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Mid-April Real Racing 3 update brings Chevy to the Levy

April 6th, 2013 by

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Now that the Internet has finally stopped their whining about Real Racing 3′s transition from a paid app to free-to-play, we can finally look at Real Racing 3 for what it is: a great game with a few free-to-play annoyances that was played by more people in one week than its predecessors ever were.

Electronic Arts and Firemonkeys have started teasing the upcoming update with the following video for your consumption:

The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Chevrolet Cobalt SS are both coming, along with a new game mode and another 100 events. There’s no word, yet, if these cars will be available for your standard R$ or if they’ll require Gold, but the safe money bet is on standard racing cash.

Chevrolet vehicles were available in Real Racing 2. Growing up in a small town, I actually remember friends racing Camaros, so it’s nice to see them make the cut.

Whimsical soundtrack from Cloudstone now available

March 30th, 2013 by

cloudstone_soundtrackIt’s been a good long while since I last played Cloudstone, the free-to-play action RPG by Playsaurus and Nexon, but one thing has stuck with me long since then: the awesome soundtrack.

In the nine months since the review, the game has seen content updates. Now the music from Cloudstone has been compiled and refined by composer Shawn Singh for Cloudstone – The Soundtrack.

Cloudstone’s soundtrack was a breath of fresh air in the stagnant sewers of Facebook games. While most games settle for an earworm ditty, Cloudstone reached for the skies with an sweeping soundtrack. It brought the game to life and probably was the reason I was a daily player for a few months.

If you dig Cloudstone or game soundtracks in general, the soundtrack available for digital download in a multitude of venues for $9.99. It features twenty songs, runs about fifty minutes, and has been cleaned up for this composition.

iTunes Music Store – [Download Link]
CD Baby – [Download Link]

If you’re interested in his work outside of Cloudstone, check out Shawn Singh’s “SuonLabs” SoundCloud page. You can also find him on Facebook.

Plants vs. Zombies Adventures shambling towards Facebook

March 26th, 2013 by

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The Zombies are coming… to your Facebook feed.

PopCap just tweeted a link to their Facebook page for Plants vs. Zombies Adventures. Nothing is known, other than that this is NOT Plants vs. Zombies 2, but Electronic Arts surely saw the action Angry Birds was getting on Facebook and wanted in on it.

Lord only knows what kind of awful in-app purchases we’re going to be facing. Make Dave go CRAAAAAAAAZY? Five bucks.

The game’s not out yet, but liking their Facebook feed may get you in on the Beta. Go check it out and like it because, you know, what could possibly go wrong?

[Plants vs. Zombies Adventures on Facebook]

Collectable Card Game ‘Hearthstone’ is latest from Blizzard in Warcraft IP

March 23rd, 2013 by

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Have you heard about Blizzard’s Collectable Card Game “Hearthstone”? It is a Free-to-play game that will be available on Windows/Mac and the iPad, with an Android tablet version in the works. People familiar with Blizzard Intellectual Properties will recognize from the title that it is set in the Warcraft universe. Check this out:

Of course, when I hear “Free to Play” and “Collectable Card Game” together, I instantly smell something amiss. The business model for traditional CCGs are all about buying packs of cards with the hopes of getting some better cards for your customizable deck. So what is the gimmick?

From their press release on 3/22:

Nerdcore Album: 8 Bit Diagrams, Free on Soundcloud

March 22nd, 2013 by

The 8-Bit Boys (nerdcore rappers composed of ytcracker, Entity, The Ranger, and TYT) have had another album in the works going on something like three years now. I still follow the website, and their facebook page, and occasionally even look up their twitter account to see if they are making any progress. Most of the time it feels like vaporware, but then I see glimpses of hope like this:

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It is a link to their SoundCloud page of  recording of another nerdcore rapper “recruited” to help with the album. That rapper is no other than

SuperGiant Games announces Transistor

March 19th, 2013 by

Here’s a first look at Transistor, the next title from SuperGiant Games. These are the folks who brought us Bastion. Feelings about Bastion around here were a little mixed, but it’s one of the best games I’ve ever experienced — so I’ll look forwards to spending some time with Transistor next year.

If nothing else, this trailer suggests that the art direction and soundtrack for Transistor are likely to be on par with what we got in Bastion (and those were my second and third favorite things about that game).

Dove Presents the Manliest Deal Ever

March 13th, 2013 by

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Hey guys, when you think of games like Dead Space 3 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted, what comes to mind? Besides heart-pounding action and adrenaline, surely deodorant and products for the care of your hair and skin top out the list.

If so — and for whom would this not be true? — then you’ll love this testosterone-fueled deal on Amazon. Just buy $15 worth of qualifying Dove Men + Care products and get $20 off a select game from EA.

Thanks to Amazon and EA, now when you’re running from the cops or dismembering the horrifically mutated undead, you can smell like a frat guy. Click here for the boner-inducing deal.


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