Get your dancing shoes ready, as we are back with another episode of CC Unplugged. This time, Dustin Spencer, Luke Halliday, Travis Bruno, and Thomas Hellier talk about music in video games. Of course you have to hear the show to find out our opinions when it comes to everything from Final Fantasy to Madden, so go ahead and hit that play button. Also discussed is the interesting topic of Nintendo’s E3 conference, Dead Island: Riptide, and your usual newsy fare.
We also have a GIVEAWAY yet again, where we are giving out one code for Battleblock Theater for the Xbox Live Arcade. Send your answer to that magical little question to [email protected].
Turn up those headphones, tell your friends, and be prepared to get UNPLUGGED!
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Did you know that hurricanes that were really destructive get their name retired? Alright, onto the sales!
Steam is running a large Rockstar Games Weekend. All Rockstar titles are 50 to 65% off with a different franchise on sale for 75% every day. As of this writing, Max Payne is the current franchise on sale. I highly recommend playing the series from the beginning. It is one of the classic games that perfected the bullet time effect in a video game. Brutal Legend is 50% off this weekend. The game is a good action strategy game and with an all star cast that includes rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and actor Jack Black. Defense Grid: The Awakening is 75% off this weekend. It is a solid tower defense game with a decent set of map packs. Portal fans should check out the You Monster!DLC that stars GLaDOS.
GMG still has their full line of Weekend Hot Deals still. Recommended titles include the EVE Online: Starter Pack for those looking for a hard core spaceship based MMORPG and Hitman: Absolution. Tomb Raider is the weekend deal and has been marked down to 50% off and can be used with Greenman Gaming’s legendary 20% off coupon, GMG20-GGN5D-FC3NA. This is one of the cheapest prices for Tomb Raider. If you need convincing, read our review of Tomb Raider.
Get Games has their Get Loaded sale this weekend. Buyers can pick two games for $24.00 each. Most of the titles can be bought separately for a much cheaper price. I would recommend waiting for better sales for all the games except Sleeping Dogs and Hitman. Both games are much cheaper at Greenman Gaming. They are also running a shooters sale that is knocking down the prices of many titles in the genre. I strongly recommend picking up Farcry 3as 40% off is one of the cheapest prices available. I absolutely love the game and even selected it as my pick for 2012’s game of the year. Get Games also has the Batman: Arkham series of games and the Anno 2070 games for 50% off. Both games have been spotted for lower games, so extremely frugal gamers are better off waiting. For the masochistic, Get Games has Aliens: Colonial Marines for 66% off. This is the cheapest price since release, but be sure to read our reviewbefore purchasing.
GamersGate is running a Spring Sale, with big daily deals. I recommend checking out the Overlord Complete pack if you are looking for a humorous action game. Aliens: Colonial Marines is also on sale for 66% off. The hit indie game The Cave is at its lowest every price at 66% off right now. Fallen Enchantress is 50% off this weekend, however the game has gone down to 66% off on the rare occasion.
In order to celebrate the release Dead Island Riptide, Deep Silver created the ultimate zombie wedding ceremony. UK residents Jennifer Blackmore (nee Jones) and Rob Blackmore took their undead nuptials in front of 250 witnesses. The ceremony took place at One Mayfair in London and was designed to look like a twisted Carribean paradise, a continual theme in Dead Island. The bride and groom, along with the priest, were also made up in traditional zombie make up.
The Blackmore’s beat a number of other couples in a Facebook competition in order to win the undead ceremony. The judges were impressed by their feelings and enthusiasm for each other and the Dead Island franchise.
The zombie bride herself said:
“We’re thrilled to have been chosen to be the official zombie bride and groom for Dead Island Riptide! We’re big fans of Dead Island and the horror genre, and a zombie wedding is a dream come true for us.”
After the ceremony itself were the usual wedding traditions: speeches, cutting the cake, the first dance…though they were all twisted in the zombie style. Music was played by zombified band Mariachi Mexteca, along with a DJ set by actress and presenter Sarah Chapman. The couple was also granted a Carribean holiday by Deep Silver, to keep the theme, and happiness going.
Congratulations to the couple on their zombie wedding and may their love be undying (see what I did there?)
You can learn more about the ceremony here and see the couple’s original application below. Don’t forget to check out Dead Island on their official site (if you’re old enough). and a our review for the game here.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, like many of the Pokemon spin-off games, has a bunch of passwords that will unlock a variety of different features in the game. These will range from actual Pokemon to helpful items.
The passwords are entered in the main menu of the game when in the Pokemon Paradise. They will automatically unlock on input. They are as follows:
All Protect Orb – 2C3YJ43F
Gold Scope – KQM4W3H2
Joy Ribbon – P326J5WX
Reviver Seeds – MFN89K9X
Reviver Seeds – XN83N4W6
Reviver Seeds – KQ5ST45X
Joy Seed – JTN34N92
Golden Seed – 5PMHM339
Fire Gift – W3KCMQMP
Gold Ribbon – 7F3CJ9FP
Sitrus Berry – NT6MYXRQ
PP Manual – 6SM86QY3
Protein – K93YR926
Blue Key – NPWRWH8Q
Iron – 8W7TNK36
Fighting Gift – JMK5MFKS
Psychic Gift – M676YKQN
Oran Berry – 3CMS47R2
There have been a fair few more released for Japanese versions of the game so hopefully we’ll be seeing that for the English language games soon. We’ll be updating the list as the new codes are released.
