Lost Odyssey Free on Xbox 360 December 14, 2016
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The two cult-favorite Xbox 360 RPGs Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are now fully backwards compatible with the Xbox One console. That means players who have the games on retail disc can just pop their discs into their Xbox One drive to play, and digital owners will immediately be able to find the games for download in their Xbox One’s digital library.
To celebrate Microsoft is offering Lost Odyssey for free purchase on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. Seriously, you can get the full game for free right now regardless of if you have an Xbox Live Gold account.
Lost Odyssey will remain free on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One until December 31st. Once you got it, it will remain on your account even after the free purchase period ends. Get it now, because if you don’t get it before it becomes free you’ll have to pay for it if you want it later. Don’t worry, purchases on the Xbox 360 will carry over to the Xbox One.
Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon are out now exclusively on the Xbox One.
Gaming History You Should Know – What Happened to DOOM 4? December 14, 2016
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Excluding expansion packs, ports and mods, a lot of people recognize the newest game to bear the title DOOM as the fourth game in the Doom franchise. They would be correct, but did you know that the newest DOOM game that has been considered a phenominal critical hit was not the game it was originally designed to be?
Doom 3 on PC and Xbox was considered a remake of the original Doom. It has cutting-edge graphics for its time and a deep engaging story. Its sequel was original planned to be a remake of Doom 2, showing how the people of planet Earth would react to an invasion from Hell itself. That’s not the game we ended up getting earlier this year.
So how did Doom 4 become the new DOOM, the critical and commercial multi-platform hit we just weren’t expecting? Danny O’Dwyer of Noclip recently released this incredible three-part documentary about the making of DOOM. If you’re like me and you’re a long-time fan of id Software, you have to give this series a watch!
DOOM is out now on the PC, Xbox One and PS4.
Pichu and Togepi Eggs Now Added to Pokemon Go December 12, 2016
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Niantic promised a big Pokémon Go announcement was scheduled for today and they have delivered it. As of today, the Generation 2 Pokémon Togepi and Pichu can be found in Pokémon Go!
Right now the GEN2 Pokémon can only be obtained as eggs, so make sure to set your sights on new Pokestops!
Also, people venturing out into the wild might catch an glimpse of a Pikachu wearing a Santa hat. Those will be in the wild until Dec 29th!
Pokémon Go is out now for iOS and Android devices.
The Legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary Celebration on My Nintendo December 12, 2016
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Nintendo has officially announced that their My Nintendo loyalty rewards website is offering Legend of Zelda rewards to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the franchise! The best part is you can get this exclusive digital content right now for your Nintendo 3DS!
The My Nintendo website acts a lot like the now-defunct Club Nintendo, which offered rewards for buying Nintendo titles online or at retail. My Nintendo rewards Wii U, Smartphone and 3DS players for completing weekly challenges and purchasing new games digitally. The rewards you can earn range from exclusive games, themes, discounts, and more!
For this celebration, Legend of Zelda fans will be able to redeem their platinum points for an exclusive 30th Anniversary 3DS theme and 3D video downloads of recorded performances from The Legend of Zelda‘s soundtrack! New users will also be happy to see The Legend of Zelda Picross game and My Nintendo Link Theme are still available as well!
The Legend of Zelda is available on multiple platforms including the NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and the new NES Classic Edition!
Halo 5: Guardians Free Content Update 10 Released December 8, 2016
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Players who boot up their Xbox One systems will find a pretty hefty patch ready to download when they start their copy of Halo 5: Guardians.
A whole new slew of features have been added in this patch including new armor customizations, new Forge content, and the new ability to gift Gold REQ Packs!
That’s right, players now have the opportunity to gift Gold REQ packs to other players, and to show how it works every player who patches their game will be given a free Gold REQ Pack they can give to anyone they want! Just be aware that with the exception of the initial giftable Gold Pack, only Gold Packs purchased with actual money can be gifted to other players.
The new update will download automatically the next time you start your game and will weigh in at over 7GB, even if you had the previously most recent update installed.
Halo 5: Guardians is out now exclusively on the Xbox One.
First Live Nintendo Switch Gameplay December 8, 2016
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Last night, Jimmy Fallon was planning to host a live preview of the new iOS title Super Mario Run on The Tonight Show, and while he did get to demo that game, Reggie Fils-Amie surprised him with the very first live demo of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Nintendo Switch!
And if that’s not awesome enough, here’s footage of the father of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, performing the Super Mario Bros theme with The Roots.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is coming in 2017 to the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Wii U.
DOOM Free Update 5 Released December 8, 2016
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A massive free patch for DOOM has just been released on the Xbox One, PC and PS4. The new patch adds in a lot of incredible features including infernal run and the much requested bot support!
Just be aware this is a massive update. Even if you had the most recent title update for the game previously installed, you could be looking at a 15GB download for this patch on the Xbox One.
As has become the tradition, the new patch heralds the announcement of a Double XP multiplayer weekend! It’s already started so log in now and start ranking up.
DOOM is out now for PC, Xbox One and PS4.
Assassin’s Creed III Free On PC This Month December 8, 2016
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Since it was first announced at E3 this year, the Club Ubi website has offered a PC game for free every month for the past seven months, and now that promotion is drawing to a close. This week, Ubisoft has begun to offer the final free PC game through their Club Ubi promotion, the multiplatform hit Assassin’s Creed III.
