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Mass Effect 3 Special Edition Releases Alongside Wii U

Simon Wolfe
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After the launch of the Wii U in America on Monday and the upcoming launch of the Wii U around the world in the next few weeks, BioWare and EA are eager to point out that the their massive hit Mass Effect 3 , despite the ending debacle  will be making the port to the new console with additional features, with Mass Effect 3 Special Edition.  A launch day release, the special edition packs an interactive comic so those not filled in on the story from Mass Effect 1 & 2 can catch up.

Other additions are how easily the player can control combat through the use of the Wii U GamePad to aid the player in giving the commands they want their squad to carry out.  With more than 100 awards and 80 perfect scores, Mass Effect 3 Special Edition hopes to bring the story of Commander Shepard to more of the gaming audience through the Wii U, as it releases beside it.

Americans can find them both in stores now, while Europe and Australia will have to wait until November 30th to check it out to see what Mass Effect 3 Special Edition has to offer.

Limited Edition White 3DS XL console coming this Christmas

Philip Federico
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Limited Edition White 3DS XL console coming this Christmas

With Christmas not too far away now, it’s probably a good time to start planning on what to buy your loved ones. If you have no idea what to buy them have no fear, Nintendo have come to rescue! Today they have announced that they will be releasing a limited edition White Nintendo 3DS XL.  Now what’s so limited about this White 3DS XL you ask?  Well this 3DS XL will come pre-installed with either Super Mario 3D Land or Mario Kart 7.

So if you’re a Mario fan or someone in the family is this will be the perfect gift for them this Christmas. From we’ve heard, both consoles will only be available in limited quantities, so if you’re a Mario fan, make sure you don’t miss out! The White 3DS XL consoles will be available in stores on the 6th of December.

Hitman: Absolution – Launch Trailer

Joshua Moris
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The Square Enix’s studio IO Interactive offers gamers around the world a glimpse of the destruction in the Hitman franchise with an action jammed launch trailer for the release of Hitman: Absolution. While only boasting the cinematic value of the title, the launch trailer presents real-time moments where decisions matter.

Disguises, improvised weaponry, and a variety of kill screens add to the gameplay experience. Additionally, a new ‘Contracts’ mode pits players in an online environment where players can design their own custom hit challenges. You make the rules of engagement and provide other players with the weapon, level, and target. I wonder if you can attack Colonel Mustard in the library with a rope? Oops, wrong game!

Hitman: Absolution is now available in New Zealand and Australia for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Don’t forget to check out the launch trailer below and tell us what you think in the comments section.

New gamesGRABR Network Available for Registration

Simon Wolfe
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Ever wanted a social networking site dedicated to just gaming to easily keep track of who’s playing what, how a game rates up, and all the latest information on your favorites?  Well, that seems to be the idea behind gamesGRABR, a the new social network designed by TeePee Games set to release in the first quarter of 2013, but opening up registration today for those already interested.

Built to be fully integrated online, as well as smartphones like Android and iOS, so that gamers can add to their collection of games by such simple actions as scanning barcodes from the box with their smartphone camera.  With a game in your collection, friends on the site can view your games or even buy the game themselves.  By working with publishers and developers gameGRABR will have access to thousands of games on the first day as well as allowing for the purchase of the games through the site.

Players interested in signing up now can check out the site HERE and or check out some of the shots in the gallery below.

WoW: Eight Years and Counting

Joshua Moris
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WoW: Eight Years and Counting

World of Warcraft has certainly earned its reputation for attributing the ‘WoW’ standard for a multitude of the massive multiplayer online genre titles and has done so for eight years on November 23rd. In celebration for standing ground for eight years, Blizzard is presenting players that log onto World of Warcraft between November 18th and December 1st with a ‘Celebration Package’ along with earning a Feat of Strength achievement. Once the package has been used, the package wielder will begin shooting off fireworks, dawn an unique yet temporary tabard, and gain 8% bonus experience from enemies while the package is active.

Blizzard additionally offers a small disclaimer when using the special celebratory package:

Use fireworks responsibly. Harmful or fatal if swallowed. If fireworks get in eyes, rinse in muddy pond water for 20 minutes, /dance, and contact your nearest Mistweaver, Priest, Shaman, Druid, or Paladin.

Think they are done with tooting their horn? Blizzard created a special video to take players on the epic journey from the initial release up to the latest expansion – Mists of Pandaria. Take a look at the video below to capture the nostalgia that is World of Warcraft.

