Super Smash Bros. 4 will include GameCube controller support

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Well, this is an interesting development. Nintendo has announced that they’re working on an adapter that will allow GameCube controllers to be used with the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. 4:

Super Smash Bros. 4 will be available for the Wii U by the end of the year, but it’s currently unknown if the adapter will launch alongside it or at a later date. Hopefully, we’ll learn more about it during this year’s E3 Expo, which begins on June 9.

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Daily Scoop: May 29, 2014 – Just a regular Thursday

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Nicole Kline

There’s not too much excitement happening today… other than Philly Dev Night tonight. I’m excited to talk games all night with my friends, and to have a few post-GameLoop Philly discussions!

There are a few deals out there today that I’d like to share with you. First up are the deals over at Steam. The Weekend Deal is Europa Universalis IV, which is 75% at $9.99 until Monday at 10AM. The Daily Deal is one I know a lot of my friends will be excited about – it’s Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure for just $4.99. Time to get your scribble on with Maxwell!

Brand new this week is the Humble RPG Maker Bundle! Pay what you want for RPG Maker VX Ace, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #1, Skyborn, Sweet Lily Dreams, and RPG Maker – Free Games Bundle #1. Pay $6 or more to unlock RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker – Exclusive Resource Pack, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #2, To the Moon, Deadly Sin 2, and RPG Maker – Free Games Bundle #2. Pay $12 or more to unlock Game Character Hub, RPG Maker DLC Bundle #3, and Legionwood 2: Rise of the Eternal’s Realm. Whew! That’s a lot!

Finally, let’s take a look at what t-shirts are out there for you today!

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CoD: Ghosts next DLC, Invasion, coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360 next week

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

Activision and Infinity Ward have unveiled the Invasion Map Pack, the next downloadable expansion for Call of Duty: Ghosts. As always, the Invasion Map Pack will add four new maps and the next chapter of Extinction Mode to the game. This time, players will be able to battle killer mariachis in “Departed,” trigger booby-trapped pyramids in “Pharaoh,” and unearth angry pirate ghosts in “Mutiny.” The final map, “Favela,” is a recreation of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map of the same name.

The Invasion Map Pack will be available to download from the Xbox Live Store this Tuesday, June 3, for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. As with all Call of Duty DLC, Season Pass owners will be able to grab the pack for free while everyone else will have to shell out $14.99. The Invasion Map Pack will likely be made available to PC, PS3, and PS4 players sometime in early July.

Check out the trailer above for a sneak peek at the new maps found in the Invasion Map Pack. We’ve also got an in-depth description of each map, straight from Activision, available after the break.

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Ed Boon quasi-confirms Mortal Kombat 10 after possible poster leak

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Scalzo

mortalkombat10-whosnextEd Boon has been running a very unorthodox countdown with his Twitter account all month. If all goes according to plan, whatever Boon has in the hopper will be revealed on June 2. But it looks like a Reddit user may have beaten him to the punch by leaking the poster to your right.

The poster depicts a broken spine with the words “Who’s Next” and a slightly modified version of Mortal Kombat’s dragon logo. In 2011’s Mortal Kombat, NetherRealm Studios encouraged players to perform X-Ray Moves, which frequently involved the breaking of an opponent’s bones. But I’m a tad concerned about the validity of the poster as the logo and the “Who’s Next” wording seem to just float there. The way the poster is oriented in the image, they should be at more of an angle. There’s also the matter of the fact that the Redditor who posted the poster, “ItsHappening24,” is a brand new user (and on that note, 24‘s Kiefer Sutherland has previously been linked to the next Mortal Kombat game).

However, Boon himself has endorsed the image by installing the “Who’s Next” text as his header image on Twitter and adopting the dragon as his user icon. And a quick Google Images search confirms that Boon is the only person to ever use that exact version of the Mortal Kombat dragon logo… oh my god, what does it mean?

Right now, it doesn’t mean anything. But the stars seem to be aligning and I’m pretty confident that Mortal Kombat 10 will be officially announced in just a few short days.

