Xbox Media Briefing update + Xbox Fanfest!

Hi everyone (haven't heard a greeting on here in awhile huh? anyway), the Xbox team hit us up with an update about the Xbox Media briefing recently and that the time will be switched up.

It will be held June 11th (2017) @ 2PM pst, which will be a Sunday.

In the email they told us that they will be showcasing more games & experiences. This isn't breaking down anything we will end up seeing, but they've also said that there will be another Xbox FanFest event this year and that more details will be coming soon. We will get those details to you as soon as they hit our inbox.

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Battlerite fans... a new Champion has entered the arena! + A $10K eSports tournament announced!

New Champion & an event announcement? Yep... the developer is going in for the audience!

NEW CHAMPION & ESPORT EVENT ANNOUNCED!

Wednesday (Feb. 15th, 2017)... Stunlock Studios releases a new champion into the arena. What's his name? Raigon "The Exiled Prince"... a flexible melee swordsman skilled in martial arts. He came to be exiled from his kingdom due to the manipulations of another champion, Pestilus. So the character has a target in this game adding to the depth beyond the arena. I don't see many players really caring about that... because the focus is using the right strategies in the arena to get the victory. That said... a little backstory for the characters doesn't hurt, or they would simply just be characters added in with no sort of origin. The cool thing though is that there are gamers out here who appreciate a characters backstory and connects a bit more with them because of it.

Enjoy this champion announcement trailer along with the tournament info:

ENTER THE ARENA

Stunlock Studios partners up with major organizations Beyond The Summit and Twitch for “Enter The Arena”, the biggest Battlerite Tournament held so far. The event has a total prize pool of $10,000 and will be running simultaneously in Europe and North America.

“Enter The Arena is the perfect event for kicking off the competitive scene and showing off the game's potential in Esports. We’re hoping to not only offer an entertaining broadcast, but to also introduce the game’s intricacies to fresh audiences, newer players as well as esports fans." says Alexander Hermansson, Head of Esports at Stunlock Studios.

Onslaught eSports recently announced the signing of a currently top-ranked Battlerite squad who will compete in “Enter The Arena” under the Onslaught banner. The team members Connor "Averse" Shacklady, Alvin "Ninjas" Xu and Dominic "Arakune" Valentino are all on the global top-10 ranking, with Averse set as the best individual Battlerite player in the world. Here is an overview of all the invited teams:

ENTER THE ARENA - EU Tournament

• TelroskMi (Teldo, Verosk, Mini)
• MyCon - Prepare to Die (LittleMaster, GodOf, K3B4B1)
• ​Intolerant (Joltz, Iska, Nyy)
• Project Horizon (HotBiscuit, Blankzz, Wuzac)

ENTER THE ARENA - US Tournament

• Onslaught Esports (Averse, Arakune, Ninjas)
• Identity Crisis (InTheFlesh, Vorime, Emperor)
• Scylla (Maelstrom, Jeter, rarepeep)
• Excel Wizards (Neewha, Skywind, Finlev)

The event will be broadcasted live in on Twitch and kicking off with qualifiers held 19th of February followed up with the grand tournament 25th & 26th of February.

Find out more info here:

Enter The Arena
https://blog.battlerite.com/announcing-enter-the-arena/

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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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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier... going retail, Feb 28th!

Ummm... this is okay, and I hate to be that guy... but I have to be. (Hear me out!) We have the retail version of the newest installment of a franchise that I have become highly fond of headed our way, and its great to be able to jump in... but not completely in the way its going to be delivered here. Its a physical disc, but you will still have to download the episodes beyond the two-part premiere (that's included)... as you wait for the rest to come along (like the upcoming Episode 3: Above the Law... dropping next month).

The reason why I say its okay... is because they are presenting it as a season pass disc. So you can go get a physical disc that acts as a key. There are plenty of gamers that enjoy physical copies of games (myself included)... but if I were able to choose between a season pass disc and a retail copy that I had to wait for after all the episodes are released... to include them all, then i'd take all so I can just flow from beginning to end with no downloading required. I'd be willing to pre-order that, so while this is okay... maybe they can consider a complete disc the next go round.

Look forward to this physical retail option... Feb. 28th in the US & March 3rd in EU!

Check out the trailer for the retail release (two cheers for Clementine)!

I still want to enjoy the world of The Walking Dead in VR... and I think TellTale can deliver that in a special way if they really wanted to. I have a few ideas up my sleeve, but they'd have to approach me.

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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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Fire Emblem Heroes + Nintendo Switch gets a Super Bowl commercial? Yep!

Fire Emblem Heroes is here... and I've been playing since Nintendo gave us the news. 

I have a question for @Nintendo though: Can we get a new Advanced Wars for mobile?

The good thing about Nintendo's wealth of intellectual properties... is that they can take various routes with mobile and it wouldn't make a dent in a Nintendo console's catalog (I just hope they make use of developers outside of Nintendo also... which increases variety in the Nintendo games and opportunity for the smaller devs too).

• Fire Emblem Heroes – Nintendo’s hit strategy-RPG Fire Emblem series is now reimagined for smart devices. Fight battles customized for touch screens and on-the-go gameplay. Summon characters from across the Fire Emblem universe. Develop your Heroes’ skills and take them to new heights. This is your adventure – a Fire Emblem that’s like nothing you’ve seen before! Available today on App Store and Google Play, this application is free to download and offers some optional in-app purchases.

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