Monthly Archives: April 2016
Titanfall 2 Listing Points Towards 2016 Release
Titanfall 2 could be coming out this year, if a listing on retailer Game's website is to be believed.
You are currently able to pre-order Titanfall 2 from Game for £50, and it lists a "TBC-2016" release date (thanks VideoGamer).
Titanfall 2 was teased last week, and we know a "worldwide announcement" is coming on June 12, most likely at the EA Play event just before E3. We have no confirmation of the release date yet, but you can expect to find out then.
Ken Levine’s Next Project Is a Twilight Zone Interactive Movie
Ken Levine's next project will be an interactive experience set within the world(s) of the Twilight Zone - but it's not his new studio's debut title.
According to an interview with Wired, the BioShock director will be writing and directing an interactive live-action film based on the famous sci-fi television series The Twilight Zone. The film will be made using technology developed by Interlude, a studio that specializes in solutions for switching between multiple streams of video for one seamless experience - for instance, in the Ant-Man and Hulk Superbowl ad. Levine calls his work with Interlude "a side project".
Play Fallout: New Vegas Again as a YouTube Choose Your Own Adventure
YouTube channel Many A True Nerd has repurposed the story of Fallout: New Vegas as a full Choose Your Own Adventure game, played entirely through annotated videos.
As spotted by Kotaku, Obsidian's modern classic has been turned into a huge series of bitesize videos, taking you down the game's critical path with the sidequests used as sometimes fatal diversions.
All you need to do to play is turn on the first video, and make sure you have annotations on:
It's deftly done, paring down the game's near-limitless combinations of choices into a still-sprawling but more manageable story-based game.
GameStop’s Publishing Label Signs The Order: 1886 Dev
Retailer GameStop is expanding its involvement in game development and distribution with GameTrust, the company's non-traditional publishing arm.
Insomniac Games' Song of the Deep—the first title to be published by GameTrust—was announced in January. Today, the retailer revealed three more collaborations. Trine developer Frozenbyte, The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn Studios, and Deadlight developer Tequila Works are the next three independent studios to sign on with GameTrust.
Unlike with traditional publishers, GameTrust "is not part of the creative process." Instead, the publisher allows "innovative independent developers" to take the lead, while GameTrust provides a global platform for displaying "creative and fun games."
Amazon Prime Video Now Available as Standalone Service
You no longer need to be part of the Amazon Prime shipping program to purchase Prime Video in the U.S.
According to Variety, the standalone Prime Video will cost $8.99 per month, undercutting rivals Netflix's most popular payment plan by one dollar.
Amazon is also now offering a monthly plan including both Prime video and shipping priced at $10.99. Using the existing yearly plan ($99) will be considerably less expensive, but the monthly plan is designed to offer some flexibility.
It's worth noting the full Prime package is also less expensive than 12 months' worth of Prime Video.
New Dark Souls 3 Patch out Today, Greatswords at Risk
Dark Souls 3’s next patch is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC later today.
In keeping with From Software’s storytelling technique, the patch itself doesn’t give much away. Greatswords – which have become the go to weapon for strength build players – will be receiving an “adjustment,” whatever that means. That’s as well as “Battle performance” changes for Dancer’s Enchanted Swords and the Winged Knight Twinaxes.
The full list of changes are as follows:
- Performance adjustment for Greatsword
- Battle performance adjustment for Dancer’s Enchanted Sword, Winged Knight Twinaxes
- Performance adjustment for Soul’s Greatsword, and Farron Flashsword
Overwatch’s Tracer Coming to Heroes of the Storm This Week
Tracer will be available as a playable character in Heroes of the Storm starting this week.
The Overwatch character will be available from April 19 if you're pre-ordered a digital copy of Overwatch: Origins Edition through Battle.net. If you're going to be grabbing it elsewhere, you'll get Tracer with the game on May 24. For everyone else, she'll become available for purchase on April 26.
Blizzard recently released Tracer's spotlight video, which you can check out below.
On Tracer's Heroes of the Storm page, she is described as "an extremely mobile and deadly teammate," capable of "bending space and time." Interestingly, you'll be able to play as Tracer in Heroes of the Storm before the game she hails from is even out.
The Division’s Daily Missions Haven’t Updated Since Saturday
More complaints are being leveled at Ubisoft about The Division, as the game's Daily Missions haven't changed since Saturday.
According to VG247, from Saturday through Monday, the Lincoln Tunnel Checkpoint has been the Challenge Mode, and Hudson Refugee Camp and Madison Field Hospital have been on Hard. The Daily Missions are supposed to live up to their name and change every 24 hours.
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the dailies, after disappearing from the game twice. The latest patch also starting deleting characters on Xbox One, however this has now been fixed.
Seems Like We Almost Had a Guitar Hero MMO
Footage has emerged of what appears to be a cancelled MMO in the Guitar Hero franchise, called Hero World.
The information comes from a new video by Unseen64, which purports that, following the release of DJ Hero 2 in 2010, FreeStyle Games pitched the idea of an MMO that connected the entire Hero franchise.
The footage reportedly comes from an early version of the game made by now-defunct Dutch developer, Virtual Fairground. The game would have been akin to a management sim in which players build customisable music venues, and then invite players from connected games like the mooted DJ Hero 3 or Guitar Hero 7 to play in their club, earning in-game currency for both parties.
Dark Souls 3 Outstrips Dark Souls 2 Launch Week
In the UK, Dark Souls 3 has sold 61% more copies than Dark Souls 2 in their respective first weeks on sale. It's also the UK's number one game.
The data comes from ChartTrack - and it’s worth keeping in mind that ChartTrack only covers physical sales, so factor in digital sales and that number will – presumably – be higher.
You can get an idea how well Dark Souls 3 is performing on PC via the SteamSpy webpage (thanks Eurogamer), which estimates some 600,000+ copies have been shifted since release. It's worth pointing out that, according to the same site, the Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin edition has sold just over 650,000 copies on Steam, lifetime.