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Amy Hennig to deliver PAX West 2016 Keynote
Amy Hennig, the senior creative director at Visceral Games, will be delivering the PAX West 2016 Keynote, and I am trying really hard not to just totally fangirl, but it is really difficult. Hennig – known for the Legacy of Kain series, the Jak and Daxter series, and, you know, just the best parts of the Uncharted series – is currently working on a Star Wars game at Visceral.
Jerry Holkins, co-founder of Penny Arcade, said, “Amy’s revolutionary work on the Uncharted series played an immeasurable role in shaping the modern gaming landscape. We’re thrilled PAX West attendees will have the chance to listen to one of gaming’s leading visionaries.”
I met Hennig once and she was not just one of gaming’s leading visionaries – she was also just so rad. I cannot wait to be in attendance at my first PAX keynote in eight years.
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Tagged PAX West 2016, Star Wars: Visceral
Daily Scoop: August 11, 2016 – Square Enix sale at Humble
We had a great Game Makers Guild meeting last night! I got to play some cool prototypes and hang out with game designers. I wish every night could be that rad!
There’s a Square Enix sale happening at the Humble Store! Rise of the Tomb Raider is $38.99, Just Cause 3 is $29.99, Thief is $7.49, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut is $4.99. There’s also one of my personal favorites in there – nab Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition for just $7.49!
The Weekend Deal at Steam is a big Kalypso anniversary sale, and it’s full of games. Get Tropico 5 for $6.24, Urban Empire for $33.99, Crowntakers for $2.49, and Ziro for $1.24, among many others. The Daily Deal is Mafia II, which is $5.99 for the regular edition and $7.99 for the Digital Deluxe Edition.
And now: shirts! (more…)
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition will be available on August 30
We all knew it was in the works, but CD Projekt made it official today by announcing that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition will be released on August 30. The Game of the Year Edition is the most complete version of The Witcher 3 and it’ll include the epic original game, every update, and both downloadable expansions (Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine):
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition offers over 150 hours of open world adventures and sees players take on the role of professional monster slayer Geralt of Rivia, as he seeks out the child of prophecy in Wild Hunt, faces off against a ruthless bandit captain in Hearts of Stone, and unravels the terrifying secret of the beautiful region of Toussaint in Blood and Wine.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition will priced at $49.99 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. You can pre-order now from your favorite game retailer or watch the brand new announcement trailer embedded above.
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Tagged The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sony unveils five new The Last Guardian screenshots
After devoting nine years to its development, Sony and Team Ico are finally ready to release The Last Guardian for the PS4 on October 25. While the consolemaker has said very little so far this year about their flagship title for the Fall, they did release a quintet of new screenshots on Facebook late last night.
Beautifully depicting the growing bond between the nameless boy and the griffin-like Trico, the screenshots can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged The Last Guardian
First Resident Evil: The Final Chapter trailer promises a return to Raccoon City
The Resident Evil film series is, without a doubt, the most successful set of game-to-movie adaptations ever. And after five films, director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich have taken a simple zombie and cranked the crazy up to 11. Now there’s monsters and clones and hypnotic brain slugs and psychotic British AIs and a girl named K-Mart…
And it’s all been leading up to Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Set to open in theaters on January 27th (just three days after Resident Evil 7‘s January 24th launch), The Final Chapter promises a return to Raccoon City for Alice, along with reunions with Claire, Wesker, and Dr. Isaacs. You can get a little taste of the action in the film’s first trailer, which has been embedded above.
Even though the Resident Evil film franchise doesn’t have even the slightest resemblance to Capcom’s original storyline anymore, I’m still eager to see how everything comes to an end.
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Tagged Resident Evil
Kickstart This! Eliosi’s Hunt
Top-down shooters are like buses… you wait for ages, and then two come at once. The first one I found when looking for this week’s Kickstart This! candidate was When It Hits The Fan, which evoked memories of Smash TV with its 32-bit arcade style. Its simple style leads to some fast-paced mayhem, and had I not found Eliosi’s Hunt, I may have delved a bit deeper into its campaign. The latter game has a harder sci-fi slant, but its visuals are mind-blowingly beautiful. So let’s find out what Brazilian-based TDZ Games is hoping to achieve with this project. (more…)
Xbox Store Today… Kingdom: New Lands, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Anode, more
A handful of new games are now available to download from the Xbox Games Store, including an IGF-nominated kingdom builder and a robot-wrecking ode to the 1980s.
Developed by Noio, Kingdom: New Lands takes the IGF-nominated kingdom builder and adds “an abundance of new content” including “new mounts, merchants, and vagrants” for its Xbox One debut. And speaking of re-releases, Activision and High Moon brought Transformers: Fall of Cybertron to the Xbox One this week with enhanced visuals and included downloadable content.
Finally this week, Anode is another falling block puzzler that adds colored lasers and detonators to the mix.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged KillAllZombies, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Daily Scoop: August 10, 2016 – Lots of Overwatch shirts available!
Getting back into the swing of things has been super difficult! We’re easing into it by going back to work and playing as many games as we can. We had a board game night last night, after which I played some – you guessed it – Fallout 4. It felt great to get back to the Commonwealth! I have so many other games in shrinkwrap sitting next to the television, but I just can’t bring myself to leave it.
What’s on sale today? Well, at the Humble Store, you have a few options. Just Cause 3 is $29.99, Blade Ballet is $13.49, and Little King’s Story is $22.49, among lots of other great choices.
There are lots of great deals at Steam as well! The Midweek Madness is a Frozenbyte 15 Year Anniversary Sale, which includes the Trinelogy for $7.50. The Daily Deal is Mirror’s Edge, which is on sale for just $4.99.
There are lots of great shirts today. Hit the jump to check them out! (more…)
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