Fire Emblem: Awakening ā€“ three new DLC episodes coming soon in Europe

A new trio of DLC maps has been scheduled for 3DS adventure Fire Emblem: Awakening in Europe. Collectively called ā€˜Lost Bloodlinesā€™, the latest episodes will be available over the coming weeks and offer players not just new battles, but also new rewards. You can find full details below, and on ourĀ Fire Emblem: Awakening DLC schedule page.

The content will be available on the dates shown from the Outrealm Gate in-game, which can be found on the World Map after completing Chapter 4 in the main story. Hereā€™s the new episodes in detail, note that buying the Lost Bloodlines Pack bundle allows you to pre-pay for the new content, allowing you to download at no extra cost when any subsequent Lost Bloodlines episode is released:

27 June Lost Bloodlines PackĀ (Lost Bloodlines #1, Lost Bloodlines #2, Lost Bloodlines #3) Price: Ā£5.39/ā‚¬5.99

27 June Lost Bloodlines #1, Price: Ā£2.29/ā‚¬2.49
Story: King Marth, the kind ruler of Archanea, and Seliph, the …

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Fire Emblem Awakening final scheduled DLC for Europe out today

Hot Spring Scramble marks the end of initial add-on offerings for European adventurers

Thereā€™s been a steady stream of Fire Emblem Awakening DLC for gamerā€™s in Europe since the 3DS strategy RPG was released in April, and today sees the arrival of the final add-on from theĀ initial DLC schedule. The ā€˜Hot Spring Scrambleā€™ quest is out in Europe today, and will be available to download in-game from the Outrealm Gate ā€“ youā€™ll need to progress past Chapter 4 in the main story to unlock this location on the map.

Hereā€™s the official description of Infinite Regalia:

Hot Spring Scramble, Price: Ā£2.29/ā‚¬2.49
Story: Itā€™s time for another vacation! This time, Anna has invited Chrom and his army to a secret hot spring. Unfortunately, itā€™s not long before the Risen make an appearance tooā€¦

If youā€™ve purchased the Scramble Pack, then youā€™ll be able to download Hot Spring Scramble at no extra cost.

Nintendo hasnā€™t confirmed more add-ons for Fire Emblem …

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Fire Emblem: Awakening Rogues and Redeemers DLC is out now

Old Fire Emblem fighters return in latest expansion

Although Fire Emblem: Awakening still isnā€™t out in Europe (April 19th,Ā demo available now) Nintendo has seen fit to release more DLC in the shape of Rogues and Redeemers 1.Ā SiliconeraĀ reports the new map has our hero, Chrom, teaming up with several characters from old games, led by Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones hero, Ephraim (the stoic-looking chap above).

Apparently, the enemies in this new DLC are pretty tough, but if you manage to batter the snot out of them youā€™ll be rewarded with Ephraim as a playable character in Awakening. Sweet. You can grab Rogues and Redeemers 1 from the eShop for $3 or spend $6.50 to get a discount on the other two that are upcoming soon ā€“ release date TBA.

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Mega Man 3 out today as 3DS Virtual Console DLC on Nintendo eShop

But only in the US – Nintendo has ‘nothing to announce’ about Mega Man 3 arrival in Europe

The sequentially staggered release of the Mega Man games on 3DS Virtual Console continues today with the arrival of Mega Man 3 on the Nintendo eShop.

Itā€™s currently only confirmed to arrive on the US eShop, with no word of when itā€™ll appear for download in Europe. We contacted Nintendo to find out more and were told that it currently has ā€œnothing to announce on this for Europe at the moment,ā€ but would let us know if the situation changes. The previous release, Mega Man II, launched simultaneously in both the US and Europe, and we had hoped Mega Man 3 would follow suit, but clearly thatā€™s not the case. Weā€™ll keep you posted if we hear more.

In terms of price, US gamers can pick up Mega Man 3 for $4.99, while in Europe weā€™re anticipating the price to be Ā£4.49 …

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC Review

Treyarch’s new maps and modes deliver the good times

Skate or die!

When youā€™re in charge of the biggest entertainment release of all time, and a large chunk of your audience have already paid for four DLC packs with a heftily-priced season pass, thereā€™s an enormous level of expectations about what youā€™ll deliver next.

The answer for Treyarch and Black Ops 2 is Revolution. The trailer claims you have a responsibility to ā€˜kick assā€™ ā€“ and we can honestly say that this statement aptly describes the DLC ā€“ it does kick ass.

Revolution features four new multiplayer maps, a zombie map, a new ā€˜Turnedā€™ mode and a, first for the series, a new gun. More on these later. Thereā€™s a lot of variety for your money, let us break it down for youā€¦

Grind

The first new map is an American skatepark. Itā€™s a medium sized arena, which feels like Stadium from the original Black Ops, but plays with more …

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Fire Emblem Awakening to get free DLC at launch

Turn-based strategy game will receive new maps from day one

Nintendo have announced that upcoming 3DS turn-based battler, Fire Emblem Awakening will receive ā€˜a steady weekly stream of additional mapsā€™ for free. Thatā€™s gratis. Nothing. For no pennies or virtual currency at all. Well, for a limited time period and then theyā€™ll be charged at different price points after that.

The game will start to get this content from launch (February 9th ā€“ North America, April ā€“ everywhere else) and the new maps can be accessed in-game at the Outrealm Gate, but only after you complete the fifth mission.

Donā€™t know anything about Fire Emblem Awakening? Here, let a man from Nintendo tell you all about it from the script heā€™s almost certainly reading fromā€¦

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