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Daily Scoop: May 12, 2011 – Nearly the weekend

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s nearly the weekend, which is exciting, because I’m going to try to get as much gaming done as possible! I know it’ll be beautiful outside. I’ll open the windows, ok??? Oh, and D & D was fun last night – thanks for asking! I didn’t have a character made, so I got to be some hot, pre-made elven rogue. I was super nervous, since I hadn’t played in a really long time, but it was awesome. And now I feel like I’ve got +10 to moxy!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is for all of you PC gamers out there: Buy a Mionix Naos 5000 Laser Gaming Mouse, get a Mionix Sargas 360 Mouse Pad! The mouse is $64.99 down from $89.99, and the pad is $14.99, so that’s almost $40 off! If you’ve been waiting to replace that old crappy mouse, today is a good day for you.

In t-shirt news, the dudes over at Penny Arcade have two new t-shirts this month, and they’re also offering them packaged at a cheaper price with a fancy hoody! WOO! There’s the Hipster Gabe tee (also available in lady’s sizes), the Internet Dickwad Theory 2.0 tee (in lady’s sizes as well), and the Insert Coin hoodie. For $40, you can also get any four of these shirts packaged with the hoodie as well! So that’s Hipster Gabe shirt with hoodie (for dudes or girls) and Internet Dickwad Theory 2.0 shirt with hoodie (for dudes or girls). Whew. That’s a lot of new stuff! The Hipster shirt with hoodie is tempting me right now…

I was into PAX before it was a show that sold out in three weeks!

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3DS eShop update pushed back to June 6

Posted on May 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Nintendo has released a short statement concerning the release date of the 3DS’ “eShop Update.” According to The Big N, the system update that will activate the eShop will now take place on June 6th, not in late May as previously planned.

Interstingly, Nintendo specified that the update would be pushed out sometime in the evening of June 6th, which is a few hours after the company’s E3 press conference.

Call me optimistic, but I think Nintendo has something big related to the 3DS update planned for their press conference at this year’s E3 Expo.

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Creative Assembly working on Alien game

Posted on May 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. But on Earth, that sound you hear is the utter shock of Alien fans as Sega has revealed they’re working on another game based on the series.

The development reins for this untitled Alien game have been handed to The Creative Assembly, a team best known for the Total War series of strategy games. So is Total War: LV-426 in the works? We don’t know because, actually, Sega doesn’t want to talk about the game’s genre just yet.

Instead, the publisher and developer prefer to talk about how awesome their untitled, officially unannounced game will be. Creative Assembly’s Creative Director, Mike Simpson, told CVG that Sega told him to make an “award-winning” game. While Sega West CEO Mike Hayes said, “We want this to be a peer to the likes of Dead Space 2.”

Wow. Never let it to be said that Sega doesn’t dream big. OK, maybe the guys at Obsidian who were working on the now-canceled Alien RPG can say that.

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Namco Bandai “hasn’t started” Tekken X Street Fighter

Posted on May 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Here’s a bit of a surprise. With Capcom hard at work on Street Fighter X Tekken (the publisher is targeting an early 2012 release date), Namco Bandai has revealed that they haven’t even started working on Tekken X Street Fighter.

Tekken Producer Katsuhiro Harada talked to CVG yesterday at the company’s Level Up event, where he broke the bad news:

“We really haven’t started on Tekken X Street Fighter. Things are going well with Street Fighter X Tekken and we’ll have more on that at E3. We hope you look forward to that.”

So I guess we got that going for us. Which is nice.

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Bungie Aerospace trademarks “Crimson”

Posted on May 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

It’s the question everybody is asking, just what is Bungie up to? The answer got more complicated today when Bungie offshoot Bungie Aerospace filed a trademark for something called “Crimson.”

According to the filing, Crimson is “Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices.”

So basically, Bungie is getting into the app business. Is “Crimson” a part of Bungie’s New Universe, the mega franchise they’re developing for Activision over the next ten years? Or is it something new entirely? The founding of Bungie Aerospace, a brand new company unconnected to the Activision/Bungie deal, would suggest the latter.

Whatever it is, it looks like we’ll be waiting a good, long while to find out. Bungie has no plans to attend the 2011 E3 Expo.

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XBLA Wednesday: Gatling Gears, Star Raiders

Posted on May 11, 2011 by John Scalzo

Microsoft has added a pair of games to the Xbox Live Arcade today:

Gatling Gears is a top-down shooter from EA that has been priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) and Star Raiders is an update of the classic Atari 400/800 game that has been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

More information on both games can be found after the break. (more…)

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Soul Calibur V trailer slices its way online

Posted on May 11, 2011 by John Scalzo

As promised, Namco Bandai has released the first teaser trailer for Soul Calibur V. The fighting game will follow Patroklos, son of Sophitia Alexandra, as his destiny becomes intertwined with the evil Soul Edge and holy Soul Calibur.

Soul Calibur V will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. Namco Bandai is expected to reveal more information about the game at this year’s E3 Expo.

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Daily Scoop: May 11, 2011 – D & D Encounters!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Wednesday, and a new D & D encounter begins tonight! Not sure what that means? You should read our interview with Kieren Chase to find out all about it, while I practice my rolls!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Guitar Bundle for the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. It’s $49.99 down from $79.99, and includes Dethklok, DragonForce, and…Blind Melon? Really? The guys with the video that has the bumblebee girl? Hmm. That sounds…like…ROCK!!

Speaking of things that rock, check out today’s Ript shirt, called “TerManated,” which is a crazy mash-up of MegaMan and Terminator:

HE’LL BE BACK.

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