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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros, Nintendo’s relatively under-marketed RPG, is scheduled to ship across Europe and Australia in December. The game was originally revealed during Nintendo’s E3 2015 Direct presentation, but little has been seen of it since.

Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG: Paper Mario MIX, it is the fifth game in the RPG series, and puts a twist on the formula by crossing over the traditional Mario universe with the Paper universe. Players will be able to take control of Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario.

“Characters from the Paper Mario universe, including Paper Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser and Toad, jump out of a book and into the world of Mario & Luigi, resulting in hilarious and dangerous hijinks,” Nintendo says on the game’s product page.

As is the case in the previous Paper Mario games, players must solve puzzles and complete quests to bring down Bowser, who has gathered an army of foes.

“Paper Mario has unique abilities, such as turning into a paper aeroplane, slipping through cracks or creating copies of himself,” Nintendo says. “Use all three characters together to successfully pull off trio moves and trio attacks, and continue onwards on your adventure.”

Paper Jam Bros. also introduces the new Paper Craft Battles, which lets players take out enemies using the power of dance.

“Craft battles see our heroes take part in rhythm-based events in order to power a giant papercraft and use it to defeat giant papercrafts from Bowser’s army.”

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Microsoft has announced the full lineup of achievements for Halo 5: Guardians. At launch, there will be 65 to unlock, worth a total 1,000 Gamerscore. These run across the game’s 15 campaign missions as well as its multiplayer modes, including traditional Slayer and the new, 24-player Warzone.

The Halo 5 achievement worth the most Gamerscore is “Lone Wolf,” which awards you with 100 points for completing every mission on Legendary difficulty, by yourself. That sounds like a true challenge.

Halo 5’s complete achievement list is available below. Note that it contains some light spoilers about the overall game, including its story and more. In addition, these achievements represent those available on launch day; more are likely to be added in the future.

Halo 5 Achievements:

• Into the Fire: Complete Mission 1 — 10G
• Argent Moon: Complete Mission 2 — 10G
• Glasslands: Complete Mission 3 — 10G
• Roots of the Earth: Complete Mission 4 — 10 G
• Stolen Gauntlet: Complete Mission 5 — 10 G
• Escape: Complete Mission 6 — 10G
• Together Again: Complete Mission 7 — 10 G
• Swords: Complete Mission — 10 G
• Old Bones: Complete Mission 9 — 10 G
• Breakthrough: Complete Mission 10 — 10 G
• Stormbound: Complete Mission 11 — 10 G
• Civil War: Complete Mission 12 — 10 G
• Reclamation: Complete Mission 13 — 10 G
• A New Dawn: Complete Mission 14 — 10 G
• Sentinels: Complete Mission 15 — 10 G
• Legacy: Complete every Mission of the game on Normal difficulty — 10 G
• Heroes Rise: Complete every Mission of the game on Heroic difficulty — 40 G
• Forging a Legend: Complete every Mission of the game on Legendary difficulty — 60 G
• Lone Wolf: Complete every Mission of the game on Legendary difficulty, by yourself — 100 G
• My Rules: Complete any Mission on Heroic with 3+ Skulls active — 20 G
• One for All: Complete any co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• All for One: Complete every co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty — 40 G
• Conspiracy Theory: Find and claim one piece of Intel — 10 G
• Hunt the Truth: Find and claim all Intel — 40 G
• Gravedigger: Find and claim a Skull — 10 G
• Gravelord: Find and claim all Skulls — 40 G
• Your Team is Your Weapon: Command your team of Spartans in Osiris — 10 G
• Enemy of my Enemy: Help the Elite General charge the hill in Osiris on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• I Thought I’d Lost You: Escape the Hunters in the lab and fight them in the hangar in Blue Team — 10 G
• On My Mark: Simultaneously Assassinate two Elites in Blue Team co-op — 10 G
• Going the Distance: Complete Glassed without entering a vehicle — 10 G
• Shoot from the Hip: Complete Glassed co-op without any players using Smart-Link — 10 G
• Waiting on You: Kill an enemy that’s had its armor repaired in Unconfirmed — 10 G
• Maverick: Team up in a vehicle to kill 30 enemies in Unconfirmed co-op — 10 G
• Savior: Keep 6 miners alive at the elevator in Evacuation on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Fire Drill: Finish Evacuation within 18:00 without dying on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Take a Hike: Traverse the canyon in Reunion without a Phaeton on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• No Witnesses: Destroy the Phantom at the Covenant camp in Reunion on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• No Knock Raid: Destroy 10 walls or floors in Swords of Sanghelios — 10 G
• Preying Mantis: Complete Swords of Sanghelios co-op with both Mantises on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Kraken Lackin: Complete Enemy Lines without destroying a Kraken turret — 10 G
• Emergency Boarding Procedures: Escape the doomed Kraken by jumping onto a Phaeton piloted by a Spartan — 10 G
• Death from Above: Kill a Grunt and smash a grate with a Ground Pound in Battle of Sunaion — 10 G
• Worms Don’t Surf: Knock two Hunters into the ocean during the Battle of Sunaion — 10 G
• Tank Still Beats Everything: Finish the 13th mission without losing the Scorpion on Legendary difficulty — 10 G
• Rolling Thunder: Operate four different vehicles at once in Mission 13 on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Harbinger: Complete The Breaking on Legendary difficulty without the entire fireteam dying — 10 G
• Prison Break: Simultaneously kill two Wardens in The Breaking on Heroic difficulty — 10 G.
• Icy Cool: Ground Pound an exterior power core in Guardians on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Double Stuff: Simultaneously destroy 2 cores in Guardians on Heroic difficulty — 10 G
• Cry Havoc: Complete 3 Warzone matchmade games — 10 G
• Bringing in the Big Guns: Call in a REQ that costs 5 Energy or more — 10 G
• Go for the Gold: Open a Gold REQ Pack — 10 G
• Top of the Food Chain: Kill a Warzone Legendary Boss — 30 G.
• Warlord: Win a match on the three original Warzone maps — 20 G
• Castle Crasher: Complete 5 Stronghold matchmade games — 20 G
• Off to the Races: Complete 5 Breakout matchmade games — 20 G
• Flag Monger: Complete 5 Capture the Flag matchmade games — 20 G
• Spartan Decimation: Complete 5 Slayer matchmade games — 20 G
• Valor Recognized: Qualify for a Competitive Skill Rating — 20 G
• Your Style: Change your Spartan’s gear in the Spartan Hub — 10 G
• Raise Your Banner: Change your Emblem in the Spartan ID card — 10 G
• Make Your Mark: Change your Service Tag in the Spartan ID card — 10 G
• Gamemaster: Create and save a Custom Game Type in War Games — 10 G.
• Benchwarmer: Spectate a game — 10 G

The Halo 5 release date is set for October 27 exclusively for Xbox One. In other recent news about the game, 343 has announced its launch day multiplayer playlists.

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Vivendi, the French media conglomerate that two years ago sold its controlling stake in Activision Blizzard, has returned to the games business by purchasing shares in two publishers.

As detailed by The Washington Post, Vivendi has purchased a 6.6 percent stake in Ubisoft for 140 million euros, and spent an additional 20 million euros to acquire a 6.2 percent holding in Gameloft. The acquisitions have resulted in a 14 percent rise in share prices for Ubisoft, while Gameloft’s share value increased by 17 percent.

In July 2013, Vivendi sold its 85 percent stake in Activision Blizzard for more than $8 billion, with the corporation claiming at the time that it wanted to focus on the TV and music portions of its business. There were some signs of tension within the executive circle at the company.

Court filings revealed that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was nearly fired during the purchase of Activision-Blizzard from Vivendi. This was reportedly due to his refusal to approve any sale of Vivendi’s shares that didn’t include his investment group.

