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Spiral Knights Updated

Benjamin Webb
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Spiral Knights Updated

Players to the online Zelda-like game, Spiral Knights, published by SEGA, will have noticed the game has only just been recently updated today. This update brings a couple of new features, one of which is standard to most MMORPGs out on the market.

In the town of Haven, there is now an auction house that players can use to distribute their wares to other players for a price of in-game money as well as a new training facility to help players become more masterful with the controls. The room is designed to help players become accustomed to the ‘clockworks’; and even allows players to combat and train against robots.

The patch also introduces many fixes and adjustments, such as the update on the prices of in-game items as well as a new lag-fix.

For more information, visit –

The patch notes.

The official site.

Sega Confirms 3DS & PC Release for Sonic Generations..

Dustin Spencer
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With the recent leak on Gamestop.com that pretty much confirmed Sonic Generations would be heading to the 3DS, it isn’t too surprising that Sega have now officially listed the game for Nintendo’s handheld in a new earnings report. What is really interesting about this bit of news is that a PC version is also scheduled for release right alongside the PS3, Xbox 360, and 3DS releases later this year.

Sega still have yet to step in and officially offer up any information on the features that either version will hold, but with E3 just next month, I’m sure more answers will start to trickle out soon.

Gotham City Imposters concept art answers a few questions

Travis Bruno
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Gotham City Imposters concept art answers a few questions

Yesterday Warner Brothers Interactive revealed that they have been working alongside Monolith Productions to make an XBLA, PSN and PC title involving the Batman universe in a way that we have yet to see in gaming. Gotham City Imposters will take players and place them in the Batman world but they will not be playing an iconic supervillain or even Batman himself, instead they will be playing imposters, or copy cats.

The concept art released today helps answer a few questions about the title such as what these characters may actually look like and how the game itself may unfold. Sure it just shows various people trying their best to look like Batman or Joker but it proves that players should be able to customize themselves anyway they want as long as it is similar to either Batman or Joker in actual appearance. The game itself will be a first person shooter and there currently hasn’t been a release date given, nor a price tag.

Honest Hearts Fallout: New Vegas DLC available now on XBLM and PC

Travis Bruno
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It looks like the legends of The Burned Man may be true after all. Especially if you download Fallout: New Vegas’ latest DLC pack Honest Hearts. Which you can now if you own the PC or Xbox 360 version of the game, because PlayStation 3 users have unfortunately suffered a set back to development and will find their Honest Heart package released at a later date.

For 800 MSP or $10 you will be able to venture into the Zion National Park and come into a war between the Burned Man himself, the missionaries that are there as well as the various tribes that have existed in Zion since the fallout. You can pick up the DLC here for the Xbox 360 version of Fallout: New Vegas.

Sony Welcome Backlash

Jared Hilliers
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Sony announced their welcome back program yesterday, which was met with mixed reactions, but mainly positive. I’m not complaining about free games, the only people complaining are the people who already have them, which is the minority. The only complaint I have would be that Sony should be giving us PS2 emulation on all PS3 consoles, not just the initial models that support it. Sony took away that functionality to save on “costs”, this was when they weren’t turning around profits on the manufacturing of PS3’s, but those days are over. The days of the Ps2 are also over and surely they don’t need to make anymore profit from the thing, it’s been 10 years, get over it!

We also don’t want HD remakes, which capitalize on our desire to play old games for profit, surely Sony could implement resolution up-scaling into the PS3 with PS2 games, the same way they do video and the same way the Xbox 360 does.

The playstation community used to be quite vocal and angry about this change, but it seems everyone has forgotten about it, well I’m not so much. I want it and now would be the perfect time for everyone to be demanding of Sony since they’re in a vulnerable position publicly, but I doubt my one post is going to do something to change their minds. So maybe the below work of art will, or maybe it’ll just make me feel better that I can’t play Final fantasy X on my PS3 yet. It’s all about the small victories!

So am I wrong or do you want more HD remakes?

 

 

Dynasty Warriors 7 DLC arriving on May 24th with school uniform pack

Travis Bruno
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If you like Dynasty Warriors 7 and have some expendable money then you should keep reading because Tecmo Koei just announced a handful of extra Dynasty Warriors 7 DLC. This is set to release on the Xbox Live and PSN on May 24th. Of course that is only if the PSN Store is back online by then. There will be a mix of downloadable weapons, costumes and maps. The costumes you can see above which will be a bunch of school unfirms for fighters of the Wei kingdom. That costume pack will cost $4.99 or 400 MSP.

