Dualshock4 Controllers out in the Wild

 

Reddit user Portaljacker posted a thread containing a picture of the PS4 Dualshock 4 Controllers for sale on the walls of his local EB Games outlet in Canada.

User Kain292 said in the comments that the controllers are available for purchase, and if you pre-ordered the controller, which the site of EB Games has set the price at 60$.

adding "Two sidenotes to add. First, if you pre-ordered a controller, you can pick it up now. Second, it looks like the DS4's we got are all we'll be getting for the foreseeable future, so if you want one, pick it up sooner rather than later." 

What are your thoughts? I kinda want to pick one up myself for PC use.

Original Thread at the source.

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Activision Calls out to Rockstar Games

With all the Records currently held by Rockstar's latest hit, GTA V, Activision thinks that Rockstar is getting too comfortable.

In a recent interview, Activision UK Senior Brand Member Kevin Flynn said that the release of Call of Duty: Ghosts will be a wake up call for other companies that think they dominate the market.

"Congratulations to the team at Rockstar for their success," he said, before adding, "We look forward to getting the record back before the next GTA title."

COD: Ghosts is set for a November 5 release on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii U, with the PS4 and Xbox One versions available at the consoles launch.

Source: http://goo.gl/FhZk9e 

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Drunken Unfair Mario

At 10:30pm Central, Aceman20001 will be streaming Unfair Mario and turning it into a drinking game. Tune into his twitch to find out exactly what the rules entail and to see just how drunk he'll be by the end of the stream.

~ Ametis

State of Decay Reaches 1 Million Players

The Game admin Ametis has been raving about, State of Decay, both on the 360 and PC, has surpassed 1 million users. It's first DLC, named Breakdown, is also in the process of certification to be released hopefully in time for Halloween, Undead Labs' 'Trick or Treat' for the loyal supporters of the game. 

According to the devs, the content of the DLC is complete and is in the final processes of bug removal.

JUST GIVE IT A CO-OP MODE ALREADY!



Source: http://goo.gl/SpjjYk

- Sephie

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State of Decay: Part 13

State of Decay part 13, going live now! Check out all the previous parts and the current part at my twitch, and feel free to ask questions or make comments during the broadcast. I'll be responding to them during game play.

Can't wait to see you there!

~ Ametis

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Left 4 Dead 2: Dual Broadcast

Join Aceman20001, Ametis, and company as we try out luck again at L4D2 at 9pm central.

Aceman20001: http://www.twitch.tv/aceman20001

Ametis: http://www.twitch.tv/ametisrising

~ Ametis

State of Decay: Part 10

State of Decay part 10, going live now! Check out all the previous parts and the current part at my twitch.

~ Ametis

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Amnesia Part 3 Play Through Now On YouTube!

Busy playing GTA 5 and you missed the broadcast? No worries my friends! The broadcast is now on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! 
~Aceman

Amnesia Part Three!

Aceman, one of our resident live streamers, will be broadcasting Amnesia part three at 9:00 pm Central time! Check out his stream here and if you've missed any of his previous installments you can check them out on his Youtube channel.

~ Ametis 

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Review: Outlast

     Let me start off by saying that I am very new to the survival horror genre. I started by playing Slender the Arrival only a couple months ago, but there was nothing that occurred in Slender that would prepare me for what I experienced in Outlast. With the bulk of the game in total darkness, I became terrified in ways that I couldn't previously imagine. This game is not for the faint of heart and even those with strong minds will have trouble sleeping after this one.

     Created by Red Barrels Games, Outlast puts you in the shoes of Miles Upshur, a brave journalist trying to discover what occurred at the broken down Mount Massive Asylum. Upon further investigation Miles finds that the asylum is by no means abandoned. Armed with your trusty camcorder, you have no chance of defending yourself, meaning you have three options: run, hide, or die. If anything, hiding is your weapon and I did A LOT of it while running away from the numerous creepers lurking around the mysterious asylum. 
Another aspect of the game is scavenging. To capture everything for your article on film (or to be able to find everything that you need in the dark) you must search batteries throughout the entire environment, which can make for some pretty stressful situations as I would find myself hurrying to find a battery as my last one was about to run out. 
The game is about 3 and a half to 4 hours long and I spent the entire time trying not to pee my pants. There are jump scares galore in this game, but somehow tastefully done rather than cheap overused tricks. 

