Storm Now Available on Xbox Live Arcade from Namco Bandai

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Storm Now Available on Xbox Live Arcade from Namco Bandai

NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe today (14th June, 2013) announced that Storm is now available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360.

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Storm is an ambient, ethereal experience where you use natural phenomena to guide a simple seed to fertile soil so it can take root and spring to life. Embrace the subtle­ties and strengths of nature to move a broken branch, fill a small pond or make snow fall to solve puzzles and create natural paths. Take your time and explore nature’s nooks or simply enjoy the ambiance as you float, blow and bounce a seed to the perfect place to take root. Relax and enjoy Ad­venture, Challenge or Spirit modes, each set in gorgeous environments and enhanced by soothing, nature-inspired soundscapes.

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Storm is available worldwide for download on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. Please check the Xbox Live marketplace for the price in your region.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Experiences with Nintendo 3DS Image Share Service

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf Experiences with Nintendo 3DS Image Share Service

Today Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the game that’s already taken Japan by storm, selling more than 4 million copies in just over 6 months, launches in Europe for the Nintendo 3DS family of consoles.  At the same time, the new Nintendo 3DS Image Share service becomes available in Europe, allowing players to easily share images from their game to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

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In Japan, where the game has been available since November 2012, it’s become a phenomenon on social media as well, with more than 193,000 fans eagerly following tweets from one of the game’s key characters: the town hall secretary Isabelle, who is always at hand to assist players in their new role as mayor. Japanese players have also been flexing their creative muscles with the myriad of customisation features possible in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and many images of their homes, custom clothing designs and unique town planning can be found on social networks.

 

The captivating life simulation now on Nintendo’s latest handheld console gives players the freedom to do anything they please as the mayor of an idyllic town inhibited by a wide variety of animals. Build your dream home, design clothes or curate the local museum with collections ranging from fish, bugs, dinosaur fossils and classic art to anything you’d like to put on display! Animal Crossing: New Leaf takes place in real-time so you can experience different things as time passes; while you live the life you always dreamed of, friendships develop and seasons change.

 

As new events unfold every day, Animal Crossing: New Leaf is perfectly suited to being downloaded directly from the Nintendo eShop, so the game is always on your console wherever you go. In Japan, where around a quarter of all sales have been of the digital download variety, fans have embraced the convenience of always having their town at the ready on their Nintendo 3DS. Whether playing alone or visiting each other’s towns in local or online multiplayer, Animal Crossing: New Leaf makes it a breeze to connect with other players and share the experience.

 

Players can also take snapshots of their favourite moments by simply pressing the L Button and R Button together at nearly any point in the game: a funny quote from a favourite animal, your proudest interior decoration, a beautiful moonlit night or your proudest accomplishment as mayor, it’s easy to fill up an album full of Animal Crossing memories.

Thanks to the Nintendo 3DS Image Share service, players now have a seamless way to share such memories on their Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr profiles too. Visiting this website on the Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser allows you to upload snaps and add comments directly to your social network accounts without having to close your game*!

A Special Edition Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 3DS XL console with the game pre-installed is also launching today

Try the Company of Heroes 2 Beta Before the Final is Out

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Try the Company of Heroes 2 Beta Before the Final is Out

You have read about the Company of Heroes 2 demo shown at E3 and now you can try it for yourself by simply visiting the game’s page on Steam.

The demo is part of the game’s campaign and comes from a mid-game mission called ‘The Land Bridge to Leningrad’ where the player will be asked to cross a
frozen lake under heavy German fire. The demo is a portion of the full level included in the retail game.

This mission will be included as part of the currently running Open Beta on Steam.  Players who have the beta installed will notice the Campaign button on the title screen is now unlocked. Clicking on it will take them to the mission select screen where the demo can be launched. New players will need to download the Open Beta from the game’s page on Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/231430/.

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There are tutorial videos available in the build to help any new players familiarize themselves with the Company of Heroes 2 control system. This demo will be available to play along with the Open Beta up until Tuesday, June 18th.

Pokémon gives further peek inside the Kalos region and announces first Gym Leader of Pokémon X and Y

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Pokémon gives further peek inside the Kalos region and announces first Gym Leader of Pokémon X and Y

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y video games, launching worldwide October 12, 2013, for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. The games’ newly discovered Kalos region will feature many towns to explore, people to meet, and never-before-seen Pokémon to encounter. Players will also meet new Gym Leaders to challenge and collect Gym Badges from as they travel throughout Kalos. Many specific details are being shared for the first time today.

