Today the released date for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has been revealed.
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Your favourite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, returns on June 30th, 2017! He’s enhanced, entranced & ready-to-dance in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Now you can experience Crash Bandicoot like never-before in Fur-K. Spin, jump, wump and repeat as you take on the epic challenges and adventures through the three games that started it all, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Relive all your favorite Crash moments in their fully-remastered HD graphical glory and get ready to put some UMPH in your WUMP!
Ubisoft announced that the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta will be available to all players from 23rd to 27th February, on current-gen consoles and PC. Players eager to jump into the Ghost’s boots and tame the Wildlands will be able to pre-load the Open Beta starting this Monday, 20th February.
Each player entering this Open Beta will get access to an exclusive mission – the “Unidad Conspiracy” mission, in which players will spark a war between the Unidad, a local corrupt militia group, and the Santa Blanca cartel – by playing the full game before 31st March, using the same Ubisoft account.
The Open Beta will introduce players to two provinces among the 21 of the final game: Itacua, a flourishing and mountainous province where the grip of the cartel is looser, ideal to perfect your sniping skills and get introduced to the Wildlands. Montuyoc, set in the snowy Altiplano, and the second province available in this Open Beta, is much more challenging – players who have suppressed the Itacua bosses will gain XP and skills boosts allowing them to face this dangerous area, home to Santa Blanca elite training centers. Players can of course confront Montuyoc right away… at their own risk.
As in the full game, all the content in the Open Beta will be playable with up to three friends on the same platform via four player co-op, or in single player. Players are free to utilise a large variety of vehicles, tactical equipment and weapons to get the job done.
Set in the largest action-adventure open world ever created by Ubisoft, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands takes place in Bolivia, a few years from now, as the country has been turned by the vicious Santa Blanca drug cartel into a narco-state. Players are tasked with eliminating the cartel by any means necessary. The massive and responsive open world encourages a variety of playstyles, allowing players the freedom to choose how they execute any and all missions.
Paradox Interactive, has today announced that Cities: Skylines, the management game will release for Xbox One this year. Cities: Skylines – Xbox One Edition, optimized for play on a controller by Tantalus Media, will bring the game to new audiences worldwide when it launches in Spring 2017, allowing players to build and manage everything from small towns to sprawling metropolitan cities.
Along with the core Cities: Skylines game, the Xbox One Edition will also include Cities: Skylines – After Dark, the game’s first expansion, which adds tourism and nightlife options to the robust feature list.
“Paradox is a company that’s proud to publish and support ‘niche’ games, and we’re happy to be able to bring those specialized experiences to console as well.” said Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. “Cities: Skylines has built one of the biggest and most active communities we’ve seen among Paradox’s fans, and that’s saying a lot. We can’t wait to welcome Xbox One players into that group, and I’m eager to see the towns and cities they can build.” Cities: Skylines is a best-selling management game, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, and coming very soon to Xbox One with all of its deep gameplay and unique charm along for the ride. The Xbox One Edition includes the award-winning base game, bundled together with the popular After Dark expansion, allowing players to plan and design for their cities’ nightlife and tourist attractions.
Cities: Skylines – Xbox One Edition will feature:
· Build the city of your dreams: Plan road networks, bus lines and parks. Bring on a smog-filled industrial revolution or create a quiet beach town ideal for tourists powered by renewable energy. Bring education, healthcare and safety to your citizens. Build it your way!
· Multi-tiered and challenging simulation: Playing as the mayor of your city, you’ll be faced with balancing essential requirements such as education, water electricity, police, firefighting, healthcare and much more, along with your city’s economy. Citizens within your city react fluidly, keeping you on your toes with ever-evolving demands.
· Extensive local traffic simulation: Managing traffic and the needs of your citizens to work and play will require the use of several interactive transport systems – use careful road planning alongside buses, trains, subways, and much more.
· Districts and policies: Be more than just another city hall official! Create a car-free downtown area, assign free public transport to your waterfront, or ban pets in suburbia. Designate parts of your city as a district in order to set policy at the local level, and give different parts of town their own personalities.
· After Dark included: Watch your city become an entirely different place at night: a day-night cycle will have your citizens seeking out places to unwind after work. Add in new policies and zones to create popular hotspots and provide enough taxis and trains to get to and from the clubs!
Beans Entertainment (Beans), the developer of Bean&Gone, a new interactive brand that delivers shared engagement experiences for children across digital and physical media formats, has announced that it has secured £300,000 of seed investment.
The funding comes from a number of investors including; Charles Smith (the COO of Shoezone), Shirish Patel (retired Deloitte Partner), Ashley Cooper (Catalyst Growth Partners), Nick Pendleton (former Head of Royal Mail Ventures), Saracen Ventures, and Smart Anchor Capital.
Beans CEO & Co-Founder Dan Clemo says. ”We’re thrilled to have secured this funding from such prominent investors whom I know will add significant value to our business beyond their cash investment. The new funds will provide us with the necessary operating cash flow to launch Bean&Gone after nearly 3 years of creative design and character building. We’re also planning to hire a number of new employees to help with technical and commercial development”.
