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Daily Scoop: January 21, 2015 – Last day to get Brawlers

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Nicole Kline

The Humble Weekly Bundle Brawlers is about to end, so you should hop on it! Act now to get Fist of Awesome, Ascendant, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, and more.

Over at Steam, the Midweek Madness is Insurgency – you can get one copy for $4.49, or four copies for $13.49. The Daily Deal is Ziggurat, which is $7.49.

There are some brand new games at Indie Royale in the Mixer 14 Bundle. Beat the average and get Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers, Metal Dead, Words for Evil, Rhiannon: Curse of the Four, Slinki, Heroes and Legends: Conquerors of Kolhar, Battleplan: American Civil War, Robowars, Doorways: The Underworld, and The Last Door: The Collectors.

Let’s wrap this up with a few t-shirts. (more…)

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Xbox Store Today: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Resident Evil HD

Posted on January 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Are you ready to do battle with a horde of hellspawn, a gaggle of zombies, and a spaceship full of aliens? If you’re interesting in purchasing anything in today’s Xbox Games Store update, you better be.

Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners can return to Raccoon City to fight zombies in the latest re-release of Resident Evil. This version of the “REmake” includes enhanced graphics and a new widescreen presentation.

Also available this week are a pair of Saints Row titles: Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell. Re-Elected marks the franchise’s debut on the Xbox One and includes all of the previously released DLC as the Third Street Saints attempt to stop an alien invasion. In Gat Out of Hell, Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners will travel to the underworld and “Shoot The Devil in the Face.”

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

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Elder Scrolls Online to get June 9 release on PS4/Xbox One; Bethesda ends monthly fee

Posted on January 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

Bethesda has announced that some changes to the way you play will be coming soon to The Elder Scrolls Online. But first, they’ve also confirmed that the MMO will launch for the PS4 and the Xbox One in a special “Tamriel Unlimited” edition on June 9.

“Tamriel Unlimited” will serve as the basis of Bethesda’s new philosophy for The Elder Scrolls Onlibe going forward. Beginning March 17, the publisher will discontinue the game’s monthly fee for all players in a special update. For new players, this means that a one-time purchase of the game disc is all that’s required to jump into the world of The Elder Scrolls Online.

However, an optional subscription tier will still exist for those who want it. The ESO Plus plan will offer access to “exclusive in-game bonuses, a monthly allotment of crowns to use in the store, and all DLC game packs.” All current players will automatically be enrolled in ESO Plus after the “Tamriel Unlimited” update in March.

The “Tamriel Unlimited” edition of the game (on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One) will include all of its updates and content additions, including the Justice and Champion systems. For players looking to get the most out of The Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda also plans to offer optional downloadable content in the future and an in-game Crown Store for the purchase of customization items.

To celebrate this good news, Bethesda has released a new cinematic trailer, “The Confrontation,” for The Elder Scrolls Online. It’s been embedded above.

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John Malkovich is a badass janitor in this CoD: Advanced Warfare Exo Zombies trailer

Posted on January 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

If the movies have taught me anything, it’s that you do not mess with John Malkovich. And you especially don’t mess with John Malkovich during a zombie apocalypse, because he will mess you up janitor style. This is all a prelude to saying that John Malkovich will play the world’s most badass janitor ever in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s Exo Zombies co-op mode. Apparently, Neil Flynn was busy.

With the Havoc Map Pack scheduled to launch (on the Xbox One and Xbox 360) in less than a week, Activision has released the first Exo Zombies gameplay trailer and it is marvelous. In addition to Malkovich, Bill Paxton is on hand as an Atlas executive along with Rose McGowan as a dual-wielding security guard. And The Walking Dead‘s Jon Bernthal does his best Jon Bernthal impression in his two seconds of screen time.

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Saints Row IV, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, Resident Evil HD, more added to PS Store

Posted on January 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

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A mix of re-releases, remakes, and reversions to a simpler time make up this week’s PlayStation Store update.

Capcom has released Resident Evil on nearly every platform imaginable over the years and the game’s eighth re-release gives the 2002 “REmake” a high definition upgrade and a new widescreen presentation. You can now relive all the thrills and chills of one of the first great survival horror titles on the PS3 or the PS4.

