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Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Weekly Wrap Up: Nov 20

Assassin’s Creed Anthology
            Ubisoft will be releasing the Assassin’s Creed Anthology, a collection of all the Assassin’s Creed console games.  It contains:


Assassin’s Creed 1 (no DLC was released for the game)
Assassin’s Creed 2 plus both the Battle of Forli DLC and Bonfire of the Vanities DLC.  This is all of AC2’s DLC.
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Edition, which includes The Da Vinci Disappearance single player add-on as well as all the multiplayer updates such as bonus maps and characters.  It does not contain the PS3 exclusive single player DLC, Copernicus Conspiracy.
Assassin’s Creed RevelationsThe Ottoman Edition, which includes both the character & map pack that was released and The Lost Archive single player add-on that also contains a few bonuses such as extra outfits and the secret location Vlad the Impaler's Prison.  This is all of Revelation’s DLC.
Assassin’s Creed 3 and its Season Pass, which entitles you to all of the games DLC once it is released.
Also contains 5 lithographs, a steelbook and a collector’s box. 

Basically you get everything Ubisoft has put out for Assassin’s Creed on consoles except for one small console specific add-on (that will not be included even if you buy it for the PS3).  All of this can be yours for either the PS3 or Xbox 360 (no sign of a PC version yet) starting on Nov 29 if you live in Europe and Nov 30 if you live in the UK for €150/£120 respectively.  There are apparently no plans at the moment to release this bundle in NA.  

Dragonborn
            Bethesda has announced Dragonborn, the third piece of DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.  In it you will face off against the first ever Dragonborn (humanoid with the soul of a dragon, same as you in the game) as he, like the dragons, has now returned.  There will also be a bunch of new enemy types, items and quests to keep you busy.  If you have somehow managed to go through all of the content in Skyrim and its other add-ons and are eagerly awaiting more, Dragonborn will be released on December 4th for 1600MSP/$20.  To see the trailer click the link below.

DMC news
            Capcom has announced that DMC will have 4 new difficulty modes to add some more replay value and spice up the game.  The game will still have its standard modes of Human (easy), Devil Hunter (normal) and Nephilim (hard), but now they have bonuses ones that do more than simply increase the damage taken and dealt by enemies.


Son of Sparda - Remixed enemy layouts, tougher enemies and enemy behavior throughout.
Dante Must Die - As above, but contains the strongest enemies and insane attack waves.
Heaven or Hell - Another remixed mode, but everyone and everything, including Dante, dies after one hit.
Hell and Hell - The same as above, but only Dante dies after one hit.
            
             In addition to the new modes Capcom announced DMC’s first piece of DLC, Vergil’s Downfall.  In it players will be able to take control of Dante’s brother Vergil and play though a new campaign.  Capcom has noted that this is not another piece of disk-locked DLC that they have become somewhat infamous for, which to me is a great sign of progress since months ago they said that they would review their DLC police due to complaints and try to come up with a better solution.  It is nice to see them follow through on their word and also nice to see companies move away from on-disk DLC, which I see as a scam.  The DLC will cost 720MSP/$9 unless you pre-order the game from GameStop/EB Games, in which case you will get a free download code for Vergil’s Downfall pending its release plus the Samurai Weapons Pack. DMC comes out on January 15th; the trailer for Vergil’s Downfall is linked below.
        
Borderlands 2 DLC
            Gearbox is not letting up in their support of Borderlands 2 as they have yet another add-on coming out today.  They have already released an addition character, the Mechromancer, and one campaign add-on, Pirate’s Booty, and now while only two months out of the game’s release they already have there next one available titled, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage.  This add-on is similar to Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot from the first game in that there are tournaments where you will be battling through wave after wave of enemies.  That being said Gearbox is adding a little more to it this time, giving it an overall story arch and side missions to do outside of the tournament.  They say that the Horde like arena is only 50% of what you get in this package.  It is also supposed to be the most over-the-top badass Borderlands 2 experience yet, which if you know anything about that game is quite the hefty statement to live up to.  It is really impressive that Gearbox can keep rolling these DLC packs out so quickly and I’m very interested to see how many more will be released in the coming months.  Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage will cost 800MSP/$10.

The Wii U
            Nintendo’s latest console was released this past Sunday in North America and along with it came a bunch of new releases as well as a few ports.  I don’t really know what to say about it here, since I am planning on releasing a separate article later this week.  It is definitely news worthy though, so here it is.  If you don’t live in North America the other release dates are Nov 30 for Europe and Dec 8 for Japan.



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