(Updated - July 21)Steam Summer Sale starts now!
It's happening again, the Steam Summer Sale has begun. just when you thought your done buying, this shows up. Just like the holiday sale last year, games will be going on sale for more than 50% off and will have a new batch of games on sale every day until July 22. Here's the latest list of games on sale.
Today's Deals(July 21)
- Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad - $4.99 (75% off)
- Crysis 2 - $11.99 (75% off)
- Indie Bundle 9 - $9.99 (75% off)
- Driver: San Francisco - $7.49 (75% off)
- Dungeon Defenders - $3.74 (75% off)
- Magicka $2.49 (75% off)
- Fear 3 $4.99 (75% off)
- Civilization V - $7.49 (75% off)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - $7.49 (75% off)
Pack Deals
- Star Wars: Collection -$49.99 ( 50% off)
- Pop Cap Collection - $49.99 (50% off)
- Ubisoft Collection - $49.99 (50% off)
- Telltale Games collection - $49.99 (50% off)
- Id Collection - $49.99 (50% off)
- SEGA Hit Collection - $49.99 (88% 0ff)
- Paradox Collection - $49.99 (82% off)
- Rockstar Hit Collection - $49.99 (58% off)
- Valve Complete Pack - $49.99 (50% off)
- THQ Collection - $49.99 (84% off)
- Nordic games Collection - $49.99 (59% off)
- Cyan Complete Pack - $14.99 ( 50% off)
- Sqaure Enix Collection - $49.99 (79% off)
- 2k games Collection - $49.99 (77% off)
- Focus Hit Collection - $49.99 (82% off)
- MumboJumbo Collection - $34.99 (56% off)
- Bethesda Collection - $ 49.99 (72% off)
- 1C Collection - $49.99 (85% off)
- Railworks 3 Collection - $49.99 ( 79% off)
- Kalypso Colection - $49.99 (50% off)
- Strategy First Collection - $49.99 (50% off)
- Activision - $49.99 (77% off)
Steam is doing something new this time. Every eight hours, Steam gives us three games we wish to get a discount, the game with the highest votes gets featured with a discount. The featured item will last until another game has been picked to be featured for the next eight hours. So I suggest you put Steam as your home page for the week.
Head over to the Steam Store now to start spending all the money you have saved up. I already spent $5.99 on Legend of Grimrock, I didn't even think about it, I just got it when I saw the price.
I will try to keep this page updated as possible when Steam sets a new list of items on sale.
[Source: Steam]
Borderlands 2 and it's awesome new trailer
If I had to pick one game that I want right now(Besides Guild Wars 2) it would be Borderlands 2 in a heart beat. Gearbox Software just released a new action-packed trailer that perfectly shows the game's humor and carnage all at the same time.
Such an awesome reminder that this game is only a few months away. The video showed a couple of new faces and an old face that someone got wings?
Borderlands 2 hits stores on September 18 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
More Mass Effect 3 DLC on the way
After giving fans closure in the Extended Cut DLC, Bioware still has plans for Mass Effect 3. Next DLC will again be free and the content will be for multiplayer. Earth is the name of the DLC and will include the usual - New maps, new guns, characers, and a Platinum Mode if you consider Gold too easy at this point.
Bioware is dumping tons of support for Mass Effect 3. I'm surprised with how many free DLC's they're throwing at us. Sure it's mostly for multiplayer, but it's still free content nonetheless.
Earth will include three guns - Piranha assault shotgun, Acolyte pistol, and Typhoon assault rifle. The six new characters will also include new abilities and melee attacks that I wish were in the single player campaign.
Engineer class: N7 Demolisher
Abilities: Homing Grenade, Arc Grenade, Supply Pylon Description: The Demolisher uses grenades to attack at range and to terrorize the battlefield. Demolishers can also create a supply pylon that stocks allies with an unending reserve of grenades and thermal reloads.
Sentinel class: N7 Paladin Abilities: Snap Freeze, Incinerate, Energy Drain Description: The Paladin carries a powerful omni-shield onto the battlefield to block enemy fire. The Paladin also uses the shield as a heavy-melee weapon that, when modified with incendiary or cryo upgrades, creates a devastating combination attack.
