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Daily Scoop: Tuesday, July 19 – BioShock day!

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Nicole Kline

What I mean by BioShock day is that today heralds the release of the prequel novel, BioShock: Rapture! I’m hoping it’s a good one. It’ll be my first ever video game novel! I’ve wanted to start reading them for a while now, but I just never had the time. This one looks too good to pass up!

The Internet has some good deals for us today! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Aksys’ Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360, on sale today at half price for $24.99. Also of note is the big Target sale on video games, which has a slew of games marked down to $27 (like Disney’s Epic Mickey), some marked down to $37 (like Child of Eden), and some at the seemingly random price of $37.99 (OK, just Duke Nukem Forever and both versions of L.A. Noire). Whew! Savings, savings, savings.

And I think today’s Tee Fury, “She Wants Revenge,” is destined for greatness: (more…)

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4th Mortal Kombat DLC character, MK Legacy episode 9 to be revealed at Comic-Con

Posted on July 19, 2011 by John Scalzo

In addition to the final episode of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries, NetherRealm Studios has confirmed that the fourth downloadable character for Mortal Kombat will be unveiled at this weekend’s Comic-Con.

Both reveals will occur after a Mortal Kombat tournament that’ll be held at the Westfield Horton Plaza Gamestop on Thursday, July 21 at 7 PM.

The final DLC character will be priced at $5, just like Skarlet, Kenshi and Rain before him/her.

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Sega plans to unveil something new at Comic-Con

Posted on July 18, 2011 by John Scalzo

Are you going to be in San Diego this weekend for Comic-Con? If so, you’ll have a chance to witness the announcement of Sega’s latest game. No details about the mystery game were revealed, however, a playable demo will be available.

Speaking of playable demos, the publisher also revealed that they plan to set up a portable arcade in San Diego to showcase more of their upcoming releases. The “Sega Pop-Up Arcade” will be located at 345 6th Avenue (between K Street and J Street) and it’ll be open from Wednesday, July 20 all the way through to the end of the show on Sunday, July 24. Best of all: no quarters required!

Hit the jump for a complete list of every demo Sega plans to bring to Comic-Con. (more…)

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be released in January 2012

Posted on July 18, 2011 by John Scalzo

Emily Shoji, the Assistant PR Manager at Square Enix, has revealed (via Twitter) that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released this January:

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 is slated for a January 2012 release for North America. Be excited!

And we are! If you can’t wait until January, Square Enix will have a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII-2 on display at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con.

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Daily Scoop: Monday, July 18 – May I have this dance?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Sadly, my dance is done… I finished reading A Dance with Dragons last night. Spoiler alert: there are dragons in it! And characters die. Martin is almost as bad as Joss Whedon.

Anyway, onto the deals! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Trion’s Rift for the PC. It’s only $9.99 down from $49.99 today, so if you’re looking for a cheap alternative to WoW, now’s your chance!! Amazon’s also got new weekly deals – there’s L.A. Noire for $37 on PS3 and Xbox 360 (which I think you should definitely buy), Super Monkey Ball 3D for $19.99, and two promotional credit deals – one is for $50 for the Xbox 360 250 GB console with Kinect, and the other is $25 for Kinect with Kinect Adventures. Not too shabby!

No gaming shirts today, but Tee Fury has an amazing Star Wars shirt: (more…)

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White Knight Chronicles II finds a home in September

Posted on July 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

Can I keep him, Ma?

D3 Publisher had initially scheduled White Knight Chronicles II for a Summer 2011 release. But, as the Summer started, the game disappeared from upcoming release calendars.

Thankfully, D3’s Miki Takahashi rides to the rescue and has assured readers of the PlayStation.Blog that the game will be released this September. And in case you missed out on the first game, he also wanted to remind everyone that every copy of WKC2 will include a newly remastered edition of the original White Knight Chronicles.

That’s a lot of RPG for one package.

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NetherRealm drops a Rain story trailer

Posted on July 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Rain’s “around the world” roundhouse kick made him a favorite among Mortal Kombat Trilogy players everywhere. This Tuesday, July 19, he’ll become the latest DLC character in the Mortal Kombat reboot. Priced at $5, you can get a sneak peek at his traitorous story in the trailer above.

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New Releases: Captain America, Just Dance Summer Party, Call of Juarez The Cartel

Posted on July 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

I realize that Harry Pottermania has taken over the world, but there are still plenty of new games coming to stores this week.

First, there’s Sega’s tale of the man who punched Hitler in the jaw, Captain America: Super Soldier, for the DS, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. A very different kind of fight is going on in Ubisoft’s Call of Juarez: The Cartel (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) as a cowboy cop takes on the drug cartels. Finally, you can do a little dance with another Ubisoft title, Just Dance: Summer Party for the Wii.

Hmm, while it’s probably too early to pass judgement on all of these games, going to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 again might not be a bad idea.

Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)

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