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Daily Scoop: August 26, 2011 – PAX arrives!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Nicole Kline

PAX Prime has arrived! And sadly, I am still in Philadelphia. Due to financial issues, I had to cancel my trip. But that doesn’t mean we won’t still be writing about everything as it comes out! Keep your eyes here for the latest info as we get it.

Today’s Deal of the Day in video games over at Amazon today is CTA Digital’s Wii Knockout Boxing Gloves for $9.99. It’s (unsurprisingly) compatible with Wii boxing games, including Punch-Out!, Victorious Boxers: Revolution, FaceBreaker: K.O. Party, and Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution.

No video game t-shirts today, but again, today’s shirt.w00t, called “Do Not Pass Go,” made me squee a bit: (more…)

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Gargoyle’s Quest added to 3DS eShop

Posted on August 25, 2011 by John Scalzo

Nintendo has released their weekly Nintendo Download update and the Game Boy classic Gargoyle’s Quest leads this week’s new games. The first adventure of Firebrand (unless you count his villainous turn in Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins) will be joined by one Virtual Console release and a trio of DSiWare games.

Originally released on the Super NES, The Ignition Factor is considered one of the best firefighting games of all time. It’s the lone addition to the Wii Shop Channel this week.

The new games on the DSiWare Shop are actually two new games and one new productivity application. The games include Magical Whip: Wizards of the Phantasmal Forest, a side-scrolling platformer and Let’s Create! Pottery, a pottery-making sim. The productivity app is simply titled Calculator, and as you may have guessed, it turns your DSi/3DS into a calculator.

More information on all of these games can be found at the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.

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Telltale goes Back to the Future on Wii, PS3

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Chris Urie

Telltale has been holding down the fort on the indie adventure game front for a long time. They have sold over a million downloads of Back to the Future: The Game for the PC and will be expanding the adventure to a console near you. Come October, Marty and the Doc will be invading the Wii (for the first time) and the PS3 (as a retail disc this time) with 1.21 gigawatts of awesome.

Both Back to the Future discs will be priced at $19.99, a steal even in 1955 dollars.

Telltale has also signed agreements with both Nintendo and Sony to release future titles on their consoles. Just as Back to the Future ushered in a new wave of amazingly quotable movie moments, Telltale will hopefully be able to breath some life into the adventure game market on those consoles.

PCs?… Where we’re going, we don’t need PCs.

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Sonic 4 Episode 2 speeds into 2012

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Chris Urie

It seems like it has been forever since Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I was released back in October 2010. But after Sega West CEO Mike Hayes confirmed that Episode II is still in production, it looks like we’ll all have to wait a little bit longer before we can play as our favorite blue hedgehog with a turbocharger. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II actually isn’t slated to be released until sometime in 2012.

“This year, 2011, is the anniversary, so we’re focusing on the celebration title,” Sonic Team’s Takashi Iikuza said to Eurogamer, “But moving forward to 2012, Sonic will still be going, so I’d hope to provide Episode 2 then.”

Excuse me Sega, isn’t the whole idea of episodic gaming supposed to be to release multiple small games with shorter development times? Looks like Sega has been palling around with Valve a little too much lately. Has anyone seen Gordon Freeman?

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Kirby Wii gets new title, October 24 release date

Posted on August 23, 2011 by John Scalzo

Kirby Wii has inhaled some of that fresh PAX air and spit out a new title (Kirby’s Return to Dreamland), a new release date (October 24) and the new trailer you see above.

The pink puffball leads an impressive lineup of playable demos that Nintendo plans to bring to this weekend’s PAX Prime. If you’ve got tickets (the show has been sold out for months), I highly recommend stopping by Nintendo’s booth (No. 462).

Check out the publisher’s full PAX lineup after the break. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 23, 2011 – Gold Box Event!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Yay! It’s Video Game Gold Box Event day over at Amazon! Weeeeee!! On sale all day is Just Dance Summer Party for the Wii for just $14.99 (it’s got Estelle’s “American Boy” – squeeeee!). Here’s the full list of other Gold Box deals and when they’re coming, updated as we get the information:

  • 6:00 AM PDT/9:00 AM EST: A single player, AI team-based RPG that brings thought-provoking, addictive fun to the PSP – it’s Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for $27.99!
  • 8:00 AM PDT/11:00 AM EST: Bust out your vuvuzelas one last time. (probably 2010 FIFA World Cup !) – yup! it’s 2010 FIFA World Cup for $14.99!
  • 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EST: Relive and play through memorable, historic moments of the Masters with this starter bundle for the PlayStation Move. (probably Tiger Woods 12 Move Bundle!)
  • 2:00 PM PDT/5:00 PM EST: Yoo are the star (probably Yoostar 2!)
  • 5:00 PM PDT/8:00 PM EST: A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your X360
  • 8:00 PM PDT/11:00 PM EST: Step into the cage with this mixed martial arts brawler for the PS3

Also, remember that awesome Hello Kitty/Street Fighter article we posted a while back? Well, it turns out that it’s a real t-shirt called “Hello Kit-Li” by artist Karen Hallion, and can be purchased over at Redbubble. Righteous!

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Daily Scoop: August 22, 2011 – Fun hangover!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Nicole Kline

I had way more fun this weekend than I thought humanly possible! The Philadelphia Geek Awards were amazing (check out what you missed!), I played loads of Dungeons & Dragons, and I got to spend yesterday with my family. It was low on video games, but with PAX Prime coming up in just a few days (eeeee!), I’ll be making up for that soon enough.

Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is EA Sports MMA for $9.99 on the PlayStation 3. Also, the PC MMO Hello Kitty Online Premier Edition is just $5.56! The two new weekly deals are a discount on Kinect game Brunswick Pro Bowling, which is $27.08, and the other is buy Disney Epic Mickey, get another Disney game from that list free. That means you could get Disney Epic Mickey and Disney Sing It: Party Hits for $29.99. ZOMG.

Nothing in the t-shirt world today, unless you aim to misbehave: (more…)

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New Releases: Deus Ex Human Revolution, Tropico 4, Devil Survivor 3DS, More

Posted on August 20, 2011 by John Scalzo

The driest August ever (both weatherwise and gamewise) continues this week as just a handful of new releases will make their way onto store shelves.

The biggest release is the long-awaited Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which will be available on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Eidos Montreal has been hard at work on the third Deus Ex game since before the company was purchased by Square Enix. The only other completely new game available this week is Tropico 4. El Presidente’s latest conquest is coming to the PC now and to the Xbox 360 sometime in the future.

The rest of this week’s new releases are all re-releases in some way. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is a 3DS remake of the DS game of the same name while Nintendo has the second wave of their Nintendo Selects budget line (Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario) set for release this week.

Slim pickings to be sure (though Punch-Out!! is a complete steal at $19.99), but the big autumn game avalanche is coming soon. So be patient.

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