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Get an “Extended Look” at Telltale’s Walking Dead: A New Frontier at the 2016 Game Awards
Not satisfied enough with releasing one trailer for an upcoming game, Telltale Games tonight also released an “Extended Look” trailer for A New Frontier, the third season of The Walking Dead. In this season, series mainstay Clementine is not the only main character. Instead, we see the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a new character, Javier, with Clem along for the ride as a supporting character. The “Extended Look” trailer gives us a good idea of the events that befell Javier’s family at the onset of the outbreak, and then quickly jumps to the present-day, where he meets up with Clementine.
A special two-part premiere of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will be released on December 20th. The remainder of the episodes will launch in 2017.
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Tagged Game Awards 2016, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Halo Wars 2 Cinematic Trailer unveiled at Game Awards 2016
Microsoft took to the Game Awards stage to show off a cinematic trailer for Halo Wars 2. The trailer gave us a first look at the game’s big bad… Atriox, a Brute commander who wants to destroy both humanity and the Covenant. Atriox and his followers, known as The Banished, look to be quite the formidable foes.
Microsoft also revealed a new trailer for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, which you’ll receive if you pre-order the digital version of Halo Wars 2. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will be available on December 20th and the trailer can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Game Awards 2016, Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2
Game Awards 2016 Trailer: Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
During tonight’s Game Awards ceremony, Yacht Club games presented the next DLC update to their wildly popular game, Shovel Knight. The add-on, titled Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, tells an entirely new story as seen through the eyes of Specter Knight, the first member of The Order of No Quarter. If the Plague of Shadows chapter is any indication, this expansion will breathe new life into the already-addicting retro title.
In a Kickstarter update, Yacht Club promised that players will find “new areas, new music, new enemies, new objects, new boss fights, new weapons, new armors, and way, way more than ever before” in Specter of Torment. They also revealed that the add-on will serve as a prequel to Shovel Knight’s main storyline.
No release date was given, but we should expect to see the update sometime in Spring 2017.
Posted in 3DS, Mobile, News, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox One
Tagged Game Awards 2016, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Game Awards 2016 Trailer: Prey
Raphael Colantonio of Arkane Studios took the stage at this year’s Game Awards to show off the next trailer for Prey, which is still on track for a 2017 launch. The trailer showed a good amount of gameplay, featuring plenty of puzzle-solving and alien-blasting action. The game looks to blend the feeling of space isolation with intense combat.
Game Informer will feature Prey on an upcoming cover, but in the meantime you can find a short demo playthrough of the game after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Game Awards 2016, Prey (2017)
Game Awards 2016 Trailer: Dauntless
Another new trailer shown during this year’s Game Awards was for Dauntless, a co-op RPG title coming to the PC in 2017. Not much is known about Dauntless, but we know its in development at Phoenix Labs and that it’ll be free-to-play. However, we also have the description below the YouTube video (“Discover a shattered world, forge powerful weapons, and hunt the ferocious behemoths threatening our survival.”) and a little more information found at PlayDauntless.com
More on Dauntless as it becomes available. But in the meantime, enjoy the announcement trailer.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Dauntless, Game Awards 2016
Game Awards 2016 Teaser: Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy
The term “teaser” couldn’t be any more apropos for this Game Awards trailer. The latest episodic series from Telltale Games is none other than Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series. There wasn’t a whole lot to show off in this trailer. It simply showed Star Lord’s iconic Walkman floating in space. No release window was given, but the five-part title is coming to mobile devices, consoles, and PC in 2017.
More on Guardians of the Galaxy as it develops.
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Tagged Game Awards 2016, Guardians of the Galaxy
Game Awards 2016 Trailer: Death Stranding
The 2016 Game Awards kicked off with a belated round of applause for Hideo Kojima, who was unable to attend last year’s event due to his falling out with Konami. Geoff Keighley introduced Mr. Kojima on stage to present him with the Industry Icon Award, and after delivering his acceptance speech, the developer showed off the next trailer for his highly-anticipated title, Death Stranding.
This trailer gave us a better idea of the game’s world. There is literally an army of the undead causing destruction… skeletons decked out in army fatigues patrol a dystopian world. One man (who resembles director Guillermo Del Toro) appears to be hiding from the army, and tries to take refuge in a viaduct. He uses an embryo in a jar, possibly to keep the evil army at bay, when a platoon of skeletons approach, being led by a living person (played by Mads Mikkelsen).
The trailer raises more questions than it answers, but it looks amazing. Keighley also confirmed that the trailer is running in 4K, realtime, on a PS4 Pro. No release date was given, but knowing Kojima’s talent, it’ll probably be worth the wait.
Posted in News, PC, PS4
Tagged Death Stranding, Game Awards 2016
Shakedown Hawaii will be playable at PS Experience 2016… and here’s a new trailer
Vblank Entertainment initially debuted Shakedown Hawaii, their 16-bit sequel to Retro City Rampage, ahead of last year’s PlayStation Experience. Earlier this week, the developer revealed that the open world game, which will also be available for the PC (via Steam) and at least one Nintendo platform, will make a return engagement at this year’s PlayStation Experience.
In addition to confirming that attendees of Sony’s annual showcase will get to try out Shakedown Hawaii this weekend, Vblank also announced a 2017 release date for the game and unveiled a brand new trailer, which is embedded above.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS4, Switch, Vita
Tagged PlayStation Experience 2016, Shakedown Hawaii







