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Stiq Figures, July 22 - 28: Crash Bandicoot is a troll edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter. Naughty Dog is busy creating cinematic emotional rollercoasters these days, but we're a little nostalgic for its platforming poster child. Collecting fruit and gems with Aku Aku in a repeated quest to ...
Green flag waves for F2P Ridge Racer Driftopia PC beta
Ridge Racer is drifting into the free-to-play lane this week with the launch of Ridge Racer Driftopia's PC beta. Cars, repair kits and XP can be purchased by players looking for an immediate advantage over their competition. You can sign up for the beta here. ...
Super Meat Boy 80% off on Steam today
The brutally difficult Super Meat Boy is a measly $3 on Steam today, with its synthesizer-charged soundtrack also discounted to $1.20. For 300 levels, a level editor and 16 unlockable characters, Super Meat Boy carries a ridiculous amount of content for the asking price. While its unforgiving ...
Amazon deals: Injustice, Turtlebeach headset, Bioshock 1 & 2 bundle
Amazon feels that there are a few too many superheroes in the world and would be thrilled to help you make them fight to the death in Injustice: Gods Among Us. 360 owners get the best discount - the standard version is $35, while the collector's edition is $60. PS3 owners need $40 for the ...
New StreetPass games make $4 million in a month
StreetPass enthusiasts have spotpassed $4 million to Nintendo by purchasing its four new Mii Plaza games for the 3DS, Siliconera reports. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata shared the sales data with Toko Keizai Online during an interview this week. Mii Force, Flower Town, Warrior's Way, and ...
Ouya-exclusive Polarity reaches Steam Greenlight, offers Oculus Rift support
BlueButton Games' first-person puzzler Polarity will add a chamber to its labrynth-like vault for the PC with Oculus Rift support if it's voted onto Steam Greenlight, Eurogamer reports. Craig Littler, founder of the one-man studio, claims he "wasn't asking for much" when he tried to negotiate ...
The International 3 begins, prize pool over $2.8 million
Valve's The International 3 championships for DOTA 2 kicked off this week with a prize pool worth $2.8 million, the biggest for a single event in eSports history, Gamespot reported on Saturday. The event began on August 2 with a 1v1 Solo Championship and a Wild Card match. The roster for the ...
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup attacks in groups
After burrowing into the past for almost a decade, the Pikmin series pops out of the ground once more this week with the release of Pikmin 3. It's odd that a franchise so accessible to children also contains some of the most horrid abominations ever hosted on a Nintendo console. It's alarmingly ...
Uematsu's Blik-0 1946 e-book has robots, feelings
Blik-0 1946, an e-book penned by contributing musician to the Final Fantasy series Nobuo Uematsu, is now available to iPad owners for $10. Protagonist Blik-0 is designed by artificial intelligence scientist Dr. Mabuse to be capable of emulating the human heart and brain. As Blik-0 experiences ...
Double Fine's Dropchord entrances iOS, Android and Ouya users
Double Fine's rave simulator rhythm-driven Dropchord launched for iOS, Android and the Ouya this week for $3. Dropchord assigns ends of a line to each of a player's fingers and tasks them with gathering notes and dodging scratches. The game focuses on getting the highest score possible and its ...
