Ubisoft’s The Crew will be available on November 11

Posted on June 9, 2014 by John Scalzo

Ubisoft’s The Crew finally has a release date. The publisher’s massively mutiplayer racer will be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 11. You can check out the game’s ultra-fast E3 trailer above.

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Ubisoft @ E3 14: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege announced

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dan Hobbs

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot popped up at the end of the publisher’s E3 Press Conference with a big ending. Guillemot blew the roof off the building with the unveiling of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. In a heavily-scripted gameplay video pulled from a multiplayer game, we see one team storm a house to rescue a hostage, while another team tries to take out their attackers.

“If you look at long-range battle, you will find Battlefield. If you’re looking for short-to-medium-range battle, you will find Call of Duty,” said Creative Director Xavier Marquis. “In the short range, no one exists but us.”

While the attackers appear to have more advanced tech to track their opponents, the defending team can barricade themselves into rooms by blocking windows and setting boobytraps. The game also appears to have totally destructible environments.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege currently has no release date, but will likely be available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This means that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots is most likely no more.

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TJ Combo to be added to Killer Instinct in Season 2

Posted on June 9, 2014 by John Scalzo

Iron Galaxy Studios took over development of Killer Instinct, Microsoft’s free-to-play fighter, after Double Helix was purchased by Amazon earlier this year. Today, the developer confirmed that the second season of downloadable characters will begin this Fall and they’ll start things off with TJ Combo.

With the announcement of Combo, only three characters from the original Killer Instinct (Cinder, Riptor, and Eyedol) have yet to be announced for inclusion in the Xbox One reboot. But with even more “Season 2” characters to announce, I’m sure they’re coming sooner rather than later.

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Ubisoft @ E3 14: Shape Up wants to pump you up on the Xbox One this year

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dan Hobbs

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Ubisoft have decided to take the Rocksmith approach to fitness with Shape Up. In Rocksmith, players engage in silly minigames to learn how to play the guitar. In the newly announced Shape Up, players engage in silly minigames – using Kinect – in order to work out.

In one shown minigame, “Piano Step,” players play the piano with their feet in time with the music. Like Guitar Hero for your feet. Even cooler than that, the Kinect sensor can record a replay of your game session so players can play against past versions of themselves and then send those ghosts to their friends.

Shape Up is coming this year to Xbox One.

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Watch this Rise of the Tomb Raider trailer… doctor’s orders

Posted on June 9, 2014 by John Scalzo

“We become who we’re meant to be.”

After what Lara Croft went through in 2013’s Tomb Raider, it’s understandable that she’d be having a hard time with things. Her legs quake… her hands tense up… and she’s hiding from the world underneath a big hoodie. But thankfully, she’s seeing a therapist and making progress. Her doctor has encouraged her to get back into the world and at the end of this trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider, she’s done just that. Except it’s a part of the world that has been long forgotten. Some might even call it a tomb.

Crystal Dynamics is getting the gang back together for Rise of the Tomb Raider. Camilla Luddington will lend her voice (and motion capture moves) to Lara Croft and Rhianna Pratchett is again part of the writing team.

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be available in Fall 2015 and, as of right now, it’s only been announced for the Xbox One. Will it also come to the PC and PS4? A Magic 8-Ball would say, “Ask Again Later.”

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Ubisoft @ E3 14: SURPRISE! Just Dance 2015 and Just Dance Now announced

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dan Hobbs

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Just in case you were unsure that Ubisoft’s mega-selling dancing franchise would not have another iteration, Just Dance 2015 was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference. It will include Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” and it’ll be available this October.

Ubisoft has also revealed Just Dance Now. In a big change to the series, Just Dance Now uses your smartphone and any Internet-connected device to display the game. Then you use the phone’s accelerometer to dance. Honestly, that’s some pretty cool tech.

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FIFA 15 lets you “feel” the game on September 23

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dan Hobbs

So, in case you didn’t know, I’m British. Therefore, I must love football soccer – right? Well, no. However, I do love actor, and totally cool dude, Idris Elba. It’s this fact which makes the FIFA 15 E3 trailer exciting to me.

If you don’t love Luther, FIFA 15 will apparently boast player emotions, allowing soccerballers to react to bad tackles, missed penalties, and fantastic goals – just like in real life. Of course, there will also be plenty of tweaks to the presentation including new bench reactions, sideline character animations, 10-man goal celebrations, and more. This is alongside prettier graphics, better AI, and some smaller added details, all of which will probably make for the best FIFA yet.

But, then again, EA says that every year. FIFA 15 will be available for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and “other platforms” on September 23 (September 25 in Europe).

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Now this is hidden treasure… Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris announced

Posted on June 9, 2014 by John Scalzo

Everyone expected to see a sequel to 2013’s Tomb Raider at this year’s E3 Expo and Crystal Dynamics did not disappoint with Rise of the Tomb Raider. However, another Tomb Raider sequel announced today is a bit of a surprise. A welcome one, but a surprise all the same.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, a sequel to 2010’s much beloved Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The overhead puzzle platformer ups the number of co-op players to four and includes bigger setpieces all around:

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris takes place deep in the deserts of Egypt. In her new adventure, Lara must join forces with rival treasure hunter Carter Bell and imprisoned gods Horus and Isis, to defeat the evil god Set. As Lara and her companions fight the elements of nature across the sands and through ancient tombs, they will battle legendary deities and creatures of myth. With the fate of the world at stake, Lara must recover the fragments of Osiris to stop Set from enslaving all mankind.

No release date was announced, but we do know that Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris will be “Coming Soon” for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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