Our weekly look at the video-game news, releases and charts that matter for families. News anchor Webber sifts through the noise each week to help you make sense of what’s happening in our wonderful world of gaming.
CHARTS
Charts by PEGI rating as published by http://www.askaboutgames.com/top-selling-games-by-pegi-age-group-1st-february/
3+: FIFA 14, Gran Turismo 6, NBA 2K14
7+: Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Need for Speed: Rivals, Disney Infinity
12+: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, Naruto Shippuden Storm 3 – Full Burst, The Sims 3
16+: Call of Duty: Ghosts, WWE 2K14, Batman: Arkham Origins
18+: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
NEWS
Video-game news this week we look at the following headlines:
PS Vita Indie Game Mega Pack coming to stores this month, with ten games including Thomas Was Alone, LIMBO, and Superfrog HD
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/01/30/ps-vita-indie-game-mega-pack-arrives-next-month/
Nintendo offers 60% off five indie Wii U games if you already own one of them: Toki Tori 2+, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party, Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, and BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
If you have 1 of these 5 #WiiU eShop games you can get the others for 60% off! (offer ends at 23:59 on 13/2) pic.twitter.com/aITIW1ol24
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 30, 2014
Lucario is coming to Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS, due later this year
http://www.smashbros.com/en-uk/characters/lucario.html
As Wes said in his Skylanders News #1 video, one Skylanders fan on the Dark Spyro forum has phoned up Argos and been told that Wave 3 of the Skylanders: Swap Force figurines will arrive in stores on February 14th, aka Valentine’s Day
http://forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=86053&page=13
Minecraft on PS3 has sold over 1 million copies in just over a month, also the PC/Mac version of Minecraft has just passed 14 million copies sold:
https://mojang.com/2014/01/minecraft-on-ps3-have-sold-over-1-million-copies/
https://minecraft.net/
Minecraft PC snapshot 14w05b introduces spectator mode that lets you move through the world invisible to everything except other spectators – you can’t interact with items, but you can see from the perspective of other entities like creepers and spiders
https://mojang.com/2014/01/minecraft-snapshot-14w05a/
RELEASES
New releases this week are as follows for each PEGI age group:
07/02 – Fable Anniversary (PEGI 16), an HD remake of the original Fable game that came out in 2004
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