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Laike’s PC Download Deals 8/19/2013

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This best of the best is 30% off Don’t Starve at Greenman Gaming. Add the coupon GMG20-4B9NY-L4FEN at checkout to receive an additional 20% off the game. Frankly, it is one of my favourite indie games of all time. The game is still in active development. It takes all the tension of the first few days of Minecraft’s survival mode and amps up the terror and insanity to a whole new level. The game’s art direction takes cues from The Nightmare Before Christmas to create something unique.

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Remember to try the coupon GMG20-4B9NY-L4FEN for an extra 20% off most titles available at GMG!

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Indie Royale’s The Prairie Dog Bundle Now Available

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Indie Royale is back with a new bundle entitled The Prairie Dog Bundle. While the games have a distinct lack of actual rodents in them, the bundle contains Cadenza Interactive’s shooter Retrovirus, Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation’s FPS Signal Ops, Crocodile Entertainment’s platformer Zack Zero, AlwaysGeeky’s Voxel RPG Vox, and Cadenza Interactive’s tower defense title Sol Survivor. A sixth title is included, but will be unveiled next week. All of the announced games so far only run on Windows. For those paying more than $8.00, buyeres will also receive a copy of Dubmood’s album Lost Floppies Vol 2.

Indie Royale is a pay what you want bundle with a moving minimum price. As buyers pay more than $10.00, the minimum price will drop for other buyers.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Coming to Xbox Live and PSN

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Coming to Xbox Live and PSN

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Home console based Castlevania fans who do not own a Nintendo 3DS console will no longer have to lust after the handheld console. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate is being remastered in high definition and released to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network this Halloween. In addition to the HD remake, a special Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection containing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow plus the DLC and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD will be available at retail stores for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 31st, 2013.

“We are delighted to be able to bring Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD to an all-new audience,” commented Dave Cox, Studio Head of European Production at Konami Digital Entertainment. “The game acts as the perfect accompaniment to the forthcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and will deliver a stunning slice of action and exploration, while unpeeling more layers regarding the lineage and true destiny of the Belmont family.”

Konami will have a playable demo of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD at Gamescom. There is no word on pricing.

Bundle Stars Releases Strategy Classics DRM-Free Bundle

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Bundle Stars Releases Strategy Classics DRM-Free Bundle

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Bundle Stars has put together a bundle of four classic strategy games available as DRM-free downloads for $4.00. The bundle contains business simulator Capitalism 2, fantasy RTS Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars, RPG/RTS Warlords Battlecry 3, and action strategy title Joan of Arc. The bundle will save buyers over 90% off the retail pricing. All four games run exclusively on Windows PCs.

5% of the profits will go to benefit the British charity SpecialEffect which helps those suffering from physical disabilities, including veterans returning from war and those born with birth defects, play video games. The deal will run for two weeks at Bundle Stars.

War Thunder for PlayStation 4 to Debut at Gamescom

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War Thunder for PlayStation 4 to Debut at Gamescom

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Gaijin Entertainment, the developers behind Birds of Steel, has released a World War II free to play flight sim War Thunder. The game is in open beta and has already roped in over three million players. Recently, the game was released on Steam and now, Gaijin Entertainment will be bringing the PlayStation 4 version of the game to Gamescom.

“Sony has been a great partner in bringing War Thunder to PS4, and we are excited to show the console version for the first time this year at Gamescom”, said Kirill Yudintsev, Creative Director, Gaijin Entertainment. “We have harnessed the power of the PS4 to deliver cutting-edge graphics, cross platform battles with PC players, intelligent personalization and deeply integrated social capabilities to appeal to seasoned players and PlayStation enthusiasts alike. More details about the console version will be announced at Gamescom 2013”.

The PC version will be available for testing at the Gaijin Entertainment booth. Those not attending Gamescom can check out the game by downloading a free copy on Steam.

Heroes of Dragon Age Announced by EA Mobile

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Heroes of Dragon Age Announced by EA Mobile

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EA has announced a brand new Dragon Age game, but it wont be coming from the division one might expect as this new title is coming from EA Mobile. In a partnership with BioWare, EA Mobile will be bringing the new Heroes of Dragon Age game to mobile devices for free download. Where players will be able build a squad of heroes to combat the forces of darkness as well as other players.

With 3D figures of both heroes and monsters, players will be tasked with picking the best group in the best formation to take on all their opponents, as they try to collect even more heroes, level them up, and complete quests. Those wanting to reach the top of the leaderboard will do well to plan out the best strategies with their heroes or face defeat.

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Heroes of Dragon Age is a cross-platform mobile game that will feature a multitude of characters from across the Dragon Age series. Though there aren’t many details right now, more is set to follow when the game is shown at GamesCom.

Xbox One – The Best Games Trailer

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Microsoft has released a new trailer today showing off their evidence that the Xbox One has the best games. From awards given to their line up for Xbox One at conventions, to the exclusives that third party games have through Xbox One the trailer does an interesting job of covering all the bases and all the best games.

Exclusive sequels like Forza Motorsport 5, Dead Rising 3, and Halo are pretty easy to tote on Xbox One’s best list just by being exclusive and only available through the next-gen console. Then there are the new IPs that will be coming like Titanfall and Ryse: Son of Rome and the new Killer Instinct that will certainly please fans.

