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Control leads the way with seven nominations at the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards

Posted on February 18, 2020 by John Scalzo

The SXSW Gaming Awards will once again play a big role in the annual Austin arts festival, and this year’s nominees were announced earlier this week.

Remedy’s Control and Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding lead the way with seven nominations apiece, but Kojima’s latest mindbender won’t be competing for “Video Game of the Year.” Instead, Control will do battle with Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5, ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium, From Software’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for the coveted award.

Winners at the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards will be determined by a split vote between the festival’s advisory board and a public poll, which is now open at SXSW.com through Sunday, February 23.

This year’s ceremony will be held on on Sunday, March 15, and it’ll be hosted by Wil Wheaton and Star Wars: Battlefront II‘s Janina Gavankar. All SXSW registrants will be able to attend the ceremony as part of their festival ticket, and the rest of us will be able to tune in to the festivities via SXSW’s Twitch channel.

You can find a complete list of this year’s nominees in all categories after the break. (more…)

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Watch the Launch Trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order right now

Posted on October 29, 2019 by John Scalzo

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be available on store shelves in just a little over two weeks… but that still makes right now a great time to take a look at the game’s Launch Trailer. The game was developed by Respawn Entertainment, and this new video gives us a quick glimpse at some of it’s Lightsaber combat, as well as a few of the Empire’s most deadly agents:

A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the Lightsaber… all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 15.

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New trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order introduces us to “Cal’s Mission”

Posted on September 26, 2019 by John Scalzo

Respawn Entertainment will get their next chance to wow gamers with a sprawling space saga this Fall with the launch of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Today, the developer unveiled a new trailer for the game that hints at what else protagonist Cal Kestis will be up to besides evading the Empire:

In the Galactic Empire, the Inquisitorius has only one mission: seek out and destroy all remnants of the Jedi Order. Learn more about what Cal Kestis is searching the galaxy for and why the Empire will stop at nothing to bring him down.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 15.

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Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds receives four nominations in Game Critics Awards’s Best of E3 2019 Awards

Posted on June 26, 2019 by John Scalzo

The Game Critics Awards‘s judging panel, which has expanded to 64 publications this year, has announced the nominees for the Best of E3 2019 Awards.

This year, Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds lead all games with a total of four nominations, including one for “Best of Show.” The RPG will be competing against Gearbox’s Borderlands 3, id Software’s Doom Eternal, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion for the big prize.

A quartet of other games also seemed to strike a chord with panelists, and also receiving three nominations apiece were Remedy’s Control (“Best Original Game,” “Best PC Game,” “Best Action/Adventure Game”), Bithell Games’s John Wick Hex (“Best Original Game,” “Best Strategy Game,” “Best Independent Game”), Nintendo’s Luigi’s Mansion 3 (“Best Console Game,” “Best Action/Adventure Game,” “Best Family/Social Game”), and MachineGames’s Wolfenstein: Youngblood (“Best PC Game,” “Best Action Game,” “Best Online Multiplayer”).

The complete list of nominees for the Best of E3 2019 Awards can be found after the break, and you can learn all about the winners beginning tomorrow, June 27. (more…)

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Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released on November 15, 2019

Posted on April 13, 2019 by John Scalzo

As promised, Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainmen delivered the first look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order at this year’s Star Wars Celebration earlier today.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will take place in the shadow of Order 66, and players will take control of a young Jedi named Cal Kestis (played by Gotham‘s Cameron Monaghan) as he goes on the run after surviving the slaughter:

The game will feature an authentic story set shortly after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, when the Jedi have fallen. Fans will play as a young Padawan named Cal Kestis, brought to life by Cameron Monaghan, who has survived Order 66, the Emperor’s secret decree to eliminate all Jedi. Players must pick up the pieces of Cal’s shattered past to complete his training and master the art of the iconic lightsaber – all while staying one step ahead of the Empire and its deadly Inquisitors.

