Monthly Archives: June 2015
For Honor Is Ubisoft’s Knights vs. Vikings vs. Samurai Game
Ubisoft Montreal has revealed its next big new game. Revealed during the Ubisoft E3 2015 press conference, For Honor is a melee-only combat game focusing on brutal battles between three factions: vikings, knights, and samurai. For Honor is coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC in 2016.
Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe took to the E3 stage to talk more in depth about For Honor. A four-on-four demo showed objective-based multiplayer played on PlayStation 4. Each team pushed toward a central objective with a massive army of AI units.
A knight player engaged against two samurai and fended off their attacks before an ally came to help. The combat on show was brutal and highly lethal, with violent fights ending quickly before players moved on to the next fight, objective, or mass of disposable soldier fodder. Gruesome executions punctuated each fight.
Here’s All the News from EA’s E3 2015 Press Conference
Star Wars featured prominently in EA's E3 press conference, but there was also room to take a look at the next instalment in the Mass Effect series, Mirror's Edge, FIFA and more.
Below is a run down of all the major announcements made at today's show.
Mass Effect Andromeda was revealed as the next instalment in the Sci-Fi RPG series. It will be available holiday 2016 on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
The reveal trailer below shows an N7-armored soldier navigating a galaxy map, readying their weapon, and heading to a planet’s surface to fight and drive the series’ Mako vehicle.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole Announced
Ubisoft has revealed South Park: The Fractured But Whole, a super-hero themed RPG for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Watch the announcement trailer above!
This follow-up to South Park: The Stick of Truth is in development not at Obsidian, but at Ubisoft’s own San Francisco studio. The Fractured But Whole retains the first game’s role-playing and turn-based combat elements, and once again stars a New Kid as the hero.
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South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are involved again, both in writing and voice performance, with the story following Cartman’s “The Coon” and company.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Expansion Lets You Start High-Level
The upcoming expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic will let new players dive right into the new portions of the story.
The expansion, known as Knights of the Fallen Empire, will let high-level players continue the story while at the same time letting new players create a high-level character. Additionally, the level cap will jump up to 65.
Bioware revealed the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion today during EA's E3 2015 press conference. The trailer for the expansion shows two brothers--twins--whose relationship culminates in a duel.
11 Big (and Small) Changes Coming to FIFA 16
Last year FIFA focussed on attacking play, creating a fast and hectic matches which, while fun, wasn’t necessarily the most realistic experience. The midfield could be bypassed entirely and the advantage in most situations was with the team in attack. FIFA 16 is looking to address that imbalance.
Outside of changes to core systems there are some bigger innovations, like FIFA Trainer and the introduction of Women’s Teams, which will make this the most accessible entry in the series to date.
Here’s a run down of the most prominent changes we’ve seen so far…
First Mass Effect: Andromeda Story Details Revealed
New Mass Effect: Andromeda details have emerged following its official announcement earlier today during EA’s E3 2015 press conference, giving fans a slightly better idea about its story, characters and setting.
A trailer accompanying the announcement concealed the featured character’s race, making it uncertain whether it'll be a human-centric story or not. However, a new BioWare blog post reveals that the mysterious character featured in the announcement trailer isn’t the game’s main protagonist and confirms that players will be be able to play as both human male and female characters.
Jurassic World Topples Marvel’s The Avengers
Not only did Jurassic World have the biggest global opening of all time, the film has now gone on to secure the title of biggest debut weekend ever.
According to Variety, the numbers are still being added, but the blockbuster has managed a total of about $209 million, dethroning Marvel's The Avengers, which previously held the record at $207.4 million.
Originally, Universal had anticipated the dinosaur adventure flick to bring in $204.6 million, but the film enjoyed a much stronger Sunday than expected. Box office analysts say that it may have been the buzz surrounding Jurassic World's monster opening that inspired audiences to hit the theaters, however, Chris Pratt's star power from last year's Guardians of the Galaxy couldn't have hurt.
Star Wars: Rogue One Reportedly Recruits Whitaker
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Taken 3) is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Star Wars: Rogue One, the franchise’s first Anthology film, to be directed by Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards.
Forest Whitaker in Repentance (2013)
According to Variety, Whitaker is in negotiations to play an unspecified character in the Rebel Alliance-centric movie, alongside a cast that now includes Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Diego Luna (Elysium) and Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises).
Rock Band 4 Release Date Announced
Harmonix has confirmed on its official blog that Rock Band 4 will be released on October 6, 2015.
Along with a release date, another handful of playable songs have been confirmed. You can see the list below. More than 1500 songs will be compatible with Rock Band 4.
- Benjamin Booker – “Violent Shiver” *
- Elvis Presley – “Suspicious Minds” *
- Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” *
- Queens of the Stone Age – “My God Is The Sun” *
- Scandal – “The Warrior” *
The Rock Band 4 Band-in-a-Box software bundle is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
Everything You Need to Know About Rare Replay
Rare Replay is a collection of 30 games drawn from Rare's extensive and diverse back catalogue. You can find the full list of games right here.
IGN recently spent to days at the home of the British developer learning all about it, why it was made, and of course, playing as many of the 30 games as possible.
Take a look back at the rich history of Rare in the video above.
We've played a lot of Rare Replay, and while you can check out a lot of new footage below, you can also read why it's a different type of remastered experience to those which have been released since the move to next-gen, or watch the Rare development team explain why they made collection in this video: