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Mass Effect Meets Final Fantasy XIII-2?

Claire Phillips
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If you’ve been keeping a close eye on the wardrobe options for Serah and Noel in Final Fantasy XIII-2 then you’ll know that one franchise crossover has already been announced. In addition to the robes of Ezio from the Assassins’ Creed series (yet to appear as DLC), players can seemingly also look forward to a Mass Effect contribution.

According to Siliconera, a source has claimed that some Bioware themed costume/s will be making their way to Square Enix’s sequel as yet another piece of DLC. None of this has been officially confirmed, but with the release of hype mega train Mass Effect 3 just around the corner, it would make sense to hear something soon. Would some N7 armor sit well in Final Fantasy XIII-2?

Seaman may be coming to the 3DS

Travis Bruno
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Some of you may remember the fish seen above. It was featured in a classic Dreamcast game that was all about raising a pet called a Seaman, and the game itself was called Seaman. While many loved this game back when it was released on the Dreamcast, it seemed that it would be the only time we ever saw the human faced fish on a game console. But apparently that is not the case.

Nikkei has reported that Seaman may be revived on the Nintendo 3DS via an online edition. Andriasang reports that Nikkei mentions a plan from Nintendo to revive other publishers’ games on the 3DS as a way to bring both fresh and nostalgic titles to the handheld system. While not providing any specifics, the paper did use Seaman as an example. Just imagine… the creepy faced fish who liked to throw feces at the screen may soon be able to do it in 3D…

K-ON!! Season 2 licensed by Sentai Filmworks

Travis Bruno
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When Bandai Entertainment fell by the wayside and announced that they would stop releasing new titles and would no longer be licensing any new shows it hit one series’ fans extremely hard. Those fans were fans of the K-ON!! series. Bandai Entertainment had licensed and released the first season of K-ON! in North America last year but would not be releasing the second season due to their anime division’s closure.

This left fans of the series in limbo, until today. Sentai Filmworks has revealed today that they have licsend the second season of K-ON!! and would be bringing the 26 episode + OVA to DVD and Blu-ray release later this year. They also announced that they would be working with Bang Zoom! Entertainment on the dub which means there is a good chance that the voice actors from the first season will reprise their roles despite the change in company.

Alan Wake on PC already profitable after two days

Travis Bruno
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Never let it be said that PC gaming is dead. Remedy, developers of Alan Wake, have revealed that the company has already made its money back from the PC version of Alan Wake after the game being available on Steam for only 48 hours. This means that the launch of the game last Thursday on the PC already covered the porting cost of the title by Saturday night.

Remedy’s Aki Järvilehto stated on their forums that the company is “very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing. We recouped our development and marketing expenses during the first 48 hours. And yes, we’re certainly very excited about PC.” Does this mean we may see Alan Wake’s American Nightmare on the PC eventually? It seems quite likely at this point in time.

Buy 2 get 1 free on Vita titles at select retailers

Travis Bruno
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With the PlayStation Vita being released worldwide to everyone who didn’t buy a pre-launch bundle it only makes sense that some video game deals would be popping up at various retailers. However, much to most deal seekers surprise, the deals have been very slim in North America. However that has just changed as GameStop and Target (and Best Buy with price match) revealed a promotion where those who buy two PlayStation Vita games receive one for free.

At GameStop only Sony published titles are eligble, which means you can pick up the following titles below and activate the deal:

  • Uncharted: Golden Abyss
  • ModNation Racers Roadtrip
  • Wipeout 2048
  • Little Deviants
  • Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational

Target and Best Buy’s offer extend to all PlayStation Vita games, however it seems that some Targets are not offering the promotion so it would be best to call ahead to see if the deal is honored at the location nearest you.

 

5 million 3DS units sold in Japan in just under a year

Travis Bruno
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When the Nintendo 3DS was released last year it was seen as a symbol that handheld gaming was in a slump and the sales of the new handheld gaming device were rather poor. However the Nintendo 3DS has long since been on the rise and Nintendo has revealed today that they company has sold 5 million units in Japan since its launch on February 26, 2011 until yesterday.

Nintendo has also revealed data from Media Create which shows that the GBA hit the 5 million sales mark after 58 weeks with the DS hitting that level after 56. This means that the 3DS hitting 5 million in only 51 weeks makes it the fastest selling handheld from Nintendo ever. Quite an accomplishment from a system which some were thinking was going to die by the end of 2012.

Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter passes $2 million mark

Travis Bruno
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Remember Double Fine started up a Kickstarter to fund an old school adventure game’s development? Well you may remember that they only asked for $400,000 in donations from their fans at the time. However Kickstarter allows for as many donations as possible while the fund is project runs its 31 day campaign.

Well, fans were so generous that they reached the $400,000 goal in only eight hours and everything since then has been pure budget improvements for the title. Double Fine studio head Tim Schafer himself stated that the extra money would go into more production values for the games and accompanying 2 Player Productions document. Well, it seems all of those factors will have quite a lot of money pumped into them because with 22 days to go the total amount raised sits at $2,015,350 which is over 500% of what was asked for. Is it possible that the fund could reach $4 million before those 22 days are up? It is looking very likely as of now.

WIN – Grooh on iOS

Philip Federico
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We have a few codes to give away for Grooh on iOS courtesy of Digi Dingo. To win simply leave a comment on MasterAbbott’s iOS Suggestions #7 and we’ll pick a few lucky winners.

MasterAbbott’s iOS Suggestions #7

We’ll pick the lucky winners once we have a few entries. Make sure you leave a valid email when you post your comment so we can send you your code via email if you win.

Good Luck to all!

Want to know what Grooh is all about? Check out gameplay video below:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obFCy-14ja8[/pro-player]

Playstation Vita Walkthrough With MasterAbbot

Joshua Spudic
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MasterAbbott returns with his Japanese Vita to run through the features of Sony’s latest handheld console. Take a look at applications such as near, the location based application which detects other Playstation Vita users, Party, which allows the user to create a party of Playstation Vita gamers and chat with them during gameplay and Welcome Park, which is the tutorial of the Playstation Vita system. All of the apps mentioned in the video will be available for Western gamers when the Playstation Vita launches this Wednesday (North America, Europe and PAL territories excluding Australia and New Zealand) and this Thursday (Australia and New Zealand).

Commander Shepard Takes Earth Back in Mass Effect 3’s New Trailer

Julien Durand
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Commander Shepard Takes Earth Back in Mass Effect 3’s New Trailer

Earlier this week EA announced that a new CG trailer for Mass Effect 3 would be released during the US airing of the newest The Walking Dead episode. And, like the evil sentient machines intent on harvesting all life in the universe, it has arrived with a bang.

The minute-and-a-half trailer depicts Earth being invaded by the Reapers (you know, the big evil machines that the Council “dismissed” as a figment of Shepard’s imagination… that turned out well) and Shepard coming back to the planet with Ashley Williams and a whole lot of troops, tanks, and gunships. Queue epic music, epic special effects, and an all too short-lived epic battle that features a lot of the Commander going all Kratos on a bunch of husks.

But why are you reading about it? Watch it. And then you’ll probably watch it again a good 500 times before realising you’ve spent the past five hours retreading the same minute and thirty seconds over and over and should probably head to bed.

You’ll feel like immediately turning on your console of choice and saving the galaxy, but that’s not possible until March 6th.

Until then, play the demo.

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