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Xbox One launching in November for $499

Microsoft’s next generation — the Xbox One — console is set to release just before this year’s holiday season for 21 countries and priced at $499 (for the EU it’s 499 euros, and £429


Microsoft unveils the Xbox One

While we’re still waiting for Sony’s upcoming hardware reveal for the PlayStation 4, Microsoft is a step ahead in revealing it’s next generation console,  the Xbox One. Unlike PlayStation 4 reveal which focuses on upcoming


PSN bundles 10 games with all their DLCs

Looks like it’s time to prepare your wallets again, this time it’s for the Ultimate Deals via the PlayStation Store.   Debuting exclusively for the PSN are Ultimate Editions for 10 titles for the


SimCity [2013] official Patch 2.0 changelog

The highly anticipated 2.0 patch of SimCity is finally available. Just fire up your game clients to automatically download and install the patch. Full change log available below: What’s New Mayors Mansion: Mayors will now drive their


[Rumor] Microsoft sets Xbox event for May, $500 base price, $300 for subscription model

April was supposed to be the month for the next gen Xbox reveal but Microsoft has reportedly pushed this date back.  According to Paul Thurrott of  WinSupersite (an avid watcher of all things MS), the


Shin Megami Tensei IV confirmed for US release

Atlus has officially confirmed that Shin Megami Tensei IV will be arriving in North America sometime this summer. No release date has been announced but the downside of such a popular franchise is that Atlus is branding


Resourcing: Mining, Fishing, Bug-catching, etc

Resourcing in Monster Hunter games simple means gathering materials for weapons, armors, upgrades, villager requests, etc. MINING Mining is one of the most useful types of item gathering. You’ll need a pickaxe of some sort. The


[Rumor] No More Heroes 3 in the works?

During an interview with Famitsu, Grasshopper Manufacture boss Goichi Suda AKA Suda51 has unveiled the concept art for an unannounced action title.  In one of the presented slides appear to be one of No


Verifying your Character’s Charm Table

There are two ways to verify on which table your character has been set on: the Fish Mongress and the Charm Table list. Wrangling with the Fish Mongress The easiest (but most time consuming) is by


Food Combinations

Moga Village has a Felyne cook that’ll allow you to feast on his meals for added stats and bonuses. Use the table below as a guide for the best results. Happy Hunting! Combine


Item Combination Formulas

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate has a massive update to the existing combination database so even if you aren’t new to the series and here’s a compilation of the current Item Combinations for the game. Success


Origin starts Player Appreciation Sale

Now who says Origin doesn’t have sales like Steam?  And right after EA decides to give away free games to SimCity players too — which might leave a nasty aftertaste to those looking forward


A beginner’s guide to Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

This guide is meant to help ease newbies into Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. If you’re an advanced player, chances are you’ll only need to take note of what’s changed in the game compared to


XSEED localization specialist explains why most games don’t get dual audio

Ever wondered why most games coming out of Japan for localization gets their original Japanese voices stripped away?  So many great games like Final Fantasy XIII-2 (yes, my R3 copy had english voices :(),


Fire Emblem: Awakening exceeds 180,000 sales in February

According to Nintendo’s interview with VentureBeat, Fire Emblem: Awakening has sold more than 180,000 physical copies o, including 63,000 digital ones.  Impressive considering that last Fire Emblem’s lifetime sale was just 250,000 over it’s five year availability. VentureBeat’s


Spotpass freebies set to roll out for Fire Emblem: Awakening

A string of free DLC maps is set to be available for free via the 3DS Spotpass download service for Fire Emblem: Awakening owners. Today, you’ll get A Hard Miracle which is about Chrom and the gang rescuing a group


Sega hints Hatsune Miku Project Diva F localization

Just the official release of the PlayStation 3 counter part of Hatsune Miku Project Diva: F hits Japan, Sega teased fans with the following image over at it’s fan page: The caption was “like &


SimCity [2013] Crash to Desktop, Online Issues, White Screen problems and various fixes

SimCity has just launched and like most PC games in memory, there’s a LOT of issues to be had — mostly with the always-online DRM of the game but that’s really out of our


Here’s what you need to know about the PlayStation 4

A few hours after the Feb 20, PlayStation Meeting, the internet is still heavily buzzing with news of the new PlayStation console. Here’s a compilation of information about what we know so far on Sony’s


3DS Japanese sales hit 10 million units

As of January 6, 2013 Nintendo has sold 10,068,192 Japanese units of the Nintendo 3DS (this of course includes units bought from Japan and shipped to neighboring countries). If you can’t read moonrunes, the graph


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