Daily Scoop: May 27, 2014 – Back to regular busy

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Saturday was GameLoop Philly, and it was amazing! We even got a sweet write up in Technically Philly. Now that it’s over, I can go back to my regular level of busy, instead of the crazy level I was at for a while. Yay!

Now let’s talk about deals! The first one is a biggie – Infamous: Second Son is the Gold Box Deal of the Day at Amazon. It’s been marked down to $35.99, and it’s a game you need if you have a PS4. Seriously! Steam also has some beautiful deals right now – the Daily Deal is Bastion for the ridiculously low price of $2.24, and the Midweek Madness deal is XCOM: Enemy Unknown for $14.99.

There’s a brand new bundle over at Indie Royale right now – the Mixer 4 Bundle! Pay the current minimum for Q.U.B.E., One Finger Death Punch, Sword of the Stars: The Pit, Data Hacker: Corruption, Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, Isomer, Litil Divil, and Yury. There’s a brand new Humble Bundle right now as well. Pay what you want for Symphony, Draw a Stickman: EPIC, and Galcon Legends. Pay more than the average to unlock Skulls of the Shogun, Metal Slug 3, Fieldrunners 2, and Breach and Clear. That’s a lot of games!

Plenty of t-shirts to choose from today…

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Sony has pushed the release of The Order: 1886 into 2015

Posted on May 27, 2014 by John Scalzo

Sony has been positioning Ready At Dawn’s The Order: 1886 as this Fall’s major PS4 exclusive. But after today’s delay, it looks like the consolemaker will have to put together a new battle plan. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Ready At Dawn’s Creative Director, Ru Weerasuriya, confirmed that The Order: 1886’s release has been pushed back to early 2015.

We’ll get our next big taste of The Order: 1886 as this year’s E3 Expo, but until then, Weerasuriya and some of the other developers got together to give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the game’s world in a new developer diary. “Fusing History & Mythology” examines how the Ready At Dawn team has reshaped Victorian London into a retro-futuristic city with advanced weaponry, magic, zeppelins, and werewolf-like creatures known as Half-Breeds. But I think the most interesting thing is how much of the time and the town that went unchanged.

Ready At Dawn also recently released a new gameplay video of The Order: 1886 showcasing Galahad’s Thermite rifle and the “heightened state” and focused abilities of the game’s Blacksight mechanic.

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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will get Halo Edition add-on tomorrow

Posted on May 27, 2014 by John Scalzo

Microsoft officially announced a Halo Edition add-on pack for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition a little more than a week ago. Now, the consolemaker has confirmed that the add-on will be available to download beginning tomorrow, May 28.

According to Xbox Wire, the Halo Edition will include a plethora of Halo-themed content such as “a Halo texture set, themed menus and user interface, craftable items, 31 music tracks [from the] franchise, [and] 40 pixel-perfect character skins depicting beloved Halo characters.” To give you a leg up on your crafting, the add-on will also include several pre-made maps from Halo’s history including “Silent Cartographer,” “Sandtrap,” “Valhalla,” “Blackout,” “Guardian,” and “Blood Gulch.”

The Halo Edition Mash-Up Pack has been priced at $3.99.

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Super Smash Bros. 4 will be playable at more than 100 Best Buy stores next month

Posted on May 27, 2014 by John Scalzo

bestbuylogoAs promised, Nintendo has announced further details about the Super Smash Bros. 4 “Smashfest” that will be coming to Best Buy stores across the country next month. More than 100 Best Buy stores will play host to the same Super Smash Bros. 4 demo stations that Nintendo is bringing to this year’s E3 Expo on Wednesday, June 11 (from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM) and Saturday, June 14 (from noon to 5:00 PM). A complete list of every participating store can be found on Best Buy’s website.

