console and in the BuzzNav in the Pokemon games if you want to get it. You can then pick up the ticket from any Pokemon Center. Good luck Pokemon Trainers.
Indie Gala and Capsule Computers has put together a massive bundle in in time for Black Friday. 12 indie games have been lovingly packed for one low price
Jets’n’Guns – A wild shoot’em’up title featuring a lengthy 43 level campaign and over 270 unique enemies.
Millionaire Manor– You’ve been trapped in macabre show after your hunt for your missing grandfather. Millionaire Manor features 25 stages of hidden object fun.
Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold– Melissa has been sent to Thailand by the Queen of England for an epic hidden object adventure.
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller– Erica Reed is an FBI agent with a special gift. She can see the past to help solve crimes. But what happens when the crime is the murder of her younger brother Scott?
Selknam Defense– Man your towers to defend your nation of Selknam from the invaders.
Lost Civilization– Roll up your shirt sleeves in this archaeology themed hidden object adventure title that will see players chasing a forgotten civilization across the world.
Ocean City Racing– An open world racer with three modes and over 20 vehicles.
Gold Rush! Classic – A retro adventure game brought back to life for modern computers with DOSBox. Jerrod Wilson is trekking across the Americas in a quest to strike it rich in the middle of the California gold rush.
The Last Door– A pixelated horror adventure starring Jeremiah Devitt. After receiving a letter from an old schoolmate, he is plunged in a horrifying tale of the occult.
Power-Up– Developed by one person, Power Up is a SHUMP inspired by games like R-Type and Hellfire.
Face Noir– Jack Del Nero is a private eye who is in a world of trouble. After a girl is left in his card, he is now accused of murder and must navigate the dark underbelly of the city to clear his name.
Platypus– The classic claymation shoot’em’up is now on Steam! The game supports local two player co-op.
For the first 24 hours of the sale, the Indie Gala Friday Special #7 is only $1.99. Don’t wait til Cyber Monday to scoop this one up, buy it now at Indie Gala.
Ubisoft announced that legendary drum and bass artist Andy C has created a special The Crewremix of his new single “Heartbeat Loud.” The new remix will be featured in The Crew advertisements starting December 1st in the UK for two weeks. The track can be streamed on SoundCloud and on YouTube. Be sure to check out the video at the bottom of the article.
The Crew is Ivory Tower’s first title. The studio is composed of experienced developers who have worked on major racing franchises like Need for Speed and Test Drive Unlimited. The Crew is an open world racer and will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC on December 2, 2014.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX is set for release on December 4th in Australia so Square Enix and Square and artist Shiro Amano have created a small virtual manga that helps retell the events of all the games that were featured in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX. The aim of the manga is to clue players in on the story of the original Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, perfect for those deciding to skip the first collection of games and jump straight into 2.5 ReMIX or that need a refresher. Unfortunately the manga comes in one very un-user-friendly giant image which we can’t display on the site, but please feel free todownload it from this link(it’s only about 4MB).
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX is releasing exclusively for the PlayStation 3 on December 4th in Australia. You can check out our gameplay impressions from the recent EB Expo if you would like to know what we thought when we spent some time with the game.
As the month of November draws to a close, we here at Xbox Newsbeat want to celebrate with one final edition of the Newsbeat before we head into the Christmas season. So join us for three final headlines before we put on the red suits and sing carols!
Sunset Overdrive Spices Up the Awesomepocalypse With Player Voting, Weapons Pack, Soundtrack Release and More
Do you like totally awesome games? How about totally awesome add-ons? Well get ready as Sunset Overdrive is about to unleash a slew of new weapons, new gameplay mechanics and an even newer soundtrack!
Even More Insane Weapons!
Sunset Overdrive has a lot of weapons, but anyone who’s encountered a horde of OD will agree that there’s no such thing as too many weapons in a mutant apocalypse. With the first Sunset Overdrive downloadable Weapons Pack, you can beef up your arsenal with four new weapons and obtain more strategic options for creative mayhem and destruction.