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Welcome to Vaniville Town
Once a player has chosen to play as a male or female Trainer, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y begins in Vaniville Town. Step outside the house you just moved to and soon meet four new friends that will embark on a journey around the Kalos region with you. These four friends— Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, and Serena (if you play as a boy) or Calem (if you play as a girl)—are unique individuals:

·         Shauna is an incredibly energetic girl who is coming along on the journey to find a dream of her own. She’s friendly and outgoing, and seems to genuinely enjoy all the curiosities you’ll come across on your journey.

·         Tierno is the dancer of the group and wants more than anything to create a dance team with his Pokémon. Strong, kind, and light on his feet, Tierno gets easily distracted by watching opposing Pokémon during battles because he’s too busy trying to incorporate Pokémon moves into his dances.

·         Trevor bursts with curiosity about the world around him. He’s an excellent student, and very competitive, wanting to be the first of the group to complete his Pokédex.

·         Serena or Calem lives next door to you in Vaniville Town. This character has a passion to become a powerful Pokémon Trainer and sets out on the journey to accomplish that dream.

Meet Santalune City Gym Leader Viola
The first Gym Leader players will encounter on their adventure is Viola, the Gym Leader of Santalune City, a pleasant city that is known for its large fountain and park benches. Players will learn about Viola by first meeting her older sister, Alexa, a journalist working for a publishing house in Lumiose City. Alexa insists that her sister will be happy to meet players visiting Santalune City. A professional photographer who specializes in Pokémon photography, Viola presides over the Santalune City Gym, whose interior is constructed from threads like spiderwebs, strung together tightly above the darkness. Players will need to find a safe path through these threads, and will receive useful advice from Viola when they battle her.

More never-before-seen Pokémon that players will encounter in the Kalos region have been announced this morning. You can check them out in battle at the official Pokémon YouTube page youtube.com/pokemon.

·         Litleo is a young, hot-blooded Pokémon that is always ready for a battle. A Fire- and Normal-type Pokémon, Litleo’s red mane blazes with heat during battle, which burns hotter when it battles very strong opponents. Litleo knows a new Normal-type move in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Noble Roar. Useful against strong opponents, Noble Roar intimidates targets and lowers their Attack stat.

·         Debuting as a Fairy-type Pokémon along with Sylveon, Flabébé lives atop a flower that it chooses soon after it’s born and will care for its entire life. Players may see different Flabébé holding flowers of different colours when encountering them in the wild. Flabébé is able to draw forth hidden powers that lie within its flower and use those powers in moves while battling. Flabébé knows Fairy Wind, a Fairy-type move debuting in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y that summons a wind that blasts an opponent as it attacks. Like all Fairy-type moves, it’s super effective against Dragon-type Pokémon.

·         As Pokémon evolve, they take on new appearances and learn new moves. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will introduce the Bug-type Pokémon Scatterbug. Scatterbug knows String Shot, a Bug-type move that can lower the Speed stat of opposing Pokémon. Scatterbug evolves into Spewpa, another new Bug-type Pokémon that can withstand half-hearted attacks due to its stiff, fur-covered body. Use the Normal-type move Protect at a beginning of a turn to protect Spewpa from moves used against it on that turn. The final evolved form of Scatterbug, which was revealed earlier this week, is the new Bug- and Flying-type Pokémon Vivillon. It’s said there’s a secret behind the colourful decorative pattern on Vivillon’s wings, which it uses to scatter its scales or create a strong wind to attack. Vivillon can learn Struggle Bug, a Bug-type move that lowers the Special Attack of any opposing Pokémon it hits, so the move not only causes damage but also reduces the damage inflicted on Vivillon from certain moves during battle.

Microsoft Office Mobile comes to iPhone in US But not iPads

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Microsoft Office Mobile comes to iPhone in US But not iPads

Microsoft’s Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch in the US. The software enables users to view and edit Powerpoint, Excel and Word documents stored in the cloud or attached to emails.

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Offline editing features are included, and Excel and Word files can be created from scratch and later transferred to another device. An Office 365 subscription is required to use the application, which is compatible with handsets running iOS 6.1 or above. Microsoft is yet to optimise the service for iPad devices, or confirm whether it will be available in the UK in the near future.

New info on the PS4 Exclusive PS4 Contents for Assassin’s Creed 4 – Black Flag

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New info on the PS4 Exclusive PS4 Contents for Assassin’s Creed 4 – Black Flag

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag‘s exclusive PS4 content has been detailed by Ubisoft. The PS4 edition of Ubisoft’s upcoming adventure game will ship with three exclusive missions, totalling 60 minutes of gameplay, according to Kotaku.

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Confirming earlier rumours, the missions will star Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation protagonist Aveline, and not Edward Kenway. Ubisoft demonstrated five minutes of Assassin’s Creed 4 footage during its E3 press conference on Monday.
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Fez 2 Announced at E3

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Fez 2 Announced at E3
Polytron Corporation famous for Fez has used the Horizon indie press conference at E3 to announce Fez 2. Unfortunately there is no further information at the moment, therefore we don’t know much about the plot, platforms or much else. We do get the trailer below though.

