Some Halo 5 Pre-loads Downloaded the wrong file

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

It is not often that we find Microsoft apologizing for an issue with one of their flagship games, it comes as a supirse when Microsoft announced that a place holder file may be all people who downloaded Halo 5 guardiands got this week. If you use the instant on feature, and pre-ordered you may have ended up getting burned on this one. Though Microsoft says  only a “small number of players” are effected. People who downloaded this stub file will need to delete it and reinstall the right one. You can check to see if you installed the stub file

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Total War: Warhammer Release Date and Preorder Bonuses Announced, will be part of a trilogy.

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Sega has confirmed a release date for their newest Total War game. , Total War: Warhammer, will launch on April 28 and is the “first in an epic trilogy.” The announcement of it being a trilogy is totally new information, and no doubt will have fans very excited.  Sega also announced that preordering from select participating retailers will get players the Chaos Warriors Race Pack. The pack three new playable Legendary Lords, which “enable you to select the corrupted and powerful Chaos Warriors as your race in the Grand Campaign.” There will also be a Hi-King edition produced in a “single, extremely limited run.” Details

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Japan To Get A Real Life Pokemon Gym Next Month

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Pokemon Company will be bringing the series’ popular gyms into the real world with the establishment of a real life Pokémon Gym in Osaka, Japan starting on November 19th. This education experience aimed at children will allow them to learn Pokémon training tips, collect in-game rewards for participating. Visitors to the Gym can even have a conversation with a Pokémon, although I am not quite sure how that would work! There are some really cool images of the exhibit over at Inside Games, who first reported on the new exhibit. These images include a very large life-like Charizard. All

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Trillion: God of Destruction Announced For Western PS Vita Release

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Idea Factory International has just announced a brand new Strategy Roleplaying game for the PlayStation Vita. Trillion: God of Destruction pits the player (that’s hopefully you) against a boss that literally has a trillion hit points. To accomplish the behemoth task of taking him down you’ll have six Overlord Candidates that you main train, level and fine-tune to take down Trillion! The story of Trillion takes place 1000 years after an epic battle between heaven and hell. After many generations the great battle is still remembered but with the peace, a sense of tranquility has returned to the land. That

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Rovio The Studio Behind Angry Birds is Cutting Over 200 Jobs

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

The boom bust cycle of game development is something that anyone who works in the industry can tell you horror stories about, large layoffs are often commonplace after development sprints and often studio sizes swell, and shrink by the hundreds prior too and after a games release. It is however surprising that after over half a decade of dominance the studio behind the Angry Birds is starting to show signs of flagging. The first blow came when in August of this year it was reported that the studio (based in France) was in a nasty fight with its employees over staff redundancy.

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New Battlefield Hardline DLC is and its free.

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

EA has announced today that it will add a free expansion to its cops and robbers battlefield, called Blackout. The announcement comes on the EA blog which says “What happens when the lights go out, and criminal and police factions are forced to face off under the slimmest sliver of light? Find out yourself,” The post goes on to detail what will be in the expansion: Two maps: Night Job and Night Woods (night versions of Bank Job and Backwoods) 1 new gadget: Night Vision Goggles 2 new weapons for all classes and factions: a new version of the RO933 and

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PS4 To Recieve price Cut In Europe

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

It often seems that with consoles Europe gets left in the dust, so it usually comes as no surprise when months after a US price decrease the same thing is finally applied to Europe. Such is the case again with the PS4, the MSRP will not be €349.99/£299.99.  A spokesperson for Sony said “Since the launch of PS4 our aim has always been to provide players with the best gaming experiences at the best value, and we’ve been thrilled with the amount of players who have joined our world,” Most of those players joined at a price point close to double

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Watch the First 2 Hours of Tales of Zestiria Right Here

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Are you excited to try out Bandai Namco’s latest JRPG Tales of Zestiria but haven’t had the chance to pick it up? Last night we started to livestream the game over on our Twitch Channel and we made it through the first 2 hours of the game yesterday evening. During our livestream we not only give commentary on the game’s events but also use Twitter to check in with the Tales Community and see what others are up too. You can watch a re-cap of yesterday’s stream below. Make sure to follow our twitter and tune in later tonight when

