Daily Scoop: January 19, 2016 – Tons of great new stuff today

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Nicole Kline

There are a ton of great deals and shirts today, so let’s dive right in!

There’s a brand new bundle at Humble, and it’s full of Firaxis Games! Pay $1 or more to unlock XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier’s Civilization III. Beat the average to unlock Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Sid Meier’s Civilization V, Sid Meier’s Starships, XCOM: Enemy Within, the XCOM Enemy Unknown Elite Soldier and Slingshot packs, and 10% off Humble Monthly. Pay $15 or more to unlock Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, the Exoplanets Map Pack, and 33% off the Rising Tide DLC.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is the wickedly difficult Risk of Rain. Get a copy for $2.49 or get a four pack for $7.49. The Daily Deal is Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, which is on sale for $7.99. You can also get the Soundtrack Edition for $9.99, or the Complete Edition for $11.99.

There are lots of t-shirts today! Hit the jump to check them out.

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Xbox Live Gold members will receive free access to EA Access this week

Posted on January 19, 2016 by John Scalzo

electronicartslogoElectronic Arts is opening the doors to their EA Access all-you-can-play subscription service on the Xbox One this week with a free trial for all Xbox Live Gold members.

Beginning today, Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download and play all 14 games currently available through the EA Access “Vault.” The offer expires January 24 and features a mix of new and old titles including Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, TitanFall, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Need For Speed Rivals, Peggle 2, EA Sports UFC, FIFA 15, FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Madden NFL 15, NHL 15, and NBA Live 15. To access the EA Access free trial, you’ll need to download the EA Access Hub app from the Dashboard.

If you’d rather skip all this free trial stuff and go straight to a subscription, EA offers access to EA Access for $4.99 per month, or $29.99 for a full year.

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Harmonix adds more grunge to Rock Band 4 Music Store with new songs from Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots

Posted on January 19, 2016 by John Scalzo

Head back to the 90s with a trio of grunge classics… now available to download through the Rock Band 4 Music Store for $1.99 apiece.

Temple of the Dog, the grunge supergroup featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, kick things off with their 1991 anthem, “Hunger Strike.” Speaking of Soundgarden, Harmonix also tapped Chris Cornell’s former band for a new track this week with “My Wave” from 1994’s Superunknown. Finally this week, Scott Weiland and the rest of Stone Temple Pilots will rock out to “Wicked Garden,” which still found success on the radio dial even though it was never officially released as a single.

A new trailer previewing all three songs has been embedded above.

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Motiga delivers a new Gigantic gameplay trailer for the new year

Posted on January 18, 2016 by John Scalzo

Motiga has been laying low since the announcement of Gigantic‘s delay late last year. But the developer is getting ready to roar back to life in 2016 with a new version of their arena brawler (which they’re calling “Beta 2.0”) and a steadier stream of updates. To prepare fans for this next generation of Gigantic, Motiga has released a brand new gameplay trailer that shows highlights from a match with “expert players from Team Synergy.”

Gigantic’s Beta 2.0, which should be available later this month, will be exclusive to Windows 10 and Xbox One. It’s a blow to Windows 7 and Windows 8 players, but this new edition of the game will offer cross-platform play between all players and 24/7 access to the test servers.

If you’re interested in joining for the Gigantic beta, head over to GoGigantic.com to sign up for a chance to receive a key. Or let us know that you need one in the comments below… we’ve got a few spare keys lying around.

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Daily Scoop: January 18, 2016 – Pixel shirts are hard to resist

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Nicole Kline

In a shocking turn of events, I was able to play a ton of Fallout 4 this weekend! And I also managed to donate four bags of clothes and shoes, get a lot of freelance work done, finish all my homework, play some Dungeons & Dragons, and I’m close to getting the true ending of Persona 4 Golden. And I even slept! I can’t believe it.

The Winter Sale is in full swing at the Humble Store! Pick up Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin for $19.99, Call of Duty: Black Ops III for $44.99, and Shelter 2 for $7.49, among many others.

There are 185 new Weeklong Deals happening at Steam! You can get Dragon Age: Origins – Ultimate Edition for $7.49, Mount Your Friends for $2.49, and Binary Domain for $3.74. The Daily Deal is Tabletop Simulator, which you should absolutely buy if you don’t own it! It’s $9.99 for a single copy, or you can get four copies for $29.99.

There are some awesome t-shirts today!

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Minecraft: Story Mode’s first episode will be added to Wii U eShop this week

Posted on January 18, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Telltale has announced that Minecraft: Story Mode will begin to build a home on the Wii U this week with the release of the game’s first episode, The Order of the Stone, on January 21. The first episode will be priced at $4.99, though a Season Pass to secure access to the remaining four episodes will also available for $19.99.

“Working with Nintendo, we’re tremendously excited to be bringing our unique style of storytelling to Wii U for the first time, and we couldn’t be happier to be kicking things off with a series like Minecraft: Story Mode that allows players of all ages to craft their own adventure across the Minecraft universe,” said Kevin Bruner, the CEO and Co-Founder of Telltale Games.

Subsequent episodes in the Minecraft: Story Mode series will be added to the Wii U eShop in “the coming weeks.”

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NIS America will bring Grand Kingdom to PS4, Vita this Summer

Posted on January 18, 2016 by John Scalzo

NIS America has announced they’re teaming up with Spike Chunsoft to bring Grand Kingdom to the PS4 and Vita this Summer. Grand Kingdom is a tactical RPG where players will be able to align with one of four factions as they attempt to reunite a fractured realm:

With an impressive battle system that combines fast-paced action with strategic planning, and featuring robust character creation and customization options, Grand Kingdom is a Tactical RPG unlike any on the market today. After the fall of the once-prosperous Uldein Empire over one hundred years ago, the Four Great Nations now wage war to claim dominion over the Resonail continent.

As the leader of a mercenary squad, players will assemble a team to lead across a battle-scarred continent to complete contracts for each nation. Players may also hop online to form an exclusive contract with one of the Four Great Nations, and participate in war with other players for the future of Resonail.

But remember—in this new age of war, there is only room for one Grand Kingdom.

NIS America has launched an official website for the game, as well as released a teaser trailer, which has been embedded above.

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ESRB says The Witness is coming to the Xbox One too

Posted on January 18, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Jonathan Blow’s The Witness will be available for the PC and PS4 on January 26, and it’s scheduled to make its iOS debut a few months after that. But according to a new Rating Summary published ESRB, the developer plans to bring the puzzle game to the Xbox One as well.

While Blow and his team haven’t made any official announcements about an Xbox One launch for The Witness, the “About” page on the game’s official website has always indicated it would someday appear on “other platforms”:

It will be released on the PC and the PlayStation 4 on January 26, 2016. The game will come to iOS some months after that, and other platforms a bit later.

However, it might be a while before we hear more about the Xbox One version of The Witness as Blow likely can’t say anything until after his timed-exclusivity contract with Sony runs out.

UPDATE: Jonathan Blow said on Twitter (1, 2) this afternoon that he currently has “no plans” to bring The Witness to the Xbox One: “There are no plans right now for an XB1 version of The Witness. We just put that on the rating form so if we ever do XB1, we won’t have to get the game re-rated. (Provided the content is the same, which it would be).”

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