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Dontnod’s Life Is Strange Episode 1 will be available on January 30

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Anthony Amato

Dontnod’s upcoming episodic game series, Life Is Strange, could easily be described as Gone Home meets Heavy Rain. Hey, look at that, that’s just what a variety of critics say in the trailer above. But in Life Is Strange, you can rewind time and change the past, which can have disastrous consequences.

The first episode of Life Is Strange will be released on January 30 on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Like most episodic titles, there will be five episodes in all.

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Check out this 30-minute gameplay video of Zeboyd’s Cosmic Star Heroine

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Anthony Amato

Zeboyd Games brought their ultra-retro Kickstarted game, Cosmic Star Heroine, to the PlayStation Experience earlier this month. This video shows half an hour of alpha gameplay, which the developer warns is a very early demo.

“Many things are missing from the demo shown, including sound effects, items in treasure chests, several gameplay mechanics, and a lot of polish (graphics, text, writing, etc.),” they wrote in the description of the video. “These things will be added in due time!”

The game has some great humor, and the combat is definitely a throwback to retro hits like Chrono Trigger. Cosmic Star Heroine is scheduled to be released in 2015 on PC (Windows, Mac), PlayStation 4, and Vita.

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Kickstart This! Aviary Attorney, Curse of the Darkness, Spectrum

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Andrew Rainnie

Finding original games, especially from the bigger game developers, is becoming something of a chore. WWhile Ubisoft and Activision continue to produce annualized franchises that fans don’t seem to want as much anymore, truly original titles can always be found on Kickstarter. Designers and developers on the crowdfunding site are creating new experiences and approaching tired genres from a different angle, holding their begging bowl out to the masses to drum up enough cash to keep the lights on long enough to finish the game. So as we enter the season of giving, here are three projects that could use a helping hand. This time we looked at French-inspired animal courtroom drama Aviary Attorney, haunted house FPS Curse of the Darkness, and comic-book inspired side-scrolling adventure Spectrum. (more…)

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Square Enix will offer Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Anthony Amato

Square Enix has announced the Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which costs $99.99 and comes with a golden steelbook case, a soundtrack by the composer, a manga giving details on the characters and world, an art book, five life-size replica copies of Ace’s Cards, and a code to play the demo for Final Fantasy XV.

Regardless of which version of the game you pre-order, you are automatically entered into the Collector’s Edition Sweepstakes to win “exciting prizes,” including a custom next-gen console, Ace and Noctis art, a Vermilion Bird lapel pin, and more, according to the PlayStation Blog. Square Enix also announced that Director Hajime Tabata will be doing a Reddit AMA on January 23, 2015 at 10:00 AM (Pacific Time).

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released on March 17, 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Final Fantasy XV’s TGS 2014 trailer has been translated into English

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Remember that wild trailer that Square Enix released for Final Fantasy XV during the Tokyo Game Show? Well, we finally get to hear the English voice actors and understand what’s going on. I mean, as much as anyone can ever understand what’s happening in a Final Fantasy trailer.

Final Fantasy XV might be released next year on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Watch Until Dawn’s full PlayStation Experience demo right here

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Nicole Kline

Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn was playable at the PlayStation Experience that Sony recently held in Las Vegas. And if you weren’t able to attend, here’s an eight-minute video presentation of the full demo that the developer brought to the show. You can see as Sam (Hayden Panettiere) gets interrupted while taking a bath, and then has to run through a creepy house with no lights on while wearing nothing but a towel. I cannot believe that towel did not fall off. Those physics are off the charts.

Until Dawn is scheduled to be released in 2015 for the PlayStation 4.

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Trine Enchanted Edition will be released for PS4 next week

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Nicole Kline

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Trine Enchanted Edition, a brand-new remake of the original Trine, will be released for the PlayStation 4 on December 23 via the PlayStation Store. It will have “dazzling new visual effects and a vast number of gameplay improvements and fixes,” according to the PlayStation Blog. It will also include local and online cooperative play for up to three players, “and a mixed online/local co-op as well.”

Fans of the original will be pleased to note that this edition of the game runs at 60 FPS and the resolution is 1080p. And, if you’ve got a 3D television, you’ll be able to reap the benefits of full Stereoscopic 3D.

Trine Enchanted Edition will be released on December 23 on PlayStation 4.

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Lords of the Fallen 2 is in development

Posted on December 17, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Publisher CI Games and developer Deck 13 have revealed that development has begun on Lords of the Fallen 2. Lords of the Fallen, a medieval “hack and slash” reminiscent of Dark Souls, was released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One back in October to above average reviews.

Tomasz Gop, the Executive Producer of the title at CI Games, confirmed the news to Eurogamer this morning, saying, “We’re now working on vision and concepts for Lords 2.” No other information about the game was announced.

While Lords of the Fallen 2’s destination has yet to announced, it seems likely that it too is in development for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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