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Activision unveils first trailer for Call of Duty: WWII’s War Machine DLC Pack

Posted on April 5, 2018 by John Scalzo

Last week, Activision deployed the first details about Call of Duty: WWII‘s second expansion, The War Machine DLC Pack. More recently, the publisher gave fans a sneak peek at the upcoming add-on content in a new trailer:

Tensions escalate in DLC Pack 2 for Call of Duty: WWII — The War Machine. Join the Allies and stop the powerful Axis advance in three new Multiplayer maps that illustrate the might and global reach of the Axis War Machine. Strike back and take part in the Allied invasion of Sicily in “Operation Husky,” the all new objective-based War Mode mission. Plus, experience the latest Nazi Zombies chapter: “The Shadowed Throne.”

To complement the trailer, Activision’s Editorial Manager, Kevin Kelly, took a turn at the keyboard of the PlayStation Blog, and delivered a few additional details on “Operation Husky”:

Operation Husky takes its historical cues from the real-life Operation Husky, the codename for the Allied invasion of Sicily, that took place in July of 1943. This operation wrestled control of Sicily away from Axis powers and put into motion a course of events that opened up the Mediterranean Sea lanes for the first time since 1941. It also toppled Italian leader Benito Mussolini from power and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Italy.

As an Allied participant in Operation Husky in Call of Duty: WWII, you’re a soldier in the town of Ragusa, Sicily. Your mission is to retrieve key intel to initiate a bombing of enemy forces.

Or you might find yourself on the flipside of that equation as an Axis soldier, trying to stop the Allied advance, as they try and complete their mission.

There are three key objectives for the Allies to complete before they can declare victory, so let’s take a look at what they are.

PS4 players will be able to download Call of Duty: WWII‘s The War Machine DLC Pack on April 10. PC and Xbox One players will get the chance to download the expansion sometime in May.

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Insomniac’s Spider-Man will be released on September 7; Collector’s Edition also unmasked

Posted on April 4, 2018 by John Scalzo

Sony and Insomniac have announced that their highly-anticipated Spider-Man adaptation will be released exclusively for the PS4 on September 7. Insomniac’s James Stevenson swung over to the PlayStation Blog to reveal the good news, and also to talk a bit about the bonuses found in the game’s Digital Deluxe Edition and Collector’s Edition.

Spider-Man’s Digital Deluxe Edition ($79.99) will include the main game, along with access to a post-launch expansion (The City That Never Sleeps) that features “three new chapters each with new missions, new villains and characters, and additional suits for Spider-Man.” Fans who pre-order the game from Sony’s storefront will also receive a Limited Edition Collectible Pin (by mail) and the Spidey Suit Pack (which is highlighted in the trailer embedded above).

The Collector’s Edition ($149.99) will contain all the content from the Digital Deluxe Edition, as well as “a Steelbook case featuring the iconic white spider, Mini Artbook from Titan Books, and an awesome Marvel’s Spider-Man statue by Gentle Giant.”

Finally, a second Spider-Man trailer from Game Informer (promoting their upcoming in-depth coverage of the game) can be found after the break. (more…)

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Penny-Punching Princess, Minit, Impact Winter, more coming to PS Store this week

Posted on April 4, 2018 by John Scalzo

You gotta be quick if you want to stay on top of this week’s PlayStation Store update.

Leading the way is Minit, a Zelda-like adventure for the PS4 that players have to complete sixty seconds at a time. Also available to download now is NIS America’s Penny-Punching Princess, an isometric brawler for the PS Vita with a retro-styled look.

Retro gaming fans might also be intrigued by The King of Fighters ’97: Global Match, a PS4 and PS Vita remake of the popular one-on-one fighter. KOF 97 will be available this Thursday, as will Impact Winter, a new PS4 game from Bandai Namco that asks players to survive for as long as they can.

You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)

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WB Games will publish Hitman: Definitive Edition on May 15

Posted on April 4, 2018 by John Scalzo

IO Interactive separated themselves from Square Enix about a year ago, and today they teamed up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to publish a Definitive Edition of Hitman for the PS4 and Xbox One.

