Daily Scoop: September 23, 2015 – Last day for the Humble GameMaker Bundle!

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Nicole Kline

What’s going on, Internet? I’m looking forward to a night hopefully filled with Codenames, Chinese food, and good company. How about you?

Just so you know, we’re in the last 24 hours of the Play and Create with GameMaker from Humble. Pay what you want for YoYo RPG with Foliage Pack and Items Pack, Another Perspective, WizardWizard with source code and documentation, Spoiler Alert, and Death Ray Manta. Pay $6 or more to unlock GameMaker: Studio Pro, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Savant – Ascent, Detective Case and the Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon, 10 Second Ninja, and Super Crate Box, along with the source code for Another Perspective, Death Ray Manta, Spoiler Alert, and Super Crate Box.

And don’t forget – there’s lots more. For $12, you can unlock GameMaker Studio: Android Expert Module, Wasteland Kings, and the source code for Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Savant – Ascent, Detective Case and the Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon, 10 Second Ninja, and Wasteland Kings. And you can still get L’Abbaye des Morts and Spelunky ClassicMight and Magic. Pick up the Might & Magic Franchise Pack for $24.99, which includes Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Heroes of Might & Magic V, and much, much more. Check out the page for the full listing! Today’s Daily Deal is Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. Pick it up now to get it free until 10AM PST September 24), or pack $9.99 for it.

Not a lot of t-shirts today…

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Skylanders SuperChargers, FIFA 16, Blood Bowl II, Soma, more added to PS Store

Posted on September 23, 2015 by John Scalzo

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The Skylanders are back, and if you already own a Portal of Power, you can download Skylanders SuperChargers for the PS3 and PS4 from the PlayStation Store right now.

If Activision’s game/toy hybrid isn’t for you, there’s plenty of other new releases available this week including FIFA 16 (PS4, PS3), EA’s latest soccer simulation; Blood Bowl II (PS4), Cyanide’s second crack at “fantasy” football; and Soma (PS4), Frictional’s horrific follow-up to Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

The PlayStation Store is particularly stacked this week as further down the new release list is Extreme Exorcism (PS4 + PS3 Cross-Buy), a supernatural single-screen arena fighter from Golden Ruby Games; Laserlife, the latest game from Bit.Trip developer Choice Provisions; and Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma – Volume 1 (PS4), another ultra-violent martial arts saga based on the anime series.

More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. And you can check in with the PlayStation Blog to take a gander at this week’s new game add-ons and discounts.

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Daily Scoop: September 22, 2015 – TowerFall Ascension on sale now!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Nicole Kline

While Philadelphia gets prepared for the Popepocalypse, Anthony Amato and I are prepping for TopatoCon! So if you’re going and want to hang out, or buy a copy of RESISTOR_, or just high five us, please stop by!

There are some great deals happening right now at the Humble Store! MechaNika is $3.59, Penarium is $8.99, and Final Fantasy V is $14.39, among others.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is mad indeed – it’s TowerFall Ascension for just $3.74! You can also get the DLC for $6.69. Seriously, this is one of the greatest games ever made, so if you don’t own it already, this is basically burglary. The Daily Deal is The Magic Circle, which is on sale for $13.39.

Let’s check out some t-shirts, shall we?

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Hyrule Warriors Legends won’t offer stereoscopic 3D option on older 3DS models

Posted on September 22, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Hyrule Warriors will be released on the 3DS sometime next year, but it looks like Nintendo and Koei Tecmo have been forced to make some compromises to get it to run on the handheld.

Speaking to 4Gamer, Producer Hayashi Yosuke revealed that the handheld version of the game, which will be known as Hyrule Warriors Legends, will only support stereoscopic 3D on the New 3DS or New 3DS XL. This limitation was imposed on the game due to the extremely high number of enemies and graphical effects that Hyrule Warriors throws at players in every level. Thankfully, the processor found in the New 3DS is able to sidestep these limitations due to its beefier hardware configuration.

Yosuke also confirmed that Hyrule Warriors Legends will include every previously-released downloadable expansion on the cartridge, as well as Amiibo support (which was available on the Wii U version as well). It should be available in stores sometime in early 2016.

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Extreme Exorcism Review: This House Was Cleaned… With a Twelve-Gauge Double-Barreled Remington

Posted on September 22, 2015 by John Scalzo

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Golden Ruby’s Extreme Exorcism is what you get when you combine the single-screen baddie-bashing of something like Mario Bros. with the pattern memorization requirements of the most chaotic Treasure shoot ’em up. Toss in a throwback retro look and an Army of Darkness-style arsenal, and you’ve got yourself a game.

But there’s got to be more to Extreme Exorcism than that, right? Of course, and the power of Christ compels you to read on…

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Dontnod will release the final episode of Life Is Strange on October 20

Posted on September 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

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The world of Life Is Strange will come to a close on October 20. Dontnod Entertainment announced the release date for the finale of their episodic game series on Twitter today, which hints at an apocalyptic end for Max, Chloe, and the rest of Arcadia Bay:

In keeping with the game’s photographic theme, the final episode has been titled Polarized by Dontnod. Once again, if all goes well, it’ll be available to download for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 20.

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Daily Scoop: September 21, 2015 – More mobile games

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Nicole Kline

I had an incredible weekend that was just jam-packed with board games and tabletop RPGs! Oh, and I have great news: RESISTOR_ started arriving to our Kickstarter backers! So it was exciting watching all that love pour in all weekend. I’m still riding that wave!

There’s are some new mobile games on sale at Humble – it’s the Humble Mobile Bundle 15. Pay $1 or more to unlock Trouserheart, Real Boxing, and Governor of Poker 2. Beat the average and you can unlock Great Little War Game 2, Tiny Guardians, and Desert Golfing. These DRM-free games are exclusive to Android.

There are 185 new Weeklong Deals at Steam. Pick up the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Collection for $20.39, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead for $6.79, and No Time to Explain: Remastered for $9.89, among lots of others. The Daily Deal for today is The Red Solstice, which is on sale for $9.99.

There are some great shirts today! hit the jump to check them out.

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A launch trailer for Lego Dimensions jumps into view ahead of next week’s launch

Posted on September 21, 2015 by John Scalzo

Lego Dimensions is just a week away and WB Games has given us one final look at it in the launch trailer embedded above. It features a lot of the same stuff we’ve seen from the game before including various scenes of Batman, Gandalf, and Scooby-Doo being awesome. But we also get two seconds of Bart Simpson on a Hoverboard… so that’s definitely something new!

Lego Dimensions will be available this Sunday, September 27, on the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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