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Capcom will add revamped CFN online service, new Targets, Ed, Spain stage to Street Fighter V on May 30
Capcom will release a major update for Street Fighter V on May 30 that’ll add a large number of new features and downloadable content to the game.
The big news is that the “Capcom Fighters Network,” Street Fighter V’s revamped online mulitplayer service, will be available on May 30. The CFN will feature faster loading times, matchmaking improvements, a “Rage Quit Penalty System,” and more. All players who sign in to the CFN by June 13 will receive 50,000 Fight Money, and you can learn more about all the improvements it’ll bring to the game at the Capcom-Unity blog.
A new character and a new stage will also be available to download alongside the May 30 update. Ed is a young commander in M. Bison’s army, and he’ll be available to download for $5.99 (or 100,000 Fight Money), or as part of the Season 2 Character Pass. Vega’s Spain stage, complete with a climbable fence, will also be available to download for $3.99 (or 70,000 Fight Money).
And speaking of Fight Money, Capcom will launch a series of new monthly Targets on May 30 for Street Fighter V players who also own the Capcom Pro Tour 2017 Premier Pass. Players with the skills to match these Targets will earn Fight Money to new unlock characters, stages, and costumes.
That’s all for now, but Capcom has many more updates planned for 2017, including three additional new characters.
Posted in News, PC, PS4
Tagged Street Fighter V
Xbox Store Today: Unit 4, Gwent Open Beta, A Walk in the Dark, more
Welcome to another Wednesday update for the Xbox Games Store. Five new Xbox One games are now available to download through the digital storefront, and a few highlights include…
Unit 4 is a retro-themed co-op platformer from Gamera Interactive where players jump, dash, and rope swing across the galaxy in search of an evil alien army.
On an entirely opposite spectrum is Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, which is now available in Open Beta thanks to CD Projekt Red. The collectible card game made famous by The Witcher gives players command of “highly customizable armies” and asks them to cleverly “sling powerful unit and spell cards” to emerge victorious.
Finally, A Walk In The Dark is a monochromatic platformer from Flying Turtle that is very reminiscent of Limbo. Players will control a cat named Bast and explore a “dark fantasy world” in this Xbox Play Anywhere title.
More information about all of today’s new release can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Daily Scoop: May 24, 2017 – What a lovely day to support charity with Humble GameOn Bundle
Oh, what a day! What a lovely day! No, it really is. There’s no giant sandstorm, but there are blue skies, sun, and a decent temperature. Much better than the dreary gulag weather of previous weeks. So go play outside today (and by that I mean take your Switch outside and sit under a nice tree!). But first, let’s witness these deals!
There isn’t much out there today, but the Humble Store’s newest bundle, the “Humble GameOn Bundle,” went up yesterday and expires in 13 days, 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 30 seconds… no, wait, 29, 28… ahhh, 27… you get the idea. Anyway, pay what you want for Worms: Clan Wars, 80 Days, and Her Story. Pay more than the average and also get Grim Fandango Remastered, The Stanley Parable, and Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse. Finally, pay more than $10 to also get Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Day of the Tentacle Remastered! And don’t forget the bonuses!
Humble also revealed the mystery game in the “Beat the Average” tier for last week’s “Humble Indie Bundle 18” and it actually appears to be two games: A Story About My Uncle and Neon Drive. A reminder that there are about five days left on this bundle.
Another final Humble Store reminder… their big Spring Sale ends tomorrow, May 25th, at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time). Tons of games at great discounts so don’t let it pass you by!
Also, in non-Humble deals, Grand Theft Auto V is on sale this week at Steam for 40% off its original price.
Now it’s time to clothe yourself! Today’s daily shirts can be found after the break. (more…)
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First Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 trailer throws a ton of characters at the screen
The first trailer for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 opens with Baby Groot sprinting towards the screen as an explosion rages behind him… and it just gets wilder from there.
Baby Groot is trying to repair the timestream in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, and that’s because C-List villain Kang the Conquerer disrupted it and forced all of Marvel’s heroes and villains to gather together in Chronopolis, a city outside of time. And when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE. Loki is hobnobbing with Doctor Octopus and Ego the Living Planet, while Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Noir, and Spider-Gwen swing around town. And don’t forget all the Avengers… and regular-sized Groot… and his pal Rocket… and…
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 14. The game will also be available for the Nintendo Switch sometime this Fall.
Friday the 13th, Rime, Gwent, Marvel Heroes Omega, more coming to PS Store this week
Two brand new Open Betas are now available to download through the PlayStation Store for the PS4… and they’re both free.
