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THQ Nordic unveils a new gameplay trailer for Biomutant
THQ Nordic unveiled a brand new gameplay trailer for Biomutant this weekend, giving fans another look at the Action RPG’s futuristic setting.
In Biomutant, players will be able to select a series of “Mutant Powers, Bionics, and Weapons” to create their own unique character. As you can see from the trailer, these combinations can result in powerful climbers, ferocious warriors, or a bouncing feline wielding a pair of twin guns. It looks like players will also be able to pilot mechs, but you better watch out for a toothy swarm of blob monsters.
Biomutant is in development at Experiment 101, and it’ll be released later this year for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
New Retail Releases: Metal Gear Survive, Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, More
Just a handful of new games will be available on store shelves this week…
Konami will bring back the Metal Gear franchise (sort of) this week without Hideo Kojima in Metal Gear Survive for the PS4 and Xbox One. Snake is taking the day off, and instead, players will have to build up their defenses and attempt to survive an onslaught from a horde of interdimensional monsters.
Also set to launch this week is Bandai Namco’s Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. The action RPG will be available for the PS4 and (for the first time) the Xbox One, and this time players will be able to engage in gunplay against the giant bosses.
Finally this week, PS4 and Xbox One owners will get to chance to purchase Rad Rodgers, a side-scrolling shooter about a 90s kid and a foul-mouthed game console, and Past Cure, a “dark psychological thriller that blurs the lines between dreams and reality.”
That’s it for now, but we’ll be back later this week with a look at every new addition to the digital storefronts on the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Metal Gear Survive
Get ready to farm like you’ve never farmed before… Farming Simulator 19 announced
Focus Home Interactive wants players to “Farm Like Never Before” in Farming Simulator 19. Set to launch this Fall for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, the game will feature a “completely overhauled” graphics engine, new animals, and the biggest vehicle roster ever:
Farming Simulator 19 will feature, at launch, three distinct open worlds in which to develop and expand your farm, in solo or with friends: two entirely new environments will soon be revealed, as well as an all-improved version of the South American environment, which has been overhauled to take advantage of the new engine’s capabilities.
Farming Simulator 19 takes the biggest step forward yet for the franchise, and will bring great improvements to nearly every aspect of the game, not just greatly enhanced graphics. Its content will be richer than ever. With the addition of new big brands, Farming Simulator 19’s garage will feature the franchise’s most extensive vehicle roster ever. The game will also introduce new farming activities, new animals including horses, brand new mechanics, as well as new crops – all of which we will be revealed in great detail over the coming months and future events.
Farming Simulator 19 is in development at Giants Interactive, and the first trailer has been embedded above.
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Tagged Farming Simulator 19
Nightdive puts development of System Shock Remastered on hold
The development of System Shock Remastered is going on a bit of a break. According to a Kickstarter update from CEO Stephen Kick, Nightdive Studios has put development of the game “on hiatus” to “reassess our path so that we can return to our vision.”
Kick went on to say that the scope of the project had drifted too far away from what they had originally envisioned, and that this hiatus will hopefully allow them to get back to that point:
Maybe we were too successful. Maybe we lost our focus. The vision began to change. We moved from a Remaster to a completely new game. We shifted engines from Unity to Unreal, a choice that we don’t regret and one that has worked out for us. With the switch we began envisioning doing more, but straying from the core concepts of the original title.
As our concept grew and as our team changed, so did the scope of what we were doing and with that the budget for the game. As the budget grew, we began a long series of conversations with potential publishing partners. The more that we worked on the game, the more that we wanted to do, and the further we got from the original concepts that made System Shock so great.
Backers pledged a total of $1.3 million towards System Shock Remastered’s crowdfunding campaign in June 2016. The game was in development for the for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and originally scheduled to launch sometime in 2018, but it’s possible that timetable will have to change after the hiatus.
Fe, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Claybook, more added to Xbox Store
It’s time for your Friday Xbox Games Store update, and today’s update includes three Xbox One games with very unique visual styles.
First up is Fe, a “wordless platformer” from Zoink and Electronic Arts that wants to allow players to make discoveries “without handholding.” Also available to download today is South Park: The Stick of Truth, an Xbox One re-release of the popular RPG. Finally today, Claybook takes place in “a unique world made entirely of clay” and it’s now available for the Xbox One through the Xbox Game Preview program.
You can learn more about the rest of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Fe, South Park: The Stick of Truth
Capcom is splitting the games from the Mega Man X franchise across two Legacy Collections
Back in December, Capcom said that “multiple” games in the Mega Man X franchise would be released for modern platforms in 2018, leading many fans to assume that more than one compilation was in the works.
Today, the Australian Classification Board confirmed the publisher will indeed bundle the games from the Mega Man X franchise into two different packages known as the Mega Man X Legacy Collection [Source] and the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 [Source].
It’s unknown how Capcom will split the franchise between the two Collections, or if the RPG spinoff, Mega Man X: Command Mission, will make the cut. But hopefully we’ll find out more soon.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 are both in development for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, and will be released sometime in 2018.
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will be released this Spring
The crowdfunding campaign for Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn first appeared on Indiegogo way back in 2014, but developer Saber Interactive has announced that it’ll finally be ready to launch for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One this Spring. Not only that, but the development team also announced a partnership with Wired Productions to bring Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn to retail stores, and they unveiled a new trailer that’s been embedded above.
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is an intense, action-packed beat ‘em up which sees players take on the role of the unstoppable Shaquille O’Neal as he fights his way through the hordes of Hell and Hollywood. Master devastating combos, battle outlandish celebrity bosses and take on all comers with an array of weapons, including katanas, shuriken, and baseball bats. Channel Shaq’s alter egos, Big Daddy O and Big Diesel, in epic battles in the successor to the worst game ever on a mission to restore Shaq’s legacy.
Switch owners who purchased Saber’s last game, NBA Playgrounds, prior to June 10, 2017 will receive a free copy of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn after it launches.
Dynasty Warriors 9, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, The Fall Part 2, more added to Xbox Store
A quartet of new games are now available to download through the Xbox Games Store.
Beginning today, Xbox One owners will be able to download Dynasty Warriors 9, the latest “Musou” game from Koei Tecmo and Omega Force; Kingdom Come: Deliverance, an open-world medieval RPG from Warhorse Studios; The Fall Part 2: Unbound, an adventure sequel about a rogue AI; and Monster Energy Supercross, a motorcycle racing sim from Milestone.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Kingdom Come: Deliverance