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SMASH 2012 Date Announced!

Luke Halliday
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This year SMASH Con went from a small convention to a mammoth sized convention, with A-List guest to boot. Following such an overwhelming amount of positive feedback regarding the Sydney Convention Centre venue, it looks like SMASH Con will be returning there for round two in 2012.

That’s not all though, SMASH have officially confirmed the date of the event for SMASH 2012. We can now officially confirm that next years event will be held on the 14th of July. So mark you calenders anime and manga fanatics, SMASH 2012 now has a date.

What do you think of this news? Will you be in attendance for SMASH 2012? Let us know your thoughts in the shoutbox and comments section.

Will we ever get Minecraft LEGOS? (Updated!)

J. Bradshaw
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It appears that soon, we may able to actually use Minecraft blocks in REAL LIFE! As you can imagine, many people are very excited about this possibility. The company publishing Minecraft, Mojang, recently announced on Cusoo that they would like to collaborate with Lego on creating an official Minecraft LEGO block. Cuusoo is a website specifically designed for helping people around the world bring their ideas to LEGO. If Minecraft can get 10,000 supporters of the their initiative onboard via Cuusoo, LEGO will review their application and possibly produce the brick. They will also recieve a royalty payment if it all goes through, although Mojang has promised this royalty to charity. Mojang is also working directly with LEGO to make their bricks into plastic blocks of fun.

Update: It appears that Minecraft has once again shattered record books in getting their 10,000 supporters. As you can see on their official page at Cuusoo, they have caused quite a stir and their idea will be getting reviewed soon. Good luck Mojang and Lego in all your endeavors!

New Naruto Movie Announced for 2012

Luke Halliday
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A image taken of a future edition of Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine has leaked online today, revealing that a new film based upon the incredibly popular Naruto Shippuden series will be heading to theaters in 2012.

The film’s plot and details have not been revealed however it is set to be released in Summer 2012 throughout Japan. For those of you playing at home this is the 9th Naruto film to be produced in the franchises long history.

What do you think of this shocking announcement? Let us know your thoughts on the new Naruto movie in the shoutbox and comments section.

Trine 2 finally released – check out the new trailer

Claire Phillips
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It’s been a long time coming, but Frozenbyte’s Trine 2 has finally made it to Steam. The first game notched up over a million players around the world, and the sequel will no doubt top that figure. A side scrolling platformer with a heavy emphasis on some tricky physics puzzles, Trine 2 has also just become available in European stores. The collector’s edition is only £17,99/19,99€, and for that players will get a copy of a gorgeous artbook, a download of the first game, and a copy of the game soundtrack, composed by Ari Pulkkinen of Angry Birds and Outland fame – a bargain by any means.

In honour of the games release a new trailer has been unleashed, and if you still needed a bit of convincing, this should do the trick. Whilst the PC and Mac versions are available now, console gamers won’t see the game until later in the month, with the worldwide XBLA release on December 21, and the US PSN release on December 20.

Stay tuned for the full review from Capsule Computers.

My Xbox Live iOS app launched by Microsoft

Travis Bruno
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Microsoft has launched a brand new app on the iTunes store for all iOS handheld devices. This new app is called “My Xbox Live” and it will allow the users to interface with their Xbox Live Friends in any number of ways. This includes exchanging messages with friends, customizing your own Avatar and even comparing Achievements if you are out and about.

Besides that users can also manage their friends list and delete friends whenever you feel like. The app itself is free right now and is available on both the iPad and iPhone. You can pick it up here and take at least a minimal part of Xbox Live with you everywhere.

Batman: Arkham City patched on PC except for 32 bit users

Travis Bruno
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Those who have been playing Batman: Arkham City on the PC most likely know that the game has had some serious problems with bugs and crashes and pretty much everything you could list. One of these issues was specifically a problem with DirectX 11. Unfortunately not every Batman: Arkham City player will be able to use DirectX 11 yet, as 32-bit systems will still need to use DirectX 9.

Warner Brothers themselves have said that “Users running Windows 7 32 bit or Windows Vista 32 bit should ONLY use DX 9 settings until a future patch that addresses this specific issue is released. We are actively working to address the remaining issue tied to DX 11 for users running 32 bit versions of Windows Vista or Windows 7.” Thankfully however Batman: Arkham City’s developers RockSteady have released a new patch for the PC version to fix a number of issues which you can see below.

