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The future of the Killzone franchise will be revealed “Soon”
It looks like Sony and Guerrilla Games are getting ready to announce the next entry in the Killzone series. Today, an image of a Helghast soldier and the word “Soon” were posted to the franchise’s official Twitter account:
Soon. pic.twitter.com/SikOKnRXK3
— Killzone (@killzone) February 10, 2015
It’s been a little over two years since we last saw a new entry in the Killzone series. Sony and Guerrilla released Killzone: Shadow Fall as a PS4 launch title. But 2013 also saw the release of the Vita-exclusive Killzone: Mercenary, and its possible that this image might portend a sequel to that game. According to Polygon, Mercenary used a “V and parallel bars” symbol to represent currency. The same symbol that’s seen in the eyes of the Helghast soldier above.
How soon is “Soon”? Hopefully we’ll find out… um, soon.
Alien: Isolation bursts ahead of the field with six nominations at 2015 BAFTA Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for the 2015 BAFTA Games Awards and the British-born Alien: Isolation leads the way with six nominations. Creative Assembly’s sequel to the 1979 film is up for “Best Game” as well as “British Game,” “Audio Achievement,” “Music,” Game Design,” and “Game Innovation.”
It will be competing for the top prize against some of last year’s most-honored titles including Bungie’s Destiny, BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8, Monolith’s Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordorm, and ustwo’s Monument Valley.
Monument Valley’s presence in the “Best Game” category is rather fitting as it lead all other games with five nominations. Far Cry 4, which is not competing for “Best Game,” also managed to score five nominations. 80 Days, Destiny, Mario Kart 8, and Shadow of Mordor all took up residence on the next level with four nominations apiece.
The winners of the 2015 BAFTA Games Awards will revealed on March 12. The full list of nominees can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Alien: Isolation, Destiny, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Mario Kart 8, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monument Valley
Evolve has launched and so has its launch trailer
2K Games has released a bevy of trailers for Evolve over the last year, but I guess there’s room for one more. Turtle Rock’s “4v1” shooter launches today and this “Launch Trailer” showcases exactly how the four Hunters square off against a single player-controlled Monster. If you’ve somehow avoided every mention of Evolve during the last 13 months, this trailer should still get you pretty excited.
Evolve is available now for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
EA strongly hints (again) that TitanFall 2 is coming to the PS4 too
The recognized party line of both EA Games and Respawn Entertainment is that TitanFall 2 remains officially unannounced. However, executives from both companies love to talk about it. That was definitely the case during yesterday’s presentation by EA CFO Blake Jorgensen at the Stifel Technology, Internet & Media Conference.
During the course of his speech, Jorgensen said that EA will “probably” publish another TitanFall game and that it’ll “probably” appear on multiple consoles:
“Last year [TitanFall] was on the Xbox only; in the future, we haven’t yet announced, but we’ll probably have another TitanFall game. It will probably be a bigger footprint than just a single platform. I think that’s a huge positive for us.”
Though Jorgensen qualified it by saying “probably” several times, EA already revealed to investors back in May that they struck a deal with Respawn to create “new Titanfall experiences.” So TitanFall 2 is definitely coming and I think it’s almost a certainty at this point that it’ll be available for the PS4 in addition to the Xbox One (and probably the PC).
[Source: GameSpot]
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Tagged TitanFall 2
Shadow Realms has been canceled by BioWare
Electronic Arts and BioWare unveiled Shadow Realms with quite a bit of fanfare during last year’s Gamescom expo… and now the multiplayer PC title is no more. BioWare Austin’s Jeff Hickman talked about the cancellation on the game’s official website, but didn’t list the reason behind EA’s decision:
While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots of great feedback from our fans at events and through other game testing, right now there are other projects for the team to work on within the BioWare studios for the coming year and beyond. We’ve got an incredibly talented team here at the Austin studio, and they are excited and already deep on new projects within the BioWare family, ones that will make some great BioWare games even better.
In the original announcement, BioWare Austin said that Shadow Realms would have taken the form of a “4v1” RPG, which they hoped would evoke the pen-and-paper RPGs the team grew up playing. But even with the cancellation, the Austin team is being kept busy as Hickman revealed they’ve begun work on “ongoing enhancements” to Dragon Age: Inquisition. They will also provide development support on Mass Effect 4 and “other new IP.”
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Shadow Realms
Daily Scoop: February 9, 2015 – Unpub 5 Funover
I have a massive funover right now, which is basically like a hangover, except it comes from fun. We had a ridiculous blast at Unpub 5 this weekend! But I have no voice, I’m exhausted, and my feet are killing me. WORTH IT.
There aren’t many deals happening this week, I’m afraid. Over at the Humble Store, you can pick up Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic for $8.49, Freaking Meatbags for $7.49, and early access to Moonstrum for $14.99.
Steam has over 100 new games on sale in their Weeklong Deals. You can get The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct for $10, Teslagrad for $2.49, and Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers for $0.99. And don’t forget today’s Daily Deal, which is Jagged Alliance Flashback for just $7.49. Scoop ’em up!
Finally, let’s check out today’s shirts! (more…)
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Nintendo wanted to make Harry Potter games back in 1998
Believe it or not, but there was a time when the Harry Potter series was just a little-known book for children. First published in the UK In 1997, only 500 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were printed as part of the book’s first printing. But over the course of its first twelve months of availability, children all across the country went crazy for Harry, and J.K. Rowling was able to auction off the adaptation rights to the novel for a huge sum of money.
According to Unseen64, Nintendo was one of the companies that pushed hard to obtain the Harry Potter license. Their initial pitch involved two games, a traditional third-person adventure game and another title based on the fictional sport of quidditch. If the pitch had been successful, both titles would have been released for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance. You can view some of Nintendo’s concept art from their presentation to Rowling at Unseen64.
Rowling ultimately chose Warner Bros. to create film adaptations of the franchise and Warner Bros. in turn picked Electronic Arts to create more than a dozen Harry Potter video games. But in some parallel universe, these exists a Harry Potter game created by Nintendo and I bet it’s amazing.
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RBI Baseball 15 will suit up for new-gen consoles, mobile devices, and PC this Spring
MLB Advanced Media has announced that the RBI Baseball franchise will get a sophomore season on consoles, mobile devices, and the PC. The retro-inspired RBI Baseball 15 will be available to download this Spring for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, as well as on iOS and Android devices.
Fans who picked up the first game were quite vocal about its many flaws, and MLB Advanced Media has promised to incorporate this feedback into the sequel. That means redone graphics, full stat tracking, customizable rosters, and several other new features:
- Ballparks: Completely redesigned authentic Major League ballparks for all 30 franchises, each crafted with detailed design characteristics fans will easily recognize.
- Full Rosters: Play with complete 25-man Major League rosters for all 30 teams, modifying your batting order or pitching rotation at any point. Set the active 25-man roster from each franchise’s 40-man roster.
- Stat Tracking: Track batting and pitching statistics in season mode for the first time ever, including viewable team, player and season league leaderboards.
- Online Play: Choose to play in online multiplayer mode in friendly and ranked games.
- Gameplay Settings: Pick your competition level with Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty levels.
Even though RBI Baseball 15 is a download-only title, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo has signed on as the game’s “cover athlete.” MLB Advanced Media has also signed future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez to serve as a pitchman for the game.