Monthly Archives: June 2016
The Titanfall 2 Collector’s Edition Is Confirmed, Ridiculous
If you're a serious, and we mean serious, fan of Titanfall and its brand of first-person parkour and mech-based combat, the Titanfall 2 Collector's Edition is now available for pre-order.
The Titanfall 2 Collector's Edition is priced at $250 USD on Amazon. That $250 gets you the Deluxe Edition of the game itself, as well as an 8GB dog tag flash drive, an aluminum-cased field journal, the Titanfall 2 Vanguard pilot helmet replica with a light-up faceplate and tactical accessories like a spotlight and laser sight.
It also includes "squad morale patches" and a Vanguard shemagh scarf "designed to protect a Pilot's head and neck from the sun and blowing sand of harsh alien environments."
Titanfall 1 Not Coming to PS4
While Titanfall 2 is making its way to PS4 this October, Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella confirmed there are no plans to bring the series' first installment to PlayStation owners.
"No we're not," Zampella told IGN when asked if the studio is releasing Titanfall 1 for PS4. "Titanfall 2 on PS4, on Xbox One, on PC, all the platforms—this will be the game people should play. You don't have to have played Titanfall 1 to play this game to understand anything."
Titanfall 2 launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on October 28, 2016. The game will feature a single-player campaign, putting players in the shoes of Jack Cooper, a soldier who's accompanied by a robot companion.
Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Season 3 Gets a New Playable Character
Players won't only be jumping back into Clementine's shoes when Telltale Games' The Walking Dead returns this fall.
During The Walking Dead: Season 3 Reveal on IGN Live at E3, Telltale's Job Stauffer and Laura Perusco confirmed that the new character glimpsed in the first trailer, Javier, will be playable in addition to Clementine. He has never previously appeared in the comic book series or the game.
Clementine and Javier in The Walking Dead Season 3
All the News and Trailers From EA’s E3 2016 Press Conference
Electronic Arts kicked off the E3 2016 press conference season with a variety of huge announcements on its big AAA franchises like Mass Effect, Battlefield, Titanfall, and plenty more. The company also revealed several interesting smaller-scale games, and key news on its EA Sports franchises.
Here’s everything you need to know:
EA opened its show with Titanfall 2, showing off an extremely high-octane multiplayer trailer:
EA also confirmed a single-player campaign would be included this time around, focusing on a soldier and his Titan:
ReCore Release Date Leaked
Ahead of Microsoft's E3 press conference tomorrow, the release date for ReCore has leaked.
According to a post on NeoGAF, Comcept and Armature Studios' upcoming adventure game for Xbox One and Windows will release on September 13 in North America and September 16 in Europe. A couple of screenshots leaked as well, one of which you can check out below.
Leaked ReCore screenshot, via NeoGAF
ReCore was originally set to launch in "Spring 2016" when it was unveiled at last year's E3, but Microsoft announced a delay back in January to give the team more time and ensure they "provide the best experience to
FIFA Really Has a Big Change This Year, Honestly
When I say a big new feature is coming to FIFA 17, you're probably sceptical. I imagine you expect it to be something like a new collision system informed by cutting-edge biomechanical research being conducted somewhere in Geneva. I can understand the cynicism – annual sports franchises thrive on a canny mix of innovation and preservation – but no, FIFA 17 really does have a big change this year. Honestly.
So how big of a change? Well, there’s a single-player campaign, complete with light RPG elements, dialogue wheels, branching storylines, and what’s more, it’s all built on the same engine as Dragon Age: Origins.
Meet Alex Hunter.
Star Wars Battlefront Sequel Developer Revealed
During a short video about EA’s upcoming Star Wars games today, EA Motive confirmed that it’s working on the next iteration of Star Wars Battlefront.
Previously, we heard that Motive -- led by former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond -- was assisting Uncharted creator Amy Hennig with a Star Wars game at Visceral. Whether the Motive team has switched projects or is working with DICE on Battlefront and Hennig’s game simultaneously is unclear.
Other footage shown during the video included our first look at Hennig’s third-person Star Wars title, mo-cap work from Respawn’s recently-announced Star Wars action-adventure game, a look at Battlefront’s upcoming Bespin DLC, a quick glimpse of the Battlefront PS VR Experience, and check-ins with Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.
EA Announces New Adorable Indie Game, Fe
At EA Play today, EA announced Fe, a new title from Swedish studio Zoink Games.
In Fe, you awaken as a young cub all alone in a forest. The game focuses on exploration, discovery, and learning the ecosystem of the world around you.
No release window or platforms were confirmed just yet.
Fe's announcement continues EA's trend of publishing smaller titles by independent developers, now called EA Originals, following EA’s reveal of Unraveled last year and its recent extended partnership with Unraveled developer Coldwood Interactive. The goal of Originals is to seek out smaller teams and games, and support them through development, marketing, and publishing. According to EA Studios Executive Vice President Patrick Soderlund, EA wants all of the profit to go back into the hands of the developers.
FIFA 17 Has a Single-Player Campaign
During its EA Play conference today, EA showed off The Journey, the new single-player campaign in FIFA 17.
In The Journey, you’ll play as Alex Hunter, an up-and-coming rookie, as he moves along his career. EA also showed off graphics utilizing the Frostbite engine, which FIFA has switched to.
FIFA 17 launches in North America on September 27 and internationally on September 29. It will be available on Xbox One, PS4, PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, and it's currently available for pre-order on Amazon.
Andrew is IGN’s executive editor of news and really bad at soccer. You can find him rambling about Persona and cute animals on Twitter.
More Mass Effect Andromeda News Coming This Fall
During its EA Play conference today, EA showed new footage from Mass Effect Andromeda and confirmed that new details will be announced this fall.
New footage shown during the conference revealed looks at a new Asari, a new Krogan squad member, and a new female human character who wakes up and says, “we made it.”
Mass Effect Andromeda was officially named last year and originally set for Holiday 2016 before being pushed to Q1 2017 earlier this year.