Eight Bit #29: Burning a Box of Kittens

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with returning guest Kyle Schaplowsky, discuss remakes of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X, a rift in the Oculus Rift's launch titles, Unity and Sony together, and reviews of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Starcraft 2: HOTS by Kyle and Mass Effect: Infiltrator by Ian.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with returning guest Kyle Schaplowsky, discuss remakes of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X, a rift in the Oculus Rift's launch titles, Unity and Sony together, and reviews of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Starcraft 2: HOTS by Kyle and Mass Effect: Infiltrator by Ian.


Links

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues by Portalarium, Inc. — Kickstarter
Special RoosterTeeth Stream – Shroud of the Avatar – YouTube
Oculus Rift won’t ship with Doom 3 BFG Edition, game no longer supported at launch | News | PC Gamer
Dungeon Defenders 2 announced: free-to-play with a MOBA mode in closed beta now | News | PC Gamer
Minecraft Realms hopes to make an increasingly complex game more family-friendly | Polygon
Despite Issues, SimCity’s Launch Was Biggest In Series’ History – News – www.GameInformer.com
EA Offering SimCity Players One Of Eight Free Games – News – www.GameInformer.com
Game modder turns on SimCity’s offline mode
Fez Coming To PC This May, More Platforms To Come – News – www.GameInformer.com
EA CEO John Riccitiello steps down | Polygon
Freddy Rodriguez joins the cast of Twisted Pixel’s LocoCycle | Capsule Computers – Gaming & Entertainment News, Reviews, Interviews & Competitions
The Kingdom Hearts ‘Remix’ Is Coming To North America This Fall As A PS3 Exclusive
‘Final Fantasy 10’ HD Release Date 2013: Remaster Screenshots, ‘10-2’ HD Confirmed By Official Website – International Digital Times
Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster
Amazon.com: Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster: Video Games
Trailer Reveals Bastion Developer’s New Sci-Fi RPG – News – www.GameInformer.com
Humble Bundle launches weekly sale program, kicks off with Bastion | Polygon
Borderlands Animated Short Film In The Works – News – www.GameInformer.com
Nintendo lifts age restriction on European Wii U and 3DS eShops | Polygon
Firaxis announces competitive strategy game with ghosts, vampires and werewolves: Haunted Hollow | Polygon
Warhammer 40K mobile game being developed by Roadhouse Interactive | Polygon
Duke returns to his glory days with Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition | News, Videos | PC Gamer
Early Access games on Steam
Buy God of War: Ascension, get the rest of the series for free at GameStop | Polygon
Terraria to surface on XBLA and PSN next month • News • Xbox 360 • Eurogamer.net
Star Wars: The Old Republic gained two million accounts since going free-to-play, receiving new customization options | Polygon
Unity Develops New Partnership With Sony – News – www.GameInformer.com
Company of Heroes adding Steamworks support to retain online features | Polygon
Rock Band’s final song will be Don McLean’s “American Pie” | Polygon
XCOM: Enemy Unknown coming to Mac April 25 | Polygon
XCOM soldiers to be added to Civilization 5 as new army units | Polygon
DayZ alpha will not be released until after June, creator says | Polygon
Browser-based MMO RuneScape 3 launching this summer | Polygon
First-person puzzler Parallax plays fast and loose with the law of gravity | News, Videos | PC Gamer
CD Projekt Red planning release of REDkit for modders and new games based on its brands | Polygon
Kickstarter game pledges pass $100 million | Polygon
Broken Age is the official title of Double Fine Adventure | Polygon
Borderlands 2’s new vault hunter is Krieg the Psycho | Polygon
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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