From the Source: Nintendo eshop action!

We have so many emails, its crazy. - Luis D. Lucha

Don't eat too many of those chocolate covered raisins. Trust me. - Yang

What's wrong with them? I had like... 12 already. - RkRk

What dude? - Luis D. Lucha

Extended bathroom break. - Yang

Hahaha I think Blu's in the bathroom right now! - Luis D. Lucha

March 9, 2017 14:00 UTC

Nintendo Download, March 9, 2017: A Week of Snipping and Blasting

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

In this action-puzzle game, paper pals Snip and Clip must cut each other up to overcome tricky obstacles... or just to laugh their heads off (sometimes literally). (Photo: Business Wire)

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
  • Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! –Free Demo Version – Laugh-out-loud couch co-op, now with a free demo! In this action-puzzle game, paper pals Snip and Clip must cut each other up to overcome tricky obstacles… or just to laugh their heads off (sometimes literally). Partner up with friends or family to cut the heroes into the right shapes, interact with objects and solve a world of imaginative puzzles. Visit Nintendo eShop on your Nintendo Switch console to download a free demo of this game today! (Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately.)
  • Blaster Master Zero – Blaster Master Zero is an 8-bit-style action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Using the original 1988 NES game Blaster Master from Sunsoft as a base, the new game introduces new areas and bosses, new gameplay elements such as extra sub-weapons, improved gameplay, a more robust scenario and expanded exploration mechanics.
• Virtual Console on Wii U
  • Bomberman 64 – In the Adventure mode of this Nintendo 64 action game, guide Bomberman through 24 areas of perilous conflict. Battle sinister allies, destroy their bases and put an end to the insane attack. Play the multiplayer Battle mode for an endless supply of explosive action! (Additional accessories required for multiplayer mode; sold separately.)

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Great deals this week include Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (Nintendo 3DS), Etrian Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo 3DS) and Turtle Tale (Nintendo 3DS and Wii U), 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.

Activities:

• Celebrate MAR10 Day with My Nintendo – To commemorate National Mario Day (or MAR10 Day), a selection of new Mario-related rewards will be added to My Nintendo on March 10. Check it out at https://my.nintendo.com/.
  • 30 percent off the Mario Kart 8 game
  • Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 featuring Animal Crossing characters
  • Two Mario-themed wallpapers for PC or smart device

Also new this week:

• ACA NEOGEO NAM-1975 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO WAKU WAKU 7 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO METAL SLUG 3 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO WORLD HEROES PERFECT (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• ACA NEOGEO SHOCK TROOPERS (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• VOEZ (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
• Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Pink Dot Blue Dot (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Blaster Master Zero (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Mini Sports Collection (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
• Candy Hoarder (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
• Blue-Collar Astronaut (Nintendo eShop on Wii U) – Available March 14

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Galactic Adventure Time: Deep Rock Galactic + Team SDGT social media action!

Some of our readers wonder where we are at times and... the answer is simple... (going crazy) on our Instagram page! Here is one of the many posts that are primarily found there, Twitter and Tumblr.

Meanwhile on... 

https://www.instagram.com/sdgt_ent/

Could you imagine… Mario having his own show outside of the #cartoons created in the past? - Blu

In what way? - Yang

Improv about all sorts of things. - Blu

Mama Mia, that could be funny. - RkRk

That would be interesting. - Yang

Want in on some adventurous co-op action? Check it out!

After six successful years, Swedish indie developer and publisher Coffee Stain looks to grow the business, and one step towards that goal comes as Coffee Stain buys into danish developer Ghost Ship Games acquiring a minority stake of the company! Ghost Ship Games was founded in 2016 by a group of danish industry veterans on a mission to create amazing co-op experiences.  The first game of the studio, Deep Rock Galactic will be published by Coffee Stain Publishing, and launches later this year! The companies are forming a strong alliance to fight the future together!

