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Tomb Raider Multiplayer Required For Achievement Hunters

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January 22, 2013

Are you a big fan of Lara Croft and her crazy archaeological adventures or just interested in seeing what the reboot of the franchise has to offer? Do you enjoy multiplayer in games?

As we recently revealed, Tomb Raider will have online multiplayer. Not only will the multiplayer be added value to the title, though. As Xbox360Achievements shows, any achievement hunters wanting to get the most out of their upcoming Tomb Raider experience will have to go through online multiplayer to complete all of the achievements. Around a quarter of all Tomb Raider achievements will have to be earned by duking it out with other players online.

Players uninterested in multiplayer will not be required to play it, but they should be resolved to the fact that they can’t complete all of the achievements without doing so.

Sony Will Likely Let Microsoft Announce Next-Gen First

Joe Morgan

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January 22, 2013

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With the release of Nintendo’s Wii U and talk in the industry of the present generation winding down, there is a considerable dose of speculation on what Sony and Microsoft will be doing with their next generation of gaming consoles.

According to an article in The Times, Kaz Hirai, Sony’s president and CEO, indicated that they would be letting Microsoft make the first move.

In response to a hardware release question, Hirai said,

“Why go first when your competitors can look at your specifications and come up with something better?”

Among other murmurings, it is also rumored that Sony may be abandoning the DualShock for the first time in sixteen years.

Cognition Episode 2: The Wise Monkey drawing near

Joshua Moris

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January 22, 2013

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January 30, 2013 cannot come any faster as The Wise Monkey is slowly creeping to its release date. Being the second installment of four episodes, the Erica Reed Thriller title advances further into the ongoing personal investigation of a closed serial killer’s file. Episode 2 will put Erica even closer to danger and reveal even more mysteries when discovering truths. Prepare to become engaged in a thrilling point-and-click adventure horror while enjoying an amazing art direction.

Take advantage of ordering the season pass for Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller for only $29.99 for PC and Mac or purchase Episode 2 solely for $9.99 on January 30th at the Phoenix Online Studios Store.

Check out the latest trailer for Episode 2: The Wise Monkey below

Nintendo backtracks on Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’s Multiplayer

Dustin Spencer

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January 22, 2013

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This morning, the official website for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon went live, and while that is not entirely news, the tagline that the listing displayed was certainly eye-grabbing.

Here is the previous paragraph that was listed on the webpage:

With so many new places to explore, all new ways to capture ghosts, and a brand new local multiplayer mode, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is another star turn for Mario’s heroic brother—and it’s only on Nintendo 3DS.

Of course, that is big news, even though Nintendo have already stated that this sequel would in fact be a single player only experience. Fast forward a few hours later, and the tagline now reads:

With so many new places to explore and all new ways to capture ghosts, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is another star turn for Mario’s heroic brother—and it’s only on Nintendo 3DS.

This honestly seems like a copy and paste job done from an older press release, and was corrected too late to reflect the game’s present state. Did Luigi’s Mansion even need the said feature? Well..not really. Either way, Dark Moon still looks wonderful, and you can expect this dish to hit the 3DS in March.

Temple Run 2 hits 20 million Downloads in Four Days

Dustin Spencer

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January 22, 2013

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Temple Run was one of the most addictive experiences on the App Store, assisting in getting the heart pumping of the “runner” genre and making leaderboards actually useful as well all tried to beat our friends’ top scores.

Today, it was announced that the recently released sequel – Temple Run 2, has had 20 million downloads in just four days time. Yes, it’s free, but those in app purchases are also skyrocketing, as the newly launched game is currently at the #2 spot for top grossing, and that is a spot that developer Imangi should definitely be proud of. Now go, download here, get lost for hours, as there is sure to be even more to come from this growing franchise. Stay tuned for our review of the game soon!

Tekken Card Tournament to be free-to-play; physical cards later this year

Travis Bruno

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January 22, 2013

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Today Namco Bandai revealed a new take on the Tekken fighting game series… and that new take happens to be a card game. Within the next few weeks Tekken Card Tournament will be released as a free-to-play game that will be playable on computer browsers, smartphones and tablets.

The neat thing here is, that players can actually buy physical cards in booster packs that can be incorporated into Tekken Card Tournament via QR codes which will provide upgrades for your fighters as well as new characters. To see a little about how the game will work, check out the handful of newly released screenshots below.

Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump now revamped and simultaneous with Japan

Travis Bruno

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January 22, 2013

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The “Alpha” phase of Viz Media’s new Shonen Jump digital manga service has ended and as of today the company has launched the new Weekly Shonen Jump which is now on a simultaneous schedule with it’s Japanese counterpart. To go along with this upgrade, the company has also redesigned their Shonen Jump website and revamped the look of the magazine itself.

Currently a one year subscription to Weekly Shonen Jump costs $25.99 for a year and all magazine issues you download during your subscription time are yours to keep. If that wasn’t enough, check out the newly unveiled Shonen Jump Anthem video below. This first week of Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump contains chapters from Naruto, the newly debuted One-Punch Man, One Piece, Nisekoi, Bleach, Cross Manage, Toriko and Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and you can check out a little preview image of each chapter below. It was also revealed today that next week’s issue will faeutre Akira Toriyama’s one-shot manga Kintoki.

Learn how to unlock the Dead Space 3 Mass Effect N7 armor

Travis Bruno

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January 22, 2013

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If you thought that EA wasn’t going to put any more crossover items into their games then you probably are a bit of a fool. Following up with last year’s Mass Effect armor and weapons added to Kingdoms of Amalur, this time we have Dead Space 3 receiving some special Mass Effect N7 Armor.

You can check out the armor in the image above (click for high-res) or in the trailer below. Now how do you unlock this Dead Space 3 armor? Easy. All you need is a save file from Mass Effect 3 on the console you are playing Dead Space 3 on. EA has said that this armor will be available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Let’s Fish! Hooked On, the anime-styled fishing game, hits North America in late January

Travis Bruno

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January 22, 2013

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It looks like the PlayStation Vita’s very first fishing game, and a fishing game with anime-themed characters no less, finally has a set release date for North America and Europe. Wired Productions revealed today that Let’s Fish! Hooked On will be released onto the PlayStation Vita’s PlayStation Store on February 29th for North America and February 30th for Europe for $19.99.

To go alogn with this release date announcement, Wired has released two gameplay videos focusing on the two female characters for the game, Jamie and Kano. It is currently unknown if the game will feature an option to have the Japanese voice-clips instead of the English clips. Either way, the title was developed by the team that created SEGA Bass Fishing and features four game modes, World Tour where each of the four characters have a different storyline, a challenge mode, training and an underwater mode.

Glance at Tales of Xillia’s battle system in these latest screens

Travis Bruno

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January 22, 2013

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Perhaps today should be called Namco Monday considering how many pieces of news came out of the company. First they revealed that Project X Zone is heading West, released new Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 screenshots and detailed the game’s pre-order bonuses and they have even announced One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 for North America.

Now, in what may be the last piece of news for Namco for the day, the company has released a handful of new English Tales of Xillia screenshots which you can check out below. While not numerous, these screenshots do give us a brief look at the classic Tales battle system and the gorgeous character design.