Daily Scoop: April 10, 2015 – It’s finally Friday!

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Nicole Kline

Hey everyone, and welcome to Friday! It’s a wonderful day, full of excitement and adventure – oh, and deals, of course!

This week’s Humble Weekly Bundle is all about Tabletops! Pay what you want for Small World 2, Magnifico, and Talisman Digital Edition with Frostmarch Expansion. Beat the average to unlock Catan: Creator’s Edition, Ticket to Ride Complete Pack, and 100% Orange Juice with Syura & Nanako Character Pack. Pay $32 for the ultimate edition – a bunch of awesome physical stuff, including a custom Humble Bundle game box, playing cards, and other game pieces themed around the Humble Bundle.

Over at Steam, the Weekend Deal is early access to Plague Inc: Evolved. The game costs $10.04 and the DLC is $3.34. The Deal of the Day is everyone’s favorite Goat Simulator! It’s on sale for just $3.39, or you can get the Sountrack Edition for $5.09. You can also pick up the DLC for just $2.03.

The Mixer 18 Bundle is brand new at Indie Royale! Beat the average to get Roots Keep, Platypus, Millennium 2 – Take Me Higher, Spoiler Alert, Train Town, Probably Archery, Eron, Trainz Trouble, Terra Incognita: Chapter One, and Pillar.

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Resident Evil Revelations 2 will be released for Vita this Summer

Posted on April 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

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If I’m being completely honest… I completely forgot that Resident Evil Revelations 2 was in development for the Vita. But my faulty memory hasn’t stopped progress on the portable port, and now Capcom is ready to share that the game will be available as a PlayStation Store download sometime this Summer.

Speaking to the PlayStation Blog, Sony’s Gio Corsi said that RE Revelations 2 on the Vita will include all four episodes and all downloadable content. Single-player Raid Mode will definitely be available at launch, but online and wireless play might have to be patched in later. The Vita version will also receive an exclusive “gyroscopic targeting” option.

Corsi closed by saying that we should hear about a final release date “soon.”

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Get introduced to the world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in this gameplay trailer

Posted on April 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s May 19 release date is getting ever closer. To get gamers in the mood for all the witchin’ they’re about to do, CD Projekt Red has released a new gameplay trailer for the game. Introducing players to the world of the Northern Realms, the trailer explores the mountains, seas, and pubs that Geralt of Rivia will traverse to complete his mission:

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt you become Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire. You take on the greatest contract of your life — tracking down the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world. Your journey will take you across the Northern Realms, a vast continent filled with merchant cities, mysterious islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore. Hundreds of armor and weapon upgrades await you, with lethal sword and magic skills at your disposal.

The developers have previously described The Witcher 3 as 20% larger than Skyrim, but it’ll become even larger than that after the release of the two “massive” expansions that were announced earlier this week.

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Xbox Store Today: Tower of Guns

Posted on April 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

One new game was added to the Xbox Games Store in this week’s Friday update and it’s Tower of Guns from Grip Games. Tower of Guns is described as what happens when you mix a first person shooter with the “bullet hell” genre. Watching the launch trailer above, I have to admit that’s a pretty accurate assessment.

More information about Tower of Guns, straight from Grip Games, can be found right here:

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Tower of Guns ($14.99)
Tower of Guns is a fast-paced, bullet-hell, first person shooter with randomized levels and enemies, power ups, epic bosses and tons of unlockable items and weapons. You never know what to expect next! It is a pure FPS experience for players who just want to shoot stuff, battle gigantic bosses, collect loot, and upgrade their abilities and weapons to insane levels! So grab a rocket launcher, slap a shotgun modifier on it, pick up a hundred stackable double jumps and go conquer the Tower of Guns!

