EA Sports have released a new video to help you learn the new skill moves and celebrations in EA Sports 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Launches in North America on 15th April, 2014, Europe on 17th April, 2014, out on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
EVOLVE comes to The Gadget Show Live Next Week
2K has officially announced that Evolve, an all-new cooperative/competitive shooter experience, will be available to play at this year’s Gadget Show Live. Visit the NEC in Birmingham from 9th-13th April 2014 to experience Evolve firsthand. We at Connected Digital World will be on hand at this years event to get you the new footage if possible for you.
From the creators of Left 4 Dead, Evolve expertly blends cooperative and competitive multiplayer experiences as a team of four hunters face off against a single, player-controlled monster. Set on Shear, a frontier planet on the outskirts of the galaxy, gamers hunt their prey in adrenaline-pumping 4v1 matches.
“We are really excited that UK fans can finally play our first new IP for next-gen systems and experience the unique 4v1 gameplay for themselves at the Gadget Show Live,” said Simon Turner, UK marketing manager at 2K.
Those who pre-order the game from participating retailers will be rewarded with the Monster Expansion Pack, which includes the Savage Goliath skin at launch and a new monster character as soon as it becomes available after Evolve is released. To see a list of retailers that you can pre-order Evolve from now, please visit www.evolvegame.com/preorder.
Evolve will be available in Autumn 2014 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC.
Let’s Play Child of Light on the PlayStation 4
At a recent event for Ubisoft’s forthcoming game Child of Light, we got to play for a while, and so here is our new Let’s Play series.
hild of Light is a re-imagining of classic fairy-tales, inviting players on an epic adventure into the magical painted world of Lemuria. Players will uncover mysteries, participate in turn-by-turn combat inspired by classic JRPGs, and explore a mystical kingdom. The game puts players in the shoes of Aurora, a child stolen from her home, who, in her quest to return, must bring back the sun, the moon and the stars held captive by the mysterious Queen of the Night. Helped by her companion Igniculus the firefly and several unlikely allies, Aurora will face her darkest fears, including dragons and other mystical creatures in this modern take on a coming-of-age story.
We have some gameplay footage that was captured at a special preview event for Child of Light – this is the PlayStation 4 version of the game:
Here is part one:
Here is part two:
Here is part three:
Here is part four:
Here is part five:
Child of Light will be released on April 30th for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC, Wii U priced £11.99.
Get Even in Virtual Reality
The Farm 51, a independent video game developer, today announced the launch of a Steam Greenlight campaign for its upcoming Get Even title. The team has also issued a ‘Making Of’ video, new screens and information about the implementation of virtual reality (VR) devices in the game.
‘The global reaction to Get Even’s January announcement was a welcome surprise for us. Now, as part of the new Greenlight campaign, it is time to share more details,’ commented Wojtek Pazdur, Lead Designer and CEO of The Farm 51. ‘In The Farm 51 we think of a video game world as an alternate reality, not that of an interactive movie. The exciting opportunities offered by Virtual Reality and developments in that sector offer a huge benefit to a game aimed to be as immersive as ours. Get Even has the potential to support the VR concept like no other title. This is why we want to be a part of this new revolution and is why Get Even can be a landmark title in its use.’
The Farm 51 team has integrated VR devices into the astonishingly detailed 3D worlds it has created in Get Even, to drop the player into a truly immersive landscape. In keeping with the game’s central concept of blurring the lines between multi-player and solo missions, it uses Virtual Reality concepts to further break new ground. What would happen if you can travel between different Virtual Realities, starting outside the game using a device like Oculus VR or Project Morpheus before going deeper and deeper inside the game using similar in-game gadgets?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCnETE5XXD8
‘VR systems are a melody of a truly next-gen experience. We expect that consumer versions of VR devices will start revolutionizing the gaming market in 2015,’ added Pazdur. ‘We are now working hard to implement VR devices into our gameplay. It is a great adventure for our team to mix VR experience with the highly realistic 3D scanning technology we use in Get Even. I’m so excited when I think where it may take us and what are the possibilities in such combination.’
