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Daily Scoop: May 28, 2013 – Video Game Gold Box Event!
What a great extended weekend! Anthony and I played so much Borderlands 2 that I’m dreaming about being Krieg the Psycho. That might sound like a bad thing, but I haven’t had this much fun since the game first came out! It’s been such a blast. We also made a lot of progress on our big move! So close to being completely finished – just a few more big trips, and then it’s setting up time. Woo!
What better way to start off a short week than with an Amazon Gold Box Event full of nothing but video games? The main game on sale all day is Injustice: Gods Among Us. The PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 regular versions are $34.99, while the Collector’s Edition versions on PS3 and Xbox 360 are $64.99.
Here are the rest of the deals for today:
- 12:00AM PST/3:00AM EST: Dead Island Riptide – regular and special editions on sale for $31.99 and $59.99, respectively
- 6:00AM PST/9:00AM EST: AmazonBasics Carrying Case for Nintendo 3DS, DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL ($6.99) – just what it says!
- 9:00AM PST/12:00PM EST: Play Lara Croft´s latest adventure – this one’s got to be the new Tomb Raider
- 12:00PM PST/3:00PM EST: Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 – another self-explanatory one!
- 2:00PM PST/5:00PM EST: Forza Horizon Limited Edition – they’re not even trying
- 4:00PM PST/7:00PM EST: AmazonBasics PlayStation 3 Wired USB Chat Headset
- 6:00PM/9:00PM EST: This ultimate collection has two best-selling Kinect games – most likely Kinect Sports: Season One and Two
What are you going to get from the sale?
Also up – lots and lots of great t-shirts! (more…)
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Mojang’s Scrolls will launch in open beta on June 3
Mojang, the people behind the massively popular Minecraft, are almost ready to release their next title, the card-based strategy game Scrolls. Instead of a traditonal launch, the game will be released as a paid “open beta” for the PC and Mac on June 3. Players will be able to purchase Scrolls for $20 and test/play the new game for themselves in a kind of rolling launch.
For more information about the world of Scrolls, you can check out the launch trailer above or you can peruse the game’s “mini-guide” over at the official site.
TowerFall has an awesome new trailer, releasing for Ouya on June 25
I’ve been playing TowerFall whenever I can wrestle a controller from the other maniacs playing it at Cipher Prime’s Dev Night in Philadelphia. This amazing multiplayer versus game of strategic archery pits you against up to three of your friends in a ridiculous battle of wits, tactics, and twitch reflexes. It’s a beautiful, happy throwback to games like Super Smash Bros., reminiscent of simpler days screaming at your friends on the couch. Screaming in glee, I mean.
Check out the trailer, and pick up this game as soon as you possibly can. Seriously. TowerFall is worth every single penny – in fact, whatever you pay for it, you’ve ripped Matt Thorson off. The game will be out for Ouya on June 25, with other platforms to be announced. If you needed a reason to get an Ouya, consider this the best one so far. Check out the website for more details.
Super Mario Bros. movie gets semi-official webcomic sequel after 20 years
Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss really love the Super Mario Bros. movie. The pair has run Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Archive since 2007 and they held a special 20th anniversary screening of the film this past weekend at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles. They even managed to convince John Leguizamo (he played Luigi) to deliver a recorded message to fans. But what they plan to do next tops even that.
Do you remember the final scene of the movie? Of course you do… Princess Daisy rushes in with a big gun requesting the Mario Brothers’ help for another big adventure! Applebaum and Hoss certainly remember and they’ve recruited the movie’s original screenwriter, Parker Bennett, to help them flesh out where the story would have went next. And it’ll all be published as a multi-part webcomic… Super Mario Bros. 2!
The first chapter, “Return to Dinohattan,” is available now. Which has to be proof that nothing’s impossible. Improbable… unlikely… but never impossible.
Aksys Games will have two unannounced games at E3 2013
Aksys Games plans to bring at least five titles to this year’s E3 Expo, including Muramasa Rebirth (Vita), A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX (XBLA), several unnamed mobile games, and two brand new titles.
Here’s what Aksys had to say about their E3 presence (from the company blog):
Two New Titles – We’ll be announcing two new titles that we’re bringing to these here shores! Are you ready? Stop on by and find out! We’ll have awesome trailers and… oh my goodness!… playables!
A Mobile What? – We’ll also be showing off one of our first mobile titles, so if you’re mobile friendly, come on in!
Muramasa Rebirth – The critically-acclaimed hit, slated to ship on June 25th, will be available to play! We’ll also show off that beautiful lithograph for the special edition (it’s really pretty, we promise).
A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX – Announced back in March, this hit game is set to grace XBLA, and will be playable for the first time on the Xbox 360 at E3. What are you waiting for?!
TT Games adds Venom, Human Torch to Lego Marvel Super Heroes
When WB Games first announced Lego Marvel Super Heroes, they confirmed that the game would include over 100 playable characters. So far, that list includes big names like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, and Deadpool. But two more were added to the game’s roster this weekend at the London MCM Expo.
According to a tweet from TT Games’ Joe Moore, Venom and the Human Torch will both be playable in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. With (at least) 88 more names to come, we can probably expect more of these announcements between now and the game’s release this fall on the 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii U, and Xbox 360.
I’m holding out hope for Lego Blade myself.
Weekly Warp-Up: Say Hello to the Xbox One
No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
Microsoft lifted the curtain on their next generation console, the Xbox One, this week. More than a mere console, the system will be bundled with a new Kinect sensor and take over your cable box. A hefty feature set will allow multiple apps to run the background in something called “Snap Mode.” And like the PS4’s Share Button, the Xbox One will be equipped with a “Game DVR.”
But what about games? Microsoft mostly stayed quiet about the system’s game content (preferring to announce them at E3), but they did reveal a bunch of new titles from EA Sports (FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, NBA Live 14, EA Sports UFC), Forza Motorsport 5 from Turn 10, Quantum Break from Remedy, and Call of Duty: Ghosts. All together, Microsoft plans to release 15 Xbox One-exclusive games in the system’s first year as well as Halo: The Television Series.
But then the problems began. It soon came to light that the Xbox One won’t be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade games. And it turned out that used games will be heavily regulated thanks to a requirement that all games must be installed to the hard drive. To top it all off, Microsoft expects the Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U combined to sell ONE BILLION consoles. That’s just insane and makes us wonder if the Xbox 360 was just a fluke. Actually, we think this comic sums it up quite well.
Of course, Microsoft can still bounce back. And we expect them to. In fact, all three console manufacturers can have a great E3 Expo (and beyond). We explain how in our look at The Roadmap To Victory for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony at E3 2013.
And on a totally unrelated note, we offer suggestions on “How To Get More Coin For Your Game Project” in the latest edition of Kickstart This!
You can find more news from the week after the break. (more…)
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New Releases: Fuse, Grid 2, Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded, More
Insomniac Games will release Fuse, their first multiplatform game ever, this week. The game, which was previously known as “Overstrike,” is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360. Also available this week is Grid 2, the next big racing game from Codemasters. Like the first game in the series, Grid 2 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
This week’s remaining releases are all for the PC and fall into one of two camps: strategy games and adventure games. On the strategy side is Wargame: Airland Battle and Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods, a Crusader Kings II expansion.
Over on the adventure side, there’s Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded, 99 Spirits, and The Night of the Rabbit.