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Metal Slug 3, Boom Ball 3 added to Xbox Store
One of the final Xbox Games Store updates of the year includes a pair of threequels.
Hamster Corporation will bring Metal Slug 3, which was originally released for the NeoGeo in 2000, to the Xbox One. And the Virtual Air Guitar Company will add Boom Ball 3 For Kinect to the console’s digital storefront.
You can learn more about both games right here:
Now Available on Xbox Games Store – 12/22/17 [Major Nelson]
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3 is an action game released by SNK in 2000. It is actually the fourth entry in the Metal Slug series of games. Players will be able to use four different characters as they take to the battlefield with an array of weaponry. New Slugs such as a Drill Slug will also show up in gameplay, leading to even more fierce and exciting action!Boom Ball 3 For Kinect
It’s boom time again! Boom Ball 3 upgrades the classic Kinect ping-pong game with 50 scenic levels featuring a festival of cute cubic critters. Also includes improved two-player mode and three new difficulty options for novices and veterans alike. Customize your paddles with pictures or take your own photos with Kinect. Suitable for all ages, shapes and sizes!
Atlus will bring Catherine to new platforms as Catherine: Full Body
The puzzling Catherine beguiled Atlus’s biggest fans back in 2011. It’s wild combination of relationship building, puzzle solving, and terrifying imagery made it an instant classic. But players who missed it the first time around will get a second chance, as the publisher has announced plans to release an enhanced and expanded version of the game known as Catherine: Full Body.
This remake will further complicate Vincent’s love life with the introduction of an entirely new character named Rin. New puzzle sections connected to Rin will be included, as well as new storyline elements for both Catherine and Katherine.
Atlus will release Catherine: Full Body in Japan “next Winter” for the PS4 and Vita. The publisher has already confirmed an American/European launch will happen, but they declined to say which platforms it’ll be available for or when it’ll be released.
In the meantime, you can view the first Japanese trailer for Catherine: Full Body, which is available after the break. (more…)
Nintendo Power is back… as a podcast
It’s been five years since Nintendo pulled the plug on their official magazine, Nintendo Power, but bright days are ahead for the beloved brand. And that’s because Nintendo launched the very first episode of the Nintendo Power Podcast today.
Hosted by Chris Slate, the first episode delves into Nintendo’s big 2017 with Kit Ellis, the co-host of Nintendo Minute, and Damon Baker, the consolemaker’s Head of Publisher & Developer Relations. It also includes an extensive interview with Producer Eiji Aonuma and Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the minds behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
It’s unknown how often Nintendo will produce new episodes of the Nintendo Power Podcast, but I’m eagerly awaiting the next one. Each episode will be available through SoundCloud, iTunes, and the Google Play Store.
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Picross E8, Tiny Metal, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, more coming to Nintendo eShop this week
It’s Thursday, so it’s time once again for a Nintendo eShop update.
This week, the latest game in the Picross franchise, Picross E3, will be added to the 3DS. And over on the Switch, gamers will be able to download Tiny Metal, a colorful turn-based strategy game; Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, a platformer that originally appeared on the Xbox One in 2013; and The Deer God, a platformer that takes place in a “breathtaking and unique” pixelized world.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the Nintendo eShop after the break. (more…)
Studio MDHR’s gamble pays off as Cuphead sells two million copies
People are still talking about Studio MDHR’s Cuphead… and with good reason. The side-scrolling shooter features a colorful array of big bosses, all created in a style that evokes 1930s animation from Fleischer Studios and Walt Disney.
Now, the developer has even more reason to celebrate, as they’ve just announced that Cuphead has sold two million copies on the PC and Xbox One. Here’s what developer Chad Moldenhauer had to say about this sales milestone on Studio MDHR’s official website:
Even in our wildest dreams, we never thought our crazy little characters would be embraced by this many fans from around the world and we are continuously humbled by your support.
So to everyone who has drawn fan art, composed memes, performed songs, conquered challenge runs, streamed their playthrough, or just played Cuphead and had a good time, we love and appreciate all of you from the bottom of our hearts.
Cuphead crossed the million-seller mark after it was on sale for two weeks, and I’m fairly sure this won’t be the last time we talk about the game’s sales success.
Activision unveils The Resistance DLC Pack for Call of Duty: WWII
Players will be able to join The Resistance in the first downloadable expansion for Call of Duty: WWII.
Activision has announced that The Resistance DLC Pack will be available to download for the PS4 on January 30 (and on the PC and Xbox One a month later). The expansion will add three new multiplayer maps to Sledgehammer’s shooter, as well as a new War Mode scenario, and the next chapter in the Nazi Zombies co-op mode:
Multiplayer Maps in Call of Duty: WWII’s Resistance DLC Pack
- Anthropoid: Based in Prague, Czechoslovakia, this map is inspired by Operation Anthropoid, the famous assassination attempt on a high-ranking German officer during World War II. This map features a center lane divided by a river, with long-flanking paths that can be used by snipers for ranged attacks.
- Occupation: In this remake of the classic Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer map Resistance, players battle through the streets and shops of German-occupied Paris during WWII. Long side streets encourage mid-range combat, with nearby homes and storefronts lending defensive positions for ambush and recovery.
- Valkyrie: Located in the Masurian Woods, East Prussia, this map was inspired by The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s Eastern-front headquarters during Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. This is a medium-sized map with gameplay focused around a dangerous center lane covered by multiple overwatch positions and mounted machine guns.
War Mode: Operation Intercept
Outside of St. Lo, France, our next War Mode experience leads us on an urban rescue mission to save Resistance fighters being transported by train. The first objective on the Allied side is freeing the fighters, followed by the destruction of key communication equipment, and ending with stopping a train.Nazi Zombies: The Darkest Shore
The Darkest Shore follows our heroes into the next chapter of their dangerous journey. Only days after the horrific disaster of Mittelburg, the crew has received intel that suggests Doktor Straub is on an island just north of Germany. Blanketed in fog, this island is surrounded by Nazi air and sea power – and crawling with the Undead. Marie, Drostan, Olivia, and Jefferson will need to battle all this and more to uncover the mysteries hidden within the Darkest Shore.
More information about Call of Duty: WWII’s Resistance DLC Pack can be found at the Activision Games Blog. And don’t the miss the behind-the-scenes “Preview” video embedded above.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Call of Duty: WWII
Minecraft: Story Mode S2 Ep5, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Ep3, more added to Xbox Store
2017 is coming to an end in just 11 days, but a pair of episodic adventure games will reach their end on the Xbox Games Store today.
Square Enix and Deck Nine will complete Life Is Strange: Before the Storm with the release of Episode 3: Hell Is Empty on the Xbox One today. And Telltale Games will finish up Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 with the launch of Episode 5: Above and Beyond.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2
Minecraft: Story Mode S2 Ep5, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Ep3, Accounting+, more coming to PS Store this week
Sony is sliding into the Christmas holiday with a slight PlayStation Store update, but it does include the finales of two of 2017’s biggest episodic games.
Telltale Games will launch Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 – Episode 5: Above and Beyond for the PS4, putting a cap on a second round of adventures for Jesse and friends. And Square Enix will release Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 3: Hell Is Empty for the PS4, bringing Chloe’s prequel journey to an end.
Also available to download this week is Accounting+, a PlayStation VR-powered “nightmare adventure comedy” from Justin Roiland (one half of the Rick and Morty team).
You can learn more about all of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2