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Interview: Pocket Mana on the Launch of My Uncle Merlin’s Kickstarter Campaign
Today, Pocket Mana launched a Kickstarter campaign for the company’s debut game, My Uncle Merlin, an interactive adventure for the PC about wizards in space. We caught up with Predrag Mladenovic (who composes stuff), Milan Andrejevic (who writes stuff), and Stefan Sladic (who draws stuff), to find out more about the game, and what had led them to crowdfund the project. (more…)
Posted in Features, Interviews, PC, Previews, Top Story
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, PUBG, Persona, Horizon: Zero Dawn nominated for “Game of The Year” at 2017 Game Awards
The unprecedented success of the Nintendo Switch has been THE story of 2017, and not surprisingly, Nintendo’s latest console is well represented among the nominations for the 2017 Game Awards.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey received six nominations apiece, and both will be competing for “Game of the Year.” PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Atlus’s Persona 5, and Guerrilla’s Horizon: Zero Dawn (which also received six total nominations) were also nominated for the prestigious award.
A grand total of 102 games and individuals were nominated for at least one award as part of this year’s ceremony, and several games are looking to take home a lot of hardware including Destiny 2 (six nominations), Studio MDHR’s Cuphead (five nominations), and Bethesda’s Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (four nominations).
The Game Awards will be held on December 7 at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time), and fans can watch the show through their favorite video streaming service or at TheGameAwards.com. The full list of nominees can be found after the break. (more…)
Final Fantasy XV’s Noctis will join Tekken 7 in Spring 2018
Tekken 7‘s DLC roster is already packed with a pair of crossover fighters including Street Fighter‘s Akuma and The King of Fighters‘s Geese Howard. But beginning next year, someone rather different will enter the game’s arena…
Bandai Namco has announced that Noctis, the star of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XV, will be available to download in Tekken 7 in Spring 2018. Noctis will wield his “signature” Engine Blade as he does battle with Tekken 7’s biggest names. And you can catch a sneak peek at his inclusion in the game with the new trailer embedded above.
Tekken 7 is now available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
New Retail Releases: Star Wars Battlefront II, Pokemon UltraSun/UltraMoon, Skyrim on Switch, More
It’s a big week for brand new releases, and it starts with Electronic Arts’s Star Wars: Battlefront II for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Star Wars who are thinking about picking up a PS4 this week might also want to peruse two new bundles for the console… a PS4 Pro 1TB + Star Wars: Battlefront II Bundle and a PS4 Slim 1TB + Star Wars: Battlefront II Bundle.
Elsewhere on store shelves this week, Nintendo and Game Freak will launch Pokemon UltraMoon and Pokemon UltraSun, the final “mainline” Pokemon games for the 3DS.
A slew of popular games will find new homes this week as Bethesda will bring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to the Switch and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR to the PS4, while Rockstar is relaunching L.A. Noire for the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. The Sims 4 will also make its PS4 and Xbox One debut this week, alongside Batman: The Telltale Series, which will make its first appearance on the Switch.
Finally this week, WB Games and TT Games will build another brick-tastic adventure with Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 on the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
A complete rundown of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS4, Switch, Vita, Xbox One
Tagged De Blob, Pokemon Sun/Moon, Star Wars: Battlefront II, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fighter Pack 3 will add The Atom, Enchantress, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Injustice 2
Last month, we got a sneak peek at The Atom, the first character from Fighter Pack 3, NetherRealm’s next expansion for Injustice 2. Today, the developer revealed the flippin’ awesome fivesome that make up the rest of the expansion.
Enchantress, who was portrayed by Cara Delevingne in last year’s Suicide Squad film, will join The Atom as part of the DC Comics contingent in Fighter Pack 3. The remaining four characters will actually be available as a radical group… the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s unknown how players will access Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo from a single character slot, but hopefully it’ll work similar to Tri-Borg‘s variations in Mortal Kombat X.
A new trailer featuring the characters from Fighter Pack 3 has been embedded above, and Injustice 2 players who have purchased the Ultimate Edition or Fighter Pack 3 will be able to download The Atom on December 12.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Injustice 2
Kickstart This! Ara of the Wanderers
After a trip to Amsterdam and an absence due to tonsillitis, Kickstart This is back with a bang…
OK, so I wrote this on Guy Fawkes Night, and that opener might just be funny to me. I blame the medication. I’ll shut up now…
Due to games being cancelled, there have been a few stalled attempts to write a new installment, and the one I finally chose has not even reached the 10% mark yet, but I’m hoping we can change that. So let’s go meet Ara of the Wanderers. (more…)
EA Sports might discontinue yearly releases of Madden and FIFA
EA Sports has a particular way of doing things, and sticking to an annual release schedule for their games lineup is a big one. For decades, a new Madden appears on store shelves every August. It’s followed by updated NHL and FIFA games a month later, and the latest NBA Live (when it’s not on the bench) typically launches in October. But things might be changing for the venerable publisher.
Speaking to Bloomberg, CEO Andrew Wilson said that EA Sports might discontinue yearly releases and switch to offering downloadable expansions or subscriptions instead:
“There’s a few different things that have got to happen first. We do a lot in a FIFA game every year, and a lot in a Madden game. There’s a lot of code that we make available as part of the new iteration. But when we look at what we do in Korea or China, we don’t do it that way. There, every four years we release a new big code drop, and we offer incremental change over time.”
Wilson didn’t lay out a road map for how this change might be implemented, but I’m sure many sports fans would be interested in purchasing a full-priced game once and adding to it with roster updates and Story Mode expansions in future seasons.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Tagged FIFA 18, Madden NFL 18, NBA Live 18, NHL 18
Sonic Forces, Super Lucky’s Tale, Guardians of the Galaxy Ep 5, more added to Xbox Store
It’s Wednesday, and Micorsoft has revved up another update to the Xbox Games Store.
Beginning today, Xbox One owners can now download Sega’s speedy platformer, Sonic Forces, as well as Microsoft’s throwback platformer, Super Lucky’s Tale. Telltale Games also threw their hat into the ring today with new chapters for Guardians of the Galaxy (Episode 5: Don’t Stop Believin’) and Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 (Episode 4: Below the Bedrock).
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Guardians of the Galaxy, Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2, Sonic Forces