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Deals with Gold: Catherine, EA Sports UFC, Fallout
Deals with Gold isn't fooling around, as five Xbox One games and eight Xbox 360 games are discounted this week. Of the bunch, one game is on sale for both Xbox Live Gold and Silver members, as all Xbox One players can download EA Sports UFC for half-off. The other four Xbox One games on sale for Gold subscribers are Stick it to the Man, KickBeat Special Edition, Divekick and CastleStorm's Definitive Edition, each for 30 percent off their respective prices. As for Xbox 360 players with an Xbox Live paid subscription, both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are 67 percent off this week through Games on Demand as well as Catherine, which is 60 percent off. Serious Sam Double D XXL and Serious Sam 3: BFE as well as the latter's Jewel of the Nile DLC are 67 percent off on XBLA. Rounding out the group is Foul Play, Pool Nation and How to Survive, each discounted by, you guessed it, 67 percent. The deals are good through Monday, November 17. [Image: EA Sports]
Foul Play to enter stage left on PS4, Vita
Mediatonic's theatrical side-scrolling brawler Foul Play is heading to PS4 and Vita, the developer announced in a recent post on PlayStation Blog. Players take on the role of Baron Dashforth, a mustachioed demon hunter who retells his tales in front of a live audience, defeating waves of extras in the one-night-only performance. The co-op enabled beat-em-up doesn't feature a traditional health bar, but rather gauges the audience's interest with each passing moment, and closes the curtains for boring actors that take too many hits from the combat-trained extras. Foul Play launched on PC and Xbox 360 in September 2013 before arriving on Mac and Linux in October. Our four-star review of the game deemed the story as "superb" and the fights "frantic and fast." Mediatonic did not offer a release date for the PS4 and Vita versions as of yet, but it will be Cross-Buy compatible, so owners of both platforms need only buy it once. [Image: Mediatonic]
Forkstarter collects all Devolver Digital sales in one snarky place
Forkstarter gets its name and mission from Devolver Digital CEO Fork Parker: "Forkstarter is an extremely for profit organization created to enrich the lives of independent game developers worldwide Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker." At least he's honest. Forkstarter displays all of the Devolver Digital Steam sales happening right now, covering Hotline Miami, Foul Play, Shadow Warrior, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, Dungeon Hearts, Defense Technica, Duke Nukem 3D and the Serious Sam games, each up to 85 percent off. We noted a few of these deals in yesterday's Steam Weekend Sale post, though we didn't mention Foul Play, which is a real treat. Just a friendly reminder to get these games for cheap this weekend. Otherwise, you'll have to give Fork Parker even more money – though it seems he wouldn't mind.
Foul Play brings Vaudevillian brawling to Mac, Linux
Beware of Foul Play on Mac and Linux ... wait, scratch that, because we recommend you get nice and friendly with Mediatonic's eccentric beat-em-up. As our four-star review put it, Foul Play is "a stylized mix of the art of South Park, the witty back-and-forth of Sherlock Holmes, and the theatricality of Puppeteer, all layered on top of wonderful co-op brawling." If that sounds like your cup of tea, Foul Play is priced $15 on Steam, and it's SteamPlay compatible. That means a single purchase grants access to Windows PC, Mac, and Linux versions, and that applies to those who previously bought the PC version.
Foul Play review: A midsummer night's demon
There's no health bar in Foul Play. That doesn't mean it's impossible to lose – Foul Play throws scores of enemies at demon hunter Baron Dashforth in round after round of high-velocity brawls, and they can overwhelm even the most experienced slayer. When this happens, the curtains close and the audience storms out, angry – Foul Play takes place on a stage, you see. It's a Vaudevillian beat-em-up about a play, and its plot revolves around demon-slaying and wild beat-downs. Instead of a health bar, a gauge measures the audience's reactions, with each hit you receive is marked as a blow on the meter (and probably your ego). Foul Play is a stylized mix of the art of South Park, the witty back-and-forth of Sherlock Holmes and the theatricality of Puppeteer, all layered on top of wonderful co-op brawling. Just be sure to pay attention to its credo: Always expect foul play.
Vaudevillian beat-em-up Foul Play raises XBLA, PC curtains next month
> Foul Play, the Victorian era's answer to Castle Crashers, takes the stage on XBLA and PC on September 18. The game, which mixes two-player local and online co-op brawling with the revelry of a Vaudeville stage show, comes courtesy of suitably British studio Mediatonic, the team behind Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess and the Amateur Surgeon series. Foul Play features demon-hunter Baron Dashforth and his sidekick Scampwick as they put on a show chronicling the thrills and spills of the Baron's life. So, rather than survival, the aim is to keep the audience entertained. Messages of "ACCEPTABLE!" and "SPLENDID!" pop up as score multipliers are raised, rewarding players for thwacking enemies around the stage in creative ways. When we saw the game last year, creative director Paul Croft described it as "like a side-scrolling brawler meets Rock Band," because it eschewed traditional health bars and damage meters, allowing players to simply focus on putting on a jolly good show, what what. Mediatonic has yet to put a price on admission, although Croft suggested £10 as a possibility, which converts to around $15.
Foul Play brings Vaudeville and fisticuffs to XBLA in Q1 2013
Vaudevillian brawler Foul Play is coming to Xbox Live Arcade in Q1 2013, Mediatonic Games told Joystiq. Creative Director Paul Croft wouldn't confirm a final price point, but suggested it may be "£10," which could likely equate to 1200 Microsoft Points. It will support online and local two-player co-op.Foul Play is about Baron Dashforth, a Victorian demon-hunter who's recounting his epic life story in a stage show. It's on the stage that the gameplay takes place in the form of mock fights, with one player as Dashforth and the other his trusty sidekick Scampwick. As the top-hatted, monocle-sporting Dashforth bashes adversaries about with his cane, messages of 'ACCEPTABLE!' and 'GOOD SHOW!' light up the screen. "It's very, very British," mused Croft, before taking a long sip of his Earl Grey as he returned to his Times crossword*.%Gallery-169524%
