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- The BAFTA Games Awards Polled the Public and Shenmue is “The Most Influential Video Game of All Time”
- 2024 GOTY Scoreboard: Astro Bot, Balatro, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, More
- The Strong Museum of Play Acquires Prototypes and Development Documents from Volition’s 30-Year History
- Minecraft’s Volume Alpha Soundtrack Has Been Added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry
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- Fight Club, The Game David Fincher Didn’t Want You To Play – Time Extension (2025)
- It’s beginning to feel like gaming isn’t for everyone – Digital Trends (2025)
- 22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive – The Verge (2025)
- The B-movies of Paul W.S. Anderson double as acts of devotion to his muse, Milla Jovovich – The AV Club (2025)
- Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality – Uncanny Magazine (2025)
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Daily Scoop: September 18, 2014 – New Humble Weekly Bundle
A brand new Humble Weekly Bundle has launched, and, unsurprisingly, it’s loaded with games! Pay what you want for Lexica, Deadly 30, Bridge Constructor Medieval, and Battle Group 2. Pay $6 or more to unlock Commandos Collection, The Book of Legends, and Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut. Pay $9 or more to unlock early access to Meridian: New World. And don’t forget to poke around the Humble Store to catch the latest flash sales!
The Weekend Deal on Steam is Age of Wonders II – you can get it for $19.99, get the Deluxe Edition for $22.49, or get the Trilogy Pack for $9.99. The brand new Daily Deal at Steam is Just Cause 2, which is marked down to $2.99. Scoop ’em up!
Let’s check out today’s t-shirts!
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Deep Down’s TGS 2014 trailer shows us the future
The story in Capcom’s Deep Down will bounce back and forth between the glossy future of 2094 and the demonic catacombs of 1494. But how these two time periods relate to each other is still a big mystery.
The PS4 game’s later trailer, released to coincide with the Tokyo Game Show, doesn’t give us any new hints, but it does give us another look at one of 2015’s most intriguing games.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will include FF15 demo when its released on March 17
Square Enix has announced they will release Final Fantasy Type-0 HD in the US on March 17, 2015. Are you still a little shaky on what Type-0 HD entails? Square Enix has helpfully provided this description for the PS4/Xbox One title:
Step into the fray as Class Zero, a group of fourteen students from an elite military academy whose country is attacked by an aggressive neighboring Empire. Using the powerful abilities and magic of all fourteen characters in fast-paced action RPG combat, players must face the brutality and injustices of war to uncover the secrets of its genesis.
As a further incentive to entice fans to take a chance on their latest Final Fantasy spinoff, Square Enix will include a Final Fantasy XV demo download code inside each copy of Type-0 HD.
Type-0 HD has undergone quite a few changes in its odyssey towards America. Originally announced as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, it began life as a PSP entry in Square Enix’s “Fabula Nova Crystallis” franchise. After a name change, it was released in Japan in 2011. Owing to its handheld roots, Type-0 was initially rumored to move to the Vita before Square Enix announced the PS4/Xbox One port at this year’s E3 Expo.
So four years later (and nine since its initial announcement), we’ll get a chance to see what the fuss is about.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy XV, TGS 2014
See Bayonetta cosplay as Nintendo characters in new Bayonetta 2 trailer
Have you ever wanted to see Bayonetta dress up as Star Fox, Link, Samus Aran, or Princess Peach? Well, you’ll get your chance in Bayonetta 2. The trailer embedded above showcases the wicked witch’s new looks as well as the special attacks that come bundled with her new outfits. Donning Link’s green tunic allows Bayonetta to wield a mighty bow and slipping into Samus Aran’s Varia Suit opens up the Screw Attack as well as the Morph Ball. Despite what the trailer says, these costume changes aren’t mere “cosplay.”
Bayonetta 2 (which will be bundled with the original Bayonetta) will be available exclusively for the Wii U on October 24.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Bayonetta 2
Five Survivor Mode add-ons for Alien: Isolation planned; Season Pass announced
Sega and Creative Assembly have big plans for Alien: Isolation after its October 7 launch. As part of a planned Season Pass, the developer will create five Survivor Mode add-ons that place players in direct opposition with the Xenomorph in a confined space and with limited resources. A bonus Survivor Mode demo, “Basement,” will be included with the game at launch.
Each Survivor Mode add-on will include “three new maps, each with their own set objective and challenges, a new playable character and a variety of enemy types between you and your escape.” New Survivor Mode packs will drop at a rate of about one per month and the first will be released on October 28. All five will be available by next March.
“At this year’s E3 and a number of subsequent events, we put the Survivor Mode demo into the hands of the world’s press and consumers and the reception was incredible,” said Al Hope, Creative Lead on Alien: Isolation. “This is the game in its purest form; it’s you against the creature and it’s against the clock. It was just fantastic watching players leave the demo with a strange mix of joy, terror and relief at simply surviving, before jumping back in and try to tackle it in a different way to beat their time!”
Can you escape the Xenomoprh? Don’t forget the cat!
Daily Scoop: September 17, 2014 – The French Indie Sale
There’s a big sale on Steam today that is full of French Indies! The sale includes Ethan: Meteor Hunter for $1.99, QuestRun for $2.69, and Mechanic Escape for $1.49, among many others. They’ve also got Shadowrun Returns on sale for $3.74 as their Midweek Madness deal.
The Summer Sale is still going over at the Humble Store. Metal Dead is $0.99, Teslagrad is $6.69, Metro 2033 is $2.99, and Luftrausers is $4.99, among lots of other deals, some of which are flash sales. Scoop ’em up!
And now, let’s check out some t-shirts!
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XBL Store Today: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
The Xbox Games Store grew by one this when Bandai Namco added Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution to the Xbox 360 section. Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is the tenth game in the Naruto Shippuden series (there are more than 30 Naruto-branded games in all) and promises to include more than 100 playable characters:
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution ($49.99)
The latest Naruto game with 100+ playable & support ninjas, the most content in the series & evolved battle system with team based play mechanics. Select from three types of teams & depending on the ninja chosen, you can perform Combo Ultimate Jutsu or be in a state of True Awakening! A new mode called Ninja World Tournament lets you battle 3 other ninja & the last one standing wins! Enjoy 50+ minutes of new animation & learn more info about the Creation of the Akatsuki, The Two Uchiha & more!
Activision sells more than 5 million copies of Destiny in first week
Opinions on Bungie’s Destiny seem to be split (its average score at Metacritic is current in the high 70s), but publisher Activision is definitely pleased with how many copies they’ve sold. In its first five days of availability, Destiny grossed more than $325 million. At $60 a pop, that averages out to more than five million copies sold, obliterating the previous sales record for an original property, which was set by Watch Dogs back in May.
“Destiny fans played more than 100 million hours of the game in the first week. That’s on par with the engagement levels of our most popular Call of Duty games, which obviously is an industry leader,” said Eric Hirshberg, the CEO of Activision Publishing. “Millions of gamers are having a great time playing Destiny and can’t put down their controllers. And this is just the beginning. Destiny is a platform that will grow and evolve and we will continue to work closely with our partners at Bungie to bring a long line of new experiences and content to life in the game.”
Destiny is currently available for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Yesterday, Bungie launched “Vault of Glass,” a unique in-game event exclusively for players who’ve reached Level 26.