Bethesda soundtracks now available on iTunes

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Mike Ryan

morrowwind-soundtrackStill got leftover credit from all those iTunes gift cards you got for the holidays and don’t know what to spend them on? Well, Bethesda just made your music-purchasing decisions a whole lot easier. Starting today, you can buy the soundtracks to the following Bethesda games:

Dishonored ($9.99)

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ($9.99)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ($9.99)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ($15.99)

Fallout 3 ($11.99)

Fallout: New Vegas ($11.99)

Rage ($9.99)

Just click on the above names and you’ll be taken right to their corresponding iTunes page. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to listen to some Fallout 3.

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Madden NFL 14 will celebrate 25th anniversary of the series on August 27

Posted on January 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Stop the presses! EA Sports has announced that Madden NFL 14 will be released on August 27. Giving the green light to another Madden game was surely a tough decision for company executives, but they’ve decided to give the team at EA Tiburon another chance.

Madden NFL 14 will be the 25th annual release in the series, stretching all the way back to 1989’s John Madden Football. In fact, EA is even asking gamers to “Check back soon for more details regarding Madden 25.” So it might not be known as Madden NFL 14 at all.

I wonder how John Madden wants to celebrate his silver anniversary? I’m guessing with a nice, juicy piece of turducken.

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Latest Earth Defense Force 2025 gameplay trailer asks “Victory or Destruction?”

Posted on January 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

Have you been sitting in front of your computer, madly refreshing D3 Publisher’s YouTube Channel in hopes of finding a new Earth Defense Force 2025 trailer? Just me? OK, then…

But if you’re like me, you’ll be happy to know that a new trailer featuring two minutes of gameplay footage from Earth Defense Force 2025 has just been uploaded. It ain’t much, but if you’ve been caught in the EDF’s web, it’s certainly something.

Earth Defense Force 2025 will be released sometime this year for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Nintendo Download: Puddle, Ikachan, Fire Emblem Awakening on Monday, more

Posted on January 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

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A handful of new games were added to Nintendo’s download services today:

  • The tilt-controlled puzzler Puddle is now available on the Wii U eShop.
  • Ikachan, the latest game from Nicalis, has been added to the 3DS eShop.
  • As has the NES classic Ice Climber.
  • The Wii Virtual Console is still kicking as well with the addition of Metal Slug 4.

And on Monday, the next Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Awakening, will be available to download from the 3DS eShop.

More information on all of this week’s new releases can be found after the break.

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Sony is revealing “the future” of PlayStation on February 20

Posted on January 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

Sony is no stranger to the practice of teasing gamers with a fancy trailer and promises of a big announcement only to reveal another trailer (in fact, they did it yesterday). But the consolemaker has announced that their next big announcement will be revealed to the world on February 20 at 6 PM (Eastern Time). The teaser trailer above, dubbed “See the future,” includes a lot of pretty colors and four familiar shapes (a Circle, a Triangle, an X, and an O).

So what future should we be on the lookout for, Sony? Is it the PlayStation 4/Orbis? A Vita refresh? A new entry in a long-running series for the PS3?

Or is it just another stupid commercial for a commercial? As they say, “once burned, twice shy,” so you’ll forgive me if I’m not jumping up and down over yet another teaser trailer… yet.

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Skulls of the Shogun Review: Tactically Storming the Samurai Afterlife

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Michael Martin

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General Akamoto is having a pretty bad day. Just as he’s about to become Japan’s new Shogun, he’s betrayed by one of his own and killed. The icing on the cake? Someone is impersonating him. Skulls of the Shogun features fantastic art and sound design that marry themes from ancient Japanese art style with Cartoon Network style. The aesthetic attention to detail by 17-Bit is remarkable. The whimsical Japanese fantasy setting is brought to life by magnificent character and level design, and accessible, progressive tactical strategy gameplay.

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Daily Scoop: January 31, 2013 – Here comes February

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Nicole Kline

Wow, January flew by in the blink of an eye! It was like a blur of homework, video games, and single-digit temperatures. Dead Space 3 comes out next week already, and I haven’t even put a dent in Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch! This year needs to slow down…

Not too much going on in the deals department. You can save 15% on the Assassin’s Creed III Encyclopedia Edition, or 43% off the Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector’s Edition. Don’t get too excited – no, seriously, I get your sarcasm. I GET IT.

There are a few good shirts for sale today!

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Grand Theft Auto V release date set for September 17

Posted on January 31, 2013 by John Scalzo

grandtheftautov-logoWhen I think about Spring, I think about Easter, PAX East, and baseball. What I don’t normally think about is the month of September. But I guess the folks at Rockstar Games think a bit differently from me as they’ve announced that the official release date for Grand Theft Auto V will be September 17, 2013. Let me just check a calendar… nope, September definitely doesn’t fall within the Springtime.

According to Rockstar, the additional development time is required to create the “massively ambitious and complex game” and that it “simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require.”

I guess we can stop referring to May as the month of Rockstar, huh?

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