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Tag: Handheld

  • Borderlands 2 Releasing This Spring On Vita. Pre-Orders For Bundle Available Now

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    Ready to take the likes of Salvador and Claptrap on the road? Gearbox has announced that Borderland 2 is coming to the Vita this spring and Sony has followed suit by offering a bundle that includes the new Vita “Slim”, Borderlands 2 and an 8GB memory card for only $199.99.

    The game will come with 6 DLC packs already on the card including: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage, Psycho Character Class, Mechromancer Character Class, Collector’s Edition Pack and Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 1.

    The best part about Borderlands getting a portable release is that it will feature cross-save with your PS3 version.

    You can reserve the bundle now on [amazon_link id=”B00HLT0YT0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Amazon[/amazon_link].

  • Nintendo Reveals The 2DS. This Is Really Happening.

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    Photo courtesy venturebeat.com

    Before you call this bullsh**, just keep reading.

    Nintendo has just revealed the 2DS, a non-folding, slate designed handheld that will play all 3DS and DS games, but not feature the 3D function. The system will release on October 12th and cost $129.99. It will come with a 4GB memory card and have all the features of a 3DS including WiFi. A slider at the bottom of the system will put the handheld in sleep mode like closing the 3DS. The screen is the same size as the 3DS, not the XL version.

    Nintendo is focusing the 2DS on the young (7 and under) handheld crowd. Many may laugh at this, but Nintendo is the leader of the handheld game market for a reason. This should be a big seller this holiday season especially with the very reasonable $130 price tag.

    Now let’s just not get started on the design of the system which is a bit…sandwich looking.

  • Fire Emblem: Awakening Gets The Special 3DS Treatment (UPDATED)

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    The long awaited sequel, [amazon_link id=”B00AKIPBNS” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Fire Emblem: Awakening[/amazon_link], is almost here and Nintendo has decided to bring the special edition 3DS that has been available in Japan since last April stateside.

    The system is cobalt blue and comes with a Fire Emblem branding on the top. Now take note that is you are going to pick up this system that is is the normal 3DS not the XL. Fire Emblem: Awakening will come pre-loaded on the system. No price point or release date has been given as of yet but the game will release on February 4th.

    UPDATE:

    It has been announced that the Fire Emblem: Awakening bundle will release on February 4th and cost $199.99.

  • Introducing Project Shield, Nvidia’s Surprise Entry Into The Handheld Market

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    Nvidia surprised a lot of people at their press conference during CES 2013 by announcing their own handheld system, Project Shield. The Android device has a 5-inch 720p retinal touch display and houses Nvidia’s new Tegra chip which they showed off by giving a demonstration of the handheld using the Unreal 4 engine.

    Project Shield can run in 4K through an HDMI port on the system for those 0.5% percent of TV owners that have a 4K television. You should be able to get 5-10 hours of gameplay or 24 hours of video playback. No price or release date was given.

    Most things like this tend to fall by the wayside quickly but a handheld that is running Unreal Engine 4 and is open to developers should excite some gamers.


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