Sacred 3’s release date gets pushed up three weeks to August 5

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Deep Silver’s Sacred 3, the latest addition to the Sacred franchise, will be dropping into your hands sooner than you thought. The publisher has bumped up the release date to August 5. Sacred 3 – which will be available for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 – also has new weapon enhancements, called Weapon Spirits, which you can see in action in the video above. “These upgradable and interchangeable weapon augmentations, each with their own unique buffs and debuffs.” Some of them “even take the form of previous characters from the Sacred franchise,” giving fans even more to look forward to.

Get ready to spend some time in Ancaria on August 5 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Hit the jump for the full press release.

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Daily Scoop: May 30, 2014 – It’s the weekend!

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Yay, the weekend is almost here! I’m really looking forward to playing some video games, if I have time between homework and writing. I’m going to try to make time, that’s for sure!

There aren’t many deals today – the only ones are over at Steam. The Weekend Deal is RPG Maker VX Ace, which is free until Sunday and discounted to $17.50 if you are into it! The Daily Deal is State of Decay, which is on sale for $9.99. These are great deals, so you should check them out!

Of course, let’s end this with some t-shirts!

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Comcept closes out “Mighty May” with Mighty No. 9 gameplay trailer

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Scalzo

Comcept has released a handful of trailers showcasing their progress on Mighty No. 9 since the completion of the Kickstarter campaign last Fall. But today’s new gameplay trailer, released to celebrate the end of “Mighty May,” is the most impressive yet. You might even say it is mega cool, man.

The trailer focuses on the icy locale that Mighty No. 2 calls home and the more industrial digs of Mighty No. 5. And unlike the previous “work-in-progress” trailers, this one features some beautiful backgrounds and gorgeous graphical effects, as well as a ton of enemies and environmental objects. Basically, it’s starting to look like a finished game.

According to Comcept, development on Mighty No. 9 will be completed over the course of the next 12 months and we should all be able to get our hands on it in Spring 2015. And I do mean all as Mighty No. 9 is in development for the 3DS, PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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Walking Dead S1/2, Wolf Among Us collections coming to PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Scalzo

telltale-logoSeveral retailers let the cat out of the bag a bit early, but Telltale Games officially announced today that The Walking Dead Season 1, The Walking Dead Season 2, and The Wolf Among Us will soon be available for the PS4 and Xbox One. According to Telltale, a disc-based compilation of each episodic series will be available “later this year.” PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will also get a chance to purchase The Walking Dead Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us on disc as well to join the previously released disc-based version of The Walking Dead Season 1.

Telltale has promised to announce a release date for the compilation discs soon, and this news lends further credence to the belief that Tales From the Borderlands will also be available for current-generation and new-generation platforms (and the PC) when it launches sometime this Summer or Fall.

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Quantum Break gameplay teaser promises full reveal at Gamescom 2014

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Scalzo

Remedy is hard at work on Quantum Break and the latest trailer confirms that their time-twisting action game will be released in 2015. While a 2014 release date was never officially announced, many hoped they’d get their hands on the game this year. It looks like that’s not to be and, according to Remedy’s Sam Lake, Quantum Break will skip the 2014 E3 Expo as well.

In the video above, Quantum Break’s Creative Director teases a tiny sliver of gameplay footage from the game with the promise that we’ll get more at this year’s Gamescom show. The video game show, which is based in Cologne, Germany, will be held from August 13 through the 17th.

Quantum Break will attempt to blend a third-person action game with a Hollywood-style live-action television show. According to Lake, “The game is about heroes, the show is about villains.” The game will follow Jack Joyce, the hero we’ve gotten to know a little bit about in two earlier trailers (at the “Next Xbox Reveal” and VGX 2013). Meanwhile, the show will follow the corporate intrigue within Monarch Solutions, the evil entity at the center of Quantum Break.

Hopefully, one of the villains will give us a “muwhahaha” at some point in the show.

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Mortal Kombat website goes dark ahead of Mortal Kombat 10 reveal

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Scalzo

mortalkombat10-dragonlogoThe Mortal Kombat 10 teaser train just keeps rolling. This morning, the official Mortal Kombat website went dark. When it came back to life, the page was blank except for the redesigned Mortal Kombat dragon logo that appeared on the leaked “Who’s Next” poster.

Ed Boon’s Twitter countdown will expire on June 2, one week ahead of this year’s E3 Expo, so I think we’re definitely in store for a Mortal Kombat 10 announcement next Monday (can we call it “Mortal Monday”?).

And then there’s this…

Thanks, Ed Boon! (Unless he’s trolling us.)

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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare spreads like a weed to PS3, PS4 in August

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

After launching Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 this past February, Electronic Arts and PopCap Games have announced plans to bring the game to the PS4 and PS3 on August 19.

In case you missed Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare during its first planting season, let me shower you with some details. PopCap has taken their popular tower defense game and morphed it into a team-based shooter that includes the 12v12 modes “Garden & Graveyards” and “Team Vanquish,” along with the “Garden Ops” co-op mode. Players who are interested in purchasing Garden Warfare on the PS3 or PS4 will gain access to a variety of special Hat Packs allowing their Plants or Zombies to don Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper and Fat Princess headgear. Vita Remote Play will also be included.

“Our players have already vanquished more than 400 million plants and zombies, and we can’t wait for PlayStation gamers to add to this total,” said Brian Lindley, a Producer on Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. “They’ll see how accessible, yet deep, the gameplay is, and will get endless hours of fun out of the game.”

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Nintendo Download: Mario Kart 8 (Friday), Ittle Dew, Mega Man Xtreme 2, more

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Vroom! Vroom! It’s Mario Kart 8 time as the latest entry in Nintendo long-running racing series will be available to download from the Wii U eShop beginning tomorrow. And don’t forget, every Wii U owner who purchases Mario Kart 8 will also be able to download one of the following games for free: New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, or Wii Party U. Not a bad deal at all.

Also available to download from the Wii U eShop this week is Ittle Dew, an overhead adventure game that bears more than a passing resemblance to The Legend of Zelda. Joining Ittle Dew is Klonoa: Empire of Dream, a platformer originally released for the Game Boy Advance; Luv Me Buddies Wonderland, a minigame collection starring a bunch of cuddly puppies; and Gravity Badgers, a puzzle game that combines gravity-based physics puzzles and badgers. Hey… why not?

Mega Man Xtreme 2 is the only new game available on the 3DS eShop this week. The game, which was originally released for the Game Boy Color, was Mega Man’s second and final release for Nintendo’s first color handheld.

More information on all of these titles can be found after the break.

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