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XBL Store Today: The Raven, Young Justice: Legacy, Zumba Kids
Another Wednesday, another handful of new Xbox 360 games are now available on the Xbox Live Game Store:
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief ($9.99)
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is a thrilling crime adventure in three episodes from the creators of The Book of Unwritten Tales. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960. Europe is in the grip of the gentleman master thief The Raven. His burglaries are spectacular and he always emerges unscathed. Young hotshot investigator Nicolas Legrand stuns the public when he confronts the master thief and fatally wounds him. London, 1964. An ancient ruby – one of the legendary “Eyes of the Sphinx” – is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in The Raven’s footsteps?
Young Justice: Legacy ($39.99)
One Will Rise. One Will Fall. One Will Die. Experience Young Justice like never before. The creative forces behind the smash hit TV series have joined forces with Little Orbit to bring the ultimate in fan service – an interactive bridge for Seasons 1 & 2. Find out what happened during the missing years and be a part of the story in the action packed, RPG styled game. Assemble your team, level up and take on cunning villains in Young Justice: Legacy!
Zumba Kids ($29.99)
Jump in and have a blast with Zumba Kids, the ultimate dance-fitness party that gets kids moving together with fun, high-energy rhythms across 20 international dance styles. Feel the beat with 30 rockin’ tracks including hits from Justin Bieber and Willow Smith, and express yourself in creative mini games that mix up the fun. Unlock cool rewards, customize the game to fit your personal style and party with friends in multiplayer mode!
Nintendo Download: Sega 3D Classics, Contra III, Ninja Gaiden III, more
Nintendo rests for no holiday and this week’s Nintendo Download gives us plenty to be thankful. Especially if you’re a fan of retro games.
The Wii U eShop is now home to Contra III: The Alien Wars, the NES update to everyone’s favorite side-scrolling shooter. And over on the 3DS eShop, gamers on the go can now download Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, my favorite of the NES Ninja Gaidens. 3DS owners will also be able to download the first of Sega’s 3D Classics today as 3D Space Harrier and 3D Super Hang-On are both now available through the eShop.
Also available this week is Nintendo’s interactive Lourve app, Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre, Young Justice: Legacy, and a few more games you can read about after the break. (more…)
PS Store Today: NBA Live 14, Soul Calibur II HD, Need For Speed: Rivals, More
The first PlayStation Store update in the post-PS4 era brings with it the digital release of NBA Live 14. EA’s first next gen basketball sim boasts a new “revolutionary physics-based dribbling system” known as BounceTek as “fresh content and challenges” delivered daily.
Over on the PS3 side of the store, gamers will be able to download another major EA release, Need For Speed: Rivals. The racer will be joined by Farming Simulator, a… er… farming simulator, and Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW, the latest adventure starring Finn and Jake.
The newly rechristened PS3 Digital Games storefront will feature the return of Namco Bandai’s Soul Calibur universe with Soul Calibur II HD Online. This re-release includes every Soul Calibur II character as well Heichachi (of Tekken fame) and Spawn (of Spawn fame).
More information about all of these games (and many more) can be found after the break. And as always, a complete rundown of this week’s new game add-ons can be found at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)
Little Orbit announces E3 2012 lineup
Little Orbit today announced it’s product lineup for the 2012 E3 Expo.
First on the list is Young Justice: Legacy, which is a licensed action RPG based on the “Young Justice” television series on Cartoon Network. In the game, players control a squad composed of 12 possible characters from the series in locations all across the DC Comics world of Earth-16.
Next up is Mistborn: Birthright, an RPG based on the Mistborn series created by bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. The game is set hundreds of years before the first book in the original series, and will put Allomancy in the hands of players as they take control of a young nobleman who must learn to use his newfound abilities to save his family. Mistborn: Birthright is due out in late 2013.
Young Justice: Legacy announced
Young Justice, a Cartoon Network show, is about the get the RPG treatment with its own video game, Young Justice: Legacy. Game publisher Little Orbit has signed on with Warner Bros. to create a multiplayer action RPG for the DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
New episodes of the show will begin airing on March 3. The show features Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis as teenage heroes, sent out as a covert team by the Justice League. The game will take place between the first season and the second season, and is being written with Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti, the two show writers. The game will feature “fan favorite playable characters, cameo appearances by popular Justice League heroes and villains, and includes online multiplayer as well as local multiplayer modes.”
Matt Scott, CEO of Little Orbit, said, “The TV series is a fantastic combination of compelling writing, witty humor, iconic art, and exciting action sequences. The creators have done an amazing job blending over 180 DC Comics characters into their show filtered through a new, youthful perspective. The new video game contains a slew of cool features and a large playable cast of familiar heroes, but our core mission is to create a unique experience that fits seamlessly into the world of the show and offers a new way to interact with these popular DC Comics characters.”
Young Justice: Legacy will be out in early 2013.