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It’s not just exclusive games though, the trailer boasts the Xbox One exclusive and early content as well for industry heavy hitters like Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4. Even without exclusive content, Microsoft still points out that some of the most anticipated games will be joining the exclusive line-up like faved sports FIFA 14 and Madden 25, plus action/adventures like Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch_Dogs.

All these games together spell out a pretty good selection, but check out the trailer embedded below and see the details for yourself. Then post a comment as to what you think of Xbox One’s Best Games.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Survive, Adapt, Win Trailer

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Survive, Adapt, Win Trailer

With the launch of their game tomorrow in North America developer 2k Marin and publisher 2k Games have released a new trailer for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. “Survive, Adapt, Win” shows the very first instance of information dealing with the interstellar combatants that the soon to be XCOM agents would be facing.

In terms of launch trailers, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified certainly captures the right spirit, with an introduction for formation of XCOM itself before players finally get their hands on the game when it comes out tomorrow. Though just remember that “Survive” is the most important step as each agent will only have one chance at life.

Those wanting to see the trailer themselves can find it embedded below. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is set to release tomorrow in North America and worldwide August 23rd, 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers European Release

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers European Release
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NIS America has announced that Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is set to launch for the Nintendo 3DS across Europe. Developed by ATLUS for the Sega Saturn in Japan back in 1997, Soul Hackers will finally make its English debut.

Soul Hackers delivers a first-person, dungeon-crawling RPG experience set in a future where technology and otherworldly forces meet in a macabre fusion of cyberpunk futurism and gothic horror. A first-person sci-fi RPG epic, Soul Hackers tells of a city held up as a beacon of humanity’s triumph of technology, but with an infernal secret. In this would-be utopia, a group of hackers takes on a centuries-old mystic society, and a battle for control over humanity’s fate is about to begin.

Sixteen years, and a few platform advancements late, the newly English localised Soul Hackers possesses a variety of new gameplay features and enhancements. Along with a new opening animation and theme song, the game will include 30 demons not found in the original release. An extra dungeon will also be included, in which Raidou Kuzunoha of the previous Devil Summoner games, will appear. Whilst exploring these dungeons, players will have the choice to either challenge the demons that dwell within or negotiate with them in the hopes of turning them into allies.

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Soul Hackers will also make use of 3DS functions. The bottom screen will serve as an auto-mapping system, allowing players to fill out maps without traversing the area, and will also let players engage a COMP hack to change difficulty levels. Players will also be able to evolve Nemechi by collecting StreetPasses or trading Play Coins for D-Souls, which are in turn spent on purchasing new forms.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers will be released on September 20th on the 3DS, and on the Nintendo eShop on September 25th. For more information, visit the official site.

Loverin Tamburin Interview – SMASH 2013

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Loverin Tamburin Interview – SMASH 2013

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Ahead of SMASH 2013, during a special media day at the Japan Foundation in Sydney we were able to have a chat with Aya of Loverin Tamburin, a Japanese pop-rock band well known for their own original music as well as their covers of classic anime songs. We discussed the band’s beginnings, their views on covering songs, what their favourite anime are and where the unique name ‘Loverin Tamburin’ came from. Read on for the full interview with the rockin’ Loverin Tamburin.

 

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CC: Thanks for sitting down with us. First of all, could you tell us how Loverin Tamburin began?

Aya: Yes, originally we were just Aya and Akihiro, two separate artists. We first met when supporting another band. We soon discovered that we had the same musical mind and decided to form our own group.

CC: You perform a lot of anime songs, what are some of your favourite anime series or films?

A: Our favourite is Studio Ghibli anime. We even made the cover CD of Studio Ghibli. We have strong feelings about the Studio Ghibli.

CC: What are some of your musical influences and inspirations?

A: I do not listen to other artist’s music. We make up our songs from our life, soul and our feelings.

CC: How would you describe Loverin Tamburin’s music style to someone who hasn’t heard it before?

A: We are the rock music style.

CC: When covering a song do you aim to be faithful to the original or to do your own take on it?

A: Well I must say there is many issues of rights, so we must perform accordingly. But for the song although it is not our own song, we still put our own feelings into it to make it have our emotion to it.

CC: I have to ask, where did the name Loverin Tamburin come from? It is a very unique sounding name.

A: At first because my name is Aya and his name is Akihiro, we took the first letter and combined it to make the name AA. That was the original name we first had. But when we seen it in a list, AA looks like such a small tiny name and we didn’t like that. We wanted another name and somehow I thought of Loverin Tamburin and that is how.

CC: You’ve done both cover songs and original songs over your career. Will you be continuing to do both or will you simply do more original moving forward?

A: At this point of our career, yes we have done original songs as much as cover songs. But we are always focused on making more original songs.

CC: Okay to wrap it all up, do you have anything to say to all your fans?

A: Our concert is at SMASH, but all the people we have seen here are very nice. Therefore I think that we will meet even more nice people in SMASH. Myself and all of the members will put all of our effort in and will be connecting to the audience.

CC: Thank you for your time.

H: Thank you so very much!

You can check out SMASH’s official website here for more information on the event. You can also follow SMASH on Twitter and like SMASH on Facebook for all their latest updates.

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