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Recently I've been playing the Rainbow Six Siege BETA for Xbox One and I've been given the chance to hand out some spare codes to my readers! If you'd like a chance for a code for Xbox One, follow these easy instructions.

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Rainbow Six Siege WONT Feature Single-Player Campaign - Is This How Games Will Be From Now On?

Scott Mitchell, the art director for Rainbow Six Siege, spoke at this years EGX convention telling us that the game wouldn't feature much in the way of single player. He explained how the game would offer custom matches as well as training against A.I bots and the ability to jump in with offline co-op matches, but no single player. Confirming that the games main focus will be the multiplayer aspect and that it would not feature ANY missions of the sort.

Mitchell then went on to explain "You're still unlocking the same content as you would in PvP. You're still gaining stars, renown points and new operatives"

Rainbow Six Siege is just one of the few AAA titles that recently decided shelling out £50 for a current gen game DOESN'T warrant needing a single player. Popular games such as Star Wars Battlefront, Evolve and more have completely binned campaigns and have put all their focus to making a great multiplayer.. which will no doubt still be under prepared for the waves of players on day 1 which will lead to server crashes and render the game unplayable for about 3 days.

Do you personally think its okay that AAA company's try to justify not putting in a single player? Other games such as Halo put the effort to deliver a amazing story with details and interesting characters AND provide amazing online multiplayer, leading to endless hours of fun with friends  as well as competitive tournaments while other company's pump out online-only games that barley work and deem a bad reputation due to the short replay-abilty. My main concern for games like these are, what happens when the servers finally go offline? Yes that may not be for another 10 years or so but to someone who makes this their favorite game in the universe I doubt they'll be to happy that all content is then shut off and locked away for ever. after spending years playing. I really don't like the way AAA titles are going lately with their attempts to pump out half finished, garbage games just to meet deadlines. I fully understand the desire to make a game that has the BEST online experience every created, but it really does seem like they're generating ideas that try to justify not having single player, thus allowing them to do less work and still make money from it. Multiplayer isn't what draws everybody to a game, I personally have a love for a single player story that really makes you remember little details and has you playing for hours on end without ever feeling like you're bumming around the world doing nothing. I can only hope that this phase of online-only games ISN'T here to stay.

Let me know what you guys think about these types of game, do you like that they only focus the multiplayer or do yo enjoy a rich story line instead? Type your thoughts in the comments below.

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Was Wolfenstein 2 Just Accidentally Confirmed?

This week in an polish spoken interview, Alicja Bachleda, the actress behind the voice of Anya Oliwa ,from the hit 2014 game Wolfenstein, accidentally let it slip that she was working on a sequal to a video game she had previously stared in. With a little research, we find out that the only video game she has lent her voice to is Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Further proof to support this is the quote she gave saying "I had played previous installments of the series and enjoyed the part where I could shoot Hitler. This of course refers to the classic Wolfenstein, where the player would confront Hitler's head on a robot suit.

The polish actress also announced the game and her work would not be finished until late 2017 with the work taking place in the USA. So what does this mean? Did she just accidently confirm Wolfenstein 2? I suspect this to be true, and Im really hoping it is, but I doubt we'll find out for a very very long time due to Bethesda's nature of keeping their mouths shut!

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Next Batch Of Batman Arkham Knight DLC Announced

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced their plans to release 3 separate DLC packs For Batman Arkham Knight. The packs are scheduled for release in October with each pack offering something completely different to the last.

The first pack to be announced was a story orientated add-on titled Cat Woman's Revenge. Set after the events of Arkham Knight, this DLC allows players to take on the role of Cat Woman and act out her payback on the Riddler. Not a lot of information is known about the story or what features will be added but we'll keep you posted as we hear more.

Along side the main DLC comes 1 skin pack and the third of the Crime Fighter Challenges. The Pack titled Batman classic TV skin pack changes all visuals of the Bat Mobile, Cat Woman and Robin into costumes seen on the classics TV series. Also included are 2 classic themed race tracks. Finally The third Crime Fighter Challenge Pack is said to include "various combat and predator styled maps allowing the use of Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Azreal.

All of the mentioned DLC is available with the Arkham Knight Season Pass offered by Warner Bros. Priced at $40 ( Roughly £25) the pass gives you all DLC released up until the end of 2015.

