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Game Critics Awards has announced their Best of E3 2014 nominees
The Best of E3 2014 nominees are in, and Evolve is currently leading the pack with six nominations (Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer). The rest of the Best in Show games all have multiple nominations as well – Alien: Isolation, Batman: Arkham Knight, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, No Man’s Sky, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. After all the attention it’s gotten, I’m surprised Sunset Overdrive isn’t on that list, but it’s on a few others.
Check out the full list of nominees after the jump.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Alien: Isolation, Batman: Arkham Knight, E3 2014, Evolve, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, No Man's Sky, Sunset Overdrive, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Watch Dogs Review: A Bit Ruff
Watch Dogs was unveiled in 2012 at Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference to the adoration of the entire industry. Over the past year, the Internet hype machine went into full effect, fueled by Ubisoft themselves and the fervor of online commenting communities. After that initial reveal, conjecture naturally sprung up around the web. Would the game look that good? Would the open world really be that open? With Ubisoft sending out trailer after trailer, Watch Dogs was labelled as a coming-of-age party for the next generation in terms of graphics and gameplay.
But the hype train is a bad one to catch, and it has not helped Watch Dogs, making it feel far less than it should be after the initial reveal. After experiencing much of the game’s content, what you end up with is a title that is actually still quite fun to play, but oddly uncompelling. (more…)
Civilization Revolution 2 will be released for iOS devices next week
I know that image is from the Xbox 360 version of Civilization Revolution, but I liked it, so I’m sticking with it. Anyway, 2K Games has announced that Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution 2 will be released on iOS on July 2, which is really soon. According to the press release, which you can see after the jump, it will be coming soon to Android devices as well.
This seems like a pretty rational move for the company, which released the first game on iOS after having a run on consoles and handhelds. The sequel has been developed exclusively for mobile devices, and promises it will be ” delivering high-impact graphics and new gameplay and controls that capitalize on the mobile technology advancements since the original Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution launched more than five years ago.”
Hit the jump for the full press release.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Civilization Revolution 2
Square Enix files Final Fantasy Explorers trademark application in US
Square Enix has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for Final Fantasy Explorers, a fact that makes me intensely excited. Siliconera has had a lot to report about the game, like the fact that it will have “about 20 jobs,” including previously mentioned “Black Mage, White Mage, Knight and Monk,” and then also “Dragoon, Paladin, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Time Mage, and Bard.”
The game is currently being developed for the 3DS, and I’m slightly freaking out about it. You will be able to maneuver your weapons, armor, accessories, and abilities, and “once you learn an ability, they can be used on other jobs, as well.” The abilities will each have costs associated with them, and will cost double if you use them while in a different job. Oh and also you can befriend monsters and then they can join your party! Aaaaagh you can have monsters in your party. Why is this game not in my 3DS right this second.
Siliconera also wrote, “It is said that the game’s main portion actually takes place after you clear the story, boasting a volume of about 100 to 200 hours worth of gameplay.” No word yet on when it’s coming out (or an official US announcement, for that matter), but there is word that I’m going to buy it, and that you may not see me for a while.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Final Fantasy Explorers
Daily Scoop: June 24, 2014 – Evening gaming
There’s been a lot going on these days, so when I can take the time to play games, I do. I’ve got meetings and events on top of work for the next few days, so tonight, I’m going to head home, put my feet up, and just play games all night. Will I eat ice cream for dinner? I can only say probably.
There’s a brand new bundle over at Indie Royale right now – the Debut 14 Bundle! Pay the current minimum for Monster Truck Destruction, Sushi Bar Express, Aquadelic GT, The Moon Silver, Steam and Metal, Virus Jigglin’ Fever, Football Director, and StarDrone.
Steam‘s Summer Sale is still going strong. Torchlight II is $4.99, Metro: Last Light Complete Edition is $6.79, and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is $2.99. I played that last one all the way through this weekend, and it was amazing. I highly recommend it!
There are new deals at the Humble Store as well. You can get Just Cause 2 for $3.74, early access to Nosgoth for $4.99, and Life Goes On for $9.74. So many great options. Scoop some of these games up!
And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for – t-shirts!
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Take that Ubisoft! Sunset Overdrive will include playable female characters
Insomniac’s Associate Community Manager, Brandon Winfrey, tells us a tale of magic and wonder in the latest “Sunset TV” developer diary for Sunset Overdrive . By “magic,” I mean he talks about the utterly amazing traps you can set up to kill enemies (the Pyro Geyser? Hell yes!). And by “wonder,” I mean you can play as a woman in Sunset Overdrive… or a person of another nationality, or a dude in a skirt, or whatever the heck you want to play as (limited only by the character creator and your imagination).
In the video, one of the female characters sports a hooded white robe. Surely this is a friendly poke at the backlash Ubisoft received during this year’s E3 Expo over the lack of female characters in Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Watch the video… it’s great.
Sunset Overdrive will be out on October 28 for the Xbox One.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Sunset Overdrive
Rumor: Crytek has canceled multiple projects amid financial woes
Yesterday, rumors began swirling that Crytek was in the midst of some financial troubles and hadn’t paid many of their employees in over a month. Today, Kotaku has published a report suggesting that the situation is much worse than we all thought.
Citing anonymous tips from Crytek employees, Kotaku has learned that the developer has canceled multiple projects over the last few weeks, including a sequel to Ryse: Son of Rome and several original prototypes. In addition to canceled titles, employees describe a toxic working environment within Crytek’s many international studios:
Current and former Crytek employees describe a tense, unstable environment, plagued by poor communication and a number of high-level staff departures at the company’s biggest studios in Germany and Britain. In extensive conversations over the past few weeks, developers have described a company in turmoil, where staff openly talk about leaving or looking for new jobs. One employee estimates that some 100 people have left over the past three months.
This turmoil has spilled over into Crytek’s currently announced projects as well. The company has seemingly shifted from high-gloss shooters like Crysis 3 to free-to-play games like Warface, Arena of Fate, and Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age. And yet, Homefront: The Revolution was just announced, leading to more confusion and worry within Crytek.
Crytek continues to deny the financial problems and will not discuss the missed paychecks claimed by many of the employees. In fact, those employees were told not to discuss the problem with each other, for fear that it would eventually be leaked to the media.
It looks like that’s happened and now the future of one of the biggest independent developers in the world is up in the air.
Posted in News
Metro Redux will be available on August 26
Deep Silver and 4A Games previously confirmed that Metro Redux, a next-generation makeover of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, would be released this Summer. Now we know that the compilation will be available on August 26.
In addition to the Metro Redux compilation, enhanced remakes of Metro 2033 and Last Light will be available to download separately for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Metro Redux