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Nintendo Download: Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mighty No. 9, more

Posted on June 23, 2016 by John Scalzo

It’s a big day for the Nintendo eShop as three major new releases are joined by four classics of yesteryear through the storefront’s Virtual Console section.

Leading the way is Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, an RPG for the Wii U that drops the medieval adventurers from a Fire Emblem-like adventure into a present-day version of Tokyo inspired by the Persona series. It’s joined on the Wii U eShop by Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the latest athletic battle royale between the two mascots, and Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune’s side-scrolling spiritual successor to Mega Man.

Also available this week on the Wii U eShop is a trio of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. The three roguelike RPGs including Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (originally released for the Game Boy Advance in 2006), Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (originally released for the DS in 2006), and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (originally released for the DS in 2009).

Finally, Capcom will add the Super NES classic, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, to the 3DS eShop. Chivalrous Arthur will battle demons, devils, and giant beasts to rescue his Princess from the evil Emperor Sardius. Still just as great today as it was in 1991.

More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)

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Yacht Club sails in with an update on Shovel Knight’s Specter Knight campaign

Posted on June 23, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Yacht Club Games is still toiling away at Shovel Knight‘s heaping helping of post-launch content, and after giving us a quick glimpse at the King Knight campaign a few weeks ago, the developer has returned with an extended profile of Specter Knight’s upcoming adventure.

Using a series of GIFs to illustrate Specter Knight’s moveset on their official website, Yacht Club Games seems to be mining another 8-bit classic, Ninja Gaiden, for inspiration. Specter Knight can slash with his trusty scythe, be he also has a lightning quick dash that can be performed on the ground or in the air. The character’s nimble form will also allow him to wall run to reach greater heights.

Yacht Club Games is developing the add-on campaigns for Specter Knight and King Knight simultaneously, though Specter Knight’s will launch first. The team isn’t ready to talk release dates just yet, but both campaigns will be available for free, alongside the also in-development Body Swap Mode and Battle Mode.

Finally, Yacht Club announced that Shovel Knight will be available on store shelves for the Vita soon. The limited physical version is in production at FanGamer and will be released in early October.

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Daily Scoop: June 22, 2016 – ArmA franchise on sale at Steam

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Anthony Amato and I are playing the worst game right now: the game of finding a car! We’ve taken so many side missions to look at cars off the beaten path, driven a bunch of them, and spent more time than I care to admit at mechanics and on Craigslist. Maybe someday we’ll own a car! For now, I just want to use my brainspace for something else. Basically for anything else. Like these great deals!

There are lots of great games on sale at the Humble Store this week! You can get Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege for $29.99, South Park: The Stick of Truth for $7.49, and Watch_Dogs: Complete Edition for $14.99, among others.

Over at Steam, the ArmA Franchise is the Midweek Madness. ArmA 3 is $19.99, and the ArmA 3 Apex Edition is $48.99, as well as ArmA X: Anniversary Edition for $9.99, and ArmA II for $2.59, among others. The Daily Deal is early access to Bounty Train for $12.49 – or just go for the Trainium Edition for $17.49.

Hit the jump to see today’s great t-shirts! (more…)

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Xbox Store Today: Mighty No. 9, Pac-Man 256, Deadlight: Director’s Cut, more

Posted on June 22, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Today’s Xbox Games Store update will look very similar to anyone who has already studied up on this week’s PlayStation Store additions. But school’s out for the Summer, so stop your studying and start playing more games…

This week’s first new release is Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune’s spiritual successor to the Mega Man franchise. The side-scroller has had a very troubled development cycle with multiple delays, but it’s finally ready to go for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. Inafune previously warned fans that the Xbox 360 version of the game would be delayed, but it’s available to download through the Xbox Game Store right now.

Also available this week is Pac-Man 256, an isometric “infinite mazer” from Crossy Road developer Hipster Whale. Previously available on mobile devices, the Xbox One launch comes compete with a co-op multiplayer mode for up to 4 players and several new themes.

Finally this week, Tequila Works has launched their side-scrolling zombie game, Deadlight: Director’s Cut, for the Xbox One. Originally released four years ago for the Xbox 360, the Director’s Cut adds enhanced graphics, improved gameplay and controls, and extra game modes.

