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Jurassic Park, Red Dead Redemption added to PS Store

Posted on November 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Following Microsoft’s lead, Sony has reorganized the PlayStation Store into PS3 Games (titles that were first released as disc-based games) and PSN Games (titles exclusive to the PS Store). Best of all, on the first day of this new store setup they’ve made one of the best disc-based PS3 games ever available to download. I refer, of course, to Red Dead Redemption.

The original redemption of John Marsten, as well as his cowboy antics battling the undead hordes in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, are now available to download for $39.99 and $19.99, respectively.

meanwhile, the new “PSN Games” storefront will receive three new games on its first day of existence:

Jurassic Park: The Game ($29.99)
Security systems have failed and the creatures of the park roam free. Now, a rogue corporation will stop at nothing to acquire the embryos stolen and lost by Dennis Nedry. Experience a brand new adventure and see new areas and dinosaurs in this landmark game set during the first Jurassic Park movie.

Hollywood Squares ($9.99)
Play with friends and family on the famous tic-tac-toe game board occupied by “center squares” Kathy Griffin, Brad Garrett, Martin Mull and Jeffrey Tambor! Host Tom Bergeron asks the celebrities questions, and you judge whether the answers are true or false.

BurgerTime World Tour ($9.99)
BurgerTime lives again! This culinary classic used to rip quarters from your pockets. Now it’s back but in Next-Gen form with 3D graphics on a rotating cylindrical axis in a whole new burger world. In fact, 4 new worlds! And 50 levels, four gargantuan boss characters, and up to 4-players, online!

Finally, a new PSone Classic, Vanguard Bandits, will be added to the PS Store. The availability of this JRPG has surely broken the hearts of eBay sellers everywhere as it’s been selling on the auction site for $100-$200.

To get the full flavor of this week’s PlayStation Store update, including more details on these games and all of the new add-ons, head on over to the PlayStation.Blog.

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Persona 4 stage play hitting Japan in March

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Brian Bishop

Atlus’ RPG/school sim Persona 4 has been seeing a lot of attention lately in it’s home country of Japan. At the Tokyo Game show this year, two new games in the franchise were announced, Persona 4: The Golden for Vita and Persona 4: Ultimate Mayonaka Arena for Xbox 360/PS3. Even an anime based on the series, called “Persona 4: The Animation,” has begun airing in Japan and is on episode six.

The video game is breaking some entirely new ground as well… ground in REAL LIFE. The new production company Marvelous AQL has greenlit Visualive Persona 4, a stage play based on the popular video game. The play is set to run from March 15, 2012 through the 20th at the Sunshine theater in Tokyo.

The voice actor for Teddie (Kuma in the Japanese version) is even reprising his role from the video game on stage.

[Source: Anime News Network]

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Daily Scoop: November 15, 2011 – Make some noise

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Tuesday, yay! Not as good as Friday, but not nearly as bad as Monday. And my day started out with me nearly taking an adorable kitten home with me. How could a day start out better than that???

Anyway, Amazon continues their early Black Friday deals today with a “Digital Download Day” as their Deal of the Day in video games. It’s mostly Sims games, with a smattering of others, including Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition for $9.99. If you’re into digital games and want to sweep a bunch up for cheap, this sounds like the perfect deal for you!

GameFly is also having a huge used sale, with more than a few games for under $10. There are PS3 games, Wii games, and Xbox 360 games in the sale. Duke Nukem Forever and Brink are $5.99 used, and that is about how much I would recommend paying for them!

No gaming shirts today, but TeeFury’s “That’s Frank, Folks” is amazing: (more…)

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First Amazing Spider-Man: The Game concept art is… well, you know

Posted on November 15, 2011 by John Scalzo

With Spider-Man: Edge of Time now in stores, Beenox is hard at work on The Amazing Spider-Man, next Summer’s tie-in game that’ll be released alongside the movie of the same name. The Amazing Spider-Man made it’s debut (in a rough and very early state) at New York Comic-Con and now, a month later, the developer is ready to unveil the first concept art from the game.

Hit the jump for a first look at a gun battle in the subway tunnels, the inside of Peter’s apartment, and the opulent OsCorp building. (more…)

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Nintendo, Penny Arcade team up for Zelda: Skyward Sword comic

Posted on November 15, 2011 by John Scalzo

To celebrate the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (just five more days!), Nintendo has teamed up with the boys from Penny Arcade to create a five-panel Skyward Sword comic.

Starting today, new panels will appear every week at the official Skyward Sword website.

“I was 14 when I first played The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past,” said Penny Arcade artist Mike Krahulik. “That was 20 years ago, and today I am introducing my son to The Legend of Zelda. The opportunity to work with Nintendo to create a Zelda comic is not only an incredible honor, but quite literally a childhood dream come true.”

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Daily Scoop: November 14, 2011 – MEPACon is over!

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Well, it’s been a long weekend for me, folks! I headed out to MEPACon from Friday to Sunday, where I played a staggering 28+ hours of Dungeons and Dragons. It was glorious! But now I’m back at work, and I’m exhausted. I really want to action point and take a nap.

Can that be done?

Anyway, Amazon’s starting Black Friday early! Today’s Deal of the Day in video games is a bunch of four star games for under $20. There are some good ones on there – Bioshock 2 is like 10 bucks! Scoop it up, y’all!

Amazon also has some new weekly deals up:

Our amazing editor, John Scalzo, has also been hard at work gathering Black Friday deals. So far, he’s got:

No video game shirts today… sorry, folks. Maybe we’ll have better luck tomorrow!

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Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge is the first Wii U launch title

Posted on November 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Wii U is still shrouded in mystery, but the first launch title has been announced and it’s not what you’d expect.

Instead of an announcement from Nintendo concerning the latest adventure starring Mario or Link or even Samus Aran, the announcement of the first Wii U launch title has come from Tecmo Koei. During a financial presentation, the publisher revealed that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge will be available at the Wii U’s launch (whenever that is). Nintendo plans to “re-introduce” the Wii U to the public at E3 2012, so a Fall release is likely.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is also in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and will be released on those two platforms in early 2012.

[Source: Andriasang]

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Black Friday Game Deals 2011: Toys R Us

Posted on November 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

Black Friday is less than two weeks away (November 25, mark your calendars) and retailers have continued to release their annual Black Friday sales circulars.

Do you want to be a Toys R Us kid? How about a Toys R Kids who buys Rage, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3, Forza Motorsport 4, and more on Black Friday? You know, kid’s stuff! Those games (and many more) will be part of the toy retailer’s “Buy 1 Get 1 For $5” promotion. They’re also running a “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” promotion on select DS and Wii games.

Hit the jump for the complete list of “Buy 1 Get 1 For $5” and “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” games as well as all the rest of Toys R Us’s sale-priced games. (more…)

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