First GBA Virtual Console Titles Coming to Wii U April 3rd March 26, 2014
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Nintendo’s Virtual Console is one of the best features of their modern consoles and handheld gaming devices. It gives today’s gamers the chance to play the nearly hundreds of amazing games that Nintendo released over the past twenty years for a reasonable price on modern systems. When the Wii U’s Virtual Console was announced in North America, Nintendo promised that they would be able to bring over games from the original NES, Super Nintendo, and Game Boy Advance systems. While the Wii U’s Virtual Console saw a pretty decent official launch last year with titles like Super Mario World and Excitebike, up to this point we have only seen games get released on Wii U from the NES or SNES, with no GBA titles getting a release up to this point. The GBA has one hell of a great back catalog of exclusive titles including Pokémon Emerald, and Metroid: Zero Hour, and it has been a shame we have been waiting as long as we have for GBA games to get relereleased on the service. That is about to end.
Nintendo announced today they will start to release games previously exclusive to the Game Boy Advance for sale on the Wii U Virtual Console starting April 3rd, 2014. Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Metroid Fusion will be the first two GBA games released through the service.
Each GBA game will cost $7.99 US, the same price a Super Nintendo game costs on the Wii U VC.
All God of War: Ascension Multiplayer DLC Free Until April 1st March 26, 2014
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In honor of the first anniversary of the release of God of War: Ascension on the Playstation 3, Sony Santa Monica has announced that all multiplayer downloadable content items for the game will be free to download until April 1st. That includes all special armor, tattoos, and weapons that you can customize your multiplayer champion with. The only thing that hasn’t been made free are the Double XP bonuses, but they are at a reduced price right now, and if you choose to download the complete multiplayer DLC pack (which is also free with the promotion), you should get a limited time Double XP voucher along with it.
Finally, Sony Santa Monica is giving away an exclusive item to anyone who participates in this forum post. Anyone who enters an answer will get e-mailed a download code for two exclusive items, the Marked One Tattoo, and Studio Cape, which will never be available to purchase or download again after this promotion concludes. So click the link and post your answer!
The cool thing about God of War: Ascension’s downloadable content is that there’s really nothing extra to download. Once you purchase or redeem downloadable content for the game, it is automatically tied to your Playstation Network account, and will become unlocked in your game without the need to download anything extra to your Playstation 3 Hard Drive.
God of War: Ascension is out now exclusively to the Playstation 3.
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars Demo Released March 25, 2014
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I’m afraid that I haven’t been following the release of Conception: II Children of the Seven Stars too closely as of recent, but I do know that it is under development by Atlus Games, the same developers responsible for the Shin Megami Tensai series and Catherine. Today, Atlus has released the game’s official demo on the Playstation Store and Nintendo eShop for free download.
Give it a look! Atlus promises that your demo progress will carry over to the full version of the game, and the demo will offer bonus content for the full version of the game.
Take a look at this official demo walkthrough!
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars is coming April 15th, 2014 to the Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS.
Bioshock: Infinite Burial at Sea Episode 2 Launch Trailer March 25, 2014
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Today, Bioshock Infinte’s third and final DLC expansion has been released, and by now it should be available to download on all platforms, at least in North America. It is Episode 2 of Burial at Sea, a single player expansion which will conclude the Burial at Sea story. Take a look at the game’s launch trailer.
I don’t know if this helps anyone, but I noticed a small bug in my version of the game and was able to rectify it. For some reason, the Xbox 360 version of the DLC was released in two parts, both of which you will need to download if you want to play the game. If you happen to download the DLC through the Bioshock: Infinite Season Pass menu on the Xbox 360 version, for some reason the game did not detect the second half of the DLC was downloaded after I finished downloading it. Because the game could not detect the second part was downloaded, this prevented me from playing the DLC. However, after restarting the game, the game was able to successfully detect the content and I was able to play it. Hopefully Irrational will fix this small issue in time.
Bioshock: Infinite is out now on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Bioshock: Infinite Burial at Sea Episode 2 Release Details March 24, 2014
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Tomorrow, the second part of the episodic DLC single player expansion for Bioshock: Infinite, Burial at Sea Episode 2, will be released. Here are the full details on the final DLC episode for Bioshock: Infinite, courtesy of the Irrational Games Twitter Feed.
Xbox 360: 5AM EDT
PC: 1-3PM EDT
PSN NA: 3-7 PM EDT
PSN Europe/Asia: Wednesday
The DLC is expected to weigh in between 6 and 10GB, depending on your platform. PC users will have to download a small 12MB patch through Steam in order to play the DLC.
Burial at Sea Episode 2 is included with the Bioshock Infinite Season Pass.
The Sky: Art of Final Fantasy Review March 21, 2014
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When Princess Angel wasn’t looking, Maniac produced this review of The Sky: Art of Final Fantasy. The three volume boxed set contains Yoshitaka Amano’s artwork from Final Fantasy I through Final Fantasy X, and it is heavily inspired by traditional Japanese artwork. The book was originally published in a limited quantity, but the high demand for it made Dark Horse decide to rerelease it in the form of a three volume boxed set.
If you’re interested in viewing more video game art book reviews, check out Princess Angel’s reviews here.
Spring 2014 RPG Discussion March 21, 2014
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Spring is always an exciting time for game releases, and it seems like this Spring was just dominated by great RPGs. Bravely Default, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, and South Park: The Stick of Truth all were released within the past two months. With the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster on the PS3 this week, one hell of a season for RPG releases draws to a close.
In our latest video, Maniac talks about what came out, the details about each game’s release, and gives his thoughts about the games.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Unboxing March 19, 2014
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Continuing with our Metal Gear coverage this week to celebrate the release of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Maniac cracks open Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on the Xbox One. The Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of the game include an exclusive mission starring Raiden, the hero of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Playstation players get their own exclusive mission, called “Deja Vu”. Let’s crack it open and see what is included in the $30 game.
I commend Konami for including all of the game’s content (including the platform exclusive bonus mission) on the game’s disc, and not forcing players to redeem download codes. Also, take a look at the box, Konami promises some exclusive content for any player who later on picks up Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Since the game offers no codes, it is highly likely that The Phantom Pain will use some other type of way to unlock the game’s exclusive content, such as a game data or save file from Ground Zeroes.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is out now for the PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection Unboxing March 17, 2014
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Tomorrow will see the release of the first numbered Metal Gear Solid game in years. To celebrate the release of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, the site is preparing a week of Metal Gear content! To kick it off, Maniac finally unboxes Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. Including an art book, updated versions of MGS2, MGS3 and MGS4, two digital graphic novels, and download codes for the PS1 games Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid VR Missions.
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is out now exclusively for the PS3.
Dungeon Defenders Free Thanks to Games with Gold March 17, 2014
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Starting today, Xbox Live Gold Members can download the full unlocked version of the Xbox Live Arcade title Dungeon Defenders free of charge thanks to Microsoft’s Games with Gold. So, that means that right now you can either download the full game free of charge, or if you already have a free trial copy of the game downloaded on your Xbox 360, upgrade it to the full version free of charge.
Dungeon Defenders will remain free until the end of March 2014. No announcements have been made yet for what games will be made free next month through the program, but we will keep you posted when that is announced. Finally, just like with all Games with Gold titles, as long as you download the full version at any time by the end of the month, you won’t lose access to the game if your Gold status expires.
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