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Secret of Mana remake will also get a limited retail release at GameStop
Square Enix has announced they’re teaming up with GameStop to produce a Retail Edition for the Secret of Mana remake in “limited quantities.” The PS4-only Retail Edition will be released on February 15, and fans who pre-order the game will receive a special costume pack containing a “Moogle Suit” for all three characters, a “Tiger Two-Piece” for Primm, and a “Tiger Suit” for Randi and Popoi.
Canadian PS4 owners will be able to purchase Secret of Mana’s Retail Edition from EB Games, and the RPG will also be available as a digital download for everyone on the PC, PS4, and Vita.
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New Retail Releases: Horizon Zero Dawn Complete, Dead Rising 4 PS4, The Walking Dead Collection, More
It’s a good time for re-releases, as four well-loved games will be available in new editions this week.
First up, Sony and Guerrilla will repackage Horizon: Zero Dawn in a “Complete Edition” for the PS4. This re-release includes the original game, the Frozen Wilds expansion, and all the bonus content from the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Coming to the PS4 for the first time this week is Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package. The PC/Xbox One game was originally released in 2016, and it makes its PS4 debut in a new collection that includes the original game, all the downloadable content and expansions, and the new Capcom Heroes expansion.
Speaking of zombies, Telltale Games will re-release their entire Walking Dead saga as The Walking Dead Collection for the PS4 and Xbox One. Players will be able to prepare themselves for the final season with The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Season 2 (and the 400 Days epilogue), The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, and The Walking Dead: Michonne.
Finally this week, Ubisoft will release Steep: Winter Games Edition for the PS4 and Xbox One. The Winter Games Edition will bundle the original game with the brand new Road to the Olympics expansion.
A complete rundown of this week’s new retail releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing will be available to download for PS4 beginning next week
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy made its PS4 debut under the PS2 Classics banner on August 22. Today, Sony announced (via the PlayStation Blog) that the next three games in the franchise (Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing) will be available to download for the PS4 (individually or as a three-game bundle) on December 6.
Originally developed by Naughty Dog, all three games will receive the full PS2 Classics treatment (including visuals up-rendered to 1080p and full Trophy support) for their re-release on the PS4. However, the online multiplayer that was originally present in Jak X: Combat Racing won’t be operational on the PS4.
A new trailer for Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing has been embedded above.
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Doom VFR, Star Ocean 4, It’s Quiz Time, more coming to PS Store this week
Get your PlayStation VR to Mars! Bethesda will release Doom VFR for the PS4 this week, and fans will finally get the chance to blast away at the minions of Hell in eye-popping virtual reality.
This week’s PlayStation Store update will also include Star Ocean: The Last Hope, an HD/4K remake of the fourth game in Square Enix’s RPG series for the PS4. And finally this week, PS4 owners will have the chance to download It’s Quiz Time, a quiz game that includes more than 25,000 questions for up to eight players.
You can learn more about all of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Doom VFR, Star Ocean: The Last Hope
New Retail Releases: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Doom VFR, Resident Evil Revelations Collection, More
Today is Cyber Monday, so your wallet should prepare for DOOM as stores hurl their best discounts in your direction. But your PS4 should also prepare for Doom, as Bethesda and id Software will launch Doom VFR for the platform this week. Because the game requires the PlayStation VR attachment, Sony has teamed up with Bethesda to also offer a special PlayStation VR + Doom VFR Bundle.
Blasting away at monsters on Mars never goes out of style, and neither does Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise, which makes the leap to the Nintendo Switch this week. Fans will be able to blast away at monsters on a cruise ship in the Resident Evil Revelations Collection, which includes both Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil Revelations 2.
And speaking of the Switch, Nintendo themselves will launch Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the third game in the well-loved Xenoblade saga, this week.
Finally this week, the New 3DS XL: Super NES Edition will be available for fans who like it when their handheld has a neat connection to the past.
