Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD, Double Dragon PSone fighter, more added to PS Store

Posted on January 15, 2014 by John Scalzo

assassinscreedliberationhd-boxSony has performed their weekly update of the PlayStation Update and added a quintet of new games to the digital download service.

This week’s biggest release is Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD. Ubisoft is giving the Vita title a second lease on life as a downloadable title on the PS3. In addition to the HD makeover, the first female Assassin will be able to undertake new missions and new adventures.

Also available this week is Double Dragon, a one-on-one fighter originally released exclusively for the PSone in Japan. Best of all, it’s based on the 1994 film that starred Scott Wolf, Robert Patrick, and Alyssa Milano.

Hit the break for more details on both of these titles as well as The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief, a PS3 adventure game, and a pair of Vita games: Age of Zombies!, a comedy adventure, and Doodle Devil, a puzzle game with a sinister twist.

A complete list of this week’s new game add-ons and PlayStation Plus additions can be found at the PlayStation Blog.

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MLB developing R.B.I. Baseball 14 for Spring release

Posted on January 15, 2014 by John Scalzo

rbibaseball14-logoThe R.B.I. Baseball series is stepping back onto the field for the first time in almost 20 years!

Major League Baseball announced that its MLB Advanced Media team is hard at work on R.B.I. Baseball 14 and will release the game across “current and next generation consoles and smartphones and tablets” this Spring. If you’ve never heard of MLBAM, there’s a reason for that, R.B.I. Baseball 14 will be the team’s first game development effort. Their previous duty was managing and developing Major League Baseball’s web presence including MLB.com and the websites for all 30 MLB teams.

Little else is known about R.B.I. Baseball 14 as a mostly empty teaser website is all we really have to go on. But with Spring right around the corner (and only 22 days left until Pitchers and Catchers report to Spring Training), we should learn more soon.

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Lego Marvel Super Heroes Review: Amazing, Spectacular, and Fantastic

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Mike Ryan

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I’m normally not one to get into the Lego games. I played Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Lord of the Rings, but I usually found myself moving on to other games after a few hours of play. But not so with Lego Marvel Super Heroes. I’ve been playing this game nonstop, without touching any of my other PS4 titles. It’s that much fun. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a huge Marvel fan or if I have a serious case of OCD, but I’ve put over sixty hours into this title – and I’m still only at 85% complete. And most importantly, it has kept my interest the entire time.

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Daily Scoop: January 14, 2014 – More games for Humble Indie Bundle X

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Hello hello, everyone! There’s some good news today – three games were added to the Humble Indie Bundle X! Pay more than the average to unlock the new games – Hoard, Strike Suit Zero, and Toki Tori 2+. These join To the Moon, Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Papa & Yo, Runner 2, Reus, and Surgeon Simulator 2013 already in the bundle. It’s a great deal!

There are some more good deals in the Humble Store as well – Europa Universalis IV is $19.99, Full Mojo Rampage is $6.49, Nidhogg is $11.99, Retro City Rampage is $4.99, and Super Splatters is $2.49.

Fantastic t-shirts are right at your fingertips:

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“Next-Gen Call of Duty” game in development at Sledgehammer Games

Posted on January 14, 2014 by John Scalzo

sledgehammergames-logoSledgehammer Games was founded in 2009 and the currently have just one credited game to their name: 2011’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Six months after that game shipped, the developer announced that they were staffing up for their next project, which was to be a new game in the Call of Duty series. With Black Ops II and Ghosts released in the interim, its fair to ask, what happened to Sledgehammer’s CoD game?

Apparently, it’s still in the works and the company is still hiring new people to work on it.

Sledgehammer recently posted a large number of job announcements to their Careers page concerning a “next-gen Call of Duty game.” Details on the game are scarce, but several postings describe it as “hyper realistic.”

We know that Activision plans to release another Call of Duty game this Fall. Will Sledgehammer get their time in the spotlight? If history is any guide, we’ll find out for sure this Spring when Activision will officially unveil the next title in the Call of Duty series.

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Early Access version of DayZ surpasses one million in sales

Posted on January 14, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Marek Spanel, the CEO of Bohemia Interactive, has announced that the standalone version of Dean Hall’s DayZ has already sold one million copies:

The standalone version of DayZ was originally released in an “alpha” state in December through Steam’s Early Access program. With its sales success, Hall and Bohemia will have plenty of cash to play with as they add features and tweak the still-early-in-development game. But we might be in for a bit of a wait, Bohemia has said that the “beta” version of DayZ is still a year away.

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Outlast coming to PS4 next month as PS Plus freebie

Posted on January 14, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Outlast, Red Barrels’ creepy asylum-set horror game from last year, will soon make the jump from the PC to the PS4. According to a post on the developer’s Facebook page, Outlast is almost ready to be released and we can stop saying “soon” and start saying “sometime in February” instead:

Outlast will be free in February for all PlayStation Plus users (PS4 only). #OUTLAST #PS4 #PSPLUS

As you can see, after it’s released, the game will also be included as one of the free downloads offered through PlayStation Plus. Regular pricing for players who don’t subscribe to Plus wasn’t announced.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack to be available on XBL Store on January 28

Posted on January 13, 2014 by John Scalzo

Activision and Infinity Ward have announced that the first map pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Onslaught, will be available to download from the Xbox Live Store (for both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One) on January 28.

The coolest map is clearly “Fog,” a love letter to the horror films of yesteryear. Players will even be able to become Halloween‘s Michael Myers and deliver the killing blow with a bloody axe. Players will also be able to frag their friends in the California boardwalk of “BayView,” the war-torn Mexican village of “Containment,” and the aging Florida space launch facility of “Ignition.”

Onslaught will also include a new weapon, a dual-purpose Assault Rifle/Sniper Rifle known as the Maverick, and “Nightfall,” a new chapter in humans vs aliens Extinction saga. In “Nightfall,” players will guide a small strike team to a snowy Alaskan base in search of the origins of the alien invasion (and to battle the biggest boss Infinity Ward has ever created).

Once again, Onslaught will be available to download through the Xbox Live Store on January 28 with a release on other platforms to follow. The DLC pack has been priced at $14.99 individually and will also be included as part of the $49.99 Season Pass.

More details about all of Onslaught’s maps can be found after the break.

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