Dragon Quest Heroes coming west to the PS4

So good news all you JRPG fans! Dragon Quest Heroes will be coming out in North America in 2015, exclusively for PS4, and will be available as both a boxed retail release and digital download via PlayStation Store.

"So here’s a little bit about the game itself. In Dragon Quest Heroes, the protagonists must rise up against insurmountable odds, challenging swarms of enemies and conquering gigantic monsters in an exhilarating action game. Filled with characters and monsters designed by world-renowned artist Akira Toriyama, Dragon Quest Heroes is brought to PS4 in beautiful HD."

"Both Yuji Horii, the general director and creator of Dragon Quest, and Koichi Sugiyama, the composer closely tied to the series since its first installment, are closely involved in bringing this title to life."

"Furthermore, ω-Force (Omega Force) from KOEI TECMO, the team that has created numerous popular action game series, is taking part in its development.

Dragon Quest Heroes is a game that Dragon Quest fans and gamers with all kinds of interests will enjoy." Sony said more info will be coming in the months ahead

For all your Dragon Quest Heroes news stay here with The Gamers Talk.
~Rick

 

Episode 40!

Evolve has more than $130 worth of DLC not covered by its season pass

Turtle Rock Studios already revealed plans for Evolve's monstrous amount of downloadable content prior to the game's launch, but even that doesn't include the more than $130 worth of skins and cosmetic items up for sale.

The game's Xbox One DLC hub spans four pages and includes 44 items that can be purchased a la carte. A quick breakdown: 24 are priced at $1.99, nine priced at $2.99, eight priced at $4.99 and three priced at $6.99 for a total of $135.56.

None of that is included in the game's season pass or the DLC associated with it. With the $24.99 Evolve Season Pass, players gain access to three skins exclusive to the pack and four new hunters. Hunters will be available individually upon release for $7.49 each.

The regular edition of Evolve, which includes only the game, rings in at $59.99. Players who purchase the Digital Deluxe edition for $79.99 also get access to the season pass.

Last month, following criticism in the face of copious amounts of DLC, Turtle Rock co-founder Phil Robb said the content amounts to "options, nothing more." Turtle Rock previously said that it will release any future DLC maps and game modes for free to prevent splitting the community.

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Polygon 

Resident Evil HD Breaks Sales Records

Resident Evil HD Remaster, which launched January 20 across console and PC, has broken sales records for Capcom. The game is now the fastest selling digital title in the company's history across North America and Europe, the publisher announced Monday.

The game also broke PlayStation Network records, where it was the "biggest selling day one digital title," Capcom added. The publisher did not share a total units sales figure for the game, however, nor did it provide a breakdown of sales by platform.

Separately, Sony announced that Resident Evil HD Remaster was the top-selling PS3 and PS4 game of January, despite its release coming late in the month.

Resident Evil HD Remaster is available today across Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3,PlayStation 4, and PC for $20.


“It’s been great to see so many positive comments from fans that have enjoyed this new release," producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi said in a statement. "The team here at Capcom Japan have worked hard to bring the game to the latest generation of consoles and we are thrilled at this news on its performance.”


You can see a new video message from Hirabayashi below.

Looking ahead, Capcom has more Resident Evil games in the works, including the episodic Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and maybe Resident Evil 7. Who knows, maybe strong sales of Resident Evil HD will encourage Capcom to develop the Resident Evil 2 remake fans have been clamoring for.

BioShock 2 messing?!

If you're looking for a digital copy of BioShock 2 right now, you might be out of luck. The game has disappeared somewhat unceremoniously from a number of online stores, including Steam, Amazon, Apple's App Store, the PlayStation Store and Xbox Games Store.

Digital versions of the game and its downloadable content, including the Minerva's Denadd-on, seem to have been removed late last week, based on some discussions on Steam's BioShock 2 community hub.

BioShock 2 turns five years old today, leading some speculation that the game's digital disappearance is somehow related to an expired licensing deal. The game features a number of licensed musical tracks from the 1920s to 1950s. Other BioShock titles do not appear to be affected by BioShock 2's delisting.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection's party and matchmaking beta test has been canceled

Halo developer 343 Industries says it won't need players to beta test a planned content update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection after all. By forgoing that beta test, 343 says, Xbox One owners will get that content update earlier.

The developer announced last month that it was planning to roll out a beta test for The Master Chief Collection to select Xbox One owners to test the game's next patch. "Given the scale of the update, which includes changes to the matchmaking experience and party system, we are expanding testing to include select members of the Xbox One Preview program to ensure the official release is the best possible experience for all players," the developer said in January.

Today, 343 said it's no longer going forward with those plans.

"After further evaluation, the team has determined that that final testing for the content update will be completed internally, and we will not be conducting a beta test for the next CU," a post on Halo Waypoint reads. "Also, it was determined that the additional time and work devoted to the beta would've actually postponed the public availability of the content update."

343 says its new plan will "deliver the smoothest possible experience, and ensure that the next content update becomes available as soon as possible."

The developer says it's still working on the content update for The Master Chief Collection, and will communicate release date details later.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which includes four full Halo games, was released this past November and was plagued with online and matchmaking issues. The issues with the game were so severe that 343 Industries apologized for the game's continued issuesand offered early adopters free content in an attempt to make-good. The developer has issued numerous updates to address the game's matchmaking woes.

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Halo Waypoint

Shadow Realms is no more

Shadow Realms, the online cooperative role-playing game from BioWare Austin is no more. The studio says it's no longer developing the game, which was just unveiled to the public this past August.

"We've made the decision to not move forward with development of Shadow Realms," BioWare Austin general manager Jeff Hickman wrote on the game's website. "We fully recognize that this news is disappointing to some of our fans, so I want to explain more behind this decision.

"While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots of great feedback from our fans at events and through other game testing, right now there are other projects for the team to work on within the BioWare studios for the coming year and beyond. We've got an incredibly talented team here at the Austin studio, and they are excited and already deep on new projects within the BioWare family, ones that will make some great BioWare games even better."

BioWare Austin will focus its development efforts on other projects, including Dragon Age: Inquisition, the next Mass Effect and other unannounced games. The studio will also continue work on Star Wars: The Old Republic.

"As every Star Wars fan knows, this is a massive year in the Star Wars universe," Hickman said. "We have some great plans for expanding this epic game this year, and look forward to sharing the news about those plans with our players in the coming weeks."

Shadow Realms was announced at last year's Gamescom as an online RPG featuring four-player co-op against a single playable enemy who controls "every aspect of the game." The game was slated to come to Windows PC.

With Shadow Realms, BioWare planned to introduce "a constantly evolving BioWare world where modern meets fantasy." The developer hoped to release the game's narrative episodically, which would play out over time "like a great TV series, providing players the ability to experience story-driven adventures as a community."

"This game brings us back to our roots in the realm of classic Pen and Paper RPG, but also delivers something that's completely new and innovative for our fans," Hickman said when the game was announced. "Shadow Realms is a new BioWare RPG that has the hallmarks of all BioWare games with a rich story, a unique world setting and deep combat progression, but built as an interactive experience that evolves the genre and broadens the appeal to online gamers all over the world."

For a look at what kind of project BioWare wanted Shadow Realms to be, watch the live action trailer that accompanied the game's reveal last year.
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Shadow Realms