REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New PAX, New Nintendo 3DS XL! During the first PAX South event in San Antonio, Texas, from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25, Nintendo is giving fans a chance to get some hands-on time with the New Nintendo 3DS XL system before it launches in the U.S. on Feb. 13. Upcoming Nintendo 3DS games The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, which both use the enhanced features of New Nintendo 3DS XL, will also be available to play.

Enter the realms of Elvenar: Closed Beta started!

InnoGames opens the gate to the enchanted world of its latest strategy game

Hamburg, January 20, 2015. Today, InnoGames launched the closed beta of its online fantasy game Elvenar. The strategic city builder will start with a moderate number of people to ensure server stability, before more keys will be given out to interested players. In order to join the beta as one of the first, pre-registered players, gamers should check for an email containing their beta key. InnoGames is also giving out the first batches of keys via social media pages, such as Facebook. The game can be found at www.elvenar.com

“El Dorado” Expansion for Europa Universalis IVLets You Go For Gold
February Add-On Adds On New Events and Tools

STOCKHOLM — January 20, 2015 — Legends tell of a great city deep in the jungle. It is rich in all the pleasures of mankind, and is so full of gold that the residents count this metal as nothing. The daring explorer that finds this city will bring glory to his king – and infinite riches to his pocket. Now Paradox Development Studio brings the adventure and politics of the Spanish conquest to life with the El Dorado expansion for Europa Universalis IV.

ODIN BATTLE, WORLD OF DARKNESS AND GILGAMESH FEATURED IN FINAL FANTASY XIV PATCH 2.5

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 20, 2015) – The conclusion of the main scenario of FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn ®  begins today with the release of Patch 2.5, titled “Before the Fall™” Part One, in preparation for the upcoming release of HEAVENSWARD™, the first major expansion releasing in Spring 2015.

DIRECTOR OF FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD HAJIME TABATA TO ANSWER FAN QUESTIONS ON UPCOMING REDDIT AMA

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 20, 2015) – Before the release of FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD, SQUARE ENIX® will be hosting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the game’s director, Hajime Tabata, on January 23 at 10:00 a.m. PST. Fans are encouraged to join and participate in the discussion as Tabata will be answering questions specific to FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD. Fans with questions relating to FINAL FANTASY® XV are asked to hold onto those questions as the title will not be discussed at this time. For more updates on the AMA, visit the Reddit AMA Page (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/) and the game’s official Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasyType0).

"A beautiful game with a soundtrack to match" - Classic FM
 
New York (January 20, 2015) - Sumthing Else Music Works today announced the worldwide digital release of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Original Soundtrack featuring the original score from the breathtakingly atmospheric first-person mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. Created by jazz and classically-trained Polish composer Mikolai Stroinski (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Dark Souls 2 trailer), the game's evocative music soundtrack will be available digitally from Sumthing.com, iTunes, Amazon and other digital music sites on January 27.

It may not be an epic rap battle, but this fight between the Vault Dweller and the Dragonborn from YouTube channel andrewmfilms is some quality action storytelling. After popping the top and enjoying a Nuka break, the Vault Dweller finds his Pip-boy malfunctioning, transporting him someplace colder, and against a enemy in serious need of a lozenge.

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Have you ever played Maniac Mansion and thought to yourself, "Man, this game needs some more Gradius!" well you're in luck.

A stylish 2D fighting game created from the combined effort of Arc System Works and French Bread, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system ships February 24th, 2015 . With 16 characters to choose from, find your own way to play, fighting online using Arc System Work's famed netcode or testing your skills in the Score Attack, Time Attack, and Survival modes!

Obsidian Entertainment and the Allods Team are offering a rare, in-depth look of the combat system from the upcoming fantasy MMORPG Skyforge with an all new Developer Diary. The Developer Diary describes the journey the combat system of the game has taken from more traditional MMO combat, to the unique, fluid, action-oriented combat of Skyforge today. The team looked at action and arcade fighting games for inspiration in combat, creating an MMO that uses a more sophisticated combo system. The Developer Diary also answers questions like why character classes can heal, but there is no healer role in Skyforge.

As long, bitter winters set in across Europe and crops wither in the field, the Gothic people find themselves at a turning point. Furthermore, their homelands to the west of the Black Sea lie directly in the path of Attila The Hun’s terrifying ambition. To survive, they must learn to live as wayfarers, ranging far afield in order to find a secure, more fertile home.

SEGA announced today that 3D After Burner II™, the first release in the second series of 3D re-masterings exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™ is now available in the Americas and Europe to download in the Nintendo eShop.

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Official soundtrack released on iTunes

Los Angeles (January 15, 2015) - Award-winning composer Cris Velasco (Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Darksiders, God of War) has created the original score for Assassin's Creed® Unity - Dead Kings, the latest chapter in Ubisoft's historical action-adventure open world video game series. Set during the French Revolution, Dead Kings is a fully-fledged single-player campaign that continues Master Assassin Arno Dorian's story after the events of Assassin's Creed® Unity. The Assassin's Creed Unity - Dead Kings Original Soundtrack is now available on iTunes.

Avernum 2 is now available on a vairety of sources.

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls is an epic, indie, fantasy role-playing adventure in a unique, massive world. The subterranean land of Avernum is full of strange caves, cunning dungeons, and the alien inhabitants of the underworld. Explore a massive, underground nation of tunnels and caverns, packed with over 100 towns and dungeons. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests.

NOSGOTH OPEN BETA BEGINS NEXT WEEK, Humans vs Vampires online PVP free to all January 21st

LOS ANGELES, January 14, 2015: Square Enix and Psyonix are delighted to announce that Nosgoth, the free to play team based competitive multiplayer will launch worldwide into Open Beta on 21st January at 10.00AM Pacific/1.00PM Eastern.