Daily Scoop: November 29, 2016 – Humble Tycoon Simulator Bundle launched today

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Cyber Monday is still kicking, even on Tuesday! It’s like no one wants these deals to end. I mean, I don’t mind, because it keeps luring me in to buy more things – oh wait! I do mind! Stop tricking me, Internet!

Anyway, let’s talk about deals! The Humble Tycoon Simulator Bundle is new at Humble. Pay what you want for Train Simulator 2016, RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe, and Out of the Park Baseball 17. Beat the average to unlock Democracy 3 Collector’s Edition, Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, and Big Pharma. Pay $12 or more to unlock early access to Youtubers Life.

There are tons of offers over at Steam as well! The Midweek Madness is Cities: Skylines for $7.49. There are two Daily Deals – pick up Monaco for $4.79 and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition for $5.99.

Hit the jump to see today’s shirts!

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New footage from Nintendo’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 2K’s Prey will debut during the 2016 Game Awards

Posted on November 29, 2016 by John Scalzo

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The 2016 Game Awards are just a few days away, and in addition to crowning this year’s “Game of the Year,” host Geoff Keighley will also introduce a handful of World Premiere trailers featuring some of 2017’s biggest games.

Yesterday, we learned the names of two more games that’ll get a few minutes in the spotlight courtesy of the awards show… Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 2K’s Prey:

The 2016 Game Awards will kick off at 8:30 PM (Eastern Time) on Thursday, December 1. Keighley has promised the night will be full of surprises and the host previously confirmed that BioWare will also take the stage this year to debut the first gameplay footage from Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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Rumor: Marvel Vs Capcom 4 will be announced at PlayStation Experience 2016

Posted on November 29, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono recently told Famitsu that the company is planning to release new content for Street Fighter V through 2020. But the publisher might be ready to announce a new fighting game this weekend at the 2016 PlayStation Experience.

Polygon is reporting they’ve spoken to “multiple sources” that say Marvel Vs Capcom 4 will make its public debut this weekend and be released sometime in 2017. Their sources also revealed that Marvel will (unsurprisingly) limit the number of X-Men in the game. Instead, Marvel Vs Capcom 4 will feature a roster comprised mostly of characters that have appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

Fans of the series should expect Marvel vs. Capcom 4’s roster of Marvel characters to draw strongly from the cinematic universe that Marvel Studios has popularized — and has full control over — during the past decade. That means fighting game fans will more likely see characters plucked from The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy films, and not from properties like the X-Men. Expect to see superheroes like Ant-Man and Groot make appearances, with characters of mutant origin — think Wolverine and Magneto — sitting out this entry.

Polygon would go on to receive a standard “Capcom does not comment on rumors or speculation” statement from a Capcom spokesperson in connection to their report. However, Marvel’s Jay Ong hinted at the possibility of a fourth game in the crossover fighting franchise earlier this year during the E3 Expo. So it could be a very fun weekend for fans of Capcom’s fighting games.

The last game in the franchise, Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, was released in early 2011 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Kickstart This! Ariel

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Andrew Rainnie

If you didn’t notice, there hasn’t been a new Kickstart This! in over a month, mostly because John works us all far too hard (joke), but largely because the column was becoming a bit hum-drum. Kickstarter has started to feel less like a creative space for games that could not find life with a traditional publisher, and more like a graveyard for great ideas poorly sold, or a junkyard for half-baked ideas that had not been given time to mature.

I had heard Kickstarter was also going to be updating the crowdfunding platform in a “major” way. This turned out to be more than a lick of paint, which, as an aside, the site has received – it runs a lot smoother and the and the options are much clearer now.

The big change turned out to be Kickstarter Live, which launched on the 1st of November. It allows creators to host a live broadcast, and to field questions from potential backers in the comments section. The benefits of this should not be underplayed. Audience engagement is one of the toughest nuts to crack when raising funds via crowdfunding. While project updates offer people news, being able to interact with backers on the same platform, instead of hosting an AMA on Reddit or a Facebook Live broadcast, especially in the early days of a campaign, means that you can rally your troops and harness that momentum more easily.

kickstarterhomepageSpeaking of rallying the troops, the world has change quite a bit over the last few weeks, and Kickstarter is no different. With a wave of protests and a renewed sense of charity sweeping the globe in response to recent world events, Kickstarter temporarily changed their front page in support.

