So, the Xbox One reveal is a thing that happened, but we’re here to talk about games that you can play right now. Defiance is free-to-play from May 23 (yesterday) until this Sunday, 1 PM (Pacific). SimCity is now up to version 4.0, and despite what John Yan is saying, probably none of us at Gaming Nexus is logging back in. And you Far Cry 3 map editors can now spin your VHS tracking knobs with Blood Dragon content.

What are you playing this weekend?

Russell Archey | staff writer | Twitter @neoscyther
I finally finished up with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Yes, you read that right. I finally finished the main quest in Skyrim--and boy did I overdo it. Full dragon plate armor, free destruction spells, the works. Well enough about that. This weekend I'm planning to enjoy an old classic thanks to Steam's Unreal Deal being only $10 until May 27, so I'll likely be playing something with the words "Unreal Tournament" in it somewhere.

Sean Cahill | staff writer | Twitter @seancahill2
Unfortunately with one hand fully bandaged, I'm going to have to play some old school role-playing games and nothing new, so I dusted off the Wii and plan on playing Final Fantasy VI a bit.

Nathan Carter | staff writer | Twitter @natedoggcata
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and that means all hands on deck where I work, so I won't be able to do much gaming. If I get time, I'll probably try to get some practice in with Injustice: Gods Among Us. Other than that, it will probably be quick games of Left 4 Dead 2 when I can. My regularly scheduled gaming will continue next week when I get my hands on Donkey Kong Country 3DS. 

Sean Colleli | staff writer
I'll be finishing up Resident Evil Revelations on Wii U. If Capcom keeps going like this, we might actually get the sequel to Resident Evil 4 that it deserved. After that, I'll be enjoying Super Metroid on the Wii U Virtual Console, and maybe some more System Shock 2 on Steam.

Jeremy Duff | senior staff writer | Twitter @duff3c
I will be spending my weekend finishing off FUSE before its launch, and boosting up my virtual card collection in Prime World Defenders. Between that and welcoming the true start of summer with the opening of the pool season, I should find a means of enjoying the extended weekend.

Charles Husemann | editor-in-chief | Twitter @chusemann
I'm going off into the woods for the weekend so it's going to be nothing but iPad games like Temple Run 2, Bookworm Heroes, and  Jetpack Joyride. I'll also be playing fun outdoor games like "Which kinds of snakes are poisonous again?" "No, I thought you packed that," and "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE? OH GOD, WHY DID I WATCH ALL THE FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIES THE WEEK BEFORE SPENDING A WEEKEND IN A CABIN IN THE WOODS?"

Randy Kalista | staff writer | Twitter @randykalista
Hoping to lose a little sleep as I roam Among the Sleep's alpha. My own post-toddler (is that an age? "Post-toddler"?), well, she gets to trippin' in the middle of the night sometimes, images of her dream world leaking over into her real world. Good times. Checking out this horror game played from the perspective of a two-year-old is probably my worst idea ever. Love the game's title though. Among the Sleep. I mean, I guess that's where you'd eventually find yourself if you were told to "go to" sleep.

Mike Mahardy | staff writer | Twitter @mmahardy
I'll be finishing up FUSE for review, as well as the yearly playthrough of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that always throws off my backlog schedule. Other than that, I'll keep playing Injustice: Gods Among Us, as it has me completely hooked. I particularly love Green Arrow and Lex.

Now that the European football* season is pretty much over with only the UEFA Champion's League Final left to be contested on Saturday, fans will have to find their footie fix somewhere else until next August.  I can't speak for others, but FIFA Soccer is where I'll turn when Beautiful Game withdrawal becomes too much to bear.
 
Now despite FIFA 13 itself being pretty good, there's still a ton of room to improve and the improvements being bandied about now (enhanced shooting, smarter AI, more options when you're on the ball) are definitely areas that can stand improvement in FIFA Soccer 14.  

However, not everything is changing because just like last year EA Sports is using the promise of 24 weekly free Ultimate Team gold packs as a pre-order incentive.  If you're not familiar with FIFA Ultimate Team, it basically turns its particular brand of football in to a collectible card game where you assemble your squad from players you get in virtual packs you can spend in-game points and/or real money on.  Along with players, you get all sorts of other cards from buffs, balls, kits, and even stadiums.  

Your Ultimate Team is a true Frankenstein's monster built from the disparate parts you get in card packs.  Gold packs are top shelf card packs with a higher rate of rare players and items than the other standard card packs.  If you pre-order the "Ultimate Pass" pre-order package, you'll receive 24 weekly gold packs for free which is more than enough to build a solid starting squad.  This Ultimate Pass is only available until September 23, with the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions of FIFA 14 set to release the next day on September 24.  

