Grand Theft Auto V Limited Edition Soundtrack Box Sets Coming in December

Posted on November 3, 2014 by geelw

You want proof that CD’s and vinyl LPs aren’t “dead”, folks? Well, come December 9, a mere 5000 each of these Grand Theft Auto V Limited Edition Soundtrack Box Sets will go on sale at selected music online and physical retailers worldwide and I’m betting they sell out completely AND become hot collectibles before the year is out. Hell, if I’d not sold off my record collection and player a while back, I’d be drooling all over that vinyl set more than I am already.

These two limited editions are coming to retail from Rockstar Games and Mass Appeal in celebration of the soon-to be released PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto V (set to land at a game shop and download site near you November 18). PC gamers need to wait until January 27, 2015 for their version of the game, but I guess a few of them will want this set as well to keep them grooving during the delay… Continue reading →

How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition is Perfect for Today’s Dreary Day

Posted on November 1, 2014 by geelw

Miserable weather or not, learning all you need about dispatching zombies and staying alive on a desert island are always handy skills. 505 Games dropped EKO Games’ How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition for the PS4 onto PSN and Xbox Live yesterday and it’s a must buy if you’re a fan of the original game or are entirely new to the experience. This visually gussied up version gives you the original game plus all six DLC packs for a decent price. While best with friends, the game offers up a hefty solo challenge with decent AI. Just make sure you watch where you aim, chop or punch. “Friendly” fire can’t be toggled off as far as I know and you don’t want to accidentally knock off your AI companion. Anyway, this one’s quite cool and funny for a fairly violent game – go check it out, I say.

Fund This! GRAAL SEEKER: The Final Push is On!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by geelw

Okay, folks – Lugludum’s cool-looking retro strategy RPG GRALL SEEKER needs our assistance! Go help fund the project over at Indiegogo and if you’ve got a Steam account, absolutely give it an up vote on its Steam Greenlight page. This is one of those games that needs a bigger audience willing to try something outside their usual comfort zone, so go check out those links and make Lugludum a very happy bunch of game makers!

Hey, Guillaume! Play us out with a little game music, won’t you, sir?

Assassin’s Creed Unity Phantom Blade: Wear it With Hide!

Posted on October 29, 2014 by geelw

Leave it to McFarlane Toys to bust out another cool collectible for you Assassin’s Creed fans out there. Well, you can’t wear this Assassin’s Creed Unity Phantom Blade (available now!) with pride in many if not ANY urban areas outside of part of a Halloween outfit. You’ll probably have to do some face-down explaining to the local authorities if you do walk around sporting this all stealthy-like. Not only does this think look like part of some past century assassin’s getup, that crossbow and retractable blade actually work (although they’re very non-lethal). As I live in New York City, I’d be socking this one on a shelf somewhere and not wearing it strapped to a wrist for a subway ride downtown at all. Some poor commuter would think I was a poor Travis Bickle wannabe and ring up some overzealous MTA cop and the next thing you know, I’m all over the local news for all the wrong reasons.

Still, for $59.99, you’re certainly getting something that’s going to be a conversation piece whether or not you decide to wear it while out and about. In addition, the Phantom Blade also includes a bonus code to download the French Cavalry Pistol in Ubisoft’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, set for a November 11, 2014 launch. If you’re grinning like a Cheshire Cat right about now, you’re probably already buying TWO of these online or planning that trip to your local toy retailer to snap one or more of these up. Ubisoft and McFarlane Toys like that about you quite a lot, you know…

-Greg Wilcox

Review: TRI: Friendship and Madness

Posted on October 26, 2014 by geelw

Platform: PC

Developer: Rat King Games

Publisher: Rising Star Games

# of Players 1

ESRB Rating: N/A

Official Site

Score: A (95%)

It’s very hard to believe two people (Jana Reinhardt and Friedrich Hanisch) programmed the stellar TRI: Friendship and Madness, but that’s what it says on the official site and in the game credits. This family-friendly first person puzzle game plays like a hybrid child of Portal and a very well made Minecraft mod where you soon find the only limitations to solving the increasingly challenging levels are your imagination and sense of exploration. The game starts off small as a simple, somewhat straightforward Point A to Point B “find the keys to clear the level” experience, but once you get to drawing triangular platforms that can send you almost anywhere on a map, the game opens up into pure brain expanding territory.

