Most Recent: Articles

Mortal Kombat website goes dark ahead of Mortal Kombat 10 reveal

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Scalzo

mortalkombat10-dragonlogoThe Mortal Kombat 10 teaser train just keeps rolling. This morning, the official Mortal Kombat website went dark. When it came back to life, the page was blank except for the redesigned Mortal Kombat dragon logo that appeared on the leaked “Who’s Next” poster.

Ed Boon’s Twitter countdown will expire on June 2, one week ahead of this year’s E3 Expo, so I think we’re definitely in store for a Mortal Kombat 10 announcement next Monday (can we call it “Mortal Monday”?).

And then there’s this…

Thanks, Ed Boon! (Unless he’s trolling us.)

Posted in News | Tagged ,

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare spreads like a weed to PS3, PS4 in August

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

After launching Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 this past February, Electronic Arts and PopCap Games have announced plans to bring the game to the PS4 and PS3 on August 19.

In case you missed Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare during its first planting season, let me shower you with some details. PopCap has taken their popular tower defense game and morphed it into a team-based shooter that includes the 12v12 modes “Garden & Graveyards” and “Team Vanquish,” along with the “Garden Ops” co-op mode. Players who are interested in purchasing Garden Warfare on the PS3 or PS4 will gain access to a variety of special Hat Packs allowing their Plants or Zombies to don Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper and Fat Princess headgear. Vita Remote Play will also be included.

“Our players have already vanquished more than 400 million plants and zombies, and we can’t wait for PlayStation gamers to add to this total,” said Brian Lindley, a Producer on Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. “They’ll see how accessible, yet deep, the gameplay is, and will get endless hours of fun out of the game.”

Posted in News, PS3, PS4 | Tagged

Nintendo Download: Mario Kart 8 (Friday), Ittle Dew, Mega Man Xtreme 2, more

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

mariokart8-header

Vroom! Vroom! It’s Mario Kart 8 time as the latest entry in Nintendo long-running racing series will be available to download from the Wii U eShop beginning tomorrow. And don’t forget, every Wii U owner who purchases Mario Kart 8 will also be able to download one of the following games for free: New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, or Wii Party U. Not a bad deal at all.

Also available to download from the Wii U eShop this week is Ittle Dew, an overhead adventure game that bears more than a passing resemblance to The Legend of Zelda. Joining Ittle Dew is Klonoa: Empire of Dream, a platformer originally released for the Game Boy Advance; Luv Me Buddies Wonderland, a minigame collection starring a bunch of cuddly puppies; and Gravity Badgers, a puzzle game that combines gravity-based physics puzzles and badgers. Hey… why not?

Mega Man Xtreme 2 is the only new game available on the 3DS eShop this week. The game, which was originally released for the Game Boy Color, was Mega Man’s second and final release for Nintendo’s first color handheld.

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

Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U | Tagged

Super Smash Bros. 4 will include GameCube controller support

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

nintendologo

Well, this is an interesting development. Nintendo has announced that they’re working on an adapter that will allow GameCube controllers to be used with the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. 4:

Super Smash Bros. 4 will be available for the Wii U by the end of the year, but it’s currently unknown if the adapter will launch alongside it or at a later date. Hopefully, we’ll learn more about it during this year’s E3 Expo, which begins on June 9.

Posted in News, Wii U | Tagged ,

Daily Scoop: May 29, 2014 – Just a regular Thursday

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Nicole Kline

There’s not too much excitement happening today… other than Philly Dev Night tonight. I’m excited to talk games all night with my friends, and to have a few post-GameLoop Philly discussions!

There are a few deals out there today that I’d like to share with you. First up are the deals over at Steam. The Weekend Deal is Europa Universalis IV, which is 75% at $9.99 until Monday at 10AM. The Daily Deal is one I know a lot of my friends will be excited about – it’s Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure for just $4.99. Time to get your scribble on with Maxwell!

Brand new this week is the Humble RPG Maker Bundle! Pay what you want for RPG Maker VX Ace, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #1, Skyborn, Sweet Lily Dreams, and RPG Maker – Free Games Bundle #1. Pay $6 or more to unlock RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker – Exclusive Resource Pack, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #2, To the Moon, Deadly Sin 2, and RPG Maker – Free Games Bundle #2. Pay $12 or more to unlock Game Character Hub, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #3, and Legionwood 2: Rise of the Eternal’s Realm. Whew! That’s a lot!