Microsoft shows off Windows 8.1 update at Build 2014
As with the current generation of Windows, Microsoft made a pretty big bet on touch and mobility. Along with building on top of the strong foundation in Windows 7, there also introduced a brand new approach to the Windows user experience that brought touch to the forefront. The Windows 8.1 update starts to roll out next Tuesday (8th April) free for all Windows 8 users.
Since the original introduction of Window 8 in 2012, there have been continuously refining the experience, and we are making steady progress. There believe deeply in the notion that delivering a compelling personal and modern experience across all the devices that matter in your life should not mean sacrificing familiarity. Windows 8 and 8.1 were first steps, and Microsoft are to continue to make refinements based on customer and partner feedback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKTlOYjmiZo
Last fall, less than a year after their shipped Windows 8, Microsoft released Windows 8.1- bringing a large set of customer-driven improvements including the return of the Start button, tutorials, more personalization options, the ability to boot to desktop, improvements to multi-tasking, and more. Today marks the next step as we release a new update for your Windows experience.
The Windows 8.1 Update delivers a collection of refinements designed to give people a more familiar and convenient experience across touch, keyboard and mouse inputs. It also brings improvements for business customers, really accelerates opportunity for developers, and enables device makers to offer lower cost devices.
Easier access to your favourite apps and key controls:
On the Start screen, on select devices you will now find Power and Search buttons at the upper-right corner next to your account picture. You can now more quickly shut down your PC if you need to and do a search right from the Start screen.
If you like using the desktop, you will be happy to know that select devices will now boot to desktop as the default setting. And on your taskbar, you can now pin both desktop apps and apps from the Windows Store as well as your favorite websites. You can now pin any app you want to the taskbar so you can open or switch between apps right from the desktop. I’ve got some of my favorite apps like Xbox Music, Skype, Facebook, Flipboard, and Mint pinned to my taskbar. You can also access the taskbar from anywhere when you’re using a mouse; you can see the taskbar on any screen by moving your mouse to the bottom edge of your screen. Just click on any of the apps pinned to your taskbar to open or switch to them.
More familiar mouse and keyboard options:
Their made it so your mouse works more consistently anywhere in Windows. If you move your mouse to the top of the screen when using a Windows Store app, you will see the familiar Close and Minimize buttons. When you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen in a Windows Store app, the taskbar comes up.
On the Start screen, if you right-click on an app tile, you will get a context menu next to the app tile that shows you what you can do with the tile, like unpin from Start, pin to the taskbar, change the tile size or even uninstall the app. Right-clicking on an app tile on the Start screen works just like right-clicking on something on the desktop.
Simpler way to find new apps:
After installing the update, you’ll find the Windows Store is now pinned to the taskbar by default so you can easily discover new apps (yes, you can unpin it if you don’t want it there).
And after installing new apps, you’ll notice a message at the lower-left corner of the Start screen that points you to the Apps view so you can see what you recently just installed.
Seamless browsing on all devices:
With today’s update, Internet Explorer 11 adapts your browsing experience by detecting your Windows device and input type, whether an 8-inch touch tablet in portrait mode or a 24-inch desktop with mouse and keyboard. The web is still front-and-center but new design enhancements make your browsing experience feel like it was made just for your device – like the number of tabs on-screen, the size of the fonts and menus.
Video Games Live returns to London after six years
Video Games Live (VGL) is set for a return to London in 2014, having last wowed audiences at the Royal Festival Hall in 2008. Six years on, VGL’s arrival back in the capital marks a brand new Bonus Round show, featuring a whole new arrangement of visuals and music.
The Bonus Round show includes music from games series such as Final Fantasy, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Mega Man, Street Fighter, Warcraft, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic the Hedgehog and many more, propelling the gaming experience beyond anything else before it with unprecedented variety and surprises.
