Go, LEGO Ninjago, go! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group today announced the second installment to the highly popular LEGO Ninjago franchise, LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids comes to the Nintendo 3DS handheld system and PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system this summer. Developed by Hellbent Games in partnership with TT Games, the latest LEGO handheld game delivers a high-kicking action oriented gameplay experience based on the hit LEGO Ninjago TV show and play theme.

“It’s been over two years since we introduced our first LEGO Ninjago game, and we are excited to bring the series back for our fans with LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “Young gamers will have loads of fun playing as their favorite Ninja, and we’re introducing new characters and new villains — – it’s the ultimate Ninja action game for kids!”

LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids will feature 30 fast-paced, action-packed levels that follow the key plot scenarios featured in the “LEGO Ninjago Rebooted” animated series. In the game, the player must fight like a true Spinjitsu Master, using special moves and combo attacks or secret weapons like Technoblades to hack into computers to solve puzzles and defend the city.

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For the second consecutive year, Activision Publishing, Inc. and McDonald’s USA LLC are teaming up to infuse a little bit of magic into every Happy Meal across the country with new Skylanders collectible toys. From March 28-April 24, participating McDonald’s restaurants in the United States and Puerto Rico will launch a new Skylanders Happy Meal featuring one of eight unique toys inspired by Skylanders SWAP Force.

Participating McDonald’s restaurants across the United States and Puerto Rico will offer customers who purchase a Happy Meal one of eight toys to add to their collections, each with a unique play feature, as well as coupons for $10 off the Skylanders SWAP Force Starter Pack and $1 off a Skylanders character.

The upcoming Happy Meal program includes figurines inspired by such fan-favorite Skylanders SWAP Force characters as Chompy, Eruptor, Free Ranger, Freeze Blade, Magna Charge, Prism Break, Rattle Shake and Wash Buckler, all of which are based on the $2 billion, award-winning video game and action figure toy line that pioneered the toys-to-life genre.

Please note these are just cool toys, they do not work with the Skylanders videogame.

Skylanders McDonald’s Skylanders Swap Force Happy Meal Toy Pictures:

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a new game from Obsidian Entertainment and South Park Digital Studios. Based upon the television show South Park, the premise is to bring you into the cartoon like you’ve never been before. Unfortunately, games based upon existing intellectual property is almost a definite sign that the game will be average at best. Obsidian Entertainment, on the other hand, has been the exception in these cases. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II was fantastic but rushed. Fallout: New Vegas was amazing. Both of these titles were based on existing games though, the framework was already largely set. One of Obsidian’s original titles Alpha Protocol, showed great promise but had quite a few problems. Now this brings us to South Park, an existing property but no existing game framework which to build upon and improve. Can they take that expertise and make an original game based upon South Park?

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Tales of Symphonia was released back in 2004 for the Nintendo Gamecube, and was ported to the PS2 a year later, and Dawn of the New World released for the Wii in 2008. This collection of the two games is based on idea of eschewing the notion of a ‘Remaster’ or ‘HD’ port, seeking only to faithfully transfer the titles to the PS3 as closely as possible. This of course means that no extra effort was made to improve the games, aside from a few small aspects. And the flaws inherit in each of these titles are more painfully made aware.

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uring GDC, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) released an all-new Player Studio video that highlights the program’s popularity in the award-winning MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2. One of SOE’s most successful community driven programs to date, PlanetSide 2 players have submitted more than 2,000 item creations since the launch of Player Studio eight months ago, and nearly 470 have made it to the Marketplace.

Watch the video to hear how some of the program’s most successful creators are doing, how much money they’ve earned and learn more about the success of Player Studio.

More information on Player Studio can be found here: https://www.planetside2.com/player-studio.

After almost a month of enticing Canadians with the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest, Nintendo of Canada has finally unpeeled the closely guarded secret about the number of bananas found frozen in a block of ice deep in the Canadian wilderness. Check out the behind-the-scenes video to see all of Donkey Kong’s hilarious Banana Mania shenanigans.

