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.

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.

In Infinite Crisis, Warner Bros. upcoming MOBA featuring characters form the DC Universe, heroes and villains collide in a battle of alternate universes. The newest video profile features Shazam, a hero intent on being at the center of the fray to disrupt the enemy team with lightning and magical attacks.

His melee-based attacks are best used up close, although he's one of the more versatile characters, being able to switch between two forms. Check out the trailer for Shazam's full list of attacks.

Warner Bros. is also taking applications for Infinte Crisis' closed beta. Head here to sign up.

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.
 

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• 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

NoecoreGames has officially launched its action RPG The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing on Valve’s Steam service. The game retails for $14.99 but is being offered for 10% until May 29.

I took a brief look at the game last week and had a lot of fun with it, although I know that I barely scratched the surface of the adventure. The final build brings the full alchemy system and the ability to design and develop your own hideout for a meta game where you face off against waves of monsters. You can check out the official launch trailer for the game below:
   

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]

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes comes to Wii U today, along with new features exclusive to this version.

Players can use the touch pad to view the world map off-TV, and even play the game completely on the touch pad away from the TV. Alternatively, friends can join to play separately on the television screen and touch pad. 

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super heroes is already available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC and 3DS.



 

Today’s Xbox ONE reveal conference was capped off with the worldwide premiere of the first, official trailer for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts. From what was explained at the conference and what I gather from the trailer, it appears as though the United States has fallen to a foreign enemy and the game will chronicle the tale of a group of American freedom fighters known as Ghosts who are striking back. Does anyone else get a Homefront vibe? Not that such a vibe would be a bad thing...

You can check out the full trailer below and look forward to the game this November:
   

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Over the weekend, I wrote about Kevin Conroy at the Dallas Comic Con talking about Batman: Arkham Origins. Now, I mistakenly assumed that meant he was back voicing the Dark Knight himself. Looks like I was wrong.

Kevin is working on the game, but the capacity is unknown as Roger Craig Smith is going to provide the voice for Batman, as reported by Superhero Hype. At least Kevin's working on the game in some capacity. but we are getting a new voice for young Bruce Wayne.

The trailer today is pretty cool and I'm still looking forward to the game. I'm not as hung up on the original voice as some folks, as I just want a solid game. 

It's been a while since I've fired up Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition.  In fact, the last PC I played it on had Windows ME on it (yeah, kind of sad...in more ways than one).  I noticed that Steam has an Unreal Deal, but I've been waiting for it to go on sale before picking it up.  Needless to say, the wait has paid off.

From now until May 27th, you can pick up the Unreal Deal on Steam for a mere $10.  What does that get you?

• Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
• Unreal Tournament III Black
• Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
• Unreal Gold
• Unreal 2: The Awakening

I've only played UT: GotY and Unreal 2, both of which I enjoyed.  However, never playing the other three, plus the fact that it's only $10, was more than enough for me to pick this up.

Exato Games' Guncraft is a bizarre combination of Minecraft and Call of Duty, and in the newest trailer, Meteor Survival Mode creates an even more unusual twist to the title's gameplay.

In Meteor Survival Mode, players must freeze their opponents in their tracks before meteors rain down from the sky, melting them into little pools of space matter and H2O. 

Beta mambers will be anle to try out the Meteor Survival mode in the next content patch to Guncraft. 

Check out the trailer below to witness Meteor Mode's rain of fire over the landscapes of Guncraft.

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