Monthly Archives: August 2015
Heroes of the Storm’s New Characters and Battleground
Today during Gamescom, Blizzard revealed three new playable characters to join Heroes of the Storm.
Kharazim, alternatively known as the monk from Diablo 3, will be the first melee support character to join the game.
The next hero announced, Warcraft's half-orc, half-ogre beastmaster Rexxar will join the fray as a ranged warrior alongside his bear, Misha.
According to Blizzard, "He’s a unique ranged warrior, who calls on his ferocious companion to follow him around the battlefield and attack his foes. Misha is integral to Rexxar’s gameplay, harassing enemies, absorbing damage, and stunning enemy characters with a targeted charge ability."
EA Press Conference Round-up
EA kicked off Gamescom with a strong press conference, showing off more of the games coming in the next 12 months. A new game mode for Star Wars Battlefront named Fighter Squadron pits the Rebels against the Empire in the skies above Sullust, with TIE Fighters and X-Wings joined by the Millennium Falcon and Slave 1.
Following its E3 debut, Unravel is as adorable as ever, with a short gameplay demo showing how Yarny gets across obstacles by tying thread to create platforms. A bunch of new characters for Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 were also revealed, including a popcorn-spitting heavy gunner called Kernel Cob, plus a Mass Effect-inspired mech called Z7.
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Project Cars Dev Announces Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Slightly Mad Studios, the developer behind Project Cars, has announced an all-new racing game, Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
The racing game - based upon "the world's fastest motorsport series" in which pilots race a light-weight and highly agile racing plane through a predefined racetrack marked by 25 meter Air Gates - will be released "exclusively" on PC.
"We have been working stealthily for many months on this action-packed title - and we can't wait to show everybody the first scenes of the game," said Jens Ott, managing director of Wing Racers Sports Games. "Stay tuned: over the next weeks and months we are going to share many more details and features of Red Bull Air Race – The Game."
Koei Tecmo Announces Attack on Titan Tie-in
Koei Tecmo has announced development of a game based on the Attack on Titan IP for PlayStation 4.
Based on the successful manga and anime of the same name, the yet-to-be-named game is being developed by Omega Force (Dynasty Warriors, Dead or Alive: Last Round, Hyrule Warriors on 3DS), and has an estimated release window of 2016.
“Having evolved from a manga/anime series to an internationally recognised brand, says Hisashi Koinuma, President of Koei Tecmo Games, “we were enchanted by the opportunity to create our own take on humanity’s last stand against these overwhelmingly powerful beings, the Titans.”
Lego Marvel’s Avengers Has A Release Date
Lego Marvel’s Avengers is coming to North America on January 26, 2016, and Europe on January 29, 2016, for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, 3DS, and Windows PC.
If you’re looking to pre-order, GameStop customers have the option of an exclusive Silver Centurion Iron Man Lego minifigure.
Lego Marvel’s Avengers comes with the usual suspects, and a few surprises. For a start, players will be able to play as both Sam Wilson’s Captain America and America Chavez. If that’s not interesting enough, you’ll also be able to play as the Stan-buster, which is essentially Iron Man’s Hulk-buster suit as if it was built by Stan Lee.
The Stan-buster takes its cues from both the original source material and, obviously, Stan Lee. It even has Stan’s trademark mustache on the helmet, and his glasses.
Nintendo Confirms Release Date for Zelda Tri Force Heroes
Nintendo has confirmed The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes will release on October 23.
The co-op game, exclusive to the 3DS, requires teams of three to work together to solve unique Zelda-style puzzles and boss fights while sharing a single life meter.
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes director Hiromasa Shikata recently confirmed that there were no plans to support amiibo in the upcoming co-op Zelda game.
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FIFA 16’s Most Important Changes
The idea with each and every FIFA is not to rewrite the rulebook or the laws of physics, it’s to supplement and build upon what has already come before. FIFA 16 looks to continue that tradition by expanding the game mode options as opposed to drastically altering the actual state of play.
Below are those additions that we think are most important, not least the new Draft Mode that is coming to FIFA Ultimate Team and designed to expand the already significant audience that is addicted to what the veterans tempt fate by callling ‘FUT’.
Without further ado, then, the most impactful changes coming to FIFA 16…
For those that don’t have the patience, willpower or desire to dedicate themselves to an entire season of Ultimate Team building, the new draft mode might provide fresh incentive to become interested.
Battlefield Hardline: Robbery Expansion Announced
At Gamescom 2015, EA revealed the second expansion to this year's Battlefield Hardline. Titled "Robbery," the new DLC revolves around, you guessed it, heists.
EA elabroates, "The theme of this pack is the Big Score: how to steal it, or how to stop it. The new maps and game mode in Battlefield Hardline: Robbery are designed to let criminal teams plan and execute the perfect heist; or, for law enforcement, to get the crooks in cuffs before they can pull it off.
EA highlighted the following features as standouts in Robbery
New 2TB Xbox One Hard Drive Coming This Month
Xbox One and Xbox 360 users will soon have another option to expand their consoles a further 2TB with the official Seagate Game Drive for Xbox, Seagate announced today at Gamescom.
Designed to work with Xbox One and Xbox 360, the drive uses USB 3.0 to plug directly into any USB port in either console for plug-and-play functionality. The Xbox-branded drive also doesn’t need a separate power cord.
The Seagate Game Drive for Xbox will be available later this month for $109.99 USD from retailers such as GameStop, Amazon and more.
Both Microsoft and Sony recently released bigger versions of their stock 500GB home consoles to help address this generation's growing appetite for hard drive space. Microsoft launched a new Xbox One console with a 1TB hard drive in June, while Sony released the 1TB PS4 Ultimate Player Edition the following month.