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Nintendo Australia to Attend Supanova Melbourne and Gold Coast in 2013

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April 8, 2013

Nintendo Australia announced today that it will be attending this year’s Supanova Pop Culture Expo in both Melbourne and Gold Coast in the coming weeks. For anyone that isn’t aware Supanova Pop Culture Expo is a celebration of all things Pop Culture, featuring special guests, anime, comic-books, manga, sci-fi, TV shows, movies, cosplay, and of course gaming, and this year Nintendo will have a booth at the expo for all your gaming needs throughout the weekend.

As always make sure you bring along your Nintendo 3DS for a big day StreetPass Questing and Puzzle piece swapping as it’s the perfect time to complete both quickly and easily. Nintendo will also have all your favourite Nintendo 3DS titles like Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, so you can join in on the hunt in full effect and Supanova as it will be the perfect place to team up with other hunters to take down the dangerous beasts that lurk in over 200 action-packed quests.

Nintendo will be doing some give-aways and on-the-spot competitions right throughout the weekend, so come and chill out with Nintendo at Supanova 2013.

FULL DETAILS ON BOTH EVENTS BELOW

Melbourne Supanova
Where:
Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria 3032.

When:
Saturday April 13th, 10am to 6pm, 2013
Sunday April 14th, 10am to 6pm, 2013

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Gold Coast Supanova
Where:
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Cnr Gold Coast Highway & TE Peters Drive, Broadbeach, Queensland 4218

When:
Saturday April 20th, 10am to 6pm, 2013
Sunday April 21st, 10am to 6pm, 2013

For more information check out the official Supanova website.

Tales series will remain on current-generation platforms for time being

Luke Halliday

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April 8, 2013

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The producer and director of the Tales series, Hideo Baba, has confirmed that at this time there are no plans to expand the Tales series onto next-generation consoles and handhelds.

Baba commented on the PS Vita and chances of Tales game for it, “Unfortunately, at this present time we don’t have any plans to release any of the Vita titles. One of the main reasons is, unfortunately, the PlayStation Vita is doing relatively poorly in North America, so it’s one of those things that if the numbers increased considerably, then it’s something we could consider.”

He followed up with thoughts on the next-generation of home consoles, “The Wii U is a brilliant console that offers a lot of innovation and possibility for new types of gameplay. Foremost, we just want to make sure that we’re able to provide the next titles on a console that a lot of our fans already have.”

“So basically there’s just a lot of things that we keep bringing to the plate, whether it’s stories or characters, whatever console it may be, we want to make sure we bring the best to the fans,” Baba concluded.

So it looks like at least for now we won’t be seeing the Wii U Tales game many of us dream of. But its nice to know its on Hideo Baba’s radar. Let us know in the comments section below what you think of this.

Source: Kotaku

Blizzcon Tickets On Sale Soon

Benjamin Webb

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April 8, 2013

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Blizzard Entertainment will be selling tickets to their upcoming and previously popular convention BlizzCon. Tickets will be going on sale in two batches, the first being on the 24th of April and the second batch going on sale on the 27th of April.

What’s interesting is that there will also be a thrid batch of tickets being sold. These tickets will be for a special BlizzCon dinner where the money made from the ticket sales will be going to a childrens hospital instead of the Blizzard organisers.

Tickets for the convention will be selling at $175 while tickets for the dinner will be selling at $500. Be sure to get in quick as BlizzCon tickets sell out amazingly quick. Check out the BlizzCon page for more info.

Harmonix Websites go Dark Temporarily due to Intrusion

Dustin Spencer

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April 8, 2013

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Harmonix Websites go Dark Temporarily due to Intrusion

Temporarily, that is. Just last week, Harmonix ended the DLC for their famed “Rock Band” franchise with American Pie. It was a special moment for the developer who never stopped supporting their fans, but today – things are not so rosy.

Many users of the website have been receiving emails of an outage, as if you go to RockBand.com, DanceCentral.com, or even Creators.RockBand.com, you will notice an error message explaining that the websites have been taken down temporarily. Well, that email details the reasoning for this, as it seems an intrusion is to blame for the takedown.

The security of your Harmonix user information is very important to us. We’ve taken the sites down while we investigate this incident and determine how our systems and the information we maintain may have been compromised; At this time, we have not found that any of our users’ information has been published or misused. None of our sites maintain any credit card information, social security numbers, or financial account numbers for any of our users

The bulk of the email is in the quote above, but if you are a user, change that password and don’t take this outage too seriously, as it seems everything is being handled in this manner as a precaution. Thankfully, the servers for Rock Band Blitz are still golden, so while you wait to go back to the forums or that still thriving community, go challenge some scores and soon enough, Harmonix should be following up with a new update.

Battlefield 4 Pre-Order Available On Amazon

Benjamin Webb

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April 8, 2013

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Battlefield 4 Pre-Order Available On Amazon

Are you a gamer looking forward to the upcoming shooter from EA, Battlefield 4? Then perhaps you would be interested in checking out Amazon’s listing for the title, which is now available for pre-order.