In total, 4,835 bananas were inside a frozen block of ice as part of the Banana Mania Contest in support of the February 21 launch of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, which saw participation from thousands of fans from across Canada. One lucky winner from Medicine Hat, AB was awarded the grand prize that includes a four-day adventure trip for four to Whistler Blackcomb, a Wii U Deluxe Set system, a copy of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, a Wii Remote Plus controller and Nunchuk controller, which was valued at $9,740.

But there wasn’t just one big winner of the Banana Mania Contest. Nintendo of Canada and Donkey Kong donated all of the bananas to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to over 28,000 people weekly through 15 food depots and over 100 community agencies located in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and North Vancouver.

“Nintendo of Canada was pleased to share this experience with the thousands of Donkey Kong fans who celebrated this latest game launch with us,” said Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada’s vice-president and general manager. “We are just as bananas as our fans about Donkey Kong and look forward to swinging, swimming, leaping and barrel-blasting through Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze!”

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Today, Ubisoft releases a brand new trailer for the upcoming 2D RPG, Child of Light. Inspired by watercolor artwork from the Golden Age of Illustration, Child of Light takes players on an extraordinary journey through the mystical world of Lemuria. Check out the trailer for a behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration for the art of Child of Light.

Child of Light Making Of:

Child of Light will be available to download for $14.99 on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U on April 30th and is rated E10 for “Everyone 10+.”

For more information on Child of Light, please visit: http://www.childoflight.ubi.com

Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. and Kojima Productions announced today that its stealth action adventure game, METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES is now available for purchase in North, Central, and South America.

“METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES marks a unique approach from our team by providing players with a prologue leading up to the eagerly awaited open world METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN,”said Hideo Kojima, Creator of the METAL GEAR SOLID series and head of Kojima Productions. “GROUND ZEROES gives new and old franchise players a chance to get in on the ground floor and introduce them to the story and some of the major changes to the game design while they wait for THE PHANTOM PAIN.”

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Launch Trailer:

Set in 1975, the GROUND ZEROES story centers on Big Boss, legendary hero and mercenary, as he infiltrates a secret Cuban prison camp called “Camp Omega” on a rescue mission with a need to remain undetected. Quickly, he finds himself behind enemy lines in a massive base with the freedom to choose what route to take; he can attempt pure stealth, open action, or something in between – how the mission is carried out is entirely up to each individual player. The game also features additional side missions that extends gameplay beyond the main prologue mission.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Gauntlet, a completely modernized action RPG version of the celebrated dungeon crawler, will be available this summer via Steam for PC, offering full support for SteamOS and the upcoming Steam Machines shipping the second half of this year. The game will lead the launch of WB Games Vault, a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular Warner Bros. and Midway brands, plus original IP, across multiple digital networks.

“With Gauntlet we combined the arcade style of the original game with an entirely new look and feature set that includes emergent, local and online four-player gameplay,” said David Haddad, Senior Vice President, Digital Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Gauntlet will be the first title in the WB Games Vault portfolio, which will provide us with an opportunity to access emerging talent within the game development community and match unique skills and experience with our extensive library of properties.”

Gauntlet PC Trailer:

Gauntlet, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, innovates on past titles while staying true to the brand’s legendary format. Players select from four classic fantasy-based characters: Warrior, Wizard, Valkyrie, or Elf. Each character has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Warrior does the most damage in melee combat, the Wizard has the most powerful magic, the Valkyrie has the most armor and the Elf moves the fastest. Distinctive play styles, procedural dungeons and an impressive art style keep the gameplay fresh.

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SQUARE ENIX today released “The Fall of A Great City (Opening Cinematic)” trailer for FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster.

Experience an epic scene from one of the most celebrated role-playing experiences ever created, soon to be released as part of the upcoming FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster. This CGI movie from the legendary Visual Works studio at SQUARE ENIX depicts the destruction of an iconic city from Spira, the world of FINAL FANTASY X and FINAL FANTASY X-2.

During this sequence, the technologically-advanced metropolis, Zanarkand, is attacked by the mysterious force known as Sin during a key match of the popular sport known as blitzball. Tidus, star player of the world-famous Zanarkand Abes, is caught up in the annihilation that is the beginning of a journey that goes beyond imagination.

FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster – The Fall of A Great City Trailer: