Telltale Games Announces Minecraft: Story Mode and Miyamoto Talks About What's Next - Gamer's Source

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Hello and welcome to The Gamers Source, your destination for gaming information. It's Friday, and though there isn't a whole lot of news, there is some interesting gaming news! Telltale has announced it's newest game franchise and Miyamoto-san talks about Nintendo's next steps. SO, without further ado, the news: 

• Telltale Announces Minecraft: Story Mode for 2015 - Telltale Games is rolling out game franchise after game franchise, and it looks like the next one has been announced. Coming in 2015, Minecraft: Story Mode will be the next episodic game from the fabled developers. Read more...
• Nintendo is Starting to Look into Creating it's Next Console - It looks like Nintendo is starting to make it's next move passed the Wii U as renowned game designer and executive at Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that the company is starting research and development on it's  next home console. Read more...
• Smithsonian To Show Excavated E.T. Cartridge - Months ago a team of excavators wondered out into an Arizona landfill in the hopes of finding the fabled Atari stockpile of thrown away games. After having been found, those cartridges are being sold across the internet and landing in the hands of many collectors, and it looks like the Smithsonian is the next to snag one. Read more...
• Assassin's Creed Creator Teases New Game - The original creator of Assassin's Creed Patrice Desilets has teased the newest game he is working on at his newly opened studio Panache Digital Games. Read more...
• Is Wii U Getting a New Gamepad Controller? - A Mario Kart 8 commercial has appeared on Nintendo's official YouTube channel, and it looks like it shows a newer, slimmer Gamepad Controller.  Read more...
• Xbox One Gets a Price Drop in China Before PS4 Launches - On the heels of Sony's announcement last week detailing launch plans for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in China, Microsoft's Xbox One is receiving a price drop.  Read more...
• Monster Hunter With a Grappling Hook, And It's Fantastic - The Freedom Wars Take Your Time Review - With a faster battle system and a unique thorn-grappling hook system, the gameplay in Freedom Wars is rock solid. It will take a few hours for the game to click and the story can be disjointed with a cliffhanger ending, but taking down abductors, whether with friends or alone, feels so damn good. A must buy for Vita owners everywhere. Read more...

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