Mashing buttons since 1984
This has been in my digital hands since Nat turned me on to this game almost three years ago, but the love has been reborn on the Xbox and I’m having a blast with this one, too.
If I was ambitious, I’d also list all the games I’ve been grabbing in the Steam Sale, but I’ve only added a few this time around. I am still holding out on buying The Walking Dead, but my willpower is running out.
My backlog, however, is not…
It truly is a sickness (going back TEN YEARS, PEOPLE) that I am helpless to resist. The fact that I have skipped an iteration the past few years is mini miracle unto itself.
If you need me, I’ll be bringing the North Royalton University Bears back to rightful place atop the College Football Throne.
Actually, this has been in my hands since after my laptop died back in May and I was looking for something else to play besides Mass Effect 3. (Not that ME3 was bad, I just needed a change of pace and Diablo III wasn’t an option)
It’s that time again, the long list of monthly releases. July brings its yearly edition of NCAA Football and not a whole lot else. The 3DS has some interesting titles and The Secret World looks promising, but I think I’ll be spending most of my July playing Diablo III and NCAA 13.
On to the releases:
Week of July 3rd
Test Drive: Ferrari Legends
Week of July 10th
NCAA Football 13
Week of July 24th
miCoach by Adidas
Week of July 31st
Risen 2: Dark Waters Special Edition
Week of July 31st
The Last Story
No notable Nintendo DS releases for July.
Week of July 3rd
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
Week of July 10th
Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure
Week of July 17th
Heroes of Ruin
Week of July 31st
Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance – Collector’s Edition
Myst
Week of July 3rd
The Secret World
Week of July 17th
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I and II PC Bundle Pack
Week of July 31st
Legends of Pegasus
Week of July 3rd
Test Drive: Ferrari Legends
Week of July 10th
NCAA Football 13
Week of July 24th
miCoach by Adidas
Week of July 31st
Risen 2: Dark Waters Special Edition
No notable Sony PS Vita releases for July.
Week of July 31st
Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
What are you picking up?
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This looks AMAZING:
So, for those of you who are like me and are currently PC-less, it might be possible that you’re looking for a game to play on your console. Well, this month doesn’t offer a whole lot. If I actually had a computer, I’d be fine going back to Diablo III. But I’ve got plenty of backlog to work through, so I’ll be fine.
Week of June 5th
Inversion
Week of June 12th
Phantom Breaker – Special Edition
DiRT Showdown
Lollipop Chainsaw
Week of June 19th
Quake 4
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Brave
Week of June 26th
Spec Ops: The Line Premium Edition
Week of June 12th
Nintendo Selects: Pikmin 2
Nintendo Selects: Mario Power Tennis
Week of June 19th
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Week of June 26th
The Amazing Spider-Man
Week of June 19th
Pokemon Conquest
Brave
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Week of June 26th
The Amazing Spider-Man
Week of June 19th
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Week of June 26th
Cradle of Rome 2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Week of June 5th
Battlefield 3: Premium [Download]
Week of June 12th
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
End of Nations Collector’s Edition
Week of June 19th
Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods and Kings
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Week of June 26th
Sniper Elite V2
Spec Ops: The Line Premium Edition
Week of June 5th
Inversion
Week of June 12th
DiRT Showdown
Lollipop Chainsaw
Week of June 26th
Record of Agarest War 2
Spec Ops: The Line
Week of June 12th
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Gravity Rush
Week of June 19th
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Week of June 12th
Gungnir
What are you picking up?
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So this is the first weekend we get with Diablo III and wouldn’t you know it — my laptop (my brand spanking new (well, six months old new) Asus G53SX laptop) has up and died on me. So it’s in a Fed Ex box, on it’s way to Milpitas, California while I sit here, staring at a blank monitor that once was alive with the colors of New Tristram. It’s a cruel, cruel world we live in.
But don’t cry for me. I’ve got a backlog of 360 games, including a new game from Gamefly, to keep me busy. I left poor Commander Shepard in the lurch on Tuchanka, so I should probably get back to helping him, too.
I’m just going to assume everyone else is playing Diablo III. But if you’re not, what will you be playing this weekend?
Yes, unfortunately for us East-coasters, the game won’t be available until 3 AM. That probably means I won’t be playing as soon as it becomes available, but I will be setting my alarm a little earlier than normal to get a few minutes with the game before Real Life encroaches and makes me go to work. But I do plan on spending some quality time with the game come tomorrow evening.
I’d love to get a group of fellow buttonmashers together to for that first night of adventuring. I think I’ll be starting out playing the Demon Hunter. You?
So we’ve only got two weeks until Diablo III assumes control of all weekend gaming for the next few months (years? decades?). So now is the time to get in the gaming before everything becomes overwhelmed by the flood of Diablo III goodness.
So for me, that will be playing as much Mass Effect 3 as I can squeeze in. I’ve turned a buddy on to the multiplayer aspect, so I expect we’ll be doing a lot of that (gotta buy those Premium Spectre Packs!). Why don’t you join us?
What will you be playing this weekend?
It’s time for a new look for the monthly releases. If you haven’t been to the site proper lately, I have installed a new “professional” looking theme that is currently under construction but it has given me much more flexibility with making things look sharper. So this month’s list of releases will have a different, new look and feel. I’ll be tweaking the site design as I have more time to work on it, but for now this is a bare bones look at the future of the site.
Not a ton of releases this except, oh I don’t know, the 800 POUND GORILLA in the room. Oh Diablo III… Have mercy on our souls…
Week of May 22nd
Dragon’s Dogma
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Week of May 29th
Let’s Dance
DiRT Showdown
Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition
Week of May 22nd
Men In Black: Alien Crisis
Week of May 22nd
Mario Tennis Open
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Week of May 15th
Diablo III
Week of May 29tht
SBK Super Bike World Championship
Max Payne 3
Week of May 15th
Battleship
Max Payne 3
Week of May 29tht
DiRT Showdown
Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition
Week of May 22nd
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Sorcery
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Dragon’s Dogma
