PES2013.com now offers a second playable demo for the Windows edition of
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, offering the opportunity to kick around another sample of Konami's latest association football/soccer simulation. A mirror is available on
Gamer's Hell, and while Konami doesn't provide details on how this differs from the first demo
released in July,
their Facebook page points the way (in German) to
this post (in English) about the second demo for consoles, which says the following:
Demo 2 has 11 licensed teams to choose from: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Valencia, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Juventus.
Additionally, Santos, Corinthians, Boca Juniors and Chivas are available to use in Copa Libertadores mode.
Performing Training also features so users are able to practice their dribbling, defending, trapping, long-passing and shooting skills
A new playable demo is available for
Crash Time 5: Undercover, the upcoming installment in this series of automotive combat games based on a German television series (known there as
Alarm für Cobra 11). Word is: "Experience non-stop racing action and embark on a high-octane manhunt with thrilling car chases and lots of explosive missions! Get ready for a dangerous undercover operation and smash the criminal smuggling ring." The demo is available on the
game's official website and mirrored on
Gamer's Hell.
A
Steam page for Castle Crashers now reveals that
previously announced plans to bring the platformer to
Steam will culminate in a release on September 26th. Word is: "Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth! Featuring hand-drawn characters, Castle Crashers delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you've seen before. Four friends can play locally or online to save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles!" Coming to Steam this week is
Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy, which is expected on Thursday. Thanks nin.
The
Kickstarter Page for
Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure shows that Revolution Software's plan for "the best Broken Sword game ever" has achieved its $400,000 funding goal with considerable room to spare, ultimately coming in at $771,561. The game did, however, fail to reach its most significant stretch goal, as $1 million in funding would have triggered a greenlight of
Beneath a Steel Sky 2. Thanks Shock Fuel.
Here's Valve's list of the ten bestselling titles on
Steam for the past week:
- Borderlands 2
- Torchlight II
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- FTL: Fater ThanLight
- Borderlands 2 Season Pass
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Arma II: Combined Operations
- F1 2012
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
There's a craft fair that hits our area a couple of times a year that we will visit today (we visited it last week too, except we had the date wrong, so we were the only ones there). As usual, one stop will be at the salsa guy to pick up my "I ate the ultra-hot salsa and lived" sticker (one needs to go for the glory where one can). This is actually the one hot food moment where I can outshine MrsBlue, as even though my wife is one of the only people I know with a greater tolerance for spiciness than myself, she is unwilling to try that salsa anymore after it gave her an instant case of the hiccups a couple of fairs ago.
R.I.P.:
Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84.
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