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Alien Zombies arrive and Killzone 3 expands in PlayStation Store 6/21 update

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

The PlayStation Store had one of its sparser updates last night, but managed to bring a couple gems to the people. The E-Rated Alien Zombie Mega Death debuted, coming chock full of adventure levels and survival modes. Killzone 3‘s From the Ashes pack also arrived, bringing a nice mix of new wave and old school multiplayer maps to the game. Finally, all you early adopters can check out a 3D demo of Virtua Tennis 4 in all its PlayStation Move compatibility.

For the full list of updates, head over to the PlayStation Blog.

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New Catherine trailer doesn’t give you many choices

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Nicole Kline

“Meet the two women with (almost) the same name who are complicating Vincent’s life. Who would you choose?” Hmm, I don’t know – Vincent probably should have given Catherine a fake name and only gone to her apartment instead of letting her know where he lives. Then he could have a baby with Katherine and still have a little Catherine on the side.

Wait, what am I talking about? He should obviously just go live with the sheep and become some kind of monk. Duh.

Catherine launches on July 26 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. You should totally order the deluxe edition.

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Bejeweled 3 coming to DS, PS3, Xbox 360

Posted on June 21, 2011 by John Scalzo

It’s a match made in heaven as PopCap Games has announced they’ll be bringing Bejeweled 3 to the DS, PS3 and Xbox 360. In addition to the retail releases, a downloadable version of the game will appear on the PSN and XBLA. All three… err, five… versions will be released this Fall.

“Critics agree that Bejeweled 3 raised the standard for match-3 games to new heights,” said Ed Allard, studio head at PopCap Games. “This holiday, we’re bringing that experience to PlayStation 3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, and Nintendo DS gamers with adaptations that look great and play even better on each platform.”

This week is the best time to catch up on PopCap’s previous puzzlers as the current XBLA Deal of the Week features big savings on the publisher’s back catalog including Bejeweled 2 and Bejeweled Blitz Live.

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Daily Scoop: June 21, 2011 – Gold Box Event!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Ah, another Amazon Gold Box Event, just for video game nerds! The Deal of the Day is Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle with $100 Promotional Credit – which works out really well for people like me, because the 250 GB Xbox 360 hard drive is on sale for $84.99. If you’ve been waiting to pick up the new Xbox 360 with Kinect, this is a great time to do so!

The rest of the Gold Box Event is as follows:

  • 6 AM PDT: Bring the fitness club to your living room – This one’s ExerBeat for Wii – $14.99!
  • 8 AM PDT: Blend banana-collecting puzzles with manic action gameplay – It’s Super Monkey Ball 3D for $21.99!
  • 10 AM PDT: Now in its tenth year, this franchise returns with number 7 on the PS3 and Xbox 360 – This one is Dynasty Warriors 7 for $39.99!
  • 12 PM PDT: Explore iconic settings including Hogwarts castle, Diagon Alley and the Forbidden Forest – No surprise that this is Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 for $14.99!
  • 2 PM PDT: Join your host, Mr. Potato Head, as you and your family play classic Hasbro games
  • 4 PM PDT: Listen to your game like it was meant to be heard
  • 6 PM PDT: Latest iteration of a storied fighter franchise
  • 8 PM PDT: Big savings on this classic NDS puzzle game

Huh. Well, I was hoping for Infamous 2 to be on sale, but hey – beggars can’t be choosers, amirite?

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Shadows of the Damned trailer launches from the depths of hell

Posted on June 21, 2011 by John Scalzo

A pair of mad geniuses, Suda 51 (No More Heroes) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), came together to develop Shadows of the Damned for Electronic Arts. The hellbound horror title is now available and EA has unleashed a launch trailer for the game.

I think it’s safe to say that only a damn fool would ignore this game.

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Holy pre-order, Batman! Robin officially added to Arkham City in Best Buy promo

Posted on June 21, 2011 by John Scalzo

Batman and Catwoman won’t be the only playable characters in this October’s Batman: Arkham City. Robin, The Boy Wonder, will be swinging into the game as well.

Gamers who pre-order Batman: Arkham City from Best Buy (on the PC, PS3 or Xbox 360) will receive exclusive access to the Tim Drake Robin Pack. WB Games had this to say about Robin:

“Robin will come complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack – Black Mask Hideout and Freight Train Escape. The pack will also contain a bonus Red Robin character skin.”

So it looks like it’ll work exactly the same as the Joker Challenge Maps that were included with the GameStop pre-order of Batman: Arkham Asylum.

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Killzone 3 “From the Ashes” DLC includes remastered Tharsis Depot & Radec Academy

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

The third map pack for Killzone 3 will release on the PlayStation Store on June 21 for $4.99. For the price of admission, you get four maps, two of which are remastered from Killzone 2. One is Tharsis Depot, while the other is Radec Academy, whose changes you can see in the video above. Anyone who spent a decent amount of time with Killzone 2’s multiplayer probably lost a lot of hours in Radec Academy, so it’ll be great to see how the new one stacks up. You can head over to the PlayStation Blog for three additional trailers showcasing these retro maps.

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Daily Scoop: June 20, 2011 – Comic hangover

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Here I am, exhausted with a smile on my face, hungover from how much fun I had at the convention. I got to see Adam Baldwin talk yesterday, and that was amazing! It made me want to go home and watch Jaynestown all over again.

Lots of great deals today! Ryan Littlefield’s obsession with Toys R Us pays off today, as he told me about this amazing sale: get any two of these games for $50. The list is:

  • Brink
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • F.3.A.R.
  • Mortal Kombat
  • L.A. Noire
  • Portal 2

The games are available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is an AMAZING deal, especially considering F.3.A.R. isn’t even out yet. I mean, what?

Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is SVG Distribution’s Brunswick Pro Bowling for the Xbox 360. This Kinect-only game is $39.99 down from $49.99, and has “10 highly detailed bowling environments, each with unique lane characteristics” as well as “five game-play options including Exhibition, Skins and Tournament modes.” Word!

As for today’s daily t-shirt, well, I love dinosaurs, in case you couldn’t tell. Funny story: when I play multiplayer games with my microphone on, people can’t tell if I’m a girl or a 10-year-old boy. It doesn’t help that the emblem on my player card in Call of Duty: Black Ops is a t-rex. So yeah, it’s obvious why today’s shirt.w00t is so close to my heart:

The artist should totally make an anime con version of this shirt and call it “Glompasaurus Rex.” :D

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