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Sims 3 Hidden Springs

Darren Resnekov
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A little something for all you Sims fans out there. EA have announced the impending release of a brand new digital world for download via the Sims 3 store. Titled Hidden Springs, the new world is jammed packed with new locations, Sims characters and items and will be available for your enjoyment from August 25th via Simpoints purchase. Hidden Springs is a spiritual journey for your Sim, a soul cleansing, luxurious get away complete with all of lifes creature comforts.

In what sounds lke a social elite club for the rich and famous, Hidden Springs offers your Sim a delectable lakefront view, spas and ski lodges or bush retreats and Museums of magic and supernatural for the more outdoorsy or cultured types. Mingle with the socially elite at the Redwood Heights luxury lodge and rise to their level of sofistication and status. Relax in the waters of the Crystal Solarium before letting your hair down at the Fairyfolk Park, and enjoy everything Hidden Springs has to offer. If none of these tickles your fancy, why not try the Silver Zephyr Health Spa famous for its world reknowned techniques in health and beauty.

With all Sims comes a little magic, always expect the unexpected as you explore these new environments, learning more of the curious magic that lies deep within Hidden Springs as you progress through its landscape.

Blades of Time shouldn’t be considered a sequel to X-Blades

Travis Bruno
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Back when Blades of Time was announced many people, including myself, were thinking that the game would be a sequel to X-Blades. This was due to the fact that both games featured the same main character named Ayumi who had a relatively similar appearance and the game was from the same developer. That won’t be the case apparently because a Konami representative told Siliconera that both Konami and Gaijin Entertainment, developer of the title, figured it would be best to drop the anime look that Ayumi had in X-Blades and update her weapons.

In Blades of Time, Ayumi will be using a sword and a rifle separately and is also a treasure hunter. In X-Blades Ayumi used gunswords (guns with swords attached similar to FF8) and was after certain powerful artifacts. This means that although some things have been tweaked a little, and a major graphical overhaul, it may still feel similar to X-Blades. The title will allow players to create something called a “time rewind clone” which will perform the last actions you did, meaning you can use your cloned form to deal out double the damage to an enemy or a boss or solve a puzzle that would usually involve two people. The game will be released some time early in 2012 and will be available on both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

RAGE’s latest trailer begins the uprising

Travis Bruno
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If you’re still unsure about what exactly you will be doing in Bethesda and id Software’s RAGE then you should probably take a look below because Bethseda has released a new trailer for the game. The trailer itself is called ‘Uprising’ and it details what the situation is like on the planet you have crash landed on. Players will be taking control of an Ark survivor who is thrown into the resistance’s fight against the Authority.

Not only does the trailer give us some information about the plot, but it also shows that we will be dealing with plenty of blood and exploding heads. Also we will be treated to amazing looking graphics, as you can see in the trailer, courtesy of id’s id Tech 5 engine that is used for RAGE. RAGE itself will be released on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 4th and will probably be one of the best and most chaotic FPS titles this year.

Brink’s ‘Agents of Change’ DLC available now; free for two weeks

Travis Bruno
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If you own a copy of Brink or just haven’t gotten around to buying it yet, but are looking to do so then you better run off and download the “Agents of Change” downloadable content pack that was just released on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and Steam networks. The reason for this is, if you wait to long, you will have to spend $9.99 or 800 MSP to do so.

If you don’t wait however, you will be able to get the whole package for free. In the next two weeks the Agents of Change will be free of cost. This package will add the Founders’ Tower and Labs maps as well as the UAV, Napalm Grenade, Pyro Mine, Field Regen Unit, and Tactical Scanner abilities, bayonets and shields, and even two new outfits in the form of the Sad Punk and Limey forms. Plus you can even level up to 24 now! This is a lot of content for one piece of DLC, especially one that is as free as this one is right now.

Microsoft wants at least one Kinect Arcade game a month

Travis Bruno
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In an effort to combat the dust collecting nature of the Kinect, Microsoft looks like they will be aiming to get at least one Xbox Live Arcade title out a month that will have some form of Kinect functionality inside of it. Sure there are plenty of full retail titles that have been released which make use of the Kinect’s abilities, but there has been practically nothing involving the Arcade section of the 360.

EMEA region product marketing manager Robin Burrowe said in an interview with CVG that Microsoft is “targeting a frequency of about one a month from the Xbox Live Arcade portfolio that will have Kinect integration. That will really be powerful and differentiate the platform.” The first XBLA Kinect game will be released next week and it will be Fruit Ninja Kinect. If the game is even half as fun and addicting as it is on the iPhone then it will be a great first entry to what could be the beginning of the end for Kinect dust.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions available now on iPhone, iPad version “later”

Travis Bruno
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Despite being delayed twice in as many months, you can now go onto the iTunes Store and purchase Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions for your iPhone or iTouch if you so please. Be a bit wary however, because to do so you may need to take a second look at your bank account because the app will run you a cool $15.99 for the iPhone version.

This is a bit of steep price for an iPhone app, but don’t think you will be getting the same game that was released four years ago on the PSP, nor the one released ten years ago on the PlayStation One. This version of the game will see “improved graphics, loading times and framerate over the PSP version.” Still the price is a bit surprising considering the PSP version was released on the PSN a few weeks ago for only $10… Also those hoping to play the game on their iPad will be “coming later” at some unannounced date and price. You can purchase the app/game here.

Get Synthesized with New Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Trailer…

Dustin Spencer
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We are now just six weeks away from the release of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 and thankfully Nintendo have brought out yet another trailer for the upcoming DS sequel. Much like the last clip we seen, this trailer also lacks in length, but it does show off the many monsters that players will be able to recruit and synthesize within as well as footage from the battles.

I am glad Nintendo are giving some decent promotion for this game, and hopefully soon we will see a clip or some new details come forward regarding the backwards compatibility feature that will allow players to obtain monsters from other Dragon Quest DS titles. Check out the new trailer below, and get ready slime-fans, as Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 launches on September 19th!

PS Vita releasing early 2012 in North America and Europe; price to stay the same

Travis Bruno
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Those hoping to get their hands on the PlayStation Vita some time this year are unfortunately going to be a little disappointed because Sony has changed their launch plans for the handheld. The change made is that, rather than the PlayStation Vita being available “starting at the end of 2011” it will be only available in Japan by the end of 2011. This news comes out of an AP report saying that SCEI Charman Kaz Hirai would not be able to make the holiday window release for North America and Europe and instead would be released in these regions during the early part of 2012.

Hirai also said that the PS Vita would not be seeing a lower price to compete with Nintendo’s 3DS price drop. The reasoning for this he says, is because Sony “packed so much into the device and made it very affordable,” and that “there is no need to lower the price just because somebody else that happens to be in the video game business decided that they were going to lower their price.” This means that the PS Vita will still be selling at $249 for a normal version, and a 3G enabled one for $299.

Catherine sells 200,000 in first week according to delicious cake

Travis Bruno
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Yestrday Atlus came out and said that Catherine had been their “largest launch” in the entire history of the company in the United States. They didn’t release any sales numbers to back up that data though, until today. Although the source of the information could be called into question for being delicious, Atlus USA tweeted a picture of a cake about an hour ago.

On this cake, which can be seen below, it says “Congratulations 200,000 sold in first week.” This number is extremely good for Atlus, and of course what better way to celebrate with cake. It’s a good thing that they decided to take a picture though, because I bet this cake is having its own nightmares now.

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