Sony announces PAX East 16 lineup: Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank, PlayStation VR, more

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Nicole Kline

playstationVRSony just announced their PAX East 2016 lineup on the PlayStation Blog, and there are over 20 games on the list. Just think… you could be playing Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End as soon as next week.

And that’s not all. PlayStation VR will also be at PAX East, and they’ll have 10 games available to try out. There will also be several PlayStation 4 games as part of the Indie Megabooth this year, including Metrico+, Moon Hunters, and Read Only Memories.

Hit the jump for the full list of games PlayStation will have in their booth at PAX East from April 22nd to April 24th.

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Daily Scoop: April 13, 2016 – I bought a shirt today!

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Nicole Kline

It’s a beautiful day here in Philadelphia! And tonight, we’re having a Game Makers Guild meeting, where we’ll play prototypes of games and hopefully help each other work out the problems with them. After that, I’ll be heading home, and hopefully I’ll finally get to try some of the Battleborn open beta! All in all, a pretty fun night.

Speaking of fun, there are lots of fun games on sale today! Over at the Humble Store, you can get Banner Saga 2 for $17.99, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada for $35.99, and Vernon’s Legacy for $7.99.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide, which is on sale for $20.09 for the regular edition, and $30.14 for the Collector’s Edition. The Daily Deal is Legends of Eisenwald, which is on sale for $4.99.

I’m buying a t-shirt today for the first time in ages! Hit the jump to find out which one!

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NBA 2K17: Legend Edition will feature Kobe Bryant on the cover

Posted on April 13, 2016 by John Scalzo

Kobe Bryant will suit up for his final NBA game tonight, and 2K Games has decided to honor the legendary basketball player as the cover athlete of the NBA 2K17: Legend Edition.

NBA 2K17’s Legend Edition is a special bundle that’ll be available this September for the PS4 and Xbox One for $79.99. Prospective purchasers will receive a boxful of bonus items (a Limited Edition Kobe Poster, Two Kobe Panini Trading Cards, and a “Black Mamba” Game Controller Skin), along with various bits of in-game content (30,000 Virtual Currency, MyTeam Bundle+ with a Kobe Limited-Use Card, Nike Kobe 11 Retirement Shoes, Kobe #8 Mitchell and Ness Jersey, Kobe Hoodie, and more).

According to 2K, Kobe is part of an elite (and tiny) fraternity of players to appear in every game in the NBA 2K franchise. So as another tribute, developer Visual Concepts put together a special video showing the evolution of Kobe’s video game alter ego through the years. It’s been embedded after the break.

The cover athlete for the standard edition of NBA 2K17, which is also in development for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, will be announced this June.

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Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Stories: The Path of Destinies, more added to PS Store

Posted on April 13, 2016 by John Scalzo

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The fires of the Dark Souls saga might go dim after the release of Dark Souls III, but PS4 owners will still be able to venture into Hidetaka Miyazaki’s gothic nightmare one last time beginning today. The remainder of this week’s PlayStation Store update is a bit on the short side, but there’s still plenty to play just ahead of Tax Day…

PS4 owners will also be able to download the rebooted rendition of Ratchet & Clank, which will “take a deeper look at the characters’ origin stories.” Insomniac has also added more planets, more bosses, new Clank gameplay, new flight sequences, and “completely new visuals.” All these new features will tie in to the Ratchet & Clank animated adaptation, which will open in theaters on April 29.

Elsewhere on Sony’s digital storefront, players will be able try out Koei Tecmo’s strategy-centric Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (PS4) and Hopoo’s roguelike action platformer Risk of Rain (PS4 + PS Vita Cross-Buy). Finally, Stories: The Path of Destinies (PS4) is this week’s Launch Party selection, and it’s an action RPG from Spearhead Games.

More information on all of these title can be found after the break. And, as always, a complete rundown of this week’s new game add-ons is available at the PlayStation Blog.

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Daily Scoop: April 12, 2016 – New Telltale Games Humble Bundle now available

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Nicole Kline

I had an incredible time this weekend at Unpub 6! I played a ton of games, hung out with some of my favorite people, and got very little sleep. I was sad when it was all over but happy to sleep for twelve straight hours!

