LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 players can get their hands on new DLC based on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 starting today. It features a new level inspired by the movie’s opening scene where players battle a giant alien monster known as the Abilisk. It also adds Star-Lord (variant), Kraglin, Stakar Ogord, Tullk, Rocket (Ravager variant), and Ego as new characters.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 pack can be purchased as individual content or as part of the season pass. The season pass is also included in the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Deluxe Edition.

Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR

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The Escapists 2 launches January 11 on Switch

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 1 Comment

The Escapists 2 finally has a release date on Switch. Today, Team17 announced that the game is hitting the eShop on January 11 for $19.99 / £19.99 / €19.99. It will be up for pre-load on January 4.

The Escapists 2 will let you play with a friend via a local two player split screen mode, where you can use either a Joy-Con or Pro Controller to escape from jail with a friend.

We have more information and a Switch trailer for The Escapists 2 below.

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2DS XL Pikachu Edition, Pokemon Crystal pre-orders open on the Nintendo UK store

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The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders for two upcoming Pokemon products. You can reserve the 2DS XL Pikachu Edition (which also comes with a mug) here, and Pokemon Crystal for 3DS here. Both launch on January 26.

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Sparkle Unleashed footage

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10tons is bringing yet another game to Switch this week with Sparkle Unleashed. Get a look at some footage below.

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Valkyria Chronicles 4: details on new characters and leveling system, Welkin DLC

Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 12 Comments

The upcoming issue of Famitsu features an article on Valkyria Chronicles 4. We will have more details once we get our hands on the full issue of the magazine tomorrow, but for now here’s what we learned from the preview of the article on Famitsu’s website (thanks to Siliconera for the translation):

First up, some details on the game’s leveling system. You don’t actually level up each character individually, but rather the classes as a whole. After you reach a certain experience threshold, you can upgrade the units belonging to that class.

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Famitsu review scores (12/19/17)

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Phil’s Epic Fill-a-Pix Adventure (3DS) – 7/7/8/6
Mujo (Switch) – 6/7/7/7

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A look at the new History Mode maps in the upcoming Fire Emblem Warriors DLC

Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Screenshots, Switch | 2 Comments

The official Japanese Fire Emblem Warriors Twitter account has posted screenshots of the three new History Mode maps that will be part of the game’s first DLC pack launching this week. Azura’s map is based on the destroyed Hoshidan village square as seen in chapter 5 of Fire Emblem Fates, “Mother”. The other two maps are based on the ice tribe’s village and Izumo castle.

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Mario Odyssey sells more than 200,000 units in Germany in November, Splatoon 2 more than 100,000

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The BIU, the German games industry association, has revealed its sales awards for this past November. Super Mario Odyssey has received the platinum award, which means that it sold between 200,000 and 500,000 copies in November alone. Splatoon 2 got the gold award, meaning that it sold between 100,000 and 200,000 copies.

These are both very impressive numbers, especially since Mario Odyssey launched in October and Splatoon 2 was released all the way back in July.

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Pokemon Shuffle update (12/19/17)

Posted on 7 years ago by Nick in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Shiny Charizard is being distributed to all players of Pokemon Shuffle. A new Bewear stage is now available for Pokemon Shuffle and will be up until January 2nd. A stage for Dugtrio and Mega Beedrill competitive stage are also up and will be available until December 26th. Groudon, Ash-Greninja and Landorus Therian Forme have also started their repeat runs.