Despite the often high level of challenge in reaching some really out of the way items, once you get the hang of things, the game is always a joy to play, particularly when you’re making your own route around the expansive and often gravity defying maps that have you moving around at seemingly impossible angles… Continue reading →

BUY IT! Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut Gets Price Slashed in Time for Halloween

Posted on October 24, 2014 by geelw

In case you missed this great and epic oddball horror adventure from Access games and the mind of Swery 65, well, you now have ZERO reason not to want to try it out (well, unless you don’t have a decent enough PC to run the game, of course!). Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is now (well, from now until October 27) a measly $2.49 on Steam! That’s like $24.99 with a “9” missing! Or 90% off, if you actually know how to do math better than I do it. The Steam version adds some new content and nicer visuals than the console versions, but don’t go in expecting the most stellar looking game that’s perfection in all areas.

Come visit Greenvale for the weird people and offbeat vibe and stay for the surprisingly more compelling and poignant tale that unfolds as the game progresses. DPTDC has surprises in store for those who stick it out and survive each chapter and by the finale, you’ll emerge as someone who might want to try more games in this vein because this one went above and beyond the call in a few key areas. Anyway, enough rambling from me – go get this game!

Project CARS Halloween Trailer: A Few Scary Things Going On Here Drive Me Batty…

Posted on October 24, 2014 by geelw

You may have noticed that this is the European PEGI-rated trailer for the game and not the North American ESRB one, but that’s because at my current download speed, it will take (looks at timer)… seven hours to download that US trailer (Yaaaah!) We can’t have that, now, can we? The other scary thing? How amazing this game looks, as this is all in-game footage put together by a really talented video editor/player. I guess the third (and perhaps most frightening) thing is I’m now wondering how good the Wii U version of the game will look and how fast it will be. Not that the system can’t do an excellent racing game with real cars, mind you (Need for Speed U is still the pinnacle of realism on the console in terms of visuals). It’s more of a correcting of perception thing among the die-hard skeptics that have been hating on the console before it was launched who still haven’t been convinced even after some recent and great software releases.

Oh well, those folk may never be convinced (and it’s their loss), but as someone who owns and likes his Wii U quite a lot, I’m holding my breath that Slightly Mad Studios blows all those haters out of the muddy water they’re trolling in with a stellar version that wipes the smirks right off their faces.

Rainbow Skies Trailer: That PS3 and Vita? Not Dead Yet, Folks…

Posted on October 22, 2014 by geelw

Okay,I’ll admit to being a bit late to the Rainbow Moon party, but ever since I picked it up for my Vita earlier this year, it’s been one of those games I’ve been playing quite a lot of when I get the chance. SideQuest Studios made quite a fun and challenging strategy RPG that, despite some flaws was and is worth picking up (whether or not it goes on sale). Anyway, the developer is going to be releasing a indirect sequel called Rainbow Skies set in a different world with three different protagonists to play as (so far). I like that there are some nice visual improvements over the last game (which was already great-looking, by the way), although it would have been nice to see the grid-based combat in action here. Well, I guess that’s what future new trailers are for, right? Anyway, Rainbow Skies is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Vita (so far) at some point (soon?). Keep and eye peeled on this one, especially if you’re a big RPG fan who wants a game with plenty of teeth that wants to test you at every turn…

Graal Seeker Update: Extended Campaign + Some Music Lessons For You Potential Backers…

Posted on October 18, 2014 by geelw

Meanwhile, back in crowd-funding land…

With only 16 days left in its Indiegogo campaign, Lugludum Game Studios’ work in progress tactical/RPG Graal Seeker is jockeying for a Steam Greenlight spot, so help them out with a vote and a pledge if you haven’t yet. This latest devlog is a total educational hoot, as it shows how the music and some of the sound effects were done (go, Guillaume!). You may want to fund the game just so he doesn’t come after you with some of those weapons he has! Then again, that might make for a heck of a stretch goal – get the sound guy to chase you around a room so he can record screams for the Graal Seeker sequel!

Finally, PR guy Thibaut Trampont wants you to bug the dev team on Reddit tomorrow:

Ask Us Anything (AMA) on Sunday 19th October:
We will be on Reddit to answer all questions the 19th October at 3pm UTC with the guys from Battle Brothers, That Which Sleeps and Dungeon Kingdom. This can be a great opportunity to satisfy your curiosity about how indie developers like us make RPGs. The link will be shared on twitter the day of the AMA.

