Despite being one of the most iconic superheroes in the sprawling DC Comics universe, Wonder Woman still hasn't received the same big-screen treatment as her male counterparts like Superman, Batman, Thor, and the Green Lantern.
Swords are great and games are great, so why don't two great things go great together? Video games let us hack 'n' slash, sure, but it's often ultra-basic or even clunky. Why are games so good at giving us realistic guns, but not realistic swords? Let's find out.
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, one of the most visually unique RPGs for the PS2, is out today on the Playstation 3. You can pick it up here on the Playstation Network Store.
Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn't a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has punched in at least once every twelve months. It's a bit of a surprise, then, that calendar year 2014 will come and go without a Need for Speed entry.
Jake "virt" Kaufman is taking genre mashup suggestions for his cool new game music series, Fusion Challenge. (Or he was, before hundreds of people threw down ideas.) He does a terrific, humorous job describing how it's all going to go down in this first episode, so watch the video if you can. I found it to be entertaining, anyway, and I'm betting you will too.
If for whatever reason you're pressed for time, skip to 3:15 for the debut Fusion Challenge song, "Might as Well Object," a blend of Phoenix Wright with some killer '80s synth rock.
It's also listenable for free on Soundcloud! Off to a great start.
It's not a huge discount, but 25 percent off the Killer Instinct Combo Breaker Pack is worth considering right now. That's $14.99 for the eight season-one characters, including Fulgore.
Other deals this week through May 12 for Xbox Live Gold members include Fable Anniversary ($29.99), Sacred Citadel ($2.49), Fez ($3.99), Transformers: War for Cybertron ($4.99), and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron ($14.99).
Never did finish High Moon Studios' Transformers games, but I feel like I should have.
This Week's Deals with Gold [Major Nelson]
There's a new PlayStation Vita handheld out today. It's called the Vita Slim, and while for the most part it's unchanged, it does improve on a number of small things compared with the original Vita. Though there is the issue of that new screen…
During its first quarter calendar 2014 financial results call, Activision announced that the beta for Bungie's sci-fi shooter Destiny will happen this July. Previously, the beta was scheduled for "summer," so maybe at E3 next month we'll have an exact date to go on.
The publisher also said that Destiny is tracking to have a record-breaking number of pre-orders for a new intellectual property, based on internal estimates. Gotta spend money to make money.
Carbine Studios is opening up beta access for its MMO WildStar this week. The open beta event kicks off Thursday and will extend to May 18. During that period, just head to the game's website and request a key, or if you're an existing beta player by way of a pre-order, simply make sure your WildStar client is patched and up to date during that time.
As part of the festivities, the level cap will be raised to 30, meaning players can reach Farside and play the tower defense-style Galeras Adventure. They'll also have the potential to earn two new abilities, an extra ability slot, and tier points for their character. 10 days should be time enough.
Carbine also has two livestreams planned: one at 11:00am Pacific on Thursday covering the state of WildStar, and another at 11:00am on Friday featuring a huge Q&A session.
Yesterday was the most surreal day of my life. We put our fates into the community's collective hands and you guys caught us. If you didn't see our Patreon, it's going well. Like better than we could have ever imagined. Seriously, I thought we might get $200. You guys have done eight times that amount in 24 hours. The support has been incredible.
But that's not all that this is about! Today we're celebrating all of our glorious PLAY-ASIA.COM shows with a double header. We're starting off with J-Stars on the usual channel, before we move over to the brand new channel (IT'S SHINY AND NEW) to play Galgun.
You read that right, we're playing Galgun again. I hope you're ready. The show starts at 2PM PDT on Dtoid.tv and 4PM PDT on PhilandSpencer. We hope to see you there.
