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Fire Emblem for Game Boy Advance, the first Fire Emblem game to come to North America, is now available on Wii U Virtual Console.
Released in 2003, Fire Emblem finally made its way to North America thanks in part to the popularity of Advance Wars and the appearance of Fire Emblem characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, which released in 2001.
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Tearaway: Unfolded's PlayStation Experience trailer showcases how the game is using the PlayStation 4 controller.
You can check out the trailer below, which shows the DualShock 4 controller's touchpad being used, as well as its motion capabilities.
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GameInformer News The latest Did You Know Gaming video looks at what could have been, what almost was, and why it is the way it is in the Mario universe.
The video looks at the doomed from the beginning CD-i games starring Mario, as well as a Mario Volleyball title from the makers of Super Mario Strikers that was deemed to violent for Nintendo's standards.
If you want to see us play Hotel Mario, the Philips CD-i Mario game that did make it to store shelves, head here and stick around for the Roulette segment.
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Described as "space combat, trading, exploration, adventure, slightly RPG," by Double Damage Games co-founder and developer Travis Baldree, Rebel Galaxy is one of the games that caught my eye the most at Sony's PlayStation Experience in Las Vegas. Baldree continued his comparison, saying, "if you took Sid Meier's Pirates, Star Control II, and the naval combat of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, and you sew it together with a little bit of Wing Commander: Privateer – that's sort of what this is."
It's an ambitious blend of genres and games, yet the development team is just two people: Baldree and Erich Shaefer. The names may ring a bell, as they were the co-founders of Runic Games, the studio behind Torchlight and Torchlight 2. Baldree and Shaefer told me development is moving along nicely, and they hope to have the game out on PlayStation 4 and PC in 2015.
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GameInformer News As a launch title for the PlayStation, Tekken is also celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend.
In celebration, Bandai Namco has put together a video running through the series, showing how far the game's visuals have evolved over two decades.
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One of my first stops on the PlayStation Experience expo floor was to see Sony San Diego's new intellectual property, Kill Strain, a game that was announced (but not shown) during Sony's lengthy keynote.Talking to a developer from Sony San Diego's team, Kill Strain has been in development for roughly three to four months with a small team of around 15 people.
Sony is billing Kill Strain as a 5v2v5 top-down, action shooter; a MOBA-like game that pits three teams against each another. Two of the teams are rival human factions, both composed of five players. The humans are at war with each other for resources. The third team is a mutant legion consisting of just two players. The mutants are stronger than the humans, and are driven by bloodlust. The death they deal can greatly affect the tide of battle.
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At PlayStation Experience, Ready at Dawn gave us a new look at The Order: 1886. We got a glimpse last night at The Game Awards, but in this new video, we see a longer stretch of combat.
The Knights are fighting in the kitchen of an airship, fighting against rebel forces. You’ll notice context sensitive melee combat, including attacks that use the environment.
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Sony is creating faceplates PlayStation 4 owners can attach to their console.
The video below explains how to change out your faceplate, which might not be immediately apparent if you have a PlayStation 4.
Xbox 360 similarly featured the ability to change out faceplates, but it never seemed to take off.
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During the PlayStation Experience God of War retrospective, God of War II director Cory Barlog confirmed a new God of War is in development.
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We don't know when we will be able to start playing, but you can go ahead and sign up to join the beta for the PlayStation 4 version of Planetside 2.
If you submit your e-mail address, you will receive the message, "Thank you for submitting your email address! We will keep you updated as we prepare to launch PlanetSide 2 on the PS4."
Planetside 2 was meant to release for PlayStation 4 early 2014, but it missed that window by quite a large margin.