First up, CD Projekt Red will give players the chance to try out Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. According to the developer, Gwent is “based on skill rather than luck” and will require the clever mastery of strategy and deception if you want to defeat your opponents. Elsewhere on the PlayStation Store, Marvel has launched a free-to-play beta for Marvel Heroes Omega, an upgraded adaptation of the mobile action RPG.
It’s also possible to travel back to the past this week with the PlayStation Store as Square Enix has added Star Ocean: Till the End of Time to the PS2-On-PS4 collection. Whether you’re playing it for the first time or the fifth, the epic RPG is now available to download for the PS4.
Later this week, Jason Voorhees will tear his way through a helpless group of camp counselors in Friday the 13th: The Game. The 4v1 multiplayer game will be available to download on Friday, May 26. Also set to launch for the PS4 this Friday is Rime, an exploration adventure from Tequila Works.
You can learn more about all of these games (and a few other new releases) after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Friday the 13th, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Marvel Heroes, Rime, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Take-Two will release a “new title from one of 2K’s biggest franchises” in 2018
Take-Two Interactive is gearing up for a rather quiet 2017. As of right now, the publisher’s release calendar only features NBA 2K18 in September and WWE 2K18 this Fall. But 2018 might be one of the “biggest” yet for the company.
We already know that Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 will launch in Spring 2018, but CEO Strauss Zelnick also said during Take-Two’s most recent quarterly financial report that, “A highly anticipated new title from one of 2K’s biggest franchises” will be released during their next fiscal year (which runs from April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019).
Aside from NBA 2K and WWE 2K, the most famous franchises from Take-Two’s 2K Games label are BioShock, Borderlands, XCOM, and Civilization. But the latter two received new entries just last year, so it’s unlikely that Take-Two is working on XCOM 3 or Civilization VII. Instead, it’s much more reasonable to believe the executive is providing a very early tease for Gearbox’s Borderlands 3 or the currently-unannounced (but known to be in development) BioShock 4.
Whichever game it turns out to be, Zelnick isn’t concerned with hitting a release date ahead of the holiday shopping season. Especially when you’re talking about a game as big as Red Dead Redemption 2:
For a title like [Red Dead Redemption 2], I don’t think the launch window really matters. And obviously, Red Dead Redemption went out in May and was an extraordinarily successful title. Consumers are consuming entertainment year round. Now they don’t stop in the summer months. And we believe that if you give people an extraordinary experience, they will show up for it.
Hopefully, we’ll learn more about this mystery title (and Red Dead Redemption 2) soon.
Take-Two has shipped more than 80 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online is more popular than ever
Grand Theft Auto V continues to steamroll the competition. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick lead off yesterday’s quarterly financial report by announcing that the publisher has shipped more than 80 million copies of the game since its release in 2013.
Even though that’s an absolutely astonishing number, Grand Theft Auto V still trails Wii Sports and Minecraft on the list of best-selling games of all time.
Grand Theft Auto V’s continued sales success is mostly due to the way its sprawling single-player story draws in new players every month. But the game’s multiplayer component, “Grand Theft Auto Online,” has actually never been more popular. According to Zelnick, Take-Two made more money through microtransactions in “Grand Theft Auto Online” during their last fiscal year (April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017) than ever before. Not bad for a game that’s almost four years old.
New content for “Grand Theft Auto Online” is released on a nearly weekly basis, and Zelnick confirmed that Rockstar Games is currently hard at work on even more updates to the game mode:
On “GTA Online,” we have said that plenty more content is coming. More announcements will be made by Rockstar Games. The title is absolutely being supported by the label.
With Red Dead Redemption 2‘s recent delay, this strategy will surely sell more copies of Grand Theft Auto V (and keep “Grand Theft Auto Online” players happy) for a long time.
Capcom will re-release Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for the PS4, Xbox One this Fall
Capcom has announced plans to re-release Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for the PS4 and Xbox One this Fall, adding yet another remaster to the publisher’s current-generation catalog.
Dragon’s Dogma was originally released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012, with the Dark Arisen expansion (and a new retail bundle containing both adventures) following a year later. The action RPG is reminiscent of other “monster hunting” games that have gained popularity in recent years, and the Capcom-Unity blog has more details about Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen’s upcoming re-release, as well as a few screenshots:
Well met, Arisens! ‘Tis a grand time of celebration: Dragon’s Dogma was originally released five years ago this week, and we are bringing the beloved Action RPG experience of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this fall!
Featuring a variety of unique classes, a robust system of AI-controlled companions called Pawns and intense real-time combat from the designers behind the Devil May Cry series, this epic masterwork took our hearts by surprise and quickly became a fan-favorite.
Capcom-Unity is also hosting a livestream replay of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, and you can watch it on their Twitch channel beginning at 6:00 PM (Eastern Time) today.
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Tagged Dragon's Dogma