The results are in for TIME’s top 10 games of 2012.
Here’s how things panned out:
1. Guild Wars 2
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Dishonored
5. Assassin’s Creed III
6. Papo & Yo
7. The Last Story
8. LittleBigPlanet Vita
9. Halo 4
10. Torchlight
I’ve got to say… I’m impressed that TIME actually included two Wii games in its list. Xenoblade Chronicles in particular is certainly deserving of the honor!
The 3DS eShop is listing Bit.Trip Saga for a digital release. And compared to the original retail launch, the game will now carry a steep price drop.
3DS owners will be able to purchase Bit.Trip Saga from the eShop on December 20. The game’s price tag will be just $14.99. Not a bad price at all!
Assassin’s Creed III is a pretty positive and honest representation of the Mowhawk people, according to members of the tribe and historians who study it. A big reason for this is because Ubisoft brought on a man named Thomas Deer, who is a cultural liaison officer working for the Kahnawake Language and Cultural Center, to help make sure they didn’t misrepresent or include anything offensive, false, or demeaning about Mowhawk culture in the game.
Originally the game allowed players (who play as a Mowhawk tribesman) to scalp enemies, but according to Deer that never happened in the particular tribe that the game represents. So they took it out!
As part of a surprise at the end of yesterday’s European Nintendo Direct, Wario Land 3 was released on the 3DS eShop. System owners can purchase the Virtual Console title now for £4.49 / €4.99.
We’ve posted some screenshots of the classic game in the gallery above.
The pearl pink 3DS XL was previously available only as part of a limited edition bundle. Now Nintendo has released the system to various North American retailers as a standalone product.
Currently, the system can be purchased from Best Buy and Target and through through third-party sellers on Amazon.
GameStop will also be selling the pink 3DS XL starting on December 9. Polygon reports that the 3DS and 3DS XL will come with a free copy of Steel Diver or any Nintendogs title.
This week’s Japanese 3DS eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Titles
Toriko Gurume Monsters! DEMO – FREE
Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma Kurakura Sweets Tower DEMO – FREE
Boku wa K?k?kanseikan Airport Hero 3D Narita with ANA DEMO – FREE
Reco Choku (12/3, music service) – FREE
Azito 3D Tokyo – 500 yen
Aero Porter – 800 yen
Shinobi Spirits Sanda J? Y?shiden – 500 yen
Paper Mario: Super Seal (Sticker Star, releases 12/6) – 4,800 yen
Monster Hunter 3 (tri) G (releases 12/6) – 3,400 yen
Dead or Alive Dimensions (releases 12/6) – 5,400 yen
DLC
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Challenge Pack C, Platform Panic Pack) – 200 yen each
Virtual Console
Solomon no Kagi (Solomon’s Key, Famicom) – 500 yen
Video Content
Assassin’s Creed III trailer
Sports Connection
New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC video preview
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney preview video
Nintendo Direct video
Endgame Studios has finally confirmed that Fractured Soul will be arriving on the 3DS eShop next month. It will also launch in Australia and New Zealand on the same day, which is Janaury 10.
According to the studio:
“It’s coming out on January 10. We don’t know the price yet – it’s still in discussion with Nintendo Europe. And of course, the free demo is releasing tomorrow (Dec 6) in the USA – the first world of the game playable for free.”
