Category: New Releases

TF2 Releases New Update

A new update for the still popular game Team Fortress 2 has been released. The Gun Mettle update brings with it a campaign you can buy for the price of $5.99, consisting of two weekly missions for three months. These missions are being called contracts to give them a dramatic feel. Each one of those has a few sub-missions that you can complete for contract points (cp), which then allow you to unlock random skins for your weapons or locked cases.
The free update also includes 4 new maps, a new game mode, new taunts and a lot of balancing changes. The new maps include 1 made by Valve and 3 fan favorites by the community. Also, you'll be able to pick up weapons from defeated players and use them as if they were yours until you die in the game. You can read more about the changes here.

Not everyone is happy

There have been some people who claim they are not happy with this update. They say that they're turning TF2 into CS:GO. Some others just don't feel like paying $6 and are very vocal about it. In my opinion they're just overreacting. TF2 and CS:GO are both made by Valve so they have the right to copy themselves. About the $6 campaign, if you don't want to buy it, you don't have to. The game is still free to play and the rest of the update is completely free.

New Steam Store Releases: Ronin

This week, the new release highlight on the Steam store appears to be Ronin. An indie game that just came out of Early Access, Ronin is, by designer Tomasz Waclawek's own admission, a "rip-off" of the 2013 indie hit Gunpoint (though it seems to be a slight improvement, in my opinion). Also new this week, a single-player only, third person perspective remake of How To Survive, a party game from the creators of You Don't Know Jack that incorporates the use of your phone, and a pretty cool-looking space combat sim. Now just go follow this list of three easy steps:

  1. Rip off a popular indie game on Steam.
  2. Profit.
  3. Jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
  • Ronin (Devolver Digital, Single-player, $12.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (505 Games, Single-player, $9.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Quiplash (Jackbox Games, Multi-player, $9.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • The Battle of Sol (Bit Planet Games, Single-player, $14.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Divide By Sheep (tinyBuild, Single-player, $4.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Infinifactory (Zachtronics, Single-player, $24.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Legends of Eisenwald (Aterdux Entertainment, Single-player, $29.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Scarab Tales (Playito, Single-player, $6.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Anna's Quest (Daedalic Entertainment, Single-player, $19.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Devouring Stars (BulkyPix, Single & Multi-player, $9.99) (Steam Achievements)
[Image: Devolver Digital]

Andrew J Amideo

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Ocarina of Time!

Aww, yeah! Ocarina of Time is now available on the Wii U! (Via the Nintendo 64 Virtual Console.) I may already own it on GameCube and 3DS, but now I can finally play it the way God intended...on Nintendo 64! (Virtually, that is.) Whatever, close enough. I can't wait to finish this post so I can go get to downloading!Also new this week, another Samurai Warriors game for the 3DS (yawn), an intriguing multiplayer platform game where you start at the end and have to backtrack to the beginning, and an interesting looking Japanese strategy RPG. Dust off your virtual cartridge, fire up your virtual console, then jump past the break to see this list of new releases.

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[Image: Nintendo]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

New PlayStation Store Releases: BlazBlue Comes To PS4

This week, BlazBlue has come to the PlayStation 4 with the release of Chrono Phantasma Extend. No word yet on whether or not the game is compatible with PlayStation 3 arcade sticks (so, I'm guessing not), but it seems that Japanese peripheral maker Hori was nice enough to create a limited edition Chrono Phantasma stick that works with both systems. Could be a good investment, if you've got the scratch (and are able to find one). Also new this week, an ancient Konami arcade shmup, a Shonen Jump fighting game mash-up, and a Kickstarter horror/adventure game that just happens to have a file size of 666 megabytes. Crazy, right? Acquire a compatible fight stick, select your character, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
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[Image: Arc System Works]

Andrew J Amideo

New Steam Store Releases: Metal Slug (Not So Fast, Batman)

By now, many of you have probably heard about the numerous issues that this week's Steam release of Batman: Arkham Knight was suffering from. I was originally planning to make that game the highlight of this article. (I had a cool image picked out and everything!) But, owing to the fact that the game was receiving quite a lot of not-so-favorable customer reviews, as well as the fact that Steam has opted to suspend sales of the game altogether, I decided to go with my second choice.

For those of you who are unaware (or too young to remember), Metal Slug was a 1996 Neo Geo Arcade release. It's a side-scrolling run and gun action game similar to Contra (especially in terms of difficulty), except bigger, faster, and with a more comical style. It has spawned multiple sequels, and some of the characters have even appeared in other Neo Geo and SNK games. Both Metal Slug X (a rerelease of Metal Slug 2) and Metal Slug 3 have already been available on the Steam store since last year. And now everyone can try the game that started it all! (Personally, I love all of 'em.)Also released this week (and not suspended due to poor reviews) was the newly updated Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, the previously Nintendo-only puzzle platformer, Mighty Switch Force, and a pair of classic Total War titles (the first two games of the series, in fact). Insert two quarters, hit the start button, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.

