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Daily Scoop: July 31, 2014 – I’ve got a new little cousin!
OK, so it’s not breaking video game news, but it’s pretty exciting news to me: I’ve got a brand new baby cousin! He’s a pretty cute little dude and I can’t wait to meet him. I’ll have him playing games on my DS in no time!
There’s a brand new Humble Weekly Bundle, and this one is all about sci Fi! Pay what you want for Velocity Ultra, early access to Cosmic DJ, and Q.U.B.E.. Pay $6 or more to unlock The Fall, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Vector. Pay $15 or more to unlock The Last Federation.
There’s some great stuff happening at Steam, too! The Weekend Deal is Transistor for $13.39. You definitely don’t want to miss out on that gorgeous game! The Daily Deal is Red Faction Guerrilla for the ludicrously low price of $1.99. Scoop ’em up!
Let’s check out today’s t-shirts, shall we?
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Daily Scoop: July 30, 2014 – Just some deals
It’s a pretty typical Wednesday, with some pretty typical deals and shirts. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t click on all these links – it just means, you know, there’s nothing crazy happening.
The Daily Deal at the Humble Store is Darksiders for $4.99, and they’ve also got Final Fantasy III for $7.99, and Thief for $9.99. Over at Steam, the Daily Deal is FTL: Faster Than Light for $3.39.
There’s a brand new bundle at Indie Royale today – the Debut 16 Bundle.
Beat the minimum to get Prelogate, QbQbQb, Mind Dead, Cyberpunk 3776, Elements: Soul of Fire, Intergalactic Bubbles, and Alcarys Complex.
Finally, there’s just one shirt today, but it’s a pretty good one!
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
First trailer for Halo: Nightfall released at Comic-Con 2014
Jameson Locke is an all-new character in the Halo universe, and Halo: Nightfall webseries, which takes place between Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, tells his origin story. Locke is an operative of the Office of Naval Intelligence, which is the toughest military branch the Earth has. He and his team must uncover the truth behind an artifact that can kill humans – and who is trying to use it against them.
Halo: Nightfall will launch this November.
Posted in Etcetera, News
Tagged Comic-Con 2014, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall
Daily Scoop: July 29, 2014 – Grumpy Cat
As I may have mentioned here before, some friends and I get together on Mondays to watch the Bachelor series. Last night, on the season finale, the producers brought out Grumpy Cat to mock the main character’s hilarious frown face. I totally lost it! And I actually think Grumpy Cat should have a game made about her. Someone needs to get on that!
So what games are on sale today? I’m glad you asked. At the Humble Store, there’s plenty of great stuff on sale. You can get Kingdom Rush for $2.49, Murdered: Soul Suspect for $14.99, and Three Fourths Home for $2.99, among others. Over at Steam, the Midweek Madness deal is Age of Empires II HD for $4.99, and the Daily Deal is The Fall for $4.99. Scoop ’em up!
Some great shirts today:
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Tetsuya Nomura-designed Batman figure was originally created for a canceled game
Square Enix launched their Play Arts Kai line of figures a few years ago, creating figures for famous franchises such as Final Fantasy, Mass Effect, and Halo. Recently, they’ve delved into creating DC Comics Variant figures such as this awesome Batman design that debuted at this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con. This version of the Caped Crusader looks to be influenced by the futuristic stylings of Batman Beyond, but it also features a more heavily armored look as well as a cape that closely resembles bat wings.
It was also originally designed by Tetsuya Nomura (the Director behind the Kingdom Hearts series and the upcoming Final Fantasy XV) for use in a now-canceled Batman game.
Siliconera caught up with the prolific producer to ask him about the history of the figure and the game it was originally connected to. It turns out that the game was in development more than a decade ago, and never moved past the concept stage. It was actually canceled before development began on Kingdom Hearts, and Nomura revealed that this Batman design influenced the look of the armor in the first Square Enix/Disney crossover. Beyond that, he’s not allowed to say much about the project, though he did confirm that he’s working on a way to publish the “backstory” of this Batman variant.
So we’ve got a PS2-era Batman game with a funky art style that would have been overseen by Tetsuya Nomura. I am truly sorry I never got to see the finished product and I doubt I’m alone.
Posted in Etcetera, News
Tagged Comic-Con 2014
Daily Scoop: July 28, 2014 – Another Monday
Hello there, faithful readers! It is Monday again, and while I usually dread Mondays, I was hard at work all weekend and didn’t leave the house at all, so it was nice to go outside, even if it was to come to work. It doesn’t hurt that it’s gorgeous outside!
Anyway, let’s talk about games! I hit a pretty big milestone this weekend – I finally got the Platinum Trophy in Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch! And Anthony Amato and I finally got all 14 Red Skulls in TowerFall: Ascension. So what games are we going to play next? Let’s see what’s on sale!
This week’s Humble Flash Bundle is Humongous Entertainment! Pay what you want for Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds. Pay more than the average to unlock Putt Putt Goes to the Moon, Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside, Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse, and Spy Fox in “Dry Cereal”. Pay $20 or more to unlock the Humongous Entertainment Cmoplete Pack!
As always, there are some t-shirts waiting for you after the jump!
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First The Last of Us movie details explode out of Comic-Con 2014
Back in March, we learned that Sony Pictures would be producing a Last of Us movie adaptation through their Screen Gems subsidiary. During this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, the studio revealed a bit more about their plans for the film, including this awesome teaser poster.
Sam Raimi, who will be producing the film, spoke to the gathered crowd alongside Naughty Dog Creative Director Neil Druckmann. Druckmann is also writing the screenplay, which Raimi believes will be “very true” to the game. The pair revealed that they’re currently in the process of whittling down a 15-hour game into a feature-length movie. And one of the things that may be changed is the ending.
The producers haven’t signed anyone to the cast yet, however they did say they’ve talked to Maisie Williams (Ayra Stark from Game of Thrones) about playing Ellie. The crowd roared its approval and even started up a “Bruce Campbell For Joel” campaign, but Raimi said that was unlikely. However, everyone’s favorite Evil Dead star will have “a place” in the film.
Finally, Raimi announced that the movie is still “years away” and that he won’t be directing. Instead, Druckmann is the person who is in charge of choosing the director. I wonder if Fede Alvarez (the director of the 2013 Evil Dead reboor/sequel) is available?
[Source: ComingSoon.net]
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3
Tagged Comic-Con 2014, The Last of Us
See the first trailer for the Atari: Game Over documentary
Spoiler Alert! When Microsoft went digging in the desert this past April, they found the fabled resting place of thousands of Atari 2600 cartridges (including hundreds of copies of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial). Over the years, many people tried to pass off the mass burial as some kind of hoax or urban legend. But the truth was never really in doubt. Atari had trouble selling their games during the Christmas season of 1983 and trucked their unsold stock to a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
So instead of focusing solely on the dig, Zak Penn’s documentary, Atari: Game Over, also looked into the culture of the company at the time and how the then biggest movie of all time could produce such a lousy tie-in game. This includes conversations with Atari executives, local politicians from the Alamogordo area, game historians, and the developer behind the infamous game, Howard Warshaw.
If you were in attendance at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, you had a chance to see the premiere screening of Atari: Game Over for yourself. The rest of us will have to wait until this Fall, when it debuts on Xbox Live as one of the first (and last) Xbox Entertainment Studios offerings. For now, we’ll have to content ourselves with the trailer embedded above.
Posted in Etcetera, News, Retro, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Comic-Con 2014, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial