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Nintendo Unveils Fire Emblem Engage Expansion Pass, Wave 1 DLC Launches 20th January 2023

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During The Game Awards show today, Nintendo announced Fire Emblem Engage would be receiving Expansion Pass DLC. The first of four waves of DLC will be releasing alongside the game’s launch on 20th January next year. Pre-orders for the full pass are now live on the Switch eShop for $29.99 USD (or your regional equivalent).

Wave 1

  • Emblem character – Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude
  • Emblem character – Tiki
  • In-game support items
  • In-game accessories
  • Silver card

“Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses as one in-game Emblem, as well as Tiki from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light as another Emblem. Emblems can be summoned in Fire Emblem Engage to fight alongside the main heroes, helping boost their stats and assisting them in combat.”

This first content pack will be followed by three additional waves throughout 2023. Exact release dates for Wave 2, Wave 3 and Wave 4 have not been confirmed yet, but players can expect an update in the future. This will also include details about the “new story scenario” in Wave 4.

Wave 2

  • In-game support items (consumable items & crafting materials)
  • New in-game accessories (additional emblems)

Wave 3

  • Additional Fire Emblem characters

Wave 4

  • New story scenario (a separate story from the main chapter based story)
  • New characters, location and maps
  • Added class types
Image: Nintendo

Nintendo also shared a slightly longer trailer in Japan. Here it is:

Fire Emblem Engage launches on 20th January – the same day as Wave 1 of the Expansion Pass. Will you be checking out this extra DLC? Comment below.



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Reggie Fils-Aimé Returns To The Game Awards As A Presenter

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Image: via The Game Awards on Twitter

If you would like to see more of the former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé, you might want to tune into The Game Awards later this week. For the ninth year in a row, the big man is back!

He’ll once again be presenting an award. Reggie even shared a message on social media mentioning how he was “ready” to go:

Reggie won’t be the only high-profile presenter attending this year’s event. He’ll also be joined by talents such as the former 007 actor Daniel Craig, filmaker Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi), The Mandalorian actor Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) and gaming industry icons Ken & Roberta Williams:

In the lead-up to the show, viewers will be able to tune into the Opening Act, once again hosted by the Sydnee Goodman. This segment is also teasing “awards and a dozen world premieres – including multiple new game announcements”.



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The Game Awards Has A “World Premiere” It’s Been Working On With A Dev For 2.5 Years, And One Guess Is Zelda

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The Game Awards is just around the corner and a number of Nintendo titles across multiple categories are in the running to win awards. Perhaps the highlight of the lot is Metroid Dread, which is up for Game of the Year.

The show isn’t just about awards, though. It’s also about the announcements and once again, host and organiser Geoff Keighley is drumming up excitement on social media about what’s to come. In his latest post on Twitter, he teases a “world premiere” the team has been working on with a developer for 2.5 years.

As can be seen below, a number of Zelda fans have noted how the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was announced around 2.5 years ago. While some have their doubts it would be this game, as it’s titled “world premiere” – it’s also been noted how The Game Awards has done world premieres for games that have already been shown before.

And keep in mind, there’s still no official title for this new Zelda game. Earlier this year, Nintendo even said it was holding back on the name – to avoid revealing too much, and told fans to “stay tuned”.

2021 also marks The Legend of Zelda series’ 35th anniversary. So far, Nintendo has shared a teaser trailer of the new game at this year’s E3 (above), so there’s still time to add to the celebrations at The Game Awards. There have also been rumours about Zelda appearing at this year’s show for some time now, and we’re still waiting to see the return of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess based on a rumour that surfaced earlier this year.

This year’s Game Awards show will air on December 9th – streaming live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. There’ll be awards, “world premieres”, musical performances and much more. Voting is also still open, and you can see all of the games up for nomination in our previous post. What do you think this big reveal might be? Even if this isn’t Zelda-related, do you think we’ll see the Breath of the Wild sequel at this year’s show? Leave a comment down below.



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Xbox Game Demos Leaked

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As part of The Game Awards 2021, Xbox users will have the opportunity to download some brand-new video game demos, and some of them have leaked ahead of time. WalkingCat on Twitter has revealed two games that have “TGA21” demo pages on the Microsoft Store: Mind Scanners and Nobody Saves the World. The respective pages for both of these demos indicate that they are not actually available for download just yet, but players interested in checking out the two games will be happy to know that there will be a free way to do just that in the near future. 

WalkingCat’s Tweet revealing the Mind Scanners demo can be found embedded below. The page for the demo can be found right here, and the page for Nobody Saves the World can be found right here.

Mind Scanners is billed as a “retro-futuristic psychiatry simulation in which you diagnose the citizens of a dystopian metropolis.” True to that description, the game offers an art style heavily inspired by old-school ideas of the future, and it works quite well. Players in the game will be tasked with analyzing the minds of patients, diagnosing the problems, and “normalizing” them. The whole thing has a bleak cyberpunk feel, and it will be interesting to see whether the game can live up to its unique premise!

Nobody Saves the World, on the other hand, is an action RPG where players can turn into more than 15 different forms, including a dragon, a ghost, and a slug. The game is developed by Drinkbox Studios, best known for the critically-acclaimed Guacamelee. The game can be enjoyed as a single-player experience, but it will also offer two-player online co-op, as well.

Both of these games look like fun additions to the Xbox line-up! With The Game Awards 2021 set to air on December 9th, players shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to try these demos for themselves. They just might introduce some gamers to a new favorite!

Do you plan on checking out the demo for either of these games? Which one are you interested in trying? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts directly on Twitter at @Marcdachamp to talk all things gaming!

[H/T: Reddit]



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Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards Return To In-Person Events This December

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Image: The Game Awards

The Game Awards are like nerd Christmas, and Geoff Keighley is Santa Claus. He’s also the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, and he’s replacing your dad, and the voice in your head, too. He’s everywhere these days, after all: Summer Game Fest, Gamescom, that one THQ Nordic livestream, Death Stranding, and apparently The Muppets Haunted Mansion. Quite the busy chap.

But of course he’s hosting The Game Awards, since that’s his baby: the awards show that usually brings multiple game announcements, exclusives, and premieres to our screens every December.

Last year’s event was broadcast virtually, with no in-person audience, but this year’s awards will return to the Los Angeles Microsoft Theatre.

For 2020’s Game Awards, the big winner of the night was The Last of Us II, which won Game of the Year as well as six other awards. The PlayStation also won big, with Sony Interactive Entertainment sweeping up nine awards as publisher. Presenters included Reggie Fils-Aimé, Troy Baker, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, Gal Gadot, and Nintendo Life favourite, Brie Larson, as well as Keighley’s new pal and co-worker Swedish Chef. Performances from Eddie Vedder, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and video game band OFK also featured.

In past years, the Game Awards has been criticised for announcing many of its awards and winners either in the pre-show or as a rapid-fire list in one go, as well as for awarding games that have been criticised for worker’s rights violations.

The 2020 Game Awards had 83 million streams, with a peak of 8.3 million concurrent viewers.

Who do you think will win GOTY this year? Let us know in the comments.



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