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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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Nintendo Download: Urban Champion… in 3D!

Posted on August 18, 2011 by John Scalzo

One of the most reviled NES games ever released, Urban Champion, makes its way to the 3DS eShop this week as part of the handheld’s “3D Classics” line.

Also available this week is a trio of DSiWare games: Zoonies: Escape from Makatu, an animal kingdom platformer; Blockado: Puzzle Island, a puzzle game; and Build-a-lot, a SimCity-like city manager.

Finally there’s Flight Control (WiiWare), an air traffic controller sim for the WiiWare service.

More details on all of these titles can be found in the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.

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Daily Scoop: August 17, 2011 – GAMESCOM!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Well hello there, Gamescom. You snuck up on me and punched me in the head with a lot of awesome new trailers. Oh yeah, and a Vita Resistance game that looks sexy as hell. And and and *head explodes*

Anyway, Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is all Disney! Disney Epic Mickey is $17.99 and Guilty Party and Toy Story 3 The Video Game are $14.99, all on the Wii, while Tron: Evolution is $19.99 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Scoop ’em up!

And there are two awesome gaming shirts up today! Hit the jump for more info: (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 16, 2011 – Another day, another night of Borderlands

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Nicole Kline

So, Ryan Littlefield and I were up late again playing Borderlands. Shocking, I know. We collected a bunch of brains, levelled up a few times, and finished all the missions in the first DLC. Woo! Oh, yeah, and there’s also a teaser for Borderlands 2 which has me freaking out. It’s a good day to love treasure hunting on Pandora!

Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Activision’s Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 with Gun Bundle for the Wii. It’s $19.99 today down from $29.99. Also up is a Lightning Deal in video games – the Nickelodeon Fun N Fit Bundle for the Wii. It’s just $39.99 today down from $75.95, and it works with the Wii Balance Board.

No gaming t-shirts, but there’s another “Game of Thrones” shirt up, this time over at Ript: (more…)

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Roster revealed for WWE ’12

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Nicole Kline

THQ has announced 60 characters from the roster for the latest in their wrestling series, WWE ’12. While previously having a Smackdown vs. Raw theme to the game, THQ is changing things up a bit this year. Hit the jump for the full list of who’s confirmed so far – and keep in mind that Jerry “The King” Lawler will be available as DLC when the game launches on November 12 for the PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. (more…)

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Sonic 4 Episode 2 announcement coming “very soon”

Posted on August 13, 2011 by John Scalzo

Hey, remember that side-scrolling reboot of the Sonic series that Sega said would honor the hedgehog’s Genesis roots? And no, I’m not talking about the upcoming Sonic Generations. It’s easy to forget, but I’m actually talking about the episodic adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog 4.

Episode I was released in October of last year and in the ten months since, Sega has mentioned nary a peep about Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. But, according to Sega West CEO Mike Hayes, an announcement concerning the downloadable game will arrive “very soon.” And actually, we should “look out for that one.”

Mike, buddy, I don’t want to tell you how to run your business, but if there’s nearly a year between the release of Episode I and the announcement of Episode II, that’s not an episodic release schedule. Just ask Gabe Newell.

[Source: VG247]

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Nintendo of America is watching Xenoblade’s reception in Europe

Posted on August 11, 2011 by John Scalzo

Xenoblade will be published in Europe next week and even though a Nintendo of America spokesman said the company has “no plans” to bring it across the Atlantic, Xenoblade is a major subject of conversation around Redmond.

Speaking to IGN, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said: “We will be watching very closely what happens in Europe. Certainly if there are business opportunities and positive consumer uptake from some of those titles, that will be great data for us to consider as we look at what to do with these titles.”

Don’t pop the champagne corks just yet, but this is the best news to come out of Nintendo of America about Xenoblade since the company first announced it under the title Monado: Beginning of the World (yes, at one time, Xenoblade had an official American release scheduled).

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