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Xbox Live News with Pipper – July 28, 2012

Joshua Moris
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Important news this week on Xbox Live News with Pipper! First and foremost, thank you for tuning in to the show and boy do we have some news coming to you. Xbox’s very own Major Nelson has been announcing the updates for Xbox Live via twitter and blog. Major has urged people to voice there opinions by saying, “Keep the feedback coming. Those who work on the ‘deals’ actually read these comments on a regular basis.”

While Major’s message gives us hope for better deals, others believe that it will never happen. Member “MilkyTee” offers the following reply:

That’s reassuring in a way, but people have been coming to your blog and moaning about the deals for a long time. And they seem to be getting persistently worse.

It’s all well and good that they read the comments but acting upon them is another matter entirely. Again, the community feels like they are owed some good discounts at the very least, it is a “benefit” of being a Gold member.

Has the community met their breaking point? What will it take to get similar deals like the Playstation community? Let’s move on to the deals and see why some people are imploding.

Deals Of The Week

NameDiscount DatesPrice
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Da Vinci Disappearance (Ubisoft)July 24 to July 30400 (50% off)
Square EnixJuly 31 to Aug 6
Lara Croft Guardian of Light – A Hazardous Reunion200 (50% off)
Lara Croft Guardian of Light – All the Trappings200 (50% off)
Lara Croft Guardian of Light – Raziel & Kain Character Pack200 (50% off)
Tomb Raider Underworld Beneath the Ashes400 (50% off)
Tomb Raider Underworld Lara’s Shadow400 (50% off)
Special Sales (???)
Kinect Central-Kinectimals: Now with BEARS! (Microsoft)July 24 to July 30600 (50% off)

New Releases

Even though the deals may not be doing so hot, the new game releases for Xbox Live might bring some revenue. Wreckateer looks promising at 800 MSP, and more game on demands reach the market.

Here are the new releases from July 24th to August 1st.

NameRelease DateMicrosoft Points
(Games)
Wreckateer (MGS)25-July800
Deadlight (MGS)01-Aug1200
(Games on Demand)
Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking (Ubisoft)24-July
Prototype 2 (Activision)24-July
El Shaddai (Ignition Entertainment)31-July
Disney Universe (Disney)31-July
(Avatars)
Community (Xbox LIVE)24-July
Deadlight XBLA (MGS)24-July
Tattoo Collection (Konami)31-July

If you are upset about the deals, please make your way over to Major’s blog and post your frustrations. I too agree that year long subscribers deserve a little bit more than what we are getting. Playing games online should not be a GOLD status privilege. If I wanted to pay for an online game, I might as well activate a year long subscription to World of Warcraft – where I am sure I’d receive more benefits.

Thanks everyone for tuning in again for another chapter of Xbox Live News with Pipper. Stand up for your gaming rights, and always remember to “Play Hard or Don’t Play At All!”

TERA – The Argon Queen Content Update Coming Soon

Benjamin Webb
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The developers over at En-Masse Entertainment have recently revealed their upcoming content update for the MMORPG TERA called: The Argon Queen. This update looks like it will be bringing along some exciting new content for players to pick up and enjoy whilst adding to the overall TERA experience.

Over the course of the next few weeks, the developers and publishers will be releasing info on all the upcoming content for the update. The first new piece of information will be appearing on the 31st of July and will be covering the upcoming new 10-player raid called (I believe) The Nexus Traverse.

The following is their full schedule and brief description –

July 31

Nexus Dungeon

Nexus Raids

Introducing TERA’s first raid content! Take a ten-player team into the Nexus Traverse.

August 2

New Skills

New Skills

New lancer and warrior skills: hit harder, block better, dodge faster.

August 7

Sirjuku Gallery

Sirjuka Gallery

You may have dealt with the wicked god Thulsa, but he left plenty of dangers and treasures behind in Sirjuka Gallery.

August 9

Argon Corpus

Argon Corpus

Invade a huge argon installation and plunder its depths. Dead Federation soldiers litter the halls—will you join them?

August 14

Manayas Core

Manaya’s Core

Fight Shandra Manaya, the powerful and mysterious ruler of the argons.

August 16

Battlegrounds

Battlegrounds

Enjoy the thrills of arena combat while perfecting your teamwork.

Finally, they have also released a trailer for the upcoming update, which you can check out below. Also be sure to check back in on their website for all of the upcoming update info.

A new champion approaches… Diana

Joshua Moris
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Riot seems to be on quite the roll with dealing out strong female champions. Recently revealed is Diana, Scorn of the Moon. Diana offers a higher difficulty of gameplay by utilizing combos to do burst damage or greater damage over time. Alternatively, she can absorb immense amounts of damage while using her Pale Cascade ability (see below). Did I mention that her ultimate ability Lunar Rush does not have a cooldown when properly used? Diana, your pulling on this guy’s heartstrings!

Abilities

  • Moonsilver Blade (Passive): Diana has increased Attack Speed. Every third strike cleaves nearby enemies for additional magic damage.
  • Crescent Strike: Diana swings her blade to unleash a bolt of lunar energy, afflicting enemies with Moonlight and dealing damage in an arc before exploding.
  • Pale Cascade: Diana creates three orbiting spheres that detonate on contact with enemies to deal damage in an area. She also gains a temporary shield that absorbs damage. This shield is refreshed if all three spheres detonate.
  • Moonfall: Diana draws in and slows all nearby enemies.
  • Lunar Rush (Ultimate): Diana teleports to an enemy and deals magic damage. Lunar Rush has no cooldown when used to teleport to a target afflicted with Moonlight.

