BulkyPix announced the release of their latest title today Card Buster. The game features three of Reiner Knizia’s version of poker. Deck Buster 32 and Deck Buster Wild challenge players to create the strongest poker hands possible with the cards available with either decks of 32 or 52 cards, with all 2’s counting as jokers. In Grid Busters, the poker hands are now played both vertically and horizontally, adding an extra dimension of strategy. There are 50 levels in Card Busters to master and iPhone 5 and new iPad optimized graphics.
Reiner Knizia is the famed mathematician and board game designer behind such hits as the Lord of the Rings board game and Lost Cities.
Card Busters is priced at $0.99 and can be purchased here.
If you live in Australia and want to get your hands on the Wii U, your chance is about to land. Today, Nintendo of Australia announced that the Wii U will be coming to EB Games Expo 2012 (October 5th- 7th at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park), with plenty of launch titles that gamers can get their mitts on.
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“We are incredibly excited to be able to showcase Nintendo’s innovative new Wii U game console to Australian consumers at this year’s EB Games Expo,” said Steve Wilson, Managing Director of EB Games Australia and New Zealand. “EB Games Expo will be the first time gamers in Australia get to go hands on with Wii U.”
Nintendo Australia recently announced Wii U will launch across Australia and New Zealand on 30th November 2012 with the Wii U Basic Pack launching at the SRP AU $349.95, featuring a Wii U console with 8GB internal storage and a Wii U GamePad, both in white. While the Wii U Premium Pack launches at the SRP AU $429.95 and contains a black Wii U console and Wii U GamePad, with 32GB of internal storage providing more space for downloadable digital content. The Premium Pack also contains a stand for the Wii U GamePad and console, a charging cradle for the Wii U GamePad, a sensor bar and the Nintendo Land software. Both packs also feature an HDMI cable and AC adapters for console and Wii U GamePad.
Sounds good, and you can check out the launch titles that Nintendo will be bringing down below.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
SiNG Party
ZombiU
RAYMAN LEGENDS
Darksiders II
Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition
Assassin’s Creed III
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Just Dance 4
Game Party Champions
Sonic & All Star Racing Transformed
With the release of Code of Princess coming in a little under two weeks, Atlus has chosen to release a number of new screenshots showing off the English text in the game as well as some photos of the beautiful looking box art as well as the art book and soundtrack CD that early buyers of the game will receive.
In case you don’t know, the soundtrack has been handled by ACE while the little art book features artwork from Kinu Nishimura. Those looking to pick up the 3DS exclusive Code of Princess at launch will be able to do so on October 9th.
While everyone in North America has been able to enjoy Ubisoft’s Rocksmith for quite some time now, gamers in Australia and New Zealand will be able to now go out to the store and pick up the wonderful music game that promises to deliver a serious experience for those serious about their guitar playing.
The game will feature all the content released in North America as well as some special content such as a brand new bass guitar mode, plus there is even some launch day DLC to immediatly unlock various items in the game, add new effects to the game and purchase more songs. Check out some gameplay in the trailer below.
With F1 2012 only just having hit the shelves, Codemasters have released what will be the last of their developer diary videos, this time highlighting two brand new game modes included in the latest addition to the F1 franchise, Season Challenge and Champions mode. Additionally it also gives a slightly more in depth look into the 5 year Career and Multiplayer options.
Discussing Champions Mode, Stephen Hood, Creative Director for F1 2012 said “With six FIA FORMULA ONE DRIVERS’ WORLD CHAMPIONS on the grid this year we thought it would be interesting if we made a scenario-based mode about trying to beat each of the champions across increasingly difficult challenges.”
Season Challenge give players the opportunity to experience a full Formula One Career spanned over 10 races, starting from scratch with a low ranking team and each time racing a rival to unlock the next race level as well as the privilege of using that rivals vehicle in future races.
Bethesda and Arkane Studios have released the second part in their three part Tales from Dunwall video series which serve as a prequel to Dishonored. This time around we follow the depressing story of a young man who happens to be gifted powers by the Outsider, though it seems that using a power you do not quite understand will have horrible consequences.
These videos continue to be absolutely depressing, the first of which can be seen here, but they portray a rather vivid image of how horrible the city of Dunwall has become before players step foot into the city and start killing and assassinating everyone in sight.
Those of you anxiously waiting for the next episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead series won’t have to wait longer than a month at least because the publisher themselves revealed today that Episode 4 will be released sometime in October.
Interestingly enough, AMC’s The Walking Dead television series starts back up on October 14th, so perhaps the company will take advantage of that premiere and release Episode 4 during that same week, which would place it’s release on October 16th and 17th if so. Of course that is simply a guess at this point but it would certainly capitalize on audience hype.
For all Marvel Vs Capcom fans who want to slightly lessen the risk of being stabbed and/or mugged down at the local arcade, Capcom has answered your calls and made Marvel Vs Capcom Origins available for home console users. The title is a compilation of Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel Vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, 2 of the 90’s most popular arcade games. The games have been kept true to their arcade counterparts with a whole host of extra content that will take gamers back to their glory days of ruling the arcades as well as making use of todays online advancements.
Marvel Vs Capcom Origins has taken the elements for its one on one gameplay from Super Heroes, and its intense and destructive tag team battles including the unique affinity gem system, assists and duo team attacks from Clash of the Super Heroes. Capcom have also opted to go with the GGPO system (a lag free service for their 8 player online lobbies), including spectator mode, HD graphics, replay saves and much more.
Marvel Vs Capcom Origins is available now for the XBox 360 Console via XBox live Arcade for 1200 MPS and will be available shortly on PSN.
While the shelves will be stocked on October 9th with Fable: The Journey, Lionhead Studios has but one final video documentary for your viewing pleasure. This last video shows the reactions of play testers experiencing the hands-on Kinect gameplay at this year’s Comic Con. As you will see in the video below, the main focus is game visuals and player interactions. The common analysis given is if you are a Fable fan you must acquire this game.
So the gamers at Comic Con had their fun with previewing the title, but so can you! Simply download the demo on Xbox Live and begin your own Fable journey. Prepare yourself by acquiring a Xbox Kinect then wield the mysterious forces of magic in the palms of your hands. Be careful champion, a terrorized Albion awaits you…
Earlier today we reported about a collector’s edition that will available in the US for Injustice: Gods Among Us. Now, we are told that Australian shores will get a completely different type of collector’s edition down.
The Australian version includes an exclusive 25cm Injustice statues featuring Batman and Wonder Woman, two issues of a brand new DC Comics series, exclusive Steelbook casing and three exclusive DLC skins from The New 52 comics based on Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
This version of the collector’s package will only be available down under, and will be available beginning April 2013 alongside the standard edition for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii U.
