First the bad news, there are no special guests this week. Now the good news, this episode is under 2hrs long. Yay for somewhat a quicker than usual show for us. So in this 90min sojourn of gaming, we discuss why one of us is ready to pony up for The Taken King and why another certain someone isn't buying it. Other topics include games we've been playing like Warframe, Gauntlet, Victor Vran, and Batman Arkham Knight. And of course we discuss what games are scheduled to release this week and news from the past week. But before we let you go, have you seen this new Star Wars PS4 console? That is some serious hottness right there. I'll take my bundle to go please.
New Releases for week of 8/18:
Pure Hold’em - PS4/XB1 - Texas Hold’em - Ripstone Games
Helldivers Super-Earth Ultimate Edition - PS4/PS3/Vita - twin stick shooter - Arrowhead Games
The Quiet Collection - PS Vita - class puzzle games - Nostalgic Software
Tales from the Borderlands Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo - Multi - Adventure - Telltale Games
Armikrog - PC - Point & Click Adventure - Pencil Test Studios
Volume - PS4/Vita/PC - Top Down Stealth - Mike Bithell
Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & The Monster Seal - Vita - RPG - Atlus
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - Vita - Horror Adventure - Capcom
Zombi - PC/PS4/XB1 - Survival Horror - Ubisoft
The Bridge - PS4/PS3/Vita/WiiU/Ouya - 2D Puzzler - The Quantum Astrophysicists
Adventures of Pip - PS4/XB1 - Platformer - Tic Toc Games
Arcade Archives: Bomb Jack - PS4 - Action Platformer - Tecmo
Curses ‘n Chaos - PS4/Vita/PC - Brawler - Tribute Games
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners - PS4/XB1/PC - Platformer - Black Forest Games
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - PC - Strategy RPG - Harebrained Schemes
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power - PC - Action Platformer - Frozenbyte
Woah Dave! - WiiU - Action - Choice Provisions
LBX: Little Battlers eXperience - 3DS - Action RPG - Level 5 Inc.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - PC - RPG - Square Enix
Fingered - PC - a "whodunit" police sim - Independent
NEWS:
PC/WiiU/Multi-platform:
Dying Light - The Following - Vehicles, a Cult, and Story-Based
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-dying-light-dlc-trailer-shows-off-deadliest-we/1100-6429714/
Smach Zero portable from Valve
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/portable-steam-machine-gets-price-and-release-wind/1100-6429623/
COD: Blops 3 Beta Details
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-beta-file-size-game-modes/1100-6429739/
Batman Arkham Night Pre-Order DLC now free for those with Season Pass
http://www.destructoid.com/terrible-batman-arkham-knight-pre-order-dlc-is-now-available-for-season-pass-holders-and-piecemeal-304495.phtml
Dragon Age expansion released last week, plus a patch
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/psa-dragon-age-inquisitions-next-expansion-out-now/1100-6429661/
Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries developer Grin closes down
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-11-woolfe-the-red-hood-diaries-developer-grin-closes-down
Playstation:
Star Wars PS4 Bundle announced at D23
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/08/16/star-wars-ps4-bundles/
PlayStation outsells XB1 for the 3rd straight month
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-tops-console-sales-charts-in-us-july-2015-npds/1100-6429745/
PS Experience is happening in December and in SF
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/08/14/playstation-experience-2015-comes-to-san-francisco/
Xbox:
Is your ISP up to the task for Crackdown 3?
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/08/11/microsoft-s-biggest-challenge-for-making-crackdown-s-destruction-work-is-your-isp.aspx
http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9132195/crackdown-3-multiplayer-cloud-xbox-one-gamescom-2015
how to unlock highest setting for XB1 to Win10 Streaming
http://www.destructoid.com/how-to-unlock-very-high-settings-for-home-streaming-in-the-xbox-app-on-windows-10-305028.phtml
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