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Daily Scoop: September 18, 2015 – Grab some new mobile games now

It’s finally Friday! We made it, everyone! Let’s all celebrate by going home and playing video games. Or board games. Or the game of washing the dishes and doing some laundry. Eh, OK, maybe not that last game.

Are you looking for some new games to play on your phone? Look no further than the Humble Mobile Bundle 14! Pay $1 or more to unlock Amelia | Kids Story Book, Toy Defense, and the Humble Edition of One More Line. Beat the average to unlock Double Dragon Trilogy, Autumn Dynasty – RTS, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, Jones on Fire, and Muertitos a Matching Puzzle.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is the Dead Island Collection. Get Dead Island Riptide for $2.99, Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition for $3.99, Dead Island: Riptide – Fashion Victim for $0.39, and Dead Island: Riptide – Survivor Pack for $0.99. Or, you can get everything for $5.99. Your choice! The Daily Deal is Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (that’s a mouthful!), which is on sale for $3.74.

Not many shirts today! But I picked out two I thought you’d like. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 17, 2015 – Great game dev bundle at Humble!

The brand new Weekly Bundle from Humble is Play and Create with GameMaker. 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.

But wait – there’s 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. Oh, and they’ve got two free games, with access to their source code as well – L’Abbaye des Morts and Spelunky Classic.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is a big sale on the Call of Duty franchise. Get Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Gold Edition for $29.99, Call of Duty: Black Ops II for $19.79, or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for $13.59, among others. The Daily Deal is Dust: An Elysian Tale, which is on sale for $2.99.

Just two t-shirts today! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 16, 2015 – Midweek events, deals, and shirts

It’s a wild day today! It’s the middle of the week, that sweet ol’ Wednesday, and I’m heading off to another great Girl Geek Dinners talk after work. Tonight’s talk is by Adrienne Shaw, author of Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture. I’m really excited!

We’re down to the final hours of the Super Slam Showdown Weekly Bundle! I highly recommend bypassing all other tiers and just giving them $7 or more for Sportsfriends. You can’t go wrong!

The Midweek Madness at Steam is on Life Is Strange. You can get episodes one through five for 20% off right now – just $15.99. The Daily Deal is early access to TerraTech. Get the game for $13.99, and add in the DLC for $6.99. Or grab the Deluxe Edition for $20.29.

Some good shirts today, especially for Link fans, Squids, and Kids! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 15, 2015 – Some cool shirts today

In my free time – that is to say, the time I should spend sleeping – I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the latest in hot games. Armello is up there, as is Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, as well as Xeodrifter. What new games are you playing these days?

Over at Humble, there’s the brand new Humble Total War Bundle. Pay what you want for Medieval II: Total War Collection, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Shogun: Total War Collection, a beta access key for Total War: Arena, Total War Battles: Kingdom, the soundtrack for Total War: Rome, the Exclusive Total War: Warhammer Illustrated Campaign Map, and the Total War eBooks.

That’s not all! Beat the average to unlock Medieval: Total War Collection, Empire: Total War Collection, and in-game gold for Total War: Arena, as well as a coupon for 66% off Total War: Attila. Pay $16 or more to unlock Total War: Rome II – Emperor Edition, as well as four packs: Wrath of Sparta, Caesar in Gaul, Nomadic Tribes, and Pirates and Raiders. Finally, if you want all that and a cool t-shirt, pay just $30.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is 80% off the Amnesia and Penumbra franchises. You can also play Amnesia: The Dark Descent for free until Wednesday morning at 10am PST. The Daily Deal is Magicka 2. Get the game for $10.04 or buy the Deluxe Edition for $16.74. You can also get a four pack for $33.49, or upgrade your current game to deluxe for $6.70.

Just a few t-shirts today! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 14, 2015 – I’m back!

Hello, everyone! I know I’ve been gone a while – I was out of town for a bit last week. The end of the week I was in Boston for Boston FIG! I had a great time playing tons of games, hanging out with friends, and meeting some wonderful people. It was a blast, and I highly recommend going!

Anyway, let’s talk about deals! There’s a brand new Weekly Bundle over at Humble, and this one’s called Super Slam Showdown! Pay what you want for Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, Stardust Vanguards, and No Time to Explain Remastered. Beat the average to unlock Divekick and Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball. Of course, I’m going to suggest you pay $7 or more to unlock the very top tier, which is Sportsfriends! Do it – you won’t regret it! And after you’ve played it a bunch, unlock the secret games. Oh, yes.

There are 144 new Weeklong Deals at Steam! Get Deadfall Adventures for $3.99, Heroes of a Broken Land for $7.49, Retro-Pixel Castles for $4.99, and Toki Tori for just $0.24, among many others. Today’s Daily Deal is the Metal Slug Triple Pack. For $7.99, you can get Metal Slug, Metal Slug 3, and Metal Slug X.

But what you missed the most, I’m sure, was my daily t-shirt roundup. Hit the jump to check them out! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 4, 2015 – New PSN Plus games are great!

Anthony and I downloaded the new PS+ games last night and had a blast playing them! I especially love Xeodrifter, which is outrageously difficult and fun. Check them out if you have Plus!

There are lots of amazing sales happening at the Humble Store! Hotline Miami 2 is $10.04, Tabletop Simulator is $11.99, and Starwhal is $4.07. Oh, and there’s important news: Fez is $1.99. I repeat, Fez is $1.99! You should definitely buy that game immediately.

Over at Steam, the Weekend Deal is early access to Killing Floor 2, which you can play free or buy for $19.99. If you want more, you can get the Digital Deluxe Edition for $26.66, or a six pack for $99.97. No new Daily Deal, but in the “under $10” section, I saw a favorite: Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition. You can get it for just $7.50.

There are some great shirts today! Hit the jump to check them out. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: September 3, 2015 – Lots of shirts today!

Finally, there are a bunch of shirts again today! It took you long enough, Internet!

Humble has a brand new Weekly Bundle, and this one is all about Mergegames and Friends. Pay what you want for Zombie Kill of the Week – Reborn, Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, Meridian: New World, and Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space. Pay $6 or more to unlock Coffin Dodgers, Victory at Sea, and Enforcer: Police Crime Action.

The Weekend Deal at Steam is Evolve. Play the game for free on Steam until 1:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Sunday, September 6. If you decide to purchase it, it’s on sale for $19.99 until September 15 for the regular version, and $24.99 for the Digital Deluxe. You can also get the Monster Race edition for $39.99. Today’s Daily Deal is Massive Chalice, which is $7.99. You can also get the game with the soundtrack for just $2 more.

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Daily Scoop: September 2, 2015 – Halfway through the week

We’re almost to the weekend! And in the States, it’s a three-day weekend. What do you have planned? Does it include lots of games? I hope so!

There are lots of deals happening at the Humble Store. You can get Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball for $4.99, Cities: Skyline for $20.09, and Sonic Generations for $7.49. There’s also a Build Your Own Devolver Bundle as well – they’re having huge sales on their games, but get an addition 85% off three games, 87% off four games, and 90% off five games.

The Midweek Madness at Steam is all about the Deus Ex franchise. You can nab the Deus Ex Collection (which includes Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut, Deus Ex: Invisible War, and Deus Ex: The Fall) for $6.59. If you’ve already got any of those titles, they’re all on sale individually as well. Today’s Daily Deal is Endless Legend. You can get the Classic Edition for $17.49 or the Emperor Edition for $22.49.

I’ve got some great shirts to share with you today! (more…)

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