It might be a dead season for game releases (hi Summer!), but there was still plenty to talk about this past week including plenty of SDCC chatter, our preview of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and a special feature where our own Troy took a look at EA and the mobile gaming (dare we say, pay-to-win?) landscape.
FEATURES
- Feature Friday: In Defense of EA (and Dungeon Keeper)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition impressions and new gameplay trailers
- Saturday Radar: GamesRadar’s best for the week of 7/7/14
GAME/MOVIE/BOOK PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS
- American Hustle (DVD) Review
- Cyborg She (DVD) Review
- Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (DVD) Review
- Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (DVD) Review
- Full Bore (PC) Review
- Nashville Season Two (DVD) Review
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (Xbox One) Review
VIDEO GAME NEWS
- The final chapter of The Wolf Among Us wolfs out this week
- New Halo: The Master Chief Collection Trailer features Arbiter
- Cliff Bleszinski unlocks his new studio- Boss Key
- Ubisoft announces Ultimate Kyrat Edition of Far Cry 4
- The Red Solstice dawning on Steam Early Access this week
- Destiny Beta dates and Collector’s Edition detailed UPDATE: Now with new trailer
- Want more tables in your PS4 Zen Pinball?
- Head into the deep dark in the new Abyss Odyssey trailer
- The latest Battlefield 4 dlc pack hits July 15th for Premium members
- Respawn announces new Titanfall expansion called Frontier’s Edge
- Sledgehammer talks sound design in new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer
- MIcrosoft licenses Flight Sim engine to Dovetail Games
- Adachi coming to Persona 4 Arena Ultimax as free (limited) DLC
- Alien: Isolation to sport pre-order DLC featuring the original film cast
- Deep Silver opens up fan vote for Dead Island 2 Collector’s Edition contents
- Super Smash Bros pic of the day is both nostalgic and patriotic
- Heavenly Sword movie release date revealed
- Modern Combat 5 arrives on mobiles on July 24th
- Epic unveils gameplay footage from Fortnight
- Grim Fandango remake coming to PC and Mac as well as PS4/Vita
- Two New Game Bundles Hit
- Raptr reports Steam sale and Wildstar impacting PC gamer’s playtime
- Uncharted remakes might be heading to PS4
- Hellraid: The Escape makes its way to iOS today
- Report – Crytek UK staffing issues Continue
- The Red Solstice now available on Steam
- One Piece, classic NES baseball and more on this week’s Nintendo Download
- Hear the original film cast in action in the new Alien: Isolation trailer
- New Super Smash Bros reveal announced for July 14th
- SDCC 2014: Skylanders descend on comic con for costume contest
COMIC BOOK, MOVIE, TECH AND POP CULTURE NEWS
- Science reopens The Unexplained Files on July 29th
- Baltimore takes on the Witch of Harju in new series
- Dr. Mirage defies death this Fall from Valiant Comics
- Conan takes on Groo in a battle of the heroic vs the dumb
- Marvel intro’s the new Captain America this Fall
- SDCC 2014: IDW announces listing of exclusives for the con
- Carnage and Hobgoblin get their own Axis spinoff books this Fall
- SDCC 2014: Dark Horse announces Game of Thrones exclusives
- SDCC 2014: It’s cosplay the Marvel way
- First look at the Death of Wolverine
- Marvel’s Icon imprint welcomes Men of Wrath in October
- Deep Gravity takes a very personal story to the edge of the galaxy
- SDCC 2014: DST returns to San Diego with panels and freebies