By Anonymous on Apr 07, 2015 12:23 am
 Today's best deal comes from Amazon and Walmart, both of which are offering Super Smash Bros. for Wii U for $45. Groupon has manufacturer-refurbished PS4s for $330. If you'd prefer to buy from Rakuten, you can get a refurbished PS4 for $347. Best Buy is offering an Xbox One controller for $10 with the purchase of the $350 Master Chief Collection bundle. The store will also take $20 off the price of a one-year Xbox Live Gold membership when you buy any Xbox 360 or Xbox One. Dell continues to give a $25 gift card with the preorder of Mortal Kombat X on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. Below you'll find the rest of today's best deals divided by platform: PlayStation 4Walmart has the Last of Us Remastered PS4 bundle for $439 with a bonus controller of your choice. The fifth week of Sony's Spring Fever event began last week, and it's a Batman/DC-centric one. PlayStation Plus members can get the Ultimate Edition of Batman: Arkham City for $8.50, Batman: Arkham Asylum for $5, and more. You can find the full lineup of the PSN games included in Spring Fever here. Other PS4 game deals: PlayStation Plus' free games for March include Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty on PS4, CounterSpy on PS3, and OlliOlli 2 on Vita and PS4. April's games, which were recently announced, will replace them tomorrow. Xbox OneWalmart has the Xbox One Master Chief Collection bundle with an extra controller for $389. Target is taking 10% off all Xbox One consoles with Target Cartwheel (the store's mobile coupon app). Best Buy is offering a free, no-contract AT&T Lumia 635 with the purchase of the $350 Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle. Get $50 in Xbox gift cards for $45 at Best Buy. Forza Horizon 2's Fast & Furious spinoff is available now for free until April 10. Microsoft's newest Deals With Gold promotion is nearing its end. Xbox Live Gold members with an Xbox One can get Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition for $30, Dragon Age: Inquisition's Deluxe Edition for $35, or Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare for $13.20. Find the full list of this week's deals here. Other Xbox One game deals: The free Games with Gold titles for April are available now and include Child of Light on Xbox One and Gears of War: Judgment on Xbox 360. 360 owners will be getting twice as many games as usual this month, with a total of four on the way. Wii UIf you don't mind a refurbished system, Nintendo's online store has a Wii U bundle with Nintendo Land for $200, or Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World for $225. 3DSWalmart is offering a New 3DS XL bundle with Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and your choice of select Amiibo figurines for $220. Alternatively, the retailer has a New 3DS XL bundle with your choice of select games for $219. Eligible games include Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Code Name: Steam, and quite a few more. Get Pokemon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire and your choice of Groudon or Kyogre collectible figurine for $31 at Walmart. PCHumble Indie Bundle 14 is now available, and offers select games (including Pixel Piracy) at any price. Pay $10 or more, and you'll get several more games, including Outlast, Torchlight II, and Shadow Warrior. Origin's spring sale has some good prices, including Dragon Age: Inquisition for $30, The Sims 4 for $30, and Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection for $10. Blizzard's online store is offering World of Warcraft for $10, and the Warlords of Draenor expansion for $37.49. To celebrate Easter yesterday, Green Man Gaming has eight different seven-game bundles for $1 each. Green Man Gaming is currently offering discounts on orders for some of the year's biggest releases. You can get Grand Theft Auto V for $46.79, Batman: Arkham Knight for $43.79, Battlefield Hardline for $50, Magicka 2 for $11.24, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for $46.79, or Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward for $30. You can find all the discounts in Green Man Gaming's VIP page, for which you can sign up for free. You can get 22 percent off at Green Man Gaming with the code: SAVE22-OVERHO-LIDAYS The original Syndicate is free on Origin. Other PC game deals: PS VitaAmazon is selling the Wi-Fi version of PlayStation Vita for $170. HardwareDell is offering the Alienware Alpha for $430 with this promo code: CZVNPH5T$PR2F$ Amazon prices are accurate as of publishing, but can fluctuate occasionally throughout the day. GameSpot's gaming deals posts always highlight the best deals we can find regardless of retailer. We also occasionally use retailer affiliate links, which means that purchasing goods through those links helps support all the great content (including the deals posts) you find for free here on the site.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 11:39 pm