     The game also looks gorgeous! The filter used with the camera creates a very realistic effect as if the player was actually experiencing the game through the eye of a camcorder making the experience 10 times more horrific. Really my only quip with the game is that in between all the intense scenes of running away from some of the creepiest enemies I've ever encountered, there are very tedious objective missions that seem to slow the pace of the game down. I felt as if the game could have been more about critical thinking instead of the monotonous "activate this switch" kind of objectives.

     Although this game made me crazier than I already was, I absolutely loved it. The story was intriguing, the dialogue was disturbing and gave me goosebumps, and at the end of it all I wanted it to keep going. Having never been one to play many indie games, I was extremely impressed by the work done by Red Barrels Games. They are a top notch crew and definitely a gaming team that I will keep my eye on. 



I give Outlast 8 used batteries out of 10.

- Eric

Should the horrors of Mount Massive Asylum be too much for you, here is a link to my streaming of the game: Outlast Playlist

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Assassin's Creed 4 PC Release Date

Ubisoft has announced that the latest installment of their AC franchise, Black Flag, will be coming out for PC come November 19 and November 22 for North America and Europe, respectively.

Source: http://goo.gl/oL7zE1

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Steam Box Announcement

Yesterday: the Steam OS and now today: the Steam Box. Rather than releasing one machine, Valve is apparently releasing multiple.

Entertainment is not a one-size-fits-all world. We want you to be able to choose the hardware that makes sense for you, so we are working with multiple partners to bring a variety of Steam gaming machines to market during 2014, all of them running SteamOS.

Not only that, but before these machines are released, you could be eligible for testing one of them. Only 300 people will get this lucky chance and the way to do it is as follows:

THE HARDWARE BETA ELIGIBILITY QUEST:

Before October 25, log in to Steam and then visit your quest page to track your current status towards beta test eligibility

1. Join the Steam Universe community group

2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions

3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven't already)

4. Create a public Steam Community profile (if you haven't already)

5. Play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode

This will then apparently give you a badge and you'll be in the running for the beta testing of the new system.

Aside from the beta, you should expect these new systems in stores (all with different specs depending on what experience they plan to provide) in 2014.

~ Ametis

Coffee Hour: 9/24/13

Join us for coffee hour tomorrow morning at 10:30 central time where we'll be diving into the great debate of Xbox One, PS4, or the newly announced Steam OS. Eric, Sephie, and myself will be there bright and early debating which of the next gens will be the best of the best.

And for those who have missed any of our past broadcasts:


Coffee Hour #1

Coffee Hour #2

Coffee Hour #3

~ Ametis

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Review: The Next BIG Thing

I honestly wouldn't have bought this game if it weren't on sale, but the concept looked interesting and so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm glad that I didn't buy this alone and there are other games to capture my attention because, quite frankly, this game thoroughly annoyed me. 

Sure, it's a nice concept. The reporters following leads, finding clues, figuring out creative ways to use completely (and otherwise should be) useless materials, monsters (er... well this part is debatable); but the 1950's style wasn't pulled off to the best of its abilities and, I swear to god, if I hear another person say, "Ayo" I think I might just kill myself. 

I hated the dialogue. Hated. Liz does not need to repeat "Dan Murray"'s name every time she speaks to him. Liz also doesn't need to be a psychopath. Maybe this game wasn't meant for my age range... Maybe this was all a dream...

Nope. I actually paid for this.

Damn it.

On the bright side, at least some of the other games (one at least that I've tried) in the Pendulo Adventure pack weren't that bad...

Score: 3/10

Price: $2.49 (during the sale)/$9.99 (full price)

Site: http://www.thenextbig-game.com/index.php

Platform: PC 

P.S. What the hell? You can't even play this is windowed mode. Seriously, what kind of madness is that?