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The Order: 1886 was in ‘Development Limbo’ for Years

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The Order: 1886 was in ‘Development Limbo’ for Years

Ready at Dawn have revealed that their PS4 exclusive ‘The Order: 1886’ was in development limbo for quite some time before the console’s dev kits were released. Speaking to Polygon about its Steampunk title, Ready At Dawn creative director Ru Weerasuriya said that the studio had been creating the concept of the game’s world years before the title actually went into development.

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The title was put on hold, however, due to the limitations of current generation hardware. Weerasuriy claims that the technology wasn’t capable of achieving the ambitions the studio had. The game, which takes place in an alternate history version of Victorian London, will be Ready at Dawn’s first original IP. The studio is known predominantly for its PSP God of War releases. Claiming that developers don’t change their thinking for different platforms, Ru said “Your thinking is you maximize what is capable on the PSP or PS4 hardware.

The PSP was actually very powerful.” The PS4 title’s release date is yet to be announced and gameplay details are thin thus far, but we’ll keep you informed. In case you missed it, the game’s E3 trailer is below.

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Namco Bandai Announces Tekken Revolution for PS3 for Free

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Namco Bandai Announces Tekken Revolution for PS3 for Free

NAMCO BANDAI Games. has announced TEKKEN REVOLUTION™, the latest title from their 42+million unit selling TEKKEN® franchise, exclusively for PlayStation Network on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system in North America and Europe today. The long-running TEKKEN series continues to revolutionize the fighting game genre by offering the full TEKKEN gameplay experience free-of-charge to the millions of PlayStation 3 system owners connected to the PlayStation Network.

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Crafted by NAMCO BANDAI Games’ internal TEKKEN development team, TEKKEN REVOLUTION provides fighting game fans and newcomers alike the hard-hitting gameplay of the famed franchise.  Choose from an initial cast of eight iconic TEKKEN characters to train and battle with against AI opponents in Arcade Mode and fearsome rivals spanning the globe through online Ranked and Player Matches.  New bone-crushing special moves have been implemented and some command inputs revised to lower the barrier of entry for new players and allow advanced players to employ new strategies.  For the first time in TEKKEN history players will be able to level-up their characters, increasing three key attributes; Strength, Endurance and Vigor, to create a combatant tuned to individual play styles.  Develop a defensive tank character with high HP to withstand knockout blows while offense focused players can create a damage-inflicting character with low health but high critical hit rates to devastate opponents with a flurry of attacks.

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“We are extremely proud that the TEKKEN franchise will be the first in the fighting game genre to adopt the free-to-play business model for the console market,” said Katsuhiro Harada, TEKKEN series director.  “By going free-to-play, we hope to open up the fighting game community to a larger audience. We are excited to see everyone’s reaction to the Special Arts, Critical Arts, and the character enhancement system but we also have several major updates with added content scheduled so we hope everyone will stay tuned!”

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TEKKEN REVOLUTION is now available for download free on the North American and in Europe on the  PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 .

Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 to be announced Next Week in London

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Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 to be announced Next Week in London

Samsung has confirmed plans to unveil a follow-up to the Galaxy Camera this month. Company CEO JK Shin revealed during an interview with Korea Times that a second-generation version of the Android snapper will be showcased at its London event on 20th June.

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Picture of Galaxy Camera 1

The so-called Galaxy Camera 2 is said to feature a mirrorless design, allowing users to swap out lenses.

Samsung already offers mirrorless functionality with its NX line of camera, but these devices are not powered by the Android operating system.

The firm is also expected to confirm a release date for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini at next week’s event in the UK capital.

Samsung released the Galaxy Camera in November last year.

Guild Wars 2: Of Dragon Bash Festival

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Guild Wars 2: Of Dragon Bash Festival

To honour another year of survival in the shadow of the Elder Dragons, the defiant citizens of Lion’s Arch have banded together for a boisterous festival full of fun activities, exclusive rewards and explosive surprises. During the celebration, players will be introduced to Marjory Delaqua, an investigator who travels in the shadowy underworld of Lion’s Arch.

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The Dragon Bash festival is packed with new content and features:

REWARDS:•Holographic Dragon Wings: Dedicated festival goers can earn two sets of exclusive dragon wings by participating in Dragon Bash activities.
•Exclusive Weapon Skins: Those who take part can earn the exclusive Dragon’s Jade weapon skins — only available during Dragon Bash.

