Category: News

Fallout 4 & DOOM World Premiere June 14th

In an email sent out to the email recipients who registered at fallout4.com, Bethesda lays out an overview of what we will be getting from their E3 showcase.
Save that date, June 14th. at 6:45pm Bethesda's E3 showcase is confirmed to show off more about Fallout 4, DOOM, and the new Battlecry IP. The event will be hosted by Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb live on Twitch and Youtube.
Just about everyone has seen the trailer for Fallout 4 at this point and we are all anxious to learn more, but we will also be getting a good amount of time spent on DOOM and Battlecry if this site is any indication.The pre and post showcase will be hosted by Previous X-Play hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb. Bethesda sure knows how to hit you right in the nostalgia gut, huh?

At this point we know more about Fallout 4 then we do DOOM. With only a ten second teaser above to wet our mouths over until we get more on Sunday.
Battlecry however is what I personally am most excited about. Not that I won't have to change pants when I get to see some more DOOM or Fallout, but I am huge fan of originality and trying out something new. This game is still scheduled to be hitting open beta this year, and like I said I'm glad to see Bethesda taking steps in new directions.What more are you hoping to hear about the above mentioned games? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to follow us on Twitter, Twitch, Hitbox, Steam, Facebook, and keep coming back for more news, reviews, and anything else barely professional.

Source: Newsletter 

New Game from Platinum at E3

After last year’s reveal of Xbox exclusive Scalebound, Platinum will show us something new again this year.
IGN will feature the gameplay reveal for the unannounced game from the developers behind the super successful Vanquish and Wonderful 101...oh...from the developers behind Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising: Madeupword on June 16 …and we will be right there to steal it and put it on our site! (Maybe, unless it’s boring)

No word yet on what the game is about, or if it is an exclusive, but since it’s from Platinum, we can be fairly certain that it’s pretty good but will not sell.

Source: IGN

Ready at Dawn gets new CEO

Paul Sams, previously chief operating officer at Blizzard, joins Ready at Dawn. The studio behind The Order: 1886 and God of War: Ghost of Sparta wants to take on new challenges and Sams was hired to spearhead a new business development and publishing arm in Austin, Texas.
Ex-CEO Weerasuriya has the following to say about future plans:
“With Paul's arrival, the entire team at our studio in Irvine will turn its attention solely on creative and game development, while Austin will become the focus of our business endeavors. Paul's expertise will be essential in achieving some of our goals, including our desire to seek a strategic partner in helping us create and retain ownership of our own transmedia IPs.”

Does this mean Ready at Dawn will not work on The Order 1887, since the IP is owned by Sony?
Not according to Sams: “We would love to be part of building The Order as a franchise. It is an IP that we created, that we deeply love and that we believe in. We cannot say more than that regarding The Order at this time.”

Both have more to say on the future of the Ready at Dawn, so if you are interested, head over to gamesindustry.biz for the full interview.

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst?

Is Catalyst the  official name of Mirror's Edge 2? A trademark registered in Europe seems to hint at it. Continue after the break for more info, including some speculation! Ooh speculation!
First the trademark filing for Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and now a teaser image on the Mirror's Edge twitter (@mirrorsedge).
Now, this does seem to indicate that there will be a game titled Mirror's Edge Catalyst, but that doesn't mean that it will be Mirror's Edge 2. It could easily be a VITA game or something similar, or even an iOS endless runner companion game to Mirror's Edge 2. Still, with the upcoming game supposedly set to be a prequel, catalyst would make perfect sense for a title.I personally loved Mirror's Edge, though I felt that the combat was entirely out of place. It felt like it should have been about speed running and finding the best path through each level, not about fighting or dodging gunfire. Still, I have high hopes for Mirror's Edge 2, but what about you? Did you play the first game? Are you interested in picking up the second? Let us know in the comments below.

Mega News Everyone…Kinda Maybe

Capcom announced the existence of Mega Man Legacy Collection, and if you are a fan of the old school blue bomber then you're in for a serious treat. After the break that is.
Mega Man Legacy Collection will bundle together the first six  games from the original Mega Man series. It's a little odd that they chose to stop at number 6, but it's possible they are saving the the rest for a version 2 down the road. The announcement states that while the games will retain their 8-bit style they are going to have an "HD finish".  I assume that means some kind of filter, the same kind available in most emulators these days I imagine. I just hope you'll have the ability to turn it off if you don't like it.Mega Man Legacy Collection will also feature a museum mode which is some kind of collection of art and Mega Man history with concept pieces and sketches thrown in. The odd thing is that the game will be developed on a new engine, the Eclipse Engine, instead of using one of the pre-existing emulator technologies.

But the big news for this pack, in my eyes, is the inclusion of the Challenge Remix Mode, which sounds a lot like the NES Remix games. It'll provide new challenges and difficulty trials for each of the six games, as well as provide an easier learning curve for newbies to the Mega Man style.  That certainly sounds like it could be worth the money, especially since it's announced price is $14.99,  which I feel is more than reasonable for the six games in the collection, not to mention the remix mode and the history archive.

The game is due out this summer for PS4, XBone, and even the PC! It'll also be coming to the 3DS in the winter. Oh, and it's also got some leaderboards and video replays of top players if you're into that kind of thing.

