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Now this is hidden treasure… Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris announced
Everyone expected to see a sequel to 2013’s Tomb Raider at this year’s E3 Expo and Crystal Dynamics did not disappoint with Rise of the Tomb Raider. However, another Tomb Raider sequel announced today is a bit of a surprise. A welcome one, but a surprise all the same.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, a sequel to 2010’s much beloved Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The overhead puzzle platformer ups the number of co-op players to four and includes bigger setpieces all around:
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris takes place deep in the deserts of Egypt. In her new adventure, Lara must join forces with rival treasure hunter Carter Bell and imprisoned gods Horus and Isis, to defeat the evil god Set. As Lara and her companions fight the elements of nature across the sands and through ancient tombs, they will battle legendary deities and creatures of myth. With the fate of the world at stake, Lara must recover the fragments of Osiris to stop Set from enslaving all mankind.
No release date was announced, but we do know that Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris will be “Coming Soon” for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
EA @ E3 14: Battlefield Hardline beta begins today on PC, PS4
It looks like EA still has one Battlefield Hardline surprise up their sleeves. After showing a very cool trailer for Visceral’s upcoming cops-and-robbers game, Sony’s Adam Boyes revealed that a multiplayer beta for the game is available RIGHT NOW for the PC and PS4. Interested players can sign up at Battlefield.com/hardline. I gotta say, this news almost makes the earlier leaks look like a very calculated marketing move on EA’s part.
Battlefield Hardline will be available for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 21.
EA @ E3 14: PGA Tour 15 goes extreme
It looks like EA Sports isn’t just leaving Tiger Woods behind for their next golf game, they’re leaving behind realistic golf games as we know them. Even though it’s titled PGA Tour, the next golf game from EA Sports will include “extreme fantasy course” such as the middle of a naval battle.
Developed using the Frostbite 3 engine, PGA Tour will be available in Spring 2015. Fore! (That’s how many copies I plan to buy if this is half as much fun as it sounds).
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2014, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
EA @ E3 14: Criterion is making a game with lots of vehicles
Perhaps owing to the number of leaks EA has had to deal with in the run up to E3, Criterion Games has revealed their next game during EA’s E3 Press Conference, an untitled first-person vehicle game.
I’m not sure if it’s racing and it’s not exactly a “driving” game (there’s cars, bikes, ATVs, wingsuits, helicopters, and a bunch of other modes of transportation). In probably the quote of the afternoon, EA’s Patrick Soderlund said: “We don’t typically show things this early. And let’s be honest, we all know we couldn’t keep this a secret anyway.”
So who knows when we’ll see Criterion’s untitled next game again. At this point, who knows what Criterion’s untitled game is even about:
Posted in News
Tagged Criterion's Vehicle Game, E3 2014
Daily Scoop: June 9, 2014 – It’s time for E3!
The crazy news from E3 has already started pouring in, and there’s a lot of excitement in the air! Today is full of press conferences, all the way up through tonight, and then the fun on the floor starts tomorrow. I so wish I was in Los Angeles right now!
Wish you were there, too? Well, you can follow along with Twitch’s Digital E3 Ticket over at Humble Bundle! Pay what you want to get access to E3 as well as a boatload of games. And while you’re at it, you can also help charity! Go you!
The only other deal today is over at Steam. Their brand new Daily Deal is NBA 2K14 for $7.49. Scoop it up!
Don’t worry – what we lack in deals, we more than make up for today in t-shirts! (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
EA @ E3 14: Star Wars: Battlefront will be available in Spring 2015
EA is getting the Star Wars: Battlefront reveal out of the way early with the announcement that the game will be available in Spring 2015. That’s around six months ahead of Star Wars: Episode VII‘s theatrical debut, so 2015 should definitely scratch your Star Wars itch with a bunch of new books, movies, and games.
The publisher used their 2014 E3 Press Conference to show off a quick behind-the-scenes video (DICE went poking around in the Lucasfilm archives to get the look of their game just right) and we’ll have that for you soon.
Dozens of indie games coming to Xbox One courtesy of ID@Xbox program
Before today, the indie offerings on the PS4 and Wii U were what captured every gamer’s imagination, but Microsoft wants a piece of that pie too. To let the world know just what they’ve got in the works, they turned to that staple of 80s movies, the montage. So check out just a taste of what’s coming to the Xbox One in the near (and not so near) future courtesy of their ID@Xbox program:
- Another World
- Aztez
- Below
- Calibre 10 Racing
- Chariot
- Cuphead
- Divekick
- EarthLock: Festival of Magic
- Fenix Rage
- Forced
- Fru
- The Golf Club
- Grave
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
- Habitat
- Hellraid
- Hyper Light Drifter
- IDARB
- Knight Squad
- Lifeless Planet
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Mighty No. 9
- Plague Inc: Evolved
- Pure Pool
- QUBE: Director’s Cut
- Riptide GP 2
- Roundabout
- Siegecraft Commander
- SlashDash
- Source
- Spectra
- There Came An Echo
- Threes
- White Night
- Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries
- Wulver Blade
Did you see Threes? Gotta say, wasn’t expecting to see that in an Xbox One montage.
MS @ E3 14: Crackdown 3, Phantom Dust 2, Scalebound announced
Microsoft got busy closing our their 2014 E3 Press Conference by announcing an absolute ton of indie games and a few bigger titles that will surely attract those who gravitate towards the quirkier side of gaming.
Crackdown 3 (referred to as just “Crackdown” on stage) will bring its open-world/co-op gameplay to the Xbox One with David Jones, creator of the original Crackdown, overseeing development.
Phantom Dust 2 (again, just referred to as “Phantom Dust”) is an Xbox One follow-up to a cult favorite Xbox game from 2004. Multiplayer card-based battling and an insane sci-fi story will do that.
Finally, Platinum Games will bring Scalebound to the Xbox One. Giant dragons, big action, and it’s the first non-Nintendo Platinum Games game in a long time. Nintendo fans might be bummed, but those who bypassed the Wii U (and love Platinum) are surely thrilled.
All three titles will likely be released for the Xbox One in 2015.
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Tagged Crackdown 3, E3 2014, Phantom Dust 2, Scalebound