Rocksteady have already mentioned they will be taking content from the main story, villains and more, leaving me to wonder where they can go next in the way of DLC. My personal wish for DLC is a Scarecrow based story line prequaling the events of Arkham Knight or a day in the life styled story featuring the Arkham Knight and allowing players to take control and watch as Batman Foils his plans.

so what do you guys think? Are these packs enough to bring you back to the streets of Gotham? Let me know in the comments below.

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Geek Ordnance #1

Welcome to Geek Ordnance , a brand new series of posts i'll be creating to show you guys 5 of the very best geeky, nerdy things I found online this week! These items wont necessarily be brand new releases or in a favorite order, just a few things found on my adventure into the deep black pit which is online shopping. Links to all items will be provided below but will most likely come from UK websites as this is were I am based. US versions of the website's should be available by search. If you like the series be sure to like and share the post and I'll make more!

So lets get started!

This week's HOT deal! 

Destiny (PS4) - £10.49

5. Diamond Dogs Hoodie

Metal Gear Solid Black Diamond Dogs Zipper Hoodie

4. Boba Fett Memory Stick


Boba Fett 8 GB USB Flash Drive 2.0 Memory Stick

3. Motherboard Cutting Board

Motherboard Chopping Board

2. College Of WinterHold T-Shirt 

'College Of Winterhold' Gaming T-ShirtSuper Mario Chess Game

1, Super Mario Chess Game

Super Mario Chess Game

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Nintendo NX Controller Patent Revealed, Not Compatible with Amiibo?

A couple of months ago it was released that gaming giant Nintendo Had filed for a patent on their new console, the NX. The patent showed a device very similar to the current WiiU but without a disc drive. Now comes the news by a Neogaf user that a patent for the NX controller has been filed to the US patent office.

The diagram attached shows a controller very similar in shape to the WiiU game pad but has a few modifications, such as 2 face buttons instead of the traditional 4 as well as having scroll wheels instead of shoulder bumpers. The wheels are said to be scroll-able both left and right as well as be pressure sensitive allowing users to push them in like the shoulder buttons they are replacing. The diagram also shows us that the main focus of the controller is the touch screen in the middle of the pad, much like the WiiU game pad.

However, Here's my main concern, I see no details of a NFC station on the controller which raises the question, will Amiibo's still work with this new console? I'd hate to think they were cutting out the entire NFC play mechanic after millions were made on sales and many of us spent nearly as much collecting them. I very much doubt this is the case seeing as Amiibo's have been one of Nintendo's main source of income since they were released, but there is yet to be any details at all about how Amiibo's will fit in with the new console. Maybe news will be revealed later on in the year or in 2016. Hopefully a final patent comes out to update the design to include a NFC station to stop all our worries.

I personally like the idea of only having 2 buttons as I find in most Nintendo games that both Y & X seem to act the same as A & B, which just confuses hand placement. Although I do very much like the current WiiU game pad, Im hoping they scale the controller down in size just a tad and reduce the amount of pain it causes your hands when holding for a very long time.

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Mario Maker Now Has Over 1 Million Levels

The hit game, Mario Maker, has now had over 1 million levels published by players. The game was released less than a week ago on September 11th but has already hit this huge mile stone. Nintendo announced the achievement via their Japanese Twitter account and posted a video in celebration, showing off some of their favorite levels made so far.

             

I personally have uploaded a few levels and can see why this game is blowing up in the charts. There's just something about designing your own Mario levels and having all the customization tools at your finger tips. This game is a must for anybody looking to have some fun and make use of their WiiU.

If you're looking to pick up Mario Maker At its cheapest you can find both versions of the game here:

Super Mario Maker (£34.32)


Super Mario Maker Amiibo Bundle(£45.85)

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SHINY MEGA RAYQUAZA GIVEAWAY! 4 Chances to win!

Want to get your hands on a SHINY MEGA RAYQUAZA?! I currently have 4 digital download codes and I'm giving them away to you guys! To enter the random draw, Simply LIKE us on Facebook which you can do HERE and comment on this post! 

Winners will be picked on the 22nd of September. Using Facebook to contact you we will send you the code for redemption. Good luck to those who enter! 

Pokemon Z Leaked And Confirmed?

This months issue of CoroCoro brought us some excellent news, and let us finally know whats going on with Zygarde! At the end of this years Pokemon film staring Hoopa, we saw a black blob in the shape of a Pokemon we've never seen before, this of course sparked many many rumors and now, they're all been answered. This Pokemon was Zygarde, the legendary introduced via Pokemon X & Y and then was forgotten about. Zygarde isn't really the best party member, having quite low stats compared to other legendary's available in game which is the main reason he was quickly dumped into the useless pile by competitive gamers. He lacked an story or meaning to why he was in the game so many players soon forgot about him.

