Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn now out on Steam

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Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn now out on Steam

Square Enix Ltd today announced that its massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN  is now available on the Steam PC digital service.

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In addition, to celebrate the launch on Steam, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will be available for 50% off the regular price for both the Standard and Collector’s Editions. This special promotional offer, which is running across Europe and North America, commences the first week from launch and will end on 25th February 18:00 GMT.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is available now on the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC and comes to PlayStation 4, 14th April. A free 30-day trial is included for new accounts, with monthly subscriptions starting at £7.69 / €10.99.

Rayman Legends Out Today on PS4 and Xbox One in the US

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Rayman Legends Out Today on PS4 and Xbox One in the US

Ubisoft announced that Rayman Legends, the acclaimed platformer developed by Ubisoft Montpellier under the direction of Michel Ancel, is now available in the United States for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and will hit UK shelves on 21st February.

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It’s now even better on next-gen with exclusive content and new features. With the upgraded capabilities of next-gen consoles, the award-winning visuals of Rayman Legends have been enhanced to show the gorgeous hand-drawn artwork and fluid animations in even sharper detail, while loading time between maps has been suppressed.

Each platform will have a set of exclusive playable characters to unlock in the Heroes Gallery. On Xbox One, there are two characters designed after the infamous villain from Far Cry 3, Ray Vaas and Far Glob, as well as Splinter Ray, inspired by Sam Fisher. PlayStation®4 players will have access to Assassin Ray, inspired by the hero Edward Kenway from Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. Both platforms will also include a new VIP status and hero, Champion Ray, which will be granted to the most active and highest-ranked players in the Online Challenges, as well as to players who are actively involved in the Rayman Legends community.

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Each console will also have a set of exclusive gameplay features. The Xbox One version will include 10 exclusive challenges to unlock new achievements. These challenges require you to perform specific actions during a limited amount of time and are associated with various aspects of the game, such as player skills, co-op play, Kung Foot, and more. The PlayStation 4 will allow use of the controller’s touchpad for actions such as scratching Lucky Tickets, as well as a new Camera Mode. In this mode, players use the touchpad to freeze the screen and zoom in and out of the picture. Focusing on the hand-drawn visuals and animated-nuisances created during development, camera mode allows you to share these treasured moments with the rest of the community.

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Rayman Legends on PlayStation 4 will also support Remote Play so you can continue playing from your PS Vita while the TV is turned off.

Daedalic announce DLC and major update for roguish RPG Blackguards

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Daedalic announce DLC and major update for roguish RPG Blackguards

Daedalic Entertainment today announce Untold Legends, new DLC for turn-based RPG Blackguards releasing 4th Match 2014. The release a major update for the game that will implement balancing improvements.

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Shedding light on the background and heritage of the former slave and arena fighter Takate, Untold Legends expands the story of Blackguards. From his home in the foothills of the rainforest of South Aventuria, players will learn how Takate became a slave gladiator and get the opportunity to carry out his revenge on the slavers who caused him a life of pain. In addition to new story elements, Untold Legends introduces new weapons, additional quests, more than 10 new battle maps as well as 25 previously unreleased music tracks.

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Alongside the DLC, Daedalic will release Patch 1.3 for the main game, implementing improvements to the games balancing system as well as giving players further insight into their character’s hit chances and how these can be improved. Hit chances will be shown during all battles for all characters and is no longer dependent on Animal Lore or Warcraft talent, giving players the opportunity to weight the odds of their attacks. The patch will also give players the option to display a full battle log, including dice rolls, during combat enabling full transparency of events.

Players who purchased the Blackguards Contributors Edition through Steam will receive Untold Legends automatically for free. Those who purchase the Deluxe Edition will receive the 25 previously unreleased tracks for free when installing Patch 1.3.

Untold Legends will release on 4th March 2014 through digital download portals for £3.99.

First look at the Order 1886 Trailer can you get you guns out

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First look at the Order 1886 Trailer can you get you guns out

Watch the new trailer of The Order 1886, the Ready at Dawn’s upcoming PS4 exclusive, The Order: 1886 looks to be an interesting new take on Arthurian legend. The game being a third-person shooter, details on gameplay have been a bit scant, but Ready at Dawn has now shared a little of what Ready at Dawns unique take on Victorian London will bring to the PlayStation 4.

The Order’s most distinctive features is the ambitious blend between cutscenes and gameplay.

Here are 18 screenshots from The Order 1886 what do you think so far of game.

