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Splatoon’s next Splatfest will pit the Flintstones against the Jetsons… sort of

Posted on January 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Nintendo has announced the theme for Splatoon‘s upcoming North American Splatfest… “Would You Rather Travel to the Past or the Future?”

Scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 16, this Splatfest is basically asking participants to pledge allegiance to their favorite fictional universe. Did you prefer Back to the Future or Back to the Future Part II? Would you side with Sarah Connor or the technological terror that is The Terminator? And do you consider yourself a Jetsons junkie or a Flintstones fan? Though there was that time the Jetsons met the Flintstones…

It really is a tough decision. Thankfully, the Squid Research Lab has compiled a list of pros and cons to help you make your choice.

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Nominees for the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced

Posted on January 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

gdcawardsBloodborne, Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Rocket League, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will all be competing for “Game of the Year” honors at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, March 16.

With four nominations apiece, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt became the most-nominated titles this year. In addition to “Game of the Year,” The Phantom Pain is also up for “Best Audio,” “Best Design,” and “Best Technology.” Meanwhile, The Witcher 3 will attempt to also take home “Best Visual Art,” “Best Narrative,” and “Best Technology.”

Fallout 4 and Bloodborne were just a step behind both titles with three total nominations of their own. However, they have a lot of company as Star Wars: Battlefront, Splatoon, Her Story, and Undertale all received a trio of nominations as well.

Viewers at home will be able to watch the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards through Twitch, and a complete look at this year’s nominees can be found after the break. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: January 8, 2016 – It’s finally the weekend!

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Hello there, fellow traveler! I am hoping to get some video gaming done this weekend, but that is likely not going to happen. I have my nephew’s birthday party tonight, then board game event all day tomorrow and Sunday. But at least I’ll be doing some form of gaming!

Over at the Humble Store, they’re having a Neo Geo Weekend. You can get Art of Fighting 2 for $2.49, Garou: Mark of the Wolves for $3.99, and lots of classic packs! Check out the link for the full sale.

Over at Steam, the Weekend Deal is Broken Age, which is on sale for just $6.24. You can get it with the soundtrack for $7.49, or get the Double Fine Bundle 2015 for $24.99. The Daily Deal is a personal favorite of mine, Papers, Please. This indie darling is just $3.99, which is a total steal for how amazing this game is.

Let’s start off the weekend with a ton of t-shirts! (more…)

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Xbox Store Today: Lovely Planet, Unepic, Cubot

Posted on January 8, 2016 by John Scalzo

It’s a colorful update to the Xbox Games Store today as Lovely Planet, Unepic, and Cubot are now available to download for the Xbox One…

  • Lovely Planet is a ridiculously adorable first person shooter that gives players a Nerf gun and lets them loose in a cartoonish world of angry squares and acute triangles that seem a little mean… some might even say obtuse.
  • Unepic is a side-scrolling RPG that harkens back to the 80s.
  • And Cubot is a minimalist puzzler that asks players to move color cubes towards tiles of the same color.

More information about all of these games can be found after the break. (more…)

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Mini Metro, Her Story lead all nominees at the 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards

Posted on January 7, 2016 by John Scalzo

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The Independent Games Festival has announced the nominees for their 18th annual awards, and two very different games lead the pack as Mini Metro, a tranquil public transportation sim, and Her Story, a detective story that uses 90s-era full motion video, will both be competing for the “Seumas McNally Grand Prize.”

The minimalist Mini Metro collected three other nominations including “Excellence In Visual Art,” “Excellence In Design,” and “Excellence In Audio.” Meanwhile, Her Story also racked up three additional nominations including “Excellence In Narrative,” “Excellence In Design,” and the “Nuovo Award.” Both games will be competing for the “Grand Prize” against Darkest Dungeon, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Superhot, and Undertale.

The 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards will be held on Wednesday, March 16, during this year’s Game Developers Conference. If you aren’t going to be in San Francisco to attend the show in person, you can watch the festivities live through Twitch. However, if you are attending GDC 2016, all of this year’s finalists will be playable on the show floor at the IGF Pavilion.

A complete list of the nominees and honorable mentions for the 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards can be found after the break. (more…)

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Nintendo Download: The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Hogan’s Alley, Wild Gunman, more

Posted on January 7, 2016 by John Scalzo

Dust off your Wii Remote, because Nintendo is bringing a trio of NES-era light gun games to the Wii U eShop today…

  • Hogan’s Alley puts players on the shooting range opposite a bunch of old-timey gangsters. But watch out for those civilians!
  • The Adventures of Bayou Billy does a great impersonation of a deranged 80s action movie as players will have to survive beat ’em up levels, light gun levels, and racing levels to rescue Billy’s girlfriend from Godfather Gordon.
  • Finally, Wild Gunman transports players back to the Old West and asks them to compete in a series of high noon standoffs with a gang of outlaws.

More information on all of these games (and the rest of this week’s new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: January 7, 2016 – So much Tom Clancy

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Nicole Kline

I finally, finally, FINALLY saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens last night! I was so pleased with it. It was such a delightful experience! And now I can view the Internet as something other than a minefield of spoilers. Hooray!

There’s a new Humble Weekly Bundle that launched today, and this one is a Tom Clancy Encore! Note: I’m just writing the words that come after Tom Clancy in these titles, because writing Tom Clancy’s name that many times might summon him to me. Pay $1 or more to unlock Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six 3 Gold, Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and Ghost Recon. Pay more than the average to unlock Rainbow Six Vegas 2, The Division (beta), Splinter Cell Conviction: Deluxe Edition, and Splinter Cell. Pay $10 or more to unlock Splinter Cell Blacklist and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and a whopping $75 to unlock The Division (pre-order), an exclusive t-shirt for The Division, and a 66% off coupon for up to three Ubisoft titles in the Humble Store.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is Planetary Annihilation: Titans, which is on sale for $11.99. If you own Titans and want to upgrade it, you can pay $9.92 to upgrade. The Daily Deal is the Sword of Asumi, which is on sale for $2.69, or you can get the Deluxe Edition for $3.89.

And now, t-shirts! (more…)

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Warp Zoned’s 2015 Golden Pixel Awards: Honoring Our Favorite Games From Last Year

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Warp Zoned Staff

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The conventional wisdom will tell you that 2015 was a down year for games and that all the good stuff got pushed back to 2016. But how can you trust the conventional wisdom when last year featured a ridiculously entertaining string of good games starring kid squids, gothic hunters, glitchy sci-fi heroes, and the lone survivor of a nuclear war. And all that’s before you dip into the millions of user-created levels from Super Mario Maker.

Yup, we think 2015 was a pretty great year for games, especially the ones that took home some hardware during our annual Golden Pixel Awards… (more…)

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