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We thought this trailer looked great, so we’re spreading the word. The trailer has great atmosphere.
Pick up the special mazes in the Pac-Man Summer Pack and Value Pack for iOS. You can get them as downloadable in-app purchases for $1.99.
From the press release:
Over the years, the beloved pop culture icon has become one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. PAC-MAN continues to translate that success to mobile with nearly 50 million downloads.
The three new mazes is SUMMER PACK, featured in PAC-MAN© and PAC-MAN© Lite, offer fans more unique gameplay and complex mazes: CYCLOPS, CUP and CORNERS. VALUE PACK features PLOTTED and FLIPPED, will challenge even the best PAC-MAN© players with 20 action packed stages.
The PAC-MAN© and PAC-MAN© Lite Apps are available globally on the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at http://www.AppStore.com. The SUMMER PACK is available for both games for only $1.99 via in-app purchase.
Namco announced that Tales of Hearts R for the Playstation Vita will be released on November 14th. Still a few months out, but at least we all know when it’s coming. Mark your calendars.
From the press release:
Here what Hideo Baba has to say about this good news to his dearest fans:
“I am very happy to announce Tales of Hearts R’s release date at the biggest Japanese culture event in the West! It is very fitting to do so, as it contains the original Japanese voice overs! I have enjoyed a lot traveling around Europe to promote the Tales of Series in many countries, and it is my pleasure to come back to Japan Expo and celebrate Tales of with the fans. I hope the fans keep enjoying our efforts to constantly translate the game in many languages, and have fun discovering the journey of Kor Meteor, Kohaku Hearts, and all of their friends in Tales of Hearts R. Let’s get excited for the future of Tales of together!”
As a reminder; Tales of Hearts R follows the story of Kor Meteor, a brave young man living in a small village by the sea, as he sharpens his fighting skills under the watchful eye of his grandfather. Impressed with Kor’s growing skill, his grandfather bequeaths to him a special type of weapon known as a Soma. Soma users must possess exceptionally strong Spiria, the source of all life from which the human mind and will are derived.
It took Square Enix a while, but they finally got The World Ends With You released for Android. You can get the game for $17.99. It’s a great game and definitely shouldn’t be missed.
From the press release:
Story
A boy named Neku wakes up in a crowded intersection of Shibuya in the heart of Tokyo – alone and unaware of how he got there. Then, he receives a text message: “Clear this mission…or face erasure.” With that, Neku is thrust into a life-or-death game that sends him scrambling down streets paved with one riddle after another.
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Mac and Linux users have had to wait a while for The Pit, but their wait will be over next month. We don’t have an official release date yet, but it looks as though the game will be out next year.
From the press release:
The Pit, which Destructoid says, “Has that same feeling of ‘okay, just one more run’ that both Binding of Isaac or FTL: Faster Than Light have’” was the company’s first self-published PC game, successfully brought to market through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.
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This is a classic and it’s now available on the eShop. Run, don’t walk, to your 3DS or Wii U and download this now.