Daily Scoop: February 6, 2014 – Happy birthday, Grandpop!

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nicole Kline

It’s February 6, which means it’s my awesome Grandpop’s birthday! He’s 84 years old today. He’s been an amazing role model and father to me my whole life. Happy birthday, Grandpop! I love you!

Of course, you’re probably here for the deals, and not this celebration, so I’ll get on with it! There’s a new bundle at Indie Royale, and this one’s called the Mixer Bundle. Pay the minimum for Alien Spidy, The Journey Down: Chapter One, Miner Wars 2081, Dollar Dash, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 2, Cherry Tree high Comedy Club, Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre, Final Slam 2, and Party of Sin. Pay $7 to unlock a bonus album!

There are also some new deals at Steam. The Weekend Deal is on Democracy 3, which costs $12.49 until Monday. The Daily Deal is Blood Knights, which is on sale for $7.49.

And there are more Pokemon shirts after this jump than I know what to do with!

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Standalone edition of Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry coming to PC, PS3, PS4

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Anthony Amato

Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, originally an add-on for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, will be available later this month as a standalone game. It will be available for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on February 18, and on PC starting February 25. Both versions will cost $14.99, and neither one will require that the player own Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Though Ubisoft was unclear on whether the standalone game would be available as a retail disc, a digital download, or both.

Tony Key, the senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft, said, “We decided to release Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry as a stand-alone game for both fans and newcomers to the Assassin’s Creed universe. Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry delivers key elements of an Assassin’s Creed game, including a new hero, new environments and new weapons.”

In Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, you play as Adewale, a former slave who is now a trained Assassin. He must face his past when he is shipwrecked in 18th century Haiti, however, and he kills enemies while freeing slaves. Once he’s done on land, he’ll take to sea, fighting the slave owners and bringing them to justice.

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Borderlands 2: Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre DLC coming next week

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nicole Kline

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Gearbox is hard at work on the latest addition to the Borderlands 2 Headhunter series… and its almost here! The latest DLC, Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre, takes a poke at the big bad Hallmark machine, Valentine’s Day. The Hodunks, the Zafords, and everyone’s favorite, Ellie, will be there, as well as Innuendo Bot 5000, who is sure to have some hilarious new dialogue.

Of course, once you beat the main boss, there are head mods for your character, and according to the 2K blog, “This time the heads are a little more graphic. With these new heads, you’ll also get an inside look at the Vault Hunters, especially Zer0… though it should be said that his new head is named ‘N0t C4n0n’ for a reason.”

Gearbox also announced that, Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax, the fifth (and final!) DLC in the Headhunters series, will be out in April. While these are fun, they are far too short, and I’m hoping these talented developers will get to making Borderlands 3 already.

Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre will be out on February 11 for the PC, PlayStation Network (PS3), and Xbox Live Store (Xbox 360).

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Strider will slice and dice digital download platforms starting February 18

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Anthony Amato

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Strider will be released on February 18 on the PlayStation Store (for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4) and will come out the next day on the Xbox Live Game Store (Xbox 360, Xbox One) and Steam, Capcom announced today. The game’s price point is $14.99.

That’s not all. Capcom also announced that there will be two new Challenge Modes, which will be in addition to the Story Mode. The first is called Beacon Run, in which the player has to race through a speed run, hitting checkpoints and killing enemies as quickly as possible. The second, Survival Mode, puts the player through rigorous combat, changing up the items and loadouts while upping the difficulty. All modes will have global online leaderboards, taking that arcade feel to a new level.

There will also be unlockable costumes throughout the game, which you can find “by uncovering the vestiges of Striders fallen in battle against Grand Master Meio’s evil empire.” Unlock them all and travel through Kazakh City in style.

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Drakengard 3 will be released on May 20; Collector’s Edition announced

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Drakengard 3, a prequel to Drakengard, is the latest action RPG from Square Enix, who announced the game’s Collector’s Edition earlier today. In Drakengard 3, six sisters have used their powers of music and harmony to bring peace to the world. However, Zero, the oldest sister, and her dragon, Mikhail, try to kill Zero’s younger sisters. Check out the trailer above for some really strange and interesting graphics and character designs.

The Collector’s Edition, which is limited to 5,000 copies, includes a novella, a soundtrack sampler, a poster, and some DLC. Both the standard ($49.99) and Collector’s ($79.99) editions have pre-order bonuses available. If you pre-order the game between now and March 3, you get a Japanese voiceover DLC and unlock two other bonuses (not yet announced). If you pre-order from March 4 to April 8, you get the two unannounced bonuses. If you pre-order between April 9 and launch, you get the last of the unannounced bonuses.

Drakengard 3 will be available on May 20 exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

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Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright gets European release in March

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Get ready to have your fandoms collide! Well, at least European gamers can get ready. Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is set to be released for the 3DS on March 28 in Europe. You’ll get a chance to solve cryptic puzzles while also digging into the details and yelling “Objection!” in the courtroom. With Layton and Phoenix Wright together, do any mysteries or crimes stand a chance?

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is due to come to North America sometime this year.

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Animated Batman: Arkham movie will be released this year

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Anthony Amato

batmanarkhamasylumanimatedAccording to Hollywood Reporter, there’s a Batman: Arkham Asylum animated film coming, which will be based on the Arkham video game franchise. Jay Oliva, who is building a shared continuity of DC animated films beginning with this month’s Justice League: War, will direct the film. The new Batman: Arkham film is considered a “stand-alone, continuity-free project,” and is due to come out as a Warner Bros. home release sometime in 2014. Oliva was quoted as saying: “We can do original content, we can do New 52 [based on the New 52 DC line] stuff.”

As of right now, it’s unknown if the film will be based on Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, or Arkham Origins.

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Here are the minimum requirements for TitanFall’s PC version

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Anthony Amato

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Vince Zampella, the co-founder of Respawn, announced the specs for TitanFall on PC on Twitter, and they’re actually not as scary as I thought. What you’ll need:

  • Operating System: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
  • Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
  • Memory: 4GB RAM
  • Video Card: 512MB VRAM, Radeon HD 4770 or GeForce 8800GT

My shiny new computer should be able to run this game, no problem. He also mentioned the possibility of a Mac release (post-launch) on Twitter as well.

TitanFall drops on March 11 for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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