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Microsoft planning “second season” of Killer Instinct DLC characters in 2014
During last week’s Gamescom expo, Microsoft announced two additional bundles for their free-to-play reboot of Killer Instinct If fans want to obtain all eight characters, they’ll want to purchase the “Combo Breaker Pack” or the “Ultra Edition” (which also included an emulated version of the original Killer Instinct. But these eight characters (which include Jago, Chief Thunder, Sabrewulf, and Glacius) will only comprise “Season One” of Killer Instinct.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Microsoft’s Ken “GoldenEye‘s Klobb is Named After Me” Lobb revealed that eight additional characters will be released for the game in 2014 as part of “Season Two.” Both sets of characters will be able to battle it out together in Killer Instinct and Lobb hinted that a complete collection of Season Two characters would also be priced at $19.99.
Finally, Lobb revealed that Jago wouldn’t be the only free character in Killer Instinct. Currently, the plan is to switch the free character every three months. “[I]n that sense you can play for free over years and sample more than just Jago,” he Lobb.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2013, Killer Instinct
Fable Legends is a multiplayer Fable game for the Xbox One
Microsoft and Lionhead are preparing tell a new Fable on the Xbox One as they’ve announced Fable Legends at this year’s Gamescom expo. Built using Unreal Engine 4, Fable Legends is the first multiplayer game in the Fable series (not counting the Fable Heroes spinoff). Players will also be able to truly embrace evil for the first time and play as a villain who is out to thwart the heroes.
In Fable Legends, you’re never completely alone. You can play the game single player, with a party of three heroic AI companions that follow your lead through stories and adventures. Or you can play cooperatively with up to three friends and discover the game’s quests and content together. Play whatever style you want, when you want. After all, you’re the Hero. And just what kind of Hero you choose to play is up to you. Fable Legends takes you back to a time when Albion is teeming with Heroes, so there’s bound to be one for you. Fearless warriors. Cunning tricksters. Masters of Will. Paragons of virtue. Heartless mercenaries. Intoxicated brawlers. Chicken chasers. They’re all here, and many more besides. You’ll be able to customize your abilities, alter your appearance, and advance your Hero by earning experience and finding new armour, weapons, and treasures.
If you prefer to follow the dark path, Fable Legends will allow you to use “strategic decision making and tactical control” to challenge the heroes. Your villainous alter-ego will control “creatures, minions, traps, and environmental hazards” in a quest for world domination. Xbox SmartGlass support will open up even more evil opportunities.
Microsoft has yet to announce a release date for Fable Legends.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Fable Legends, Gamescom 2013
Killer Instinct: Ultra Edition announced
Along with revealing Chief Thunder as the latest character in their long-awaited Killer Instinct reboot, Microsoft and Double Helix today announced a few different purchasing options for the game. They are as follows:
Free To Play (Free) – Includes the game plus one playable character. Additional characters (including Thunder, Jago, Sabrewulf, and Glacius) will be available to download for $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 each.
Combo Breaker Pack ($19.99 / £16.99 / €19.99) – Includes the first eight characters, six at launch and two as DLC.
Ultra Edition ($39.99 / £34.99 / €39.99) – Includes all of the above, plus character accessory packs, costumes, and (best of all) the original Killer Instinct arcade game!
Killer Instinct will be available when the Xbox One launches in November.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2013, Killer Instinct
Reef Entertainment obtains Terminator license
Reef Entertainment obtained the license to produce games based on the Rambo films in 2011 and plans to release Rambo: The Video Game later this year. So what’s next for the UK publisher? Why, another 80s action franchise, of course.
Today, Reef announced that they’ve obtained the license to produce PC and console games based on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. A spokesman for the company said that developers at Reef are “studying all aspects and influences of the Terminator universe” and that the company wants to “create a game that does great justice to the motion pictures.”
The publisher plans to reveal more details about the first game to emerge from this agreement, which will be titled Terminators, at a later date.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Terminator: Resistance
Xbox One’s launch day lineup includes 23 games
We know the Xbox One will be released this November and now we know which games will be available on the launch day.
During their Gamescom 2013 presentation, Microsoft announced that 23 games will be available to purchase on day one. Two of the titles, Watch Dogs and Need For Speed: Rivals, will be released for current generation consoles on November 19, so it’s probably safe to assume that the Xbox One will be released on or after that date.
In another interesting development, the 23 launch day titles might be the only Xbox One games released in 2013. Of the remaining announced titles, every other game is expected to release in 2014 or later.
Expect to see a lot of familiar names in the Xbox One’s launch day lineup including Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Dead Rising 3. But there is one unfamiliar title, Peggle 2, which is now a timed Xbox One exclusive. The full list of launch day games can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged Gamescom 2013
Dead Rising 3 cinematic trailer goes full Romero
Cinematic trailers are a mixed bag. Most of the time, they leave you shaking your head and asking, “Why can’t I do something that cool in the game?” But sometimes, they give you a nice taste of what a game has to offer in a beautiful computer-generated package. This cinematic trailer of Dead Rising 3 belongs to the latter category.
The trailer reintroduces us to the game’s protagonist, Nick Ramos, and introduces us to his “new best friend,” Annie. During the trailer’s four-minute running time, Ramos puts a buzzsaw and a sledgehammer to good use before modifying a motorcycle into a tank, similar to the main characters of the Dawn of the Dead remake. Other Romero touches abound including the memory theory of zombie behavior and the firearms proficiency hinted at in Day of the Dead.
Dead Rising 3 is currently scheduled as an Xbox One launch title and it’ll be released in November.
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Tagged Dead Rising 3, Gamescom 2013
Square Enix will release Thief on February 25
Square Enix has shared a trailer for Eidos Montreal’s Thief reboot ahead of next week’s Gamescom convention. The trailer showcases some of Garrett’s stealthy style as well as the game’s rebellious storyline.
Best of all, the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One game now has a release date. The end of the trailer informs us that Thief will be available in stores on February 25, 2014.
CoD: Ghosts Multiplayer Reveal: Create-A-Soldier, Squads, dynamic maps
Activision just dropped a ton of Call of Duty: Ghosts news onto the Internet. Are you ready for the full scoops on the game’s multiplayer mode? Here it is…
Ghosts will introduce the Create-A-Soldier system, in which “players can customize their various weapon loadouts, plus, for the first time in the series, the physical appearance of their soldier, delivering over 20,000 possible combinations, including heads, body types, equipment, gender, and more.”
Players will be able to take their created soldiers and drop them into custom squads, which leads us to a new gameplay mode, also known as Squads. In Squads, players can “enlist to play solo, cooperatively up to 6-players, or competitively for one vs. one, head-on matches pitting players and their squads against others and their squads. Squads features a variety of play-types, allowing fans at any time to swap-out their custom A.I. soldiers with real friends for quick-action co-op. The competition can be fierce as squad soldiers display life-like, skilled tactics and behaviors like side-strafing, corner-camping, jump-shooting and more. Players, plus their squads, will earn XP, and if you’re offline, be prepared as your squad may get challenged for play without you.”
Finally, Call of Duty: Ghosts will make multiplayer battles even more chaotic with dynamic maps. Dynamic maps are “the evolution of multiplayer maps through dynamic map events. Player-triggered traps and events allow gamers to strategically redirect the course of battle, including the ability to call-in a map-changing killstreak, which can completely transform or modify the map delivering new levels of strategy and gameplay.”
You can get a first look at Call of Duty: Ghosts’ multiplayer mode in the first multiplayer trailer, which features Eminem’s new song, “Survival.”