Also available this week is Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, a PS4 update to Saints Row IV. The Re-Elected package includes all of the previously released downloadable content and a graphical upgrade. Its joined by Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (PS3, PS4), a standalone expansion that asks players to “Shoot The Devil in the Face” to save the President of the United States from Satan.

Speaking of Presidents, Atlus’ Citizens of Earth (PS4, Vita) stars the Vice President of the World as he attempts to stop an alien invasion in a colorful RPG that is clearly inspired by the Super NES classic Earthbound. Finally, DNA-based puzzler Splice is now available on the PS3 and PS4 as a Cross-Buy title.

More information on all of these titles (and a few others) can be found after the break. And, as always, the PlayStation Blog is home to a complete rundown of this week’s new game add-ons and discounts. (more…)

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Human Element goes on hiatus as Robotoki shuts down

Posted on January 20, 2015 by John Scalzo

robotoki-logoRobert Bowling has informed Joystiq that his development house, Robotoki, will cease operations immediately. This announcement also likely marks the end for Human Element, their zombie shooter for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In an official statement, Bowling said that the game is now on hiatus due to a lack of funding:

“This week we have ceased operations at Robotoki and the development of Human Element is on hiatus. We were actively negotiating a new publishing deal for the premium version of Human Element but unfortunately I was unable to continue to self-fund development until a deal was finalized.”

In a previous life, Bowling served as the Community Manager at Infinity Ward before founding Robotoki in 2012. Human Element was originally scheduled to launch in November and its first trailer debuted at last month’s inaugural Game Awards. You can see some of that footage in a farewell video that’s been posted after the break. It also features a quick look at some of Robotoki’s other unreleased projects, including a pretty sweet-looking space exploration game. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: January 20, 2015 – New Humble Bundle offers tons of digital card games

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Nicole Kline

The latest Humble Bundle has me super excited – it’s the Humble Card Game Bundle! Pay what you want for the full version of Scrolls, the Dinosaur Starter for SolForge, the full version of Star Realms, and Talisman: Digital Edition and Talisman: Prologue with two cahracter packs. Pay more than the average to unlock Magic 2015 – Duels of the Planeswalkers Special Edition with Garruk’s Revenge Expansion, Dominion Online Seaside Expansion, and two starters plus bonus gold with SolForge. Pay $12 or more to unlock Dominion Online plus the Intrigue and Prosperity Expansions, the Humble Bundle Deluxe Pack of Scrolls, and the basic edition of Card Hunter. Still not satisfied? Get the Humble Card Game Bundle Cards ‘n’ Tee, which includes a physical copy of Star Realms with a special added card, as well as a t-shirt.

That is freaking awesome and I’m probably going to go all in and get that t-shirt because it is sweet.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is Grid Autosport, which is on sale for $9.99. The Daily Deal is Warmachine: Tactics, which is on sale for $23.99. I don’t mean to sound unexcited about this – I’m just overly excited about those card games!

Let’s talk about t-shirts! (more…)

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Borderlands: The Handsome Collection brings Borderlands 2, Pre-Sequel to PS4, Xbox One

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Nicole Kline

I’m having some serious feelings right now, Internet.

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will bring the Borderlands series to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time on March 24. As expected, it compiles Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – and all of the DLC for both games – into a single package for $59.99. You can transfer save files and characters between the last-gen and the new-gen and, of course, it’s also got updated graphics.

All of that is sort of ho-hum, until you get to the part where the games now have four-player couch co-op. Oh, and there’s an absurd $399.99 special edition of the game that comes with “a remote controlled Claptrap steward robot, a collectible steel case, and 12 exclusive lithographs.” There are only 5,000 of these being made available worldwide, and pre-orders open today, so you better get on it fast if you want one.

Having played a zillion hours of Borderlands, I shouldn’t even consider buying this. But honestly, if it had the original Borderlands in it as well, I would have already pre-ordered it, as it’s the only one I haven’t played with Anthony Amato. And I don’t have $400 just laying around to buy that Claptrap Edition. But… But… I really want to!

Hit the jump to see what comes in the “very limited” Claptrap-In-A-Box Edition. (more…)

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