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Most Recent: Xbox One
Hitman 6 won’t be at E3 2014… so have some concept art instead
IO Interactive updated their blog to let their fans know that they would not be bringing the latest in the Hitman franchise to E3:
First up, we’ve seen a lot of people talking about what we might be bringing to E3 this year. We know the worst thing is to hope for something that doesn’t turn up; so we wanted to let you know that our next Hitman is going to be under wraps for a bit longer. We’re focusing all of our time and efforts into creating the best possible Hitman game. That’s our number one priority and we don’t want to divert valuable resources to show something before it’s ready.
To make up for it, though, they’ve shared some absolutely gorgeous concept art, which you can see above (and can see in full resolution after the jump). In the meantime, those of you who need your Hitman fix can pick up Hitman Go, which you can play, well, on the go. (more…)
Comcept closes out “Mighty May” with Mighty No. 9 gameplay trailer
Comcept has released a handful of trailers showcasing their progress on Mighty No. 9 since the completion of the Kickstarter campaign last Fall. But today’s new gameplay trailer, released to celebrate the end of “Mighty May,” is the most impressive yet. You might even say it is mega cool, man.
The trailer focuses on the icy locale that Mighty No. 2 calls home and the more industrial digs of Mighty No. 5. And unlike the previous “work-in-progress” trailers, this one features some beautiful backgrounds and gorgeous graphical effects, as well as a ton of enemies and environmental objects. Basically, it’s starting to look like a finished game.
According to Comcept, development on Mighty No. 9 will be completed over the course of the next 12 months and we should all be able to get our hands on it in Spring 2015. And I do mean all as Mighty No. 9 is in development for the 3DS, PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Walking Dead S1/2, Wolf Among Us collections coming to PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360
Several retailers let the cat out of the bag a bit early, but Telltale Games officially announced today that The Walking Dead Season 1, The Walking Dead Season 2, and The Wolf Among Us will soon be available for the PS4 and Xbox One. According to Telltale, a disc-based compilation of each episodic series will be available “later this year.” PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will also get a chance to purchase The Walking Dead Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us on disc as well to join the previously released disc-based version of The Walking Dead Season 1.
Telltale has promised to announce a release date for the compilation discs soon, and this news lends further credence to the belief that Tales From the Borderlands will also be available for current-generation and new-generation platforms (and the PC) when it launches sometime this Summer or Fall.
Posted in News, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Season 2, The Wolf Among Us
Quantum Break gameplay teaser promises full reveal at Gamescom 2014
Remedy is hard at work on Quantum Break and the latest trailer confirms that their time-twisting action game will be released in 2015. While a 2014 release date was never officially announced, many hoped they’d get their hands on the game this year. It looks like that’s not to be and, according to Remedy’s Sam Lake, Quantum Break will skip the 2014 E3 Expo as well.
In the video above, Quantum Break’s Creative Director teases a tiny sliver of gameplay footage from the game with the promise that we’ll get more at this year’s Gamescom show. The video game show, which is based in Cologne, Germany, will be held from August 13 through the 17th.
Quantum Break will attempt to blend a third-person action game with a Hollywood-style live-action television show. According to Lake, “The game is about heroes, the show is about villains.” The game will follow Jack Joyce, the hero we’ve gotten to know a little bit about in two earlier trailers (at the “Next Xbox Reveal” and VGX 2013). Meanwhile, the show will follow the corporate intrigue within Monarch Solutions, the evil entity at the center of Quantum Break.
Hopefully, one of the villains will give us a “muwhahaha” at some point in the show.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2014, Quantum Break
CoD: Ghosts next DLC, Invasion, coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360 next week
Activision and Infinity Ward have unveiled the Invasion Map Pack, the next downloadable expansion for Call of Duty: Ghosts. As always, the Invasion Map Pack will add four new maps and the next chapter of Extinction Mode to the game. This time, players will be able to battle killer mariachis in “Departed,” trigger booby-trapped pyramids in “Pharaoh,” and unearth angry pirate ghosts in “Mutiny.” The final map, “Favela,” is a recreation of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map of the same name.
The Invasion Map Pack will be available to download from the Xbox Live Store this Tuesday, June 3, for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. As with all Call of Duty DLC, Season Pass owners will be able to grab the pack for free while everyone else will have to shell out $14.99. The Invasion Map Pack will likely be made available to PC, PS3, and PS4 players sometime in early July.
Check out the trailer above for a sneak peek at the new maps found in the Invasion Map Pack. We’ve also got an in-depth description of each map, straight from Activision, available after the break. (more…)
XBL Store Today: Watch Dogs
It’s time to talk about Watch Dogs again as Ubisoft’s highly anticipated open-world is now available through the Xbox Live Games Store for both the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Can you hack it?
Watch Dogs (Xbox One: $59.99, Xbox 360: $59.99)
In today’s hyper-connected world, Chicago has the country’s most advanced computer system – one which controls almost every piece of city technology and holds key information on all of the city’s residents. You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker but also a former thug, whose criminal past lead to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, you’ll be able to monitor and hack all who surround you while manipulating the city’s systems to stop traffic lights, download personal information, turn off the electrical grid and more. Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge. In a world led by technology, hacking is our weapon!
Posted in News, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Watch Dogs
Samurai Warriors 4 and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate will be released in NA, Europe this Fall
Tecmo Koei has made some pretty big announcements through Twitter these last few days in honor of the MCM Comic Con in London.
First up, the publisher confirmed that Samurai Warriors 4 will be available this Fall for Sony systems (PS3, PS4, and Vita) in North America and Europe. Not long after that, Tecmo Koei tweeted that Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate was also playable at the MCM Comic Con, and that it too would be coming to North America and Europe this Fall for the PS3, PS4, Vita, and Xbox One.
That’s a lot of Tecmo Koei coming in just a few months!
Posted in News, PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbox One
Tagged Samurai Warriors 4, Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
Internet sleuths discover police-themed Battlefield Hardline on EA’s servers
Battlefield Hardline is rumored to be the next game in the Battlefield series, according to a lot of research performed today by multiple Internet sleuths. Samit Sarkar over at Polygon packaged it all together nicely:
The leak began with the discovery on the Better Battlelog forums of an initialism for a Battlefield game, “BFH,” listed for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The forum poster also discovered four soldier classes: Enforcer, Mechanic, Operator and Professional.
After that, the logo above was posted on web developer Koen Vlaswinkel’s personal website, taken from the Battlelog website. He “and the Battlefield Daily Twitter account also posted artwork and icons that mention the two sides in the game, SWAT and Thieves, and modes such as Blood Money and Heist.” These images, including a riot shield, taser, handcuffs, money, and police vehicles, did nothing to dispel the rumor.
But wait – there’s more. Vlaswinkel also found proof that Visceral Games, the studio behind the Dead Space series, could be the studio developing the game. He “discovered an image of the word ‘visceral,'” which goes along with a report from earlier this year about a cops-and-robbers game codenamed Havana in development at Visceral.
I guess we’ll just have to wait until EA’s E3 press conference at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) on June 9, and hope that the publisher will clear this up then.
UPDATE: EA has gone ahead and officially announced Battlefield Hardline. And it looks like we will learn more at this year’s E3 Expo.