“We’re thrilled and honoured to be bringing VGL back to the UK,” said Tommy Tallarico, creator and host of VGL. “VGL is a one of a kind entertainment experience so we’ve always strived to let as many people across the globe experience it. Not only do we get to come back to London but we’re very excited to be performing in Manchester for the very first time. We’ve always wanted VGL to perform more in the UK so this is definitely something we’re hoping we can expand and do more of in the future.” Also bringing the visual extravaganza to Manchester for the first time in its performing history on 1st November and in London on 2nd November.
Since its first performance in 2002, VGL is the first and most successful video game touring concert in the world having performed over 300 shows in 30 countries on five continents to an audience of over 1 million people. VGL has also been inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest game concert in the world for the performance in China which was attended by 100,000 fans.
The VGL concert includes a Pre-Show Festival and a Meet-n-Greet for all ticketholders. The Pre-Concert Events at 7pm includes a Guitar Hero competition, VGL costume contest and prize give-a-ways. In addition, there is the opportunity for prospective ultimate gamers to purchase a very special VIP experience, in which they will receive a very special tour detailing what goes on behind the scenes by VGL creator Tommy Tallarico. Full details on the Ultimate Gamer VIP package, including all the perks and benefits of its purchase, can be found below.
- Video Games Live backstage laminated tour pass
- Pre-show production tour, Q&A and special personal meet & greet with VGL creator and game music superstar Tommy Tallarico
- Free download card for the top selling Video Games Live: Level 3 album
- Official vintage Video Games Live poster
- Video Games Live Temporary Tattoos
- Special FRONT OF LINE access to the Video Games Live post-show meet and greet
- Signed 1st page conductor sheet music from the performance
- The VIP Ultimate Gamer Experience must be purchased in addition to a regular ticket to the show. Full details on this can be found below
Video Games Live tour dates
Manchester O2 Apollo – Saturday 1st November 2014, 7PM, London Eventim Apollo – Sunday 2nd November 2014, 7PM.
Tickets: Manchester – £25.00/£30.00/£35.00 London – £25.00/£32.50/£35.00/£40.00
To purchase tickets, call 0844 811 0051 or visit http://www.gigsandtours.com
Welcome to Windows Phone 8.1 Update with added Cortana
Yesterday at the Build conference from Microsoft it showed off the new Windows Phone 8.1 update coming soon to all Windows Phone 8 devices.
Windows Phone 8.1: More Personal, Smarter, and even a “World Record Holder”!
If you’re a Windows Phone user, you already know that Microsoft set out to create an experience that puts you and the things you care about most front and centre. As a result, we believe Windows Phone is the world’s most personal smartphone… and with Windows Phone 8.1, Microosft added a BUNCH of new features that make your smartphone even more a reflection of your personality and desires.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAu0YgPnuXM
Start screen: Make the Live Tiles Yours
Your Windows Phone Start screen to genuinely reflect your personality and the people and things you care about—so we are making it even more customizable!
If you remember last year Microsoft added a third column on devices for 5-inch screen or larger devices, like the Lumia 1520, to enable more stuff to show up on the screen. With people really liked this so we are enabling this on all screen sizes in Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft have added the ability to customize your Start background with a favourite picture or one of the options we’ve provided, which will make many of the tiles on your Start screen become clear so you can see the background you selected as you scroll up and down.
Cortana: Your PERSONAL Digital Assistant
Microsoft also introduce you to the world’s first truly personal digital assistant, now on Windows Phone. Microsoft were inspired by the popular character from Halo who served as a brilliant AI and a deeply personal digital assistant to Master Chief… so Microsoft called her Cortana.
Powered by Bing, Cortana is the only digital assistant that gets to know you, builds a relationship that you can trust, and gets better over time by asking questions based on your behaviour and checking in with you before she assumes you’re interested in something. She detects and monitors the stuff you care about, looks out for you throughout the day, and helps filter out the noise so you can focus on what matters to you. Cortana will launch shortly in the U.S. first as a “beta,” and then will launch in the US, the U.K. and China in the second half of 2014 with other countries to follow afterwards into 2015.