Etrian Mystery Dungeon can leave you bullied and brokenhearted. Picture this: after descending dozens of floors and cutting down swathes of virulent enemies, you step on a trap that fills the room with enough feral boars and sharp-toothed wildcats to take out an army. You're ill-prepared, having already exhausted most of your recovery items, so down goes your only medic. You're fresh out of the nectar and Yggdrasil leaves that had kept you on your feet, and somehow you forgot to bring along an escape item to pull you out of this mess. You continually swing your sword, but even the sharpest steel can't cut through such numbers. With a meaty thud, you drop, and away goes the gold, equipment, and items that once stood as trophies of your labor. Within the dungeons, the lows are quite low; no one wants to watch progress vanish into the ether. But surprisingly, the highs manage to outstrip them. Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a punishing RPG that forces you to think before you dungeon crawl, as the penalties for falling in battle or failing to protect your home base can turn your stomach. But once you fully grasp the game's unique loot loop and begin to enter each area with a purpose, the sense of progression is almost too sweet to spurn. With endless customization options and a rich series of quests and randomly generated locations, this sprawling 3DS treat can devour your free time before you even feel the prick of its teeth.  You live and die by the dungeon, and there are many to explore. Aslarga--a picturesque town peppered with locations to dine, shop, and report quests--is your base of operations. Splintering off of this hub are dungeonous arteries rich with monsters and loot, and unique in shape and content from dive to dive. Each dungeon's structure is random and unpredictable, but what's certain is the brute sitting at the final floor, waiting to test the skills and equipment you've gathered within the previous locations. Downing the foe unlocks the next story beat, but putting up your blinders and ignoring the action from floor to floor for an early date with a boss isn't just foolish--it's suicide. It can be tempting to rush ahead, but the items and levels gained from scouring the different floors are invaluable, and I often found myself doing multiple runs of previous dungeons before even considering attempting a major battle. So you toil away, digging up materials to sell and armaments to wield. Each step you take reveals a bit more of your current floor's layout, as well as acting as a turn, of sorts. Your steps correspond with those of the monsters inhabiting space in any section of the floor, so when you move, they move. You can position yourself parallel to a creature and bash away at its noggin until it drops, but the hearty suite of unique classes encourages more nuanced, turn-based combat. It's vital to bring along medics, gunmen, and members of your guild who make use of assorted means of attack in order to reach the bottom floor, and taking control of these new tacticians keeps the action varied.  Party makeup is critical, but without a solid set of skills, you won't get much done. Each level gained leads to a new skill point, and these can be used to unlock pinpoint sniper shots, a party-wide heal, or even a taunt that draws all enemy attention to a specific ally. Each of the available classes has a deep pool of talents, and every talent's potency can be bolstered with the application of additional points. Thankfully, shared experience--even with guild members absent from the dungeon--allows you to experiment with different combat dynamics. This makes what could have been a painfully tedious system easily manageable. Even if you never use that ninja you recruited early in the game, simply having her wait in the wings allows her to jump up in level and contend during the more difficult challenges. Watching your characters go from clumsy adventurers to lethal tacticians is Etrian Mystery Dungeon's greatest joy. There are numerous interesting ways to build yourself up, from weapons and armor to skills and statistics, and you get a tangible tingle of joy when the total damage numbers that pop off of your targets' heads tick up over time. This makes finding each chest hiding a rare piece of equipment all the more thrilling. The longing for more loot and higher levels only intensifies, and the later dungeons often satiate this thirst. Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a punishing RPG that forces you to think before you dungeon crawl, as the penalties for falling in battle or failing to protect your home base can turn your stomach.
 It's so disheartening to watch it all fade away. In later dungeons, powerful creatures called DOEs roam the environment. These commanding enemies move from floor to floor, traveling up toward Aslarga as you shift down toward the final segment of a dungeon. Paying to build forts, which lock the dungeon's current layout and harbor up to four members of your guild, is one way of corralling the DOEs. When the enemy crosses the fort's path, it either battles the guild members guarding it or--if the fort is empty--destroys the structure and retreats. If you don't have the gold for construction, though, fighting the DOE is an option, but not a feasible one if your characters aren't properly prepared. Without debuff skills and appropriate statistics, you'll hit the dirt in minutes. If you let the DOE slip by and reach the town, you're ripped from the dungeon, stripped of your spoils, and greeted with a dilapidated Aslarga. More often than not, one of the basic locations--such as the item shop or inn--is left in ruins by the DOE, and if you don't have a fat bank account to foot the bill, it takes time for the structure to be rebuilt. From there, you have to tackle the dungeons with limited, and possibly even empty, funds and leftover equipment you placed in storage. Each dungeon's structure is random and unpredictable, but what's certain is the brute sitting at the final floor.
