Three Shixty no Shcope| Episode 98 | Press Play to Save

Boom! Gaming news totally in my face! We hit the deals like they've been sassin'. Then, it's off to the races with who won the 2nd Annual Rektreational (guess - JUST GUESS!). Also, Steam briefly ran out of steam, Fallout 4 was pretty much done before we knew it, and Microsoft continues to (re)evolve while Nintendo eke's out a profit.  And don't even get me STARTED on the biggie-sized Rundown this week!



Noteworthy Deals



* XBL Games for Gold (August, 2015)



* XB1: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (all month long)

* XB1: How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition (second half)

* 360: Metro 2033 (first half)

* 360: Metro: Last Light (second half)





* PSPlus Games for August



* PS4: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

* PS4: LIMBO

* PS4, PS3, VITA: Soundshapes

* PS4, PS3, VITA: Stealth, Inc. 2: A Game of Clones

* PS3: God of War: Ascension

* PS3, VITA: CastleStorm





* Humble Bundle: Bandia Namco Bundle (link)



The News Ticker



* Rektreational 2  -  PIT LORD META TWO TIME GRAND CHAMPIONS (Link) Also, buy the shirt.

* The International (Valve's DOTA2 Tournament) has started! $18 million prize pool

* Steam got hax0red. (link)



* Hackers got in using password recovery and circumventing the required security code

* Mostly prominent community members and CS:GO Twitch-casters affected

* Has been patched





* Fallout 4 was almost done before it was ever revealed (link)

* XBOX ONE to start streaming PC games… eventually (link)



* Does this signal an even stronger paradigm shift for MS?

* Why in the hell can’t the 360?





* Nintendo profitable again, if only just (link)



* Attributed to stronger games lineup and Amiibos







 The RUNDOWN



* Dave & Buster’s announces a timed exclusive of a new 8-foot-long Angry Birds arcade cabinet to eat tokens and poop tickets (link)

* The first two games announced for Nintendo’s upcoming console, codenamed NX, are Dragon Quest X and Dragon Quest XI. (link)

* Capcom halted and postponed the Street Fighter V beta because it was straight-up broken when initially launched (link)

* Gamer-pandering worked for Wreck-It Ralph, but not for Pixels and critics slam-pan the film, especially Sandler (link)

* New DOOM game picks up the pace, brings back health packs while locking players to two-guns loadout (link)

* Drake ain’t havin’ none of Meek Mill’s sh*t, drops a beat called Cha-Cha, sampling Star Road theme from Super Mario World (