In Windows Phone 8.1, you get to Cortana by either a Live Tile on your Start screen or by pressing the search button on your device. This will take you to Cortana Home. To interact with Cortana, you can either speak or type—if you’re in a meeting, just type and Cortana won’t talk out loud. But if you ask her a spoken question, she’ll answer verbally and even carry on a natural conversation.
When you interact with Cortana for the VERY first time, she will start learning things about you… like your name, how to pronounce it, and ask for some personal interests.
Once she’s learned a bit about you, Cortana’s home populates with information that is curated just for you. You’ll see things like flight information she’s found from your email confirmations, weather, the latest news, and even traffic information once she learns your commute routine, such as from work and home.
Microsoft announced a lot more for Windows Phone 8.1 like new features like Photos & Camera Data Sense, Wi-Fi Sense, Storage Sense, and Battery Saver and more.
Action Center:Live Tiles are a great way to “glance and go,” and now we’ve added Action Center to enable you to see notifications from ANY app – pinned or not—and to give you a customizable way to quickly access the settings you care about most, like Wi-Fi, Flight Mode, Bluetooth and Rotation Lock.
Word Flow Keyboard:The keyboard in Windows Phone is smart enough to learn your writing style and even knows the names of people in your contacts for faster typing. Best of all, our new Word Flow Keyboard lets you glide your fingers over the keys to type INCREDIBLY quickly… a kid was able to BREAK THE OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD previously held by the Swype keyboard on a Samsung Galaxy S4 using Word Flow by 8 seconds!
Skype:The new Skype app for Windows Phone 8.1 brings the best of Skype on a smartphone. It’s integrated with the Phone dialer, so if you’re on a call you can quickly and easily “upgrade” your ordinary phone call to a Skype video call at the tap of a button! And… the new Skype app is designed to work seamlessly with Cortana so you can use Cortana to setup your calls within Skype.
Calendar:The new Calendar has been redesigned to add a new week view which lots of people have been asking for and it has many nice touches—like panning right to get to the next day or week or month! What’s more, it looks a lot like Outlook on your Windows PC… e.g., the weather is integrated at the top – just like in Outlook.
Music, Video, Podcasts: We’ve made a ton of improvements to these experiences, which are now split out as separate apps and all of which can be updated via the Store. In Music, you can edit your playlists and manage your cloud collection really easily and effectively. Video makes it possible to buy or rent videos from Xbox Music, and Podcasts now lets you subscribe to any RSS feed AND provides a Bing-powered podcast search for every country where Windows Phone is available. Oh… and we’ve improved the phone volume control by including separate sliders for your ringer/notifications and for your apps and media. Just the way you asked for it!
People Hub, Email and Accounts: The People Hub has higher-fidelity feeds for your social network content (large photos!) and it connects directly to 3rd-party social networking apps so that you can have easy access to all the full functionality of the 3rd party apps once they are installed. Email now supports S/MIME secure email, and we’ve broadened our support for different account types, now including iCloud.
Photos & Camera:The Photos experience now jumps directly to your most recent photos and shows as collections automatically organized, in a view grouped by date and location. Online photo albums are now supported via app-extensibility, so 3rd parties can plug in their services. In the Camera, Microsoft have updated the UI and added “burst mode” photography that lets you capture exactly the perfect moment—just like on Windows 8.1.
Music, Video, Podcasts: Microsoft have made a ton of improvements to these experiences, which are now split out as separate apps and all of which can be updated via the Store. In Music, you can edit your playlists and manage your cloud collection really easily and effectively. Video makes it possible to buy or rent videos from Xbox Music, and Podcasts now lets you subscribe to any RSS feed AND provides a Bing-powered podcast search for every country where Windows Phone is available.
People Hub, Email and Accounts: The People Hub has higher-fidelity feeds for your social network content (large photos!) and it connects directly to 3rd-party social networking apps so that you can have easy access to all the full functionality of the 3rd party apps once they are installed. Email now supports S/MIME secure email, and we’ve broadened our support for different account types, now including iCloud.
