BOOM! Deals! News! Releases! The Rundown!  We talk about Minecraft: Education Edition, plus fan-made rebuilds of classic games. Plus, ESPN has launched an eSports branch, which is just bound to confuse basement dwellers everywhere!

 

NOTEWORTHY DEALS

XBL Games for Gold for January (link)

* XB1: Killer Instinct Season 1 Ultra edition

* XB1: Zheros

* 360: Dirt Showdown

* 360: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

* PSPlus Games for January (link)

* Dragon Age: Origins , PS3

* Grim Fandango Remastered , PS4, PS Vita

* Hardware: Rivals , PS4

* Legends of War Patton , PS Vita

* Medal of Honor Warfighter , PS3

* Nihilumbra, PS Vita

* Humble Bundle (link)

* BundleStars (link)

* http://www.cheapshark.com – an aggregate for PC digital game discounts across various sites

NEWS TICKER

* MS/Mojang have announced Minecraft: Education Edition, launching this summer (link) (video)

* Based on MinecraftEdu mod, which MS has acquired.

* Will be $5 per user for Libraries, Schools, etc

* Boosted 40 person multiplayer

* RETRO ROUND-UP

* Fans rebuilding Metal Gears Solid for PC using Unreal Engine 4 (link) Trailer (link) (video)

* Fans also rebuilding Goldeneye 64 in Unreal Engine 4 (link) (video)

* Releases

* Out This Week (video)

* A Boy and His Blob — PS4, Xbox One Digital, PC

* Baseball Riot— PS4, Vita Digital (Cross Buy)

* Dark Cloud 2 — PS2 Classic for PS4

* Resident Evil 0 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Digital, PC

* Resident Evil Origins Collections — PS4

* Tachyon Project— PS4 Digital

* Life Is Strange — PS4, Xbox One Retail

* Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak — PC

* Out Next Week (video - the witness)

* LEGO Marvel’s Avengers — PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, 3DS, Wii U, Vita

* Nitroplus Blasterz Heroines Infinite Duel — PS4

* Saturday Morning RPG — PS4, Vita Digital (Cross Buy)

* The Witness — PS4 Digital, PC

* Rise of the Tomb Raider — PC

THE RUNDOWN

* Youtuber Cosmic Contrarian melted faces with a 20,000 troop war in Fallout 4. Things get nuts. (link)

* Former U.S. Marine and game developer Amir Hekmati has been released from an Iranian prison after FOUR YEARS of captivity for accusations of propaganda while working on a language retention program indirectly for the U.S. DoD. (link)

* More TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan screens leak from the Australian ratings submission because, well, everything leaks from their Australian ratings submissions. (link) (