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The Download January 24th, 2013

Posted on Thursday, January 24 @ 17:11:08 Eastern by

Have you ever wandered into a cave and thought damn, I wish there were a lot of puzzles to solve. If you haven't, you can still enjoy the result of that kind of thinking in Double Fine's The Cave. I'm not going to waste any more time. Let's get to the list:

Nintendo eShop

Maybe you need to get you NES gaming fix this week. Might I suggest the Wii U Virtual Console 30-30-30 intiative? With the Famicom turning 30 this year, Nintendo's offering classic games for $0.30. This week's is...
  • Balloon Fight - Wii U
  • The Cave - Wii U
  • Funky Barn - Wii U
  • Brain Age Concentration Training - 3DS
  • Super C - 3DS
  • Cocoto Alien Brick Breaker - 3DS
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars - 3DS
Xbox Live Arcade

Despite Microsoft's eager push into digital download titles, things sure have slowed down in the obviously-only-to-everyone shadow of the next-generation Xbox. Still, that won't keep one game from going up this week.
  • The Cave - 360
PlayStation Network

If you need more on the newly added software for PlayStation platforms, PSLS's weekly PSN update is my source for The Download and you don't need to be a fanboy to visit. Steam

The guys at Valve only added three games to the storefront this week and, you guessed it, one of them is The Cave. Don't forget to check our review of Strike Suit Zero before buying it at its introductory price of $15.99

Subway Surfers

I'm still addicted to Temple Run 2, so to stay fresh and scoring high, I bring you another auto-runner. This time, you're an inner city kid experiencing inner city life and inner city pressure. Of course, that leads you to run on the subway tracks. Like other auto-runners you'll need to collect coins and run farther than your friends to "win."

Unlike other auto-runners, you can take to multiple different levels and do really sick tricks on a snowboard thing. Don't ask me how a snowboard works on subway rails. It just does. Perhaps my favorite part of Subway Surfers is the art style. Colors pop and the frame rate is unbeatable. It plays perfectly to my Temple Run addiction, but with just enough different to feel fresh.
Related Games:   Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, EscapeVektor (Vita), Funky Barn, Just Dance 4, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Strike Suit Zero, Subway Surfers, The Cave, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Tags:   The Download, XBLA, PSN, eshop, PC, steam


Comments
  • GRTroll
    GRTroll
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 24th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
    Nothing too good this week.
    0 2
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jan 24th, 2013 at 7:03 pm
    Just downloaded The Cave and got about a half hour into it. The characters, narration and gameplay are quite entertaining. But I gotta say, I broke down with nastolgic laughter when I saw Mad Dog McCree. I remember that game from way back in the 3DO days. (yes I owned a 3DO, and it was great. Haha!) Might just pick that up to relive the not-so-innocence of my youth.
    0 2
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 12:05 am
    I have a 3DO right now :). And I agree, that was a great era of gaming.
    0 1
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 10:24 am
    Nice. I wish I still had mine. Sold it more than ten years ago. Games like Total Eclipse, Gex, Way of the Warrior (with its sweet White Zombie soundtack), Road Rash, Night Trap, Crash N Burn, Brain Dead 13, and Supreme Warrior (which was on other systems but I played it a million times on 3DO). Just thinking about these games makes me want ot go out and find a 3DO and relive the magic.
    0 0
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 1:42 pm
    Don't forget Need for Speed, which at the time was the best driving simulator in the world. Return Fire and the Street Fighter 2 port was good. Doom sucked though.
    0 0
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
    Oh yeah. How could I forget Need for Speed. And Super Street Fighter II Turbo which was like the best port of it, right there with Samurai Showdown. Good stuff.
    0 0
  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Jan 24th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
    A bit interested in Ace Combat, as I always am, but not sure about this one with it being set in reality. After all, the best moments of Ace Combat are taking down gigantic super-weapons, which are sorely lacking on Earth.

    I'm also not sure if I can handle any more of that distinct Ace Combat storytelling after the last numbered installment.
    0 2
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 3:35 am
    Just to let PSN users know there is an open beta for Dust 514 on PS3. It's an MMOFPS game.
    0 0
  • ywuieoisdf
    ywuieoisdf
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 5:03 am
    in order to thank everyone, characteristic, novel style, varieties, low price and good quality, and the low sale price. Thank everyone









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  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 6:32 am
    No, thank you for allowing me the pleasure of banning your sorry, stankin' ass.
    0 3
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 9:19 am
    The banhammer hath droped and smote thee with its furious anger.
    0 1
  • PineappleUltra
    PineappleUltra
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 7:59 am
    30 Cents for some ol' skool Nintendo action? I'm down. By far the cheapest thrill I've had in awhile, Besides watching anthony laying down that sweet banhammer in a glorious fury.
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