The magazine talked a lot about Zygarde's new forms and how he would achieve them with the amount of power he had collected. The GREEN blob pictured left of Zygarde is "Zygarde Cell" and this will be his starting form at 0% power. (See Pictures Below) We wont go into much detail here but you can find more information at iDigitaltimes HERE.

Along with the news of the new forms came a release date for the next series in anime. Simple titled Pokemon XY & Z, the series is set to air sometime around October 29th. With this news, one has to wonder is this a set up for a 3rd game in the generation similar to the way they made Pokemon Emerald and Pokemon Platinum? My money is on yes. It makes perfect sense to set Zygarde up with his own series and possible movie and then throw in a whole new game with it. Not much information has been given to talk about possible stories or characters but we'll be sure to keep you posted as we find out!

So what do you guys think? Is this the set up for a new game or is it just a new series hook? Leave a comment below and let me know!

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NEW Star Wars Battlefront Footage! Looks Great!

Unofficial Battlefront footage has emerged onto YouTube by the user Jake McNeill. The video show 10 minutes of walker assault on Hoth, this is the only game mode available to alpha testers right now with 1 more mode to come during the closed beta later this year.

Im very happy to see footage from this game that wasn't heavily scripted garbage pumped out during E3 as I was really starting to believe this would be a Battlefield re-skin. The movement looks fluid and the guns and equipment look like the handle the same way they did in Battlefront II. Obviously no space ship game play was shown as they are not yet available on the map provided but you can see them flying over head during the battle. All in all I think the game looks absolutely brilliant and I can't wait for the release in November!

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Is This Game For You?

Metal Gear Solid V is the fifth (obviously) installment to the MGS franchise produced by Hideo Kojima, a former gamer designer of the publisher Konami who are responsible for the series.

So lets jump into it, you want to know if this is the game for you. Metal Gear Solid has its own style of game play that can't be compared to anything but itself. Metal Gear invented this type of tactical, quirky stealth game play and it really is something brilliant. If you're somebody into anything other then action adventure/stealth games then right off the bat, NO, this isn't the game for you. If you're a die hard action adventure games then.. okay maybe it is but, you wont have nearly as much fun as you would if you played using tactics, cardboard boxes and route planning. Even though the game DOES allow you to run and gun as well as call attack helicopters and mortar strikes, this is the very base of the game. This method of playing allows no where near as much as stealth tactics.

Now the main feature I want to talk about is the shire size of the open world and everything included in it. Now to give you just an idea of how big it really is, I've logged about 20 hours into the game so far and im only 8% of the way through. The plains of Afghanistan are absolutely loaded with random activity's, bases to capture and a couple of hundred side ops missions. The only down fall to this I see is, sometimes it is a little over whelming to see just how much you have left to do, I like to 100% most games and I honestly think I will be playing this at least December.

This isn't a full review so you are not going to see page after page of game mechanics or how well it runs on PC vs. Console, I simply want to tell you if this is the game for you or not. With that said I think I can do that with just one sentence. Metal Gear Solid V Allows you as the player to Air lift just about anything into the sky using little tiny balloons - including, and most fun of all - people and animals.

Still not convinced? Well okay its more then just that, The Phantom Pain offers a kind of game play and story, especially the story, that will absolutely blow you away. From time to time I've found  myself trying to explain to friends why this game is great and why they should play it but in all honesty, this game has to be experienced 1st hand to really understand the feeling it gives you. MGS V is the fist game in years of AAA history to finally produce something worth this new price tag of £50/$60.

I do play a lot of stealth games from time to time but, MGS V is my first in the series due to never being interested in its hugely confusing story line, but boy am I glad I started with this one. The story of TPP is twisty and a little confusing to begin with but its nothing a few lore videos from YouTube can't set straight.

The last point I want to talk about is the Multiplayer. The god awful launch of the multiplayer was enough to make me loose all interest until they confirm the servers and feature itself is completely fixed and ready to go. Even then I still might not play it as the single player is enough to hold me over nicely. The online aspect allows you to build up your mother base and invade other players worlds to infiltrate their version of mother base which they have built up the same way you have, increasing security and weapons making it hard to win. Both players will face off trying to find each other as well as sneaking around and tracking, trying to come out on top.

