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Settle down with Skyrim’s Hearthfire DLC

If you thought that the only thing missing from Skyrim was a home you could actually build, furnish and populate on your own, well then you’ll be happy to hear that the next piece of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC will offer you just that. The newly announced “Hearthfire” downloadable content will allow players to purchase a plot of land where they can build their very own home from the ground up.

Players can create anything from a simple cottage to a small mansion complete with an armory, laboratory and even a fish hatchery if you feel like it. Players will be able to customize their house, fight away unwanted visitors and even build a family by moving in with your wife and adopting children. The Hearthfire pack will be available next week on September 4th for only 400 MSP ($5) while PS3 and PC gamers will likely have to wait around a month to play it. Until then, you can check out the DLC’s debut trailer below.

Black Ops 2 Hardened and Care Package Editions detailed and priced

It should come as no surprise that Activision is going to be releasing some special collector’s editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 when the game is released, but perhaps their contents may come as a little bit of a surprise.

The special editions come in two flavors, one is the Hardened edition which comes with some nice bonuses for $79.99 while the Care Package version comes with everything in the Hardened Edition plus some excellent looking physical bonuses like a remote-controlled quadro-copter, but will cost $179.99. See everything included in the packages below.

Hardened Edition:

  • Bonus In-Game Content: Nuketown Zombies & Nuketown 2025
  • Exclusive Xbox Live CLAW Avatar Prop & Zombies Avatar Costume
  • Limited Edition Challenge Coins
  • Official Soundtrack by Jack Wall With Theme by Trent Reznor
  • Collectible Steelbook
  • Also Included: Exclusive Weapon Camp & Exclusive Player Card Backgrounds

Care Package Edition:

  • Bonus In-Game Content: Nuketown Zombies & Nuketown 2025
  • Exclusive PlayStation 3 System Multiplayer Theme & Zombie Theme
  • MD-27 Dragonfire Drone with Remote Control
  • Limited Edition Challenge Coins
  • Official Soundtrack by Jack Wall With Theme by Trent Reznor
  • Collectible Steelbook
  • Also Included: Exclusive Weapon Camp & Exclusive Player Card Backgrounds

PC versions get a “Digital Deluxe” version, which contains:

  • Nuketown Zombies and Nuketown 2025 map
  • Weapon Camo
  • Two Player Card Backgrounds
  • Soundtrack
  • COD: World at War download token

 Check out the trailer for the Collector’s Edition below!

Indie Gala 8 Released

Another major indie game bundle release today. Indie Gala 8 was released in support of AbleGamers and the Italian Red Cross. AbleGamers helps those with disabilities and veterans suffering from war trauma overcome their barriers and play video games. The Italian Red Cross has been busy rebuilding the Emilia Romagna region after it was devastated by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake and it’s aftershocks. The bundle itself contains Dangerous Waters, Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness, Sentinel 3: Homeworld, and Superstars V8 Racing for those who purchase the bundle.

Indie Royale The Getaway Bundle Released

Indie Royale’s latest bundle The Getaway Bundle was released today. As usual, buyers can choose to either pay the minimum for the bundle and raise the minimum price for other buyers or beat the minimum price and drop the minimum price for other buyers. Those who pay more than 8 dollars will get Handheld Heroes Volume One album containing 41 tracks from the top chiptune artists. The bundle itself contains Futuremark’s multiplayer first person shooter Shattered Horizon, Christine Love’s visual novel Analogue: A Hate Story, Sparse Vector’s adventure game Super Amazing Wagon Adventure, Wadjet Eye Games point and click adventure Da New Guys, Squid in a Box’s twin stick shooter Waves, and I-Game-Art’s retro 1bit RPG miniFlake. Get the bundle here.

New Mark of the Ninja Text Adventure

Klei’s upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game Mark of the Ninja was initially announced through a text adventure found here. As a reward for completing the text adventure, players were able to watch a special announcement trailer. Klei is back at it again with a brand new text adventure for those brave enough to complete this challenge. Check out the new text adventure here.

Klei has previously released indie darlings Eets and Shank.  Mark of the Ninja is an stealth action platformer that will allow players to take on the role of a Ninja, sharing a similar visual style as Shank. Mark of the Ninja will be playable at PAX (Booth #682) and will be available for purchase on XBLA on September 7th.