In addition to the demo stations, Best Buy also wants to sell you a copy of Super Smash Bros. 4. So the first 70 people who pre-order the game at each store will receive a “rare collectible Super Smash Bros. gold coin.” Each pre-ordered copy of Super Smash Bros. 4 will also include a $5 My Best Buy Rewards Zone gift certificate.

Super Smash Bros. 4 will be available for the 3DS sometime this Summer with the Wii U edition scheduled to launch by the end of the year.

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Lego Batman 3 blasts off into outer space this Fall

Posted on May 27, 2014 by John Scalzo

First, Lego Batman skulked about the streets of Gotham, protecting the city from his cunning and cagey Rogues Gallery. In Lego Batman 2, the Dark Knight teamed up with the Justice League to put a stop to a global threat from Lex Luthor. Now, in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the superheroes will have to team up with the supervillains to stop an intergalactic goon:

In Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Using the power of the Lantern Rings, Brainiac shrinks worlds to add to his twisted collection of miniature cities from across the universe. Now the greatest super heroes and the most cunning villains must unite and journey to different Lantern Worlds to collect the Lantern Rings and stop Brainiac before it’s too late.

Once again developed by TT Games, Lego Batman 3 will include more than 150 playable characters when it’s released for the 3DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One this Fall.

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Kickstart This! New Home Office Edition

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Andrew Rainnie

Hello gamers and philanthropists, and welcome to Kickstart This! New Home Office Edition, which (as the title suggests) comes direct from my brand spanking new home office. I’m surrounded by unpacked boxes of books, games, and most importantly, Legos, but like the Death Star, it is armed and fully operational. With that in mind, let us turn our aim to the spectacle that is Kickstarter, and the handful of recent video game projects that have risen above the fold in vying for your affections, attentions, and well-earned remuneration.

First up is point-and-click adventure thriller The Mystery of Oak Island, followed by side-scrolling beat ’em up Rudo Resurrection. As if that was not enough, there is also FPS action horror A New Reckoning, and monster mayhem in Kaiju-A-Gogo.

Let’s rock and load!

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Counter-Strike creator teases Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3

Posted on May 26, 2014 by John Scalzo

valveguyHalf-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 rumors? By golly, this year’s E3 Expo must be right around the corner.

Minh “Gooseman” Le, the creator of Counter-Strike, recently sat down for an interview with goRGNtv (via NowGamer). In the course of the hour-long interview, Le dropped a pair of bombshells without even realizing it. First, the developer revealed that on a recent visit to Valve, he got a glimpse of some Half-Life 3 concept art:

“I guess I could say that I did see something that could be in the Half-Life universe. I mean it wouldn’t surprise anyone if I said yeah they’re working on it. To go out on a limb, I would say I did see some Half-Life 3 concept art.”

Le brushed the revelation off as “old news” and it’s hard to argue with him. We all know Valve is working on another game in the Half-Life franchise, but until we hear it direct from Gabe Newell, it may as well be as good as vaporware. Much more interesting was Le’s thoughts on Left 4 Dead 3, which remains officially unannounced even though it has appeared on several development documents that were purported to come from within Valve:

“It wouldn’t be any news if I said ‘yes, I saw it’ and it looks great,” said Minh. “I was really excited when I saw that, like ‘wow, this looks great’.”

So Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 are in the works. Probably. And we’ll get to hear about them eventually. Maybe. I’m betting an E3 announcement is likely out of the question.

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Meet Drift in this Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark gameplay trailer

Posted on May 26, 2014 by John Scalzo

I’m not sure how much gameplay is actually in this “Gameplay Trailer,” nor am I sure how Activision plans to merge the Transformers movieverse with the Fall of Cybertron/War For Cybertron games… but here’s a new trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark that shows both sets of bots in action. I do know that the new trailer showcases the samurai-like Drift, a Decepticon who now sides with the Autobots, for the first time.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark will be released on June 24 for the PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. A companion game for the 3DS, in development at WayForward Technologies, will arrive in stores on the same day.

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