Bioware announced today on its forums that it will be releasing new free DLC for Mass Effect 2 on PC and Xbox 360 tomorrow at 12:00pm Mountain Standard time.
The DLC consists of a set of armor and a shotgun. According to Bioware, the Cerberus Assault Armor “is designed for shock troops, turn the tide of battle against creatures or forces that would decimate normal soldiers.” It increases heavy weapon ammo capacity, shields, and health. The M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun “is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads.” Both pieces could prove useful in Shepard’s fight against the Collectors.
The downloads are available for free only via the Cerberus Network. Please be aware that any emails from Batarian traders offering DLC transactions outside of Council official activities are scams.
Continuing our look at the Pikachu evolutionary line, this week we’ll be looking at the electric mouse’s final evolution, Raichu. The big mouse has some unique strategies, mostly thanks to its improved defense and speed, but still has some serious issues.
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In a press release today, Bethesda announced the launch of their first teaser for Fallout: New Vegas, the Fallout 3 spinoff in development by Obsidian. As is often the case with teasers, little about the game proper was revealed, though a cutaway shot offered a glimpse of a surprisingly well lit Las Vegas strip. The teaser in its entirety can be found on Bethesda’s Fallout homepage.
New Vegas is confirmed for the PC, 360, and PlayStation 3 platforms, with a release planned for fall of this year.
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Natsume announced over the weekend that Harvest Moon: Leaf Valley will be released for the PlayStation Portable this April. In Leaf Valley, players are charged with helping the townspeople stop the Funland Corporation from bulldozing the title village and replacing it with an amusement park. Basically, it’s “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” but with farming instead of Ice-T.
Leaf Valley is set to retail for $29.99. An exact release date has not been announced.
As of this weekend, Gamestop has a Pokemon event going, offering a shiny Pichu as a tie-in for the latest movie, and to encourage folks to preorder Heart Gold and Soul Silver. This shiny Pichu not only unlocks the Ilex Forest event in HG/SS, it also comes with two unique moves, Endure and Endeavor. Now, on the whole, Pichu isn’t a particularly useful little critter, so I thought we’d take a look at what can be done with its evolutions. This week, we’ll investigate Pikachu, the electric mouse everybody loves… Or would love to throw in a grain thresher.
Continue reading ‘Strategy Session – Competitive Pokemon XXI: Pikachu’ »
Upcoming tri-Ace joint Resonance of Fate will allow players to customize the look of their characters. An in-game store provides options for outfits as well as hair and eye color. Multiple options are available for party members, and these changes will persist for combat and cutscenes.
Resonance of Fate is out now in Japan as End of Eternity. The game will reach North American stores this March.
Source: Kotaku
According to a press release from the Pokemon Company, a new Pokemon series is in development and is expected to be released later this year in Japan. Few details have been given, though the series will be for the Nintendo DS, and it will feature new Pokemon.
The press release can be found on the company’s Japanese website. A US release has not been announced.
Sex on the beach didn’t live up to the hype.
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Nintendo’s recent earnings report revealed a couple of upcoming titles for the Wii. Xenoblade, previously entitled Monado: Beginning of the World, will be released sometime this Spring. It’s being developed by Monolith Soft, creator of the Xenosaga trilogy. And yes, there’s a teaser site. It just wouldn’t be the same without one.
The other title is The Last Story, which is being developed by Mistwalker and Nintendo. According to a statement made at an an investor meeting, the game is supposed to be “a new kind of RPG.” It’s due to be released sometime this year, and there’s a teaser site for it as well.
Source: Joystiq
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With Mass Effect 2 mere hours from release, BioWare co-founder and vice president Greg Zeschuk broke down how the game’s content distribution network will function.
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After completing Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, it occurred to me that the monster system really could have been explained better. So this week on the Strategy Session, we’re going to take a closer look at this subsystem, and what it takes to build a truly dangerous monster.
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Starting February 1, players who preorder the upcoming Pokemon HeartGold or SoulSilver games will receive one of two limited edition figurines as a bonus. HeartGold players will receive a figurine of Ho-oh, while SoulSilver‘s bonus is a figurine of Lugia. Catching them all, in this case, requires a preorder of both versions.
Source: Kotaku
Ah, Valkyria Chronicles. If only I had the shelf space for yet another console… oh well. All in good time, I suppose. Anyhow, here’s some tasty new screenshots for Valkyria Chronicles 2. For your listening pleasure, have some Brandon with a side of van den Bos while you peruse the images, on the house.
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Square Enix is offering iPhone and iPod Touch owners a chance to play two of the rarest Final Fantasy titles…
What’s that? Final Fantasy I & II have been previously ported to other platforms, including the PSP and the GBA? Oh. Well.
The announcement, which was made via Square Enix DLG’s Twitter feed and Facebook page, did not include a release date. The official site only says that the games will be “available soon on the App Store.”
In one of the most unsurprising announcements ever, Atlus stated that it will be localizing Persona 3 Portable for the PSP. The game will be released sometime in July.
Another day goes by without a La Pucelle Ragnarok English release announcement. I am sad.
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Atlus has announced that the upcoming Etrian Odyssey III: Visitor From Star Ocean will not be released in Japan on March 4 as intended. Citing unspecified “various circumstances” for the delay, Atlus stated the revised release date is now April 1, giving IOSYS plenty of time to come up with another catchy flash video.
A US release has not yet been announced.
Source: Kotaku
