News Briefs 8-28-12
Ramping up to the Penny Arcade Expo the news is slow at the start of the week
Tags: Adventure Time, Arc the Lad, Guild Wars 2, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, Indie Royale, Luftrausers, Madden NFL 13, Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, MechWarrior Online, PlayStation Network, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Starlight Story, Starvoid, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The West, Xbox LIVE Arcade Categories: DS News, News, PC News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Aug 28th, 2012
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is getting more content. Hearthfire will allow players to buy land and build a home – and even adopt children.
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A new developer diary for MechWarrior Online showcases the River City environment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5G6aHvhSQc
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Starlight Story is an MMO coming to PCs… er… some time.
Starlight Story revolves around a journey to save a dying planet, which requires a finite natural resource to survive. With that resource dwindling, the planet is on a collision course with total annihilation, and players must find a way to prevent impending doom. To aid them in that task, players have access to Superstar transformations, allowing them to assume the form of previously slain bosses. These transformations are far more than cosmetic, temporarily giving players significant stat boosts.
Pet companions are integral to combat as well, fighting by the player’s side from the very beginning of the game. Pets also share in the Superstar transformations, taking on all-new shapes alongside their masters. Mounts in Starlight Story are also for more than vanity; once equipped to a character these mounts provide stat boosts as well as the expected movement speed increases, and they also stay active during combat.
http://starlightstory.aeriagames.com
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Mass Effect 3 expands today with Leviathan single-player DLC featuring a couple of new weapons but more importantly new story elements.
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A few different PS1 titles are now available to play again through PlayStation Network thanks to MonkeyPaw Games.
Alundra
Vanguard Bandits
Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad II
Tomba!
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Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!! for the 3DS/DS is coming in a special Collector’s Edition and will include (in addition to the game):
Custom design of the Enchiridion on a premium SteelBook™ case
Limited edition replica stylus of Finn’s Gold Sword
Exclusive bestiary guide book
Bonus poster map of the Land of Ooo
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Arcade style aerial combat title Luftrausers is announced to arrive on PCs later this year with a console version arriving 2013. Players will have the opportunity to customize their Luftrauser with weapons, body parts and more – with loadouts affecting the in-game soundtrack (as well as pesky things like how the plane handles). Dig through the developer’s website until a game specific one launches.
http://www.vlambeer.com/
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Starvoid, the real-time strategy title with robot armies ready at your beck and call, is now available for pre-order. Doing so will net not only a copy of the game, but a copy for a friend as well, and both copies will be available to play immediately during the early access period that lasts until the game launches August 30.
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Indie Royale’s latest bundle is over in just under a week and includes:
Shattered Horizon
Analogue: A Hate Story (and soundtrack)
Da New Guys (and soundtrack)
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Waves (and soundtrack)
MiniFlake
http://www.indieroyale.com/
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The Disorganized Crime pack for Max Payne 3 is now available – free.
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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, arriving November 6 on the Nintendo 3DS, will be marking the franchise’s 15th anniversary with a 12 inch plush cow as part of the game’s Anniversary Edition available through Natsume’s online store
http://natsume.com/store/index.html
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The West is getting overhauled to a version 2.0 with a redesigned map, new job system and more. If you’re already playing the game look for beta servers for the updated version of the game if interested.
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Games newly available:
Schar: Blue Shield Alliance (PC)
Madden NFL 13 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSVita)
Ratchet & Clank HD Collection (PS3)
Guild Wars 2 (PC)
Akai Katana (Xbox Live)
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