Also announced was a New Weapon Pack 2 that will cost $1.99 or 160  MSP and will give players a Short Pike and Mace weapon. Costume Pack 2 will only be $0.99 or 80 MSP and will give the Dynasty Warriors 5 costumes to the purchaser. Finally the Stage Page 1 will provide levels from Dynasty Warriors 2, namely the Yellow Turbans and Hulao Gate stages for $3.99 or 320 MSP. The Wei Kingdom school uniforms are obviously the best pick of this DLC package, as fighting hundreds of warriors in school outfits is certainly worth a laugh or two.

Sony standing by their “Welcome Back” game selection

Travis Bruno
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Yesterday Sony went into detail about their “Welcome Back” package that would offer free games to those affected by the PlayStation Network outage. Sony offered a number of good games, including five PS3 games to pick two from as well as four PSP games to choose from.

Now you can never give something away for free and still see people getting angry about the free things offered to them. I myself was not very impressed with the offers and I was not alone. However Sony has addressed this criticism and apologized to those who either own everything listed or aren’t interested in the games provided.

In a reply to various comments about the offering, Sony’s Nick Caplin responded “I’m really sorry tha there is nothing there that you want. We’ve tried really hard to put together a list of high quality BD games, rather than simply offering cheaper PSN titles. The average metacritic rating for these games is over 84%, so these are high quality games. Unfortunately with a user base of 77m people, it is really hard to offer something for everyone.”

This is understandable as even a voucher system would cost Sony greatly. Though I can see that if Sony did indeed offer a credit system to their users, this would also have given back to the publishers and developers that lost money due to the outage and loss of sales by Sony giving restitution. Oh well, free is free in the end.

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny arriving in the United States late 2011

Travis Bruno
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Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny arriving in the United States late 2011

Fans of the Rune Factory series in the United States can breathe a little bit easier because Natsume has just issued out a press release that stated that Rune Factory: Oceans would be making its way to the United States on the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. The game will be receiving a name change to Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny but that is nothing more than a cosmetic difference.

Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO of Natsume said that they “know our loyal fans have been patiently awaiting news of a North American release for Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny” and this announcement brings the “vast region to explore, a wonderful cast of characters, and a huge variety of activities to enjoy.” Natsume is planning to reveal more about this title at E3 this year and this is the first time that a Rune Factory title has made its way to the United States on the PlayStation 3.

Best Buy to provide SpotPass content to 3DS owners

Travis Bruno
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I’m sure that everyone that writes on our website here that owns a 3DS is carrying it around practically everywhere they go. Also I’m sure that if you yourself own a 3DS then you are doing the same in an effort to find anyone else with the handheld and pick them up via the SpotPass system. Now if you are planning to go to a Best Buy at all then you should probably take your 3DS with you because starting on June 7th, Best Buy will begin delivering 3DS owners content through SpotPass.

This includes “exclusive offers as well as additional entertainment content such as gaming extras and movie trailers.” We are not entirely sure at this moment as to what will be given out but it is always welcome to see the 3DS getting some more love. Especially considering the SpotPass has been barely used by the majority of 3DS owners. Also considering Nintendo had to enter a partnership with Best Buy, this might be a sign of good things to come. That is unless this gets delayed just like the eShop did…

Dead Island is what happens when tragedy hits paradise

Travis Bruno
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The latest trailer for Dead Island shows off a little bit of in game footage, though the footage is mostly of the characters running away from some unseen zombie mob as well as the zombies themselves. The variety in the zombie models we can see here seems to show that there will be plenty of diversity in the zombies that you will be hacking through in Dead Island.

Also, as evidenced by their first trailer released this year Dead Island is hoping to strike an emotional chord with its players. You can see in the trailer that there is a lot of emotional drama that can play out simply through basic gameplay alone. Hopefully Dead Island will be able to deliver on these emotional aspects as the majority of the marketing has been aiming right at the heart strings. We’ll know more at E3 when another trailer is set to be released.

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