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Xbox Store Today: Minecraft Story Mode, Wasteland 2, Back to the Future, more
Great Scott! This week’s Xbox Games Store update is taking a trip into the past while also giving us a glimpse at the future of gaming.
The original Wasteland is one of gaming’s watershed moments. Originally released in 1988, Wasteland billed itself as “the original post-apocalyptic strategy RPG” after it inspired the release of Fallout. Now, 27 years later, original developer Brian Fargo has returned to one of his signature creations with the release of Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut on the Xbox One.
But you can’t look back on the past without an assist from Doc Brown… and Telltale agrees. In honor of the film’s 30th anniversary, they’ve re-released Back to the Future: The Game in a special 30th Anniversary Edition on the Xbox One and Xbox 360. And speaking of Telltale, the developer also partnered with Mojang to release Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1: The Order of the Stone for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 this week. Minecraft has often been called “the future of video games,” and it’s hard to argue with that kind of statement. Who knows what the actual future of gaming will hold, but I do know one thing… where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
More information on all of these games, and a few other new releases, can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Minecraft: Story Mode, Wasteland 2
Gun Media resurrects Summer Camp as Friday the 13th: The Game
Absolutely nothing can kill Jason Voorhees. In fact, not even a starring role in a terrible NES game from 1989 can keep the machete-wielding monster down. So it should come as no surprise that Gun Media has announced a brand new Friday the 13th game, which is slated to be released for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in October 2016.
Friday the 13th: The Game is actually an expanded and reworked version of Gun Media’s previously announced horror game, Summer Camp. Friday the 13th creator Sean S. Cunningham offered the license to the developer (and stealth announced it) earlier this year after Gun Media secured the services of special effects wizard Tom Savini, composer Harry Manfredini, and stuntman Kane Hodder. Now, the developer and their who’s who of horror have turned to Kickstarter to help fund the most authentic Friday the 13th game possible.
Gun Media isn’t “starting from scratch” and a lot of what made Summer Camp interesting will also be present in Friday the 13th. The game is being designed as a 7v1 asymmetrical multiplayer title. Up to seven players will be able to control the counselors, each of which has their own personality and special abilities. But one player will be able to slip into the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees and stalk these teens throughout a semi-open world version of Camp Crystal Lake. A single-player campaign where players can control either Jason or the counselors in scenarios based on scenes from the classic film series will also be included.
A lot more information on exactly how Friday the 13th will work is available on the Kickstarter page. Gun Media is seeking $700,000 to fund the game, and as of this writing, they’ve already received pledges totaling $111,000.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Friday the 13th
Treyarch delivers a thick coat of pulpy noir in this prologue to CoD: Black Ops III Zombies
The hardboiled detectives and wicked dames of noir fiction have lead to the genre’s continued popularity for more than 90 years. And why not? Noir films and books all feature bad people doing bad deeds before meeting a bad end… which makes it the perfect environment for an undead uprising.
Treyarch came to the same conclusion when developing Call of Duty: Black Ops III as the franchise’s famed Zombies Mode will flashback to the 1940s in “Shadows of Evil,” a morally ambiguous tale of good and evil that stars Jeff Goldblum (as The Magician), Heather Graham (as The Femme Fatale), Ron Perlman (as The Boxer), and Neal McDonough (as The Cop). The developer recently screened the co-op mode’s prologue at the New York Comic-Con, and yesterday, they released it for public consumption. Film noir fans will enjoy the period touches, but like I said, these are bad people people who’ve done bad deeds. Can you keep them from a bad end?
Be sure to watch the prologue again and let’s all find out together when Call of Duty: Black Ops III is released for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on November 6.
EA is offering a Season Pass (with four expansions) for Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront will be released on November 17 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. But if you want to take part in even more battles from that far away galaxy, you’ll have to pony up for the game’s Season Pass, which is now available for pre-order.
Electronic Arts has announced (via the game’s official website) that the Star Wars: Battlefront Season Pass will include four expansions and an exclusive “Shoot First” emote. Players who purchase the Season Pass will also receive access to the expansions two weeks before the rest of the world.
Priced at $49.99, the publisher has said that we’ll learn more about the Star Wars: Battlefront Season Pass “in the coming weeks,” so I’d keep your wallet tightly closed until we find out some real details about these four expansions.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Star Wars: Battlefront
No Time To Explain Review: Laser Rifles, Time Travel, and Dancing
No Time To Explain is a fast-paced 2D platformer where your main mode of travel is a gun so powerful that it doubles as a jet pack. You start out by using your super-powered rifle to chase yourself through time and the game’s looping plot keeps getting more outlandish from there. So dig in, because I do have time to explain.
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Posted in PC, Reviews, Top Story, Xbox One
Tagged No Time To Explain
Harmonix adds DLC tracks from Alabama Shakes, Breaking Benjamin, Death From Above 1979, The Pretty Reckless to Rock Band 4
With Rock Band 4 now available in stores, Harmonix is pumping up the volume on a new set of downloadable content for the music franchise.
Beginning tomorrow, October 13, new songs from Alabama Shakes (“Don’t Wanna Fight”), Breaking Benjamin (“Failure”), Death From Above 1979 (“Trainwreck 1979”), and The Pretty Reckless (“Follow Me Down”) will be available to download through the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Marketplace for $1.99 apiece. Short snippets from each song can be previewed in the trailer embedded above.
Mad Catz also wants the world to know that pre-orders for the Rock Band 4 Pro-Cymbals Expansion Kit are now open. Expected to be available before the end of the year, the Pro-Cymbals Expansion Kit will add Crash, Ride, and Hi-Hat cymbals to the Wireless Drum Kit. After attaching the Pro-Cymbals Expansion Kit, players will be able to unlock Pro Mode in the game, which will enhance Rock Band 4’s “realism” and allow players to showcase their “unique flair.”
Following Activision’s lead, Harmonix has also added the complete Rock Band 4 tracklist to Spotify for your listening pleasure.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Rock Band 4
Fallout 4’s system requirements ask if your PC/console is prepared for the apocalypse
We’re t-minus 29 days until the launch of Fallout 4, and Bethesda wants to ensure that your PC and/or console is up to spec for the post-apocalypse that’ll follow. So without further adieu, your PC must be exactly this powerful to ride Bethesda’s latest atomic bomb like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove:
Minimum System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
- RAM: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: 30 GB free
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
- Internet: Internet Connection and Steam Account required
- Controller: Plug & Play compatibility with Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers
Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- CPU: Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
- RAM: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: 30 GB free
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent
- Internet: Internet Connection and Steam Account required
- Controller: Plug & Play compatibility with Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers
If you’d prefer to play Fallout 4 on the PS4 or Xbox One, you might want to know that the game’s installation process will require 28-35 GB of hard drive space. Fallout 4 will offer a number of different language options throughout the world and players in North America will likely fall on the lower end of that spectrum as the game only needs to support English and French. However, most European territories will support English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, which necessitates a larger install size.
Whichever platform you use to play Fallout 4, it’ll be available on November 10… except if you’re located in Asia (where it’ll be released on November 11) or Japan (which has to wait until December 17).