2K Sports will once again be putting on the MLB 2K Perfect Game Challenge, though the format has changed somewhat for MLB 2K13 . Starting on April 1, players can begin competing for a total of $750,000 spread across 30 MLB Team Leaderboard prize pools; that's $25,000 for the top player for each team.
From there, 2K Sports will put on a tournament in New York this July for the top four competitors, with the overall winner taking home $250,000. Perhaps not as great as the prior years' million-dollar prize, but hey, that's a nice chunk of change.
Although the indie PC game The Ship had a myriad of technical issues, the fact remains that it was still good fun with the right group of people.
As a whodunit experience, The Ship tasked players with avoiding one mystery killer -- like an interactive, third-person Clue.
Enter the crew from Criken's Quickies, who take The Ship to town, and highlighting some of the funnier aspects of the game, like the numerous glitches and goofy animations. Now I just want to go back and play!
Just after MAGFest ended last month, nerdcore rapper Mega Ran unloaded a new EP on the Destructoid doorsteps. A collection of tunes from games like Battletoads and Earthworm Jim with original lyrics added, Time and Space was the first installment of an initiative to release an EP every month in 2013 with material that fans suggested.
Every second Tuesday in the month, a fresh album will appear. But because you guys are so special, you'll be able to download them for free the day before on Dtoid's SoundCloud page. Second on deck is Time and Space: Eternalism , a four-track roundup that sources Super Mario RPG, Illusion of Gaia, and Beyond Good & Evil.
If you'd like to suggest a game for Ran to cover next, hit him up at megaranfans@gmail.com. If you want to donate, slide on down to his FundRazr page and fork over a couple of bucks. Bigger donations will obviously hold more weight when it comes time to picking new songs for the following month, but that shouldn't discourage you from making any ol' wild request.
Dead Space 3 has topped the charts and has become the biggest launch of the year so far, according to the latest all formats chart from GfK-ChartTrack. The third title’s first week sales are down 26.6% on Dead Space 2’s launch week, though. The Xbox 360 version accounted for 65% of the week-one sales, with PS3 representing 31% and PC just 4%.
Madden NFL 2013 is the second highest new entry this week, arriving at number 19. Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed returns to the top ten on the strength of the new 3DS version.
The GFK Chart-track top ten for the week ending February 9th is as follows. Week-on-week sales comparisons are in brackets:
1. Dead Space 3
2. FIFA 13 (-9%)
3. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 (-12%)
4. Far Cry 3 (+3)
5. Hitman: HD Trilogy (-30%)
6. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (-63%)
7. Need For Speed Most Wanted (-17%)
8. Just Dance 4 (-15%)
9. Hitman Absolution (-19%)
10. Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed (+50%)
Impossible Studios is to close as it “wasn’t working out” for owner Epic Games, according to a statement on Epic’s site.
Impossible was only formed last summer, when Epic stepped in to set up the studio made up of former Big Huge Games staffers. Epic says that the Impossible team has been given three months’ severance pay and is free to form a new company with the Impossible Studios name and logo.
“We’re closing Impossible Studios,” said Epic founder Tim Sweeney. “When former members of Big Huge Games approached Epic last year, we saw the opportunity to help a great group of people while putting them to work on a project that needed a team. It was a bold initiative and the Impossible folks made a gallant effort, but ultimately it wasn’t working out for Epic.”
“This means that Infinity Blade: Dungeons is now on hold as we figure out the future of the project.”
Dtoid contributor Ian Bonds released a sweet Dig Dug music video, but while I was watching, my mind wandered back to that Dig Dug comic done in the style of Chick tracts. From pop music parodies to Mormon propaganda, this modest 80s arcade game has certainly made the rounds!
This weekend, Sup, Holmes? welcomes back former Dtoider Matthew "Tristero" Walden, 'tis a sad time for bronies, games are apparently more dangerous than guns, Nintendo Force magazine subscriptions are live, and the Tamagotchis have returned.
Destructoid Originals:
Live show: A bug hunting Hangover
Sup Holmes talks TV and violence with Matthew Walden
Corgis cosplaying as your favorite videogame heroes
Community:
Community blogs of 2/9 & 2/10
Forum thread of the day: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Events:
Pokémon Black and White 2 getting hilarious event Pokémon
News:
My Little Pony 'Fighting is Magic' fan game has ceased
Yeah, boi! Nintendo Force subscriptions are live
EA: Dead Space 3 microtransaction workaround not a glitch
Poll: Violent videogames more dangerous than guns
Dreamfall Chapters appears on Kickstarter
Aban Hawkins and the 1,001 Spikes' level editor in action
More new sprites unveiled for Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Tamagotchi mounting a comeback on iOS and Android
Mew-Genics music reveals hints on the game's secrets
Help determine the buzzworthy tagline for Dark Souls 2
Strike Suit Zero Wii U 'not planned for' at the moment
Resident Evil: Revelations Wii U has Off-TV play
Offbeat:
Dig Dug parody video takes Ke$ha to the arcade
LEGO Rapture looks good enough to live in
Media:
Namco Bandai reveals first footage of latest Wii project
Watch the first gameplay footage of Wasteland 2
PSP RPG Sword Art Online looks surprisingly good