Infiltrator class: N7 Shadow Abilities: Tactical Cloak, Shadow Strike, Electric Slash Description: Shadow infiltrators use implants to dramatically improve agility, making them slippery combatants on the battlefield. Their monomolecular blades are a menace from cover and close range.
Vanguard class: N7 Slayer Abilities: Phase Disruptor, Biotic Charge, Biotic Slash Description: Slayers use implants to dramatically improve mobility. Their dizzying sword attacks can hit multiple opponents, and the Slayer’s ability to slip fire makes them hard to pin down on the battielfield.
Adept class: N7 Fury Abilities: Throw, Annihilation Field, Dark Channel Description: Fury operatives use implants to fuel biotics and their incredible movement speed. These operatives wind an unpredictable path on the battlefield, moving in and out of combat before returning to unleash a sweeping biotic attack on their unsuspecting targets.
Soldier class: N7 Destroyer Abilities: Multi-Frag Grenade, Missile Launcher, Devastator Mode, T5-V Battlesuit Description: The Destroyer’s T5-V Battlesuit gives these strong-but-slow soldiers mech-like protection. Driven by eezo-assisted actuators, these frontline troopers carry heavy weapons onto the battlefield.
And best of all, new maps to play in - Vancouver, Rio, and London. More maps equals Longer lifespan. Especially when it's all free.
I stopped playing ME3 multiplayer 2 DLC's ago. Maybe it's about time I revisit when this hits. Curious on how platinum goes, Gold is damn hard as it is.
You can start downloading the Earth DLC on July 17 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
[Source: PC Gamer, Official Bioware Blog
Ouya - a new Android based home console
What if I told you that there exists a home console powered by an OS that is used mostly on smart phones and tablets? Sounds weird enough as it is. But what if I told you that it is also legitimately hackable?
A new home console called Ouya has just been announced called Ouya. It is based on the Android OS, is worth $99 (USD) and is an open/hackable console. Surely enough this sounds very unique and very different. The fact that it's 'open' brings up a lot of possibilities, not just limited to game but with apps and such. Games will be free early on with microtransactions and monetizations being handled by the developers themselves later on. The controller looks like it takes inspiration from both the PS3 and Xbox360 controllers as well as the WiiU. With the standard 4 face buttons, D-pad, and dual-analog sticks as well a 3.5 to 4-inch touch screen.
Specs for the Ouya console are as follows: Tegra 3 Quad Core Processor 1GB of RAM 8GB of internal flash storage HDMI port (supports up to 1080p) Built-in WiFi Bluetooth LE 4.0 USB 2.0 port
This bizarre but awesome sounding console will become a reality if it's kickstarter project reaches $950,000 (USD) goal by August 9th of this year (08/09/2012). There are already a few developers onboard such as Canabalt's Alex Saltsman and Minecraft's Mojang.
You can pledge a minimum of $1 and there are exclusive rewards if you pledge a higher amount, all of which are on the kickstarter page for Ouya. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console
As of the writing of this post, there are 7,675 backers for this kickstarter with a total pledge of $954,940 (USD).
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Injustice gameplay shown during Evo 2012
During Evo 2012, NetherRealm Studios(Mortal Kombat 9) presented their new game Injustice: Gods Among Us to the Fighting Game Community with 15 minutes of gameplay. They showcased how each stage in the game will have multiple levels, destructible environments, and objects that players can use to inflict damage. Aside from that, the game looks and feels a lot like Mortal Kombat with DC characters, which is not a bad thing at all.
Funny how when I first saw this game my first thought was Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. DC fighting games got bad rep thanks to that game, but it looks like Injustice is coming to change that.
It still looks like a cool game to play with friends and the visuals look amazing for a fighting game. NetherRealms did a great job with the latest Mortal Kombat so I'm anxious to see if they can bring yet another great fighting game to the table. The whole destructible environments and multiple stages are appealing but it could be ignored in the end. It could come out as a waste of time to interact with these objects.
Injustice: Gods Among Us comes out next year for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.
Oh and just in case you missed it...
[Credit: IGN, InjusticeGame]