Capcom today confirmed that following the release of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Wii U on March 19th, a software update will be released in April as a response to community feedback.
The software update will add online cross-region functionality, allowing North American and European gamers to play together online in up to four-player battles. Monster Hunters will also be able to play the game using just the Wii U GamePad without the need for a TV screen as the software update makes the title compatible with off-TV play.
Capcom will be continuing to support Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for several months after release with additional free of charge downloadable quests. The first quest will be available at launch.
Nordic Games and The Farm 51 today announced Deadfall Adventures, a first-person shooter with puzzle-solving and exploration. Deadfall Adventures will be released on July 30th for Xbox 360 and PC.
The year is 1938. James Lee Quatermain is a man of many talents, yet holding on to money isn’t one of them. Quatermain isn’t all too keen on escorting Jennifer Goodwin, a US agent and former colleague of his, to an Egyptian temple complex in order to retrieve an ancient artifact – The Heart of Atlantis. Neither does he believe in the reputed invigorating qualities of this artifact, nor does he care that a division of the Ahnenerbe, the Nazi department specialized in the occult, is after The Heart as well.
But life has its ways of changing one’s perspective. Quatermain soon finds himself part of a hunt across the globe – from the stormy deserts of Egypt to the icy depths of the Arctic and all the way to the steaming jungles of Guatemala.
In the long-forgotten temple complex, the thrill of the chase awakens the true adventurer in Quatermain, as he and Agent Goodwin strive to be one step ahead of the Nazis and the Russians, one step closer to obtaining the Heart of Atlantis. And deep in these temples, where age-old guardians awake from their eternal slumber, James soon learns that his great-grandfather’s stories are not as crazy as he had always believed. For all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.
11 bit studios today announced Anomaly 2, the sequel to the tower offence real-time strategy game Anomaly Warzone Earth, is coming to PC in Q2 2013.
In the years following the invasion of Earth in 2018, the planet is overrun by alien machines. Humankind is on the verge of extinction. Banded together in huge convoys, they search the frozen tundra for food and supplies. Since the war, the roles have been reversed: now our species seems to be the Anomaly on a machine-controlled planet. Your convoy, Commander, is called Yukon.
Sega and Creative Assembly have released a new trailer for the upcoming strategy game, Total War: Rome II, featuring The Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
Teutoburg Forest features as a playable historical battle in Total War: Rome II, and demonstrates some of the game’s new features, including its true line-of-sight system, deployable battlefield technology, and new style of ambush scenarios.
2K Sports has released the MLB 2K13 My Player trailer featuring voice over from veteran MLB 2K announcers Gary Thorne and John Kruk, who will provide commentary during this year’s evolution of the Perfect Game Challenge. This video gives fans a first look at the in-game intro video that plays when entering My Player mode in MLB 2K13. MLB 2K13 will be available on March 5th.
Focus Home Interactive and Spiders Studio today announced Bound by Flame, targeted for release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at the end of 2013. The action/role-playing game lets you play a mercenary possessed by a flame demon in a Dark Fantasy universe.
As a victim of this demonic influence, players will have to choose between the powers offered by this evil or to reject the demonic influence, developing heroic talents instead. Dangers, and enemies becoming more terrifying and fearsome in battle, will be temptations to acquire more power by giving up part of the hero’s soul to the demon. Progression of the demonic influence will be reflected by the transformation of the hero’s body.
As part of the global “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses” tour for 2013, the concert will revisit Montreal and Toronto. Fans and music lovers will be able to journey back to Hyrule and enjoy a new season, featuring all-new material exploring even more chapters from the Zelda universe, in addition to the orchestrated four-movement symphony that debuted in 2012 recounting all of the franchise’s mainstay moments. The concert will be performed in Montreal at the Place des Arts on June 14th and in Toronto at Sony Centre on September 7th.
Tickets are available for purchase at http://zelda-symphony.com. The June 14th Montreal show is on sale now and the September 7th Toronto show will go on sale March 1st.
Konami today announced that the PSP version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is now available for digital download for the PlayStation Vita.
Blizzard Entertainment has released the official trailer for the imminent 5.2 content update, The Thunder King, for Mists of Pandaria.
Capcom has released a new trailer for Remember Me, revealing that the game will launch for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on June 4th.
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