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The Order: 1886 will be released on PS4 in 2014, with an Autumn release recently teased.

Heroes of Tyria Must Rally to Save Lion’s Arch in Latest Guild Wars 2

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Heroes of Tyria Must Rally to Save Lion’s Arch in Latest Guild Wars 2

NCSOFT and ArenaNet, has introduces the penultimate chapter in the saga of super villain Scarlet Briar today with its latest living world release, “Escape from Lion’s Arch”. The release opens with the cosmopolitan city of Lion’s Arch, a multicultural centre of trade dating back to the original Guild Wars, under siege by Scarlet’s forces. Even as the heroes of Tyria, made up of players and the iconic characters of this diverse world, rally to save the city, the ominous sense that Guild Wars 2 will never be the same is evident from the opening scene. Lion’s Arch is burning!

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For the past year, players have battled Scarlet’s minions, foiled her schemes, and discovered more about her sinister goals. Now, after months of planning, Scarlet’s attack on Lion’s Arch sets the stage for a final ruthless push in her still mysterious grand plan. In “Escape from Lion’s Arch”, players battle alongside the Lionguard to take on Scarlet’s dark allies and evacuate as many citizens from the city as possible. They will face ferocious challenges as her minions roam freely through the besieged city and in the waters of the harbour. To protect the innocent, players will have to battle everything from the brutal charr of the Flame Legion and the towering clockwork watchknights to vicious creatures such as the krait and the feared Aetherblade sky pirates.

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As all of this takes place, a deadly miasma poison spreads across the city, forcing desperate survivors into refugee camps in the outskirts. At the Vigil Keep in the Gendarran Fields, players will find a new rallying point and an impromptu hub of trades and services they’ll need to defend Lion’s Arch. Only they stand between Scarlet and total devastation for one of the most important cities in Guild Wars 2.

 

Game Announces 100 Special Thief LockIn Events for you friends

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Game Announces 100 Special Thief LockIn Events for you friends

GAME and PlayStation are joining forces with Square Enix to offer 100 lucky GAME Reward members and their friends the chance to win their very own VIP launch night event for upcoming title Thief, released on 28th February.

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100 GAME stores throughout the UK will give fans the chance to win an exclusive lock-in launch party for themselves and three friends to be hosted on Thursday 27th February. To be in with a chance to win, gamers need to visit their local participating store or head online to its Twitter page and make their claim for why they deserve to win, using #GAMEthief100 (participating stores listed below). Entry opens from 11.00am 18th February and closes at midday on 26th February.

The best pitch will be selected by the participating stores and 100 lucky gamers will win their own private GAME lock-in as well as a sleeve signed by Nicholas Cantin (Art and Game Director) and Daniel Windfeld Schmit (Lead Level Designer). At the end of the night, the winners will also be able to purchase the much anticipated game before anyone else.

Gamers must be aged 18 or over with a pre-order of the game on their GAME Reward account to be considered. ID will be required for all attendees.

Ailsa McKnight, Marketing Director at GAME said:
“Our exclusive lock-in events give gamers the chance to come together as a community and get early, hands on access to the best titles in gaming. We’re once again partnering with the teams at Square Enix and PlayStation, this time to bring the long-awaited and hugely popular Thief to life in our biggest lock-in series to date. For one lucky gamer in each of the 100 stores taking part this really will be a money-can’t-buy experience.

“The biggest titles demand the best events – and at GAME we will always deliver for our gaming community, whether that is with incredible lock-ins, exclusive in-game content or the best midnight launches on the high street.”

The 100 Thief Stores taking part can be contacted in store or via twitter below, further details can be found on http://instore.game.co.uk/

HTC Next Flag Ship Phone Coming 25th March

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HTC Next Flag Ship Phone Coming 25th March

HTC will unveil the successor to its HTC One smartphone on 25th March its was announced today.

The company will launch the HTC M8 handset with simultaneous press conferences in London and New York.

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The news broke via HTC own Twitter account, posting an image bearing the release date along with the caption, “The best is about to get better”. With rumoured specs of the phone is expected to feature a 5-inch 1080p display, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

With a larger 2900mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat and HTC’s Sense 6 user interface come pre-installed.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril now out for the DS

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril now out for the DS

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril is now out for the Nintendo DS, bringing the highly popular brick-smashing adventure to the palm of your hand.  Fans of the Marvel Universe will never be far from their favourite Super Heroes, as they fight their way through key Marvel locations to save the world from dastardly evil villains like Loki and Dr. Doom.

