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Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise Conquers Your Getaway January 14

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December 13, 2013

Paradox Interactive, the folks behind Europa Universalis IV, have announced today that their upcoming expansion, Conquest of Paradise, will be available on January 14.

Conquest of Paradise will be the first expansion for Paradox’s grand strategy title. It will challenge players to conquer the New World for their empire of choice. It features a completely randomized American continent each playthrough as well as both Colonial and Native American Nations.

Along with the announcement of the expansion, Paradox Interactive has released a dev diary video discussing Conquest of Paradise and the Native Americans. You can check it out in the video player below this article. For more information, you can check out the game’s official website here.

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Case Files Released

Nathan Farrugia

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December 13, 2013

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has unveiled some of the darkest secrets in Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate through a small series of videos called the case files. These case files showcase a number of tips and tricks for the first handheld entry into the Arkham series demonstrated by game director Mark Pacini. The first video titled Choose Your Own World guides players through the various challenges they will encounter and discusses the various endings players can receive by choosing certain paths. The second video titled Industrial guides players through the Industrial section of Blackgate, detailing gadget pick ups and giving various tips.

For those unfamiliar with the game, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D platformer featuring all the stealth, gadgets and free flow combat found in the Arkham console games, shrunken down to fit on the 3DS and PS Vita with added functionality to take advantage of those consoles unique hardware features. Check out our hands on of Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate to get our take on the PS Vita version of the title and don’t forget to watch the two case file videos below.

FourbitFriday’s Catacomb Kids Successfully Funded through Kickstarter

Chris Chu

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December 13, 2013

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FourbitFriday’s Catacomb Kids Successfully Funded through Kickstarter

On December 11th, FourbitFriday’s rogue-like platformer Catacomb Kids was successfully funded through Kickstarter. The indie game accumulated over 1,586 backers who pledged up to $30,583 for the exciting adventure game. It began as a small side project for a freelance animator who worked on games such as Thor DS and Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don’t Know. FourbitFriday recently began working on Catacomb Kids full-time, establishing this funding project on November 11th.

For the backers, they’ll receive a wide range of rewards and early sneak peeks based on how much they pledged. For the most basic pledge required, which was $10 USD, backers will receive a digital copy of the game and a wallpaper. For the most expensive pledge required, which was $240 or more, backers will be able to develop a character with the creator of Catacomb Kids and will also receive a short animated loop of a character of the backer’s choice, as well as a physical flipbook of the animation. The game is planned to be released by the summer of 2014. For more information, check out their Kickstarter site here.

Fable Anniversary dated for February 2014 release

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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Fable Anniversary dated for February 2014 release

Back when Fable Anniversary was announced for the Xbox 360, gamers had no idea when to expect the title except for sometime in 2014. Well today Lionhead and Microsoft have announced that they are planning on releasing Fable Anniversary February 4, 2014 in North America, February 6 in Asia, and February 7 in Europe.

The game will feature remastered audio, a brand new interface, new achievements, HD 1080p graphics, SmartGlass, and The Lost Chapters included in the release. Also all launch copies of the game will come with an embossed slip case, a 10th anniversary Lionhead avatar helmet and a code to unlock the following outfits and weapons in game:

Scythe’s Outfit
Black Graduate Outfit
Red Prophet Outfit
Blue Guard Outfit
Red Guard Outfit
Lute Weapon
Will User’s Sceptre Weapon

Ys: Memories of Celceta to be released in Europe in February 2014

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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While Ys: Memories of Celceta was released in North America on November 26th by XSEED Games, fans of Falcom’s titles won’t be able to pick up the game until next year unless they choose to import the game. We already knew that NIS America would be handling the release of the game in Europe and other PAL territories and today the company announced that they are planning on releasing it on February 21 at retail and February 25 as a digital download.

Those interested in seeing what the title has to offer can read our full review of XSEED’s release of the game here.

Square Enix Store Packing £50 Worth of Games for £4.99

Jamie Laike Tsui

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December 13, 2013

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Square Enix Store Packing £50 Worth of Games for £4.99

Just in time for Christmas, Square Enix is hosting a mystery box sale. They are packing four unknown Steam games worth £50 for only £4.99. The deal ends on December 20th, 2013 at 12:00 pm GMT. At that time, the games will be revealed and Steam keys will be distributed to the buyers. The keys will come as four separate codes, which will allow buyers to gift owned games. The sale can be found here and is only valid for European and Australian customers. The only hint on what could be in the box are the recommended PC specs.

Recommended Specs
Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
Quad core CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955, Intel Core i5-750
4GB Memory
12GB
DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM: AMD Radeon HD 5870, nVidia GTX 480

Tales of Zestiria worldwide release confirmed

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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Earlier today Tales of Zestiria was announced by Namco Bandai but at the time of the announcement the game was only announced for Japan. While most Tales games are released overseas, not every title makes it to the West so many people were a bit concerned about Zestiria’s status. Thankfully Namco Bandai has announced today that Zestiria will be released in North America, South America, Europe, and other PAL regions.

We covered some of the announcements for the game last night, and you can read those details and check out the trailer here. As for additional information, it appears that the dragon in the logo may either be an enemy or an eventual ally while the battle system of the game will be an evolution of the Linear Motion Battle system, but no additional details were given beyond that.

Call of Duty: Ghosts Wolf Skin DLC Released Today

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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You might have thought that the headline up there was a joke, and in a way I do too but unfortunately it just so happens to be real. Today Activision has released DLC for Call of Duty: Ghosts which changes the skin of the multiplayer dog into a wolf.

The DLC costs $1.99 and it is currently a timed exclusive on the Xbox consoles so if you want to pick that up, then now you can. As mentioned before, this only changes the Guard Dog killstreak in the multiplayer mode and not the skin of Riley in the single player campaign.

Female Vampire Eliza Prepares to Enter Tekken Revolution

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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Earlier this year Namco Bandai presented fans at San Diego Comic-Con with a number of concept art pieces for various Tekken characters. Fans then voted on who would be the next character to be added into the game and they chose the female vampire named Eliza.

As such, Eliza has now been fully developed and is currently set to be released exclusively on the free to play Tekken Revolution later this month when the December update is released. Until then, you can check her out in action for the first time in the trailer below where we see that she has a number of long distance moves, a vampire bite grapple, and what appears to be a bust that grows throughout the fight.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2’s latest trailer shows the Goddesses’ defeat

Travis Bruno

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December 13, 2013

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Back when Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 started off, gamers only saw the aftermath of the battle where the Goddesses were defeated and captured by CFW Magic. However it seems that this time around, with the Vita remake of the game we will see exactly what happened in that battle.

Today Compile Heart released a new trailer for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sister’s Generation which shows how the goddesses were over matched by their new opponent and Nepgear sitting helpless. Currently Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 is set to be released in Japan on March 20th while NIS America has currently not announced any plans for the game in the West.