Monday, August 6, 2012

Episode 36: Free-To-Play

Let's not waste time and dive right into what's new this week.

Coming to PS3 and Vita is a music based game called Sound Shapes. This is basically a high tech version of the music maker from Mario Paint on SNES. You make music with shapes.



Persona 4 Arena hits PS3 and Xbox360 this week. It's a tournament fighter where you play in a TV world where characters fight using their alter egos.



Lastly, coming to Xbox Arcade this week is Hybrid which is a first person shooter that features jetpacks for air combat.



In other gaming news, Star Wars: The Old Republic is going free-to-play! Most of the game will now be free to all players but some content will require the $14.99 monthly subscription.

Nintendo is finally putting some more grown up content on their console with Mass Effect 3 announced as a launch title on the Wii U (no launch date has been set yet). FIFA Soccer 13 and Madden 13 will also be launch titles for the Wii U.

Speaking of Mass Effect 3, the Leviathan expansion pack will be coming later this summer. Here's the trailer:



And while we're talking expansions, Skyrim's expansion Dawnstar is now live on PC. The creators aren't happy with how it's running on PS3 so they haven't set a launch date for PS3 yet.

A new trailer for Pokemon Black Version 1 and Pokemon White Version 2 hit the web. Both games will release October 7th.



And lastly, Jay-Z is an executive producer for NBA 2K13 and his style can be seen everywhere from the soundtrack he chose, the menu designs, and even his style of artwork in the layouts. Hits stores October 2nd.

And that wraps it up for this week, still a few games trickling in each week but the big stuff will come flooding in as we get closer and closer to the holidays. Until next time, get out there and get your game on!

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