Sadly, if the 3DS can’t handle a character for some reason, it won’t appear in the Wii U version.
My niece is going to kick my ass on the planned game night my family has. No date has been set in stone, but I’m pushing for Black Friday.
[size=19]Thursday at 22:00cet / 4pm EST / 1pm PST - Pillars of Eternity Live from Obsidian Entertainment [/size]
Yesterday they gave us 2 hours+ of live twitch stream of Pillars of Eternity!
With commentary offered by project director Josh Sawyer himself.
Funny, but a shame for “Assassin’s Creed” fans.
I like the two sidekicks at the end.
Catch-up News Block
Lords of the Fallen DLC Announced
BioWare Considering Mass Effect Remake
Blizzard Announces New Game Overwatch
Hearthstone Expansion Announced
Just Cause 3 Officially Announced
Bloodborne Delayed a Month
Cloud-Based TV Coming to PS4 and PS3
Battlefield Hardline Release Bumped Up
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Lands Feb 13
New Hyrule Warriors DLC Coming Nov 27
I got to play some SSB (they needed a subtitle for this one) on Wii U, my first ever Wii U experience outside of a store demo stand, and it was pretty fun. Especially once the bad ideas from Brawl (eg: Final Smash) are disabled.
Even though the Wii U tablet screen is alarmingly low-res, the game was very playable on it and it did solve the “we don’t have enough viewing area for everyone playing” problem. The real-time streaming video was pretty cool IMO.
On resolution, I wonder if SSB really is 1080p60 as, compared to 1080p60 and 1440p60 emulated Brawl and Melee, it didn’t really look it. Part of that might be that I had to play it on a TN screen instead of the vastly-superior IPS monitor that I’m used to (so bad off-angle viewing, bad contrast) but I don’t believe that tells the whole story.
I remember Majora’s Mask being really difficult for me. I didn’t know what I was doing or what I was supposed to do half the time. Eventually though, thankfully, I did start moving along and got up to the Stone Tower Temple and did some work in there before never looking at it again. Curious to know what boss is getting altered.
The only super difficult parts for me when I first played it on the N64 was in the snow temple. I had a hard time getting across the ravines with the Goron roll. I was able to accomplish that part without any difficulty a little while later though. The most annoying part is just getting things done before time runs out. But, the song of double time helps a whole lot.
Yeah I remember that dungeon being quite the puzzle. It was quite awesome in the inside.
I remember also being nervous about saving properly at first.
Shadow of Mordor Gets Free DLC
Trials Fusion Getting Big Update
Total War: Attila Launches February 17
Dark Souls II Coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC Goes Free to Apologize for Technical Problems
Playing Valkyria Chronicles has reminded of what might be, behind NPC escort missions, the most annoying gameplay construct: fighting an indestructible enemy who can one-hit KO all of your units. Bad game design is bad.
This reminds me of My-Otome, where the single female super soldier destroys whole armies without so much as a scratch. I’m feeling the pain of the antagonist in that series whose nation had an army but no Otome of its own lol.
It’s terrible game design, imo. Inu-Yasha, curse of the Sacred Mask uses this trick too, by having you fight Naruko in the middle, but the fight is unwinable because they still need you to play the 2nd half of the game.
[size=20]Best Black Friday 2014 Gaming Deals[/size]
Console Deals
Wii U: While the $300 32GB bundled with Super Mario 3D World isn’t bad, report indicate that you’ll be able to buy the unit tax free on Friday for just under $270.
However, if you’re willing to spend a little more in exchange for a free game, this Best Buy bundle includes the regular pack-ins (Super Mario 3D World and Nintendo Land) as well as Super Smash Bros. and Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze for $360 – about $50 in savings.
Xbox One: Microsoft already discounted their system to $350 for the holidays, but you can knock off a few more dollars with the following deals:
The Microsoft Store is selling the Xbox One for $330, plus a free game (note that these deals go in and out of stock quickly on their online store, so you may have to check back later if it’s not currently available).
Target is selling the Assassin’s Creed Unity bundle for $330 plus you get a $50 gift card.
And don’t forget that the Microsoft store is also giving $100 credit for your used PS3/Xbox 360. This may or may not work with the specific holiday bundles, but you should still be able to get a $250 Xbox One bundle, at the least.
PlayStation 4: We haven’t found any crazy deep discounts, but most retailers have a $400 bundle available that includes the essential titles Grand Theft Auto V and The Last of Us Remastered.
[size=20]Gaming Deals[/size]
Now through Monday December 1, Sony is throwing an online sale of co-op games on the PlayStation store. As always, the discounts are bigger if you’re a PS Plus subscriber, and if you spend over $100, you’ll earn $15 back.
The Microsoft store has a lot of games on sale you can check out here with most deals kicking off today, on Thursday 11/27.
Blizzard is having a sale on all of their games on the Battle.net store. These deals are available now through December 2 at midnight PST.
