News:: That ludicrous Shaq Fu sequel is coming to Switch

Its been so long since we've heard anything about Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn that I honestly forgot it was in development. The game barely squeaked by on its Indiegogo campaign in 2014 and was officially announced at The Game Awards in 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Wii U. While there isn't an outright confirmation that the Wii U port has been cancelled (although, let's face it), the game will be making its way to Switch.

Saber Interactive (the developer behind the game) CEO Matthew Karch confirmed this news to Nintendo Everything along with telling them that the Switch will be receiving, "a new motocross title," from them. They also are working on some cooperative shooter that is claimed to be, "perfect for the platform." Nothing further was mentioned, although Nintendo Everything will be posting their full interview with the studio sometime in the near future, so maybe we'll actually get to see some new gameplay.

Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn lives, coming to Switch along with other Saber Interactive games [Nintendo Everything]

 

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News:: Hideo Kojima on his cinematic influences, 'Death Stranding' and VR

If you're starting a new gaming festival, having Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima aboard is a good way to prove you mean business. That was the case for the inaugural Tribeca Games Festival, which featured Kojima in a keynote conversation tonight with Geoff Keighley, producer of The Game Awards. The wide-ranging chat covered Kojima's cinematic influences -- of which there were many -- and his progress on Death Stranding, his long-awaited upcoming project.

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News:: These weekend game deals are Prey-ing on your wallet

Fan of futuristic horror FPS? Bethesda thinks it's time for another with next Friday's release ofPrey. One of the best price on PC is 20% off at GMG after logging in or creating an account. Xbox One and PS4 gamers are also 20% off if you're a paid member of Best Buy's Gamers Club Unlocked program - in addition Best Buy is also tossing in a SteelBook case bonus for those who pre-order a copy of Prey.

On Thursday Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III graced its presence on Steam for $59.99. If the price looks a bit steep, you can still play over the weekend with a discount. GMG is showing a 25% price drop to $44.99 as a launch week discount. Those fifteen bucks in savings gets you a solid trip for two to Starbucks, baby.

Another recent release getting a good deal over the weekend is Mass Effect: Andromeda. The Xbox One and PS4 console versions are 33% off dropping to $39.99 for the first time ever over at GameStop. If you prefer a different retailer, Best Buy should follow suit with a similar discount starting Sunday tomorrow. On PC, the discount isn't as high as what we've reported in the past, but there is still a 23% off offer available for the Origin copy of Mass Effect: Andromeda over at DLGamer for $45.99.

Finally, further down the list we're spotting some first few discount on Nintendo Switch titles, with Newegg offering a $5 discount on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Bomberman R. It's not a big discount, but its about what we're expecting for Nintendo platform deals.

Top Weekend Deals

Games

• Prey (Steam) — $47.99  (list price $60)
• Prey + SteelBook Cover (Xbox One, PS4 - Requires GCU) — $47.99  (list price $60)
• Prey Demo (PS4, Xbox One) — FREE <- missing in action, PC port demo -_-
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Steam) — $44.99  (list price $60)
• Mass Effect Andromeda (Origin) — $45.99  (list price $60)
• Mass Effect Andromeda Deluxe Edition (PS4, Xbox One) — $49.99  (list price $70)
• Mass Effect Andromeda (PS4, Xbox One) — $39.99  (list price $60)

Hardware

• PlayStation 4 Slim Uncharted 4 500GB — $219.99  (list price $300)
• AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor — $219.99  (list price $280)
• AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Four-Core Processor — $159.99  (list price $190)
• Xbox Live Gold 12 Month Membership — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Xbox One Play and Charge Kit — $11.99  (list price $25)

 

Recent Releases

• 04/28: Little Nightmares + Inside (DRM-Free) — $19.99  (list price $20)
• 04/28: 2K Bundle (Steam) — $18.69  (list price $110)
• 04/28: Little Nightmares (Xbox One Download Code) — $18.49  (list price $20)
• 04/27: Expeditions: Viking (Steam) — $21.59  (list price $30)
• 04/26: PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB Console — $299.99
• 04/25: Dragon Quest Heroes II (Steam) — $46.79  (list price $60)
• 04/25: Outlast 2 (DRM-Free) — $29.99  (list price $30)
• 04/25: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 + Season Pass (Steam) — $39.99  (list price $50)
• 04/25: Batman: Arkham VR (Steam) — $15.39  (list price $20)
• 04/20: Syberia 3 (Steam) — $31.99  (list price $40)
• 04/18: Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom (Steam) — $24.79  (list price $30)
• 04/11: Bayonetta (Steam) — $16.59  (list price $20)
• 04/11: Yooka-Laylee (Steam) — $30.79  (list price $40)
• 04/07: Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (Steam) — $37.49  (list price $50)

Upcoming Releases

• 05/09: Strafe (Steam) — $15.97  (list price $20)
• 05/23: Mirage: Arcane Warfare (Steam) — $25.57  (list price $30)
• 05/23: Steel Division: Normandy 44 (Steam) — $33.29  (list price $40)
• 06/06: The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — $50.99  (list price $60)
• 08/22: Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Steam) — $46.19  (list price $60)
• Q2 2017: Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Deluxe (Steam) — $19.29  (list price $30)