  • Performance / hitching issues have been greatly improved for running in DX 11.
  • An issue with players running out of Video Memory or encountering a Rendering Thread Exceptions has been address. This was primarily affecting 32-bit Operating Systems.
  • A progression block after defeating [spoiler] has been fixed. This was issue occurred primarily on lower end computer setups and described as Batman not readying his Reverse Batarang.
  • A crash that occurred when scrolling between the Character Bios and Arkham City Stories has been fixed.
  • A crash that occurred when selecting “Press Start” immediately when available at the Title Screen has been fixed. The issue was described as crashing/hard locking around the DLC (Downloadable Content) check.

    • Tony Hawk hints at potential new game at Spike’s VGA

    Travis Bruno
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    You know when your game does so bad when even charitable organizations won’t even take your video game as a donation because nobody wants it. But apparently that is alright with Activision and even better for Tony Hawk. It seems that despite two years of failed video games in the Tony Hawk franchise isn’t enough for the company and skate boarder, despite the fact that Tony Hawk Shred only sold around 3k copies in the first week and little more afterwords.

    The pro skateboarder Tony Hawk wrote on his Twitter saying “I’ll be announcing the upcoming release of something new on Sat; the same day as the Spike Video Game Awards. Coincidence? I think not.” Perhaps he will announce that they are finally giving up on the series and will move on to something more productive…

    Soul Calibur V story mode trailer released

    Travis Bruno
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    Namco Bandai has provided a new trailer for their upcoming Soul Calibur V which brings with it a close to the Soul Calibur IV’s story mode and introduces us into the latest entry of the series. In the trailer we see Siegfried and Nightmare do battle with one another until it appears that Siegfried wins and the sword lays dormant for 17 years, that is until it appears Patroklos draws it once again.

    To be more specific, Namco Bandai provided this explanation of the video “17 years ago, the ultimate clash between Siegfried and Nightmare brought a cataclysmic conclusion to an era and ignited a new one. Since then, the sword was thought to have lost its power… But the new story that unfold will prove everyone to be wrong.” Sounds quite interesting and with the release of the title growing closer expect to see more Soul Calibur V information soon.

    Football Manager Handheld 2012 Hits the iOS App Store

    Julien Durand
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    Sega will release Football Manager Handheld 2012 worldwide for iOS devices at midnight tonight.

    The new portable version of the franchise features a bounty of new features, including updated leagues and competitions, the addition of new Leagues, an improved UI, an emphasis on newspapers and press coverage, and lots of tweaks to the transfers and shortlist systems that make Football Manager Handheld easier to use.

    Facebook integration has also been added to the social networking aspect of the game, and players can now take part in Challenge Mode. Challenge Mode gives players an objective for the season, the choice of team with which to accomplish this goal, and then sets them loose to see if they can accomplish it. The four challenges include objectives such as remaining undefeated for a season, or overcoming an injury crisis.

    Additionally, if you own an Apple TV and a device with iOS 5, you can transfer your experience to the TV screen while you control it with your handheld.

    Pricing for the game has yet to be confirmed, but last year’s version cost $5.99 at launch.

    Social games to be made out of the Gust’s Atelier series by Tecmo Koei

    Travis Bruno
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    Earlier today we learned that Tecmo Koei would be acquiring Gust completely through the purchase of 2.2 billion yen. Now it appears that Japanese website Nikkei has learned what they are planning to do with the developer and their series once the purchase has been made. The report states that Tecmo Koei is planning on turning Gust’s headline Atelier series into a social game. This is an interesting move, but is not impossible to imagine being that the recent iterations of the Atelier series, the Arland set, have been released on the PlayStation 3 and all include item synthesis and most recently even world building in Atelier Meruru.

    While this is not a good sign for fans of the JRPGs developed by Gust, the report does not say that Gust will be locked away to exclusively make social games and may still be able to make full retail titles and RPGs that their fans desire. Plus, further exposure for the series could only benefit the actual development and sales of retail titles now that Gust has a larger studio fully backing their development.

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