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Bandai Namco will release Gundam Versus on September 29

Get ready to climb inside your favorite Gundam Mobile Suit this Fall, as Bandai Namco has confirmed that Gundam Versus will be available for the PS4 on September 29.
World famous giant robot series and notorious head-to-head smash hit, GUNDAM VERSUS, is coming to the Americas for the first time for home console, this time built from the ground up exclusively for the PlayStation 4 system. Pilot legendary Mobile Suits, each equipped with their own weapons systems to learn and master along with enhanced mobility options allowing for advance strategies to evade and outwit opponents, in explosive two-on-two and three-on-three online battles.
Fans of the franchise should be thrilled by this announcement, because Gundam Versus will be the first game from the series to be released in North America since 2011’s Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Gundam Versus
Xbox Store Today: Marvel Heroes Omega, Micro Machines World Series, Super Baseball 2020, more
Microsoft is rolling into the 4th of July weekend with another batch of new games for the Xbox Games Store.
Today, Xbox One owners can finally try out Marvel Heroes Omega, a free-to-play action RPG from Marvel and developer Gazillion. Featuring the ability to play as dozens of heroes, Marvel Heroes Omega will include appearances from Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Deadpool, and more, as the try to take down Doctor Doom.
Also available to download today is Micro Machines World Series, a new game from Codemasters in their long-running toy racing franchise.
And finally today, a re-release of the NeoGeo’s Super Baseball 2020 will add landmines, robots, and upgradeable armor to the national pastime. Play ball!
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Marvel Heroes
StarCraft Remastered will be available on August 14

Blizzard has announced that gamers will get the chance to look at StarCraft in a new way this Summer with the launch of StarCraft Remastered on August 14. Featuring rebuilt visuals that support up to 4K resolution, StarCraft Remastered will feature the same gameplay that RTS fans fell in love with almost 20 years ago. It’ll also come bundled with the Brood War expansion, as well as an option to revert to the original graphics at the press of a button:
StarCraft Remastered Features
- Full graphical upgrade of the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion
- Widescreen UHD support for up to 4K resolution
- New matchmaking and leaderboards
- Player profiles that track individual statistics
- Cloud saving for campaign progress, hotkeys, and replays
- Higher fidelity music and sound
- Switch between Remastered and the original StarCraft with the click of a button!
StarCraft Remastered will be priced at $14.99, and players who pre-order it will receive three unique Building Skins (Char Hive, Korhal Command Center, and Aiur Nexus), and several other in-game bonuses for StarCraft II (Alexei Stukov Co-Op Commander and three unique Portraits).
“Nearly 20 years ago, StarCraft welcomed millions of gamers to an epic sci-fi universe—and also helped form the foundation for esports as we know it today,” said Mike Morhaime, the CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Passionate gamers around the world are still playing Brood War, both with friends and competitively, so we’re modernizing the technology behind StarCraft so that they can continue to enjoy the game for many years to come.”
A new trailer for StarCraft Remastered can be found after the break, and if you just want to see what all the fuss is about, you can download the original game for free from StarCraft.com. (more…)
Posted in News, PC
Tagged StarCraft, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Culdcept Revolt gets a new trailer… but its launch date has been pushed back to October 3
NIS America has announced that Culdcept Revolt will miss its previously-announced launch date of August 29. Citing a need for more time to “accommodate the manufacturing and production of the game,” Culdcept Revolt will now be released for the 3DS on October 3.
But it’s not all bad news for the game that’s often referred to as a “Monopoly/Magic: The Gathering hybrid.” NIS America also released a new trailer for Culdcept Revolt this week, offering prospective players “The Way to Win.” The video includes a breakdown of several common cards, as well as practical strategies for how best to use the three different classes of card.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Culdcept Revolt
The Master Trials expansion for Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now available

The Master Trials, the first expansion for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now available to download through the Nintendo eShop for the Switch and Wii U.
Players who purchase the Expansion Pass will be able to participate in the “Trial of the Sword” challenge, a wave-based dungeon that will “awaken” the Master Sword when completed. New armor pieces, a more challenging Master Mode, and other additions to the game will also be included in The Master Trials:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Expansion Pass: The Master Trials
More adventures await in the Master Trials pack. By completing the Trial of the Sword challenge, Link will prove that he has grown worthy, and the Master Sword will be awakened to always be in its glowing, powered-up state while usable. Master Mode ups the challenge, Hero’s Path mode tracks 200 hours of footsteps on the map, the Travel Medallion creates a warp point, eight new armor items offer unique effects, and the Korok Mask helps locate Koroks.
The Master Trials is available as of Breath of the Wild’s Expansion Pass ($19.99), and cannot be purchased on its own. But players who own it will also receive access to a second downloadable expansion, The Champion’s Ballad, that’ll be available this Fall.
And in case you missed it, the Nintendo Treehouse team recorded an in-depth look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Expansion Pass: The Master Trials during this year’s E3 Expo. You can find the video after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Switch, Wii U
Tagged E3 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
CoD: Infinite Warfare Absolution DLC Pack will be released for PS4 on July 6