Author: Billy C
Game: Mega Man Legacy Collection
Developer: Digital Eclipse
Publisher: Capcom
Price: $14.99
Release Date: Summer 2015 for PS4, XBone, PC. Winter for 3DS

New Steam Store Releases: Massive Chalice

This week, Double Fine drops a massive deuce (sorry, couldn't resist) onto the Steam Store with their second Kickstarter game, Massive Chalice. I actually don't know much about this game, but since it was made by Double Fine, I will be cautiously optimistic. Also out this week, a great-looking arcade shmup called XIIZeal, a pipe puzzler from the Mighty Switch Force series, and the highly controversial twin-stick shooter, Hatred (from the appropriately-named developer, Destructive Creations). Make a big splash and then venture out past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
  • Massive Chalice (Double Fine Productions, Single-player, $19.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • XIIZeal (Triangle Service, Single-player & Co-op, $11.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! (WayForward, Single-player, $2.99)
  • Hatred (Destructive Creations, Single-player, $19.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Sparkle 2 (10tons, Single-player, $7.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Adventures of Pip (TicToc Games, Single-player, $14.99) (Controller Support)
  • Scribble Space (Coty Getzelman, Single-player, $1.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Artifact Adventure (bluffman, Single-player, $6.99) (Controller Support)
  • SoulCraft (MobileBits, Single-player, $4.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
  • Star Hammer (Black Lab, Single-player, $19.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Vektor Wars (Super Icon, Single-player, $6.99) (Steam Achievements)
  • Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser (Astro Port, Single-player, $4.99) (Controller Support, Steam Achievements)
[Image: Double Fine Productions]

Andrew J Amideo

New Harvest Moon Coming to PC!

Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories was announced this week on the Natsume Inc. Twitter, but that isn't the most interesting piece of news in that tweet. No, the most interesting thing is that the game will be coming to Wii U, iOS, Android, and PC! Hit the break to hear my thoughts on this most intriguing of news pieces.
Now that all the posers have left and it's just us good friends, I have a confession: I freakin love me some Harvest Moon! There is something about the simplistic farming and NPC interaction that draws me in like magnet. It's the same reason I played Minecraft, because I used it as a farming simulator. Sadly, it was lacking in that respect and so it didn't stay in the rotation long.I've been waiting for what seems forever for a  PC version of Harvest Moon, a reason I found Wild Season to have such potential. Now it looks like we'll be getting a proper PC game out of the deal, but the announcement of iOS and Android as well has me worried. Will it be a terrible cash store bananza? I hope not, and the fact that it's on the WiiU as well gives me hope that it'll be a true sequel, but only time will tell.

What do you think of this announcement? Are you excited? Do you not care? Are you already playing your old Harvest Moon games because the addiction is back in full? Let us know in the comments below or shoot me a tweet @Amuntoth.

Rumor:  Bad Juju Games [Owner Of Desura And Indie Royale] In Trouble?

Trouble seems to be brewing with Bad Juju Games, the owner of Desura – a game store very much in the vein of GOG and Steam – as well as the folks who essentially operate Indie Royale – a bundle site much like Humble Bundle.

They have been having some difficulty making payments to games developers and as of the 27th of May 2015, put out a blog post detailing that they are “not going out of business,” and “are not in financial crisis.”

However, the internet has done some digging and...that’s perhaps not quite the whole truth of the matter.

Inforuptcy – a tracking site for bankruptcy cases – has noted that Bad Juju games has filed for bankruptcy with further inspection noting that they started a Voluntary Petition [a filing for Chapter 7] on the 1st of June, 2015.

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The first [bottom-most] entry lists Bad Juju games as going into Voluntary Petition [Chapter 7] as of 1 June, 2015
All this evidence seems fairly credible, but it remains to be seen what Bad Juju Games will communicate in the future.

Right now, if you have any games through Desura, it might be wise to back them up.

Winter is coming, and with it Battleborn

There's a new trailer for Battleborn and it looks particularly traileriffic. Battleborn is an online shooter from the creators of Borderlands, but that doesn't impress me as much as it probably does others. The reason? Borderlands never really grabbed me, even though I loved the setting and the story, it just always felt like a very shallow and repetitive shooter.  Still, it's not all doom and gloom, continue past the break to get my thoughts on the trailer and what we know of the game so far.
Just watching the trailer got me pretty interested, and if Smite is any indication then a third person shooter MOBA has the potential to be very enjoyable. The graphics are stylized and very Dota-Like with the aesthetics, though of course the models and detail are turned up to 100.  The characters look more interesting than a lot of other MOBA games on the market but it remains to be seen how good or bad the controls will feel. Still, I really want to play the hawk man with a rocket launcher. Plus, if I don't like the PVP I might still enjoy playing the coop story with my wife and some friends.Apparently they plan to release in the winter on PC, PS4, and XBox One but there's no firm date as of yet. With the announcement of the impending death of Infinite Crisis it'll be interesting to see how Battleborn does in the slightly crowded MOBA market.

Author: Billy C
Game: Battleborn
Developer: Gearbox Software