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GameInformer News Nearly everyone's heard some form of Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. theme. Even if you've never played a Mario game (shame on you!), the infectious song has been played and remixed more times than Mario has saved Peach. YouTube user Ian Schlueter has a decidedly different take on the tune: Super Mario Bros. in 3D printer minor.
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3D printers don't traditionally make music, but if you have one lying around the house, you can hack it to. All you need to do is convert a MIDI file into Gcode, the language 3D printers use, and get it to run on your printer. From there, the printer's motors and machinery will make the music. Those of us who don't have a 3D printer can live vicariously through YouTube.
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GameInformer News Capcom's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is out now on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS, and Capcom released a new trailer to commemorate the occasion. The game, which includes Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Justice For All, and Trials and Tribulations, is available as a download for $29.99. As of right now no physical release is planned.
The trailer shows clips from all three DS titles, remastered with higher resolution graphics, introducing Phoenix as well as rival prosecutors including Miles Edgeworth.
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Origin's 'On the House' initiative is offering a new free game with no strings attached: SimCity 2000.
Released a full six years before the actual year 2000, you can grab SimCity 2000 for free as long as you have an Origin account by heading here. On the House games from Origin are completely free to download, you get the full game, and your license does not expire.
When the game released two years later for the Super Nintendo in 1996 we scored it an 8/10.
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Crota's End, Destiny's latest raid which features a fight against Crota, has already been defeated.
Included in the The Dark Below DLC, which released today, the Crota's End raid pits players against Crota, a leader and god to the Hive. The raid was defeated by a group going by Invigorate Gaming.
Crota was defeated by 7 players in 6 hours. We've reached out to @InvigorateINV for comments. Stand by... pic.twitter.com/ZesgGYZoUv
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GameInformer News A collection of new DLC microtransactions are now available for The Last of Us adding new weapons, gestures, and execution animations.
You can check out the breakdown and prices of the new add-ons below.
The DLC is available for both PlayStation 3 and 4, but some of the animations are not available for the PlayStation 3 version. According to Naughty Dog's Eric Monacelli, the cuts were made due to memory constraints on the PlayStation 3 hardware.
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GameInformer News LittleBigPlanet is a series renowned for its player creation tools, and nobody knows how to use them better than its developers. The team put together a retrospective video featuring 20 years’ worth of PlayStation classics, most of which were created using the in-game level- and character-editing toolset.
The video sweeps from PaRappa the Rapper and Twisted Metal to Uncharted 2 and The Last of Us with an adorable adeptness, showcasing the variety of LittleBigPlanet 3’s creation tools. The video below is one more neato little thing to come out of PlayStation Experience, and it was another great way to celebrate 20 years of PlayStation.
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Ever since Microsoft announced at Gamescom that Rise of the Tomb Raider is an Xbox exclusive for Holiday 2015, questions have swirled about what that means. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer later qualified the arrangement a bit, though the complexities of the deal are still unknown.
"Obviously the deal does have a duration,” he told Eurogamer. “I didn't buy the IP in perpetuity."
Yesterday afternoon, Xbox marketing chief Aaron Greenberg told a fan that Microsoft is publishing the game.
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Microsoft's Larry Hyrb crashed Sunset TV to help announce The Mystery Of Mooil Rig Sunset Overdrive DLC, and share his disappointment that he will probably never host The Price is Right.
Sunset Overdrive's first story DLC takes place on an oil rig out in the ocean which is sending out a mysterious distress signal. The DLC comes included with new mechanics and abilities that will make traveling on and around the water easier. The Mystery Of Mooil Rig DLC will be be available December 23.
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Zen Studios' latest pinball table, Venom Pinball, is hitting a slew of systems this week. To mark the release, the studio has unveiled a launch trailer that shows the game in action.
The clip shows some of the game's various modes, including a quick glimpse of the Carnage playfield where players recreate the villain's history. You can also see shots of bells being rung (it's a Venom table, after all), and Spidey calling in for backup.
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Microsoft has announced updates to the Twitch experience that will make it easier to find specific content. An update that goes live today introduces extensive filtering options tailored to specific games.
In a new video, you’ll get a look at some of the options you can explore to find streams that meet your requirements. For instance, you can filter Call of Duty by Kill/Death ratio, prestige, win percentage, and more.
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