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Daily Scoop: April 29, 2014 – Pick up Game Music Bundle 7
Hello again, happy readers! I’m going to start out by saying you’ve only got two more days to grab the Game Music Bundle 7, so you best hop on it! Get five albums for a dollar, including soundtracks from The Banner Saga and Broken Age. Add 15 albums to that for just $10, including OSTs from Starbound, Escape Goat 2, and Tribes Ascend. Get it while you still can!
If it’s game deals you’re looking for, Steam’s Midweek Madness deal is Prison Architect for $10.19, and their Daily Deal is Consortium for $11.99. Consortium is also on sale for $11.99 at the Humble Store as well. They’ve also got Pool Nation for $1.49 as well as realMyst: Masterpiece Edition for $12.99. Scoop ’em up!
Just two shirts today… (more…)
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XBL Store Today: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox 360 AND Xbox One
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? After announcing the Xbox One edition of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would miss it’s planned April 29 launch, Activision has gone ahead and uploaded the game to the Xbox Live Game Store. Xbox One owners are able to buy, download, and play the game, so this doesn’t appear to be an accident on Activision’s part. Microsoft’s Major Nelson even promoted the release of the game on his blog.
The Xbox 360 edition of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is also available to download through the Xbox Live Game Store:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($59.99 – Xbox One, $49.99 – Xbox 360)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 takes place outside the events of the 2nd film in a unique story where Spider-Man discovers a larger threat to NYC that has turned the underworld upside down. Villains from the film and classic Marvel characters are woven together in a twisted web of adrenaline-fueled, web-slinging action that puts players on a collision course with an evil far beyond Spider-Man’s reckoning.
Hopefully, Activision will be able to explain what happened to the retail release of of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soon.
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged The Amazing Spider-Man 2
DriveClub finally has a release date: October 7
After numerous doubts and delays, Sony’s DriveClub finally has an official release date.
The racer from Evolution Studios was initially set to release during the PlayStation 4’s launch period last November but was later pushed to early 2014. But last month, Sony said the developers had “gone back to the drawing board” on the title. But today, Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, has announced (via the PlayStation Blog), that DriveClub will be released on October 7.
Yoshida noted that the game also has a new Director, Paul “Rushy” Rustchynsky, who was in charge of 2012’s MotorStorm RC:
“With Rushy in the lead, we know DriveClub will deliver on its initial promise to be a truly next-gen racing title for our PS4 portfolio. We are really proud of the incredible work the team has produced — their tenacity and passionate pursuit of excellence is admirable, and DriveClub will be all the better for it.”
However, releasing on October 7 may be a mistake for DriveClub. The game will be joined by a trio of additional games also set for release that day: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Morder, Alien: Isolation, and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Go on a Strike in latest Destiny gameplay trailer
Bungie’s first post-Halo project, Destiny, is screaming towards its September 9 launch on the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. To better prepare the public at large for their planned E3 2014 blowout, the developer has released a new gameplay trailer showcasing the “Strike” gameplay mode.
David “DeeJ’ Dague, Bungie’s Community Manager, explained to the PlayStation Blog that a Strike is a “cooperative scenario that sends a Fireteam on a dangerous mission to defeat hostile aliens and reap sweet rewards.” In this Strike, players will battle the Fallen in the House of Devil’s Lair in an attempt to destroy a Machine Guard. If the humans win the day, it will push the aliens further away from The City.
I gotta say, the brightly-colored weapons that the humans use gives Destiny a very unique look.
Play Super Smash Bros. 4 at Best Buy during E3 2014
It looks like Nintendo’s low-key E3 showing was a hit last year as the consolemaker plans to expand on the festivities for this year’s Expo… while still remaining low-key.
Instead of a Nintendo Direct video presentation, this year, Nintendo plans to offer a “Nintendo Digital Event” on Tuesday, June 10 at 12:00 PM (Eastern). Nintendo is calling the Digital Event “a new kind of video program that will reveal and provide further detail about the gaming experiences on the way for Nintendo platforms in 2014 and beyond.” So basically, it’s exactly like a Nintendo Direct video, only bigger.
Nintendo will also add a second video program to their slate of E3 programming, “Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3.” The Treehouse team is the company’s main product development team and they will provide “in-depth game demos live and unscripted from Nintendo’s booth” throughout the entire E3 Expo.
Finally, Nintendo will install a playable demo of one of this year’s biggest games in Best Buy stores across the country. I speak, of course, about Super Smash Bros. 4 for the Wii U. A list of participating Best Buy stores will be viewable via e3.Nintendo.com very soon.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, Super Smash Bros. For 3DS, Super Smash Bros. For Wii U
Kickstart This! The Gruesome Chocolate Death Edition
By the time you read this, I will be dead. It will have been a gruesome death, as I am buried under an avalanche of Easter eggs. Death by chocolate, if you will. Like Christ, it will take me three days to rise again, carrying the weight of my guilt in my stomach. So before I get so fat that I can’t reach my keyboard, let us turn our attention to the games and projects you could help fund in April and May.
This month, we have the mesmerising and beautiful adventure puzzler Source, 2D hedonistic shooter Shots in the Dark, isometric RPG detective thriller Pixel Noir, sci-fi planet conquering RTS Hextraction, a returning Kickstarter project in the Lovecraftian 2D adventure game Mark of the Old Ones, and last but not least, sci-fi noir adventure Last Life.
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Daily Scoop: April 28, 2014 – Triumphant return
I’m back, after an exciting adventure in Raleigh, North Carolina at the East Coast Game Conference! I had a really great time, and it’s been hard getting back into the swing of things. It doesn’t help that it’s a Monday!
But hey, who wants to talk about Mondays, am I right? Let’s talk deals instead! There’s a brand new – and really awesome – Humble Weekly Bundle in effect right now. Pay what you want for Thomas Was Alone, Puzzle Bots, Dustforce, and VVVVVV. Pay $6 or more to unlock Reus, Limbo, Cthulhu Saves the World, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Lone Survivor, and Element4l. $10 will also get you Teslagrad, $40 will get you a TSG shirt and keychain, and $100 will get you the Megan Fangamer Swag Bag.
There’s also a brand new Indie Royale bundle, this one called the Libredia Bundle. Pay more than the minimum for Ride ’em Low, Skyscraper Simulator, Bridge It +, The Secrets of Hildegards, Race On (including Race 07), IHF Handball Challenge 12, GT Legends, and Agricultural Simulator 2011. And, of course, there’s a Daily Deal at Steam – today it’s Metal Slug 3 for $3.99.
Let’s end this one with t-shirts, shall we?
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Madden NFL 15 will be released on August 26
As the old saying goes… April showers bring Turduckens in May…
Wait, that’s not right. But it is sorta-accurate as EA Sports has announced that Madden NFL 15 will be released for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on August 26. Once again, the game’s coveted cover athlete will be chosen through a fan vote, the details of which will be announced at 8:00 PM (Eastern) on May 8 during ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft.
Madden NFL 15 delivers everything fans need to own their rivals on both sides of the field, including the most immersive defensive gameplay control in franchise history. Like the Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks, you can win championships and bask in the glory of success by building a great defense fit to challenge the best offenses in the game. Fans will also experience an entirely new broadcast presentation that delivers Madden NFL game day like never before with dramatic all-new camera angles, as well as dynamic pre-game and halftime features. It’s not just football, it’s Madden Season.
As always, Madden NFL 15 is in development at EA Tiburon. The publisher has promised that it will release a more complete look at the next Madden game in June.