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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is now available to download on Windows 10 PCs
Like the Locust Horde bursting out of the ground on Emergence Day, Microsoft surprise-launched Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 PCs today. Microsoft is touting the Gears Ultimate Edition as more than just a simple remake, and according to a new post on the Xbox Wire, the team responsible for the remake at The Coalition rebuilt everything from the ground up:
Cam McRae, Technical Director at The Coalition – the studio who’s spearheading Gears of War: Ultimate Edition’s transition to PC which is available today – is insistent that his team didn’t mess with the fundamentals that defined the classic shooter’s identity. By this, he means the countless little things that make Gears feel like Gears: the way the characters move, the timing of their weapons, and the tactile feel that you get when they collide with objects in the game’s world. “One of our goals with the PC version was ‘don’t touch the art.’ But beyond that,” McRae said, “we changed everything.”
While Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will feel very similar to the 2006 original, Windows 10 players will get the best-looking version of the game to date. Almost every object in the game has been “uprezzed” with 10-30% more polygons and it’ll be playable at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second in single-player (and very close to that in multiplayer).
To get players ready for the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, a new video focusing on the first ten minutes of the game has been embedded above.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Gears of War
Superhot’s Launch Trailer is here and it’s super hot
The Superhot Team released their time-bending first person shooter, Superhot, for the PC last week. To celebrate the launch, the Polish has unveiled a brand new Launch Trailer for the game, which showcases a bit more of its “Time Only Moves When You Do” mechanic and its minimalist graphical style.
Superhot is now available for the PC (through Steam) and will be available for the Xbox One in March.
The Combat Update (1.9) is now available for Minecraft on the PC
Mojang has announced that the long-awaited “Combat Update” (Version 1.9) for the PC version of Minecraft is now available to download.
As you might have guessed, the “Combat Update” makes a number of changes to Minecraft’s combat mechanics, including a cool-down mechanic for weapons. Players will also now be able to craft shields and hold two items at once (like a sword and a shield, for example). These new tricks will certainly come in handy, as Mojang has expanded The End and given Ender Dragons the ability to be resummoned.
A complete list of changes added to the “Combat Update” can be found at Mojang’s official website.
Cyanide unveils first screenshots from their Call of Cthulhu adaptation
Cyanide Studios has announced they’ll tap into H.P. Lovecraft’s tales of the Old Ones for their next game, a Call of Cthulhu adaptation they plan to release for consoles and the PC in 2017. We know that Call of Cthulhu will be an “RPG-Investigation game with psychological horror and stealth mechanics,” but the rest of the game is still shrouded in mystery… much like the beings at the center of Lovecraft’s writing. However, Cyanide did share a bit more before disappearing back into the shadows:
Developed by seasoned studio Cyanide, Call of Cthulhu is an RPG-Investigation game with psychological horror and stealth mechanics, set in a deeply immersive world. On a mission to find the truth behind the death of an acclaimed artist and her family on a backwater island, the player will soon uncover a more disturbing truth as the Great Dreamer, Cthulhu, prepares its awakening…
Call of Cthulhu will be published by Focus Home Interactive and you can glimpse the first screenshots after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Call of Cthulhu
New Releases: Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Mortal Kombat XL, Far Cry Primal (PC), More
It’s a big week for re-releases as Nintendo, NetherRealm, Ubisoft, and NIS America are all giving some of their biggest games a second shot at the spotlight.
Nintendo is likely on the verge of another console transition, but the jump from the GameCube to the Wii felt unique in that players were given two chances to experience latest Legend of Zelda game. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes was available for both platforms back in 2006, but now it’s back for its tenth anniversary as The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD on the Wii U. In addition to the enhanced graphics implied by the “HD” branding, Twilight Princess HD will include a new Challenge Mode, a harder Hero Mode, and a beautiful Wolf Link Amiibo figure.
Another game getting an expanded re-release this week, though less than a year after its original launch, is Mortal Kombat X. Available this week for the PS4 and Xbox One, Mortal Kombat XL will add in all of the previously released downloadable content as well as the four new fighters from “Kombat Pack 2” (Alien‘s Xenomorph, Leatherface, Bo Rai Cho, and Tri-Borg).
NIS America will also jump onto the re-release train with The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition, a PS4 remake of an action RPG originally released for the PS3.
And finally, after making its PS4 and Xbox One debut last week, Ubisoft’s Stone Age adventure, Far Cry: Primal, will be released for the PC this week.
The rest of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One
Tagged Far Cry: Primal, Mortal Kombat X, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Escape from a procedurally-generated cult in The Church In the Darkness
Jonestown… Waco… Heaven’s Gate… Images and feelings associated with these events are still burned into the fabric of society many years later. The aptly-named Paranoid Productions will draw on these events for their debut game, The Church In the Darkness.
Set in the 1970s, The Church In the Darkness will ask players to take control of Vic, a former police officer who is searching for his nephew at Freedom Town, a commune formed by the fictional Collective Justice Mission. Freedom Town is run by Isaac and Rebecca Walker, a married couple who might be trying to make the world a better place. But their commune could be a cult and their motives could be a bit more sinister.
As Vic, players will explore Freedom Town in a new way every time as each playthrough will ascribe new motivations to the Walkers and the other residents of Freedom Town. Using an overhead style similar to Metal Gear, you’ll need to use stealth to investigate the camp, but you also might have to resort to violence to make your escape.
The Walkers should sound familiar to a huge number of people as Isaac will be voiced by John Patrick Lowrie (the Sniper from Team Fortress 2), while his real-life wife, Ellen McLain (GLaDOS from Portal), will portray Rebecca.
Another familiar name, Richard Rouse III, is the Creative Director at Paranoid Productions. Rouse has bounced around the game industry a lot in the last 20 years, but he’s probably best known for The Suffering, an absolutely underrated game from the PS2/Xbox era.
The Church In the Darkness will be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in early 2017.
Latest Dark Souls III trailer mixes together “True Colors” and grotesque demons
I’m not sure if Gears of War was the first game to marry a recycled 80s pop tune to a visually discordant trailer, but it’s certainly the most famous example of this mini-movement. And it’s still inspiring publishers and developers today, as Bandai Namco recently released a new Dark Souls III trailer soundtracked by “True Colors.”
Originally recorded by Cyndi Lauper for her album of the same name, a cover of “True Colors” is used in the trailer above to contrast the game’s grotesque menagerie of monsters against the hero’s inner feelings. Will he be consumed by darkness, or serve as a shining beacon to the land? We’ll all find out together when Dark Souls III is released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on April 12.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Dark Souls III
The Batmobile will rocket into Rocket League on March 8
“It’s the car, right? Chicks love the car.”
I’m pretty sure I enjoy Batman Forever more than most people (even liking it at all puts me in pretty rare company), and Val Kilmer is a big reason why. He was actually a pretty decent Batman, and a not-too-shabby Bruce Wayne. Plus, Tommy Lee Jones acting completely insane will never not be fun.
Anyway, Batman’s favorite mode of transportation, the Batmobile, will soon find its way into everyone’s favorite car soccer sim, Rocket League, on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Developer Psyonix has teamed up with Warner Bros. to add Ben Affleck’s Batmobile (from the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice) to Rocket League’s slate of DLC offerings. Priced at $1.99, players who purchase the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack will also receive a set of Antenna Flags featuring Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice will open in theaters on March 25.
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Tagged Rocket League