“This is the start of something extremely exciting. Coffee Stain has for some time looked for good ways of expanding, and we see this as a perfect way. The crew sailing Ghost Ship will complement us well with their experience, and in return we will bring our goat-minds to their table!" - Anton Westbergh, CEO of Coffee Stain 

“Right after my first meeting with Coffee Stain at Dreamhack in Sweden, I knew they would be the perfect business “co-op player” for us. Coffee Stain are developers by heart, but has again and again proven their sea-worthiness in the international games industry. This is going to be an amazing journey!” - Søren Lundgaard, CEO of Ghost Ship Games

"Coffee Stain is the perfect business partner for us. We strongly believe that their experience with the development and publishing of Goat Simulator, Sanctum 1 and 2, will help us reach a bigger audience than we could ever have dreamed doing ourself as a small indie developer….and they are really nice guys too." - Mikkel Martin Pedersen, Game Director of Ghost Ship Games

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC
Get ready to dig deep into procedurally generated cave systems in this frantic fps co-op action game. In Deep Rock Galactic, you take the role as a space dwarf, ready to do what dwarves do best, dig for minerals and gold! As part of the recently announced publishing initiative from Coffee Stain, Deep Rock Galactic will be going out in 2017. Read more about Deep Rock Galactic over at http://www.ghostship.dk/

Sign up for the closed alpha here: http://www.ghostship.dk/alpha-sign-up.html

   

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Consider me excited about... Redeemer!

A gun, sledgehammer, pair of sneakers... and one pissed off monk? Hmmm

Many games come out year after year... some awesome, some seemingly awesome... others an atomic face palm. Based on what I've seen of Redeemer, I don't see it ending up in that face palm box. It's not safe to assume, but I want to... assume that this game is as sick as it looks (fingers crossed).

_____Check out the Redeemer announcement trailer_____

I give props to them off the top for the spin they took with the top-down action. It's not just top-down, the camera zooms in on the action so that you aren't just seeing it from a distance... and for the amount of work that gets put into the detail of some games, I appreciate that.

I'm ready to jump in... and slay.

You take on the role of Vasily, an ex-operative of a huge arms corporation... who decided to get the hell out of dodge when they decided to turn you into a cyborg, which leads you up to where the trailer begins. You escaped to a monastery, which seemed to have put you in the clear... until the corporation was able to lock in on your scent after 20 years.

The adventure sounds promising and I hope the story driven single player is well rounded... and leaves room for a solid sequel. It doesn't have to have one if they round it out well, but... some games leave gamer's feeling a bit incomplete.



I can't put that on this game (at all)... because I haven't played the game, but i'm saying that if there is a chance for a game (any game) to feel incomplete based on the way it was written... developers should make sure to bring a form of closure (even if its temporary) in a way that can/should be followed up with a sequel. If the depth of this story is heavy and there is plenty to go on, who knows where it could go.

Redeemer will be available... Spring 2017 for PC (via Steam & GOG). If you enjoy games like the top down "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris" and/or "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light"... this could be the title for you. That said... game on!

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Warp into some 2D shoot-em-up action with... Zangeki Warp!

Warp into some 2D shoot-em-up action! I've been playing around with this game since launch, and... once you get the hang of warping... you should find the challenge interesting enough.

ZANGEKI WARP NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM!
Master the hyperdimensional warp capabilities of Earth's most powerful craft neutralize the biomechanical threat to the galactic civilization!

This 2D shooter is now available at the Steam Store for Windows and Linux PCs priced at $5.99! If you're interested in some affordable action that delivers a similar feel to Gradius & R-Type, check it out.

 

In ZANGEKI WARP, you pilot the hyperdimensional fighter craft 'ZanFighter' and use its advanced warp functions to defeat an army of space beasts controlled by an evil scientist!

ZANGEKI WARP's warp capabilities bring a new twist to the style of Gradius, R-Type, and X-Multiply, and are the key to overcoming thrilling stages filled with traps and obstacles that would be impossible in regular shooting games. Use the warp functions to stop time, instantly warp through enemy fire and obstacles, and even to destroy enemies.

 

Features:
★ Unique Hyperdimensional Warp mechanics!
★ Warp Slash, Dimensional Shockwave, Decoy, Omega Crash and more! 
★ ASTRO PORT's signature giant bosses!
★ 4 difficulty levels from Easy to Insane! 
★ 53(!) achievements to conquer! 
★ Online leaderboards to dominate! 
★ Steam trading cards to collect!

Check out ZANGEKI WARP here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/564040/

When you initially start this game, you may notice that you rack up quite a few achievements. That... is okay for achievement hunters that just want them, but for those that want to obtain them after accomplishing something awesome... maybe not so much. I haven't obtained them all, but I've racked up 16 of 53 thus far. Anyway, game on!

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

This just in from the source!

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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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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