Babel Rising: Cataclysm Announced

 

Babel Rising is back, building on the success of the previous game! Babel Rising: Cataclysm is a freemium sequel for iOS, building, improving, and expanding upon the previous game. The game allows player to take on the role of God and strike down humanity with 12 upgradeable powers, five of them brand new, as humanity attempts to build the tower of Babel . Humanity has some new tools too, bringing in two new units to help build the tower. There is a 40 mission story mode and a Survival mode along with Facebook and Game Center integration. Babel Rising: Cataclysm is slated for a September 6th release

Mysterious New Marvel Game Trailers

A mysterious trailer alluding to a new Marvel game has been released online. These videos show off some things related to the Avengers and even feature some of more recognisable Avengers. In the press release we were given, there is some kind of nonsensical message about the game, which we have reproduced below –

Marvel has released two new S.H.I.E.L.D. Briefing Videos for its new, unannounced mobile game.  In the videos, Hawkeye reports on the aftermath of the Vault breakout and Nick Fury picks the First Responder to the crisis.

This is incredibly vague and lacks a lot of context, will that context be gleaned from these two trailers? Or are they alluding to something else? Be sure to check out the two trailers below for more info.


Marvel have also revealed the Marvel XP service. This new service is the latest way to connect gamers to the Marvel Gaming Universe and is already linkable to the Marvel: Avengers Alliance game on Facebook. You can check out the Facebook page for the service here.

 

Does this Hot Shots Golf Cameo Hint at Sony’s next Star?

Vita fans can look forward to two of the handheld’s best releases meeting over a round of golf. Kat, the heroine of the physics bending Gravity Rush, will be making a cameo appearance in the Vita version of Hotshots Golf World Invitational.  Not much else is known at this point, although the above image would suggest that her power giving space kitty will be along for the ride, possibly bringing a gravity warping spin to some golf balls along the way.

The annoucement was made in this week’s issue of Degenki PlayStation, with details such as the release date and price of the content yet to be revealed.

Sony certainly seem keen to turn Kat into something more of a poster child by exposing the character to a larger audience – could this hint at a future appearance in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale?

Source: Siliconera

Canadians can now take advantage of Ni no Kuni’s Ninostarter program

While gamers in the United States have been able to freely pre-order the Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch via the Ninostarter program, Canadian gamers have had to peak over the border and wonder how nice it is to not have free healthcare. But moving on! Namco Bandai has annonuced today that gamers in Canada can now pre-order their own copy of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch via Ninostarter and take advantage of the Wizard’s Edition.

They also revealed that their Ninostarter program is about to hit it’s level 2 goal and once it is released, a golden Wizard’s Coin will be added to each Wizard’s Edition. Those wishing to check the progress of the Ninostarter can find it here.

Vita only supports eight PSOne Classics with Firmware 1.8

You know how Sony promised that when Firmware 1.8 hit the PlayStation Vita the handheld would support over one hundred PSOne Classics? Well it seems they were off by about two digits because in disappointing fashion that only Sony can deliver, they have only made nine PSOne games purchasable or downloadable on the Vita with the update.

If you happen to live in Europe you’ll actually get quite a lot of them, while those with a PS3 can actually transfer over a number of other PSOne Classics in an effort to absolutely confuse any members of their user base because apparently being user friendly is a thing of the past. The list of various games “supported” can be seen below:

North American PSOne Classics for download

  • Arc the Lad
  • Cool Boarders 2
  • FINAL FANTASY VII
  • Hot Shots Golf 2
  • Jet Moto
  • Syphon Filter
  • Tomb Raider
  • Twisted Metal 2
  • Wild Arms