Origin is offering over 200 PC games for sale through their own portal, but the best deals are on EA developed/published games like Titanfall, Mass Effect, and Dead Space. Now through December 1 at midnight PST
The regular brick-and-mortar retailers run the gamut on hardware, peripheral, and game discounts as well, and some of the discounts are available through their online stores as well
•Wal-mart
•GameStop – keep in mind that the retailer is not open during Thankgsiving itself, but some stores will open starting at midnight on Black Friday.
•Target
As always, Amazon has an ongoing series of Lightning Deals on gaming and technology. You’ll have to keep an eye on the site itself to see what’s upcoming and whether it’s a big enough discount to make it worth buying.
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Steam Fall Sale Begins: Watch Dogs for $30, The Evil Within for $20, and more[/size]
As early reports indicated, Steam’s Exploration-themed Fall sale kicked off today, and will last through December 2.
Unlike last year’s Fall sale, this one will will not include any flash sales, with some deals lasting for 48 hours and others for 24 hours.
Here are some highlights available for the next 48 hours:
•Watch Dogs – $30
•Civilization: Beyond Earth – $35
•Lords Of The Fallen – $30
•The Stanley Parable – $4.49
•The Wolf Among Us – $8.49
•Dead Island – $5
•The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – $12
•FTL – $3
•Company of Heroes 2 – $10
•The Evil Within – $20.39
•Don’t Starve – $3.74
[size=20]Steam Changes Its Game Trading Policy[/size]
Valve has changed Steam’s policy to disallow users from immediately trading games purchased as gifts.
The company made the announcement with brief post to the Steam Trading Cards Group page. “We’ve made this change to make trading gifts a better experience for those receiving the gifts,” Valve said. “We’re hoping this lowers the number of people who trade for a game only to have the game revoked later due to issues with the purchaser’s payment method.”
Games purchased as gifts can still be gifted at any time, of course, but if you’re just keeping the item in your inventory you won’t be able to trade it for 30 days after purchase. Theoretically, this should help prevent cases where users buy games from third parties only to have those keys revoked, as was the case for some users who bought Sniper Elite III back in June.
[size=20]Square Enix augments store with Cyber Monday sales[/size]
You may have survived Black Friday, but don’t get cocky - America loves to shop, and a slew of online deals is about to invade the interwebs thanks to Cyber Monday. One such deal comes to us courtesy of Square Enix, which is cutting prices of items sold via its online store by 60 percent.
There are more than 225 games, DLC packs and physical collectibles on sale, including games like Thief, Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, Drakengard 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Tomb Raider. The deals end Monday evening at 11:59 Pacific.
Valkyria Chronicles features numerous cutscenes that are pre-rendered, despite being made with the same engine that powers the normal gameplay. For some reason, these cutscenes are only in 720, making them 1/4th the resolution that I’m playing the rest of the game at. I wonder why the developers didn’t make the cutscenes in 1080. That would have made the cutscenes look better than the game on PS3 but that’s something of a JRPG tradition lol.
GOG is trying to persuade me to buy Agarest: Generations of War Collectors Edition. That game brings out a flaw in digital game distribution as that game’s claim to fame was the bundled custom mousepad. 
[size=20]Sony Terminating FIFA Sponsorship Deal[/size]
Sony will not renew its sponsorship contract with worldwide soccer governing body FIFA, as the technology behemoth seeks to instead spend its money on a number of reforms.
Sony was a marquee FIFA sponsor, backing more than 40 tournaments, including multiple World Cups. The Telegraph reports that Sony had been a FIFA sponsor since 2006, in a contract worth £222 million ($348.7 million).
Sony’s sponsorship deal with FIFA ends December 31. A report from Nikkei said Sony considered renewing its deal with FIFA, but ultimately decided not to over concerns that sponsorship costs might rise. Sony’s decision to walk away from FIFA comes as the company is seeking to complete “structural reforms” during this fiscal year, Nikkei said.
Just last week, Sony laid out part of this vision, saying that it will cut back on its TV and mobile phone business units and instead place more focus on PlayStation.
Sony’s decision to terminate its FIFA sponsorship contract also comes as the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been faced with bribery allegations. Longstanding FIFA sponsor Adidas said it was concerned about these claims, while another major backer, Coca-Cola, said anything that detracts from the mission and ideals of the World Cup is a “concern” for the company.
Hopefully those reforms will include cybersecurity.
Grey Goo Splatters the PC on January 23
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath Hits iOS
Close Castles is Coming to the PS4
I Am Bread Being Served This Week
Resident Evil Revelations 2 Lands Feb 17
Report: Super Smash Bros. Wii U error code bricking systems
Destiny Expansion Annoys Xbox Owners
Survival Racer Distance Heading to PS4
Rocket League Coming to PlayStation 4
Ubisoft confirms next Assassin’s Creed for Victorian London
PlayStation Experience May Have Some Big Surprises