PC Game Deals

• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Digital Deluxe (Steam) — $59.99  (list price $80)
• NieR: Automata (Steam) — $49.29  (list price $60)
• Torment: Tides of Numenera (Steam) — $27.49  (list price $50)
• Doom (Steam) — $16.99  (list price $60)
• Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition (Steam) — $13.60  (list price $40)
• Mirror's Edge Catalyst (Origin) — $12.80  (list price $60)
• 99 Spirits: Complete Collection (Steam) — $12.60  (list price $28)
• Stronghold Crusader 2 (DRM-Free) — $12.49  (list price $50)
• Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam) — $6.80  (list price $20)
• War of the Human Tanks - Limited Operations (Steam) — $6.74  (list price $10)
• The Last Federation Collection (DRM-Free) — $4.99  (list price $25)
• Pure VR Bundle (Steam) — $4.99  (list price $72)
• War of the Human Tanks: ALTeR (Steam) — $4.68  (list price $13)
• 200% Mixed Juice! (Steam) — $4.57  (list price $7)
• 99 Spirits (Steam) — $4.50  (list price $10)
• Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY (Steam) — $4.25  (list price $20)
• Batman Arkham City GOTY Edition (Steam) — $4.25  (list price $20)
• Batman Arkham Origins (Steam) — $4.25  (list price $20)
• Outlast (DRM-Free) — $3.99  (list price $20)
• 100% Orange Juice (Steam) — $1.57  (list price $7)

Console Game Deals

• Madden NFL 17 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3) — $19.99  (list price $60)
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (Xbox One, PS4) — $9.99  (list price $30)

PS4

• Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator (PS4) — $12.46  (list price $60)
• Dark Souls III: Transitory Lands Theme (PS4) — FREE

Xbox One

• ReCore (Xbox One) — $15.08  (list price $40)
• Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 (Xbox One) — $14.99  (list price $40)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Xbox One) — $13.06  (list price $60)
• Lara Croft and The Temple of Osiris (Xbox One Download) — $6.60  (list price $20)
• Metro 2033 Redux (Xbox One Download) — $6.60  (list price $25)
• Thief (Xbox One Download) — $6.60  (list price $20)
• Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Season Pass (Xbox One Download) — FREE

Wii U

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) — $49.99  (list price $60)
• Bayonetta 2 (Wii U) — $24.97  (list price $30)

Nintendo Deals

• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con - Gray (Nintendo Switch) — $64.98  (list price $80)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) — $54.99  (list price $60)
• Super Bomberman R (Nintendo Switch) — $42.99  (list price $50)
• Pokemon Moon (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Pokemon Sun (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)

Laptop Deals

• Lenovo Legion Y520 80WK001KUS Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD + 256GB SSD — $1,119.99  (list price $1,250)
• Lenovo Legion Y520 80WK001LUS Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $849  (list price $920)
• Dell Inspiron 5000 Gaming Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM — $831.99  (list price $950)
• Lenovo Ideapad 700 80RU00CXUS Core i5-6300HQ, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, GeForce GTX 950 — $694  (list price $900)

HDTV Deals

• Sony 49" 4K 120Hz Smart TV + $250 eGift Card — $1,098  (list price $1,498)
• Sony 55" 4K Smart TV — $769  (list price $1,200)
• LG 55" 1080p Smart LED HDTV + $150 eGift Card — $497  (list price $697)
• Vizio 50" 4K Smart TV (Refurbished) — $299.99  (list price $460)
• Vizio 24" 1080p Smart HDTV + $75 eGift Card — $139.99  (list price $170)
• Samsung 24" LED HDTV (Refurbished) — $79.88  (list price $130)

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News:: Rumor: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is getting a 3DS rerelease

With the recent announcement of the New 2DS XL, Nintendo is doubling down on its commitment to its family of handhelds for the foreseeable future. In its sixth year on the market, there is a bevy of really good looking games coming out for 3DS line over the next few months, including some we'll get our first look at this E3. Nintendo isn't saying anything yet about these unknown games, but hackers be hacking.

Pokémon dataminer @SciresM recently posted two alleged eShop listings, one for Ever Oasis (which I can't wait to play) and the other for the yet-to-be-announced Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga DX.

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News:: Recommended Reading: The genetics of better beer

You Want Better Beer?
Good. Here's a Better
Barley Genome
Adam Rogers,
Wired

The beer industry certainly isn't hurting for money these days, but a group of scientists are trying to figure out how to make the beverage even better. They're doing so by breaking down the genome of barley, a key ingredient in the brewing process that that turns starch into sugar for yeast to transform into alcohol during fermentation. Wired has the story of how the geneticists could be on the way to improving suds for all of us to enjoy.

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News:: Buy a Nintendo 64 Mini for less than $64

Having trouble tracking down a Nintendo Mini, or can't wait for the inevitable Super Nintendo Mini? How about building your own PlayStation Mini? It's tempting for the bragging rights alone, and some are on sale from $19 plus the cost of the Pi and controller. Just search for "raspberry pi case" on Etsy or Ebay and you'll find a ton of kits that you can easily assemble yourself. If you have access to a 3D printer you can also download and print your own for free or make a very convincing one out of LEGO bricks. I like this one but there's a Nintendo 64 kit that really takes the cake.

The idea of an HDMI port directly on an N64 gives me such a nerd boner:

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News:: PREPARE TO FRIENDSHIP: Dtoid's Master Gaming Contact List

_{[After a break for personal reasons, the List is back to updating! With Heroes of the Storm giving away so much free stuff, now's a great time to get all those Battle.net ID's added to your friends list. I, for one, definitely need some people to carry my worthless behind through some matches. The List will be updated into perpetuity -Panda]}

Good morning/afteroon/tomorrow, my friends/robots/Gardevoir

It has been made aware to me that, just perhaps, you all enjoy video games. It might even be said that you... like to game with others? Now now, don't be that way, I don't mean to lump you into some sort of box. You're all just such lovely folks, it pains me to watch you, struggling in vain to connect with each other, striving to engage in...

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News:: The Morning After: Weekend Edition

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Life imitating art imitating...life? Netflix's series about prison is involved in an actual crime, and Elon Musk is going back into the tunnels. We'll explain.

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