Activision and Infinity Ward have announced the Absolution DLC Pack, the next expansion pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, will be available to download for the PS4 on July 6. Like the previous expansions for the game, the Absolution DLC Pack will include four new multiplayer maps, which were detailed earlier this week on the Activision Games Blog:
Multiplayer Maps in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Absolution DLC Pack
- Bermuda: A shantytown created around the remnants of a crashed ship, Bermuda allows players to duck, dive, and wall ride from the fish market to the lighthouse in this small to medium sized map that’s been water-wasted and sandblasted.
- Permafrost: Set within the chill of a frozen city skyline, Permafrost lets players stick to the ground and pick their plan of attack in one of three main lanes. They will traverse the map, moving from street side to train station, and hobo village to wrecked theater house in this small, tight-quarters map.
- Fore: In Fore, the only thing miniature about this large map is the golf courses players will be fighting in. Fore features great visual variety as players swing around the sights and sounds of areas that brandish magical forests, giant creamsicles, and elevated castle walls.
- Ember: Located near an old town castle, Ember is a remake of Resistance from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 featuring old world aesthetics retrofitted with modern technology. The surroundings include lava, gallows and a torture room, where players will want to stick close to their teammates.
The new maps will be joined by another episode from Infinite Warfare’s time-travelling Zombies saga. This time, players will travel back to the Atomic Age for the 1950s-set “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!” But you can’t have retro horror without Elvira, “Mistress of the Dark,” and she’ll appear in the new episode to lend players a hand:
The twisted and enigmatic film director Willard Wyler is up to his shenanigans once again, and this time he’s zapped our fearless foursome of heroes into the 1950s with a campy horror experience titled “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!” The plot of this film follows a clumsy government science experiment gone wrong, turning an unsuspecting suburban populace into flesh devouring zombies, while a newly spawned biological menace moves into the ravaged town.
This action-packed chapter comes in the style of the Creature Feature movies of the era, and is headlined by none other than horror movie icon Elvira, played with voice and likeness by Cassandra Peterson. She will help players (hopefully) survive by giving them tips and side quests, all in her unique Elvira style, as they attempt to make it through this science experiment from hell.
Stepping into brand-new roles, our four intrepid cast of characters will become The Scientist, The Rebel, The Soldier, and The School Girl as they battle all-new zombies while sporting classically cool 1950s attire. If you’re hip to that jive, then just try to stay alive in “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!”
The Absolution DLC Pack is also in development for the PC and Xbox One, and should launch on those platforms in August.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Nintendo Download: Mighty Gunvolt Burst, GoNNER, more
It’s time for another look at the weekly Nintendo Download, and two new side-scrollers have been added to the Nintendo eShop…
First up is Mighty Gunvolt Burst, a retro-themed 3DS side-scroller from Inti Creates that features characters from Azure Striker Gunvolt (Gunvolt) and Mighty No. 9 (Beck). Unlike the mashup franchise’s “bite-sized” first installment, Mighty Gunvolt Burst is a “full-sized” game with “a much deeper and more expansive world.”
Also available to download today is GoNNER, a roguelike side-scroller for the Switch from Raw Fury and Art in Heart. According to the developers, players will follow the “largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk” in his quest to cheer up a giant land-bound whale named Sally.
You can learn more about both of these games (and the rest of this week’s new releases) after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Namco Museum will include Pac-Man Vs when its released for the Switch on July 28
Bandai Namco announced today that they’re going to add Pac-Man Vs to Namco Museum. The publisher also confirmed that the Switch-exclusive compilation will be released on July 28.
Nintendo fans might recognize Pac-Man Vs as one of the consolemaker’s experiments from the GameCube era. Developed jointly by Shigeru Miyamoto and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani, Pac-Man Vs was a multiplayer game where one player controlled Pac-Man on a Game Boy Advance, while three others piloted Ghosts on the big screen. For its latest incarnation, the game will require two Switch consoles… with Pac-Man on one Switch console and the Ghosts on the other.
In addition to Pac-Man Vs, the Namco Museum will contain nearly a dozen games from the publisher’s arcade heyday including Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga, Galaga ‘88, The Tower of Druaga, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder 2, Sky Kid, Splatterhouse, and Tank Force.
You can view a new trailer for Namco Museum (featuring Pac-Man Vs) up top.
Posted in News, Switch
Tagged Namco Museum







