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The Video Game Canon – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Posted on November 3, 2017 by John Scalzo

Dig deeper into the Video Game Canon with a look at the creation of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and the massive growth of the Call of Duty franchise. Here’s a teaser…

General William Tecumseh Sherman famously declared that “War is Hell” in a speech in 1880, though I think it’s safe to assume that more people are familiar with the anti-war protestations of a certain green Muppet from 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back. While this sentiment has existed in the public consciousness for hundreds of years, the basic structure of a game as a confrontation that pits the player against the CPU (or another player) makes armed conflict an ideal setting.

War might be Hell, but it has also been very good for Activision’s bottom line thanks to the Call of Duty franchise.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Episode 5 coming next week… The Walking Dead Collection will be available on December 5

Posted on November 2, 2017 by John Scalzo

Telltale Games has announced a lot of exciting news for the fans, including a release date for Guardians of the Galaxy‘s final episode and a massive compilation of every chapter in The Walking Dead saga.

You can learn more about both games after the break. (more…)

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8-Bit Adventure Anthology: Volume 1, Spintires: MudRunner, Disneyland Adventures, more added to Xbox Store

Posted on November 1, 2017 by John Scalzo

Today’s Xbox Games Store update is hitting the nostalgia button hard.

First up, Abstraction Games will launch 8-Bit Adventure Anthology: Volume 1, a point and click compilation that includes Shadowgate, The Uninvited, and Deja Vu.

Microsoft will also re-release Disneyland Adventures and Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure, two games that originally made their way to the Xbox 360 a few years ago. These Xbox One updates will add full controller support and an Xbox Play Anywhere option for all purchasers.

Finally, Xbox One owners will be able to play in the mud today with Spintires: MudRunner. It’s not a re-release, but younger folks should ask their parents about “mud pies” someday.

You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)

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Electronic Arts reiterates that Battlefield V and Anthem are coming in 2018

Posted on November 1, 2017 by John Scalzo

UPDATE: EA has announced that “Battlefield 6” will officially be known as Battlefield V.

ORIGINAL STORY: Electronic Arts delivered their quarterly financial report to investors last night, and Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen delivered some (not unexpected) news about the publisher’s 2018 slate of games.

Jorgensen reiterated that the currently untitled Battlefield 6 will be released in 2018, alongside a “full slate” of EA Sports titles (presumably FIFA 19, Madden NFL 19, NHL 19, and NBA Live 19), and BioWare’s Anthem. It looks like multiple in-game events for Star Wars: Battlefront II are also on tap for next year:

The core of our fiscal 2019 is in a full slate of sports titles and their associated live services, plus new live services from Star Wars: Battlefront II. We will add the next Battlefield game and moved into the action genre with Anthem. We expect our subscriber base to continue to grow and our new mobile titles to benefit from players looking for deeper experiences with higher production values.

Later in the presentation, CEO Andrew Wilson added that EA Sports is planning something connected to next year’s World Cup:

On World Cup, we don’t have any news to announce right now, but at EA Sports we have a long tradition of celebrating the World Cup and bringing it to life for fans, stretching back to the World Cup 1998. So as it gets closer, the world’s largest sporting event, we’ll announce more details on how we’ll continue this tradition.

Electronic Arts’s stock is down more than 4% in trading on the stock market so far today.

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will launch on the Xbox One on December 12… Stranger Things Skin Pack now available in Minecraft

Posted on October 31, 2017 by John Scalzo

A hundred players parachute onto the island, but the game is almost ready to parachute onto the Xbox One. That’s right, PUBG Corp has announced a release date for the Xbox One launch of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds at Paris Games Week.

Also today, Mojang is adding the potent fanbase of Stranger Things to Minecraft with a new Skin Pack.

You can read more about both stories after the break. (more…)

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Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 Episode 4 will be released on November 7… World of Final Fantasy coming to PC on November 21

Posted on October 31, 2017 by John Scalzo

Telltale Games will turn the page on a new episode from Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 next week, and Square Enxi will give Final Fantasy fans a chance to play World of Final Fantasy on a new platform in a few weeks.

You can read more about both news stories (and spy a pair of brand new trailers) after the break. (more…)

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New Retail Releases: Call of Duty WWII, Spintires Mud Runner, Dot Hack G.U. Last Recode, More

Posted on October 30, 2017 by John Scalzo

Only a handful of new games will be available on store shelves this week, as most publishers are running scared from the pending launch of the latest game in the Call of Duty franchise. The PC, PS4, and Xbox One release of Call of Duty: WWII has built up quite a bit of hype this year, especially for its return to the European Theater of World War II

And if you’re thinking of upgrading to a PS4 Slim, Sony and Activision have teamed up to produce a special PS4 Slim 1TB + Call of Duty: WWII Limited Edition Bundle that’s decked out in a Green Camouflage color scheme.

But several other games will be available this week, including Bandai Namco’s Dot Hack G.U.: Last Recode (a PS4 remake of the entire Dot Hack G.U. trilogy) and Spintires: Mud Runner (a bizarro driving game for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One).

A complete rundown of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)

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Deathstate is coming to the Switch… Fantasy FPS Amid Evil will make its debut at this year’s PAX Aus

Posted on October 26, 2017 by John Scalzo

Tis the season for horror! But don’t expect the standard scares from Deathstate and Amid Evil… the developers of both games are promising that players will be able to experience a unique brand of “retro horror” when they’re released later this year.

You can learn more about both games after the break. (more…)

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