From the Source: Xbox - Early access for Halo Wars 2!

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Hello,

Today we’re excited to join fans around the world in celebration of the worldwide launch of early access for Halo Wars 2. Available now for players who purchased Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition, 343 Industries and Creative Assembly have crafted an action-packed, strategic gameplay experience for both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC via Xbox Play Anywhere. The studios hosted a celebratory livestream event yesterday at 343 Industries in Redmond, sharing new details on post-launch content and other updates on Halo Wars 2.

In addition, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has penned a blog post looking ahead to what’s coming for Xbox this year. As part of the sneak peek, a few Xbox developers and team leads joined Xbox Live’s Major Nelson and AceyBongos on a special episode of This Week on Xbox to share updates on several of the exciting exclusives coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 this year. - Team Xbox

Check out the videos below and game on! - Blu

This is that additional information we were told... they'd present us with soon. So enjoy!

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Zelda on Zelda action!

Zelda... Zelda... Zelda, less than one month away...

here's a bit of news to check out before we get to play!

Nintendo is cooking up DLC action for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

"New Adventures Built on the Game's Huge World Coming Later in 2017" - Nintendo

This is okay because I trust that there is going to be a wealth of content, but... if I were Nintendo, I would've waited before dropping the news about this. Let gamer's experience the main game first and then hit us again to keep the fire of Hyrule going.

Anyway... both the Nintendo Switch & Wii U have the exact same versions of the expansion pass for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (so you won't be missing out if you get one or the other), which include:

Expansion pass content pack 1 (Summer 2017):

• 3 treasure chests (located in the game's "Great Plateau" area) w/ one containing a Nintendo Switch logo'd shirt for Link to wear (only available in the Expansion Pass)... and the other two chests have useful items (whatever those may be).

• Cave of Trials challenge
  
  
• Hard mode
  
  
• New feature for the in-game map

Expansion pass content pack 2 (Holiday 2017):

• New challenges via a new dungeon and a new original story

The content pack 2 is the most interesting for me... because it's not just extending on the main story. That said, I hope they wow every owner of this expansion pass by making it an original story with a hefty amount of content to enjoy. If they do so, it could sway the reputation of Nintendo's expansion passes in a direction that's more of a "Must Have".

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Expansion Pass is priced at... $19.99!

If you thought that was all we had for you... guess again!

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild developers are going to host a GDC panel

Who's going to be on this panel you ask? (If you're asking that is... will be) Game Director Hidemaro Fujibaya, Art Director Satoru Takizawa and Tech Director Takuhiro Dohta... for all of you budding and veteteran developers out there. The topic will be... "Change and Constant - Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

The panel will be held 11am - 12:30pm on March 1st @ the Moscone Center

located at 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103

For those who are not attending GDC, a video of the panel will be available at http://www.gdcvault.com the following week. For those of you planning on attending and don't want to drive... consider using Lyft with code: SDGTENT (to redeem up to $50 in Lyft Credit).

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Want more details about the expansion pass? 

Aonuma also created a brief video to share more details about the Expansion Pass. It can be viewed at http://zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/expansion-pass/.

For more information about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, visit http://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild.

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From the Source: Nintendo - Mario vs. Donkey Kong and... Anime!

March is less than 1 month away. Do you know what that means?

Time for Nintendo to kick *** for the Nintendo Switch and make

sure it holds its own with a great library of games.

Feb. 9, 2017 14:00 UTC

Nintendo Download: Team Mario or Team Donkey Kong?

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Put together by anime superstars LandQ Studios and Touhoku Shinkai, Inti Creates debuts an electrifying anime adaptation on the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. (Graphic: Business Wire)

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
  • Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime – Put together by anime superstars LandQ Studios and Touhoku Shinkai, Inti Creates debuts an electrifying anime adaptation on the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. The anime presents a scenario that fans of the series will be familiar with, while simultaneously presenting a deeper look into the world of Azure Striker Gunvolt. Download today.
• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong – Donkey Kong just made off with all the Mini-Mario toys, and now it’s up to Mario to chase his longtime nemesis and retrieve the stolen goods. In this GameBoy Advance action-puzzler, leap and battle through increasingly difficult levels as you use switches, conveyor belts and hammers to overcome the hordes of enemies that block your way.

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Great deals this week include Shadow Puppeteer, The Legend of Kusakari and Word Search by POWGI (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), plus several more! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.

Also new this week:

• Plantera (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)
• Parascientific Escape – Gear Detective (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• BRICK RACE (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Words Up! Academy (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Y.A.S.G. (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)

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