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Interactive Skyrim map coming to iOS

J. Bradshaw
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Currently, there are ways to find your way in the massive world of Skyrim, but they are not easy enough for many people. You can print a map out or view it in PDF on your computer.

However, we all know that apps are the way to go for a simplified experience. And thus, Dragon Shout has arrived. Coming to iOS as soon as it passes certification, this app will allow you to do a plethora of awesome stuff.

“The first version of the app contains an interactive map where you can drop annotated markers / journal entries down,” the developer told Touch Arcade. “For example, yesterday I played Skyrim and left a bunch of dragon scales and bones on the side of a mountain because they were too heavy.”

In the next update, the developer also promised social networkincorporation, with “marker sharing, party or app-wide chats, pictures, and more.”

The best part is: IT WILL BE FREE!

Dragon Shout App Official Website

Bust-n-Rush – A new game from Techtonic

J. Bradshaw
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Oh man, I always get excited when I see an indie game with cool ideas, a great soundtrack and some nice artwork. And that is precisely what the new game from Techtonic features. Titled Bust-n-Rush, this game has you running through procedurallly generated levels as you “Bust to Rush.” Coming soon to the PC and Mac, this is one game to watch.

Check out the trailer below and then let us know what you think.

For more information on the backstory in the game, additional screenshots and enhanced gameplay descriptors, visit the official website of the game here.

ESRB comes to phone games; but not Droid or iPhone

J. Bradshaw
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People play video games on phones other than the Droid and the iPhone. Yes, we know its crazy, but ’tis truth! And those are the games that will now be rated by the ESRB. AT&T Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless have all agreed to use the ESRB rating system for their mobile games. In addition, Microsoft has also signed off on the agreement, thus meaning that all their gaming apps on the WP7 will be rated in a similar way to the way their Xbox 360 games are. Developers will be required to fill out a survey that asks them to rate their games and then an ESRB score will be assigned. The ESRB score for mobile apps will account for privacy and location based concerns.

However, Apple and Google have declined to go with the ESRB, as they already have an app rating system, albeit less recognizable than the ESRB ratings.

Overall, I strongly applaud this move and think it is a great move by the ESRB and phone companies alike.

Source (opens a PDF at ESRB.org): ESRB

Zumba Fitness 2 rocks it on the Wii

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Zumba is a craze sweeping the nation! Or that’s what my television tells me at 2 in the morning. Well, Zumba certainly swept the fitness game titles, selling more than 4 million copies and being the number one on the wish list of fitness gamers (and they just might happen to be females… so what?).

Zumba Fitness 2 builds on the foundation of the first one, with all new routines, music, customization features and 24 dance styles, more than any other game out there. The Zumba presenters Beto, Tanya Beardsley and Gina Grant are there to egg you on through all the new styles and venues. There is single song, full clas and multiplayer mode, with support for up to four dancers.

So get those hips swaying and those abs defining, cos that’s what Zumba is all about!

Zumba Fitness 2 is available on the Wii at the RRP of $69.95 or HERE for $40.32

Dynasty Warriors Next gameplay footage revealed

Travis Bruno
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We’ve seen a few screenshots of Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors Next for the PlayStation Vita but we have yet to see how the game is actually going to look in motion. Or that is until now when Tecmo Koei of Japan released the two videos you can see below which cover plenty of the action that we will be seeing when the title is released.

Unfortunately the title has yet to actually see a North American release date yet, but it is slated as a launch title on December 17th for the PlayStation Vita in Japan. You can see the two videos below and also see how the motion controls and touch pad will factor into gameplay once it is released.

[pro-player]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O0DMP_pwlrg[/pro-player]

Battlefield 3 to be patched on PS3 tomorrow, 360 will “follow shortly”

Travis Bruno
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It appears that being banned in Iran didn’t affect the developers of Battlefield 3 much as they are hard at work releasing the next client update (read: Patch) for Battlefield 3 on consoles. Those who own the PlayStation 3 version will retain their first dibs on everything Battlefield 3 as they are even getting the patch first, as in tomorrow.

The Xbox 360 owners will need to wait a little longer for the patch, as the Battlelog states it will “follow shortly.” Be sure to check out all of the updates below and be ready to complain about how things are either now nerfed, broken or too powerful.

