Nintendo Download: SteamWorld Heist, FAST Racing Neo, Terraria 3DS, more

Posted on December 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

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While Microsoft and Sony have been ramping down their digital releases over the last few weeks, Nintendo is going all out with this week’s Nintendo Download. Ready… Set… Go…

  • FAST Racing Neo (Wii U) is Shin’en Multimedia’s homage to the futuristic racing found in Nintendo’s famed F-Zero franchise. Players will be able to tear through 16 tracks at 60 frames per second in three “high-octane competitions.”
  • SteamWorld Heist (3DS) is a side-scrolling strategy game from Image & Form starring the adventurous race of robots from their well-liked SteamWorld Dig.
  • Terraria (3DS) is Re-Logic’s famed exploration/building game, available for the 3DS for the first time.
  • Devil’s Third (Wii U) is an action game from Tomonobu Itagaki that stars Ivan, “a brutal ex-mercenary” who specializes in “an east-meets-west blend of ninja-style melee combat and modern gunplay.”

More information about all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break.

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Daily Scoop: December 10, 2015 – Lots more Fallout 4 shirts

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Nicole Kline

Another day, another new set of sales and t-shirts! And they’re actually all pretty awesome. So let’s just dive right in!

First up is the brand new Humble Weekly Bundle, which is a Total War Encore. Pay what you want for Medieval II: Total War Collection, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Shogun: Total War Collection, and a bunch of in-game resources and books. Beat the average to unlock Total War: Arena Premium Spartan Hoplite Unit, Medieval: Total War Collection, Empire: Total War Collection, Total War: Shogun 2 Collection, and Napoleon: Total War Collection, as well as 66% Total War: Attila in the Humble Store. But wait – there’s more! Pay $15 or more to unlock Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition and a bunch of campaign packs. Finally, pay $30 or more to unlock a Humble Total War Bundle t-shirt!

The Weekend Deal at Steam is on the Doom franchise. Doom 3: BFG Edition is $4.99, Doom II is $1.24, and the Doom 3 Pack is $4.41. The Daily Deal is on Nekopara Vol. 1, which is on sale for $4.99.

Hit the jump to see a bunch of awesome t-shirts!

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Bravely Second will be released in Europe on February 26

Posted on December 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Nintendo UK has announced that Bravely Second: End Layer, Square Enix’s sequel to Bravely Default, will be released across Europe on February 26, 2016.

This tweet from Nintendo UK has also given gamers their first look at Bravely Second’s Deluxe Collector’s Edition, which will include a soundtrack CD, an Agnes figurine, and a 250-page art book. It’s unknown if the 3DS RPG will receive this kind of special treatment when it reaches North American shores, but hopefully it will when its released over here sometime in early 2016.

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Lucasfilm “definitely” wants to continue Star Wars 1313 in some way

Posted on December 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

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The Dark Side of Disney’s acquistion of Lucasfilm was surely the swift cancellation of Star Wars 1313 (though the dissolution of the Expanded Universe was a close second). But the future of Lucasfilm, as foreseen by Kathleen Kennedy, might include Star Wars 1313 after all. Speaking to Slashfilm, the producer revealed that Lucasfilm would like to further develop the Star Wars 1313 concept:

Kennedy: [R]eading through the material that he developed is something we very much would like to explore. And there was 1313 the game, where there was…

Slashfilm: The concept art for that looked amazing!

Kennedy: Unbelievable. So our attitude is, we don’t want to throw any of that stuff away. It’s gold. And it’s something we’re spending a lot of time looking at, pouring through, discussing, and we may very well develop those things further. We definitely want to.

Initially revealed at E3 2012, Star Wars 1313 would have starred a young Boba Fett in a Mature-rated action-adventure game set within the bowels of Coruscant’s underworld district. Star Wars: Underworld, a proposed television series also previously in the works at Lucasfilm, would have covered a lot of the same ground. Obviously, this isn’t confirmation that Star Wars 1313 is back in development (it’s certainly possible the concept could be recycled for a future standalone film), but it is a promising sign… and that’s good enough for right now.

Disney partnered with Electronic Arts on a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to produce Star Wars games in 2013. Last month’s Star Wars: Battlefront was the first game to come out of this alliance, though several more, including an untitled game at Visceral and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 are in various stages of development.

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Final Fantasy VI coming to Steam next week

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Nicole Kline

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

Posted on December 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

xboxgamesstore-logoXbox 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.

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Daily Scoop: December 9, 2015 – Grab these shirts while you can

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Nicole Kline

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.

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Bethesda opens studio in Montreal to work on “bleeding-edge of RPG development”

Posted on December 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

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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.

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