The Hitman: Definitive Edition will be available on retail shelves on May 15. In addition to including all previously-released content and game updates, the Definitive Edition will also feature a new Outfit Bundle inspired by classic IO Interactive titles:

Hitman: Definitive Edition Content and Features

  • Hitman: Season One (Main Game) – Seven exotic locations from the first season, including Paris, Sapienza, Marrakesh, Bangkok, Colorado and Hokkaido, along with the ICA Facility
  • Hitman: Game of the Year Edition Content – Four missions from the Patient Zero Campaign, three themed Escalation Contracts that unlock three unique weapons, as well as the Clown Suit, Cowboy Suit, and Raven Suit from the recent Game of the Year Edition digital release
  • All Game Updates – Featured Contracts, Escalation Contracts, and Challenge Packs from Hitman: Season One and the Hitman: Game of the Year Edition
  • Hitman: Summer Bonus Episode – Featuring ICA bonus missions in Sapienza and Marrakesh
  • Hitman: Blood Money Requiem Pack – Including the Requiem Suit, Pale Duck Explosive and ICA Chrome Pistol
  • IO Interactive’s 20th Anniversary Outfit Bundle – Three new outfits inspired by Freedom Fighters, Kane & Lynch, and Mini Ninjas

The Hitman: Definitive Edition will also support enhanced visuals and performance improvements on the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X.

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Chasm will come to the PC, PS4, and Vita this Summer

Posted on April 3, 2018 by John Scalzo

After more than five years in development, developer Bit Kid is finally ready to release Chasm on the PC, PS4, and Vita this Summer. If you’re unfamiliar with Chasm, it’s a MetroidVania that asks players to take control of a young knight on his first adventure. Together, you’ll explore a procedurally-generated world stitched together from a batch of pre-built rooms:

Welcome to Chasm, an action-adventure game in which you play a new recruit undertaking your first mission for the Guildean Kingdom. Thrilled to prove your worth as a knight, you track strange rumors that a mine vital to the Kingdom has been shut down. But what you discover in the mining town is worse than you imagined: The townspeople have begun to disappear, kidnapped by supernatural creatures emerging from the depths.

Honor-bound to solve the mystery and restore peace to the Kingdom, you embark upon an epic adventure, with deadly battles against cunning monsters, exploration of ancient catacombs and castles, and powerful new equipment hidden at every turn. Though the overall story is the same for all players, your hero’s journey will be unique: each of the rooms has been hand-designed, and behind the scenes Chasm stitches these rooms together into a one-of-a-kind world map that will be your own.

Bit-Kid’s James Petruzzi talked a bit more about Chasm’s development process on the PlayStation Blog, and a new trailer for the distinctly retro-styled game has been embedded above.

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Owlboy will fly onto the PS4 and Xbox One on April 10

Posted on April 3, 2018 by John Scalzo

Owlboy originally made its PC debut in 2017, before landing on the Nintendo Switch’s digital storefront in February. Yesterday, D-Pad Studio announced (via Twitter) that the side-scrolling platformer will finally be available to download for the PS4 and Xbox One on April 10:

A Retail Edition of Owlboy is also in the works for the PS4 and Switch, and it’ll be available in stores on May 29.

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Telltale will unveil The Walking Dead: The Final Season for the first time at PAX East 2018

Posted on April 1, 2018 by John Scalzo

Telltale Games has announced they’ll pull the curtain back on The Walking Dead: The Final Season at next week’s PAX East convention.

The first episode in the concluding chapter of Clemenstine’s story will launch for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and mobile devices later this year. But first, the developers want to give fans a sneak peek at the game during a panel on Friday, April 6, at 12:30 PM (Eastern Time)…

If you’re unable to attend PAX East this year, you’ll be able to keep up with all the announcements by viewing a livestream of the panel on Twitch (via the PAX East #2 channel). Fans at home will also be able to tune in to an exclusive aftershow on the Twitch channel for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment at 2:00 PM (Eastern Time).

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Lindsay Lohan loses appeal in her lawsuit against GTA5 and Rockstar Games

Posted on March 30, 2018 by John Scalzo

grandtheftautov-bikiniThe beancounters at Rockstar Games can rest easy, the Court of Appeals in New York has firmly shot down Lindsay Lohan’s lawsuit against the publisher.

If you recall, the actress originally sued Rockstar in 2014 over her belief that a character from Grand Theft Auto V named Lacey Jonas was based on her “portrait and voice.” The character was regularly depicted in the game’s advertising as a blonde woman in a red bikini, and she also appeared in an optional in-game mission. After lengthy legal proceedings, Lohan’s lawsuit was dismissed in 2016, but she vowed to appeal.

Yesterday, that appeal came up short as New York’s Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling in the earlier case. Judge Fahey wrote that even if Lacey Jonas had been inspired by Lohan’s “portrait,” Rockstar cannot be held liable because she’s a fictional character that’s never identified as Lohan in the game:

We conclude that the amended complaint was properly dismissed because the artistic renderings are indistinct, satirical representations of the style, look, and persona of a modern, beach-going young woman that are not reasonably identifiable as plaintiff.

In addition to shooting down her lawsuit, the Court of Appeals also ordered Lohan to pay Rockstar’s court costs.

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