Press Play to Save Ep98: Three Shixty no Shcope


Boom! Gaming news totally in my face! We hit the deals like they’ve been sassin’. Then, it’s off to the races with who won the 2nd Annual Rektreational (guess – JUST GUESS!). Also, Steam briefly ran out of steam, Fallout 4 was pretty much done before we knew it, and Microsoft continues to (re)evolve while Nintendo eke’s out a profit.  And don’t even get me STARTED on the biggie-sized Rundown this week!

 

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Noteworthy Deals

  • XBL Games for Gold (August, 2015)
    • XB1: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (all month long)
    • XB1: How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition (second half)
    • 360: Metro 2033 (first half)
    • 360: Metro: Last Light (second half)
  • PSPlus Games for August
    • PS4: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
    • PS4: LIMBO
    • PS4, PS3, VITA: Soundshapes
    • PS4, PS3, VITA: Stealth, Inc. 2: A Game of Clones
    • PS3: God of War: Ascension
    • PS3, VITA: CastleStorm
  • Humble Bundle: Bandia Namco Bundle (link)

 

The News Ticker

  • Rektreational 2  –  PIT LORD META TWO TIME GRAND CHAMPIONS (Link) Also, buy the shirt.
  • The International (Valve’s DOTA2 Tournament) has started! $18 million prize pool
  • Steam got hax0red. (link)
    • Hackers got in using password recovery and circumventing the required security code
    • Mostly prominent community members and CS:GO Twitch-casters affected
    • Has been patched
  • Fallout 4 was almost done before it was ever revealed (link)
  • XBOX ONE to start streaming PC games… eventually (link)
    • Does this signal an even stronger paradigm shift for MS?
    • Why in the hell can’t the 360?
  • Nintendo profitable again, if only just (link)
    • Attributed to stronger games lineup and Amiibos

 The RUNDOWN

  • Dave & Buster’s announces a timed exclusive of a new 8-foot-long Angry Birds arcade cabinet to eat tokens and poop tickets (link)
  • The first two games announced for Nintendo’s upcoming console, codenamed NX, are Dragon Quest X and Dragon Quest XI. (link)
  • Capcom halted and postponed the Street Fighter V beta because it was straight-up broken when initially launched (link)
  • Gamer-pandering worked for Wreck-It Ralph, but not for Pixels and critics slam-pan the film, especially Sandler (link)
  • New DOOM game picks up the pace, brings back health packs while locking players to two-guns loadout (link)
  • Drake ain’t havin’ none of Meek Mill’s sh*t, drops a beat called Cha-Cha, sampling Star Road theme from Super Mario World (link)
  • Razer purchased Ouya, promising integration with their own Android device, including Ouya controller support and purchase transfers (link)
  • Nintendo murdering it’s TVii service on August 11, users no longer able to search listings across multiple streaming services at once. (link)
  • Pro Euro League of Legends team Fnatic sets record with first undefeated 18-0 season (link)
  • Fallout Shelter coming to Android on August 13th (link)
  • Say ‘No’ to Drugs – eSports begins anti-doping campaign (link)
  • China lifting the ban on console sales and manufacture, this time for rilzy rillz (link)
  • Ain’t gonna be no mo’ Fallout 4 Pip-Boy editions because reasons (link)
  • Microsoft’s Gamescom Press Conference was Today (all games announced will ship on Win10 AND Xbox ONE
    • Quantum Break trailer (plus live action show tie-in) shown
    • Crackdown 3 boasting multiplayer with 100% destructible environments (processed in “the cloud”)
    • Multiplayer begins Summer 2016
    • Lots of games featuring god-damn dinosaurs
    • Scalebound (with 4-player coop)
    • Still god-damn claiming that their damn console will become a full-fledged, subscription-free DVR
    • And stream to Windows 10
    • New chatpad… no one cares.
    • Games with Gold games will be backward compatible via Xbox ONE
    • Killer Instinct III, Worms W.M.D, Cities Skylines, Train Simulator, Sheltered, Ark: Survival Evolved, Rivals of Ether, Starbound, We Happy Few, Cobalt (2D sidescroller), Rampant Consumerism, Dark Souls 3, Homefront Revolution (with coop), FIFA, Halo 5 Guardians (no split-screen), Just Cause 3, Forza 6 (3D puddles!), Rise of the Tomb Raider, Halo Wars 2
    • Halo World Championship this winter with 1 million prize pool

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