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Time for a two-man show this time around. It was just Mom Brain stuck with me this time around, but we manage just fine. There was certainly plenty to talk about! Won't you join us for this more subdued show?



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We're going to have garden-themed nightmares thanks to this sound design-focused Alien: Isolation dev diary, which reveals that stomping on ripe vegetables sounds suspiciously similar to an alien sinking its teeth into people. And here we were just getting over our fear of asparagus. [Image: Sega]

- 31,258 copies sold in its first week on store shelves
- first LovePlus game sold 46,426 copies in its first week
- LovePlus+ sold 84,364 copies at launch
- New LovePlus sold 104,969 copies in its first week

Sony let us know last year that online play for the PS3's Resistance trilogy would end in early 2014, and a recent tweet from developer Insomniac Games has narrowed that ending date to April 8. Insomniac's post encourages fans to get online for the trilogy's final moments and "make some memories" with some of Insomniac's own employees.

In response to an inquiry about continuing online support for the Vita's Resistance: Burning Skies, Insomniac tweeted they're "not sure" about that game's potential loss of online play.

An optimist would take this as a significant withdrawal of the Chimera invasion, but with Sony's June 2012 statement that no Resistance games were in the works, it's a little sad to think we won't get another chance to fight back the invasive alien race. [Image: Insomniac Games]

Mitsuo Terada, also known Tsunku, has been diagnosed with Laryngeal cancer. This was announced on March 6th on the official website of the artist. Tsunku is a name you might know from the Rhythm Tengoku/Heaven series, as he has responsible for the music in those games. In the statement, he said that had something wrong with his left vocal cord for 7-8 years. It was causing issues with high pitches and it made his voice a bit huskier. He went in for an inspection in February and it was diagnosed as in being in early stages. He was surprised, but decided to accept it as a positive that he discovered it so early. Tsunku has been away for a while, because the treatment has been intense. He thanked the fans and assured them that he is mentally fit and ready. He plans to continue to work.

Source: Tsunku

Developer Three One Zero's first-person hardship simulator in space, Adrift, sounds less than forgiving. Unlike its protagonist however, Three One Zero will have company in the form of publisher 505 Games when Adrift launches into orbit in mid-2015, both on PC and to-be-determined consoles.

With no memory, a damaged suit and the surrounding clutter of a space station's remains, Adrift's protagonist doesn't have a ton of leisure time. In their push to fix an escape vehicle and return to Earth, players will guide their astronaut's gathering of resources and their search for clues to what caused the former shelter's demise. Players will also lead their character through the act of not dying in space.

Adrift will be Three One Zero's first title, a studio formed last September by Omar Aziz and Adam Orth. Previously a creative director at Microsoft's video game division, Orth's comments regarding always-online consoles sparked a strong backlash last year, leading to Microsoft apologizing for the "inappropriate comments." Reports of Orth's departure from Microsoft followed several days later. [Image: 505 Games]

Last week I asked you fine Photoshop people to take back the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Michael Bay. You've made this old and wizened anthropomorphic rat proud. Read more...

- over 150 stages
- 100 new stickers based on later era Famicom and Famicom Disk System titles
- Miiverse integration
- over 250 MB worth of content
- features games such as Super Mario Bros. 3, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, Kirby’s Adventure, Kid Icarus, Punch Out!! and more
- physical release of Famicom Remix 1 + 2 hits Japan on April 24 for 2,858 yen
- digital verion costs 1,429 yen

A portion of a TGPS interview with Prismatic...

TGPS: hat will happen to Hex Heroes if the Kickstarter fails?

P: If the Kickstarter doesn’t succeed, we’ll reach out to publishers. It must be made clear, however, that if we resort to publishers, our freedom over the project will diminish greatly, and the sense of community we’ve developed with our backers and the vision we have for the core game will greatly diminish.

Fan of games like the Skylanders series and Disney Infinity, but hoping for something a bit less cartoony? Or maybe you just really need some new 60mm scale figures for your tabletop warchest? Prodigy from Hanakai Studio might be able to help you out. The game, which combines small-form figures with an electronic board and PC, was successfully funded on Kickstarter today, reaching its $100,000 goal in fewer than three days.

Prodigy takes place in a darker world than similar games, and is squarely focused on turn-based squad battles. Players place the figure of their choice onto a grid-like surface, which registers the character and displays it onscreen. You attack by placing a card onto the surface, or combine cards for special attacks or abilities. A piercing attack, for example, is activated when a player lays down an Attack and Focus card. You can see the game in action by checking out the pitch video above, or checking out the Prodigy Kickstarter page.