More information on all these games (and a few others) can be found after the break. (more…)

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Umbrella Corps, Mighty No. 9, Pac-Man 256, more added to PS Store

Posted on June 22, 2016 by John Scalzo

With most of the world still recovering from the E3 Expo, Sony dropped a big batch of new games onto the PlayStation Store yesterday.

First up is Capcom Resident Evil-themed team shooter, Umbrella Corps. Available to download now for the PS4, players will battle it out with a second team of mercenaries, all the while avoiding the shambling undead who are also in the arena.

Speaking of the shambling undead, Tequila Works has brought their side-scrolling zombie, Deadlight, to the PS4 as Deadlight: Director’s Cut. In addition to enhanced graphics, the Director’s Cut will include improved gameplay and controls, and extra game modes.

The retro vibe of Deadlight carries through to another pair of new releases this week, Mighty No. 9 and Pac-Man 256. After more than three years in development, Keiji Inafune’s Mighty No. 9 is ready for release as a PS4 + PS3 Cross-Buy title, and fans will finally get the chance to see if his Mega Man successor can live up to the hype. Meanwhile, Pac-Man 256 brought the infinite maze of the mobile hit to the PS4 for the first time.

Finally this week, Grand Kingdom is NIS America’s latest strategy RPG and it’s available to download for the PS4 and Vita.

More information on all of these games (and a few other new release) can be found after the break. And don’t forget, a complete rundown of new add-ons and discounts is available at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: June 21, 2016 – New Sonic Bundle at Humble

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Nicole Kline

I finally watched the Sony E3 Press Conference last night, along with some other game trailers, and wow am I super impressed by some of those games! Bound, God of War, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare blew me away. And I’m super excited that The Last Guardian finally has a date!

I hope you picked up some of those games yesterday, because today, Humble has a brand new bundle – the 25th Anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog bundle! Pay $1 or more to unlock Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic 3D Blast, and Sonic CD. Beat the average to unlock Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Episode 1, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic Adventures 2 with Battle DLC. Pay $10 or more to unlock Sonic Lost World, Sonic Generations and the Casino Nights DLC, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Episode 2, and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, including the Metal Sonic & Outrun and Ryo Hazuki DLC. Finally, pay $35 to unlock all that and a sweet 25th anniversary Sonic shirt!

The Midweek Madness at Steam is on Payday 2, which you can play for free for almost two weeks! If you choose to buy, it’s $4.99 for one copy and $14.99 for four copies. You can also go for the GOTY Edition, which is $12.49. The Daily Deal is Starpoint Gemini 2, which is on sale for $6.99, or you can get the Gold Pack for $8.39.

There are tons of great shirts today. Hit the jump to see them all! (more…)

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Kickstart This! Transmission

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Andrew Rainnie

Sometimes a game comes along that just speaks to your soul before you have even played it. You fall in love with this game through its character design and music, and marvel at its art style in screenshots and trailers. You eagerly anticipate an exciting new adventure come release day. Of course, many of these games are backed by a studio and publisher that have a budget to spend on PR and marketing, with many coders cracking out footage needed to whet the appetites of potential players. To find a game on Kickstarter that manages to create a trailer so moving, so near to perfect as you could hope for, is remote, and yet, that is exactly what Paper Unicorn has achieved with Transmission.

Prepare for contact. (more…)

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Shigeru Miyamoto wants to make a Zelda game starring Sheik

Posted on June 21, 2016 by John Scalzo

A_legendsheikNintendo fans got the chance to play as Sheik, Zelda’s ninja-like alter ego, for the first time outside of a Smash Bros. game in 2014’s Hyrule Warriors. Last week, legendary developer Shigeru Miyamoto said he’d like to develop a game that shines an even brighter spotlight on the character.

Miyamoto revealed his desire to create the spinoff while speaking to Game Rant during the E3 Expo:

“Within the development team, too, there have been talks about how it might be cool to have a game that features Sheik as a protagonist. It’s having maybe a Zelda spin-off with Sheik as a protagonist, for example, I don’t think that’s an impossibility.”

Sheik made her first, and thus far only, canon appearance in the Zelda series in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. With The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild set to be released for the Wii U and NX sometime next year, any spinoff starring the character is likely to be quite far away.

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