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  • Hey! Buy Games! October 20-27, 2013

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    DC and Marvel go head to head this week with the release of Batman: Arkham Origins and Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Deus Ex returns in a director’s cut and the music video game genre is not completely dead with Rocksmith 2014.

    Next week is when it gets big with Assassin’s Creed IV, Battlefield 4 and WWE 2K14. The holiday games have begun.

    October 22nd

    [amazon_link id=”B00B98HBTA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Lego Marvel Super Heroes[/amazon_link] (360, PS3, Wii U, Vita, DS, 3DS)

    [amazon_link id=”B00BORFD9Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut[/amazon_link] (Wii U)

    [amazon_link id=”B00DWXV074″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[/amazon_link] (360, Wii, 3DS)

    [amazon_link id=”B008MO6AQO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst[/amazon_link] (360, PS3)

    [amazon_link id=”B00D6PTMB4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Rocksmith 2014 Edition[/amazon_link] (360, PS3)

    October 25th

    [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] (360, PS3, Wii U)

    [amazon_link id=”B00C7103C0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate[/amazon_link] (3DS, Vita)

  • New Poster For Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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    Captain America is standing tall over our nation’s capital in the new poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I like to imagine that the reincarnated/cloned/magically resurrected Agent Coulson is standing behind him with his blood-stained trading cards. Cap will face a familiar person in The Winter Soldier, who has his sights set on taking revenge.

    A teaser trailer will be coming this week also giving us our first look at Cap’s second solo movie.

    Captain America: The Winter Soldier releases on April 14, 2014.

     

  • Vekta Isn’t Big Enough For Both Of Us. It’s The New Killzone Story Trailer

    Photo courtesy destructoid.com
    Photo courtesy destructoid.com

    The [amazon_link id=”B00DE2W5XG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Playstation 4[/amazon_link] is less than a month from launch and Sony is hanging its hat on Killzone: Shadow Fall to really show gamers what the new console is capable of. A new trailer has been released that shows the conflict taking place on Vekta as the remaining Helghast try to occupy the planet with the ISA. I think we all know it is downhill from there.

    Killzone was Sony’s first try at a “Halo killer” and it did not come near that. Killzone 2 was the first game on PS3 that showed what the next-gen (at the time) was capable of and Killzone 3, while not as good as 2, brought an end to the conflict. Now with Killzone: Shadow Fall, we move forward 30 years for the next part of Vekta’s history.

    [amazon_link id=”B00BGA9YZK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Killzone: Shadow Fall[/amazon_link] releases on November 15th.

  • Titanfall Releasing March 11th, Collector’s Edition Cost Half An Xbox One

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    Photo courtesy ign.com

    Everything about Titanfall is big. The game itself has had nothing but big talk and big impressions since its announcement at E3. You get to control big mechs called titans and now the collector’s edition is going big also.

    Developer Respawn has announced that [amazon_link id=”B00DB9JYFY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Titanfall[/amazon_link] will release on March 11, 2014 on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.

    The collector’s edition will feature an 18″ statue of a massive titan on the battlefield with LED lights, a hardcover art book and a schematic of an Atlas titan. It can be yours for only $249.99.

    Yeah, you read it right.

    I am ready to play Titanfall. It is most likely 30-40% of why I am getting an [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link] but I think we have found the line of what I am willing to pay for a collector’s edition. I will just buy a Wii U or make a car payment.

    It is still impressive though.

     

  • The Battlefield 4 Story Trailer Is Not PETA Approved

    Photo courtesy mediastinger.com
    Photo courtesy mediastinger.com

    Show of hands. Who remembers Battlefield 3’s story? Put your hand down “always has to feel important guy”, no one remembers Battlefield 3’s story.

    Well Battlefield 4 is here to make sure you remember that it has a story and it is the anti-Call of Duty. Does Call of Duty have female players in multiplayer? Screw that, Battlefield has one as a main character. You can have a dog partner? Fu** your dog. Battlefield 4’s soldiers punch dogs in their stupid dog faces. Literally. A dog gets punch in the face.

    I laughed.

    Will the story be more memorable this time around? Who knows? They all blend together anyway. Terrorist with a name with too many consonants either is blowing up stuff or plans to blow up stuff and you as Brick Gunplay must stop him with your squad of varied racial and psychological stereotypes.

    Dog punching is an added bonus.

    [amazon_link id=”B00BXE4KVM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Battlefield 4[/amazon_link] releases on October 29th.

  • PSN Offers Insane Deals To Say Happy Halloween

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    Photo courtesy justpushstart.com

    Playstation Network is here to get you in the Halloween spirit with a big sale on games that go bump in the night. You can pick up the entire first season of The Walking Dead for only $2.50 if you are a PS Plus member. Really, if you have not played The Walking Dead yet and pass on it costing $2.50 please turn in your gamer card at the door.

    The Last of Us is also on sale along with both Dead Island games, multiple Resident Evil titles and Sleeping Dogs with DLC for an insane $12.

    The deals will only be available October 22-28th.

