All that is nerd is now bro | Ep 118


BOOM! Deals! News! Releases! The Rundown!  We talk about Minecraft: Education Edition, plus fan-made rebuilds of classic games. Plus, ESPN has launched an eSports branch, which is just bound to confuse basement dwellers everywhere!

 

NOTEWORTHY DEALS

  • XBL Games for Gold for January (link)
    • XB1: Killer Instinct Season 1 Ultra edition
    • XB1: Zheros
    • 360: Dirt Showdown
    • 360: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • PSPlus Games for January (link)
    • Dragon Age: Origins , PS3
    • Grim Fandango Remastered , PS4, PS Vita
    • Hardware: Rivals , PS4
    • Legends of War Patton , PS Vita
    • Medal of Honor Warfighter , PS3
    • Nihilumbra, PS Vita
  • Humble Bundle (link)
  • BundleStars (link)
  • http://www.cheapshark.com – an aggregate for PC digital game discounts across various sites

NEWS TICKER

  • MS/Mojang have announced Minecraft: Education Edition, launching this summer (link) (video)
    • Based on MinecraftEdu mod, which MS has acquired.
    • Will be $5 per user for Libraries, Schools, etc
    • Boosted 40 person multiplayer
  • RETRO ROUND-UP
    • Fans rebuilding Metal Gears Solid for PC using Unreal Engine 4 (link) Trailer (link) (video)
    • Fans also rebuilding Goldeneye 64 in Unreal Engine 4 (link) (video)
  • Releases
    • Out This Week (video)
    • A Boy and His Blob — PS4, Xbox One Digital, PC
    • Baseball Riot— PS4, Vita Digital (Cross Buy)
    • Dark Cloud 2 — PS2 Classic for PS4
    • Resident Evil 0 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Digital, PC
    • Resident Evil Origins Collections — PS4
    • Tachyon Project— PS4 Digital
    • Life Is Strange — PS4, Xbox One Retail
    • Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak — PC
  • Out Next Week (video – the witness)
    • LEGO Marvel’s Avengers — PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, 3DS, Wii U, Vita
    • Nitroplus Blasterz Heroines Infinite Duel — PS4
    • Saturday Morning RPG — PS4, Vita Digital (Cross Buy)
    • The Witness — PS4 Digital, PC
    • Rise of the Tomb Raider — PC

THE RUNDOWN

  • Youtuber Cosmic Contrarian melted faces with a 20,000 troop war in Fallout 4. Things get nuts. (link)
  • Former U.S. Marine and game developer Amir Hekmati has been released from an Iranian prison after FOUR YEARS of captivity for accusations of propaganda while working on a language retention program indirectly for the U.S. DoD. (link)
  • More TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan screens leak from the Australian ratings submission because, well, everything leaks from their Australian ratings submissions. (link) (image)
  • ARK: Survival Evolved on Xbox One getting a hundred more servers to handle the crippling load. (link) (video)
  • SHOCKING: Mario Maker stages are being removed by Nintendo, and Nintendo isn’t bothering to tell anyone why. (link) (video)
  • DOOM co-creator John Romero just released a DOOM level – 21 years later.  (link) (video)
  • Raspberry Pi Zero allows users with access to a 3d printer stuff a Nintendo emulator into a NES controller (link) (image)
  • CS: GO pro team Titan has “capsized” after member was banned for cheating. (link) (image)
  • ESPN has launched ESPN Esports. All that is nerd is now bro. (link)
  • All these years laters, SPOTUS will hear Microsoft’s appeal over the 360 eating discs like an optical media Cookie Monster (link)
  • Xbox One users will get background music… eventually… but like, not before summer (link)
  • Amazon Prime now offering 20% off new games for members! (link)
  • DICE Awards nominations are out with Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3 leading with eight nominations each. (link) (image)
  • Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies, lead designer on the GTA series from GTA3 on, took a year long sabbatical and then just decided not to come back. (link)
  • Psychonauts still just won’t die, and is coming to PS4 this spring (link) (image)
  • Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw has said sayonara to Valve after 18 years (link)

 

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