Indie Royalereleased their latest bundle today. Four of the seven titles have been announced. Might and Delight’s adventure platformer PID, Serious Brew’s 2d salvage platformer Cargo Commander, Telltale Game‘s adventure game Back to the Future: The Game, and Technobabel’s strategy puzzle game Dungeon Hearts are the four titles that have been revealed. Three mystery titles will be unveiled at a later date.
Indie Royale sells its bundles with a moving minimum price. Those who pay the minimum price will raise the minimum for others, those who pay more than the minimum price will lower it for others. Those who pay more than $8.00 will receive TDK’s chiptune album Reawakening.
Deadpool continued his habit of shattering the fourth wall by writing his own press release announcing the addition of Mister Sinister and Psylocke to the upcoming Deadpool game. Deadpool writes:
Sooo, uhhhh, APPARENTLY there are characters in my new upcoming Activision game, DEADPOOL, who are not Deadpool! Right??
I thought it was pretty clear when I said I wanted a true Deadpool game that it would star Deadpool…in every role! My star power shouldn’t be limited to the central protagonist. I should be playing the hero, the anti-hero, the villain who eventually changes sides to join forces against the TRUE villain (me), the romantic interest, the quirky best friend, the comic relief, and at least 8 other characters in fat suits! Is that too much to ask?!
But…I’ve been talking to my therapist…and she says it’s important that I not allow the existence of other people who are not me to determine my own self-worth. I just have to be the best unhinged mutant mercenary I can be. So, here’s a look at some of the…other…characters you can meet in DEADPOOL…
For those unfamiliar with breaking the fourth wall, Deadpool is one of the few comic book characters aware of his own presence inside a comic. He is famous for addressing the reader directly.
The Deadpool game will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on June 25th, 2013.
The games have been optimized for the device’s five inch 1080p AMOLED screen. “Chillingo is proud to have some of our most popular games available on the Samsung Galaxy S4 at launch,” explains Ed Rumley, COO, Chillingo. “The device has stunning new features that pushes game development even further and we’re working closely with our indie partners to bring more fantastic titles to the platform.”
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be launched in late April in most countries and May 1st in the US.
Publisher Gameviland game developer EnteryFly released their latest title on iTunes called Smile Plants. The game mixes the match three puzzle genre with a gardening sim. The puzzle portion of the game will allow players to care for their plants by successfully matching three or more tiles. There are over thirty plants that can be added to the player’s personal garden. Smile Plants is integrated with Facebook, allowing players to share their gardens with friends. “We are excited to be continuously working with EnteryFly through the GAMEVIL Partner Fund,” stated Kyu Lee, President of GAMEVIL USA. “They have already released a proven franchise in Air Penguin and we are confident they have delivered another with Smile Plants.”
Smile Plants is available for free on iTunes. The game is compatible with the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
Infinite Crisis is an almost ideal blend of a fairly well-known comic arc with a game sub-genre. Where games like DotA and LoL have plenty of champions, they are forced to create news champions from the ground up for every single one, while Warner Bros. has the ability to pull up the DC Comics wikia and hit random until finding a suitable candidate or just throw darts at a wall.
Then it is simply a matter of hammering out abilities, stats, etc., but still pretty much straight forward as comic characters are established things. Just how easy it can be for them to round up more characters for champions is easy to see from the two new in-depth videos showcasing Gaslight Batman and Doomsday that players can watch below. Starting off of course with the Dark Knight.
Gaslight Batman sees the Caped Crusader re-imagined for the Age of Invention, an ideal place for the hero so keen on use of gadgets to dole out his justice. Armed with sonic pistols to fit his bat motif, Gaslight Batman makes heavy use of them to weaken his opponents, though he’s still Batman so watch out when he gets in close.
Doomsday is a walking tank created to destroy until he has been killed, only to be revived bigger and harder to kill. He has the distinction of having successfully killed Superman (for a while), at the cost of his own life. In the game, players will be able to use him to protect the more squishy players, but should he fall in battle he’ll take less damage from and to more damage to the champion that killed him.
Players still have a chance to check out Infinite Crisis‘ beta HERE, otherwise they’ll have to wait until it releases for PC this Spring.
Capcom has just started streaming a new, 3-minute promo for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Ace Attorney 5. The video introduces the main characters of this game; Phoenix Wright who will return as lead role for this game, Apollo Justice who was the former lead of the previous game and a brand-new character Kokone Kizuki who is now Writes new partner.
Ace Attorney 5 is set about a year from the last main game, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. It’s planned for shipping in Japan on the 25th of July. Capcom will be offering free DLC costumes from that same day through to August 15. The customes will include; Writes suit from the first three games, Apollo’s street clothes and Kokone’s high school uniform.
Another bit of good news; Brian Keltner, Public Relations Manager at Capcom has confirmed that in September the company plans to release the game here in the West.
So check out the new Promo below and don’t forget to drop us a line in the comments section just below that.