A complete look at this week’s new retail releases can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Doom VFR, Resident Evil Revelations, Resident Evil Revelations 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
CD Projekt has delayed Gwent’s single-player campaign into 2018
Gwent launched as an Open Beta for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in May. Since then, developer CD Projekt has delivered multiple tweaks and updates to the game, and a “Full Version” was planned for sometime this Fall. However, it looks like that plan has hit a snag.
Writing on the game’s official website, CD Projekt’s Marcin Iwinski has confirmed the release of Gwent’s “Full Version,” as well as the Thronebreaker single-player campaign, have been pushed back to 2018:
Thronebreaker, Gwent’s story-driven single player campaign, is moving to 2018. We decided to increase the campaign’s scope and need more time to work on it. Shifting release windows is always something we approach seriously, however, we’ll never hesitate to do it if we feel you’ll get a better game as a result. I would like to apologize everyone who planned to play Thronebreaker over the Holidays — I assure you that we will do our best to make the final game worth the additional wait.
But it wasn’t all bad news. Iwinski also said that CD Projekt is planning to “increase the tempo” of multiplayer updates next year, and that fans should expect to see frequent content additions (including “cards, challenges, vanity items, [and] game patches, and balance tweaks”) to the game.
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Tagged Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Square Enix details new features coming to Secret of Mana remake
We’re slightly less than three months away from the launch date for Square Enix’s Secret of Mana remake. The multiplayer action RPG was a smash hit on the Super NES all the way back in 1993, but the publisher is looking to make a few changes to the game ahead of its new-generation debut.
A quick rundown of those changes, including the additions of Interlude Episodes and a Game Log, appeared on the Square Enix Blog earlier today:
- Co-Op Multiplayer – one of the main things we’ve been asked since we announced the remake is whether or not co-op would return, and I’m glad to announce that yes, it will! The Secret of Mana remake will let you play offline multiplayer co-op with up to two other players, so get your friends together! If you’re playing the PlayStation Vita version then you can play ad-hoc multiplayer with up to two friends, each player will need a PS Vita as well as a copy of the game each.
- Multiplayer Update – we’re not just adding multiplayer, but actually improving it too – now when one player casts magic all other players will be able to continue playing, without having to wait.
- The Music – the Secret of Mana remake is going to come with a brand new rearranged soundtrack, but for those of you who loved the original (or just want a trip down memory lane) we’re going to include the soundtrack from the original game too, and most importantly, you’ll be able to switch between them whenever you like!
- Interlude Episodes – these are brand-new to the remake and show all-new scenes and interactions between Randi and the friends he meets on his adventure.
- Game Log – now you’ll be able to look back at Randi’s adventure to remind yourself of the story so far from the game log. If I don’t play a game for a few days I often forget what last happened, so I’m going to find this particularly useful and I hope you will too.
- Trophies/Achievements – if you want (and manage) to take on every challenge in Secret of Mana then you’ll probably want to be able to show off how well you’ve done, and now you’ll be able to!
The Secret of Mana remake will be available for the PC, PS4, and Vita on February 15.
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Monster of the Deep: FF15, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, Batman: Enemy Within Episode 3, more coming to PS Store this week
Most publishers are preparing for their annual Black Friday discounts, so this week’s PlayStation Store update is a tad sparse.
Square Enix is hoping to lure in Final Fantasy fans with Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV, a standalone release of Final Fantasy XV’s fishing minigame that has been “revamped and revitalized” for PlayStation VR.
Also available this week is Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, a narrative adventure for the PS4 (with motion capture by Andy Serkis) that takes place between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War For the Planet of the Apes.
Finally this week, Telltale Games will shine the Bat Signal on the PS4 once more with the release of Batman: The Enemy Within – Episode 3: Fractured Mask
You can learn more about this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. And don’t forget about Black Friday 2017 on the PlayStation Store. (more…)
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Tagged Batman: The Enemy Within