And in honor of Kickstarter’s expansion into Mexico, we’re looking at Ariel, a video game developed south of the border, this week.

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Daily Scoop: November 28, 2016 – Handy Games Bundle new at Humble!

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Nicole Kline

There were so many incredible deals this weekend, and we bought a few games – lots of PC games on the cheap, and a few PSN games as well. And I have been going back and forth about buying some games on Amazon, but my backlog is enormous right now! I have been exercising willpower but it’s not easy!

Let’s talk about today’s deals! Over at Humble, there’s the Humble Mobile Bundle: Handy Games. Pay what you want for 1941 Frozen Front, Aces of the Luftwaffe, Aporkalypse, Clouds & Sheep, and Guns’n’Glory WW2. Pay $3 or more to unlock Rocket Island, Ninja Hero Cats, Guns’n’Glory Zombies, Stage Dive Legends, Devils & Demons, Super Dynamite Fishing, Save the Puppies, 1944 Burning Bridges, and Cyberlords. Finally, pay $5 or more to also unlock 1942 Pacific Front, Clouds & Sheep 2, Townsmen, Guns’n’Glory Heroes, and Dynamite Fishing World Games.

Unsurprisingly, there are a ton of games on sale at Steam for Cyber Monday. Pick up Payday 2 for $4.99, Wolfenstein: The New Order for $6.59, and God Eater 2 Rage Burst for $24.99.

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Celebrate the holidays with this Dead Rising 4-themed Yule Log

Posted on November 28, 2016 by John Scalzo

Have you sat down to watch a Yule Log video and thought… “This needs more zombies”?

Well, today’s your lucky day! Microsoft and Capcom have teamed up to produce a special Dead Rising 4-themed Yule Log video starring Frank West, his light-up baseball bat, and a whole mess of zombie limbs roasting on an open fire.

Dead Rising 4 will be available as an Xbox Play Anywhere title for the PC and Xbox One on December 6.

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No Man’s Sky “Foundation Update” is now available… and it includes a lot of new content

Posted on November 28, 2016 by John Scalzo

As promised, Hello Games has released the “Foundation Update” (Version 1.1) for No Man’s Sky. The update, which will be the first of many free updates, includes all of the new base-building options the developer talked about on Friday… along with a few surprises.

In addition to building a homestead, Version 1.1 of No Man’s Sky will allow players to create a Hydroponic Lab within their base and grow different plants. These plants will provide “a steady supply of resources” and eventually lead to the discovery of new resource elements. And for players who want to venture away from their base, they’ll be able to make camp anywhere with Save Points and color-coded Waypoints.

However, if you’d prefer to always be on the move, players can purchase a Freighter to move large amounts of resources across the galaxy. Freighters can also be crewed by three other characters to research new technologies. And speaking of resources, the “Foundation Update” will also add new biome and star-specific resource types to the game, as well as a simplified user interface.

But the biggest change to No Man’s Sky is the addition of three new game modes, including a brutal (and “much more challenging”) Survival Mode:

  • Normal Mode is the original chilled exploration experience
  • Creative Mode allows players to explore the universe without limits, and build a huge base
  • Survival Mode really changes the game, creating a much more challenging endurance experience

A trailer offering more details about No Man’s Sky’s “Foundation Update” is embedded above, and the full Patch Notes can be found at the game’s official website.

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Cyber Monday Game Deals 2016: Amazon

Posted on November 28, 2016 by John Scalzo

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How did your wallet hold up on Black Friday? Did you pick up any of this year’s deals… or were you holding out to see what sales were in store for Cyber Monday? Well, good news, Amazon‘s Cyber Monday deal-stravaganza is in full and it looks to be an almost shot-for-shot repeat of Black Friday.

Many of the same deals are available today including Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Legacy Edition ($59.00), Dishonored 2 ($34.99), and Overwatch ($34.99).

As with Black Friday, many of Amazon’s discounts will go in and out of stock throughout the day, but we’ve got a list of many of the currently-available deals after the break.

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