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Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor leads the pack with 5 nominations at 2015 GDC Awards
The nominees for this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced and, unsurprisingly, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor leads the way with five nominations, including “Game of the Year.”
Shadow of Mordor will compete for the top prize with other four multi-category nominees including Alien: Isolation, Bayonetta 2, Destiny, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Believe it or not, the next-most-nominated game, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, was actually shut out of the “Game of the Year” category. The Astronauts’ mystery title was nominated for “Best Narrative,” “Best Audio,” the “Innovation Award,” and “Best Debut.”
Alien: Isolation (“Best Visual Art” and “Best Audio”), Destiny (“Best Audio” and “Best Technology”), and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (“Best Design” and “Best Handheld/Mobile Game”) are each up for two additional awards while Bayonetta 2 is also up for “Best Visual Art.”
A complete list of the nominees for this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards can be found after the break. And be sure to check back for a look at the winners, which will be announced on March 4 during the Game Developers Conference.
[Source: GamesIndustry.biz] (more…)
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Tagged Alien: Isolation, Bayonetta 2, Destiny, GDC 2015, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Friday the 13th: The Game will stalk “multiple platforms” in October 2015
First came an announcement for Summer Camp. Then we learned about Last Year. So now’s the perfect time for the original camp counselor killer to get his first game since an appearance on the NES in 1989. I’m talking, of course, about Jason Voorhees (“Ch Ch, Ch, Chhh, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ahhh”).
EGM has discovered that Friday the 13th: The Video Game is currently in development at an “experienced game studio” for “multiple platforms.” According to Sean S. Cunningham, the director of the original film, an official announcement for the game should be dropping in “the coming weeks.”
Like Summer Camp and Last Year, Friday the 13th: The Video Game will be an asymmetrical multiplayer affair where one player is the hulking, hockey mask-wearing Jason and the other players take control of the expendable (and likely oversexed) teens.
Friday the 13th: The Video Game is currently on track for an October 2015 release and will use concepts and characters from the franchise’s 35-year history as well as the upcoming Friday the 13th television show.
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Tagged Friday the 13th
Turtle Rock releases Evolve’s intro cinematic as the game goes gold
After a slight delay (it was originally scheduled to launch last Fall), it looks like Turtle Rock’s Evolve is ready for primetime. The developer confirmed that Evolve has passed certification and that it’s officially “gone gold.” With development complete, the manufacturing process can begin so that Evolve is ready to ship to stores on February 10.
To celebrate the pending launch of the PC, PS4, and Xbox One game, Turtle Rock has added Evolve merchandise to the 2K Store and given gamers a look at the game’s intro cinematic. The nearly-three-minute is pretty impressive, but be on the lookout for the crazy glint in the eye of Hank, the heavily-bearded Support character. I think he’s going to be my favorite. And speaking of beards, Turtle Rock revealed (via the game’s official website) that facial hair is no longer allowed in the office now that Evolve has passed certification:
And last, but not least, we have some beards to shave and hair to cut! Team members at Turtle Rock pledged to not shave or cut their hair until the game passed certification. For each inch of beard grown by the guys and hair cut by the ladies, we’d donate $50 to Child’s Play charity. The total length? 227.5 hairy inches! That comes out to $11,375 raised for Child’s Play – with the hair itself, if long enough, being donated to Locks of Love. 2K is matching the Turtle Rock Studios contribution, for a total donation of $22,750.
That’s fantastic!
Zombie Army Trilogy brings Zombie Hitler to PC, PS4, Xbox One in 2015
Zombie Hitler.
That’s everything you need to know about Rebellion’s upcoming Zombie Army Trilogy, a game that takes place during an alternate World War II where Zombie Hitler leads an army of Nazi Zombies. Zombie Army Trilogy began life in 2013 as a spinoff/standalone expansion to Rebellion’s popular Sniper Elite V2. A sequel became available eight months later with plans to conclude the series in a third game sometime last year. It looks like those plans got put on hold so Rebellion could also bring the game to the PS4 and Xbox One.
According to Rebellion, Zombie Army Trilogy will include 15 missions that are playable solo or cooperatively by up to four players. A set of five survival maps for Horde Mode and nine playable characters will round out the package. Oh, and did I mention that you get to cap it off with a battle against Zombie Hitler? Because you do.
Zombie Army Trilogy will “rise” in early 2015.
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Tagged Zombie Army Trilogy
Insert Quarter: Why Is the PS4 Selling So Well?
Insert Quarter is our showcase for some of the best and most interesting writing about video games on the Internet.
Sony recently announced that they’ve sold more 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles since the system debuted more than a year ago. It’s an astonishing number, and well ahead of the Wii U (almost eight million, per Nintendo) and Xbox One (around nine million is our guess). But exactly why is the PS4 selling so well? Paul Tassi of Forbes attempted to get to the bottom of it, but the answer may be, “Who knows?”:
The picture is clear, and it’s not even close. Fanboy camps aside, Sony is absolutely crushing its competition this console generation in terms of sales, and its strong start didn’t just last through the release window, as it’s now over a year since launch. The PS4 is approaching a quarter of the total sales of the PS3 in just the first year, dramatically outpacing the last-generation console’s launch. It hasn’t quite reached Wii levels of sales insanity, but that was a console sold to everyone from toddlers to grandparents, and the PS4 has no such “fad appeal” to non-gamers.
The full article is available for your perusal at Forbes.
Posted in Insert Quarter, PS4
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires delayed to February 24
Koei Tecmo has announced that Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires has been delayed and will now be released in February. Originally set for release at the end of this month, the PS4 and Xbox One game will be available in stores on on February 24. The game will also be released for the PS3, exclusively via the PlayStation Store, on the same day. Steam will begin selling the PC version on February 27, three days later.
In the meantime, you can check out the game’s “epic” opening movie, which was recently posted online by Koei Tecmo.
Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s Dead Kings expansion will be available next week
Ubisoft has announced that Dead Kings, the downloadable expansion for Assassin’s Creed: Unity, will be released on January 13. As a way of apologizing for the bugs that still continue to plague the game, Dead Kings will be available as a free download for everyone who purchased a copy of Unity on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Unlike the spinoff settings of previous Assassin’s Creed DLC, Dead Kings will expand the main game’s campaign in new directions:
After the events of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Arno leaves Paris for Saint Denis, a mysterious city that holds the crypts of deceased French kings. Sent on a mission to the extensive underground of the Basilica, Arno will face a faction of new foes, the Raiders, populating its catacombs. Equipped with a lantern and a new powerful weapon, the Guillotine Gun, Arno will have to navigate the dangerous passageways to uncover the darkest secrets of the city.
Don’t forget to check out the DLC’s debut trailer above and you can find more information about its content at the UbiBlog.
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Tagged Assassin's Creed: Unity
Tony Hawk talks up Pro Skater 2015 at CES 2015
Tony Hawk wants to remind all of us that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2015 is still in development. Taking the stage during Sony’s CES 2015 keynote, the famed skateboarder confirmed that the next Tony Hawk game is currently in development for the PS4.
But if you’re an Xbox One owner, fear not, Hawk told TMZ that the game is also in the works for Microsoft’s new-gen console back in November.
Hawk will once again be working with Activision to develop the console game, as well as a currently unnamed mobile spinoff to replace the previously announced Tony Hawk’s Shred Session, which was recently canceled (excuse me, “indefinitely postponed”). The last Tony Hawk game for consoles, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, was released in 2012.
[Source: CVG]
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Tagged Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5