Over all I have to give it to Konami for The Phantom Pain, it has provided an experience I haven't gotten with other games in a long long time. I personally recommend this game to those looking for a great single player with amazing characters and looking to get into stealth games. I definitely think Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a brilliant place to start for those looking to get into stealth games or this series. So is this the game for you? If you're looking for a massively open, free roaming, stealth tactic, guard strangling bonanza then yes. If you're looking for a Shoot em up adventure game then no probably not, you'd be better of waiting for Rainbow Six Siege or Black Ops III.

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Pokemon GO Allows You To Capture Pokemon With Your Phone.. Unless You Own A Windows Phone

Nintendo recently announced Pokemon GO, A Free-to-play app for both iOS and Android that allows you to see VR Pokemon on your phone depending where you are. The app works by tracking your location and directing you to a nearby address using a google map type system, here you will find a Pokemon sitting still and from here you try your best to catch it with Pokeballs. The free to play element comes in when you run out of Pokeballs or decide you want a better quality ball to increase capture rate. The game is being developed by Nintendo, Game Freak the guys behind the original Pokemon games and Niantic a company known best for its GPS work in apps.

This idea remind me a lot of a different app called GEOCASH where people would fill a tiny box with a mini note pad to sign your name and a few small trinkets, players would follow directions and clues to find the box once at the location and put the box back where you found it once finished signing.. but as you can guess people stole the boxes or hid them very very very well. The map system used for this app wasn't too great and I just have high hopes Niantic don't make the same mistake of making the location too vague and hard to follow or the gimmick will wear of very soon.

So what else can you do with Pokemon GO? Well there's a few things that were highlighted in the trailer shown and they were trading, battling and special social events. Trading allows you to complete your Pokedex collection by swapping your spare Pokemon with your friends to get the ones you couldn't find. It works similar to the original Pokemon game trading system where you must give 1 to get 1 so this means you will have to make pointless journeys to catch Pokemon you already have. So good luck finding all those Zubats!

Battling Pokemon on the app wasn't shown to clear in the trailer, CGI Pokemon flying around the screen wasn't enough information to determine f you would control Pokemon the same was as the original games or if it would be an automated test of strength and level to decided who dies first. Not much information was given about this but we'll keep you posted if more details arise.

And the Social events? This was shown to us by a real life clock telling us its time to defeat MewTwo and we only have 10 hours to do so! This feature works the same way as Peter Molyneux's Curiosity  -you remember that load of nonsense about a massive prize?- Where players will help each other to whittle down the targets health and if completed in the time limit those who helped will receive prizes and add-ons to help them in game.

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Fallout 4 DLC Announced Already?

Besthda have already announced their DLC plans for the highly awaited Fallout 4. As they are still finishing up the game they haven't actually got a clue what the DLC will include but can promise you wont see it till 2016. Their main plan of action is to release a DLC season pass -a phrase dirtier than your month old bed sheets- for just $30. Before you roll your eyes in your head they have already promised this pass will grant you EVERY bit of downloadable content they create, and although that should be a given, I seem to remember quite a few games where a season pass would only get you the main DLC and not the smaller expansion.. Im looking at you Borderlands 2.

So just how much will they create? Well most people have compared the game to its predecessor Fallout 3, where 5 expansion were released, and have already called to the mountains in joy of how much DLC they will get for just 30 dollars. But I don't think this will be the case, I mean if we think about just how much work has already gone into Fallout 4 and how they have already explained there's over 400 hours of content in the main game, I just don't think they will go as far as 5 bonus content packs. I have a feeling they will go down the same road they did with Skyrim and release 2 DLC's of a good size which include game changing features such as the crossbow, dragon riding or completely new lands.

Along side the packs, they have also promised regular free updates similar to those they gave to us with Skyrim, these included horse back combat and kill cams so we can expect some nice little touch ups and fan requests. They did also announce their plans to release a new version of the content creator kit, used by themselves to develop the main game. Modders can pick this up for free a few months after the game hits shelves.

I have one hope for Fallout 4's future and that is Mod Week. A few years ago when Skyrim was released, Bethesda held a week where all the employs would create mods, little or big, and place them into a showcase. This week was responsible for both the Hearthstone DLC and the dragon mounts as well as a lot of the free updates. Having the same contest for Fallout 4 would bring great things, Im sure of it.

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Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen FINALLY Makes Its Way To PC

Capcom have announced that their semi-popular JRPG, Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen, will come to PC in January 2016. The game originally released for PS3 and Xbox 360 as Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen back in May 2012 but then saw a MASSIVE expansion and disc re-release in April 2013 with the same title.