Finally, let’s take a look at what t-shirts are out there for you today! (more…)

Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News |

CoD: Ghosts next DLC, Invasion, coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360 next week

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

Activision and Infinity Ward have unveiled the Invasion Map Pack, the next downloadable expansion for Call of Duty: Ghosts. As always, the Invasion Map Pack will add four new maps and the next chapter of Extinction Mode to the game. This time, players will be able to battle killer mariachis in “Departed,” trigger booby-trapped pyramids in “Pharaoh,” and unearth angry pirate ghosts in “Mutiny.” The final map, “Favela,” is a recreation of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map of the same name.

The Invasion Map Pack will be available to download from the Xbox Live Store this Tuesday, June 3, for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. As with all Call of Duty DLC, Season Pass owners will be able to grab the pack for free while everyone else will have to shell out $14.99. The Invasion Map Pack will likely be made available to PC, PS3, and PS4 players sometime in early July.

Check out the trailer above for a sneak peek at the new maps found in the Invasion Map Pack. We’ve also got an in-depth description of each map, straight from Activision, available after the break. (more…)

Posted in News, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | Tagged

Ed Boon quasi-confirms Mortal Kombat 10 after possible poster leak

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

mortalkombat10-whosnextEd Boon has been running a very unorthodox countdown with his Twitter account all month. If all goes according to plan, whatever Boon has in the hopper will be revealed on June 2. But it looks like a Reddit user may have beaten him to the punch by leaking the poster to your right.

The poster depicts a broken spine with the words “Who’s Next” and a slightly modified version of Mortal Kombat’s dragon logo. In 2011’s Mortal Kombat, NetherRealm Studios encouraged players to perform X-Ray Moves, which frequently involved the breaking of an opponent’s bones. But I’m a tad concerned about the validity of the poster as the logo and the “Who’s Next” wording seem to just float there. The way the poster is oriented in the image, they should be at more of an angle. There’s also the matter of the fact that the Redditor who posted the poster, “ItsHappening24,” is a brand new user (and on that note, 24‘s Kiefer Sutherland has previously been linked to the next Mortal Kombat game).

However, Boon himself has endorsed the image by installing the “Who’s Next” text as his header image on Twitter and adopting the dragon as his user icon. And a quick Google Images search confirms that Boon is the only person to ever use that exact version of the Mortal Kombat dragon logo… oh my god, what does it mean?

Right now, it doesn’t mean anything. But the stars seem to be aligning and I’m pretty confident that Mortal Kombat 10 will be officially announced in just a few short days.

Posted in News | Tagged ,

Pushmo World will be released for Wii U on June 19

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Holly Scalzo

Pushmo World, developed by Intelligent Systems, is coming to the Wii U on June 19th. It is the third game in the Pushmo series, which also includes 2011’s Pushmo and 2012’s Crashmo. What’s different, and notable, with this game is that it is the first game to be playable on a console, rather than previous entries which were available only for the 3DS.

Similar to its predecessors, “Pushmo World finds players pushing, pulling, and climbing blocks to solve a collection of more than 250 new puzzles.” Billed as a game with wide appeal, for kids and more advanced gamers alike, “players are tasked with solving three-dimensional block-based puzzles by moving blocks to climb to the top of structures. As the game progresses, the puzzles get larger and more complex, with some massive, screen-filling creations resembling familiar objects, animals, and even classic Nintendo characters.”

New to Pushmo World is the World Pushmo Fair, which is an in-game community space wherein players can download and share new puzzles they create using the Pushmo Studio. The developers will be adding new puzzles to the game through the World Pushmo Fair as well ensuring a “near-endless amount” of puzzles for Pushmo World.

To celebrate the upcoming release, Nintendo is discounting Pushmo (to $4.69) and Crashmo (to $5.99) in the 3DS eShop now through June 13th at 11:59 AM ET. Pushmo World will then be available the following week in the Wii U eShop for $9.99.

Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U | Tagged