Fallout 3 PS3 DLC, GOTY Edition Due to Leave Vault Soon
Bethesda has posted the release schedule for the Fallout 3 PS3 DLC. Broken Steel will be available on September 24, followed by Operation Anchorage and The Pitt on October 1, and Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta on October 8.
Following the DLC deluge, Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition will be available in stores on October 13. The GOTY includes the game and all 5 DLCs in one package. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will retail for $59.99, while the PC version will only set you back $49.99.
Dissidia: Final Fantasy – Staff Review
When it was announced, Dissidia: Final Fantasy sounded like an interesting concept: a fighting game starring Final Fantasy characters. At first glance, you might think it is the spiritual successor to Ehrgeiz. You’d be wrong. The only thing this game has in common with that PS1 brawler is the inclusion of Cloud and Sephiroth among the cast. Make no mistakes about it. This is an action RPG at its finest, and for fans that have dutifully played the first ten Final Fantasy games, it’s chock full of nostalgia and gameplay that will keep you coming back.
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Playstation Network to Get Its Disgaea Infinite On
A new entry to the Disgaea series, under the title of Disgaea Infinite, is coming soon to a Playstation Network near you. Sony lists it as a PS3 title, while the latest Famitsu refers to it as a PSP game. There has been no clarification as to which is the case, however it will debut at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show.
Source: Destructoid
Mass Media 09/20/09
I miss everything that is good and pure in life while flying. Things like a good night’s sleep and Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ah well. Today’s media: Disgaea Infinite, WiZman’s World, Inazuma Eleven 2, and Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku, whatever the heck that means. Observe!
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Strategy Session – Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, Part 2
Following up on our coverage of new Pokemon moves, this week we’ll be taking a look at the move tutors of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Though the new moves Pokemon learn by level up and breeding in HG/SS are undoubtedly significant, they pale in comparison to the move tutors this remake throws our way. HG/SS has no fewer than 52 tutors available for use, but only 14 are new, the others being repeats taught by the move tutors of Pokemon Platinum. The new tutors are Super Fang, Pain Split, String Shot, Tail Wind, Gravity, Worry Seed, Role Play, Magic Coat, Heal Bell, Low Kick, Sky Attack, Block, Bug Bite, and Headbutt. We’ll be taking a look at the most useful of these in this week’s Strategy Session.
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Square Enix Unveils NeiR Gestalt Sibling Title NeiR RepliCant
In preparation for the Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix has let the world know that recently announced Xbox 360 title NeiR Gestalt has a sibling: NeiR RepliCant for the PS3. Like NeiR Gestalt, NeiR RepliCant is being developed by Cavia, and is due out sometime next year. Unlike NeiR Gestalt, we actually have some story details for NeiR RepliCant. The game will take place in the distant future, in a world on the verge of collapse. Main character Neir leaves on a journey to find a cure for the deadly plague that has infected his sister. During his travels he will have to deal with sealed scrolls, demonic powers and cursed monsters. At the end, he may just find out some of the truth behind his world.
Source: Famitsu
New ‘The After Years’ Content: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet
Square Enix has launched new downloadable content for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Available through WiiWare for 800 Nintendo funbucks, The Crystals follows Rydia and Edge as they try to put the band back together, presumably on a mission from God. Meanwhile, Cecil “confronts Kain, Rosa, and Ceodore inside his castle” as the world is thrown into dire peril.
There is no word as to whether said peril will be easily dispatched by using a glitch to duplicate Excaliburs and having Edge throw them every turn.
Spirit Tracks On Schedule for Holiday Release
Nintendo has confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks will be released on December 7, 2009, just in time for the holiday season.
Game Changers: Volume 24: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
I’m sure I’m not the only relic of the NES era, so let’s go down memory lane together for a few moments. Since it was bundled with the NES system (because back then a bundle inlcuding a game and two controllers was the norm — ah how times have changed!), just about everyone got to play Super Mario Bros. And for many of us, it was the game that first lead us down the path of gaming addiction, which in those days meant we all had very sore left thumbs until we grew a nice callus. This was not, however, Mario’s first appearance. In fact he’d been around for a few years prior, first appearing as “Jumpman” in Donkey Kong back in 1981 and then in the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. as Mario, the American-Italian plumber with his brother Luigi. Super Mario Bros. for the NES is what made him a star, though, and he was soon to ascend to the rank of Nintendo’s mascot.
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Star Ocean: The Last Hope Goes International
Square Enix has announced via Weekly Famitsu that Star Ocean: The Last Hope is coming to the PS3 in Japan. Now called Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, it includes both English and Japanese voice tracks, multiple subtitles for event scenes, updated menus, and the ability to switch targets in battle by pressing start.
The game is set to be released on February 4 of next year. A North American release, if any, has yet to be announced.
Source: IGN
Yellow Brick Road Opens in North America Later This Month
XSeed announced today that the Nintendo DS title The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road will be released in North America on September 29. Known as Riz-Zoawd in Japan, the game will retail for $29.99, and it has been rated E by the ESRB. In the meantime, you can check out the game’s official website.
Strategy Session – Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver
With the land of the rising sun having seen Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver release just this last week, the world of Pokemon is alight with the changes that have been made to the movepools of various critters. So for this week and next, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at exactly what HG/SS is changing, and who benefits the most. We begin with Pokemon who learn new moves by level up and breeding!
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Valkyria Chronicles Wants in on the DLC Thing, Too
With a sequel already in development, Valkyria Chronicles still has more content up its proverbial sleeves. Sega recently announced that it intends to launch downloadable content for the strategy RPG in the form of new missions. Entitled Challenges from Team Edy, this content will be available in winter of 2009.
No price has been set for the DLC.
Source: Kotaku
NieR Gestalt Gets Release… Year
Never one to walk away from a gamble, Square Enix have announced the upcoming 360 RPG NieR Gestalt will be released in 2010. Details are scarce, although screenshots suggest a stylistic mix of God of War and Devil May Cry, with machines and modern-day settings amidst various demons.
Source: Famitsu
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Mass Media 09/11/09
The Pittsburgh Penguins meet President Obama.
That has nothing to do with this update, I just couldn’t think of anything clever to put here.
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