The weapons pack is free with the Sunset Overdrive Season Pass, or available for separate purchase for $6.65 (AUD).
Vote Now or Die Hard (then Respawn)
Sunset Overdrive is packed with tons of outfits and explosive weapons, but Insomniac wants you to help decide some of the exciting content updates and changes on a regular basis. Every other week, you’ll be able to vote on new outfits and game-changes through a new online Player Voting feature that will help shape the community’s experience.
Get Lost in the Music
If you want to inject a little more Sunset Overdrive into your life but don’t think it’s physically possible to zipline on power cables, bounce off the top of cars and rail grind along the edges of buildings – then the Best of Sunset Overdrive Music soundtrack is for you! Releasing today on iTunes, Spotify and other digital distribution platforms, the soundtrack features 18 awesome tracks by such bands as Boats!, Dan Sartain, Bass Drum of Death, Meat Market, Cheap Time, and Brenna Red.
So that’s a tonne more awesomeness coming to Overdrive fans very soon! Make sure you check out our review of the game and see what we thought.
Xbox Comes Bearing Games With Gold in December
A new month is upon us, and that means one thing: New Games with Gold! Here are the freebies that you will be able to get your hands on in December if you are an Xbox Gold subscriber:
* Worms Battlegrounds –Available from December 1-31 on Xbox One
* The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief – Available from December 1-15 on Xbox 360
* SSX – Available from December 16-31 on Xbox 360
The Force is Strong With Minecraft!
The force is strong with this one! Joining other famous franchises like the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Who, the epic cast of character’s from Geroge Lucas’ epic Star Wars saga are making their way to Minecraft. Best of all, the skin pack includes 55 characters from Episodes IV, V and VI (yep, that means no Jar Jar to ruin your game). You can grab the skin pack on Xbox 360 and Xbox One through the Xbox Live Marketplace for $3.95.
There we have it. Next time we bring you Newsbeat, it will be in the middle of the Christmas season. So which of today’s headlines grabbed you the most? Let us know in the comments below and remember to stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the awesome Microsoft news as it becomes available.
Sony is pushing its way through some challenging times.
Starting the week off was Monday’s hacking scandal. Earlier this week many employees at Sony Pictures Entertainment could not access their work network. Instead they were greeted by a rather spooky skeleton requesting that their (unrevealed) demands to be met and threatening to release confidential data. The hack was conducted by a group called #GOP (Guardians of the Peace) who subsequently leaked a zip file containing sensitive documents revealing a number of passwords (current and old) in addition to financial data. A number of twitter accounts also seem to have been hacked.
In further Sony Pictures related news, after acquiring the rights to make a biopic about Steve Jobs the company has now dropped the project, instead shipping it off to Universal Studios for what’s a price tag suspected to be around $30 million. While no comment has yet to be made on why the company no longer wishes to produce the film, there are suspicions that the timeline was simply too short for Sony Pictures to manage. It’s also supposed that Sony wanted to push back the timeline to make room for their other 2015 releases. This push back would have meant the loss of their chosen lead, Micheal Fassbender, who will be busy shooting X-Men: Apocalypse. However, this decision to drop the film is probably in Sony’s best interests considering that its entertainment division looks to be struggling.
Actually, the whole company is attempting to overcome some serious losses, last moth seeing an operation loss of $765 million. Additionally, Sony is making plans to cut 15% of staff, has made serious managerial changes and watched as Xperia handsets sell less successfully than expected. To compensate, the business will place a greater emphasis on its electronic devices and gaming divisions, especially after the huge success of the PlayStation 4.
Furthermore, Sony looks as if it will not renew its contract with FIFA. This news comes after the recent controversy regarding the corruption within FIFA’s bidding process for the 2018 and 1022 World Cups. While Sony has not officially stated why, or even if, it will breaking the eight year partnership, FIFA has denied it’s connection to the bidding scandal. However Sony will not be the only big time sponsor cutting ties with the association at this time, Emirates ending their sponsorship earlier this month.