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Square Enix ships 1 million copies of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD on the back of FF15 demo

Posted on April 10, 2015 by John Scalzo

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It’s an undisputed fact that including a demo of a hugely popular game will help sell copies of a possibly less-anticipated title. It worked for Zone of the Enders back in the PS2 days and it worked for Crackdown nearly ten years ago. Now, Square Enix has shown that it worked for Final Fantasy Type-0 HD too.

The action RPG was released for the PS4 and Xbox One on March 17, packaged with a playable demo of Final Fantasy XV. Since then, Square Enix has shipped more than one million copies of the title to retailers worldwide.

To celebrate the good news, and to update fans on Final Fantasy XV’s progress, Director Hajime Tabata will host a special “Active Time Report” through Square Enix’s Twitch channel on April 27 at 11:00 PM (Pacific Time). If you’re interested in providing Tabata will feedback on the Final Fantasy XV demo, there’s still time. Head over to FinalFantasyXV.com/poll to voice your opinion now.

If you haven’t picked up Final Fantasy Type-0 HD yet, copies of the Final Fantasy XV demo-containing “Day One Edition” are still available at most retailers.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III will take place in a “dark, twisted future”

Posted on April 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Hidden within the source code of Call of Duty’s official website is our first hint at what Call of Duty: Black Ops III will offer. According to Activision, the game will take place in a “dark, twisted future” where “the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead.” In addition to this dystopian vision of the world, we also know that wars will be fought using “cutting-edge military robotics.”

Sounds peachy. Actually, it sounds a bit like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. You can read the full description right here, which also confirms the return of Treyarch’s popular Zombies Mode:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is the first title for next-gen hardware in the critically acclaimed Black Ops series. Developed by Treyarch, the award-winning creator of the two most-played games in Call of Duty history. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 deploys players into a dark, twisted future where a new breed of Black Ops soldier emerges and the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead, in a world where cutting-edge military robotics define warfare. With three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies, providing fans with the deepest and most ambitious Call of Duty ever.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be released this November. But first, gamers will be introduced to the game during a “World Reveal” on April 26.

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Insert Quarter: Should Mega Man Make a Comeback? Maybe We Don’t Need Him…

Posted on April 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Insert Quarter is our showcase for some of the best and most interesting writing about video games on the Internet.

With Shovel Knight, 20XX, and the upcoming Mighty No. 9 giving the gaming populace their fill of homages/spiritual successors to Mega Man, some people have started to wonder if a new game starring the original Blue Bomber is even necessary. GameRadar’s David Roberts is one of those people.

According to Roberts, Capcom is so handcuffed by the Mega Man formula that we might just be better off with the imitators. I’m not sure I agree, but he makes an interesting case:

It’s been nearly five years since Capcom released the last official Mega Man game. Mega Man 10 was just like all the other Mega Man games (Mega Mans?) that came before it; crunchy 8-bit graphics, a series of themed robot bosses, and soul-crushing difficulty. Since then, Capcom has released a fan-made Street Fighter/Mega Man crossover and let the Blue Bomber fight against a stable of Nintendo characters in Super Smash Bros. That’s all Mega Man has to show for the last five years; everything else has been cancelled. And you know what? Maybe that’s for the best.

The full article is available for your perusal at the GamesRadar.

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See how much faster Mario Kart 8 is about to get in these 200cc vs 150cc videos

Posted on April 9, 2015 by John Scalzo

Mario Kart 8 is about to get a lot faster with the pending release of the 200cc Class update. But just how much faster is it than 150cc Class? Quite a bit, actually. And we can see for ourselves in a pair of side-by-side comparison videos recently released by Nintendo UK.

The video above showcases a single lap in Piranha Plant Pipeway. In 150cc, Mario zooms around the entire track in about 50 seconds. That’s a pretty respectable time, but in 200cc, it’s possible to do it in about 35 seconds. The difference is just as pronounced in the Dolphin Shoals video, which has been embedded after the break.

Are you ready for 200cc? Is your braking technique solid? We’ll all find out together when it’s released as a free update for Mario Kart 8 on April 23.

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