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Saints Row IV, The Bureau, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, more added to PS Store

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It’s another big week for the PlayStation Network as the majority of this week’s retail releases also found their way onto the PlayStation Store.

Volition’s Saints Row IV leads off the craziness and its joined by another title on the PS3 that focuses on an alien invasion, 2K’s The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. There’s no aliens for Sam Fisher to fight in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist (at least, I don’t think), but he makes his return to the PS3 as well. Finally, Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers, a budget aerial combat sim, is new to the PS3 section of the Store.

Gamers interested in quirkier fare who also have an interested in PSN/Vita Cross-Buy titles would do well to check out the one-on-one fighter Divekick and the puzzler Ms. Germinator. Speaking of the Vita, The Walking Dead: The First Season shambles onto Sony’s handheld this week.

Finally, a pair of PS2 Classics, Kessen III and Naval Ops Commander, round out this week’s new additions to the PlayStation Store.

More information about all of these titles can be found after the break. And if you’re interested in a rundown of this week’s new game add-ons, that’s available at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)

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New Releases: Saints Row IV, Disney Infinity, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, More

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This week’s new releases take us to infinity and beyond.

The “infinity” is taken care of by Disney’s massive companywide crossover, Disney Infinity, is ready for release on the 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360. The game’s “Starter Pack” will come complete with three figures (Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, Mr. Incredible from The Incredibles, and Sulley from Monsters Inc.) with additional figures available for purchase separately.

That brings us to the “beyond,” which is ably covered by Volition’s Saints Row IV. The insane antics of the Third Street Saints have found a new home at Deep Silver, but the latest game is available for three familiar platforms: PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. And if you’ve got the scratch, why not spring for Saints Row IV’s luxurious (and ridiculous) “Million Dollar Pack.”

Also available this week is the latest adventure of Sam Fisher, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360); the 1960s-set adventures of an anti-alien task force, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PC, PS3, Xbox 360); and the standalone release of Luigi’s latest starring effort, New Super Luigi U (Wii U).

More new releases can be found after the break. (more…)

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Saints Row IV’s “Million Dollar Pack” includes the game and an insane amount of goodies

saintsrow4-millionFor gamers of a certain age, some of Deep Silver’s antics are probably beginning to resemble the late 90s/early 2000s heyday of Acclaim. Before going under in 2004, the defunct publisher offered cash to any family willing to name their unborn baby “Turok.” They also offered to pay the funeral expenses of anyone willing to be buried underneath a Shadow Man 2 headstone. Deep Silver’s “Million Dollar Pack” (AKA the “Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition”) for Saints Row IV doesn’t reach those depths, but some of goodies included with the game are absurdly insane.

The Saints Row IV “Million Dollar Pack” will be sold through GAME, a UK video game retailer, and is available to purchase for, yes, one million dollars. The bundle gets you a copy of the game and some additional bonuses:

  • Full-Size Replica Dub Step Gun
  • Hostage Rescue Experience
  • Virgin Galactic Space Flight
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Spy Training Day
  • Access to a Personal Shopper
  • A “Capsule Wardrobe
  • A Week in the Top Royal Suite at the Burj-Al-Arab in Dubai
  • A Week at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
  • First Class Flights to Dubai and Washington, D.C.
  • Lamborghini Gallardo
  • Toyota Prius + One Year of Insurance
  • A One Year Membership in a “Supercars” Club

Only one copy of the “Million Dollar Pack” is available in the entire world, so if you’re interested, you’d better hurry. And I’m sure, if you ask nicely, Deep Silver will switch out the UK version of the game for the US one.

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Saints Row IV Season Pass announced as game goes gold

saintsrowthirddominatrixAfter escaping THQ’s collapse relatively unscathed, Volition is proud to announce that development work on Saints Row IV is done. In industry terms, the game has “gone gold” (insert your own scatological joke here).

