New Retail Releases: NBA 2K17 Early Tip Off, ReCore, BioShock Collection, More

Posted on September 11, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Ladies and gentlemen, it has begun. The “Fall Gaming Season” begins now, and publisher are flooding store shelves with more than a dozen new titles this week.

With the NFL season kicking off today, let’s start with this week’s sports offerings. EA Sports released Madden NFL 17 three weeks, but the publisher is back this week with NHL 17 for the PS4 and Xbox One. If you’re more of a basketball fan, 2K Games will release the NBA 2K17: Early Tip Off Edition this week for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Soccer supporters will also get a new simulation this week with the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 on the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. And the checkered flag goes to NASCAR Heat: Evolution, which will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One this week.

Far away from Earth’s athletic fields is the planet of Far Eden, an interstellar colony that’s been overrun by villainous robots in Microsoft’s ReCore. Developed by Armature Studio, with additional idea work by Keiji Inafune, ReCore lets players fight back as Joule Adams, a resourceful woman who has her own team of robotic helpers. ReCore will be released for the Xbox One and it’ll also be available digitally for the PC as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.

You know who else has access to a lot of gadgets? Batman. And Telltale Games will put the World’s Greatest Detective through the ringer this week with their Batman: The Telltale Series – Season Pass Disc for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The disc will include the first episode from Telltale’s Batman series and digital access to every subsequent episode released (the second is scheduled to launch on September 20).

Finally this week, a trio of re-releases will reintroduce gamers to a few beloved franchises. BioShock: The Collection will bring BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite together in a single package for the PS4 and Xbox One (and digitally on the PC) with improved graphics and exclusive commentary by Ken Levine and other developers from Irrational. Meanwhile, Capcom’s Dead Rising also makes the leap to the PS4 and Xbox One (and, again, digitally on the PC) with improved graphics. And Square Enix and Nintendo collaborated on a brand new localization for the 3DS release of Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past.

A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found after the break.

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The Big List of Nintendo NX Games: September 2016 Update

Posted on September 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

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I think we’ve reached the point in the pre-release hype cycle where Nintendo fans believe they can make the consolemaker reveal more information about the NX through sheer force of will. And with PAX West happening literally in Nintendo’s backyard, it seemed like a great time to officially pull back the curtain. But the west coast’s biggest gaming convention came and went without a peep from Nintendo (though they had a lot to say about Nindies on the 3DS and Wii U).

So now those same desperate fans turn their attention towards next week’s Tokyo Game Show. Surely, the company must be planning a blowout presentation for Japan’s premiere gaming convention… right? They have to; there’s only six months to go! But Nintendo’s presence at the Tokyo Game Show, if they attend at all, has always been low-key, and there’s the distinct possibility that most of the NX’s secrets will remain hidden until we have it in our hands this March.

Those secrets were alluded to recently in a new round of rumors that focused on the console’s inner workings and its controller. According to several “inside sources,” the NX Controller will closely resemble a Wii Remote, with motion control features and force feedback. However, the controller might also have a “Split D-Pad” and a Share Button, which should generate comparisons to the DualShock 4.

Much more surprising is the (second) round of rumors that state the NX will use cartridges instead of optical discs. This would be a major break from the last two decades of console manufacturing tradition, but it does lend credence to the console/handheld hybrid rumors. Or maybe it’s all a part of Nintendo’s plot to make the NX appeal to “people who like games” and “moms.”

So while we still don’t know anything new about the NX itself, at least we recently learned more about its upcoming lineup of games.

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Xbox Store Today: Jotun, Pure Chess, Emily Wants To Play, more

Posted on September 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

xboxgamesstore-logoNorse Gods, another Chess game, and spooky dolls are the highlights of today’s Xbox Games Store update…

In Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Xbox One owners will do battle with monsters in Norse Purgatory as Thora, “a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla.”