Now that I’m back, let’s get to some of these deals! There’s a brand new Humble Bundle, and it’s from Telltale Games. Pay $1 or more to unlock Back to the Future: The Game, Sam & Max: Devil’s Playhouse, Poker Night at the Inventory, Puzzle Agents 1 & 2, and The Walking Dead – Season 1. Beat the average to unlock The Walking Dead: 400 Days, The Wolf Among Us, Poker Night 2, and Tales from the Borderlands. Pay $12 or more to unlock Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead – Season 2.

Over at Steam, the Midweek Madness is all about the Darksiders Franchise. Get Darksiders and both the Darksiders II: Deathfinitive Edition game and soundtrack for just $4.99. The Daily Deal is Garry’s Mod, which is just $2.49 today.

There’s definitely a Link theme happening in today’s t-shirts!

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Atlus will publish The King of Fighters XIV for the PS4 later this year

Posted on April 12, 2016 by John Scalzo

Atlus and SNK Playmore have announced they’ve joined forces to bring The King of Fighters XIV to North America later this year. Fully rendered in 3D for the first time, and available exclusively for the PS4, the latest game in the long-running fighting franchise will include a number of new features:

3D Evolution: All 50 fighters, movesets and more are rendered in full 3D graphics that preserves the essence of KOF’s visual style but updates it with a whole new dimension.
The Best Refinement since KOF ’98: Through extensive playtesting and balancing, the controls have been streamlined, and the Combo and Max Mode mechanics have been overhauled to create the most competitive fighter in SNK’s history.

The KOF Saga Continues: There’s a robust single-player storyline where several years have passed since the previous KOF tournament. Now a worldwide business, the global KOF will decide who is the strongest as both individuals and companies with their own ambitions have come to compete. Players compete against CPU-controlled opponents to unlock the storyline.

The Best Roster Yet: There are 50 fighters total, with 31 returning from previous entries into the KOF series, and 19 brand new characters. All 50 characters will be available at the game’s launch.

Revamped Online Experience: The King of Fighters XIV has devoted a lot of development time to improving the game’s netcode for vastly improved online gameplay. KOF XIV uses the PS4’s online architecture to have a whole host of online conveniences, from spectating to saving replay/battle data, and having a single online KOF XIV profile to connect with friends.

Other new features on tap for The King of Fighters XIV include the Rush system, “which adds simplified combo inputs for novices,” and “Party Battle,” an online mode “which pits two teams of three human players each against each other in a cooperative team fight.”

And finally, a new trailer starring Muimui and Kukri has been embedded above.

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Dark Souls III is here… and so is a Launch Trailer

Posted on April 12, 2016 by John Scalzo

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s the day, Dark Souls III is now available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. To get players in the appropriate mood, Bandai Namco and From Software have released a Launch Trailer that promises grotesque monsters, epic battles, and crumbling gothic architecture.

Souls fans surely don’t expect anything less from the series by now, but this trailer is still a great way to spend the next three minutes.

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Tonight’s Splatoon update will add eight new weapons to the game

Posted on April 12, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Almost three months after delivering the final “major” update to Splatoon, Nintendo is putting the final brush strokes on a “minor” update to the game. The “Version 2.7.0 Update” will go live at 10:00 PM (Eastern Time) tonight and apply a number of bug fixes and adjustments to Splatoon. The patch will also include “Sheldon’s Picks Volume 1,” a new series of weapons that can be purchased from the Ammo Knights weapon shop.

Naturally, the ever-reliable Squid Research Lab is on the case with details and screenshots for all eight new weapons including the Wasabi Splattershot, Berry Splattershot Pro, Fresh Squiffer, Permanent Inkbrush, Soda Slosher, Bamboozler 14 Mk III, Tempered Dynamo Roller, and Refurbished Mini Splatling.

Full patch notes for the “Version 2.7.0 Update” will be available on Nintendo.com shortly.

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