General fixes

  • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface, full details in this earlier blog post
  • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
  • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members
  • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
  • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad
  • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player
  • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen
  • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the “Not in a Squad” line
  • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text
  • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen
  • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
  • Fixed and issue with some weapons’ sounds in first person view
  • Fixed a swim sound loop error
  • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
  • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it
  • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies
  • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
  • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone)
  • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
  • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed
  • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op
  • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV/EOD bot
  • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill
  • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server
  • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag
  • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing
  • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound
  • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot
  • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots
  • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags
  • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters
  • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice
  • You should now be able to spot explosives
  • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn)
  • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead
  • Fixed several client crashes
  • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue
  • Fixed the repair icon on the minimap
  • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles
  • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode
  • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game
  • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI
  • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border. It should now more instantly kill anyone in its falling path
  • Fixed a problem where tank turrets would turn too slow
  • Fixed a bug on co-op mission “Exfiltration” where you could end up outside the vehicle and not being able to enter it again, thus blocking the mission
  • Fixed a problem where a user can become invulnerable after being resurrected
  • Fixed a problem with the M60 reload sound
  • Fixed a hang in terrain streaming, causing the user to get stuck on black screen under special circumstances in single player
  • Fixed a problem where the enemy would not be able to get a road kill on a user that was using the SOFLAM
  • Fixed soldiers disappearing in the mortar kill cam
  • Fix for Type88 and MG36 zoom in animation offset when in supported shooting mode (using bipods)

Balance changes

  • Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns, AA guns, and jet cannons against infantry
  • Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns against jeeps
  • Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and jet cannons so players under attack from these weapons no longer should lose control
  • Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly
  • Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex
  • Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons
  • Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R
  • Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range
  • Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles
  • Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons
  • Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft
  • Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds
  • Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against helicopters
  • Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells

Restaurant City goes Thanksgiving

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition has been given an update thanks to the guys over at EA’s Playfish. The update includes a Thanksgiving Theme and new challenges, so for those new to the game you can experience a fuller game, and for those who already have it, you can revisit the game and discover new things.

The Thanksgiving theme includes forty new items including turkey, pilgrims and honey baked ham for those of you who really want to have that genuine Thanksgiving. Even for those of us who have never had a genuine Thanksgiving. The new challenges will also allow you to complete new challenges to earn tokens, coins and gourmet points for people who have already finished off the challenges.

Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition is available on iPhone, iTouch and iPad for FREE – get it HERE

Voltron assembles on PSN and XBLA this week

Travis Bruno
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After Voltron: Defender of the Universe slipped from its October release date fans were worried about when they would be seeing their classic multi-colored robotic creatures assembling into a giant fighting robot on their console of choice. They need not despair however as THQ has revealed that Voltron: Defender of the Universe will be released this week on PSN and XBLA.

The title will be available tomorrow on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 version is already available right now. Players will be able to control one robot at a time and can choose which one they would rather use given the various stats each one has. Then once combined the player actually controls that body part of Voltron themselves, which just sounds immensely confusing.

Free Victini to go along with airing of Pokémon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom

Travis Bruno
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While early adopters of Pokémon White and Black were given the opportunity to capture Victini with little actual trouble, not everyone has been able to get this powerful fire Pokémon and add them to their party. However it seems that they now will be able to pick them up through a new promotion being run by Nintendo and Pokémon for the new movie being released which is called Pokémon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom.

Players will be able to connect to their Wi-Fi Connection portal and will be able to pick up a level 50 Victini who is also a fire and psychic type Pokémon. The creature is extremely strong and possesses both the Black & White legendary Pokémon’s main skills. Creating perhaps the strongest Victini possible. So best check the Wi-Fi Connection portal on and after December 3rd to pick it up.

Producer of To aru Majutsu no Index claims 26 episode season costs 300 million yen

Travis Bruno
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Everything in life takes money and making movies and anime are no different. Usually when one hears about the figures needed to create their favorite shows it is a big surprise as to how expensive they can be, but none could expect them to be quite as expensive as anime turns out to be. Nobuhiro Nakayama, the producer of To aru Majutsu no Index and Hatsukoi Limited held a lecture this weekend at Tokyo university ad he revealed that the cost to make a 26 episode anime series costs around 300 million yen, or $3.85 million to make.

After revealing this startlingly high number, Nakayama went on to say that whenever an anime is successful, the anime is then “everyone’s achievement; however, if it fails, it is the producer’s responsibility, so bear that in mind.” This makes a decent amount of sense and is true for other forms of media as well, for example if a major movie production flops at the box office, people will always blame the director first.

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