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NBA2K13 Dynasty Edition Announced

Jamie Laike Tsui
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2K Sports announced the NBA2K13 Dynasty Edition. Australians will be able to snag their own copy for $129.95 for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. Since a limited quantity of the Dynasty Edition is being released, it is strongly advised to pre order a copy at JB HiFi or EB Games to ensure players will not be disappointed.

The NBA2K13 Dynasty Edition includes a copy of the game, NBA2K13 All Star add-on presented by Sprite, an exclusive full sized NBA 2K13 basketball made by Spalding and Art of Basketball, 2K Sports themed Ink’d earbuds from Skullcandy, and a NBA 2K13 basketball textured controller skin from Skinit. Austrlians can pre-order their copy at EB Games here or JB HiFi here.

Hyrule Historia Pre-Order Now Available

Benjamin Webb
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Amazon have very recently listed the upcoming book from Dark Horse and Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. The book is an endorsed product from Nintendo that is essentially an encyclopedia for all things The Legend of Zelda.

The Amazon listing has the Pre-Order price currently set to $20.99, which is cut down from the retail price of $34.99. As part of a special promotion, Amazon says that the Pre-Order price will be guaranteed, but if the price lowers, then you will be eligible for the lowest price. To quote the listing –

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • 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 visit the Amazon store page and pre-order this amazing book.

Hyrule Historia Translated By Darkhorse Confirmed

Benjamin Webb
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Hyrule Historia Translated By Darkhorse Confirmed

So this is a story that I’ve been following all day and have yet to see any kind of actual confirmation on. But a site called Gengame has reported that there will be a translated edition of the somewhat official The Legend of Zelda encyclopaedia – The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia.

The original story, posted here, tells us that the book will be released by Dark Horse in January 2013 but links to a source that is completely unavailable. The source is this. It then copy-pastes this blurb from the unverifiable source –

Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an insightful introduction by the legendary producer and video-game designer of Donkey Kong, Mario, and The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, this book is crammed full of information about the storied history of Link’s adventures from the creators themselves! As a bonus, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia includes an exclusive comic by the foremost creator of The Legend of Zelda manga — Akira Himekawa!

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 68 million copies since the release of the first game, with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holding the record for the highest reviewed video game of all time.
• Covers the full history of The Legend of Zelda franchise.
• With an introduction by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
• Includes the official timeline of The Legend of Zelda games, never-before-seen concept art, The Legend of Zelda manga, in-depth information on the making of the The Legend of Zelda franchise, and art by some of the most storied concept artists in video games.

Now, with something as big as this, I was almost tempted to post it up myself with the unverified source. However, I was quite skeptical about this and actually did some research on the topic. The results of this are that the book is indeed coming out in January and Dark Horse is indeed publishing the book. This can be verified here at the official Dark Horse website. I have reproduced their description below –

Dark Horse Books and Nintendo® bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda™ franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an insightful introduction by the legendary producer and video-game designer of Donkey Kong™, Mario™, and The Legend of Zelda™, Shigeru Miyamoto, this book is crammed full of information about the storied history of Link’s adventures from the creators themselves! As a bonus, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia includes an exclusive comic by the foremost creator of The Legend of Zelda manga—Akira Himekawa!

* The full history and making of the The Legend of Zelda™ franchise, never-before-seen concept art!

* Introduction by Shigeru Miyamoto!

So it turns out that it was all true. Journalists really need to step up their game though.

Pika! Ultra Special Pikachu 3DS XL Revealed

Claire Phillips
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Want to see another exclusive Nintendo handheld special edition that it’s highly unlikely you will ever be able to get your mitts on? Well above is a shot of the latest Nintendo 3DS XL, coming soon to a select few places that are probably nowhere near you…

This special Pikachu 3DS XL will only be available to those who preorder it and pick it up from one of seven Pokemon Centre stores in Japan – this is not going to be sold over the counter. Sitting at the standard retail price, the handheld comes with the usual accessories and has a white inside colour to complement the shockingly cute Pikachu outer. Preorders can be made only at Pokemon Centres, with the console seeing release to preorder customers only on September 15.  Heading to Japan anytime soon?

Source: Siliconera

Avengers 2 Release Date Announced

Claire Phillips
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It was never really a question that a sequel to the stupidly successful The Avengers would be on the cards, and now we know exactly when it will be coming to cinemas. Disney have confirmed that the sequel to the Marvel mega hit will be released on May 1, 2015. Of course the picture is lined up to take the usual Summer blockbuster prime spot, so don’t expect that date to move too much pending any production problems.

Director Joss Whedon has also been confirmed as writer and director for the second outing, which is tentatively (not quite) titled Untitled Marvel’s Avengers Sequel. What the three year gap also allows for is plenty more solo outings for the main cast, including at least one more Thor, Iron Man and Captain America.

Fingers crossed that a few of the more obscure Avengers will manage to hit the screen by the time Avengers 2 rolls around.

Might and Magic and Anno Announced as Free to Play

Claire Phillips
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Whilst full retail titles like Assassin’s Creed III and it’s Vita counterpart Liberation attract most of the attention for Ubisoft these days, the developer/publisher has just announced at Gamescom that they will be bringing three free to play online games to the world in the coming year.