The EA Sports Ignite-powered Xbox One and PS4 versions of FIFA 14 will be out "in the next 12 months" and will be available for pre-order "soon."  If you want to see what Ignite-powered next-gen games will look like, you can check out this video from a few days ago.

To learn more, follow the jump.

*Yeah, I'm calling it football.  So what?  There's more than one kind of football.  The whole soccer/football argument is little more than an outdated tribal rivalry anyway. [READ MORE]

While browsing Facebook this morning I saw that Nintendo had posted an offer that will be exclusive to Best Buy.  If you purchase Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (available today) at Best Buy, you'll receive a free digital download code for Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels on the 3DS Virtual Console.  According to BestBuy.com, the code for The Lost Levels will be emailed typically within thirty minutes, but could take up to eight hours.  Here's hoping it's not as much of a hassle as it was when Kid Icarus Uprising came out and you got 3D Classics: Kid Icarus for free.  Still, you're not only getting the latest Donkey Kong Country game but also one of the toughest classic Super Mario games out there.  Definitely worth it in my opinion.

Humble Bundle's weekly sale is in full swing and this week you get a chance to buy the psychological thrillers Alan Wake and Alan Wake American Nightmare for whatever you feel you should pay for it. The great part of Humble Bundle is that gamers can decide where the money goes. It can go to the developers, Humble Bundle, various charities or it can be split between all of them. 

Also you should know that you don't just get both games as they both come with tons of extra content as well.

Alan Wake is the collectors edition of the game and includes bonus episodes "The Signal' and "The Writer" along with the game soundtrack, illustrated PDF book, developer commentary videos and even never before seen content that Remedy has saved for a special moment such as this. American Nightmare will include the game soundtrack. 

A full list of bonus content can be found below. 

Video

• Early Alan Wake Demo Videos
• Harry Garrett Show (in-game video of Alan Wake being interviewed)
• ”Making of” Videos
• Alan Wake “Writer in the Cabin” clips
• ”Night Springs” Episodes (fictional TV show)
• ”Balance Slays the Demon” Music Video
• Alan Wake "The Movie" (full playthrough of the game)

Art

• The Library of concept art and production photos
• Alan Wake Wallpapers
• Night Springs Comic Book
• Psycho Thriller Comic Book
• Alan Wake Visual Identity Guidelines
• Alan Wake Cardboard Cutouts

And more

• Alan Wake Score Sheet Music
• Alan Wake Screenplays
• The Alan Wake Files Book

The sale lasts for another six days so be sure to grab it while you can. 

As i'm typing right now, over 180,000 bundles have been sold and has raised over $400,000. Not too shaby! 
The sale can be found at the following link. https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Be sure to also check out Sean Colleli's review of Alan Wake and Travis Huinker's review of American Nightmare.

Finally, be sure to check out Sam Lake, Creative Director of Remedy's address to the fans about the future of Remedy, Alan Wake, their future projects and the bundle itself.

The city is overrun by infected citizens. Daylight is fading fast, and supplies are running low. You have no choice but to race against time, and race against the setting sun. Because once it sets, the real predators come out. This is Dying Light.

With a seamless day and night cycle, survival aspects and next-gen graphics, Tehcland aims to capture the essence of their survival title Dead Island, and the appeal of scavenging in Minecraft, in their upcoming title Dying Light.

"The next-gen technology allows us to create a truly dynamic open world that features a game-changing day/night cycle," Pawel Marchewka, Techland CEO said. "Inventive free-running mechanics also allow for nearly unrestricted exploration and weapon-crafting to further enhance the action survival experience."

Dying Light is announced for both current and next generation consoles, with a 2014 release date, following closely on the heels of Techland's other recently announced title, Hellraid.

 

Does anyone else find the poor German Shepard all kitted out for battle in the new Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer a bit disconcerting?  I swear that I saw a laser gun on its back.  I don't normally have strong feelings when it come to animal rights, but well-trained dogs don't exactly excel in the free will department.  That dog, and the real dogs its based on, are basically combat slaves with the emotions of infant children.  Maybe now thanks to the new graphics tech the Xbox One wields, even dogs have entered the Uncanny Valley.

Whatever, it sure did look impressive, right?  I guess that's all that matters in this particular context.  You can see the full battle-dog comparison, along with battle-human, and battle-jungle comparisons in the following Modern Warfare 3/COD: Ghosts comparison trailer.

