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Final Fantasy VI coming to Steam next week
I was just lamenting how there were so many remakes and ports of games in the Final Fantasy series, but how I didn’t have a good way to play Final Fantasy VI. But now I can’t complain anymore, because on December 16th, Final Fantasy VI will be launching on Steam! “Veteran character designer Kazuko Shibuya has painstakingly recreated the graphics, bringing the world of Final Fantasy VI to your PC for the very first time!” exclaims the YouTube page.
Not only that, but the remake of the 1994 classic will even have Steam Achievements as well as those Trading Cards everyone loves. So clear your calendar for next Wednesday – it’s time to fight the Empire again. (Not that Empire – you’ll be able to get reacquainted with them the next day at 7:00 PM.)
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Xbox Store Today: Starwahl, Baseball Riot
Xbox One owners will have two new choices on the Xbox Games Store today… one where aquatic mammals battle it out in space and a baseball-themed puzzle platformer.
Breakfall’s Starwahl is a multiplayer battler about a group of narwhals, those scientifically-unbelievable horned whales that live in the Arctic, fighting each other in space. Meanwhile, Baseball Riot is a puzzle platformer that puts players in the spikes of retired ballplayer Gabe Carpaccio as he goes on a quest to rescue his former teammates using only a bat, a ball, and an Einstein-like understanding of physics.
More information on both of these rather unbelievable games can be found after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: December 9, 2015 – Grab these shirts while you can
I had an awesome night last night! Some friends came over to play board games, and we warmed up with a few video games, starting with TowerFall: Ascension and ending with almost all of SportsFriends. It was a magical evening!
You have less than a day to pick up the Gambitious Digital Entertainment Humble Weekly Bundle. Pay what you want for Breach & Clear, Hard Reset: Extended Edition, and Mutant Mudds Deluxe. Beat the average to get Breach & Clear: Deadline, Magnetic: Cage Closed – Collector’s Edition, and one of my personal favorites, Xeodrifter. Pay $8 or more to unlock Train Fever.
The Midweek Madness at Steam is Victor Vran ARPG, which is on sale for just $9.99. The Daily Deal is Dyscourse, which is on sale for $5.24 (and looks painfully adorable).
There are quite a few amazing shirts today! Hit the jump to check them out. (more…)
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Bethesda opens studio in Montreal to work on “bleeding-edge of RPG development”
Hot off the monumental success of Fallout 4, Bethesda has founded a new settlement in the wilds of Canada with the opening of a brand new studio in Montreal. Bethesda Game Studios Montreal will be lead by Yves Lachance (Fallout Shelter) and currently has a core team of 40 people. However, Bethesda has announced plans to expand the studio, and is currently recruiting developers to work on “the bleeding-edge of RPG development for the PC and consoles.”
“We’ve worked with some very talented developers in Montreal for a long time, and decided it was time to open a studio there,” said Todd Howard, Game Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios. “It’s exciting to think about the new games we’ll be building together.”
Bethesda’s many successes definitely give the team a few options for their first project. They could be spearheading one of Fallout 4’s upcoming expansions, working on a New Vegas-style spinoff, or maybe even doing pre-production work on the all-but-confirmed Elder Scrolls VI. Let us know what you think Bethesda Game Studios Montreal is working on in the comments below.
Yakuza 5, Earth Defense Force 4.1, Earth Defense Force 2, more added to PS Store
Yakuza 5 was originally released in Japan in 2012, and three years later it has finally made its way to North America courtesy of the PlayStation Store. Faster than you can say, “just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in,” Kazuma Kiryu has been pulled away from his quiet life as a taxi driver and back into the Japanese underworld in the PS3 game.
Also available to download this week is a pair of bug-hunting games in the Earth Defense Force franchise. Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair brings the series to the PS4 for the first time in an enhanced and expanded remake of Earth Defense Force 2025. Meanwhile, Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders From Planet Space for the Vita brings the second game in the series to North America for the first time. EDF! EDF! EDF!
You won’t find any giant bugs in Among the Sleep for the PS4, but the psychological horror game does feature frightening images from a two year old child’s vivid imagination. And finally this week, there’s nothing imaginary about the zombie outbreak occurring in Guns, Gore, & Cannoli, a cartoony side-scroller set in the gangster’s paradise of the 1930s.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India and Russia have been delayed into 2016
Ubisoft’s side-scrolling Assassin’s Creed Chronicles series has suffered another setback as the release dates of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia have been pushed back into 2016. Originally scheduled to launch before the end of the year, Ubisoft will now release Chronicles: India on January 12 and Chronicles: Russia on February 9.
Both games, along with Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, will also be packaged together in a special “Trilogy” bundle on February 9. A digital download will be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, while a retail disc will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One. Ubisoft also plans to release the “Trilogy” bundle for the Vita on April 5.
If you’re not familiar with the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles series, Ubisoft had this to say about both titles:
The second episode, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, throws players into the tension between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1841. When a Master Templar arrives with a mysterious item that used to belong to the Assassin Order, Arbaaz Mir must discover why the Templar has come, steal back the item and protect his friends and his lover.
The final episode, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia, takes place in 1918 when Assassin Nikolai Orelov must complete one last mission for the Assassin Order before he can leave with his family. His mission: infiltrate the house where the Tsar’s family is being held by the Bolsheviks and steal an artifact that has been fought over by Assassins and Templars for centuries. While too late to save the Tsar’s entire family, he manages to save the princess, Anastasia, whom he must protect as he escapes the Templars with her and the artifact in tow.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia will both be priced at $9.99 apiece. Unsurprisingly, the “Trilogy” bundle will be priced at $29.99.
Daily Scoop: December 8, 2015 – Giant new Humble Bundle available now
There’s a great Humble Bundle that just launched – The Humble NeoGeo 25th Anniversary Bundle! You can “celebrate NeoGeo’s 25th Anniversary with a bundle of games making their PC debut!” There are an absurd amount of games in this bundle. Pay what you want for Art of Fighting 2, Fatal Fury Special, King of the Monsters, Metal Slug 2, Samurai Shodown II, Sengoku 3, The King of Fighters 2000, and Baseball Stars 2. Beat the average to unlock The Last Blade, Pulstar, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 3, Shock Troopers, Neo Turf Masters, The King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match Final Edition, and Twinkle Star Sprites.
But wait – there’s more! Pay $10 or more to unlock Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad, Samurai Shodown V Special, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Metal Slug X, and The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match. Finally, if you want all of that and a limited edition Metal Slug t-shirt, you have to fork out $40. Not bad!
The Midweek Madness at Steam right now is Eve Online. Until December 11th, you can get the Core Starter Pack for $4.99 or the Premium Edition for $24.99. The Daily Deal is Hearts of Iron III, which is on sale for $2.49.
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Otherside Entertainment is working on System Shock 3… but technically it’s a secret
Otherside Entertainment is a small team founded by Paul Neurath, one of the lead developers at Looking Glass Studios. You might remember Looking Glass as the former home of famed developers Warren Spector and Ken Levine, as well as the creator of System Shock. Oh, and speaking of System Shock, Otherside is apparently hard at work on System Shock 3 for rightsholder Night Dive Studios.
The System Shock franchise had been stuck in a state of legal limbo for more than a decade after the release of System Shock 2 in 1999, but Night Dive was able to obtain the rights to the series earlier this year. Night Dive and Otherside even launched a Countdown Page to celebrate their System Shock 3 announcement, but someone discovered the grand finale announcement and a mailing list signup form a tad early.
So that’s about all we know right now. Hopefully, more details about System Shock 3 will be revealed when the countdown ends in five days.
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