Gargoyle’s Quest added to 3DS eShop

Posted on August 25, 2011 by John Scalzo

Nintendo has released their weekly Nintendo Download update and the Game Boy classic Gargoyle’s Quest leads this week’s new games. The first adventure of Firebrand (unless you count his villainous turn in Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins) will be joined by one Virtual Console release and a trio of DSiWare games.

Originally released on the Super NES, The Ignition Factor is considered one of the best firefighting games of all time. It’s the lone addition to the Wii Shop Channel this week.

The new games on the DSiWare Shop are actually two new games and one new productivity application. The games include Magical Whip: Wizards of the Phantasmal Forest, a side-scrolling platformer and Let’s Create! Pottery, a pottery-making sim. The productivity app is simply titled Calculator, and as you may have guessed, it turns your DSi/3DS into a calculator.

More information on all of these games can be found at the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.

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Bungie Aerospace launching Crimson: Steam Pirates on iPad

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Chris Urie

When some people start talking about strategic turn-based action on the iPad, most other people start snoozing. But when Bungie, of Halo fame, said they were making a game for the iPad about steampunk pirates, my ears perked up a little. Crimson: Steam Pirates will be out on the iPad on September 1 for free. I will repeat that… FREE!

Developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Bungie’s mobile publishing arm, Bungie Aerospace, you’ll play as the pirate Thomas Blood, who commands a fleet of swashbucklers. The first eight missions in Crimson: Steam Pirates will be free to play, but and additional eight missions can be found in Chapter Two, “Tales of Captain Blood,” which will cost you an extra $1.99. So its not completely free to play.

With a little bit of luck, and an Internet connection, on September 1, I will be screaming, “Yarr me skallywags! Swab the poop deck and fire upon the adjacent poop deck over yonder! Don’t let their steam escape! Steal their steam then we will sell it back to them at a higher price! Show them our poop deck is better than their poop deck!… POOP!”

It sounded much more eloquent in my head.

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Telltale goes Back to the Future on Wii, PS3

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Chris Urie

Telltale has been holding down the fort on the indie adventure game front for a long time. They have sold over a million downloads of Back to the Future: The Game for the PC and will be expanding the adventure to a console near you. Come October, Marty and the Doc will be invading the Wii (for the first time) and the PS3 (as a retail disc this time) with 1.21 gigawatts of awesome.

Both Back to the Future discs will be priced at $19.99, a steal even in 1955 dollars.

Telltale has also signed agreements with both Nintendo and Sony to release future titles on their consoles. Just as Back to the Future ushered in a new wave of amazingly quotable movie moments, Telltale will hopefully be able to breath some life into the adventure game market on those consoles.

PCs?… Where we’re going, we don’t need PCs.

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Sonic 4 Episode 2 speeds into 2012

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Chris Urie

It seems like it has been forever since Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I was released back in October 2010. But after Sega West CEO Mike Hayes confirmed that Episode II is still in production, it looks like we’ll all have to wait a little bit longer before we can play as our favorite blue hedgehog with a turbocharger. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II actually isn’t slated to be released until sometime in 2012.

“This year, 2011, is the anniversary, so we’re focusing on the celebration title,” Sonic Team’s Takashi Iikuza said to Eurogamer, “But moving forward to 2012, Sonic will still be going, so I’d hope to provide Episode 2 then.”

Excuse me Sega, isn’t the whole idea of episodic gaming supposed to be to release multiple small games with shorter development times? Looks like Sega has been palling around with Valve a little too much lately. Has anyone seen Gordon Freeman?

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Daily Scoop: August 24, 2011 – 80s movies galore!

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Iiiiiit’s Wednesday! We’re at the halfway mark through the work week. Hopefully we won’t have another earthquake today! Though I’m not tired of people asking, “Did you feel it?!?!” Yes, I feel it! I feel the cosmos!

Anywho, Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Aksys’ 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for the Nintendo DS. It’s just $20.99 today, and is chock full of some really amazing puzzles. Check it out!

No video game t-shirts today, but there are two 80s movies t-shirts that will make you chuckle:

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XBLA Today: Street Fighter III, Hole in the Wall, Crazy Machines Elements

Posted on August 24, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Summer of Arcade may be over, but Microsoft still has plenty of games in the cooler to make the Xbox Live Arcade the place to be in the last few weeks of August.

Capcom’s Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition leads this week’s trio of new games. Including online play (of course), leaderboards and high definition graphics, the third Street Fighter game is ready for its XBLA debut. Fight!

Also available this week is Hole in the Wall, a Kinect-ified rendition of the physical game show and Crazy Machines Elements, an HD-entry in the popular puzzle series.

Street Fighter III has been priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) while Hole in the Wall and Crazy Machines can be both be had for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

More information on all three games can be found at Major Nelson’s blog.

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This is not the release date you’re looking for: Kinect Star Wars, R2-D2 360 bundle delayed

Posted on August 24, 2011 by John Scalzo

A Microsoft spokesman has told OXM UK that Kinect Star Wars and the R2-D2 Xbox 360 bundle will no longer be released by the end of the year. No new release date was revealed, but presumably the game will be jump to lightspeed store shelves in 2012.

No Bothans died to bring us this information, but the spokesman did say that the delay is necessary to make sure Kinect Star Wars lives up to its full potential:

“Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realized. This move applies to both the Kinect Star Wars stand-alone game and the Kinect Star Wars Limited Edition Console. We will communicate additional timing information at a later date.”

This is disappointing news for Star Wars fans everywhere, so please remember, no disintegrations.

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Portal: No Escape fan film is awesome… no lie!

Posted on August 24, 2011 by John Scalzo

Dan Trachtenberg is likely not a name you know. The Philadelphia native is a commercial director who has previously worked for Lexus and Coca-Cola. Now, he’ll be known as the guy who created the world’s most awesome Portal fan film.

“Portal: No Escape” does more in five minutes than most game-to-film adaptations do in their entire running time. The nifty portal effects are top notch and, frankly, look absolutely stunning for a no-budget fan film.

Somebody, whether it be Valve or Hollywood, has to snap this up and give us the Portal movie we’ve always wanted.

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