If Sony didn’t already have enough on its plate, earlier this week Sony settled with Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to partially refund PS Vita owners who bought their devices during the US launch. The settlement came after complaints made by the FTC accusing the company and it’s advertising agency, Deutsch LA, of making misleading claims about the portable gaming system.
All in all, Sony has some rough times ahead although, being the wildly successful company that they are, it’s hard to imagine the giant pulling through with more than a few scratches.
Players of PokémonOmega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will notice when they try to connect to the internet in game that a patch is available. The version 1.1 patch is available for both games. Players must download the update for the version they are playing in order to be able to connect to the internet with their game.
Details are vague, but the information on the 3DS eShop states that the update provides various bug fixes in order “to provide a smoother gaming experience”. Downloading the patch will result in ‘ver. 1.1’ appearing on the top-right of the bottom screen while players are on the title screen.
Nintendo will release an update in December, bringing the games up to version 1.2.
Madman Entertainment has just announced that they have licensed the anime adaptation of Sailor Moon. The license includes a digital and home video release for all 200 episodes, the additional specials and the three feature films. This will be the first time that Sailor Moon S, Sailor Moon Super S and Sailor Moon Sailor Stars will be made available in Australia.
Based on the bestselling manga series by Naoko Takeuchi, the anime follows “Usagi Tsukino, a clumsy but kind-hearted teenage girl who transforms into the powerful guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Meeting allies along the way who share similar fates, Usagi and her team of planetary Sailor Guardians fight to protect the universe from forces of evil and total annihilation”.
The release will be presented uncut and uncensored in its original 4:3 aspect ratio. It will include all of the original character names, plot elements and relationships. It will include the brand new English dub.
The first twelve episodes of Sailor Moon will premiere on AnimeLab today with episodes from the rest of season one and the other seasons being made available in 2015. It will receive a deluxe DVD and Blu-ray release, with a release date to be announced in 2015. More details of these deluxe releases will be revealed soon.
In addition to this announcement, Madman has also acquired the rights to the 2014 series Sailor Moon Crystal, which will be available for streaming on AnimeLab beginning today and released on home video at a later date.
Hanabee has just announced today that they have acquired four new titles for release on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia. All new releases will be released on January 7, 2015. They are already available for pre-order on their website.
Onimonogatari will be released in a two-disc DVD/Blu-ray combo pack. It will feature the episodes with Japanese audio with English subtitles and will include the textless ending animation, TV spots and trailers.
Red Data Girl will be released on DVD and Blu-ray with dual audio. No other information about this release is currently available.
Blood Lad will be released on DVD and Blu-ray with dual audio. The set will include the OVA episode.
All sets have a suggested retail price of $59.99 AUD, except for Onimonogatari, which will sell for $49.99 AUD (Australian Dollars).
Razer finally announced the long awaited release date for the Razer Nabu Smartband. North American buyers will get their first chance to buy a black Razer Nabu on December 2nd from the Razer Store. The band will be released to select retailers and in different colours (orange, green, and white) in the following weeks and months ahead.
“The Razer Nabu has undergone extensive consumer and developer testing, all of which is providing feedback toward the final retail-ready device,” said Min-Liang Tan, co-founder and CEO, Razer. “This has ensured that with all the features polished—discreet notifications, fitness tracking, social capabilities and more—the Razer Nabu is a device that has something cool in-store for everyone.”
The Razer Nabu will come in two sizes, small-medium and medium-large. It is compatible with iPhone 5 and above and Android 4.3+ smartphones that support Bluetooth Low Energy. The Razer Nabu willl cost $99.99 USD as previously announced. Qualified Razer Insiders will be able to snag theirs for $79.99 only during the pre-order phase.
The kicker about this event is that the Eon Ticket is only available to be received via local wireless StreetPass if you miss one of these events, so make sure you have StressPass turned on on your console and in the BuzzNav in the Pokemon games if you want to get it. You can then pick up the ticket from any Pokemon Center. Good luck Pokemon Trainers.