Welcome the Nokia Lumia 630 and the 635
Also at yesterday build conference Nokia announced the Nokias Lumia 630 and the Nokia Lumia 635, both delivering a fast quad-core processor, 4.5-inch ClearBlack screen and a unique colourful design with changeable shells, the Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia Lumia 635 provide a super smooth Lumia experience at an affordable price.
The Nokia Lumia 630 packs a wealth of innovation and comes in two 3G variants, including the most affordable Lumia, and the first Lumia with dual-SIM, giving people more choice.
Here is the Nokia Lumai 630 Dual Sim version
The Nokia Lumia 635 is Nokia’s best-value 4G smartphone ever and makes browsing, streaming and downloading content on the go lightning fast.
The Lumia 635 is distinguished by a high-gloss finish and a unique dual-layered, luminous tonal surround that glimmers and glows, offering the first taste of the Lumia colours for 2014, with swappable covers available in bright orange, bright green, bright yellow, and white and black.
Both the single and dual-SIM Lumia 630 ship with a new matt finish and the same vibrant colours, you could however treat yourself to a glossy cover if that’s your preference.
There’s more, with the new colours, these funky new smartphones are the first Lumias to see the Windows Phone navigation keys integrated into the user interface (UI), disappearing when watching video and when the phones are locked, as well as slick volume buttons, matching the shell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98HaCwNtrBs
They also introduce ‘SensorCore’ low-power sensing, a landmark for a value smartphone to enable the next generation of exercise and exploration apps like Bing Health and Fitness, which provides real-time monitoring and data storing like steps taken, calories burned, and miles walked, all day without eating up the big 1830mAh battery.
Lumia 630 owners will be the first to enjoy the latest Windows Phone 8.1, which features the new Live Tiles, one-swipe notifications with the Action Center, and faster socialising with the Word Flow keyboard and apps like Instagram, WhatsApp and Vine. You’ll also find the latest Xbox games and Internet Explorer straight out of the box for fun, and Enterprise updates that make these phones even better for business with Microsoft Office and OneDrive.
There’s a 5MP rear camera with autofocus, for great shots with Nokia Camera and Cinemagraph, reliving your memories using Nokia Storyteller and to get creative with Nokia Creative Studio. Home movies and downloaded videos, content, apps and Xbox games look better on the Gorilla Glass 3 screen with visibility in bright daylight conditions improved thanks to the ClearBlack technology.
The Nokia Lumia 630 is expected to rollout in May, beginning with Asia, Russia, China, India and Europe, from $159 for the single-sim variant, and $169 for the dual-sim variant. The Nokia Lumia 635 will be broadly available, including in the US starting in July, from $189.
Nokia shows off the Lumia 930 at Build Conference 2014
Yesterday at the Microsoft Build conference, Nokia announced the Lumia 930 beautifully blends the best of Microsoft and Lumia with a collection of features readymade for the needs of today’s forward-thinking smartphone owner.
Super sharp shooter
Leading the way once again in smartphone photographic technology, the Nokia Lumia 930 sports a 20-megapixel PureView camera, optical image stabilization (OIS) and ZEISS optics to achieve pin-sharp shots and the flexibility to zoom into any shot after you’ve taken it. A HD 1.2 MP wide-angle camera adorns the front.
The Nokia Lumia 930 also possesses unrivalled HD video skills with four high-performance microphones. This crafty quad allows directional recording, which enhances the clarity of your subjects by rejecting the sounds outside the direction of capture. Thanks to the surround sound capture, you can also hear the world around you like never before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7eMY45Fw0M
To help counteract shaky hand with the in-built OIS and use the single-finger zoom feature to get even closer to the action without compromising resolution.
Add to this Nokia Rich Recording, surround sound and ZEISS optics and you’ve got a truly potent hardware and software partnership.