 There's a great deal of trial and error, and I can almost guarantee you'll lose your most treasured possessions more than once. These were the times when I was repelled by Etrian Mystery Dungeon's thorny edges, where its learning curve seemed too steep to surmount. But I became savvier to the game's often frustrating peccadilloes over time, and became adept at managing the deepest of dungeons. Keeping the right items, placing forts at the correct intersections, and grinding my party to a sharp edge led to fewer close calls, and even fewer frustrations. Etrian Mystery Dungeon does little to hold your hand, but the early heartbreak acts as an effective lesson in how the game functions. It's a grind, but a welcome one. The process of taking on quests, digging up new items, and returning to town with a fat bag of goods becomes more and more enticing as time goes on. The combat isn't all that action-packed, but the control you have over each member of your party paired with the wide variety of skills at your command produces interesting challenges from room to room. This is a loot hunt, through and through, but there are enough interesting hooks and unique adornments to make what could be simply repetitive consistently fun. If you're looking for a rich story or open world to explore, Etrian Mystery Dungeon isn't your huckleberry. The narrative thread is just strong enough to remain interesting, but it takes a back seat to the loot-soaked foundation that works so well. The different levels of progression take center stage, and if you can overcome the opacity of the systems, the rewards are rich. Etrian Mystery Dungeon's tough outer shell takes time and patience to crack, but can't conceal the treasures stored within.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 11:00 pm
[UPDATE] The stream has now gone live. We've now learned that CPK stands for "Can't Kill Progress." The video also shows a security camera-style video feed of an incapacitated man on the ground. The original story is below. Square Enix will reveal a new game from one of its Western studios tomorrow, the company has announced. The publisher teased the news via its official Twitter account, which invited fans to join Square Enix on Twitch for "a unique 3-day interactive experience from one of our Western studios." The only other information it teased is the image you can see above, and that the game is currently being called "Project CKP." Some games published by Square Enix that are being developed outside of Japan include a new Hitman from IO Interactive and a new Deus Ex from Eidos Montreal, though Project CKP could also easily be a completely new franchise from a developer we haven't heard about yet. What do you think Square Enix is teasing here? Let us know in the comments below.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 10:41 pm
 The 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, developed by Crystal Dynamics, has now sold more than 8.5 million copies worldwide, up from 7 million in February. That makes it the best-selling entry in franchise history, the Square Enix-owned studio announced on Monday. Released in March 2013, Tomb Raider also broke records for first-day and first-month sales, the developer said today.  Tomb Raider may have broken sales records, but the adventure game's first-month sales tally of 3.6 million copies failed to meet Square Enix's expectations. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics later released a Definitive Edition version of Tomb Raider in January 2015 across Xbox One and PlayStation 4, bringing with it better graphics and more content. The 8.5 million figure does include sales of the Definitive Edition, a representative for Square Enix told GameSpot. Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher said he's thrilled by the game's sales. "Tomb Raider ignited and expanded the fan base, pushing the series to a new level," he said in a statement "The game's incredible sales success reflects the passionate response of players." The next Tomb Raider game--Rise of the Tomb Raider--launches for Xbox 360 and Xbox One this fall through an exclusivity arrangement between Square Enix and Microsoft, which will serve as the game's publisher. This exclusivity deal has a duration, meaning the game could come to PlayStation systems later on, though this has not yet been confirmed.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 09:32 pm
The Xbox One's April system update, which was already available to Xbox Preview members, is rolling out today for everyone else. The update introduces a range of new features that Microsoft says will make the Xbox One experience "even better," including improvements to party chat, new achievement notifications, and a new "What's On" area on the dashboard, among other things. However, two marquee features that were announced previously for the April update--voice messaging and dedicated servers for party chart--are being kept in preview for additional testing. Microsoft didn't provide a timeline for when these features might be delivered publicly, saying only that feedback from the testing group led to the decision to delay their rollout. "Voice messages and dedicated servers for party chat will ship once the team is confident they are ready," Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb says in the video above. For more on the April Xbox One system update, see the video above and the bullet points below, which were written by Microsoft. Xbox One April Update Includes:- Party chat improvements – Additional icons and notifications within the party chat experience to help you understand your connection and microphone status. The party app will help you get your microphone enabled and show you when privacy settings or networking issues are blocking communication with particular party members.
- Game hub links – You'll see activity feed items when any of your friends follow a game, and you'll also be able to get back to a game's hub from activity feed posts related to the game--including feed items about the game's achievements, game clips, and screenshots.
- Achievement notifications – With this update, you'll also see the achievement's description in the notification so you know what you did to earn this achievement without having to open the achievements app.
- What's On – The What's On area is now available for Xbox One users in the U.S., Canada, and the UK. In it, you'll find links to popular videos, games, movies, TV shows, game broadcasts and clips, along with Trending TV shows if you have configured OneGuide for your Xbox One console.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 09:30 pm
 Watch extended gameplay footage from VoidExpanse featuring the Giant Bomb crew.
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 09:01 pm
Twitter user BitBlt Korry has recreated Super Mario Bros.' iconic menu screen using 14,000 painted toothpicks. Discovered by Kotaku, it's an incredible work of art and it took five days to complete. For a closer look at the toothpick masterpiece and the process behind it, check out the video above and some images in the gallery below. Looking for more fan-made video game creations? Check out this amazing Halo cross-stitch or this excellent Destiny drum cover.       
By Anonymous on Apr 06, 2015 06:30 pm
 Watch extended gameplay footage from Sky Battles featuring the Giant Bomb crew.
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