BATMAN – The Telltale Series Continues This Month

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Pre-Release Crowd Play at PAX West on Saturday September 3rd

Today we can unveil the release date for BATMAN – The Telltale Series Episode 2: ‘Children of Arkham’.

The second of five episodes in the season, Episode 2: ‘Children of Arkham’ will be available digitally worldwide starting Tuesday September 20th on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4, and on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One®. Release dates for additional platforms will be announced later in September.

The series will also be available to purchase at retailers starting September 13th in North America as a special Season Pass Disc, which will include the first of five episodes in the season, and will grant access to the subsequent four episodes as they become available for download via online updates. The series will then be available to purchase at…

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Stop What You’re Doing – New XB1 Back Compat Games Today!!

YES

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For everyone who keeps saying the Xbox Backwards Compatibility never gets any good games available for it, today is your day.  Major Nelson has just informed us of a bunch of new games.  Here we go:

Blood Knights, Red Faction Battlegrounds & Joe Danger coming to Xbox One Back Compat today https://t.co/qPMRNrLoTQpic.twitter.com/yaInVToQHZ

— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) June 23, 2016

SWEET!!!   Joe Danger is now here!!  OK, fine.  You want bigger?  We got it:

Crystal Quest, Comic Jumper & I Am Alive are coming to Xbox One Back Compat today https://t.co/qPMRNrLoTQpic.twitter.com/0J9xqGtYGU

— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) June 23, 2016

BOOM!!!  Crystal Quest AND Comic Jumper.  Oh, AND I AM ALIVE!!  What?  You aren’t impressed?  I don’t know how you couldn’t be.  Crystal Quest is really fun and Comic Jumper is a colorful shoot-fest.  I haven’t played I Am Alive, but I hear it’s good.  Geez, you guys are really…

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Fallout 4’s Creation Kit (Mods) Now Available

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For those who have been waiting for the official Fallout 4 Creation Kit to become available on PC officially (it had been in beta for a little while), today’s the day you’ve been looking forward to.  You can now mod with the actual tools Bethesda used to create the best-selling game fans have been putting hundreds of hours in since November.  Here are the tweets that shared this news:

Make #Fallout4 yours. We’re excited for PC modders to take advantage of the in-game mod menu https://t.co/8aNZjbFrUypic.twitter.com/X9fxTMfsDf

— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) April 26, 2016

Another tweet gave a hint at consoles.

We’ve all been there…

The link in those tweets directs you here, with even more news.  More specifically, at least for us “lowly console peasants” in that we have a rough timeline for mods ourselves.  May for Xbox One (I’m guessing after Far Harbor) and June for PlayStation 4…

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Soda Drinker Pro Review (Xbox One)

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***VIDEO REVIEW COMING SOON***

I love soda.  Like, LOVE love soda.  True, I don’t drink anywhere near as much as I used to, but absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?  I think I heard that somewhere before.  Probably on a commercial, or a sky sign ad, or even a matchbox.  The point I’m trying to make is, I love the damn drink.  And since I don’t really imbibe much anymore, pretending to drink soda via Soda Drinker Pro on my favorite gaming console is sure to make me feel great.  Right?  RIGHT?!

Wrong.  As the original FPS (First Person Soda – self dubbed), it’s not easy to judge this on other  games available for your hard-earned cash.  Nothing close to really compare and contrast, anyway.  There’s just not much similar to use as a barometer.  Now, I said it wasn’t easy, not impossible.  Since we can’t really use…

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ICYMI: A Fallout 3 Stream Happened

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For those interested, you can find that stream either on our Twitch or our YouTube pages.  I’ll also link it below to watch here.  This stream will happen at least once a week, with the goal to be Sundays in late afternoon or early evening.  How long we go depends on the world around us.  If we get enough fever for it, I will look to up the schedule, but, I think once a week is fine for now.  Let us know what you think, good or bad in the comments down below.

“The beginning of our journey to the end of Fallout 3.  We start off in Vault 101 and end in Megaton.

I’m sorry, I had no idea my mic is apparently dying.  No one told me in the chat and we had plenty of people watching.  And they were responding to me, so…  I’ll fix that for…

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The Vertical Slice #34: Quantum Break and Gears of War and God of War. OH MY!!

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This week’s podcast is pretty great, if I do say so myself, which I do. Austin gets really deep into Quantum Break and is surprisingly interested in play Gears of War 4 this October.

Bringing on more surprises, Chris actually liked Octodad after playing it through a friend (wink, wink).

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a drink or twenty while we talk about video games and stuff.

Download this episode as an MP3 or find us on iTunes and SoundCloud.  Thanks!!

What are we playing?

Austin

• Mirror’s Edge

• Quantum Break

Chris

• R.B.I. Baseball 16

• Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey Remastered

• Octodad

• Among the Sleep

#SupportGoodGames

Child of Light

What’s important this week?

• Bethesda details its E3 2016 press conference
• Live action horror game The Bunker announced

• Outland and Gunstar Heroes join the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility program

• Rocket League: Collector’s Edition releases on July 5th

• Everyone can get in on…

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Cel Damage HD Review (Xbox One)

Is this re-release worth your time?

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***VIDEO REVIEW HERE***

Vehicular combat games are nothing new today, but they were all the rage in the days of the PlayStation 1 and 2, N64, GameCube, Dreamcast, and Xbox.  Cel shading was also starting to take its place in gaming around the turn of the century.  When these 2 things formed an alliance together, we were treated with Cel Damage in 2001.  This was a game that didn’t get the best critical acclaim (not these guys),  but under the right circumstances, could be just what you were looking for.  A game I owned on Xbox (at launch) and later down the line on GameCube to play with my cousins, where I’d destroy their young egos with cartoon-y mayhem.  Since those days of racing and destruction have been over, I’d unfortunately forgotten just about everything I knew about this game.  I guess I’ve played too many games and…

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2 New Games Added To Backwards Compatibility

Games With Gold for April “Big”?

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According to a tweet sent out yesterday by Microsoft, April’s Games With Gold may be the biggest/best one yet:

Three more games [M] are now free with #GamesWithGold. Next up: April blockbusters. https://t.co/EDydKzVyZXpic.twitter.com/CK07qHmKoA

— Xbox (@Xbox) March 16, 2016

The link just points to the Xbox site for Games With Gold, so we get no further hints there.  Now, obviously everything right now is just me (and the internet) speculating, but that has to be a good sign, right?  I think Microsoft did a great job with March’s releases, so to follow up on that with what they’re calling “blockbusters” has to be a good sign.  Right?  Here’s hoping they didn’t open up a can of rotting worms with this one.

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2 New Xbox One Controllers Revealed

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***A RUMORED 3RD CONTROLLER IS AT THE BOTTOM***

If you listen to our podcast (and you should, I am a *delight in every regard), you may remember I mentioned that there leaked a listing for 2 new controllers for the Xbox One, rumored for next month.  Well, that leak was taken down just a bit after I noticed it, during the show, in fact, but now, we have full confirmation.

The Dusk Shadow version will be exclusive to Best Buy, for the reason I am assuming being that it’s blue.

The Copper Shadow version will be exclusive to GameSop, for the reason I am assuming being that people seem to think GameStop is shit.  That is not my personal opinion, however.

Above you can see (and enlarge) all the current Special Edition controllers Microsoft has for sale at various retailers (I still wish they sold the sweet…

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