Bright idea
When you’re done capturing your life moments, play it all back on the 5-inch, 1080p Full HD display (1920×1080; 441ppi), with Gorilla Glass 3, Super Sensitive Touch and a near 180-degree viewing angle for watching your content anywhere from bright sunny beaches to dimly lit hotel foyers.
Integrated Dolby Surround Sound also makes for a similarly rich audio experience when watching movies or listening to music with your headphones or home theatre system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjtrH-tQcCI
Power up
Powering everything along is a speedy 2.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 32GB of internal storage (7GB free OneDrive cloud storage) and 2GB of RAM, all of which make video processing, image capture and Xbox gaming seem like child’s play.
Daring design
The Nokia Lumia range of smartphones – is how all of this remarkable technology is wrapped up in an aesthetic package with just as much innovation and design excellence.
Standing apart from all that dare to get close, the Nokia Lumia 930 blends the striking good looks of recent Lumia devices with an elegant and unique design all of its own; gorgeous aluminium frame, metallic accents, and a nicely curved polycarbonate back with vibrant colour choices of bright orange, bright green, black and white.
To keep it (and you) going all day is the 2420 mAh battery. Built-in wireless charging adds convenience without compromising on design.
Great service
As well as providing the best of Nokia Lumia, this truly versatile smartphone also delivers the cream of the Microsoft software crop, coming out-of-the-box with Windows Phone 8.1 that brings with it myriad of enhancements, such as Action Centre, a refreshed start screen experience and new data and battery sense apps.
Nokia Lumia 930 with Windows Phone 8.1 lets you connect to your favourite people, events, music and photos from anywhere by providing a better experience of OneDrive, MS Office, Nokia Camera, MixRadio and HERE Maps. With OneDrive, you can save your images and videos immediately and sync them across your Lumia, PC, Tablet and Xbox.
The popular Fatboy wireless charging pillow will also have a new colour. Now you can charge your Nokia Lumia 930 wirelessly with the bright green pillow.
The Nokia Lumia 930 is priced at $599 before taxes and subsidies. It will be available from June beginning in Europe, Asia, India, Middle East and Latin America, and will continue to rollout throughout the world (except the US) throughout the summer.
Shadow of Mordor reveals release date, story trailer and more revealed
Witness the return of Sauron’s army to Mordor, the attack on the Black Gate and the origins behind Talion’s quest for vengeance in the Official Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Story Trailer – Banished from Death.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions also confirmed the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor ship date for 7th October 2014, and revealed the game’s official box art and pre-order bonus pack. The game will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
Pre-order bonus details:
Fans who pre-order Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor will get access at the game’s launch to The Dark Ranger exclusive bonus pack. Available at all participating retailers, the pack will provide exclusive content and challenges for players including:
- Dark Ranger Character Skin
- Begin your own quest for vengeance with a new Dark Ranger character skin that embodies Talion’s darker side
- “Test of Power” Challenge Mode
- Face Sauron’s Captains and defeat them to earn powerful Runes and gain a head start in the game
- Test your speed, skill and strategy and measure yourself against your friends on the leaderboards
- Access to Exclusive Leaderboards for “Test of Power” Challenge Mode
- Test your speed, skill and strategy and measure yourself against your friends on the leaderboards in this challenge mode
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor delivers a dynamic game environment where the player orchestrates their personal plan of vengeance as they bend Mordor to their will. The game begins on the night of Sauron’s return to Mordor, as his Black Captains brutally execute the Rangers of the Black Gate. Players become Talion, a ranger who loses his family and everything he holds dear, only to be returned from death by a mysterious Spirit of vengeance. As Talion’s personal vendetta unfolds, players uncover the mystery of the Spirit that compels him, discover the origin of the Rings of Power and confront the ultimate nemesis.
GTA Online: Heists, Capture Creator updates launching this spring
Rockstar has shared some details on a few of the many Grand Theft Auto Online updates to be added throughout the spring and beyond. Here’s a brief rundown of some of the new content, features, and enhancements that players can expect to see in the months to come.