ESPN opens all channels for Xbox Live

Joshua Moris
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ESPN has heard your voices and is now offering their full programming to Xbox Live. This means ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Buzzer Beater and Goal Line are all now accessible from the ESPN app. What’s the big difference? Before the update, users had very little NFL coverage. Now with the expanded programming, you can now access Monday Night Football! And let’s not forget about MLB or NBA games. Here are some more features to expect when powering up your new ESPN app:

  • My Sports. ESPN on Xbox allows you to choose your favorite sports and teams and designate these channels as “My Sports,” so you can jump directly into the games and content you care most about. ESPN on Xbox will automatically provide you with a personalized daily feed of live events, news and highlights based on “My Sports,” catching you up on only the teams and sports you care most about.
  • Mini Guide. The mini-guide gives you a preview and quick access to all the sports content you care about right at the bottom of the screen. This fall it is all about football, and now the best fans don’t have to miss anything. Is another game tied up late in the fourth quarter? Instantly switch to that game. Halftime? Play the earlier highlights.
  • Split Screen. Because true sports fans want to watch more than one game at a time, ESPN on Xbox has a split screen, allowing you to watch two events at once. Watch live events on both screens or a live event on one while you catch up on news and highlights on the other. You can even control both screens independently, pausing and rewinding each separately so you never miss a second of the action.

  • Gesture Control and Voice Control with Kinect for Xbox 360. Focus on your team instead of looking for the remote. Navigate through the content guide, skip to the next highlight, or play, pause, and rewind that big play…all with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.
  • Reminders. Too many big games to keep track of in your head? Not to worry – ESPN on Xbox now lets you tag games and set reminders so you never miss a moment.
  • Interactive ESPN BottomLine. The ESPN BottomLine keeps you in the know with breaking news and score updates from around the world of sports. Xbox has added interactive functionality that raises the bar for fans everywhere, with live alerts and the capability to jump to different sports or skip to the next story.

So rush over to your Xbox and download the latest ESPN update to begin watching your favorite live sports/shows. *Xbox Live Gold subscription and an ESPN participating affiliate are both required in using this app.*

Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault Vita release delayed until January

Travis Bruno
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Today Sony announced that Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault would not be hitting the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita at the same time and it seems that they have chosen to wait until only a week before the game’s release before announcing such a delay.

Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault’s PS3 version is still set to be released on November 27th for $20 but the PlayStation Vita version will now be released in January 2013 at some point. To reward fans for their patience, Sony is planning on releasing the above “mini-boss skin pack” as a free download on the PS3.

Tank! Tank! Tank! available now for the Wii U

Travis Bruno
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As many of you may already be aware, Nintendo’s Wii U system launched yesterday in North America and if you happened to be one of the lucky consumers to secure one of the consoles before they became sold out everywhere then perhaps you will be interested in checking out a game from Namco Bandai called Tank! Tank! Tank!.

Tank! Tank! Tank! provides a place for up to four players to destroy giant alien monsters together or fight against one another using a variety of crazy tanks and weaponry and players can even place pictures of themselves in the game with the use of the Wii U GamePad’s camera.

New screens and over ten minutes of Atelier Totori Plus gameplay released

Travis Bruno
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If you still had any concerns that Atelier Totori wouldn’t look great on the PlayStation Vita then perhaps the below video will put your fears to rest. Today 4Gamer released over ten minutes of gameplay from Atelier Totori Plus and in this video we are shown nearly every aspect of the game including battles, exploration and alchemy.

Atelier Totori Plus will feature a number of new outfits, including various bikinis for Totori to wear, new alchemical recipes as well as new party members and DLC from the PS3 version of the game all for free. Currently Atelier Totori Plus is set to be released on November 29th in Japan and so far no Western release has been announced.

A.D. 2021 Tokyo teaser site launched by Sega

Travis Bruno
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A.D. 2021 Tokyo teaser site launched by Sega

Today Sega opened up a strange new teaser website in Japan which can be found here. Currently little is known about what this game may be outside of the fact that the site is dubbed “A.D. 2021 Tokyo” and the fact that the artwork on the website shows what appears to be giant flowers growing in Tokyo while dragon-like creatures fly overhead.

As you can see on the teaser site, the game will be fully revealed in Weekly Famitsu which will be released on Thursday, but leaked on Tuesday as is standard with Famitsu issues. There have been some rumblings on Japanese websites that this game could be Seven Dragon 2020: 3rd Encount and given the look of the artwork, they are probably right.

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