To celebrate, Volition has announced that gamers are now able to pre-order the (rather affordable) Season Pass that will be released with it. The Saints Row IV Season Pass will be sold for $9.99 and will entitle the owner to two downloadable expansions and an exclusive weapon, The Rectifier anal probe (again, insert your own scatological joke here).

The first expansion is scheduled to be the previously announced Director’s Cut of the “Enter the Dominatrix” scenario. It should be available sometime in the Fall and a second expansion will follow in “late 2013.” Saints Row IV will be released on August 20.

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Saints Row IV almost ended in a big Bollywood-style dance number

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I think it’s time we tested the water at Volition HQ. The developers behind the increasingly absurd Saints Row saga hosted “Saints Row Super Dangerous Wub Wub Panel” at Comic-Con on Saturday and Creative Director Steve Jaros revealed the depths of the company’s entrenched insanity… They wanted the final boss battle of Saints Row IV to take place during a big Bollywood-style dance number.

Sadly, a lot of additional time and money would have been needed to make the dance sequence a reality and it was ultimately scrapped:

“It was on our schedule,” Jaros said during today’s Saints Row Super Dangerous Wub Wub Panel, “and we were trying to do it the right way,” with Volition looking at choreography and “the right Bollywood song” to license. Jaros said the idea was scrapped when the Saints Row 4 motion capture team detailed the cost and complexity of adding the song and dance gag. “Time kills jokes, is what it boils down to,” he said.

“The stars didn’t line up,” Jaros said, but assured Comic-Con attendees “the spirit of the Bollywood dance number happens [at the end] and it is poetry in motion. It is so good.”

We’ll all be able to see the real ending of Saints Row IV when the game ships for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on August 20.

[Source: Polygon]

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Saints Row IV voice cast features Daniel Dae Kim, Keith David, NPH, more

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Saint’s Row IV is really shaping up to be quite the epic adventure. The voice cast was announced this week, and some pretty interesting names are included, including the return of Daniel Dae Kim as Johnny Gat. You can view the full list below. Also, Rob Van Dam!

The Cast:  
Daniel Dae Kim Johnny Gat
Keith David As Himself
Danielle Nicolet Shaundi
Jennifer Jules Hart Shaundi #2
Natalie Lander Kinzie Kensington
Terry Crews Benjamin King
JB Blanc Zinyak/Phillipe Loren
Michael Dorn Maero
Neil Patrick Harris DJ Veteran Child
Yuri Lowenthal Matt Miller
Arif Kinchen Pierce Washington
Tim Thomerson Cyrus Temple
Mike Carlucci Zach
Rob Van Dam Bobby
Rebecca Riedy Asha Odekar
Andrew Bowen Josh Birk/NyteBlayde
Michael Yurchak CID
TC Carson Big Tony
Ursula Taherian Tanya
Ogie Banks Warren Williams
   
The President:  
Nolan North The Player
Troy Baker The Player
Laura  Bailey The Player
Robin Atkin Downes The Player
Diane Michelle The Player
Kenn Michael The Player
Sumalee Montano The Player
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Celebrate the 4th of July with a new Saints Row IV trailer

Volition is celebrating America’s Independence Day with a brand new trailer for Saints Row IV. There’s plenty of fireworks and Keith David gives a speech that rivals the great Bill “President Whitmore” Pullman… what more could you want? And, I think this goes without saying but, like all Saints Row IV trailers, this one is completely not safe for work.

Saints Row IV will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on August 20.

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The PAXpocalypse List: The Best of PAX East 2013

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We don’t have the PAX pox, but what if the entire convention center was put under quarantine because of some mystery illness? What would you do? What would you see? We’d endure the PAXpocalypse by spending all of our time with the 13 games (nine playable, three developer-guided demos, and one board game) below. Though it would have to be after pushing the hordes of undead off our doorstep. Because any pox affecting PAXgoers would almost certainly have to lead to a zombie uprising. (more…)

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