SPRING GAME UPDATES
Capture Creator: Coming next week, the Creator community will be able to make their own original customized Capture Jobs and add to the over 3.5 million (and counting) player-created Deathmatches and Races currently available on Social Club. Players can strategically place pick-ups, define weaponry, set location, and tweak tons of other variables to make their own unique Capture Job for others to take on. We will also be reviewing homemade Capture creations to stamp standout experiences as Rockstar Verified.
The High Life Update: The High Life Update will allow players to expand their foothold in Los Santos with new high-end apartment options, the powerful Bullpup Rifle, new wardrobe items, the Dinka Thrust motorcycle and three new lavish cars to choose from, including the Super class Pegassi Zentorno. The High Life Update will also feature the debut of multi-property ownership in GTA Online, which means players will be able to own two distinct properties (with garages) simultaneously. All this plus the new Mental State player statistic, which is designed to let players see just how passive or psychotically unhinged fellow players in their session really are, and a slew of new Jobs.
Heists: Coming this spring to Grand Theft Auto Online, players can team up with their most trusted Crew members or with random other mercenaries in Grand Theft Auto Online to pull off cooperative Heist Missions for glory and profit. Stay tuned for much more information to come.
And later this year, look for even more additions to both Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V, including more holiday-themed updates, some Story Mode DLC and much more.
PES 2014: Free with PlayStation Plus for April 2014
Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that PES 2014 is now available as a free digital download to all subscribers to Sony’s PlayStation Plus online service. PlayStation Plus users can also add KONAMI’s new World Challenge DLC to the main game for a discounted price.
PES 2014 represents a new beginning for the popular series, with an all-new game engine allowing for the most comprehensive advances, spanning six key elements. These key tenets make for a slicker, fluid and more realistic experience, perfectly recreating the excitement and variety of a top-level match. The central focus of fluidity is based on the constant moving of players and their switching of positions, while allowing for the player individuality that can be key to a team’s success, and help underdogs produce giant-killing feats.
PES 2014 reworks every element of play, creating a fresh and energetic new standard for football titles. In addition to noticeably improved graphics and smoother animation, the thrust of the new system’s power has been used to redefine the way football is played on a home system. All-new AI accentuates the individuality of key players who react and even move like their real-life counterparts, while team AI has been enhanced to ensure known teams play just as they do in real life.
In addition to the main game free, KONAMI’s new World Challenge DLC will be available for just €6.99/£4.99 to PlayStation Plus users, gets a reduction of 20%. This all-new competition challenges the user to guide their chosen national team to glory in the World Challenge tournament. Players can choose any national team from PES 2014’s rosters and opt to play as the Manager or as a member of the squad. In ‘Team’ mode, the user governs every aspect of play: from tactics, team selection, etc; while ‘Player’ mode sees the player striving to earn selection and retain their place via their performances in a game. The new DLC adds all the latest kits and Brazil have been added as a fully licensed entrant for the first time in the series.
Newcomers to PES 2014 will also find themselves part of a vibrant online community. KONAMI recently established the PES Virtual UEFA Champions League in partnership with UEFA, and players can visit www.pesleague.com to enter online tournaments with a host of prizes and chances to enter global competitions against the world’s best PES 2014 players – including a chance to win UEFA Champions League final tickets, courtesy of PlayStation, via an upcoming event at this year’s UEFA Champions Festival, to a share of €25,000 in cash.
Watch the New Loading Human gameplay trailer
Untold Games has released a new video that focuses on the gameplay elements in Loading Human, the Virtual Reality adventure game powered by groundbreaking controls and set in a thrilling sci-fi world.
Released to commemorate the critical acclaim and awards that the in-development VR game has received to date, the video shows Loading Human creator and producer Flavio Parenti exploring an early beta test environment. Developed from the ground up for VR devices like Oculus Rift, players will be able to interact with objects within the environment to solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Loading Human’s story-driven gameplay.
Loading Human will be released on Windows and Mac OS for compatible VR devices later this year.