Watch Dogs Bad Blood Launch Trailer September 24, 2014

Ubisoft has confirmed that the Bad Blood DLC expansion for Watch_Dogs should be available for all Season Pass owners regardless of what platform they play on. To celebrate the DLC’s launch, Ubisoft has released this official launch trailer for Bad Blood, which puts players in control of one of the original game’s most beloved supporting characters, T-Bone.

I’ve only played about two hours of it so far but I’m convinced this content is good enough to be considered a great follow up to a fantastic first game. If you’re not a Season Pass owner, Bad Blood will be released on September 30th.

Watch_Dogs is out now on PS3, PS4, PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Watch Dogs Patch 1.05 Released September 23, 2014

Ubisoft has released a new game update for the multiplatform hit Watch_Dogs, in anticipation for the release of the Bad Blood single player expansion DLC expected to launch for Season Pass holders later today.

The new game update includes essential content needed to run Bad Blood, as well as some non specific bug fixes. It is a little over 100 MB on the PS4.

Make sure the update is downloaded to your system before trying to play Bad Blood. Watch_Dogs is out now on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Playstation TV Release Date September 22, 2014

The Playstation TV, or Vita TV as it is known internationally, is an HDMI equipped set top box designed to stream Playstation Vita content directly to your HDTV.

The unit itself is about the size of a typical set top online streaming box and is equipped with slots for Vita games and Vita Memory Cards. Like a Vita, you can also stream a PS4’s content directly to it as long as it is within wireless range.

Two versions of the Playstation TV will get released at launch. The first, coming in at a price of $99USD will include just the unit and essential cables. The second option will be a special edition bundle, which will include a Playstation TV, Dual Shock 3 controller, Vita Memory card, and a free game. If you prefer to get a unit without a controller, can also the console with one of your own Dual Shock 3 controllers if you already have one from a PS3.

The Playstation TV is launching in North America on October 14th, 2014.

Super Smash Bros 3DS Demo Released September 19, 2014

Fire up your 3DS and 2DS systems and free up some space on your SD card, have I got some big news for you. A week after it was first announced for North America, Nintendo has just released the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros demo on the 3DS eShop.

Four playable characters in the demo include Mario, Pikachu, Link and Mega Man. If you haven’t upgraded your 3DS’s stock SD card you might want to free up some space on your system as the demo takes up 1044 blocks.

Super Smash Bros is coming to the Nintendo 3DS October 3rd, 2014.

Shinra Technologies Announced September 19, 2014

No. That headline was not a joke for Final Fantasy VII fans. Square Enix has just announced their own cloud based gaming initiative and it goes by the name Shinra Technologies. How is Square Enix planning to set their Cloud platform aside from other cloud based initiatives currently in development? Well, check out this video and find out.

Beta Tests are expected to start in early 2015. If you’re interested, you can read more about the new platform at Shinra.com.

Final Fantasy XIII PC Release Date September 18, 2014

Members of the glorious PC master race can rejoice, as another set of previously exclusive console titles are coming to the PC courtesy of Steam.

Square Enix has confirmed today that Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII are all coming to the PC, and you’ll be able to purchase and download them through Valve’s Steam service.

If you’re not a Steam user, you can download Steam right here.

Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII are out now for the Xbox 360 and PS3.  Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the PC October 9th, 2014, with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII expected to release soon afterwards.

Bejeweled 3 Free on Origin Through On the House September 18, 2014

For anyone wondering what EA planned to offer for free on Origin next after making Wing Commander 3 free for a short time, EA has announced that Bejeweled 3 is the latest game to be released for free through Origin’s On the House program.

You must be an Origin user with an EA Origin account and the Origin client installed to download and play the game.  Any games purchased for free through On the House will continue to remain in your games list forever.  Bejeweled 3 will not be free forever, and if you want to download the game free you must download it while it is still offered for free.

You can download the Origin client free of charge here.

Pokémon World Championships Video Game Finals September 18, 2014

A few weeks ago, Nintendo held the Pokémon World Championships from Washington D.C.  At this event, the best real-life Pokémon Trainers in the world got together and battled in both the Video Game and Trading Card Game to determine who was the very best like no one ever was.  You can watch our review of the event here.

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company streamed the event live on Twitch.TV as it took place, and while it was a great stream with lots of great matches, there was a lot of empty space between those matches, where all the feed would offer was a “We’ll be back soon” message for what felt like hours.  Since the event concluded, I was hoping Nintendo would put a copy of the video of the two day feed on YouTube with the breaks conveniently edited out.  Unfortunately that hasn’t happened yet, but The Pokémon Company has uploaded the final matches from that event for each of their three age divisions in their entirety.  So if you missed the event, or just want to rewatch these three great matches, here are the final video game matches of the Pokémon World Championships.  Check them out!

Here are the Junior Division Finals.  It is typically comprised of the youngest Pokémon Trainers.

Below is the Senior Division Finals.  It is typically comprised of High-School aged Trainers.

Below is the Master Division Finals.  Trainers in this division are among the longest playing Pokémon Trainers.

Guillermo del Toro Talks About P.T. September 18, 2014

Since someone made it to the conclusion of the Gamescom P.T. demo, we’ve known that Hollywood Director Guillermo del Toro was involved along with Hideo Kojima and Norman Reedus in the next Silent Hill game, tentatively titled Silent Hills.

So how did this collaboration happen? Today, the director of Hellboy and Blade 2 posted this video talking about his history with Kojima and how he became a part of this game. The video is in English but has Japanese subtitles.

D4 Release Date September 18, 2014

This year’s TGS is turning into a huge event where many games are unexpectedly having surprise release date announcements and this is the latest release announcement from the show.

You may remember Swery65 from one of the more infamous games he directed, Deadly Premonition. This was a game I first became aware of after The Spoony One did a hilarious Let’s Play of it a few years ago. At last year’s E3, Microsoft announced that his next game, D4, would be coming to the Xbox One, but unfortunately we haven’t seen much about the game since. Today, that changed. Check it out.

D4 is coming as a $15 downloadable title September 19th, 2014 exclusively on the Xbox One. It is compatible with the Kinect.