Follow Thibaut Trampont on Twitter here: @ttrampont – and go get this game funded! It looks like it will be quite a bit of fun and certainly a unique experience for SRPG fans who want something more than anime-based fantasy games in their libraries.

PlayStation Store Flash Sale Time: 60 Games and Movies Up For Grabs!

Posted on October 18, 2014 by geelw

Amusingly enough, I actually forgot that there was a Heavenly Sword movie made well after the game made its PS3 debut. That said, seeing it in this latest PlayStation Store Flash Sale made me want to maybe check it out. Maybe. I kind of prefer owning physical media, so I may end up seeing if I can snag this on DVD for a song somewhere. As for the other stuff on that lone list? Well, here you go – take a look and maybe grab your self a deal this weekend – prices go back to normal on Monday (October 20) at noon:

GAMES
Title, Sale Price/Original Price
Battle Princess of Arcadias (PS3) $7.49/~~$29.99~~
Bayonetta (PS3) $7.99/~~$19.99~~
Beyond Good and Evil (PS3) $3.49/~~$9.99~~
BloodRayne: Betrayal (PS3) $2.49/~~$9.99~~
Fat Princess (PS3) $3.49/~~$14.99~~
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Full Game Unlock (PS3) $3.49/~~$14.99~~
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PS Vita) $11.99/~~$29.99~~
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PS3) $19.99/~~$49.99~~
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (PS3) $7.49/~~$29.99~~
Knytt Underground (PS Vita) $2.49/~~$9.99~~
Knytt Underground (PS3) $2.49/~~$9.99~~
Mirror’s Edge (PS3) $2.25/~~$14.99~~
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (PS3) $2.49/~~$9.99~~
Portal 2 (PS3) $4.99 /~~$19.99~~
Remember Me (PS3) $11.99/~~$39.99~~
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS3/PS Vita/PSP) $1.49/~~5.99~~
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS3) $5.99/$19.99
Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death (PS3) $2.99/~~$11.99~~
Sanctum 2 (PS3) $3.49/~~$14.99~~
Scott Pilgrim Ultimate Edition (PS3) $3.49/~~$14.99~~
Skull Girls Encore (PS3) $4.99/~~$14.99~~
Time & Eternity (PS3) $6.99/~~$19.99~~

MOVIES
Title, SD Sale Price/SD Original Price – HD Sale Price/HD Original Price
All Cheerleaders Die SD $7.99/~~$12.99~~ HD $7.99/~~$16.99~~
An Empress and the Warriors SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/NA
Bedevilled SD $2.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/~~$12.99~~
Black Rock SD $5.99/~~$12.99~~ HD $6.99/~~$17.99~~
Boarding Gate SD $3.99/~~$5.00~~ HD $6.99/NA
Catwoman SD $7.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Colombiana SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Fast Girls SD $9.99/~~$12.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$16.99~~
Girlfight SD $7.99/~~$8.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Grindhouse: Death Proof SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99 /~~$12.99~~
Grindhouse: Planet Terror SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/~~$12.99~~
Haywire SD $6.99/~~$14.99~~ HD $8.99/~~$19.99~~
Heavenly Sword SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $10.99/~~$12.99~~
Kill Bill Vol. 1 SD $6.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Kill Bill Vol. 2 SD $6.99/$~~9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Killshot SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/~~$13.99~~
La Femme Nikita SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/NA
Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life SD $6.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $10.99/~~$17.99~~
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider SD $6.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $10.99/~~$17.99~~
The Long Kiss Goodnight SD $7.99/~~$14.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$19.99~~
Million Dollar Baby SD $7.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/ ~~$12.99~~
Painted Skin: The Resurrection SD $2.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/~~$12.99~~
Raging Phoenix SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $6.99/~~$12.99~~
Resident Evil SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99 /~~$12.99~~
Resident Evil: Afterlife SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Resident Evil: Apocalypse SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Resident Evil: Extinction SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Resident Evil: Retribution SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Salt SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
The Four SD $2.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $4.99/~~$12.99~~
This Girl Is Badass SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $6.99/~~$12.99~~
Ultraviolet SD $6.99 /~~$7.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Underworld (2003) SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Underworld Awakening SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Underworld Evolution SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans SD $8.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $9.99/~~$12.99~~
Vanquisher SD $4.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $6.99/~~$12.99~~
Violet & Daisy SD $5.99/~~$9.99~~ HD $7.99/~~$12.99~~