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We’re doubtful that mage and new party member, Anders, will fill that massive void in your chest that Shale leaves by not being available inDragon Age: Originsexpansion “Awakening,”but Anders might just make you laugh a time or two. Officially introduced this afternoon, Anders is something of a reverse Alaistar in terms of role. Anders is a mage who doesn’t like the Chantry and apparently has issues with the templars from time to time because of it....

Sad news for all you Wii U owners:Metro: Last Lightmay not be coming to Nintendo’s console after all. What’s that you say? You don’t own one yet? Ha, losers! A Wii U release is not currently in development and, as you may expect, won’t be shipped alongside the game’s release on other consoles and PC next year, according to Mark Madsen, global brand manager at publisher THQ. For those unfamiliar with developer 4A Games’ rather divisive first-person shooter,Metro 2033, you may want to check outHamza’s preview for its sequelLast Light....

America, land of the incompetent violation of personal info Hacking group AntiSec hasacquired millions of of UDIDsallegedly collected without permission by the FBI. The group claims it got into an FBI agent’s laptop to get the data, which contains 12 million unique identifiers tied to iPads, iPhones, and iPods. AntiSec has so far released a million UDIDs online, but cut out other potentially identifiying information, just to let users see if they’re among the compromised....

The Daddy Mack’ll make ya… Something very different from the old-school players at Hamster this week, as Namco’s strange, science-fiction runnerMetro-Crossjoins the Arcade Archives — available to download now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Released to the arcade market in 1985, before receiving ports to a wide variety of home computers,Metro-Crossis a fast-paced, side-scrolling runner, predating popular such asTemple RunandCanabaltby a good few decades. Players guide a jumpsuited protagonist as they sprint down a hi-tech corridor laden with traps, hazards, and obstacles....

This game looks off the chain Dancing mice! Skeletons! Giant creepy creatures getting their faces bashed in! It can all be yours for the low price of watching this pretty awesomeDragon’s Crowntrailer. Based on the video, the game seems to have a very old school beat ’em up design, with the boss health along the bottom, which I really dig. The designs are also really giving me aKing of Dragonsvibe, which is easily a good thing....

Turtonator backs that ass up! Another day, another badass Pokémon is revealed forSunandMoon. This time, it is a brand new fiery dragon turtle named Turtonator, which is kind of likeTerminatorand turtle combined. I like it. Meanwhile, everyone just forgot about the other fire turtle Pokémon,Torkoal. I guess that one is a tortoise if you want to be specific, so it is kind of different and only fire type, not dragon too....

Also, Breath of Fire II Welcome to eShop life support. I’m your host, Chris Carter, and I hope you’re having a good holiday week. As we anxiously await the March Switch date (and price, and really, any tangible information announcement coming in “2017”), you may pick up a few things on the Wii U and 3DS. On the former we haveCitadale, Octocopter,a3Soulsdemo, andMajora’s Maskon the Virtual Console. That last one is $10, which is a steal, but consider picking upthe great 3DS porttoo....

‘Mr. Hyper’ can also train your Pokemon after level 100 By way of the official Pokemon Channel, a heap of new creatures were revealed, several of which we didn’t know about yet. That list includes Wimpod (Bug/Water), Bounsweet (Grass), Comfey (Fairy), Mudsdale (Ground), andthe previously announcedMimikyu (Ghost/Fairy) and Bewear (Normal/Fighting). They’ve also announced thatSun&Moonwill have two online competition types (including local tournaments), as well as a “Hyper Training” mechanic, that will allow “level 100 Pokemon to increase their individual strengths for the first time” — that could be game-changing....

Such is iLife Last week, A jury found in favour of Texas company iLife Technologies over their claims that the Nintendo Wii controller infringed upon six of the healthcare developer’s patents. The body of the lawsuit was that the Wiimote for the Wii and Wii U used accelerometer technology, to track the speed and motion of a players hands in response to their surroundings. iLife stated that they had patent on such a system, planned for use in medical monitors that would detect sudden movement, such as an eldery person falling down, and call for emergency response....

And it lights up In a special conference this morning, Nvidia announced its newest line of graphics cards as well as GeForce-enabled applications. Previously there were lots ofswirling rumors about prices and card strength, with the target looking at 24GB of video memory on the card with a price tag of $1500. As the stream started today, myself and Dan in the Destructoid chat girded our loins for the inevitable pain of a future upgrade....

They run in a silky smooth 4K/60fps Finji Gameshas been a part of bringing us some of the best indie games of the past few years, including but not limited toTunic,Chicory: A Colorful Tale, andI Was A Teenage Exocolonist. Now, Finji has just announced that two of their other popular indie titles,OverlandandNight in the Woods, are natively available on the PlayStation 5. The real kicker, though, is that both of these games will run on the platform at a “delicious” 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, which is a big step up for smaller titles like these....

In celebration ofLEGO Fortnite’s launch, there’s a no-strings-attached, free DLC quest pack available in the Fortnite store. It’s called theFortniteTrue Explorers Quest Pack, and contains 4 quests to complete to earn the Trailblazer Tai outfit inLEGO Fortnite. What’s in theFortniteTrue Explorers Quest Pack? Included in theFortniteTrue Explorers Quest Pack are 4 additional quests that, upon completion, will unlock the Trailblazer Tai outfit inLEGO Fortnite. These quests are: It appears this quest pack is exclusively for players who have created a Survival World....

Update: A new update forRemnant 2was released on August 4.You can view the patch notes here. About a week after its release,Remnant 2hasjust received its first hotfix. Officially titledRemnant 2update 1.0.0.9, the patch notes focus primarily on a handful of improvements for Xbox players. Overall, this makes sense because the previous update that was released right before the Early Access launch ofRemnant 2focused on PC and PS5 improvements. For the most part, this patch actually echoes the update on previous platforms....