At this very moment, my three-year-old daughter is sitting on the sidewalk in front of our house, watching construction workers cut holes in the street and insert underground pipes. Huge trucks are involved, and her toddler brain is hardwired to want to know what's up with those huge trucks.

Blackbird Interactive, the indie team putting together Hardware: Shipbreakers, knows this about people--knows that enormous vehicles can trigger a dopamine drip in our cerebellum.

This Hardware: Shipbreakers trailer showcases a huge truck. Like what-the-heck huge. Along with the concept art-like art style, I'm in love with what I'm seeing from this online real-time strategy game. It's definitely registering a dopamine drip at the base of my brain.
 

Finally, oh finally, NetherRealm is answering the call of its fans and releasing Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition for the PC. We knew that already thanks to Nathan, but now we are getting our first glimpse at the project and it pretty much looks exactly like you would expect. The PC version of the game will likely be the best looking version to date, depending on the strength of your system of course. However, that isn’t why I am excited: I can’t wait to see what the PC gaming community does with the game when they get their hands on it. Whether mods are officially supported or not, you know that the crafty PC gamers are going to find a means of manipulating the game’s content (just look at Street Fighter IV).
 
Anyways, look for the game later this Summer and check out what you have to look forward to below:

• Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition coming to PC later this year
• Van Helsing begins his quest on Steam
• DLC and season pass is coming to Metro: Last Light
• EA Sports ignites next-gen sports on Xbox One
• New DLC available for Strike Suit Zero, plus all Strike Suit content 50% off on Steam

If you frequent Mortal Kombat forums like I do, you would know that Mortal Kombat fans have essentially been begging Netherealm Studios to release a PC version of 2011's Mortal Kombat since it was released. They have signed petitions and have tweeted Netherealm Studios relentlessly hoping for a PC version. Well guys, your hard work has paid off as Warner Brothers have announced that a PC version of Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition will be released later this year. 

The Komplete Edition comes packed with the four extra DLC characters Skarlet, Rain, Kenshi and Freddy Krueger along with 15 Klassic Mortal Kombat skins and three Klassic Fatalities for Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Ermac. 

The Komplete Edition of Mortal Kombat is coming to PC's digitally on July 3rd and a physical retail version will be released on August 6th for Windows PC.

For more information be sure to check out their official website, their Facebook page, and their Twitter.  

Be sure to also check out Cyril Lachel's reviews of Mortal Kombat  and Mortal Kombat on the Vita which packs in all the content of the Komplete Edition and so much more including an exclusive Vita Challenge Tower, exclusive costumes not in any other version and new fatalities.

 

I haven't played Metro: Last Light yet.  I wasn't a big fan of the first game's stealth and swarming melee enemies.  But many of you have no doubt already saved Moscow from a Nazi-monster invasion (That's what happens, right?).  If you're one of those people, and think your Metro: Last Light experience is over then you obviously need to swap out the air filter in your gas mask because the fumes are getting to you.  Metro: Last Light is getting a series of single-player dlc and a season pass so you can get it all at a modest discount.  It also grants players a new semi-automatic shotgun called the Abzats whose secondary fire mode fires six shells at once. 

The Faction Pack and Chronicles Pack expand the Metro: Last Light story.  The Tower Pack adds solo challenges.  Finally, the Developer Pack gives players new tools to explore post-apocalyptic Moscow.

The season pass, available right now for download from Xbox Live, the PSN, and Steam, costs $14.99/1200 MSP.  The first dlc pack will be out in June.  

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Born Ready Games has expanded the Strike Suit universe with new DLC content for their space action game Strike Suit Zero.  The new Heroes of the Fleet DLC will include five new missions to the game and is available now for $6.99, but that's not all.  Born Ready Games has also released a new Mod Tool that includes Steam Workshop support and can be downloaded for free for anyone who currently has Strike Suit Zero...but that's STILL not all.

What if you're reading this and thinking "well I don't have Strike Suit Zero so this doesn't apply to me"?  Well, this part will.  Until May 26th, all Strike Suit content on Steam will be 50% off.  You can also get a "mega bundle" that contains Strike Suit Infinity, Strike Suit Zero, the Heroes of the Fleet DLC, the Raptor Strike Suit, and the digital art book for only $19.99.  If you were to buy everything individually while it's on sale, that alone would get you the art book, so it's like buying the art book and the rest of the content is free...if you want to look at it that way. [READ MORE]