The original Rock of Ages was a tower-defence-y, and very silly game that mixed strategic base-defence with a second phase where you rolled a giant boulder into enemy territory. The giant boulder wore a really happy expression it just loved bouldering, and who could blame it? In his review, Tom Hatfield described it as "quirky, fun and characterful", but questioned its longevity and depth.

That was in 2011, and to be honest that's the last I expected to hear from ACE Team's nascent series. However, there is to be another. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger and Boulder (groan...no actually I love it) was seemingly announced in early June, but a rebranded trailer to coincide with E3 brought the game to my attention yesterday. Here it is. It's very fun:

Due this autumn/fall, publisher Atlus explains how RoA2 will expand on the original game:

• Up to 4-person Multiplayer - A little friendly competition never hurt anyone, so that's why ACE Team decided to up the gate-smashing stakes by beefing up the multiplayer features of the game. Play with up to four players online in a 2v2 match to the crushing death with the ability to customize banners and colors for your "units." Plus, the tracks now intersect, so you can knock the enemy rocks to get an advantage!
• Utter Chaos - Expanding on the first game with a more diverse selection of units and a larger focus on rock-smashing strategy in Bigger and Boulder, chaos reigns supreme! Just don't take each turn for granite!
• Improved Physics and Destructible Environments - Developed in Unreal Engine 4, Rock of Ages II has upgraded physics and even more things to be cracked, crushed, flattened, and slammed. It's the most fun you can have rolling rocks down a big hill!
• ACE Team's Trademark Quirkiness - With humor is turned up to 11, players will literally rock and roll through the ages. Famous historical figures beware!

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Some highlights this week: Western Digital has a dual SSD/HDD for only $120 on newegg. Green Man Gaming and GamersGate are both having large New Year sales, and we have a code to bring Green Man Gaming's $5 games down another 22%. Lenovo's y40 laptops are a few hundred dollars off for each model. You can get a EVGA GTX 980 for $550 that comes with a free Ubisoft game or, if you are looking for a slightly more modest GPU upgrade, the MSI GTX 650Ti is all the way down to $60.

— The NZXT Technologies Kraken G10 Liquid Cooled GPU fan is only $9.99 on TigerDirect after a $10 rebate.

— The Ultra Gladiator Mid-Tower ATX case is $19.99 on TigerDirect after a $20 rebate and with the code BFG150772

— A stick of PNY Optima 4GB DDR3-1333Mhz RAM is $29.99 on TigerDirect after a $10 rebate and with the code OGW150793

— The Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 27in 1440p monitor is $521.99 on Dell s site with the code 78M4SHHJ4JC9WW

— The Lenovo Y40 14in laptop with an Intel i7-4510U CPU is $699 on Lenovo s site with the code DRBUSTER22

— The My Passport Ultra Anniversary Edition 1TB Portable hard drive is $59.99 on newegg with the code EMCAKAS26

— The Western Digital Black Dual Drive 2.5" 120GB SSD/1TB HDD kit is $119.99 on Newegg with the code ESCAKAS25

— The Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD is $57.99 on Newegg.

— The EVGA 04G-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 is $549.99 on Newegg after a $10 rebate and comes with a free game: Your choice between Assassin s creed: Unity, Far Cry 4, and The Crew.

— The ASUS R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5 Radeon R9 290X is $280.19 on Newegg after a $30 rebate and with the code EMCPWPW37

— The MSI N650Ti-1GD5/OCV4 GeForce GTX 650Ti is $59.99 on Newegg after a $30 rebate.

— Green Man Gaming is having a sale with a selection of EA games for $5, including Crysis 3, Mirror s Edge, The Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection, and more. You can take another 22% off with the code HAPPYN-EWYEAR-22OFFG

— GamersGate s End of Year Sale has massive price cuts on games from Square Enix, Deep Silver, Nordic Games, and more.

— FTL: Faster than Light is 75% off for only $2.50 on Steam. Another dollar will get you the soundtrack as well.

— Rock of Ages is 80% off, down to $2 on Steam all week.

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