Friday, 2 August 2013
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
BioShock Infinite Challenge Maps Out Today
Irrational has released info about all three pieces of Bioshock Infinite DLC, including challenge maps and story driven DLC with the first challenge maps available today as part of the season pass. Cash in the Clouds the first DLC is available on Steam, PSN and Xbox live for £2.99 for anyone that doesn't own the season pass. Clash in the Clouds includes four challenge maps: The Ops Zeal, Duke & Dimwit Theater, Raven’s Dome and Emporia Arcade, each of them containing15 waves of enemies. Each wave will include a Blue Ribbon Challenge with leaderboards and stats allowing you to compete with friends. Also included will be an in game museum where players can explore to view concept art and player models aswell as much more.
Other content that will be released is called 'Burial at Sea' and will come in two parts available at £9.99 each. The first episode returns to Rapture the night before all hell broke loose and Rapture fell and will be playable as Booker Dewitt. In the second episode things take another turn and the game will be played as Elizabeth but little has been said on that other than the game will have survival horror elements.
You can catch both the trailers below:
Monday, 29 July 2013
Party Chat to be free on PlayStation 4
In a new Q & A Video Sony has revealed that Party Chat will be free and won't require PlayStation Plus. Aswell as free Party Chat Sony have stated that Netflix will be the same and won't require PS Plus. The video also confirms that the friends list will be capped at 2000 people, Dualshock 3 controllers will not work on the PlayStation 4 while move controllers will. Your PSN Avatar and username will carry over to PlayStation 4 along with many privacy options.
Vita as a PS4 Controller??
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) July 26, 2013
While not every game will take advantage of this Sony is still stating that virtually every game on launch will be playable via remote play.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 release date announced
Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will hit shores on September 24th 2013 and is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PES 2014 will use a modified version of Kojima Production's Fox Engine which will be used for next gen title Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. PES 2014 will feature many key improvements which we stated here at the start of the month.
Fez II Cancelled
Phil Fish has announced via his twitter account that Fez II production has officially ceased. Phil wrote: "Im done. FEZ II is cancelled. goodbye." The following statement was made afterwards on Polytrons Twitter account the company which was founded by Fish:
What is still unclear is why the game was cancelled all though it seems that there has been arguments on Twitter in which we won't be linking to. You can catch the gist of the cancellation from here.
Friday, 19 July 2013
Monday, 15 July 2013
Mad Max First Gameplay Trailer
What was last shown at the PlayStation E3 press conferance - Mad Max now has a gameplay trailer and it's looking pretty damn awesome. In what seems true to style of the Mel Gibson movies, Max will be able to fight with vehicles, guns and his fists in what appears to be entirely open world. What we haven't heard yet his Max's voice whereby Avalanche, the developer's planned on using an American accent, however after a fan outcry the studio said it will return Max to his Australian roots. Mad Max is due for release on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC some time in 2014.
Angry Birds Star Wars 2 Announced
Rovio Entertainment has an announced a sequel to their highly successful Angry Birds Star Wars which according to Rovio has been downloaded over 100 million times. Rovio announced that Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will be available for download on 19th September complete with a range of toys and figures made by Hasbro which can be used to interact with the game in the same way as Skylanders. Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will focus on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, as shown in the trailer below. Feathered versions of Jar-Jar, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul will be playable aswell as many more.
Fifa 14 Cover Shot Released!
EA Sports has revealed that Tottenham's Gareth Bale will grace the UK cover off Fifa 14 along with Lionel Messi. Gareth Bale is a natural choice based on his phenomenal form in the Premier League last season picking up the following awards: PFA Young Player of the Year, the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year awards. Fifa 14 is due for release on 27th September being released on every platform known to man including next gen.
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
GTA V Official Game Play Trailer
Rockstar has released game play footage of upcoming open-world heist game, Grand Theft Auto V. GTA V will feature 3 protagonists in which you can drop in and out of at any point in order to scale the massive open world which totals the Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV and GTA: San Andreas map's put together. Also showcased in the video is the ability to play a heist in many different ways leaving this entirely up to the player. And when your not pulling heist's you can play golf, tennis, do yoga, cusomtise cars, get tattoos and even scuba dive awell as so much more. Grand Theft Auto V will launch on the 17th of September on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and possibly next gen and PC although no announcement has been made. Now enough of my writing....watch the video below!
RAMBO: The Video Game Reveal Trailer
UK based video game developer 'Reef Entertainment' has released first game play footage of RAMBO ® THE VIDEO GAME. The game will put players in Rambo’s combat boots as you follow the story arc of FIRST BLOOD ™, RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II ™ & RAMBO III ™. The game will feature the original movie voice-tracks of John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) and Colonel Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) as well as selected music from the world famous series of movies. RAMBO ® THE VIDEO GAME is due for release in the winter of 2013 and will be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