Lore

While her story isn’t fully known, Diana was not always under the blessing of the moon. She was shunned by the people of the sun and was forced to take refuge. When one light diminishes another one grows – this being the moon’s glow. Finding solace in her isolation, Diana began her training with the powers of the moon. Utilizing lunar energy and pure ferocity, she holds on to the vengeance of those that burned her. Using her own light, she forges a path of devastation with her crescent blade.

Battlefield 3 Aftermath DLC arriving in December

Travis Bruno
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Now that we have learned a little bit about what Battlefield 3’s Aftermath DLC package will contain, it only makes sense we get a release window of some kind. Today EA updated Battlefield 3’s premium page and on this hype page it was revealed that the Aftermath DLC will be coming to consoles sometime in December.

It is also worth noting that the Battlefield 3 End Game DLC is also listed for release in March 2013, though this is certainly a long time away and delays could happen. Both of these content packs are meant to add in four new maps and a number of weapons and vehicles.

Persona 4 Arena suffering lag issues on Xbox 360

Travis Bruno
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Besides the surprising fact that Japanese gamers actually bought a game for the Xbox 360 (considering the low popularity of the console in the country), it sounds like those who chose to support this version of the game are facing some unexpected lag problems when they play the game online.

The official Persona blog has been updated with an apology from Atlus stating that they are investigating the problem and are promising to provide an immediate follow up report when the problem is identified. Until that time, Atlus has suggested that gamers change their network settings to say “Good Connection Only” instead of “Same Area Only.” It is not yet known if this problem will be fixed and patched before the North American release of the game on August 7th.

Get your Yak on with Harvest Moon: A New Beginning’s pre-order bonus

Travis Bruno
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When Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns was released last year gamers in North America were able to get a plush alpaca to go with their DS/3DS game and this time around Natsume has continued their tradition of offering cute plush animals as pre-order bonuses.

This time around the company has made the difficult choice of turning a Yak into a cute plushie and from the look of it above, they seem to have succeeded. It is worth noting that currently 3DS exclusive Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is only set to be released in North America and as such the above Yak may only be available to those who pre-order the game from participating retailers in North America.

Check out Sleeping Dogs’ hard boiled shooting mechanics

Travis Bruno
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We’ve all seen plenty of shooting games before and each one of them wants to try and sell you on how their shooting mechanics are better than everything you have already seen. However after watching the below trailer for Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs then I may want to actually believe their claims.

TOday Square Enix released the below gameplay trailer which shows protagonist Wei Shen taking out numerous bad guys with guns as he demonstrates the game’s “Hard boiled” shooing mechanics. Those interested in picking up the game should note that it is set to be released roughly two and a half weeks from now on August 14th.

A Tale of Castles and Kickstarters

Mark Pearce
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A lot can happen when you throw $80,000 at a few people working together on a great project. Thanks to Kickstarter, this is possible and in less than a day and it has happened for the folks at Sauropod Studio.

Castle Story is the name of the project and it’s a game about building, exploring and gathering to create fortifications and establish a defense against the bad things that come in the night. It is voxel-based and looks a bit like Minecraft but do not make the mistake of calling it a Minecraft clone.

Castle Story will be an RTS in a sense that you will be able to control a civilization made up of little yellow guys called Bricktrons. The Bricktrons will be the ones doing all the footwork; chopping trees, mining stone and defending while you give commands and decide exactly what you want them to do next. The world they occupy is made of floating islands rich with resources.

The Castle Story Kickstarter was set up today and has already exceeded the goal of $80,000, currently it has accrued over $100,000. The pledging options start at $15 which guarantees you a beta copy of the game (that will become the final version at no extra charge) and your name in the game. For $25 you get that plus a prototype that will be released soon after the Kickstarter is finished. Pledge more and get signed posters, t-shirts and handmade plushies.

If you like commanding units in RTS games and surviving nights in structures that you built in games like Minecraft and Terraria then Castle Story will be a must-have. Check out the Kickstarter page here and get ready to be impressed.

Dead or Alive 5 box art finalized

Travis Bruno
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If for whatever reason you didn’t like the simple yet elegant box art that Dead or Alive 5 featured before, then you will be happy to hear that the box art has been changed and today Tecmo Koei revealed the finalized box art for the title. The final box art can be seen to the right and is clickable for those who want to see it in super hi-def. It is interesting to see that the female characters take the foreground though the lack of Hitomi is saddening.

To go along with the release of the game’s final box art, Tecmo Koei also released the final package of the Dead or Alive 5 Collector’s Edition which can be seen below. As with the box art, those who wish to see an extra large version of the collector’s edition need only click the picture. For those who don’t know, Dead or Alive 5’s Collector’s Edition will contain a steel book case, a soundtrack CD, the game itself of course, a Kasumi poster,  a voucher for both Swimsuit costume packages, one of which can be seen here, and even a hardcover art book.

Check out the girls of Dead or Alive 5 in their Bunny Bikinis

Travis Bruno
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We’ve heard that there will be some bunny swimsuit costumes given out for those who happen to pre-order Dead or Alive 5 from GameStop in North America but we haven’t actually seen what these sexy costumes are going to look like. Well you can go ahead and let your jaw drop when you check out the “DOA” Angels” swimwear below, both in screenshot form and in the trailer below those.

The costumes shown off are for Hitomi, Kasumi and Leifang. Currently it is unknown what the “DOA Devils” swimsuits will look like, which those who pre-order from Amazon will receive. Though we can expect some stunning footage of that within the coming weeks. It is worth noting that the game’s collector’s edition will include both pieces of swimsuit DLC to double the fun.

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