If you want to get Assassin’s Creed III for free on PC, you only need a Ubisoft account and the Uplay client installed on your PC to play. Simply log in at the Club Ubi website and tell it you want the free game. Once you’ve done that, Assassin’s Creed III should show up in the games library of your Uplay client within no time. As with all games offered through Club Ubi, as long as you redeem your game during the free promotion it will perminantly stay on your Uplay account.
This month will ring in the end of the Club Ubi giveaways, but this has been a great promotion. Make sure to get your game as soon as you can, because its only going to be offered for a month!
Assassin’s Creed III is out now on PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.
Thank You for Taking Over Pokemon: The Animated Series, Disney XD December 7, 2016
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The views expressed in the following editorial is protected under the First Amendment.
For those of you who haven’t heard, the US rights to broadcast Pokémon: The Animated Series have shifted from the basic cable channel Cartoon Network to the digital cable channel Disney X D as of Monday. This is hardly an unprecidented move, as Cartoon Network wasn’t even the first channel to have the US rights to animated Pokémon either, that honor goes to the now-defunct WB Network and their KidsWB programming block. Since Disney X D started broadcasting the newest animated Pokémon content, they have already proven themselves to be better stewards of Pokémon animated content than Cartoon Network has been in the last three years. I know what you’re thinking, “How can I comfortably say that after just a few days?” Well I do have some very good reasons why I can say that, so keep reading to find out what they are.
I have to admit I really like the Disney X D Network. I am a fan of a few of their original shows, and I greatly enjoyed their coverage of the 2015 Nintendo World Championships last year. To me, Pokémon seems like a perfect fit for the Disney X D network, and because of that I had a lot of optimism going into the transition. However, the reason I believe Disney X D is a better home for Pokémon is simply this, Disney X D knows how to organize their programming schedule better than Cartoon Network ever did!
I know that harsh statement is going to require specifics before some people will accept it so I’ll produce my evidence right here. First, take a look at Cartoon Network’s current programming schedule. It doesn’t matter what day you look at, but let’s not count anything between 10PM-6AM because that’s considered Adult Swim’s time. The odds are you’ll be finding regular marathons for the show Teen Titans GO, and not much else. I actually liked Teen Titans GO when it first started to air, but even I have to admit that the show has just gotten stale, and the fact that it’s almost always on doesn’t help. Heck, most fans of the original Teen Titans show don’t even like GO. With that show dominating their entire schedule, and the entire nighttime broadcast hours dedicated to Adult Swim content, there isn’t much room on the schedule for Pokémon. In fact, Cartoon Network’s dedicated programming slot for Pokémon had been relegated to 7AM, a time that was far too early for younger fans to be able to watch, and far too late for their older fans to enjoy before they’ll have to go to school or work.
So that’s how they would schedule the TV show, but what about brand-new animated Pokémon feature films? Cartoon Network would usually broadcast new Pokémon movies mid-day on a Saturday. The film would be broadcast exactly once and never be reaired until around a year later when it would get scheduled in the time slot just before the next new film premiered.
So how did Disney X D schedule their first Pokémon programming? They started strong by broadcasting an all-new feature film, Volcanion and the Mythical Marvel and following it up with two all-new episodes of the new series, Pokémon Sun and Moon. The movie and the new series were broadcast starting at around 5PM on Monday, a perfect time. Younger fans would be home from school, and adults would just be getting home from work by that time. Back in the day, KidsWB saw fit to broadcast new Pokémon episodes in their after-school programming block, and if they hadn’t picked that timeslot I may never have grown up to become a Pokémon Trainer.
However, picking a great time slot for a major broadcast isn’t the only great thing Disney X D did, they also added the film to their Video On-Demand (VOD) service and rebroadcasted the event a day after it premiered! Cartoon Network never replayed a new Pokémon film so recently after it first premiered, nor did they ever add them to their VOD service. If you didn’t have a DVR, and you couldn’t watch the film during its initial broadcast, you would not have a guaranteed chance of seeing it again on the Cartoon Network channel. What a shame.
So I hope I made it clear to whoever is reading this that while Cartoon Network had the rights to Pokémon, despite the property’s recent resurgence of popularity they barely did anything with it. Disney X D meanwhile has already proven themselves willing to throw their weight behind this beloved property. Farewell Cartoon Network, Pokémon will be happier elsewhere.
Major Pokémon Go Update Coming 12/12 December 7, 2016
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The developers over at Niantic have made two enormous announcements in the past few days. The first is that a new update for Pokémon Go is being slowly phased through the Android and iOS versions of the application. The biggest inclusion of this new update is the ability to transfer multiple Pokémon at once, opposed to one at a time.
Next, wireless provider Sprint has announced an official partnership with the application, and intend to turn their Sprint stores into official Pokéstops and Gyms. I’m sure lots of Sprint users will be happy to hear that the next time they need to head to a Sprint store.
The next announcement is going to be a big one so make sure you’re sitting down before you read it. The official Pokémon twitter feed has announced that all new Pokémon are going to be added to Pokémon Go on 12/12! While they did not add any more information than that, many have speculated this may mean the one hundred new Pokémon created for Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver are going to be added to Pokémon Go in just a few days!
Lots of great news! If you haven’t been playing a lot recently, now might be a good time to log back into the app and catching up on everything before the new version comes out!
Pokémon Go is out now for Android and iOS devices. It is free to download.
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