Dragons Dogma will be available to buy via Steam and Local retailers for around £24.99 and DOES support Xbox 360 and Xbox ONE controller support as well as keyboard and mouse. Capcom have also promised a great improvement to the graphics as well as FULL Steam support including achievements.

The story tells of a hero wounded in battle with a mighty dragon who steals his heart forbidding him to die and live a life of torture unless he can slay the dragon in one final battle. The game is very much an 3rd person, open world RPG with huge fantasy elements that spawns a map that would take you a couple of hours to travel IRL as well as hundreds of side quests. The game has personally given me hundreds of hours of joy from swinging on the back of a troll to stabbing a griffin in the eye with a stick. The game introduces a great feature of companions who are completely customization and are able to be sent off to the online world and joins others in battle earning you rewards in the process.

Dragons Dogma has to be one of my favorite games and I couldn't recommend it enough to those who enjoy the likes of Skyrim, The Witcher series and Dragon Age.

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A Bug In Metal Gear Solid V:The Phantom Pain Could Corrupt Your Save File!

Konami have announced an official warning to Metal Gear Solid V: TPP players. The warning concerns those using Quiet as a buddy on mission 29 or 42 as this generates a bug capable of corrupting your save file. 

The problem occurs over all platforms, both last and current gen, and happens about roughly 95% of the time the missions are played with Quite present, according to players who have been testing the bug.

Konami have given a simple solution to stop the corruption problem happening and that is to NOT take the half naked pal along with you on those missions. Konami are working hard to get this fixed but for now, hope that it hasn't effected many players yet.

I want to know how many people this has already effected so let me know in the comments below if your save was wiped or maybe someone else you know? 

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PewDiePie Passes 10 Billion Views But Does He Deserve It?

You many know PewDiePie -Or Felix Kjellberg- he's the guy that runs the most popular YouTube channel of the same name and has been in the news recently discussing how he makes millions of dollars.

Well, Felix shared news of a pretty huge milestone with us via Twitter on the 6th of September and announced he had passed 10 billion views! Now first question.. 10 English billion or American billion? For those who don't know, an English billion is a million million where as American billion is a thousand million, which raises the question of just how many views he has.

Regardless of which, it is a pretty impressive achievement and I think its well deserved. Many people have talked trash about PewDiePie saying he's lazy by making money playing games and he doesn't deserve to be the biggest channel, but in all honesty he must put in so much effort to pump out videos daily for the past few years and have them still be funny and original.

Felix described his fame saying "It's Unsettling: I'm so central to YouTube now, and that puts me in the spotlight and raise a lot of questions like 'why is he big?"

PewDiePie may not be everyone's cup of tea due to the nature of his content, but there's no lying that we all want to earn the money he does by playing games right? I personally think Felix deserves his fame and brings a lot of joy to those who watch his videos so I say more power to him and keep up the good work, but do you? I want to know what you guys think in the comments below.

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Be Careful Of Fake Star Wars Battlefront Beta Websites

Soon After the announcement that EA would release an open beta for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront, many website pop'd up claiming to be the official registration sites. Of course they are scam sites trying to steal your email details along with your gamer tag for your console or PC. EA community manager Matthew Everett had this to say on the matter "Don't be fooled by fake beta sign-up sites, our beta registration will live on our official site here on www.starwars.ea.com"

The open beta will start in early October for fans who have pre-ordered the game but no news on how fans will receive access. So If you happen to see a site claiming to be the real thing be sure to help others out and report and post warnings to signal boost the scam.

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Is Bat Man Arkham Knight Finally Fixed?

You may remember Rocksteadys squeal to the popular action beat 'em up Arkham series, Arkham Knight, it had THE worst PC port of all time for a AAA game. The title released the same time as the console version with the only difference being the massive reports of game breaking problems that flooded the Steam forums soon after. Reports of graphical and hardware problems made the game unplayable even for those with top of the range gaming rigs. Rocksteady acknowledged this problem right away and felt like the best course of action would be pulling the game completely from Steam and the game has been unlisted since last June.

So after a few months of Rocksteady working day and night, they have finally released a patch for the game claiming to fix these reported bugs and problems. Reviews of the patch and game, after installing, are massively positive at the moment and confirm the game to be in a playable state.

As I didn't jump on the hype train for Arkham Knight I didn't experience the problems and nor can confirm if this information is true. However I do take the word of trusted Youtubers and Friends who own the game on PC.