     

    -Dead Island: Riptide- $24.99/ $19.99 PS+

    -Dead Nation- $5.99/ $3 PS+

    -Dead Rising 2: Off the Record- $9.99/ $6.99 PS+

    -Plants Vs. Zombies- $4.99/ $2.50 PS+

    -Plants Vs. Zombies (Vita)- $7.49/ $3.75 PS+

    -Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare- $19.99/ $13.99 PS+

    -Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare- $9.99/ $5 PS+

    -Resident Evil 4 HD- $7.99/ $5.59 PS+

    -Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition- $14.99/ $10.49 PS+

    -Resident Evil: Code Veronica X- $9.99/ $6.99 PS+

    -Resident Evil: Revelations- $29.99/ $22.94 PS+

    -Sleeping Dogs and Nightmare in Northpoint DLC- $12.49/ $11.24 PS+

    -The House of the Dead Bundle- $14.99/ $7.50 PS+

    -The Last Guy- $3.99/ $2 PS+

    -The Last of Us- $44.99/ $35.99 PS+

    -The Walking Dead: 400 Days DLC- $3.49/ $2.44 PS+

    – The Walking Dead Episodes 1-5- $2.49 ea./ $1.25 ea. PS+

    -The Walking Dead Season Pass- $4.99/ $2.50 PS+

    -The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct- $37.49/ $33.74 PS+

    – The Walking Dead: Complete First Season- $13.99/ $9.79 PS+

    -Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone- $6.99/ $4.89 PS+ 

  • WWE 2K14 Announces Season Pass. Includes NWO, More Legends And Faaaandaaangooo

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    Photo courtesy 2k.com

    WWE 2K14 will offer a Season Pass for $19.99 that is broken up into separate DLC packs like last year’s game. Keeping with the 30 Years of WrestleMania celebration, you will get more legends including Bruno Sammartino, Dusty Rhodes and Ravishing Rick Rude. If you are wanting to relive the glory days of the Monday Night Wars there is the NWO pack which gives you the likes of an NWO-themed Macho Man, Curt Hennig and Syxx.

    Check out the complete Season Pass extras and video below.

    [amazon_link id=”B00CMC6HCY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]WWE 2K14[/amazon_link] releases on October 29th.

    -Accelerator Pack (Release Day)

    Change the abilities and attributes of every superstar in the game. Unlocks all wrestlers, arenas and championships.

    -NWO Pack (Releases November 2013)

    The Outsiders gear for Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

    Superstars: The Giant, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Macho Man Randy Savage, Syxx, Curt Hennig and Scott Steiner.

    -WWE Superstars and Moves Pack (Releases December 2013)

    Superstars: Big E Langston, Fandango, Summer Rae, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella.

    More than 30 new moves and taunts.

    -WWE Legends and Creations Pack (Releases January 2014)

    Legends: Dusty Rhodes, Bruno Sammartino, Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Ravishing Rick Rude

    14 new Superstar heads and models for use in custom superstar mode. 

  • Weekend Box Office- October 18-20, 2013

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    Not even a blood-spattered Carrie could take down Gravity this week. For the third week in a row the Alfonso Cuarón film took the top spot at the box office grossing $31 million. It looks like the only movie that can bring it down to Earth will be Thor: The Dark World on November 8th.

    The remake of the classic Stephen King novel and 1976 movie finished in third with $17 million ahead of all other new releases this week which included Escape Plan and The Fifth Estate.

    1. Gravity- $31.0 million/ $170.6 million

    2. Captain Phillips- $17.3/ $53.3

    3. Carrie- $17.0/ $17.0

    4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $10.1/ $93.1

    5. Escape Plan- $9.8/ $9.8

    6. Prisoners- $2.0/ $57.3

    7. Enough Said- $1.8/ $10.8

    8. The Fifth Estate- $1.7/ $1.7

    9. Runner Runner $1.6/ $17.5

    10. Insidious Chapter 2- $1.5/ $80.9

     

  • Hans Zimmer May Not Want To Do Batman VS. Superman. I Agree

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    Photo courtesy filmofilia.com

    Hans Zimmer has spent the last eight years crafting the cinematic music for the DC movie universe. He has handled every installment of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and this year’s Man of Steel. When it comes to 2015’s huge team-up film, the composer is not so sure he wants to return to the studio.

    “Honestly, I’m just sort of grappling with that right now. Quite seriously, the thought right now is that no, I don’t want to go and take what I did with Chris and just plonk it into another movie. There isn’t one good reason to do it, and there are so many good reasons not to do it.

    Zack hasn’t talked to me about it, so I don’t have to worry about it! I’ll worry about it when I have to worry about it, and then, if I’m lucky, I’ll have an idea. If I have an idea, I can do something with that, but if I don’t have an idea, then my good idea is going to be, ‘Get somebody else.’”

    Now first off, I loved Zimmer’s work on all four films. Yes, it can get a bit repetitive. The Dark Knight is by far the most complete soundtrack of the bunch but all four of them are instantly recognizable. His work on Man of Steel this year was especially commendable considering whoever does music for a Superman film is always living in the shadow of John Williams.

    That being said, I hope he does take a break and let someone else take a shot at it. There are many composers who could make this soundtrack memorable. First on my list would be Michael Giacchino. His work on 2009’s Star Trek and this year’s Star Trek Into Darkness were wonderful and for anyone who doubts him, just go and listen to the Up soundtrack for which he won an Oscar. I can still tear up to that music.

    There would be no problem going with someone unexpected also like Batman: Arkham City composer Nick Arundel who absolutely killed the music for that game.

    Whoever is hired they have a massive task ahead of them. They have to bring the sense of hope that Superman embodies as well as craft a new Batman theme that must accompany the most scrutinized actor to ever play the part.

    Who would you like to bring their talents to Batman vs. Superman?

  • Two New Ryse: Son Of Rome Trailers

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    Photo courtesy trueachievements.com

    Despite the internet jokes of QTE’s and middling press, Ryse: Son of Rome remains the next-gen launch title I am most excited for. Maybe it is my need for more Spartacus episodes but that ship has sailed.

    Here are two new trailers for Crytek’s [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link] launch title. One tells the story of Ryse’s protagonist Marius Titus and the second tells of the legend of Damocles. Both involve a lot of blood and revenge.

    [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTU74″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Ryse: Son of Rome[/amazon_link] releases on November 22nd.

    http://youtu.be/-5953m3GhQE