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LEGO  Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril for Nintendo DS, which is also available for PlayStation® Vita and Nintendo 3DS™, features 45 action-packed missions, where players take control of Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and many more Marvel characters as they unite to stop Loki and a host of other Marvel villains from assembling a super-weapon capable of destroying the world.  Players will chase down Cosmic LEGO Bricks as they travel across key locations from the Marvel Universe, such as Stark Tower, Asteroid M, a Hydra base and the X-Mansion.

Win The Fifth Estate on Blu-ray

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Win The Fifth Estate on Blu-ray

The Fifth Estate has just been released on Blu-ray and DVD, we have a great new competition for you to win a copy on Blu-ray.

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BAFTA award-winner BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH gives an outstanding performance in the adrenalin-fuelled dramatic thriller, THE FIFTH ESTATE. This powerful exposé based on the real-life events of the notorious WikiLeaks.

Driven to expose corporate crimes and government secrets no matter what the cost, activist Julian Assange (Cumberbatch) and computer hacker Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Bruhl) team up to become the underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. As their Wikileaks organisation starts to gather support and influence across the globe so the stakes are raised; pitching them into conflict with the US intelligence agencies and putting the lives of thousands in danger.

The home entertainment release takes you further inside the conspiracies with the DVD featuring an additional featurette ‘The Submission Platform’ and the Blu-ray packed with even more behind-the-scenes action with ‘In-Camera Graphics’ and ‘Scoring Secrets’.

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We have teamed up with Entertainment One to offer three lucky winners The Fifth Estate on Blu-ray.

How to enter to win

Via the site

So all you have to do to win one of the three The Fifth Estate Blu-rays is to click on the Contact Us link here or at the top of the page and tell us which fictional detective Benedict Cumberbatch plays on BBC One – simple!

Via Twitter

Just retweet the message below, and make sure you are following @aedney on Twitter:

Usual contest rules apply, and the winners will be selected at random. This contest is open only to those in the UK – sorry! You can enter as many times you as you like, but only one entry per day will be counted.

The contest closes Sunday 23rd February, so good luck.

The Fifth Estate is available now on DVD and Blu-ray from Entertainment One.

The Order 1886 Trailer Out today at 2pm GMT

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The Order 1886 Trailer Out today at 2pm GMT

Today is the day that a new trailer for the The Order: 1886 exclusive to the PlayStation 4, developed by Ready at Dawn and Sony Santa Monica.
Yesterday Sony teased the release via Twitter, adding that PlayStation Europe will be the first to showcase the video trailer for The Order 1886.

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First announced at last years E3 no other trailer has been released until now, I for one can’t wait to see it.

Preview of South Park: The Stick of Truth

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Preview of South Park: The Stick of Truth

I got to spend a few hours playing Ubisoft’s forthcoming game South Park: The Stick of Truth – and it was sweet!

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South Park seems to be one of those games that has been coming out forever – so when I was given the chance to actually get some hands-on with it, I jumped at the chance.

The premise of the game is simple – you play “The New Kid”, also known as douche bag, who has just moved to South Park and get’s involved, as you do, with an epic quest to save The Stick of Truth from the forces of evil.

When the game first starts you are treated to a short sequence about the history of The Stick of Truth – which reminded me of the The Lord of Rings animated movie from many years ago (instead of Gandalf riding a horse, it’s Cartman). What follows is what can only be described as the start of a normal episode of South Park. It looks the same, feels the same, and sounds the same – and that’s because this is the first South Park game that has actually had Matt Stone and Trey Parker fully involved. They wrote the script and they do the voices. So this is basically your chance to be in an episode of South Park.

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There is a lot of customisation available for your character – you can choose how he or she looks, what they are wearing, and more, and you also have the choice to play as one of four classes – fighter, mage, thief, or Jew!

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And then it’s time for the episode, sorry, game, to begin properly.

You get to explore all of South Park and it isn’t long before you run into Butters in the middle of a fight with another 4th grader – so once you have helped him, he takes you to Cartman’s house and you get to join the quest. This whole sequence is designed to introduce you the various fighting mechanics in the game. The fighting, which consists of turn by turn selections is actually a lot of fun, with you getting to choose whether to fight using a weapon, or a special power. You even get to fight as other South Park characters, depending on who you have with you at the time.