The games will cover two franchises, city builder Anno (most recently seen in the future set Anno 2070) and fantasy series Might and Magic Heroes.

Anno Online will be released in autumn (Northern Hemisphere that is), and is being developed by the same team that were behind the main game. Set in medieval times, players will be able to enjoy the usual Anno gameplay in a browser based experience that will see a multiplayer mode of sorts present in the series for the first time. Players will be able to join together to create powerful empires and work towards common goals – make sure and check out the sneak peek above.

Might and Magic has two freebies on the horizon, with Might and Magic Heroes Online due in summer this year, and Might and Magic Raiders currently scheduled for a 2013 release. Online is an MMORPG that keeps to the gameplay style of the earlier Might and Magic PC titles, allowing players to work together for some epic co-op battles.

Raiders is a little further away on the horizon, but will bring more of an action RPG experience with a story starting just before the events of Heroes of Might and Magic VI. Players will pick from one of four classes and play as one of the Raiders of Ashan, defending Hammerfall in 20 minute bursts of co-op action.

What do you think of Ubisoft’s plans to bring these franchises to free to play? Let us know in the comments section below.

Hitman: Absolution Contracts Mode Trailer

Luke Halliday
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A new online mode for Hitman: Absolution has been revealed and alongside that reveal was the release of a new trailer to show off the new mode which is known as Contracts Mode.

The new mode allows players to create contracts to share with one another in order to challenge one another at special ‘hits’. You can completely customize a contract, right from the level, weapons and even rules for the hit.

You can check out the mode in the newest trailer for Hitman: Absolution below. Be sure to let us know what you think of it in the comments section.

Medal Of Honor Devs Holding a LiveStream Q&A Shortly

Benjamin Webb
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At what I believe will be 7PM AEST the developers behind Medal of Honor Warfighter will be holding a live Q&A panel from Gamescom Germany about the game. This is a great opportunity for fans and interested parties to learn about the upcoming title and to see if any of their concerns are unfounded.

The conference was announced on Twitter – Linked Here – and reads thus:

Have questions for the @MedalOfHonor Warfighter team? @OriginInsider is holding a Live Q&A in 30 min here: http://bit.ly/N4GDCY

Be sure to check out the livestream here for more info.

Holy Shield Brings the Holy War to iOS

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Holy Shield Brings the Holy War to iOS

Holy Shield isn’t quite as crazy religious as the title might think. While it is set in a post apocalyptic world where daemons wander around Earth gobbling up humans and the Holy Shield is a secret organization that fights against them in order to preserve a balance between good and evil (I’m thinking the whole post-apocalyptic deal means the scales are leaning pretty heavily towards the ‘evil’ side of things), but like… There are guns?

Holy Shield is a third person shooter where, as a member of the Holy Shield, you are instructed to take down the source of this super bad daemon, which of course involves taking down all his minions. You can play as Gabriel (hello Bible reference) or Rachel (not so Bible reference), and disembowel, behead, and dismember daemons. If all of religion was like this!

Project: Holy Shield does, however, have quite a bit of tongue in cheek and parodies within, so don’t worry. This isn’t some secret religious agenda to get gamers to put down those controllers and go to church. After all, the soundtrack is composed by heavy metal band The Slaughters.

There are seven different maps and 14 levels, which you can also play through in Survival and Hunt modes. You can take down daemons with over 20 different upgradeable weapons including flamethrowers, machine guns, and Blessed Revolvers. There’s also three different types of gameplay for you to play around with, third person shooter in Story mode, first person in Hunt mode and device-tilt in Vehicle mode.

Check out the trailer for the game below! And let us know what you think of it in the comments section. Yay for some parody and violence-filled religious fun? Or does the title just throw you off?

Project: Holy Shield Journey to Hell is coming soon on iOS. Keep tuned to Capsule Computers for more information as it comes out.

Plants Vs Zombies Gets an Exclusive Online Store

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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The ultimately popular game franchise Plants vs. Zombies now has an online store packed full of merchandise for all of your Plants vs Zombies needs. Got any Plants vs Zombies merch that you’ve got a real hankering for? Well, chances are you’ll find it on the Plants vs Zombies online store HERE.

PopCap partnered up with Treehouse Brand Store to create the site, which stocks exclusive and high-quality (none of that rip-off, slightly wonky and out of proportion junk here!) from the UK and United States. With a wide range chances are they’ll have that thing that you really, really want.

There are such products as t-shirts, one-sies, hoodies, soft toys and figurines, hats, lunchboes, mugs, art, calenders and Pop! Figures. So seriously, everything.

Brennan Townley, the director of brand licensing at PopCap Games had this to say about the opening of the new store:

“We’re excited to give our fans access to exclusive Plants vs. Zombies merchandise that they can only find at PvZStore.com. We’ve worked closely with Treehouse, known for its innovative product design, global distribution and excellent customer service, to create a best-in-class online retail experience that will carry everything from plush toys and apparel to limited edition art, with new offerings being added on an ongoing basis.”

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to the Plants vs Zombies store NOW and grab your funny PvZ reference t-shirt!

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