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Alan Wake series featured in Humble Weekly Sale

May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Downtrodden horror author Alan Wake stars in the latest Humble Weekly Sale, which offers up downloadable Windows versions of Remedy’s third-person shooter Alan Wake and its follow-up American Nightmare for a buyer-chosen price (minimum $ 1).

Bundle buyers will receive DRM-free downloads of Alan Wake: Collector’s Edition and Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, along with Steam keys for both games. The package features a bevy of bonus material, including digital comic books, a playthrough video, and standalone episodes of the Remedy-produced “Night Springs” fictional television series – new episodes of which Joystiq debuted last year.

Xbox Live hosts its own Alan Wake series sale this week. Through May 29, the Xbox 360 Games on Demand version of Alan Wake is priced at 400 Microsoft points ($ 5), while the Xbox Live Arcade follow-up American Nightmare is a dollar cheaper at 320 points. Alan Wake DLC and avatar items are also on sale through next week.

In the announcement video above, Remedy’s Sam Lake (who you might recognize as Max Payne’s face model) reveals that the Alan Wake series has sold over three million units to date, and addresses fan reaction to the company’s decision to develop the upcoming Xbox One-exclusive title Quantum Break, rather than an Alan Wake sequel.

“We definitely want to keep on working on Alan Wake,” Lake assures. “I definitely want to create something new for Alan Wake, when the time is right.”

JoystiqAlan Wake series featured in Humble Weekly Sale originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 May 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steam weekly: Rochard, Strike Suit Zero, Sleeping Dogs, Unreal deals

May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Steam weekly Sleeping Dogs, Rochard cheapskies

This week’s round of Steam weekly deals includes Sleeping Dogs for $ 12.50, Rochard for $ 2.50, Strike Suit Zero for $ 10, and the Unreal Deal Pack for $ 10. The Unreal Deal Pack includes Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition, Unreal Tournament 3 Black and Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition.

Other games on sale for up to 75 percent off this week are Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, Wasteland Angel, Lords of Football, Spectraball: Extended Edition and Steel Storm: Burning Retribution. In software (and Greenlight) titles, game design tool articy: draft SE is $ 67 during this week’s sale.

The weekly Steam sale ends on May 27 at 10 a.m. PT.

JoystiqSteam weekly: Rochard, Strike Suit Zero, Sleeping Dogs, Unreal deals originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PS Plus weekly: Pinball Arcade, Germinator available for free

May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
PS Plus weekly Pinball Arcade, Germinator available for free

Starting tomorrow, PlayStation Plus members in North America can download FarSight’s Cross-Buy pinball sim Pinball Arcade and Creat Studios’ PS Vita puzzler Germinator free of charge.

Pinball Arcade, regularly priced at $ 10, features the classic tables Tales of the Arabian Nights, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Theatre of Magic, and Black Hole. PlayStation Plus members will have access to both the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of the core four-table download, and 24 additional machines are available as paid DLC.

Vita owners also receive free access to Germinator, which originally premiered in March at $ 10. Similar in premise to Taito’s bubble-bursting puzzler Puzzle Bobble, Germinator challenges players to match like-colored germs, causing them to grow and eventually explode in a gooey mess.

Member-exclusive discounted items for this week include Metro: Last Light‘s season pass, the newly released Vita janitor sim Men’s Room Mayhem, and Capcom’s Darkstalkers Resurrection and Super Puzzle Fighter 2, along with a collection of DLC-bundled Ultimate Editions.

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is naming a new console

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

This time around on the Webcomic Wrapup, we’re trying to embrace the idea of a new console a little more than before. Considering Microsoft’s big Xbox reveal is mere days away, it seems like a good time to have fun playing Fantasy Hardware Manufacturer.

So, this week’s question is: If you were in charge of naming the console being unveiled on May 21, what would you call it? While you contemplate just how viable a system named “infinity” is, check out last week’s webcomics and vote for your favorites after the break!

Increasingly Damn Late (Penny Arcade)
Card Captor Engie (Nerf Now)
A Berry Important Job (Awkward Zombie)
Nailed It (The Gamercat)
Why it won’t be called Xbox Infinity (Another Videogame Webcomic)
The Sims Career Ladder (Dorkly)
Sonic Shredder (Angimoto)
Leave It to Weegee (Life in Aggro)

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JoystiqWeekly Webcomic Wrapup is naming a new console originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steam weekly deals: Hitman: Absolution, Hydrophobia, Anodyne

May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Steam weekly deals Hitman Absolution, Hydrophobia, more

This week on Steam, Agent 47 takes more than a few lives – he knocks 50 percent off the price of Hitman: Absolution, bringing it down to $ 12.50. Also on sale for up to 75 percent off on Steam is the moody, 16-bit adventure Anodyne, Dark Energy Digital’s Hydrophobia: Prophecy, 2002 strategy game Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales, Postal 2 Complete (again) and puzzler Critical Mass.

The sale ends on May 20 at 10 a.m. PT, even though Valve’s weekly news post still says “May 6th.” Shh – nobody tell Valve and let’s see how long before someone on the team notices.