MINI-GAMES:•Dragon Ball: The ancient Tyrian pastime of Dragon Ball returns. Teams of players test their skills against one another in this fast-paced game of reflexes.
•Moa Racing: Farshore Ward in Lion’s Arch is the site of the fast and furious Moa Races, where anything can happen.
•Dragon Effigies and Piñatas: Combustible dragon effigies have been hidden everywhere. Perform a ritual dance to light them and receive a temporary boost. Keep an eye open for dragon piñatas strung up in honour of the festival – then break them open to receive tasty Dragon Bash candy.

ACTIVITIES: •Unique Festival Helm: Watch the skies above Lion’s Arch come alive with an explosive fireworks show every two hours from Friday 14th June at 17:00 BST to Monday 17th June at 17:00 BST. Stay through the finale and receive a unique festival helm – The Horns of the Dragon.
•Lighting Ceremony: Tuesday 18th June, gather on the Grand Piazza of Lion’s Arch and join the jovial Magnus the Bloody Handed as he presides over an evening of merriment and cheer over the lighting of the dragon effigies.

For more information about Dragon Bash and Guild Wars 2 please visit http://www.guildwars2.com.

2K Announced Beejumbled for iOS, Android and Amazon App Store

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2K Announced Beejumbled for iOS, Android and Amazon App Store

2K today announced that Beejumbled, a new fast-paced word-jumble title for gamers of all ages developed by Cat Daddy Games, is now available for download on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. Beejumbled Now Available Worldwide on the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon App Store.
Available to download for free, Beejumbled takes players on an adventure through a charming bee world , where they must quickly construct words in order to win. Players can complete a variety of challenges and compete against a series of bee characters with varying personalities in the hope of one day claiming their place as the “Top Bee of the Hive.”

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“Beejumbled is a fun word-search game that players will find equally endearing and challenging,” said Sarah Anderson, senior vice president of marketing for 2K. “Building upon familiar word game mechanics, Beejumbled utilises stylised artwork, unique gameplay and loveable characters to bring a rich, casual gaming experience to mobile devices.”

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“Beejumbled offers players a multifaceted experience that is sure to engage gamers of all ages,” added Harley Howe, Co-Studio Head of Cat Daddy Games. “Whether practicing for their next spelling bee, improving their vocabulary, looking to give their brain a workout or simply going head-to-head with friends from around the world, Beejumbled offers a customisable experience for fans everywhere.”
Key features include:

  • Competing in tournaments against one of hundreds of players from around the globe in real-time;
  • Enjoying a hexagon board with hundreds of word combinations, and more than 80 achievements to unlock;
  • Picking from an assortment of helper aids, including ‘Double Word Score,’ ‘Common Letter Bonus,’ and ‘Super Letter,’ to provide bonuses and assist in overcoming difficult situations;
  • Customising the gaming experience with over 25 different bee characters and backgrounds to unlock and choose from; including “Homer,” the baseball bee (who offers an additional +25 points for any baseball themed words discovered), to “Ro-Bee,” the robot bee (who adds an additional +3 points to any three letter words);
  • Playing independently in Single Player mode, or against friends with Pass & Play, Asynchronous multiplayer via Game Center & Facebook, and Tournament modes.

Xbox One will only work in 21 Regions for Launch

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Xbox One will only work in 21 Regions for Launch

It’s been revealed that Microsoft’s next-gen console will only work in certain regions at launch. 

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This restriction comes from Xbox Live capabilities, meaning those that don’t live in a country supported by the service at launch won’t be able to authenticate their games. The console requires you to sign in at least once every 24 hours.

Most of our readers will probably be safe as the UK is one of the 21 regions that will be supported, but it’s interesting to see that the entirety of Africa has been excluded, as have Japan and China. This same restriction applies to the majority of countries West of the UK, with the exception of Russia. A handful of European countries will be supported, but a large chunk won’t. Croatia, Turkey, Greece and even Portugal are amongst those that have seemingly been left out. 
This information came from a pre-order information page on the Xbox website. A disclaimer on the page reads “Xbox One games are for activation and distribution only in specified geographic regions,” a disclaimer on the Xbox One reservation page says.”
Japan – which is excluded for the time being – is expecting an Xbox One launch in 2014, so we’re unsure as to how long it will take for other countries to gain support. 
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Brazil
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Italy
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Ubisoft Release Screens for Watch Dogs from E3

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Ubisoft Release Screens for Watch Dogs from E3

A number of screens for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs have emerged from E3. There’s nine new screens in total, showing off the game’s hacking mechanics, its setting and a couple of its characters.

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Watch Dogs is in development at Ubisoft Montreal and is set to launch on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U on 22nd November. It’s expected to hit Xbox One and PS4 consoles as soon as possible after their respective launches.
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