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Rainbow Six Siege’s New Trailer Shows off a Whole World of Locations

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege
If you chose to enlist with the special operations group Rainbow this December where will your adventures take you? Perhaps you’ll visit Courchevel, France or Hamburg, Germany or maybe even Los Angeles, California. The latest gameplay trailer for Rainbow Six: Siege shows gives us a brief look at some of the locations that were not included in last month’s extended beta. It’s nice to see Ubisoft going for an international approach in terms of level locations – perhaps we’ll even see some matches take place in locales other than Europe and North America! Rainbow Six Siege will be released for

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Super Mario Maker Drives Wii U Sales Up 110% For September!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Mario Maker
Sales of Nintendo’s current generation platform, the Wii U increased an impressive 110% when compared with August 2015. Nintendo attributes this absolutely impressive uptick in sales to the release of Super Mario Maker which has moved over 500,000 units in the U.S.A since launching on September 11th. To quote Nintendo’s press-release, since they put it best: Perhaps the biggest impact however has been on hardware sales. For the full month of September, sales of Wii U hardware in the United States increased by nearly 110 percent over sales in August. Software sells hardware and no one sells hardware like Mario.

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Hands on with Zen Pinball 2: Balls of Glory | Review

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Erika

First off, I want to say that I’m a huge pinball fan since I got an Atari 2600 with Virtual Pinball back in 1995. I’d spend hours playing on it trying for a high score, so when I’m able to go to an arcade, I always hit up the pinball sections to see how high of a score I can get. So imagine my surprise when I was given an opportunity to try a themed pinball set for Zen Pinball 2. After downloading the Fox Digital Entertainment Balls of Glory corroboration pack for Zen Pinball 2(ZP2), it came with four

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Halo 5: Guardians Legendary Edition Ready For Duty

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like the Collector’s Editions of Halo 5: Guardians has found their way to their owner’s homes today thanks to Microsoft’s decision to release the Limited Collector’s Edition and only the LCE a week before the game’s official October 27th release date. The Limited Collector’s Edition includes the following bonuses in addition to the game a week ahead of everyone else: Halo The Fall of Reach – Animation 14 Premium Requisition Packs – “WarZone REQ Bundle” Guardian Statue by Metal Earth Spartan Themed Steel-book Case Spartan Locke’s Classified Orders replica Dossiers for Blue Team and Fire team Osiris 14

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Hatsune Miku Featured In Latest Personal 4: Dancing All Night DLC Trailer

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Atlus USA has released a trailer for the second-to-last piece of downloadable content for Persona 4: Dancing All Night and this time it’s a cross-over with the vocaloid sensation Hatsune Miku. Alongside her performance of “Heavan” – the P4G Animation Set also includes a costume for Nanako and two songs. Below is the brand new trailer, get ready to dance! You can read all about Persona 4: Dancing All Night‘s DLC on the game’s official website. [youtube id=”oeIy11C909g”]

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Linkin Park Revealed As BlizzCon 2015 Closing Act

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Blizzard has announced that Linkin Park will be the playing live at BlizzCon 2015 which will run from November 6th and 7th at the Anaheim Convention Centre in sunny California. BlizzCon allows attendees to go hands on with the latest products under development at Blizzard Entertainment including the recently revealed OverWatch beta and StarCraft II: Legacy of The Void among others. The convention also plays hosts to the World Championships for HearthStone, StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm. During their opening ceremonies Blizzard is also known for making some huge announcements so don’t be shocked if they give us

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New Sword Art Online: Lost Song Story Trailer

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bandai Namco US has released a new story trailer for their upcoming action RPG Sword Art Online: Lost Song. This new trailer, which was also screened at the New York Comic Con, focuses around the “mysterious guild” which players will encounter over the course of the game’s story. Sword Art Online: Lost Song takes place in the world of 2012’s Sword Art Online, itself an Anime based upon a popular Japanese light novel. In the world of SAO players are transported to virtual worlds and MMORPGs through devices such as the NeuroLink which allow for complete immersion, with the player’s

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