However, if you’d prefer to wage war on a different sort of battlefield, Ripstone launched Pure Chess: Grandmaster Edition today for the Xbox One. Pure Chess: Grandmaster Edition will offer online play against up-to eight friends or local play against ten different AI opponents.

Finally today, Emily Wants To Play comes to the Xbox One and brings with it the eerie suspense of being alone in an isolated house with three terrifying dolls and a strange little girl named Emily.

More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break.

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Daily Scoop: September 9, 2016 – Fallout 4 just $29.99 at the Humble Store

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Well, I cancelled all my plans for the weekend, and now I’m hopefully going to have time to get some work done – but also, and probably more importantly, I’m hoping I can take some time to relax. It’s been a whirlwind of action lately, and I need some down time to recouperate!

Speaking of recouperation, what better what to do that than with some video games? To make things even better, the Humble Store is having an End of Summer sale. Get my favorite, Fallout 4, for just $29.99, as well as XCOM 2 for $32.99, the Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack for $12.49, and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin for $13.59.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is This War of Mine, which is on sale for $4.99. The Little Ones DLC is also on sale for $7.49. The Daily Deal at Steam is Jotun: Valhalla Edition, which is $7.49 for the game and $4.99 for the soundtrack.

And, of course, I’ve got some t-shirts for you. Hit the jump to see them all!

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Koji Igarashi delays Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’s launch to the First Half of 2018

Posted on September 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

Koji “Iga” Igarashi delivered some bad news last night to fans of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The famed developer revealed that progress on the game isn’t going as smoothly as he would have hoped. To make sure it’s “done right the first time,” Igarashi announced that Bloodstained will miss its planned March 2017 launch. Instead, the game be released in the first half of 2018 for the PC, PS4, Vita, Wii U, and Xbox One:

“The last thing I want to do is keep our backers waiting, but after receiving such incredible support, I feel responsible for delivering the best product I possibly can. Again, I offer my sincerest apologies.”

To help maintain his vision, Igarashi also confirmed that he’ll add a new development team so he can keep development of Bloodstained “fully on track.” Inti Creates is currently working on the game for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One (Armature is handling the Vita and Wii U port), but it’s unknown if this second team will work alongside them, or replace them.

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Lego Harry Potter Collection coming October 18 exclusively to the PS4

Posted on September 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

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WB Games, TT Games, and Sony Interactive Entertainment have announced that Lego Harry Potter Collection will be released exclusively for the PS4 on October 18.

The compilation will include both Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire) and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows), as well all content from the second game’s Spell Pack DLC and Character Pack DLC.

According to the publisher, the games will be remastered for their PS4 debut with “enhanced graphics, environments, lighting and visual effects.”

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Batman: The Telltale Series – Episode 1: Realm of Shadows Review: Create Your Own Legend of the Dark Knight

Posted on September 8, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Sometimes, it’s a boring night at the opera, but most often, the story begins with a small boy asking his parents to make an early exit from a screening of The Mark of Zorro. And like every other second from that night, the masked vigilante on the silver screen makes an impression on young Bruce Wayne. It’s this story that Telltale Games has decided to retell with Batman: The Telltale Series.

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Daily Scoop: September 8, 2016 – Tropico 4 is free at the Humble Store

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Getting back into the swing of things after PAX is really tough! Especially when my copy of Gods Eater 2: Rage Burst was in my mailbox when I returned. But I have tons of work to do and so little time to do it all. There’s so much to get done but all I want to do is play games!

Speaking of games, there are some great sales happening today at the Humble Store. Tropico 4 is free until September 10, and you can get Doom for $29.99, Stardew Valley for $11.99, Dark Souls III for $40.19, and Call of Duty: Black Ops III for $29.99, among many others.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is The Talos Principle, which you can get for $9.99. The DLC is also on sale, ranging from $0.74 to $3.74. The Daily Deal is Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings, which is on sale for $6.79.

Hit the jump to see today’s t-shirt findings!

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