The game primarily consists of you exploring South Park and completing lots of little quests – such as getting the rest of Cartman’s team to come back to his house – each one of those quests often results in having to do more.

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You even have a Facebook like service where you get to friend other characters you meet, receive messages from them, and generally have a good laugh!

There are lots of references to the shows 17 year history, from locations, to characters to having to collect all 30 Chinpokomon that are scattered around South Park.

I don’t want to give too much away of the story, but needless to say fans of South Park are going to love this game. One thing’s for sure, I can’t wait to play more!

South Park: The Stick of Truth will be released on March 7th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Phineas and Ferb Coming to Disney Infinity 1st April

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Phineas and Ferb Coming to Disney Infinity 1st April

Today Disney Interactive announced two characters for Disney Infinity at the Toy Fair New York 2014, with Phineas and Ferb sleuthing platypus Agent P and Phineas are joining the ruckus in Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box on 1st April in the US and a possible UK date of the 4th April.

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The two characters will be accompanied by two new power disks that give Toy Box a makeover to look like Phineas and Ferb‘s city of Danville, one is for an all over terrain remake and the other paints over Disney Infinity‘s Skydome to look like the TV show’s sky. The pack also includes two new Power Discs – the ‘Tri-State Area Terrain’ texture set and the ‘Danville Sky’ sky-dome.

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The Danville power discs even recreate the show’s antagonistic Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building and a small waterslide park invented in one of the cartoon’s episodes. Phineas carries his trademark Baseball Shooter, a gun that fires baseballs, while Agent P uses his signature fedora to thwack things.

Game of Thrones Complete Season 3 DVD Boxset Contest Winners

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Game of Thrones Complete Season 3 DVD Boxset Contest Winners

Game of Thrones Season 3 was released today on Blu-ray and DVD, and we have a great competition to win a Games of Thrones Complete Season 3 DVD Boxset – and here are the winners.

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In the third season of the hit HBO original series based on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. This epic drama is set in the grounded fantasy continent of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honor and ill-repute live in a land where summers and winters can last years. In Season 3, family and loyalty will be the overarching themes, and many critical plot points from the first two seasons will come to a violent head, with several major characters meeting cruel fates. While a primary focus continues to be on King’s Landing, where the Lannisters barely held onto power after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, stirrings in the North threaten to alter the overall balance of power in Westeros. Robb Stark, King of the North, will face a major calamity in his efforts to build on his victories over the Lannisters in Season 2, while further north, Mance Rayder (new character) and his huge army of wildlings begin an inexorable march south to scale the Wall. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen – reunited with her three deadly, fast-maturing dragons – attempts to raise an army of slaves to sail with her from Essos to Westeros, in hopes of eventually overthrowing the Iron Throne.

Did you see Maisie Williams talking about Game of Thrones Season 4:

We teamed up with HBO to offer three lucky winners a Games of Thrones Complete Season 3 DVD Boxset.

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Jo Hutchinson

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Congratulations to the winners, and we have another great contest coming up soon.

Game of Thrones The Complete Season 3 boxset is available now on DVD priced £39.99 and Blu-ray priced £49.99.

Microsoft Starts Testing Digital Price Cut from Tomorrow with Ryse

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Microsoft Starts Testing Digital Price Cut from Tomorrow with Ryse

Starting from tomorrow Microsoft will begin “testing” deals for digital versions of Xbox One games, starting with Crytek’s Ryse.

From tomorrow 18th February until 24th February, Ryse will be available for $39.99 on the US Xbox One games store, as opposed to the $59.99 it currently costs. With the UK pricing of £34.99 on the UK Xbox One games store, as opposed to the £49.99 it currently costs.

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The news was announced on Twitter by Xbox studio manager Mike Ybarra (XboxQwik), who stated the temporary price drop was a response to player feedback.

“Lot of people asked for better deals on our digital marketplace,” Ybarra said, “So we’re testing some, and [from] 2/18 through 2/24 you can get Ryse: Son of Rome off digital marketplace for $39.99. Special deal on add ons starts 2/25.”

He added: “That’s far better than the used price at GameStop and others! Go digital!”

Last month Larry Hryb who is the Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb said that Microsoft plans to make the prices of its digital games more competitive in the future.

“We have some great stuff planned for Xbox One this year (and beyond),” he told a Reddit thread. “As soon as we can share some of the goodness, we will.”

Hryb was then asked if Microsoft’s plans included competitive pricing for digital downloads. His reply: “It is indeed on the agenda.”

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