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Most Recent: Xbox One
Final Batman: Arkham Knight Ace Chemicals trailer includes Scarecrow missions tease
In the third and final Batman: Arkham Knight “Ace Chemicals” trailer, we see Batman solving puzzles by remote-controlling the Batmobile, fighting a bunch of mercenaries, and saving Ace Chemicals employees. There’s also a quick tease of the big fight about to go down between the Batmobile and Arkham Knight’s helicopter.
Rocksteady Studios and WB Games talked about the trailer a bit on the PlayStation Blog, as well as revealing the Scarecrow Nightmare Pack, which will be exclusive to the PlayStation 4.
Batman: Arkham Knight will be released for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on June 2, 2015.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Batman: Arkham Knight, PlayStation Experience 2014
King’s Quest returns on the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One in Fall 2015
King’s Quest is being remade and returning to the PC and consoles in Fall of 2015. The game is being developed by The Odd Gentleman and will be published under Activision’s Sierra label. This charming trailer, which was revealed at last night’s Game Awards, has revealed that the game will bring “a contemporary new take on the classic adventure game series with a creative new art style, puzzles, and story,” according to the Activision Blog.
Keep an eye out for King’s Quest, which will be coming to PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in the Fall of 2015.
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Tagged Game Awards 2014, King's Quest
Bandai Namco wants you to go for a motorcycle Ride in Spring 2015
Bandai Namco has teamed up with developer Milestone to bring Ride, which is a “complete motorcycle racing simulator,” to North America. Players will be able to choose from more than 100 motorcycles and take their pick of circuits – ride through the city, the country, or check out “historic tracks from the world of motorcycling.” There will be four different categories of motorcycles available – Historical, Naked, Superbikes, and Supersports. You will also be able to customize both your vehicle and your rider.
Chris Gilbert, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bandai Namco, said, “With Ride, Milestone has captured the quintessential motorcycle racing experience, with a huge selection of bikes, tracks and customization… With so much content, coupled with true-to-life racing simulation, motorcycle fans will finally have the next-gen racer they’ve been waiting for, and gamers of all stripes can experience the adrenaline rush of the redline.”
Ride will be coming to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in Spring 2015. It’s also playable right now (and all weekend) at the PlayStation Experience in Las Vegas.
Robotoki’s Human Element makes its debut at 2014 Game Awards
Human Element, the first game from Robert Bowling’s Robotoki studio, is barreling towards its November 2015 release date, which is now less than a year away. In honor of the inaugural Game Awards show, Bowling debuted the first trailer from the PC, PS4, and Xbox One first person shooter last night.
Set 35 years after a zombie apocalypse caused the fall of society, survivors group together in warring factions to fight zombies (and each other) for the last remaining supplies in the world.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Game Awards 2014, Human Element
Blood Bowl 2 coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One in Spring 2015
Blood Bowl 2 is coming, as you can see in this awesome Kick-Off Trailer. The game is the sequel to the original game based on the board game adapted as a football game from a miniatures game. Can you follow all of that?
Blood Bowl 2 will have everything you remember from the first game – Beastmen, Skaven, crippling opponents, scoring touchdowns – the usual. But Cyanide Studios is promising that the sequel “is even more ambitious than its predecessor in all aspects of the game, with numerous extra features and the highest production values.”. They’re working with a brand new engine for graphics, which you can see in the trailer. And Jim Johnson and Bob Bifford are here to commentate the game.
Blood Bowl 2 will be coming Spring 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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Tagged Blood Bowl 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition wins Game of the Year at 2014 Game Awards
The inaugural Game Awards was held last night in Las Vegas. In between all the major announcements for future releases, Geoff Keighley and crew managed to hand out awards in 16 categories honoring 11 of 2014’s best games.
BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition took home “Game of the Year” honors as well as “Best Role Playing Game.” Three other games took home two awards including Mario Kart 8 (“Best Family Game” and “Best Sports/Racing Game”), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (“Best Narrative” and “Games For Change”), and Destiny (“Best Score/Soundtrack” and “Best Online Experience”).
In addition to Mario Kart 8’s two wins, Nintendo also collected the “Developer of the Year” award and “Best Fighting Game” for Super Smash Bros. For Wii U. The consolemaker’s four wins were matched by Ubisoft who matched Valiant Hearts’ two awards with wins in “Best Shooter” (Far Cry 4) and “Best Performance” (Trey Parker as Various Voices in South Park: The Stick of Truth).
Other winners include Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (“Best Action/Adventure”), Shovel Knight (“Best Independent Game”), Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (“Best Mobile/Handheld”), and Grand Theft Auto V (“Best Remaster”).
The full list of winners in a handy list format (including all the viewer-voted categories) can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Destiny, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Game Awards 2014, Grand Theft Auto V, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Mario Kart 8, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Shovel Knight, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Xbox Store Today: Threes, Limbo
Two highly acclaimed indie games make their way to the Xbox One today in Microsoft’s latest Xbox Games Store update.
Threes took the mobile world by storm earlier this year and now the shifty puzzler can be played in glorious high definition on your Xbox One. A massive television screen doesn’t really do much to enhance the playability of Threes, but it surely can’t hurt…
Also available for the Xbox One today is Limbo, Playdead’s haunting monochromatic platformer that was originally released for the Xbox 360 in 2010. Xbox One owners who purchased the system on “Day One” recently received a free copy of Limbo as a thank you from Microsoft.
More information on both of these great games can be found after the break. (more…)