Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled dev on being authentic to the original, improvements, more
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Activision confirmed this week that it has plans to remaster the PlayStation classic Crash Team Racing. It’ll be coming to Switch next June as Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Following the announcement, creative director Thomas Wilson from Beenox shared a few words about the project. He spoke about the team’s intentions to be authentic to the original game, improvements for this iteration, and more.
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Sakurai talks working with third-parties on Smash Bros. characters
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Super Smash Bros. originally started out as a game with Nintendo-only characters. However, over the past few entries, we’ve seen more and more third-party representatives.
Speaking with EDGE this month, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai gave some insight into the process of working with third-parties and getting their characters into the game. Here’s what he shared on that front:
Lapis X Labyrinth getting a limited edition
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Usually when NIS America announces a game for the west, it’s accompanied by a limited edition. That’ll be the case for Lapis X Labyrinth, which was announced for North America and Europe earlier today.
Copies will include:
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order pre-orders open
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Nintendo surprised everyone at The Game Awards this week with the announcement of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. It’s a unique partnership that will land Switch a new exclusive.
Following up on the news, retailers are starting to take pre-orders. Amazon has it here while Best Buy has it here.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order launches in 2019.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season – Episode 3 launches January 15
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The next chapter in The Walking Dead: The Final Season has finally emerged, with Skybound Games showing a trailer and release date during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase. Fans can look forward to episode 3 on January 15.
Here’s the new video:
The Walking Dead: The Final Season Episode 3 arrives 1/15/19. @SkyboundGames #KFGShowcase #StillNotBitten pic.twitter.com/LODpnqbEqT
— Kinda Funny (@KindaFunnyVids) December 8, 2018
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Rival Megagun, Windjammers, Celeste physical releases announced
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A trio of games were announced for physical release during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase today.
First up, the recent shoot ’em up Rival Megagun is going physical. Meanwhile, Limited Run Games is preparing physical copies of Windjammers and Celeste. The latter two titles will be up for pre-order on December 21 and January 1 respectively.
NIS America bringing Lapis x Labyrinth west next year
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Lapis x Labyrinth is coming west, NIS America has announced. The news was just shared during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase. A release is planned for 2019.
Reggie says Joker in Smash Bros. Ultimate is “emblematic” of DLC approach, quiet on Persona 5 for Switch
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime was in attendance at The Game Awards where Nintendo unveiled Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s first DLC pack character. After the show ended, IGN caught up with the executive to talk about what fans can expect regarding future additional content in the future.
Reggie shared the following:
Kinda Funny Games Showcase live stream
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If you didn’t have your fill of game announcements from The Game Awards, you’ll be happy to hear that there’s even more to come from the Kinda Funny Games Showcase. Over 60 titles will be featured during the event. Not all of them will be Nintendo-related, but we do know that projects such as Double Cross and YIIK will be showing up here. Companies like NIS America are also teasing announcements.
The Kinda Funny Games Showcase will begin at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe. You can watch the stream as it happens below. We’ll report back with any important news with fresh posts on the site.
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Darkest Dungeon getting a collector’s edition on Switch
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Darkest Dungeon saw a physical version earlier this year. Now thanks to Merge Games, the game will be receiving a collector’s edition in two types.
The regular collector’s edition appears to just be the game with all DLC. Downloadable content includes The Shield Breaker, The Color of Madness, The Crimson Court, and The Musketeer.
There will also be a Signature Edition for the collector’s edition, which includes: