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New Retail Releases: Call of Cthulhu, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Lego Harry Potter Collection, More

Posted on October 29, 2018 by John Scalzo

It’s All Hallows Eve Eve Eve, and while you might assume that that’s the perfect time to unleash a terrifying new survival horror game on the populace, you’d be (mostly) wrong. Instead, game publishers are following up last week’s launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 with a slew of re-releases and a smattering of smaller games.

But don’t worry fright fans, a monstrous entity from beyond our human comprehension will also make an appearance on store shelves this week…

H.P. Lovecraft’s greatest creation, the elder god Cthulhu, will return to video games this week with the release of Call of Cthulhu from Cynaide Studio. The PS4 and Xbox One game is based on the popular tabletop RPG, players must infiltrate an island of “unfriendly locals” and thread the needle between “sanity and psychosis” to uncover the truth. Call of Cthulhu will also be available to download for the PC.

Another fictional godlike being drives the story behind Blizzard’s Diablo III: Eternal Collection, which makes its way to the Switch for the first time this week. The Eternal Collection includes the original Action RPG, as well as the Reaper of Souls expansion, the Rise of the Necromancer Pack, and an exclusive Ganondorf Armor Set.

A very different set of magical spells will be cast in the Lego Harry Potter Collection, which will be released for the Switch and Xbox One this week. The compilation includes both Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7.

And speaking of compilations, Square Enix will package together the entire Kingdom Hearts saga this week for the PS4 with Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far.

Finally this week, we loop back around to a scary sight with Digital Dreams Entertainment’s Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition, a retail release of the supernatural sports sim for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.

A complete look at all of this week’s new retail releases can be found after the break. (more…)

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My Hero One’s Justice, Lego Harry Potter Collection, Mutant Football League, more coming to Nintendo eShop this week

Posted on October 25, 2018 by John Scalzo

It’s another packed week for the Nintendo eShop, and the newest update for the online storefront even includes a few Halloween-themed surprises.

But first, Bandai Namco will bring My Hero One’s Justice to the Switch on October 26. The fighting game is based on the popular My Hero Academia anime and it allows players to “battle through iconic moments” in Quirk-to-Quirk battles.

Also set to launch for the Switch this week is Lego Harry Potter Collection, a two-game compilation that brings together Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 in a new remastered package on October 30.

Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition will also be available to download for the Switch on October 30, and players can dig in to the strategic options available in the brand new Dynasty Mode, or they can tackle the action on the gridiron with the “deep strategy and deadly humor” the game is known for.

You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the Nintendo eShop (including Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, Gal Metal, OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes, Steven Universe: Save the Light, and more) after the break. (more…)

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Batman: The Enemy Within – Episode 4, OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes, more added to Xbox Store

Posted on January 24, 2018 by John Scalzo

Welcome to the latest Xbox Games Store update as four new games are now available to download for the Xbox One.

First up is OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes, a beat ’em up based on Cartoon Network’s new series. Developed by Capybara Games, players will smash and bash their way through hordes of evil Boxmore robots in an “epic” quest to save Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Also available to download today is Batman: The Enemy Within – Episode 4: What Ails You, the latest chapter in Telltale’s episodic comic adventure.

Elsewhere on the Xbox Games Store, Digital Dreams Entertainment will release the full version of Mutant Football League for the Xbox One (it’s been available in Game Preview since last year), and DOMO Studio will launch an RPG known as Xuan Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament.

You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)

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Mutant Football League’s “Full Version” will launch for the PS4 and Xbox One on January 19

Posted on January 6, 2018 by John Scalzo

Digital Dreams has announced that the “Full Version” of Mutant Football League will soon be available for the PS4 and Xbox One. According to the game’s official Twitter account, it’ll make its PS4 and Xbox One debut on January 19, though Xbox One owners are able to download a work-in-progress version of the game right now thanks to the Xbox Game Preview program:

If Mutant Football League sounds familiar, it should. The game is a spiritual successor to 1993’s Mutant League Football, and both were created and designed by developer Michael Mendheim.

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Call of Duty: WWII, Mutant Football League, King of Fighters 97, more added to Xbox Store

Posted on November 3, 2017 by John Scalzo

We’re going back to the past (yet again) in today’s Xbox Games Store update.

Leading the way is Activision’s Call of Duty: WWII, the first game in the franchise to explore the European Theater since 2008’s Call of Duty: World At War. Digital Dreams Entertainment has resurrected the Mutant Football League franchise, which is now available to download for the Xbox One through the Game Preview program. And Hamster Corporation has re-released SNK’s The King of Fighters 97.

You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)

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Mutant Football League might rise from the grave thanks to Kickstarter

Posted on September 16, 2013 by John Scalzo

You know, I think Kickstarter might need to rename their “Games” category to “Sequels to Your Favorite Games From 20 Years Ago.” Especially, after today’s debut of a campaign to fund a Mutant League Football sequel.

The classic game was released for the Sega Genesis in 1993, or exactly 20 years ago. Now, the game’s original creator, Michael Mendheim, wants to create a sequel (using a slightly altered title: Mutant Football League) for the Xbox Live Arcade and mobile devices.

Mendheim has partnered with Robomobo to develop the game and is seeking $750,000 from the Kickstarter community. He’s promising that the game will include 30 unique teams (including the Mutant Humans, The Undead, Battlebots, Orcs, and more), trap-filled stadiums, “devastating mayhem” on the field, a Create-A-Player mode, and “tongue-through-cheek humor.”

The MFL team is offering up a variety of backer rewards and Mendheim hopes that the fan fervor that kept the game in the public eye for 20 years crosses over to the Kickstarter campaign: “The fans have kept their interest in this genre alive over the years and we want to reward them for their loyalty. We will be creating a new and very different game that pays homage to classic monster sports games and parodies the owners, the coaches, the sponsors and everything else that makes football such a great American sport.”

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