Ubisoft recently released a trailer for their upcoming fantasy title, Child Of Light. Child Of Light is an interactive 2D Side Scroller. Ubisoft posted on their blog that the story was based largely on "fairy tales and epic poems". Child Of Light is slated for a 2014 release. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=KsB1ydR8NFk Publishers: Ubisoft Developers: Ubisoft Montreal Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Ending the biggest and probably the last guessing game regarding the pending new consoles, Microsoft announced that November 22nd will be the date that the Xbox One launches in most of the world. Unlike Sony, whose PlayStation 4 is being released in stages, Microsoft is trying to get the Xbox One to most people on the first day. Buyers in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States will all be able to potentially pick one up on the first day. The move sandwiches the Xbox One between PS4 … Continue reading Microsoft Sets November Launch For Xbox One
Microsoft and Lionhead Studios announced that a new game called Fable Legends will be an exclusive title for the Xbox One console. The news came at the Gamescom Microsoft press event in Cologne. Director David Eckelberry stressed that the game was not a sequel to the Fable series, but its own game and new IP, set 400 years before the original Fable game. The game will require online play as it will use the Xbox One cloud service. There are four characters in the game and players can take on the role of any of them. Friends can then opt … Continue reading Gamescom: Microsoft Announces Fable Legends As Xbox One Exclusive
The Gamescom preview of the upcoming action game, Titanfall. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=rWgWn-Ithlg Platforms: Xbox One Events: Gamescom 2013
Ubisoft has announced a movie version of upcoming open-world adventure Watch Dogs. No release date or casting information has yet been unveiled. The sci-fi shooter is due to be released in video game form this November. Little has been revealed of Watch Dogs overall plotline by Ubisoft and there’s no mention of whether the film version will follow the same story. Watch Dogs centres on hacker Aiden Pearce who gains control of Chicago’s city-wide computer network after suffering a violent family tragedy. The game is set to chart his journey from everyman to vigilante. "Since both Sony and Ubisoft have … Continue reading Gamescom: Ubisoft Announces Watch Dogs Movie
With Europe in love with soccer, (or European Football as it’s also called) it would make sense that the topic of including women in the FIFA Games would come up at Gamescom, which is the largest European trade show dedicated to the games industry. However, EA went on record saying that at least for 2014, women will not be included. There is a bit of a disconnect between the US and the European market over the game. While soccer is not very poplar in the United States, which prefers the hard hitting world of NFL Football, the soccer that is … Continue reading Gamescom: Women Out For FIFA 14, But Future Is Possible
Today Darrell Gallagher, Head of Product Development and Studios at Square Enix, announced the next Tomb Raider on Tumbler. "Hi – you may have read today that a next-generation sequel to Tomb Raider is in the works. We’re very excited to confirm that the team has started working on telling the next chapter in Lara’s tale. It’s still early days, so I’m afraid I can’t provide any further details for now save my assurance that we’re not resting on our laurels and acclaim from Tomb Raider’s recent successes, but working hard to raise the bar even higher and re-affirm the … Continue reading Next Gen Tomb Raider Announced
Hope is lost and only the savage survive. In a world where the roads are paved to nowhere, what choices will you make to stay alive? Check out the World Premiere of the ‘Official Mad Max Gameplay Reveal Trailer ‘ Soul of a Man’ now, released today by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Avalanche Studios. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=lN28TV7mA50 Publishers: Warner Bros Interactive Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
After a shellacking at the E3 Expo Trade show, and faced with disappointing pre-orders that put the Xbox One behind the PlayStation 4, Microsoft has decided to reverse its previous course with their pending console. The Xbox One will now allow used and rental games, will no longer require an online connection other than one time when the unit is setup, and will not have any regional restrictions. One casualty of this decision however is the fact that downloaded games can no longer be shared with other machines, something that was part of the original plan for the new device. … Continue reading Microsoft Reverses Xbox One Course To Allow Used Games, No Online Required
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Mad Max, a new open world, third-person action game where players become Mad Max, a lone warrior in a savage post-apocalyptic world where cars are the key to survival. The game will debut for PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox One the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. Scheduled for release in 2014, Mad Max will deliver dynamic, open-world gameplay where gamers fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using brutal on-ground and vehicular combat against … Continue reading E3 News: Mad Max Trailer