Pushmo Sequel, Epic Mickey Demo Headed to eShop

Nintendo has announced a slew of new games headed to the 3DS eShop. In addition to newly-announced release dates for Virtual Console games and the biggest retail games becoming downloadable, Nintendo announced that Pushmo -- the eShop’s biggest hit -- will have a sequel called Crashmo.

Crashmo lets players use “a whole new kind of action-puzzle play,” with new gravity mechanics like floating blocks, doors and switches. Players will “push, pull and slide each puzzle’s colorful blocks in order to climb to the top,” but unsupported blocks will fall to the ground. Crashmo contains “enhanced puzzle-creation and sharing features” and will launch on November 22nd.

Beyond Crashmo, Nintendo also announced the following games for eShop:

• NightSky -- an action-puzzle game with “cerebral challenges that fill uniquely designed, picturesque worlds” where players “maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance.” (October 25th)
• Fluidity: Spin Cycle -- use tilt controls to maneuver Eddy, a puddle of water, “through a maze-like, magical world” and switch from water to ice or a steam cloud to solve puzzles. (December 27th)
• Three games from Level-5 including Suda 51’s Liberation Maiden, Aero Porter by Yoot Saito and Crimson Shroud by Yasumi Matsuno (Holiday 2012)
• Tokyo Crash Mobs -- an action-puzzle game where players must survive “three chaotic weeks” as they “they take on anyone and anything that gets in their way.” (Early 2013)

Nintendo will also release two demos on the eShop for Style Savvy: Trendsetters, with the first launching today and the second available on November 1st. Players will be able to style clothes and make up, participate in fashion contests and more before the full game launches on October 22nd. The following game demos are also “coming soon” to the eShop:

• Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!!
• Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
• LEGO Lord of the Rings
• Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Theme Park
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

“The Nintendo eShop demonstrates Nintendo’s commitment to providing consumers with unique digital content through a combination of creativity and convenience,” said Nintendo of America executive vice president of sales & marketing Scott Moffitt. “The variety and quality of games coming this year is unmatched, from new entries in established franchises to original properties.”

Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following him on Twitter or IGN.

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ShootMania: Competition for Everyone!

ShootMania is the most recent addition to the IGN Pro League lineup, and its focus on eSports is evident far before the game even launches! In the video above, you'll see that two game modes will be completely free to play for everyone at launch. Royal mode is a free for all format with elements of deathmatch and survival, and Elite mode is the game's first official competitive mode, focusing on both attacking and defending a single point on the map.

Having two completely free modes to play on supports the idea of "Competition for Everyone." Anyone with a free account can just hop on and begin playing either Royal or Elite with their friends.

Royal is a more casual format that awards points in three different ways:

• Activating the OffZone, an electrified wall that begins moving after being activated and closes in around the Goal, a single point on the map. Activating the OffZone awards points based on how many other players are in the game. These points can be split between multiple players if they are all standing on the Goal when the OffZone is activated.
• Shooting other players. The more shots a player lands, the higher the points will be. Each round starts at 1 point per hit, but if a player hits enough others in a round, individual hits become worth more and more.
• Surviving. Being the first person eliminated in Royal gets you 1 point, being second awards 2, and so on until only two players are remaining. The last two players standing receive additional bonus points for surviving, and the last man standing receives the most.

Elite is the first official competitive mode and is played with teams of 3:

• Each round three players on the same team will defend a Goal. One player from the opposing team will attack.
• The defenders all fire rockets, projectiles with a travel time. The attacker fires a laser, which is an infinite range, instant kill shot with a long reload time.
• The defenders win if they eliminate the attacker or if time runs out in the round. The attacker wins if he eliminates all three defenders, or if he captures the goal during the 15 seconds that it is vulnerable.
• Teams take turns attacking and defending until one side reaches 6 points, but they must win by 2.

With both of these modes being available for free at launch, anyone with a computer and Internet connection can play to their hearts' content and become skilled at the game, opening up competition for everyone who wants to give it a try! Online qualifiers for North America and Europe begin in October, so definitely grab yourself a beta key at http://go.ign.com/iplshootmania and then head to our $100,000 IPL5 Tournament Registration page to get signed up!

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Vote for your favorite players to the World All Star Team in the GSL World Championship

As many of you know, IPL5 takes place November 29 to December 2. In addition to the main tournament at IPL5, there will be the Semifinals and Final of GSL Code S as well as the return of the GSL World Championship!

Stephano and NaNiWa have both been invited to the team, but we still have 5 spots to fill for the World All Stars!

Vote for your favorite European and American players in the polls below. They will be placed into a 16 person bracket (1 for EU, 1 for NA) to compete for the last 5 spots! 2 players from America and 3 players from Europe will qualify!

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Stay tuned to follow the GSL World Championship all the way to IPL5!

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