North American PSOne Classics  available for transfer

  • 2 Xtreme
  • Alone in the dark, a new nightmare
  • Arc the Lad
  • Arcade Hits: Shienryu
  • Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
  • Breath of Fire IV
  • Burst Angel
  • Castlevania Chronicles
  • Castlevania: SotN
  • Cho Aniki
  • Cool Boarders 2
  • Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
  • Destruction Derby
  • Dino Crisis
  • Dino Crisis 2
  • Final Fantasy Origins
  • Final Fantasy IV
  • Final Fantasy VI
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Final Fantasy IX
  • Gaiaseed
  • Gex 3
  • harvest moon: back to nature
  • Hot Shots Golf 2
  • International Track and Field
  • Jet Moto
  • Jumping Flash
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  • Legend of Dragoon
  • Medieval
  • Mega Man
  • Mega Man 2
  • Mega Man 3
  • Mega Man 4
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Money Idol Exchanger
  • Parasite Eve
  • Parasite Eve 2
  • Rally Cross
  • Rayman 1
  • Resident Evil: DC
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
  • Saiyuki: Journey West
  • Street Fighter Alpha 1
  • Silent Hill
  • Syphon Filter
  • Syphon Filter 2 and 3
  • Threads of Fate
  • Tomb Raider
  • Toy Story 2
  • Twisted Metal 2
  • Unjammer Lammy
  • Vagrant Story
  • Warhawk
  • Wild Arms
  • Wild Arms 2
  • Xenogears

European PSOne Classics for download

  • Cool Boarders
  • Cool Boarders 2
  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
  • Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped
  • CTR: Crash Team Racing
  • Destruction Derby
  • Everybody’s Golf 2
  • G-Police
  • Jet Rider
  • Jet Rider 2
  • Jumping Flash
  • Kula World
  • Kurushi Final
  • MediEvil
  • Motor Toon Grand Prix 2
  • Rally Cross
  • Syphon Filter
  • Syphon Filter 3
  • Twisted Metal
  • Wild Arms
  • WipEout
  • 40 Wink
  • A Bug’s Life
  • A Bugs Life and Monsters Inc bundle
  • Abe’s Exoddus
  • Abe’s Oddworld Oddysee
  • Airboat
  • All-Star Boxing
  • Arc Arena: Monster Tournament
  • Arc the Lad
  • Arc the Lad II
  • Arc the Lad III
  • Arcade Hits: Shienryu
  • Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special
  • Atari Anniversary Edition
  • Atlantis
  • Atlantis and Hercules Bundle
  • Bishi Bashi Special
  • Blockids
  • Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
  • Bugriders
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  • Centipede
  • Cho Aniki
  • Constructor
  • Critical Depth
  • Dezaemon Plus
  • Disney’s Action Game ft. Hercules
  • Dodgeball
  • Driver
  • Eagle One: Harrier Attack
  • Fear Effect
  • Fear Effect: Retro Helix
  • Fighting Force
  • Fighting Force 2
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Final Fantasy IX
  • Final Fantasy V
  • Final Fantasy VI
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Front Mission 3
  • Gaiaseed
  • Galaxy Fight
  • Gex
  • Gex 3: Deep Under Cover
  • Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko
  • Grandia
  • Gubble
  • Guilty Gear
  • Gunship
  • Hardcore 4X4
  • International Track & Field
  • Jigsaw Madness
  • Judge Dredd
  • Junior League Soccer PS1
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • Little Mermaid 2
  • Little Mermaid 2 and Winnie The Pooh bundle
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Mickey’s Wild Adventure
  • Miracle Quad Racer
  • Miracle Space Race
  • Missile Command
  • Monsters Inc
  • Motorhead
  • N20
  • Namco Heritage bundle
  • Pandemonium
  • Pandemonium 2
  • Parasite Eve 2
  • Peter Pan
  • Pong
  • Pooh’s Party Game
  • Rageball
  • Rainbow Six
  • Rascal Racers
  • Rayman
  • Rayman 2: The Great Escape
  • Reel Fishing
  • Re-loaded
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
  • Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
  • Ridge Racer Type 4
  • Sheep
  • Silent Hill
  • Snowboard Racer
  • Sorcerer’s Maze
  • Spin Jam
  • Sports Superbike
  • Streak
  • Street Fighter 2 Alpha
  • Super Star Dance Club
  • Tarzan
  • Tekken
  • Tekken 2
  • Tomb Raider
  • Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
  • Tomb Raider Chronicles
  • Tomb Raider 2
  • Tomb Raider 3
  • Toy Story 2
  • Toy Story Racer
  • Toy Story Racer and Toy Story 2: Woody and Buzz bundle
  • Vagrant Story
  • Alundra
  • Urban Chaos