First Resident Evil: The Final Chapter trailer promises a return to Raccoon City

Posted on August 11, 2016 by John Scalzo

The Resident Evil film series is, without a doubt, the most successful set of game-to-movie adaptations ever. And after five films, director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich have taken a simple zombie and cranked the crazy up to 11. Now there’s monsters and clones and hypnotic brain slugs and psychotic British AIs and a girl named K-Mart…

And it’s all been leading up to Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

Set to open in theaters on January 27th (just three days after Resident Evil 7‘s January 24th launch), The Final Chapter promises a return to Raccoon City for Alice, along with reunions with Claire, Wesker, and Dr. Isaacs. You can get a little taste of the action in the film’s first trailer, which has been embedded above.

Even though the Resident Evil film franchise doesn’t have even the slightest resemblance to Capcom’s original storyline anymore, I’m still eager to see how everything comes to an end.

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Kickstart This! Eliosi’s Hunt

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Andrew Rainnie

Top-down shooters are like buses… you wait for ages, and then two come at once. The first one I found when looking for this week’s Kickstart This! candidate was When It Hits The Fan, which evoked memories of Smash TV with its 32-bit arcade style. Its simple style leads to some fast-paced mayhem, and had I not found Eliosi’s Hunt, I may have delved a bit deeper into its campaign. The latter game has a harder sci-fi slant, but its visuals are mind-blowingly beautiful. So let’s find out what Brazilian-based TDZ Games is hoping to achieve with this project.

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Xbox Store Today… Kingdom: New Lands, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Anode, more

Posted on August 10, 2016 by John Scalzo

A handful of new games are now available to download from the Xbox Games Store, including an IGF-nominated kingdom builder and a robot-wrecking ode to the 1980s.

Developed by Noio, Kingdom: New Lands takes the IGF-nominated kingdom builder and adds “an abundance of new content” including “new mounts, merchants, and vagrants” for its Xbox One debut. And speaking of re-releases, Activision and High Moon brought Transformers: Fall of Cybertron to the Xbox One this week with enhanced visuals and included downloadable content.

Finally this week, Anode is another falling block puzzler that adds colored lasers and detonators to the mix.

More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break.

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Daily Scoop: August 10, 2016 – Lots of Overwatch shirts available!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Nicole Kline

Getting back into the swing of things has been super difficult! We’re easing into it by going back to work and playing as many games as we can. We had a board game night last night, after which I played some – you guessed it – Fallout 4. It felt great to get back to the Commonwealth! I have so many other games in shrinkwrap sitting next to the television, but I just can’t bring myself to leave it.

What’s on sale today? Well, at the Humble Store, you have a few options. Just Cause 3 is $29.99, Blade Ballet is $13.49, and Little King’s Story is $22.49, among lots of other great choices.

There are lots of great deals at Steam as well! The Midweek Madness is a Frozenbyte 15 Year Anniversary Sale, which includes the Trinelogy for $7.50. The Daily Deal is Mirror’s Edge, which is on sale for just $4.99.

There are lots of great shirts today. Hit the jump to check them out!

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Rive will be released for PC, PS4 on September 13; Xbox One edition will be coming later

Posted on August 10, 2016 by John Scalzo

Two Tribes has announced that Rive, their upcoming side-scrolling shooter, will be available for the PC and PS4 on September 13. In case you’re unfamiliar with Rive, you can introduce yourself to the game’s many colorful characters in the new trailer embedded above, and bask in the retro simplicity of this plot description from the developer:

Blast your way through a mysterious starship as space scavenger Roughshot, who suddenly finds himself trapped with only his badass canons and hacking skills to help him escape.

With 360 degrees of pixel-pumping destruction, brutal attacks like Falcon and Tesla bursts, voice acting by Mark Dodson (Gremlins, Star Wars), and multiple game modes such as Single-Credit and Speedrun, Rive deserves an explosive spot on any action fan’s radar.

Rive is also in the works for the Xbox One, and it’ll launch on Microsoft’s console at a later date.

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Square Enix announces pre-order bonuses for Final Fantasy XV Season Pass

Posted on August 10, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Final Fantasy XV has been more than a decade in the making within the walls of Square Enix, but the publisher won’t be completely finished with the game when it launches for the PS4 and Xbox One this Fall. The RPG’s launch will be followed by a series of six downloadable expansions, and all of these additional episodes will be bundled together as part of a Final Fantasy XV Season Pass ($24.99) or Digital Premium Edition ($84.99, which also includes the full game).