JoystiqSteam weekly deals: Hitman: Absolution, Hydrophobia, Anodyne originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 13 May 2013 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PS Plus weekly: Knytt Underground free, Metro: Last Light on sale

May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
PlayStation Plus gets free Knytt Underground, discounted Metro Last Light

This week, PlayStation Plus members in North America can snag a free copy of Knytt Underground, along with a sizable discount for Metro: Last Light.

Knytt Underground, normally priced at $ 15, is an exploration-based 2D platformer in which players solve environmental puzzles by swapping between their default humanoid form and a bouncy “ball” shape that can access hard-to-reach areas. Knytt Underground is available as a Cross-Buy title, and is playable on both the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita.

4A Games’ first-person shooter Metro: Last Light, due for release tomorrow, is available to PlayStation Plus members for $ 48, or $ 12 off of its retail price. Codemasters’ motorsports title GRID 2 also gets a discount ahead of its launch later this month, and PlayStation Plus members can pre-order it this week for $ 54.

Other free titles coming to PlayStation Plus this month include Pinball Arcade, Germinator, and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend.

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup loves BBQ wings

May 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

We need to settle something, Wrapup readers. See, BBQ wings are amazing, right? Whether you’re a huge fan of “my face is on fire” levels of heat or you just like a more mild, sweet BBQ sauce, as long as you’re a meat-eater, you probably like wings. Wings are great.

Still, there are two groups of people that don’t always mix: Those that prefer boneless wings and those that prefer wings with bones. We’re not picky, we’ll eat both, but let’s just say that if a genie were to grant us a lifetime supply of boneless wings at the cost of eradicating wings that have bones for the rest of the world forever, we’d push that big red button in a heartbeat. This week’s question: If you eat wings, do you prefer boneless or regular wings? While your stomach churns at the thought of a plateful of delicious finger food, check out last week’s webcomics and vote for your favorite after the break!

The Young (Penny Arcade)
The Squeaky Wheel (Brawl in the Family)
Egg Roll (Awkward Zombie)
On the edge (Corpse Run)
True To Yourself (ReadySoup)
Exclusive (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

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JoystiqWeekly Webcomic Wrapup loves BBQ wings originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 11 May 2013 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Valve weekly deals: The Bridge, Special Forces: Team X, more

May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Valve weekly deals The Bridge, other stuff

Today through May 13 at 10 a.m. PT, grab the following games for up to 75 percent off their standard asking prices: Avencast: Rise of the Mage, Ankh: Heart of Osiris, Ankh: Battle of the Gods, Jack Keane, Trainz Simulator 12, The Bridge, Blue Toad Murder Files and Special Forces: Team X.

We’re particularly tickled to see The Bridge, an indie puzzler with M.C. Escher twists (literally) on this list, available for 33 percent off, or $ 10. Special Forces: Team X is also notable this week for its permanent price drop to $ 10 following this sale, which puts the game at $ 5 – that’s a 67 percent discount from its current price of $ 15. But don’t worry about the math and take a look at the Steam sale games right here.

JoystiqValve weekly deals: The Bridge, Special Forces: Team X, more originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 May 2013 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is totally illogical

May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Recent Nerd Rage and Corpse Run comics brought up an interesting point about flawed logic in video games. There are some games that force you to accept their odd premises in order to forge ahead in their stories. In the case of these comics, not being able to combine items to solve puzzles in Zelda or using the work of young adventurers as the basis of a Pokemon professor’s research seems questionable to their respective artists.

However, many of these games don’t give us much of an opportunity to question their flaws; we just have to accept that these details don’t always add up for the sake of the story as a whole. So, this week’s question is: What are some of your favorite examples of flawed logic in games? While you ponder the more confusing aspects of gaming, be sure to check out last week’s webcomics and vote for your favorite after the break!

Warning Shmorning (The Gamercat)
Thwarp (Brawl in the Family)
Street Fighter 2 (Blow the Cartridge)
Kenshiro (Manly Guys Doing Manly Things)
Worth his salt (As You’re Up)
Citation Needed (Nerd Rage)
Ingenuity (Corpse Run)
Professor Layton (Angimoto)

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup would eat a whole chicken off the ground

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The Wrapup has been host to discussions on food before. None of us are hungry for burritos or frozen pizza today, right? Of course not!

Look, friends, we’re pretty hungry right now. So hungry we could eat an entire chicken right off the ground, Mike Haggar-style. Speaking of our favorite Final Fight character, did anyone else find it odd when classic brawlers from games of old wouldn’t think twice to eat the food they found on the ground?

Right now, it actually seems appealing, which should say something about how much we’ve had to eat today. While we walk to our kitchens to open our cupboards and stare at all the food we don’t want to eat for the next hour, check out last week’s webcomics and vote for your favorite after the break!

Oculus Loop (Virtual Shackles)
Link on the Wall (Brawl in the Family)
Microsoft’s New Strategy (Dorkly)
Seems Fishy (Rare Candy Treatment)
More like Dad Space (Twitter: The Comic)
Bush League (ReadySoup)

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