What’s interesting to note is that Amazon will be offering a special promotion to go with the game, that can be redeemed for the game once it is released. As to what this is, fans on the Amazon site can only speculate.

The following is a quote from the Amazon page about the included promotion:

Order “Battlefield 4” and receive additional in-game content when the game launches this Fall. We will send you a promotional code via email within two days after your order is placed with redemption instructions. Offer valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. This offer will be extended to all existing pre-orders. Limited to one per customer order. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time. Here’s how (restrictions apply)
Pre-order Price Guarantee! Order now and if the Amazon.com price decreases between your order time and the end of the day of the release date, you’ll receive the lowest price. Here’s how (restrictions apply)

Be sure to check out the Amazon store page for more info. According to the page, Battlefield 4 will be releasing on the 31st of December, this year.

Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition is $40 off at Best Buy

Dustin Spencer

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April 8, 2013

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Yes, you heard me. If you have been wanting something of quality to play on the Wii U, Best Buy have just posted a sale for Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, putting the game at $40 off it’s $59.99 price-tag, which leaves us with one solid product for $19.99.

I admit I wasn’t too crazy about the whole Batarang/Gamepad gimmick, but there is still a fantastic experience to be had in these streets of Arkham, so Wii U owners shouldn’t hesitate and pick up a copy of Arkham City’s Nintendo offering while the getting it good. Check out our hands on with the title during E3 2012 here.

Shovel Knight receiving music from Mega Man Composer

Dustin Spencer

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April 8, 2013

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Another win for a game that has yet to see a release. Shovel Knight, which is being developed by some former developers of WayForward (now deemed Yacht Club Games), is still going through it’s Kickstarter phase – but already has a bit of promise just off the news of who will be adding to it’s soundtrack.

Manami Matsumae, who composed melodies for the original Mega Man is going to be working on two tracks for Shovel Knight. Yes, that is a huge step forward for a game that is so inspired by that franchise to start with, and is being developed by the same minds that brought us Double Dragon Neon and Contra 4. If you haven’t yet, check out the official Kickstarter for the game here, and stay tuned as Shovel Knight will hopefully getting more updates as funding rolls in. Remember this as well – Just because Shovel Knight is funded, doesn’t meant you can’t STILL donate to make the experience even more grand, so if you have a few bucks – toss it to a project that has a lot of potential.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon a Standalone Title, Comes Out May 1st

Zac Elawar

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April 8, 2013

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The details are all coming together now on Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The Xbox Live Marketplace listing for the game has been updated with the release date, an expanded overview and clarification on the format of the release.

First off, here is the overview:

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter taking place on a bizarre open-world island crawling with evil. Welcome to an 80’s VHS vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando who’s fighting against a cyborg army gone rogue. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world. Experience every cliché of a VHS era vision of a nuclear future, where cyborgs, blood dragons, mutants, and Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens, Navy Seals) collide. Playing Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon doesn’t require a copy of Far Cry 3.

That single paragraph is full of so much information…

The game will remain an open-world experience
Sounds like “Blood Dragon” is literal…there will be blood dragons in the game!
Michael Biehn of Terminator fame will feature (and it seems that central figure on the cover was him all along)
It is a standalone Arcade title

Now, if you visit the listing itself, you will see an R 18+ rating attached to the title, and if you click through to the second Overview page, you will also see a release date of May 1st. Seems like this VHS future is nearer than first thought.

Also check out the first leaked screenshots from the retro cyber-shooter. How awesome is this?! Are you guys as excited as we are?

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D includes an Easy Mode

Dustin Spencer

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April 8, 2013

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Remember how hard Donkey Kong Country Returns was when it released? Well, that seems to be getting a bit of a nerf when it comes to the re-release for the 3DS, as Nintendo have announced that an easy mode will be included – giving players one extra heart while playing.

To myself, it wasn’t the difficulty that caused problems, it was the waggle controls that were tacked onto the Wii version. I still respect that game for it’s own merits even though re-playability was something that I had a hard time mustering up, but the 3DS version just seems to be better as there isn’t much of a gimmick aside from the optional 3D. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is due out May 24th.

New Black Ops 2 Maps teased with an Interesting Trailer

Dustin Spencer

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April 8, 2013

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New Black Ops 2 Maps teased with an Interesting Trailer

The Uprising DLC Map Pack is due to hit Call of Duty: Black Ops II on April 16th, and if you are curious of the contents, a rather..well, different trailer has been released to promote the add-ons. To get the info out of the way, Uprising features four new Multiplayer maps (Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio), as well as the frightening new Zombies adventure, “Mob of the Dead”. Sounds pretty good.

The trailer itself plays out like a short, with two actors speaking about the brand and deeming themselves as the “Replacers” while going through many situations that are used to plug the DLC. Think of Men in Black, but without the humor of Will Smith to save it. It’s great to see these additions come to Call of Duty, but I think finding the funny of the clip below is going to be a harder task for fans to bare than the wait. That said, it is nice to see effort being put into promotion with these DLC packs, and hopefully other companies will start to treat their customers with this type of affection when it comes to add-on content in the future.

You can check out the video below or by clicking on the link here.

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