“I really wonder who’s going to fire him,” Vivendi’s former chief executive Jean-Francois Dubos asked in an email at the time.

“Myself, happily. Tomorrow if you want,” responded Philippe Capron, Vivendi’s then chief financial officer and Activision chairman.

In a statements released by Ubisoft and Gameloft, both have expressed an intention to “remain independent.”

Ubisoft’s upcoming slate of video game releases includes Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Rainbow Six Siege. It recently revealed Far Cry Primal, a spin-off that takes its first-person shooter series to the Stone Age. On October 14, the Assassin’s Creed movie began production and is due for release on December 21, 2016.

Gameloft, meanwhile, publishes mobile titles based on properties such as CSI and Ice Age. The company was founded by Michael Guillemot, who is also co-founder of Ubisoft.

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One of Capcom’s Resident Evil teams is working on establishing a foundation for virtual reality experiences, with hopes it can create “must-play games” that are a “half-step ahead of user expectations,” and explore ideas that aren’t borne out of marketing data.

On October 13, the corporation published a report detailing strategies for growth in the future. Included in the document is a message from Jun Takeuichi, head of Development Division 1 and producer of recent Resident Evil titles, who said the team is working on a VR engine.

“At present, we are focusing our energy on challenging the virtual reality game market. In this terrifying world, you can twist and turn as you like, but there’s no escaping the creatures closing in on you…until you remove your VR headset and return to reality, that is,” he said.

“We delivered this very experienced with our Kitchen VR technical demo at E3 2015. The response was excellent. Currently, we are building a new game development engine able to support VR, which is the hottest market right now, while simultaneously developing titles for current game consoles. We have just set sail on our latest voyage.”

Project Kitchen is a PlayStation VR experience that places players inside a kitchen along with another nefarious presence. It is set up to be a SAW–like scenario, giving the player no context for the events, leaving them to experience the horrors of the scenario.

Although Takeuichi alluded to non-VR experience for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, it is not yet clear what these titles are. Capcom recently told fans to “stay tuned” for Resident Evil 7 news.

“We’re currently not at a state to talk about it,” added producer Masachika Kawata when asked directly about Resident Evil 7. Discussing the idea that the Resident Evil series is “losing its horror touch,” Kawata seemed to agree, and indicated Capcom wants the franchise to return to its horror roots.

“Since there’s been more spinoff titles, I can see how it can be perceived in such a way. And of course I believe that we should produce titles that bring out the horror. I’m thinking about it and also preparing for it.”

Capcom has said HD remakes of older games represent a key are potential growth. In August it announced a Resident Evil 2 remake. Kawata has said Capcom will consider more HD remakes of classic Resident Evil games as a means to “respond to as much demand as possible.”

At TGS 2015, Capcom announced a new Resident Evil spinoff shooter called Umbrella Corps.

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Destiny‘s new microtransactions are currently limited to emotes only. Though Bungie may one day expand the offerings, don’t expect to be able to buy items that buff drop rates for the new King’s Fall raid.

Writing on Twitter, The Taken King creative director Luke Smith said, “We aren’t (nor are we planning) on selling consumables that buff King’s Fall drop rates for Silver.”

His comments come after players discovered (via IGN) new items in the raid, such as buffs for armor and weapon drops, well as one that lets you acquire additional Moldering Shards. Some thought Bungie might sell these items for Destiny’s new in-game currency, Silver. But that’s not going to be the case.

Some have also wondered if Bungie might sell level-boosters, like the one that comes with The Taken King, for Silver. Smith did not respond to this specific item. It wouldn’t be uncharted territory for an Activision game, however, as World of Warcraft also sell level boosts.

Destiny’s microtransactions arrived on Tuesday through the game’s major update, which also made a number of other tweaks, refinements, and adjustments. For more on Destiny’s new in-game store, check out GameSpot’s breakdown of all the emotes available in the store and what they cost. You can also watch the video above to get a closer look at the motes, including one based on “the Carlton” from Fresh Prince.

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