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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(Picture from Bethesda tweet)

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.

Check out Nintendo's digital store front HERE

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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