Rosetta Stone Discover Languages app now available for Xbox One

Posted on March 25, 2015 by John Scalzo

rosettastone-xboxoneRosetta Stone has brought their popular language-learning system to the Xbox One with yesterday’s launch of the Rosetta Stone Discover Languages app. Available to download for free, the app is currently limited to English and Spanish, but hopefully more languages will be added in the future.

According to Rosetta Stone, the Discover Languages app will teach players using “immersive simulation,” with a heavy focus on vocabulary and grammar. To do this, the app will include a variety of activities:

You’ll explore several locations in the Discovery Zone and chat with the characters you find there. In the Training Zone, you’ll solidify the concepts you encountered with study recommendations, cultural tips, phrase books, and of course, more games! Keep track of your Achievements, and keep practicing until you get a perfect score.

“¡Encienda la Xbox!”

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Mortal Kombat X action figures, bobbleheads, plushes planned

Posted on March 25, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Mortal Kombat X is about to get family-friendly as Mezco Toyz is now accepting pre-orders for plush dolls of Scorpion and Sub-Zero. The eternally-brawling pair will also be turned into bobbleheads, and action figures. The God of Thunder and Earthrealm’s protector, Raiden, will also get an action figure.

Both the bobbleheads ($16 each) and the plush dolls ($15) will be available in October. The action figures will be released in June as individual figures ($22 each) or in a three-pack ($66). You can begin throwing money at the screen to obtain any or all of these toys by visiting Mezco’s website.

I know my wallet suddenly feels a little bit lighter.

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Minecraft: Mass Effect Mash-Up Pack finally comes to PS4, PS3, Vita

Posted on March 25, 2015 by John Scalzo

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After launching on the Xbox 360 nearly two years ago, Minecraft‘s Mass Effect Mash-Up Pack finally made its way to the PS3, PS4, and Vita yesterday.

Priced at $3.99, the Mass Effect Mash-Up Pack adds 36 Mass Effect Skins, a “Pre-Built Mars Facility” World, a Mass Effect Texture Set, a Mass Effect-themed UI, and 22 music tracks from Mass Effect 3 to your Minecraft experience.

For those looking to further their Minecraft design skills, the Pattern Texture Pack ($0.99) was also released yesterday. The pack will add “bright colors, beautiful patterns, and knitted animals” to the game.

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Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Jaws of Hakkon expansion is now available on PC, Xbox One

Posted on March 24, 2015 by John Scalzo

As promised, BioWare has released a new trailer for Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s first expansion, Jaws of Hakkon. And also as promised, the expansion is available to download now (for $14.99) if you own the game on PC or Xbox One. So what can players expect from Jaws of Hakkon? Would you believe it involves dragons…

Discover the fate of the last Inquisitor and the powerful dragon he hunted. Enter an overgrown wilderness filled with Avvar, fiercely independent hunters who settled in the southern mountains of Thedas. Explore their culture to uncover what happened to the last Inquisitor and the dragon he pursued. Find an ancient Tevinter fortress that hides a dangerous secret. In this new adventure, playable within the Dragon Age: Inquisition campaign, you will face powerful foes, gain legendary armor and weapons, and confront an ancient god of war bent on destroying the world.

The Jaws of Hakkon expansion will eventually make its way to the PS4 (and possibly the PS3 and Xbox 360, as well), but exactly when that will happen is currently unknown.

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PS Store Today: Bloodborne, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Metal Slug 3, more

Posted on March 24, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Have you been waiting for another big PS4 exclusive? Wait no longer, From Software’s Bloodborne is now available to download through the PlayStation Store. A spiritual successor to the Dark Souls series, Bloodborne adds a creepy Victorian setting and lots of gunplay to the mix.

Also available this week is Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, which collects Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and all the previously-released DLC for both into one package on the PS4 (including the new Claptastic Voyage expansion for The Pre-Sequel). And speaking of games making the leap to the PS4, Slender: The Arrival is also available today for Sony’s newest machine.

If you’re looking for something a little more family-friendly, Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is available on the Vita. It’s joined by this week’s Spring Fever selection, Metal Slug 3, which is actually a Cross-Buy title on the PS3, PS4, and Vita.

Finally, in episodic gaming news… Dontnod’s Life Is Strange: Out of Time (Episode 2) and Telltale’s Game of Thrones: The Sword in the Darkness (Episode 3) are both available for the PS3 and PS4.

More information on all of these titles can be found after the break. And a full breakdown of this week’s new game add-ons and discounts can be found at the PlayStation Blog.

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Daily Scoop: March 24, 2015 – Game night

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Nicole Kline

I haven’t been to game night at Redcap’s Corner in a while, but I’ll be there tonight to hang out, play games, and possibly do a blindtest of a new prototype. We’re hoping to finally crack open The Captain Is Dead and The Offensive Band Name Generator. I’m looking forward to it!

There are a few new deals today at Steam, if you’re looking for game deals! The Midweek Madness at Steam is Farming Simulator 15, which is on sale for $14.99 (and the DLC is just $4.99). The Daily Deal is Evoland, which is on sale for just $2.49. Also, Evolve is marked down to $40 as today’s Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day.

Other than that, all I’ve got are two t-shirts!

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Get your first look at CoD: Advanced Warfare’s Ascendance Pack in a new trailer

Posted on March 24, 2015 by John Scalzo

Activision has released a trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Ascendance Pack, giving gamers their first glimpse at four brand new multiplayer maps (“Perplex,” “Site 244,” “Climate,” and “Chop Shop”), the next Exo Zombies episode, and a bonus new grappling ability. We wrote all about the new content found in the Ascendance Pack in case you need a refresher course.

And don’t forget, Activision will host an extended gameplay walkthrough of the Ascendance Pack on March 29 during the Call of Duty Championship.

Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be able to download the Ascendance Pack on Tuesday, March 31. Because of Activision’s exclusivity agreement with Microsoft, Advanced Warfare players on the PC, PS3, and PS4 will get the DLC a month later.

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The Evil Within: The Consequence will be available on April 21

Posted on March 24, 2015 by John Scalzo

The Evil Within‘s first downloadable expansion, The Assignment, launched just two weeks ago. Today, Bethesda confirmed that they aren’t wasting any time and revealed plans to release the second expansion, The Consequence, in April.

The Evil Within: The Consequence will continue Juli Kidman’s adventures in and around Beacon Mental Hospital. Bethesda has released a teaser trailer to promote the expansion that is short on details so as not to spoil the surprise. But if you’ve got 19 seconds to kill, give it a watch.

The Consequence will be available to download for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on April 21.

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