We don’t know exactly what the Season Pass will contain, but Square Enix has shared the working titles of each episode:

Final Fantasy XV Season Pass

    DLC 1: Booster Pack (Working Title)
    DLC 2: Episode Gladio (Working Title)
    DLC 3: Holiday Pack (Working Title)
    DLC 4: Episode Ignis (Working Title)
    DLC 5: Episode Prompto (Working Title)
    DLC 6: Expansion Pack (Working Title)

And everyone who pre-orders the Season Pass or the Digital Premium Edition will also receive a bevy of bonus content:

Final Fantasy XV Season Pass/Digital Premium Edition Pre-Order Bonuses

  • Weapon: Masamune
  • Recolor: 16-Bit Buddies
  • Recolor: Platinum Leviathan
  • Item: Angler Set
  • Item: Camera Kit
  • Music: Digital Mini Soundtrack (PS4 Only)
  • PSN Theme: Big Bang (PS4 Only)
  • PSN Theme: Digital Premium Edition Original Theme (PS4 Only)
  • Xbox Avatar Item: Noctis Male Costume (Xbox One Only)
  • Xbox Avatar Item: Noctis Female Costume (Xbox One Only)
  • Xbox Avatar Item: Carbuncle Pet Prop (Xbox One Only)

Final Fantasy XV will be available for the PS4 and Xbox One on September 30.

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No Man’s Sky, Indigo Prophecy, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, more added to PS Store

Posted on August 10, 2016 by John Scalzo

Your Universe Awaits…

No Man’s Sky was first announced by Hello Games, a small team headquartered in England, way back in 2013. Ever since then, fans have been fervently awaiting the chance to explore the universe in the procedurally-generated space sim. Well, it’s finally time for lift-off as Hello Games added No Man’s Sky to the PlayStation Store yesterday.

Also available to download for the PS4 this week is Indigo Prophecy, one of the first games from Quantic Dreams. Originally released for the PS2 in 2005, the PS4 re-release includes 1080p visuals and full Trophy support. And speaking of PS4 re-releases, Activision and High Moon Studios have brought 2012’s Transformers: Fall of Cybertron to the PS4. This new-generation re-release also includes improved visuals and all three downloadable expansions.

Finally, Sony’s “PSN Play” pick this week is Brutal, a “3D re-imagining of the classic 2D ASCII dungeon crawler.”

As always, more information on all of these titles (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. And a complete rundown of this week’s new add-ons and discounts is available at the PlayStation Blog.

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2K Games adds 41 wrestlers to WWE 2K17’s roster

Posted on August 9, 2016 by John Scalzo

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2K Games has partnered with IGN to create the “Suplex City Census,” a promotion that’ll unveil the roster of playable wrestlers in WWE 2K17 over the next few weeks.

So far, more than 40 wrestlers have been added to the game’s roster including current WWE superstars like Triple H, R-Truth, and Daniel Bryan. The roster will also feature a healthy number of former champions including Andrew the Giant, Ultimate Warrior, and Bret “Hitman” Hart.

Every wrestler announced as part of the “Suplex City Census” can be found right here:

Playable Wrestlers in WWE 2K17 Announced on August 2

  • Aiden English
  • Booker T
  • Brian Pillman
  • Brie Bella
  • Chris Jericho
  • Diego
  • Erick Rowan
  • Fernando
  • Heath Slater
  • Jey Uso
  • Jimmy Uso
  • Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart
  • Konnor
  • Larry Zybszko
  • Nikki Bella
  • R-Truth
  • Simon Gotch
  • Ultimate Warrior
  • Viktor

Playable Wrestlers in WWE 2K17 Announced on August 9

  • Alicia Fox
  • Andre the Giant
  • Baron Corbin
  • Big E
  • Billy Gunn
  • Braun Strowman
  • Bret “Hitman” Hart
  • British Bulldog
  • Cesaro
  • Charlotte
  • Daniel Bryan
  • Edge
  • Finn Balor
  • Hideo Itami
  • Jake “The Snake” Roberts
  • Kalisto
  • Randy Orton
  • Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
  • Sin Cara
  • The Rock
  • Triple H
  • Tyson Kidd

WWE 2K17 will be released for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 11.

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