So if you own a copy of the game be sure to find the latest patch and restore the game to its much deserved glory. 

Patch notes are listed below (credit to GameSpot)

• Reduced frame rate hitches
• Optimizations for system memory and Vram usage 
• Improved performance on all GPU's (requires latest drivers)
• More comprehensive in-game settings
• fixed low resolution texture bugs
• fixed hitches when running on mechanical hard drives (HDD)

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Amiibo giveaway!

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Fallout 4 Monopoly Board Game Announced By Bethesda

Everybody enjoys a nice friendly game of Monopoly right? Mum buys the brown locations and smiles every time someone lands on them, Dad buys the train stations thinking he'll  be the next big railroad baron and there's always someone who buys the expensive blue locations, laughing like a crazed knife killer when someone gets caught on Park Lane with 3 hotels, forcing people to mortgage their homes IRL to pay up.

Well now you and your friends -If they still want to be your friend after playing- can jump into the world of wasteland property ownership in the brand new Monopoly: Fallout edition. The board game was recently announced by Bethesda themselves via the official Twitter account. Only a few details of the game have been shared as of yet, explaining that the game will be a GameStop Exclusive and to be released side-by-side with Fallout 4. No news if the game will ship outside of North America. 

The company behind the board game have also collaborated with other game company's to bring us other special editions such as Assassins Creed and Legend of Zelda so I'd be very surprised if we didn't see a release here in the UK as we did with the others.

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Amazon Have Started Selling Nintendo Products And Digital Download Codes

Amazon, one of the biggest online retailers known worldwide made the decision a few years ago to not sell ANY Nintendo products first hand, people were able to buy the consoles through 3rd hand retailers but Amazon wouldn't allow anything to be sold by Nintendo themselves. No reason why was given and when Popular Magazine "Kotaku" interviewed N.O.A CEO, Reggie Fils-Aime, he also refused to comment on the situation.

Well I guess everything was worked out between the two company's because now fans are able to buy consoles, games and now digital download codes for both WiiU and 3DS via Amazon 1st hand. Nintendo now has their very own digital store front on Amazon.com and games previously only available through Nintendo's virtual console can be picked up on the website. A massive library of games ranging from the original Ocarina of Time to the highly anticipated Mario Maker are available through the online store and sell for the RRP.

I personally think this is a great step in the way of Nintendo, allowing their fans to take part in holiday sales for games and consoles and also granting a way of buying and redeeming games without being at our consoles

Games are bought AND redeemed on Amazon by logging into your Nintendo eSHOP account, don't worry if you don't quite understand the process, Amazon have provided a little tutorial to walk you through it.

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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Coming To Xbox/PS4/PC In October!

Early in the month of October we will see the release of a "technical test" Beta for the upcoming FPS being developed by DICE. Announced on the Battlefront blog by EA themselves we got a few details about what to expect when it releases.

The 2 game types to be featured on the Beta will be "Walker assault"on Hoth, a 40 player battle with the availability of 2 hero's, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The other, survival mission, pits you and a Rebel friend against waves of the Imperial force like a horde mode. There is a 3rd game type to be available called "Drop zone" but no news at all of what this game type will be about or when we will see it added. More news for "Drop zone" to be announced in the coming weeks. 

Stats, characters and levels will NOT transfer to the main game when purchased.

 

NEW Animal Crossing HHD And Hyrule Designed New Nintendo 3DS Consoles Announced

It is finally time for Nintendo of America to release the regular sized New Nintendo 3DS, which is still the stupidest name to exist, into the USA. On the release day of the New 3DS American Nintendo fans were only able to pick up the XL version of the brand new console and many fans questioned why. NOA did announce they didn't feel the market had a need for 2 sizes of the console with evidence of this being the withdrawals of the regular sized old 3DS from shop floors. Well now the time is here to let the USA finally get a hold of the smaller shape with the Famicom styled buttons and changeable face plates that we here in the UK have had for almost a year now.

The announcement comes with the news of 2 BRAND NEW designs starting with the regular sized Animal Crossing HHD style and a XL sized Hyrule design. The Animal Crossing console will be the first regular sized New 3DS to be sold in USA and will come with 2 changeable faceplates and a pack of Amiibo cards to work with the game. The Hyrule console however will se sold as a separate console with no added items.  Prices and pictures for both machines can be found below.

Animal Crossing 3DS Bundle: $219.99

Hyrule Designed 3DS: $199.99

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