Today was the Qualifiers for the World Nintendo Championships

The Qualifying rounds for the 2015 Nintendo World Championships were held earlier in the day and  while that in itself is noteworthy the reason why I had to  post about it is that one of Best Buy stores hosting the event is the one in Schaumburg, IL

Sadly I couldn't find anyone live tweeting or Blogging from the event but  I did find this one post from  TechnologyTell.com . Includes photos of potential competitors waiting in in a long line. I've been in a line like that before. Waiting for a video game Midnight release.


One of the few times I actually want to read a live event blog and no one does it. Haha. All that left is to wait until June 14th when the finals happen. Hopefully that will be streamed on Nintendo's Youtube channel.

Nintendo on Humble Bundle but no 1st party games

The main humble bundle going on right now is  for all of you  +Nintendo 3DS and Wii U owners. The official title of the bundle in the Humble Nindie Bundle meaning that is only going to include games made by indie game developers.

The only game I'm really familiar with is Guacamelee which I played on the PC. It's a good action platformer. Mighty Switch Force was developed by Wayforward which I know of from two of their classic remakes.


https://www.humblebundle.com/

Steam is having a Weekend Batman sale

All  the major games in the Arkham series is on sale this weekend on Steam to get you ready for the upcoming Arkham Knight in late June.  Giving any interested gamer a month to get through these games.

The titles included in the sale are: 

Batman Arkham Asylum:  Game of The Year
Batman Arkham City:  Game of The Year
Batman Arkham Origins

At $4.99 each, now would be a good time to pick them up if they aren't part of your library. 
While Batman Arkham Origins doesn't include the DLC like the two other games The add-ons are discounted.

I would definitely recommend that you play through Arkham City before Knight comes out. Not only for the story connection but to get familiar with free flow combat system.    


http://store.steampowered.com/sale/batman/

Fans rally together to fund Bloodstained Ritual of the Night in one day

Surprise to no one except to maybe the publisher that said "No" to Mr. Igarashi. I thought it would definitely be funded but I actually didn't expect it to be the single-day raging fire of interest that it has turned into.

It reached the minimum funding goal by around 1 PM Central US time and then when I check on the page again at around 9:30 PM it was just under 1 Million dollars raised.  

The kickstarter promo video reminds me of a video game commerical from the 1990s.  See the video below.

While the game is already been fully funded and the listed stretch goals have been reached you still have 30 days to decide if you want to be a backer . Especially the tiers where you start receiving  a physical copy and other items.

click here to go to the page