  • Metal Slug (SNK Playmore, Single & Multi-player, $7.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (Capcom, Single-player, $24.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Mighty Switch Force! (WayForward, Single-player, $9.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Shogun: Total War (Creative Assembly, Single & Multi-player, $9.99)
  • Medieval: Total War (Creative Assembly, Single & Multi-player, $9.99)
  • MotoGP 2015 (Milestone, Single & Multi-player, $39.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Super Star Path (DYA Games, Single-player, $2.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Dwarven Brawl Bros (Dwarves Might Fly, Co-op, $6.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Streets of Fury (Guard Crush Games, Single & Multi-player, $9.99) (Controller Support)
[Image: SNK Playmore]

Andrew J Amideo

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time

It's a double shot of dual-screen downloads this week as Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time and Star Fox Command both come to the Wii U Nintendo DS Virtual Console. Also out this week is the Inuit indie game Never Alone. And that's about it. Not a bad week, though. Partners In Time, in particular, is definitely worth checking out. So, go grab your bro and your former self, then jump past the break to see this list of new releases.
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[Image: Nintendo]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

New PlayStation Store Releases: “I’m Batman!”

This week, I've got three words for you: Batman. Arkham. Knight. Whilst Steam users seem to be having their fair share of issues with the game, PS4 players everywhere are sitting pretty (in their batmobiles) right now. Sorry PC crowd, it seems that you are still an afterthought to some of the bigger publishers out there.As if getting the best version (currently) of the most anticipated game of the year wasn't enough, PlayStation fans also have access to a few other exciting games today. These include the new, updated version of Devil May Cry 4 (which ironically happens to feature a Dark Knight mode that is unrelated to Batman), a new jet ski game by the makers of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, a port of the excellent WayForward platformer, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and finally, a true PlayStation 2 classic, Suikoden III. Become vengeance, become the night, then jump past the break to see this list of new releases.
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[Image: Warner Bros]

Andrew J Amideo

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Holy MOTHER!

At long last, Mother 1, or "EarthBound Beginnings" (as the localized version was apparently retitled), has been released outside of Japan! Twenty years after giving us the Super Nintendo sequel, Nintendo has seen fit to grant the numerous requests from fans by finally letting us have the NES original (by means of the Wii U Virtual Console). Between this game, the Final Fantasy 7 remake, and the Shenmue III Kickstarter, I'm starting to worry that the end times may be upon us. Better go download this quick and start playing before the seas begin to boil!But wait, there's more! As if one awesome VC release wasn't enough, act now and you can also get Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, absolutely *free! (*After paying a one-time purchasing and handling charge of $7.99.) Unfortunately, that's about all there is this week. But what a week it's been! Wait 20 years for your pleas to be heard, then jump past the break to see this list of new releases.

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[Image: Nintendo]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

New Steam Store Releases: LEGO Jurassic World

Releasing alongside the new movie this week was the LEGO video game adaptation, LEGO Jurassic World. The game actually lets you play through the plots of all four Jurassic Park movies, so if you are a fan of the series, or dinosaurs in general, or virtual LEGOs (or all of those things), you may want to check it out. Also on the Steam Store this week is a new Alone in the Dark game, a physics puzzler with a pen and paper art style, and a crazy underwater crustacean shooter. Play God with your LEGOs, then venture past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
  • LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros, Single-player & Co-op, $39.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Alone in the Dark: Illumination (Atari, Single & Multi-player, $34.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • TransPlan (Kittehface Software, Single-player, $2.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Neo Aquarium (Nussoft, Single & Multi-player, $8.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Fox & Flock (Smarter Games, Single-player & Co-op, $1.99)
  • Weird Park Trilogy (Viva Media, Single-player, $19.99)
  • Kholat (IMGN.PRO, Single-player, $19.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
[Image: Warner Bros]

Andrew J Amideo

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon comes to the Wii U Game Boy Advance Virtual Console this week. Specifically, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, which, itself, was a remake of the earlier PlayStation Harvest Moon game, Back To Nature. For those unfamiliar with the series, it's kind of like FarmVille, except that the Harvest Moon games came out way earlier and were infinitely better. Also out this week, LEGO Jurassic World, and a new version of Dr Mario for the 3DS. Reap what you have virtually sown, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
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[Image: Natsume]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]