Hanakai has not announced any stretch goals for the funding campaign, but there are still plenty of higher reward tiers available. Got a spare $5,000 lying around? You can design your own character to be placed into the game. For $10,000, you can design the character, help conceptualize its figure, and meet the development team in Paris. Ah, Paris. The city of Sorcerer Kings.

Prodigy is expected to finish development by the end of 2015. [Image: Hanakai Studio]

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Child of Light comes to PS3 and PS4 on April 30th in North America, and we’ve got a new interview with writer Jeffrey Yohalem. Plus: New releases for April 8th, 2014, South Park: Stick of Truth talk and much more.

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• Child of Light
• inFAMOUS Second Son
• Dark Souls II
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Diablo III
• Batman: Arkham City
• Persona 4
• Best Vita games

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There's a reason it takes a rare power-up to turn into a cat in the Mushroom Kingdom — they're just too powerful. While the plumber is away, Super Mario Cat saves the day. Read more...

Following a previous report that listed April 10 as RBI Baseball 14's opening day, an Xbox.com page has confirmed the series revival is up to bat on Xbox Live Arcade on April 9.

RBI Baseball 14 will channel the design elements of the previous RBI games, assigning players to one of three body types and limiting the input to two face buttons. The new season will include stops on the PS3, Xbox One, PS4, iOS and Android platforms.

MLB's Advanced Media division is developing and publishing RBI Baseball 14, but a price of admission to its ballpark has still not been revealed. The series debuted on the NES in 1986, but beyond RBI Baseball 14, its last outing was RBI Baseball 95 on the Sega 32x. [Image: MLB]

It's time to shut the door on the least memorable shooter franchise of the previous generation. Online services for Resistance: Fall of Man and its two sequels will cease functioning on April 8. Surely someone out there is sad? Read more...

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Accel Partners has invested $5 million into Alex Seropian's startup studio, Industrial Toys. Seropian previously co-founded Bungie, where he acted as President and CEO during the creation of Halo: Combat Evolved. His new game, Midnight Star, looks to be something of a spiritual successor to the Halo games; a sci-fi first-person shooter (with some familiar imagery, judging by screenshots) for tablets.

Accel has previously invested in studios like Rovio (Angry Birds) and Supercell (Clash of Clans). A representative of the company told GamesBeat that the investment was "about the game," and that "[Industrial Toys] have a vision and focus on quality. They made their first product on a scrappy budget, but it is going to be very polished."

Seropian also commented to GamesBeat, saying that it seems "obvious" that core gamers will migrate from consoles to mobile platforms. [Image: Industrial Toys]

Like most subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing games, The Elder Scrolls Online includes 30 day free game time with purchase, but in order to access that 30 free days, one first has to set up a subscription, and that's got some of the game's players in an uproar. Read more...

Who watches the Watch Dogs? You can, right now, when you pre-purchase the game on Steam. Those who put down their money in advance of Watch Dogs' May 27 release date will receive the Blume Agent Pack, which comes with the Blume Agent Outfit and Blume Weapon Effect, which reduces the recoil of weapons. You can also upgrade to the Deluxe Digital Edition and receive more bonus content, including extra missions, costumes and gameplay tweaks.

Curious to know if your modern-day computing machine can handle the near-future hacker tech of Aiden Pearce? The game's Steam page recommends an Intel Core i7-3770 processor running at 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 processor running at 4 GHz, 8 GB of RAM, an Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850 graphics card, and 25 GB of available hard drive space.

You can check out the Blume Agent Outfit above, or click through for an image of what comes in the Deluxe edition. [Image: Ubisoft]

Viscera Cleanup Detail is now on Steam Early Access, allowing intrepid would-be space janitors the chance to shine (and polish, and scrub, and mop). Being an Early Access game, it has its share of issues and warnings. Developer RuneStorm cautions potential buyers that the game has network troubles and that everything is subject to change, and no feature is safe from the chopping block.

If that doesn't scare you away however, you can buy Viscera Cleanup Detail for $7.99. RuneStorm notes that the price will increase down the road, so if you want to save some money and go for the metaphorical fixer-upper car over the shiny new one, Early Access may be for you.

It's true, nothing cleans up blood and viscera off your floors, walls and PC quite like steam. Erm, not that we would know, officers. [Image: RuneStorm]