Larian Games’ Divinity: Original Sin has had a long, fruitful journey since being kickstarted in May 2013. It released this year to much critical praise and actually managed a strong number of sales through Steam and other digital platforms. The dev team has released a new video in celebration of the game’s success but the main news is that Divinity: Original Sin will be out at US retail this Holiday season.

The retail version will cost $39.99 at retailers like like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, GameStop and Target. It will include the latest patches and the new Source Hunter DLC.

If you haven’t played Divinity: Original Sin, then just know that it’s one of the best turn based role playing games to be released in years. Following the journey two warriors, one recently released and the other mysteriously resurrected, Divinity: Original Sin allows you to make your own choices and resolve your own conflicts in the world. Check out our review of the game here.

“The underlying question is, ‘Is retail going away?’. No. And maybe that’s funny coming from a digital guy, but I think retail’s a strong part of our industry and it will continue to be so. Over time, when it goes to 50-50 or maybe beyond, will some stores close? Probably, just like some record stores closed. Maybe the store experience will morph. Maybe you’ll see more of an Apple-type experience store where you’re able to do things, but I don’t think it’ll go completely away.

“The physical store is a well-designed mechanism for discovery. You have expert help right there, a wide variety of products you can go through relatively quickly. That’s hard to do still on a console or a PC. There’s lots of content, but how do you easily discover what’s the best thing to do? We haven’t solved that.”

Nevertheless, with digital sales on the rise and platforms like Steam offering better deals over retail stores, one wonders how well an expert opinion will keep the latter afloat.

The add-on will add 82 updated course and new content. Player will be able to play as Luigi, Yellow Toad, Blue Toad and a brand new playable character named Nabbit. This new character will not be able to power up when he collects items, but his unique abilities include not taking damage when he gets in contact with enemies. He will only be playable as a multiplayer character.

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It’s lovely to see Luigi get his own personal adventure on the Wii U for the first time. The last time Luigi had his own game was Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on the 3DS which was fantastic, hopefully Nintendo decides to make more future Luigi standalone titles.

Let us know if you’re excited for New Super Luigi U for the Wii U in the comments below.

Check back on GamingBolt for more media updates as we get closer to E3 2013.

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is not your traditional Pac-Man game that you’ve come to expect. The players will still consume ghosts and food, meanwhile, the ‘debut trailer’ demonstrates a mix of platforming and action. In the video Pac-Man also eats a power petal that grants him new and unique abilities.

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Are you interested in the new Pac-Man title? Let us know in the comments below.

Check back on GamingBolt for future updates of this newly announced game in the coming weeks at E3 2013.

The retail version of Minecraft was originally supposed to come out on April 30th in form of a physical disc. However, this specified release date has now been pushed back to June 4th. While Microsoft confirmed the delay, they did not say why.

Minecraft is currently only available through Xbox Live Marketplace. The retail version will allow players to play the game without having an internet connection.

Physical copy of Minecraft will retail for $19.99 and it will include all the same features and content that is in the downloadable version. This version of the game also has the new additions from the all the title updates.

You can check out our review for Minecraft over here.

Stay tuned on GamingBolt for more information regarding Minecraft’s retail release.

According to a recent financial report from GameStop stated that mobile and online gaming is starting to pose a threat to the company’s business. GameStop is trying to find ways of to come up with a strategy that will benefit their new business model based of what’s been happening with digital and mobile gaming.

“Browser, mobile and social gaming is accessed through hardware other than the consoles and traditional hand-held video game devices we currently sell. If we are unable to respond to this growth in popularity of browser, mobile and social games and transition our business to take advantage of these new forms of gaming, our financial position and results of operations could suffer.”

“The company has been and is currently pursuing various strategies to integrate these new forms of gaming into the company’s business model, but we can provide no assurances that these strategies will be successful or profitable.”

For the last few years iOS, Free-to-Play and Mobile games have been taking over the casual market, which makes the competition more difficult. Retail companies are feeling very pressured by the current situation and are trying find ways to benefit from it in the long run.

The financial document also reported which game company was the most valuable, cooperative and helpful to GameStop.

“Our largest vendors worldwide are Sony, Activision, Nintendo, Microsoft and Electronic Arts, which accounted for 17 per cent, 16 per cent, 14 per cent, 13 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, of our new product purchases in fiscal 2012.”

Last week GameStop has reported a loss of $269.7 million in fiscal year 2012.

Almost everyone in the industry is repeating the digital distribution is the future spiel, but Sony’s UK vice president has shot this down and has mentioned that retail is extremely important for future platforms.

“Coming down off that 2008 peak has been a steep ride for many and has involved fallout on many levels, not least of all retail,” he told MCVUK.

“So what we’re seeing is not really a surprise,” Gara continued, “a bit of a readjustment if you like and it isn’t just happening to the specialists on the High Street. There is a bit of a reappraisal around space and the commitment from other retailers.”

“We’d love to see as many of those retailers as possible maintain their interest in servicing the space because clearly down the road many of us are going to be doing our best to give another injection into the market whenever the next cycle starts.”

Gamestop has finally launched in the UK, although, you can only buy things online for now. It’s good news for UK gamers, who already have plenty of options already available. It’s still a long way to go before we any sort of retail chains in India, as we are still a developing market, but it’s good to know these stores are expanding to new countries.

You can visit them online here – Gamestop UK

Game4U is opening stores all across India, in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, and other cities. Game4U are looking for “enthusiastic gamers, who want to make a career in retail.” These are the available positions:

Store Supervisor: If you’re an experienced retail professional in a supervisory or management position, preferably dealing with electronics, music and entertainment products, then this is the right profile to you.

Customer Service Associate: We are looking for dedicated team members that are vital for customer interactions. We require people with a passion for gaming, excellent people skills who are presentable, motivated, enthusiastic individuals with the personality to deliver our exceptional customer service programs.

You can apply for the job through here.

Logging over 16 million hours and achieving a staggering 1.1 billion kills (coming in at 407 kills per person), the popularity for Halo Reach is nothing short of incredible.

“It’s exceeded our expectations,” said Bungie Studios community director Brian Jarrard. “Our only real perspective going into this was the ‘Halo 3’ beta test, which had about 800,000 people. We knew there were a couple million copies of ‘ODST’ out there, but we really didn’t have any specific information that let us know what the population might be like.”

Bungie will almost certainly be rooting for top spot on the sales leagues; Halo 3 achieved $300 million, while the current table leader Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made over $550 million to date.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt as we eagerly anticipate the release of Halo Reach.