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Excelsior! WB Games reveals five Level Packs as part of Lego Avengers Season Pass
Lego Avengers will explore more of the Marvel universe later this month with the release of the game’s first Character & Level Packs.
WB Games announced plans to release five expansion packs as part of the game’s Season Pass, and on March 29, players will be able to wield the cosmic powers of Captain Marvel in the Classic Captain Marvel Character & Level Pack and re-create a classic Avengers battle with Baron Zemo in Classic Captain Marvel Character & Level Pack.
Later this Spring, three additional packs will be released including a Classic Black Panther Character & Level Pack that retells T’Challa’s origin (soon to be played by Chadwick Boseman on screen), an All-New, All-Different Doctor Strange Character & Level Pack that stars the Sorcerer Supreme (soon to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch on screen), and a Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Character & Level Pack.
The Lego Avengers Season Pass can be purchased for $9.99 on the PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Individual Character & Level Packs will be available for $2.99 apiece. A complete breakdown of each pack is available after the break. (more…)
Shadow Complex Remastered will be available for PS4 in May
Shadow Complex Remastered is now available to download through the Xbox Games Store, and looks like it’ll also be released for the PS4 soon.
In a post on their official website, Epic Games confirmed that the modern-day “Metroidvania” will be released for the PS4 in May. The game will also be added to Steam in May, though PC players can purchase it now through ShadowComplex.com.
Shadow Complex Remastered was developed by Chair Entertainment and it was originally released as an Xbox 360-exclusive back in 2009.
Posted in News, PC, PS4
Tagged GDC 2016, Shadow Complex
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is “Game of the Year” at 2016 GDC Awards
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt might be the last game in CD Projekt’s Witcher saga, but it’s first in the eyes of voters at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards. The final adventure for Geralt of Rivia was awarded “Game of the Year” honors at the annual ceremony, as well as “Best Technology” for “its complex game engine that combines brilliant visuals with a huge game world.”
However, the big winner of the night was Sam Barlow’s Her Story. After cleaning up earlier in the day at the IGF Awards, Her Story also collected the “Innovation Award,” “Best Narrative,” and “Best Handheld/Mobile Game” at the 2016 GDC Awards.
The only other multi-award winner was Ori and the Blind Forest, which shone brightly as the winner of “Best Visual Art” and “Best Debut.”
As they do every year, the Game Developers Choice jury also distributed a trio of special awards at this year’s ceremony. The “Ambassador Award” was given to Tracy Fullerton, professor and Director of the University of Southern California Game Design program. Bethesda’s Todd Howard won a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work with The Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises. And finally, Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, was praised with the “Pioneer Award.”
Posted in Mobile, News, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged GDC 2016, Her Story, Life Is Strange, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rocket League, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Her Story wins Seumas McNally Grand Prize at 2016 IGF Awards
Sam Barlow’s Her Story won the “Seumas McNally Grand Prize” at the 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards last night. The game, which resurrected full motion video storytelling to tease out its central mystery, was also the recipient of the “Excellence In Narrative” trophy.
It was a great night for independent gaming as several other games were also honored at this year’s IGF Awards. The spooky Oxenfree won “Excellence In Visual Art,” the ultra-tense Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes won “Excellence in Design,” and the hypnotic and soothing sounds of Mini Metro won “Excellence In Audio.” “The Nuovo Award,” which recognizes “abstract and unconventional games,” was awarded to Cibele for its look at online relationships. And the “Best Student Game” of the year was Jenny Jiao Hsia and Alec Thomson’s Beglitched.
Finally, the “ID@Xbox Rising Star Award” was given to Girls Make Games for The Hole Story and Undertale, developed by Toby Fox, won the “Audience Award.”
Congratulations to everyone who was a winner last night at the 2016 Independent Games Festival Awards. The complete list of winners, in handy list format, can be found after the break. And don’t forget, if you’re in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, every nominee from this year’s contest is available to try out at the IGF Pavilion. (more…)
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Tagged GDC 2016, Her Story, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Mini Metro
Oculus Rift will launch with 30 games on March 28
The Oculus Rift will officially be available in roughly two weeks, so today at the Game Developers Conference, the hardware maker announced the absolutely massive launch lineup for their virtual reality headset. Beginning March 28, 30 games will be available through the Oculus Store:
- Adrift (Three One Zero)
- Adventure Time (Turbo Button)
- AirMech: Command (Carbon Games)
- Albino Lullaby (Ape Law)
- Audio Arena (Skydome Studios)
- Project CARS (Slightly Mad Studios)
- Chronos (Gunfire Games)
- Darknet (E McNeil)
- Dead Secret (Robot Invader)
- Defense Grid 2 (Hidden Path Entertainment)
- Dreadhalls (White Door Games)
- Elite Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
- Esper 2 (Coatsink)
- Eve Valkyrie (CCP Games)
- Fly to Kuma (COLOPL)
- Eve Gunjack (CCP Games)
- Herobound SC (Gunfire Games)
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games)
- Lucky’s Tale (Playful)
- Omega Agent (Fireproof Games)
- Radial G (Tammeka Games)
- Rooms (HandMade Game)
- Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR (Agharta Studio)
- Smashing the Battle (One-Man Studios)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
- Vektron Revenge (Ludovic Texier)
- VR Tennis Online (COLOPL)
- Pinball FX 2 VR (Zen Studios)
- BlazeRush (Targem Games)
- Windlands (Psytec Games)
If all that weren’t enough, Oculus also revealed the Oculus Home, a virtual living room that you’ll use to explore your library of VR content. More information about the Oculus Rift’s launch lineup and Oculus Home can be found at the Oculus Blog.
Microsoft brought more than three dozen ID@Xbox games to GDC 2016
While Microsoft took their sweet time in embracing independent development on the Xbox One, they’re certainly making up for it now with their ID@Xbox initiative. In addition to yesterday’s news that the consolemaker will be begin offering “Cross-Network Play” on some of their upcoming Xbox One and Windows 10 titles, Microsoft has confirmed that more than three-dozen games will be on display during this week’s Game Developer Conference.
If you’re unable to attend GDC this year, Microsoft has posted the complete list at the Xbox Wire, which gives us a pretty nice glimpse into the future of the ID@Xbox program.
Capy’s Below, Insmniac’s Song of the Deep, and Chair’s Shadow Complex: Remastered are just some of the titles you can try out this week at the Xbox Lobby Bar. The full list is available after the break, and hopefully Microsoft will bring at least some of these titles to next month’s PAX East expo. (more…)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan will be released on May 24
The pizza chefs at Activision and Platinum Games have been hard at work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan for a while now, but they’re finally ready to offer up a delivery guarantee. According to a new trailer posted by IGN, the game will be released for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on May 24.
And speaking of that new trailer, it features a double order of boss battles including Bebop, Rocksteady, Karai, Krang, Shredder, and Super Shredder. You should definitely check it out… and don’t forget to tip your delivery boy.
RBI Baseball 16 will be available to download on March 29; Retail disc is on deck for April 5
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MLB Advanced Media has announced that RBI Baseball 16 will be available to download for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and mobile devices on March 29. The publisher also revealed the game will be released as a retail disc a week later, on April 5, for the PS4 and Xbox One.
RBI Baseball 16 will add a number of new features to the retro-styled sports sim including the opportunity to simulate a single game or an entire season, the ability to dive for a hard hit ball, the chance to make pre-game changes to the lineup, and an improved batting engine. And in a first for the franchise, RBI Baseball 16 will be available as a digital download throughout Europe.
And don’t forget, Opening Day is April 3. Let’s play ball!