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Pushmo World will be released for Wii U on June 19

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Holly Scalzo

Pushmo World, developed by Intelligent Systems, is coming to the Wii U on June 19th. It is the third game in the Pushmo series, which also includes 2011’s Pushmo and 2012’s Crashmo. What’s different, and notable, with this game is that it is the first game to be playable on a console, rather than previous entries which were available only for the 3DS.

Similar to its predecessors, “Pushmo World finds players pushing, pulling, and climbing blocks to solve a collection of more than 250 new puzzles.” Billed as a game with wide appeal, for kids and more advanced gamers alike, “players are tasked with solving three-dimensional block-based puzzles by moving blocks to climb to the top of structures. As the game progresses, the puzzles get larger and more complex, with some massive, screen-filling creations resembling familiar objects, animals, and even classic Nintendo characters.”

New to Pushmo World is the World Pushmo Fair, which is an in-game community space wherein players can download and share new puzzles they create using the Pushmo Studio. The developers will be adding new puzzles to the game through the World Pushmo Fair as well ensuring a “near-endless amount” of puzzles for Pushmo World.

To celebrate the upcoming release, Nintendo is discounting Pushmo (to $4.69) and Crashmo (to $5.99) in the 3DS eShop now through June 13th at 11:59 AM ET. Pushmo World will then be available the following week in the Wii U eShop for $9.99.

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Daily Scoop: May 28, 2014 – PAX Prime sold out already

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Tickets to PAX Prime went on sale and sold out already, so if you were hoping to go and you happened to blink today, you’re out of luck. I mean, you’re out of regular luck – you can still try your luck on eBay, where you’ll probably end up paying more than three times the price. And, of course, there are three other PAXes to choose from now, so you’re much less limited than you used to be!

Anyway, let’s talk about deals! The Midweek Madness deal at Steam is Audiosurf, which is on sale for $8.99. Their Daily Deal is Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, which is down to $6.79.

If you’d rather snag a bundle, don’t worry – there’s one you can grab right now! Indie Royale‘s latest is called The Turing Bundle. Beat the current minimum for Eschalon: Book III, Eterium, 3 Stars of Destiny, Fractured Soul, and Motte Island. Pay $6 or more to unlock the bonus album.

And now, t-shirt time!

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XBL Store Today: Watch Dogs

Posted on May 28, 2014 by John Scalzo

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It’s time to talk about Watch Dogs again as Ubisoft’s highly anticipated open-world is now available through the Xbox Live Games Store for both the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Can you hack it?

Watch Dogs (Xbox One: $59.99, Xbox 360: $59.99)
In today’s hyper-connected world, Chicago has the country’s most advanced computer system – one which controls almost every piece of city technology and holds key information on all of the city’s residents. You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker but also a former thug, whose criminal past lead to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, you’ll be able to monitor and hack all who surround you while manipulating the city’s systems to stop traffic lights, download personal information, turn off the electrical grid and more. Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge. In a world led by technology, hacking is our weapon!

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Mario Kart 8 director “not ruling out” Smash Bros.-like expansion of franchise’s roster

Posted on May 28, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Nintendo is all set to give Mario Kart 8 the green light this Friday, May 30. But before you dig in to the Wii U debut of the series, you should check out this Nintendo Life interview with the game’s director, Kosuke Yabuki. Yabuki is proud of his work on Mario Kart 8, but he’s already thinking ahead to Mario Kart 9. And there’s a strong possibility that the racer lineup in the next entry could be expanded to include characters from other Nintendo franchises, Super Smash Bros.-style.

“We’re always considering ways to make the Mario Kart games more appealing, but I don’t think that just increasing the number of characters would make the game better,” Yabuki said. “Of course, I’m not ruling out the possibility of [a Super Smash Bros. approach to the roster] in the future though.”

Obviously, this is far from a done deal. If development on the next Mario Kart game has even begun, it’s likely still in the very early stages. But a Nintendo-wide expansion to the game’s character roster, a “Super Smash Kart” if you will, would be very interesting.

Yup… Very. Interesting.

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