According to the publisher, players will visit several “iconic” locales in Fallen Order, but they’ll also get the chance to explore new planets and meet “a roster of fresh characters” new to Star Wars. And of course, the Empire will always be right on your heels:

Players will meet Cal on Bracca, a brand-new Star Wars planet and one of several new locations introduced in the game. Cal is hiding from the Empire in plain sight but is forced to go on the run when he exposes his Force powers. Along the way, Cal will make new friends, like his mysterious companion Cere, as well as run into some familiar faces, all while being accompanied by his faithful droid BD-1. Cal’s flight from the Empire is made even more dangerous as he is being pursued by the Second Sister, one of the Empire’s elite Inquisitors, who seeks to hunt Cal down and extinguish this surviving Jedi. Assisting the Second Sister are the terrifying Purge Troopers, special Imperial forces trained to seek out Jedi and aid the Inquisitors in their dastardly work.

Unlike EA’s previous Star Wars projects, Fallen Order will offer a completely single-player experience with no multiplayer options, loot boxes, or microtransactions. In a way, Fallen Order’s scenario almost feels like a continuation of 2008’s The Force Unleashed, albeit from the other side of The Force.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 15. The game’s jaw-dropping first trailer has been embedded above.

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Respawn will unveil Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on April 13 at Star Wars Celebration

Posted on February 27, 2019 by John Scalzo

Lucasfilm has hosted a dozen Star Wars Celebration conventions since 1999 and the 13th will take place this Spring in Chicago.

Fans from all across the globe will gather in the Windy City to learn more about the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX, but according to StarWars.com, Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment will also be in attendance on April 13th to give the public their first look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order…

In a special panel on Saturday, April 13, EA and Respawn will pull back the curtain on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, in which gamers will meet a Padawan who survived Order 66 and explore the galaxy in the time after the fall of the Jedi Order. The discussion will feature never-before-released details ahead of the game’s fall 2019 release.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be released sometime this Fall.

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EA’s CEO confirms new games from Titanfall, Need For Speed, Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, and EA Sports for release in 2019

Posted on February 6, 2019 by John Scalzo

Electronic Arts delivered their quarterly financial report yesterday, and CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed that the publisher has a healthy slate of new titles on track for 2019.

In his opening remarks, Wilson praised Respawn for Monday’s launch of Apex Legends, and said that a “premium” new Titanfall game (but not necessarily Titanfall 3) will be released later this year:

The Respawn team has a strong plan for Apex Legends that will engage fans for a long time to come. As the live service evolves, Respawn also plans to launch a premium game this year that is a new twist on the Titanfall universe. More to come on that in the months ahead.

The executive later discussed the rest of EA’s 2019 release schedule, confirming the existence of new entries in the Need For Speed and Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare franchises, as well as a full slate of EA Sports simulations (Madden NFL 20, FIFA 20, NHL 20, and NBA Live 20):

Looking ahead to FY20, we have a large slate of new games, beginning with some big new additions in our next FIFA title. There was great energy and engagement from NFL fans throughout this past season, we’re excited for our plans with the Madden NFL franchise. We will continue innovating and driving our NHL and NBA Live games deeper into the fabric of their respective sports. We’ll have a new game for our Need For Speed fans, and a new title in our [Plants Vs Zombies] shooter franchise on console and PC.

Finally, Wilson reconfirmed that the previously-announced Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (also from Respawn) is still on track for a Fall release.

If Electronic Arts follows their typical pattern, we’ll likely learn more about most of these games at E3 2019 in June.

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E3 2018 Aftermath: 9 Games That Were Missing In Action

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Andrew Rainnie - UK Correspondent

E3 brings developers, journalists, and fans together for a celebration that is like the video game version of Christmas (or at least, it’s the day when we find out what to ask Santa for six months later).

And while there were so many projects announced, revealed, discussed, and dissected, some people still felt let down because the games they were pining to see were a no show. There were no brief teasers, no tiny morsels of information, just nothing. Radio silence from their developers.

So what were the biggest games you were disappointed you didn’t see at E3 2018? Because I have a few of my own… (more…)

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