Monthly Archives: June 2019
Roller Champions Preview: Rolling With Some Potential
Roller Champions is Ubisoft’s free-to-play, roller derby style competitive online game. The premise is straightforward: throw the ball into the goal and the first team to five points wins. Roller Champions is easy to pick up, but there are some strategy options to give you something to think about and experiment with.
Matches are 3v3 and take place in a variety of different themed arenas/locations. It’s a standard roller derby track but encased with high, clear glass walls around the inner/outer circle, which allows players more space to skate and more ways to strategize. There’s a single ball and both teams are fighting for possession; your goal is to get the ball and take it at least once around the track, uninterrupted.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Story Creator Mode Announced
Ubisoft announced two new modes for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey today: a Story Creator Mode and a Discovery Tour.
Story Creator Mode is a free quest-creation tool that is starting its open beta today. It allows players to create their own stories and play quests created by other players. Quests made in the mode are available cross-platform on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Based on the story-designer tools and branching dialogue systems used in Odyssey, it lets players write their own stories accompanied by gameplay. Players can mix and match six quest objectives, like freeing or assassinating targets and going to specific locations. They can create branching narratives with multiple outcomes, and have access to several historical characters from the game to retell historical events. Players can also define role-play options in the dialogue system, which includes lying to or attacking NPCs.
First Details on Always Sunny Duo’s Video Game Comedy Series
Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet is the title of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia duo Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day's video game comedy series, McElhenney announced at Ubisoft's E3 2019 press conference.
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Watch Dogs: Legion Revealed, Release Date Announced
Watch Dogs: Legion, the third game in Ubisoft's open world franchise, has been revealed, and it will be released on March 6, 2020.
As previously rumoured, the game has you playing a full gang of DedSec members, and sees you gathering new recruits drawn from what would traditionally be open world NPCs. Every cinematic in the game will change depending on the characters you choose to play as, from ex-MI5 spies to old ladies.
Creative director Clint Hocking has acknowledged that the game takes place in a post-Brexit London, in which the UK has become a surveillance state.
A leak last week hinted that much of this was the case, but the sheer scale of that idea, and the ambition on show, is striking. The game's official name was confirmed by Ubisoft on Twitter shortly after the leak.
Ms. Marvel Could Live on Disney+, Says Mindy Kaling
Ms. Marvel fans may have a while before Marvel confirms a movie or TV series starring Kamala Khan, but according to writer/actress Mindy Kaling, there have been discussions about what to do with the character.
Kaling revealed in an interview with MTV News that she's spoken with Marvel and expressed an interest in working on a Ms. Marvel project, whatever form that might take.
Ms. Marvel #1 cover by Sara Pichelli. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)
Conan Chop Chop Announced, Wasn’t an April Fools’ Joke
Conan Chop Chop was officially, seriously announced during the PC Gaming Show at E3 2019.
Conan Chop Chop was originally revealed on April Fools' Day, but Funcom and Mighty Kingdom were being totally serious. Coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on September 3, 2019, Conan Chop Chop is a rogue-like, four player co-op, hack and slash, stick figure game.
“Keeping this a secret has been a hardship,” said Funcom CEO Rui Casais. “The feedback we got from fans when we released the April Fools’ Day trailer was amazing and remarkably unanimous, and so I have been itching to give them the good news ever since. But don’t be fooled by the game’s humoristic and quirky looks. There is a lot of hard work being put into this, and the game should thrill roguelike fans and hack & slash fans alike.”
Kill Some Nazi Zombies in Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Sniper Elite 4 developer Rebellion has announced Zombie Army 4: Dead War, a co-op game all about killing Nazi Zombies, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in early 2020.
Zombie Army 4 features 4-player drop-out co-op that will take players to Italy and "beyond." Oh,and one of those "beyond" locations is a zombie zoo.
There are unlockable skills, attacks, and upgrades that will allow you to improve your sniper character or one of three other non-sniper classes. This new game also features Sniper Elite's X-Ray Cam that will follow the bullet as it enters your enemies in gruesome detail.
Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots Will Be Back
Netflix has ordered a second season of its popular animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots.
The announcement came via the streaming platform's See What's Next Twitter account. Accompanying the news was the reveal that Jennifer Yuh Nelson will serve as a supervising director for "Volume 2 and will oversee all episodes." She's previously directed Kung Fu Panda 2 and 3, the live-action film The Darkest Minds, and has credits on Madagascar, the animated Spawn series, and more.
There's no word yet on when the second season (or volume) of Love, Death & Robots will debut.
Chivalry 2 Announced for PC
Torn Banner Studios has announced Chivalry 2, a game all about bringing players into their favorite medieval movie battle scenes.
Chivalry 2 will allow players to partake in all the greatest activities in medieval times, including sieging castles, raiding villages, and...um...burning peasants.
This new game will feature first-person melee battles of up to 64 players and hopes to recreate the experience and allow players to relive scenes like Game of Thrones' "Battle of the Bastards." Also, you can now ride a horse, which is a first for the franchise.
Players will be able to fight multiple opponents at the same time and the goal of the team is to make combat very fluid and more accessible than its predecessor, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.
Samsung Introduces its First G-Sync Gaming Monitor
Samsung has been a consummate maker of FreeSync gaming monitors, but at E3 2019 the company is finally introducing its first G-Sync gaming monitor.
The Samsung CRG5 Curved Gaming Monitor is the company’s first G-Sync display featuring a 27-inch, Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) panel. Another first about this gaming monitor is it features a 240Hz refresh rate, which should make it well suited to Esports games like Dota 2 and the Ninja Theory's newly announced Bleeding Edge.