Beans Entertainment based in Cardiff was co-founded by Dan Clemo and Jason Veal, who also founded the prominent creative branding agency Sugar Creative Studio. Beans Entertainment Ltd was launched with the aim of building a global evergreen brand franchise, one that emulates the long lasting success of Thomas the Tank Engine, Mr. Men and other well-known children’s characters. The company has already acquired the worldwide rights to the bean shaped characters first created by British illustrator Richard Fowler in the 1970s, and which provided the inspiration for Bean&Gone.
A new interactive website has also been built in preparation for the launch, which includes company history, activity sheets, and a product store.
Charles Smith commented, “I’m pleased to have become a shareholder in such a dynamic young company like Beans. The founders are a truly gifted set of creative individuals who have a collective global vision to build a brand that future generations will grow up with and love”.
Shirish Patel says. “The decision to invest in Beans was quite simple once I’d met Dan and Jason. Their backstory is compelling as is the potential for making Bean&Gone a brand that has lasting appeal to children around the world”.
“Beans has progressed significantly in the last 12 months and is already attracting the attention of an number of potential strategic partners who are interested in collaborating on Bean&Gone. As new shareholders, Smart Anchor Capital are excited to see what the future holds for the company considering the size of the opportunity that lies ahead”, said Mark Hindmarsh.
As well as the new funding, Beans are in dialogue with a number of well known media entertainment sector parties that will help accelerate brand awareness of Bean&Gone and the company expects to make further announcements prior to the formal launch planned for March 2017.
OH NO… The high tech Kingdom of Knighton is in trouble! Join five young knights, Clay, Aaron, Lance, Princess Macy, and Axl as they fight to protect the kingdom from Jestro and the Book of Monsters in LEGO® NEXO Knights: Season One. It arrives on DVD on February 13th complete with a free NEXO Power and we’re giving you the chance to win your very own copy on DVD.
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Wired Productions has today announced Victor Vran: Overkill Edition, the content-packed console debut of the RPG developed by Haemimont Games, alongside an ‘Overkill’ filled new trailer.
Headed to digital and physical formats for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as well as Windows PC, Victor Vran: Overkill Edition promises more thrills than ever before.
Players and fans can experience the all-action game in full, alongside two brand new adventures: the ethereal Fractured Worlds – a challenging and empowering new expansion featuring a new chapter in the story of Victor Vran, and Motörhead: Through the Ages – a wild, rock adventure, inspired by, officially endorsed by, and starring, the loudest band in the world.Players who already own the game on Windows PC will be able to purchase the Fractured Worlds and Motörhead: Through the Ages expansion packs separately, as will players who wish to purchase the standalone game digitally on consoles.
Journey to the Fractured Worlds, a dimension formed from the fragments of broken realms. A perilous place for even the most experienced of hunters, explore its unfathomed depths through new levels and endless dungeons where each step proves more dangerous than the last. Continue your journey as Victor as you attempt to piece together the Astrolabe in this new, thrilling addition to Victor Vran.
Enter the world of Motörhead: Through the Ages – a wild tour through the mythos of the loudest band in the world! Harness the powers of the immortal Motörhead to defeat deadly new adversaries in three demon-infested worlds intertwined with the songs of the band.
Many years ago, Lemmy stumbled upon a twisted dimension filled with pain. Suffering under the dominion of a cruel dictator, to this world Lemmy entrusted the mighty Snaggletooth that he may defend that world… but Snaggletooth now lies silent. Join Victor as he answers the call of Lloyd Kaufman – the bartender in The Pub at the End of Time, to investigate Snaggletooth’s mysterious downfall, in this most gripping new addition to Victor Vran.
Motörhead: Through the Ages was conceived back in 2014, with all three members of the band having been active consultants in its design and development.
Extensive details of both the Fractured Worlds and Motörhead: Through the Ages expansions will be announced in the coming weeks ahead of the games release.
To celebrate the launch of 24: LEGACY today (Wednesday 15th February) at 9pm on FOX, Fox Networks Group (FNG) has pioneered the use of Facebook Messenger technology to introduce 24 Legacy Game, FNG, a brand new interactive experience for fans of the ground-breaking franchise. Fans can now enter the world of an original coinciding story with 24: LEGACY.
Employing cutting edge use of Facebook chatbot technology and authentic, original storytelling, this ‘fiction by phone’ immerses fans into a race against the clock mission to stop a terrorist attack on US soil. The game provides a unique experience as users are thrown into making the critical decisions a CTU agent faces when in the field.
The game narrative plays out in a unique Facebook Messenger environment, with cryptic instructions, video, audio and other rich media that elaborate on the world of ‘24’. The game will provide an exciting, tense and fast paced experience filled with suspense and delivered in a way that only ‘24’ can.
Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International announced an additional 80 Pokémon will begin to appear in Pokémon GO later this week. These include Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region from the Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver video games, including Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. Trainers will encounter these Pokémon “in the wild” as they embark on adventures and explore their neighborhoods and cities to catch Pokémon. In addition to Pokémon that will appear in the game for the first time, the latest update introduces new gameplay mechanics for Trainers to master, including new encounter gameplay, new Evolution items, two new Berries, and expanded outfit and accessory options for their Trainer avatars.
“Today is a momentous occasion for Pokémon GO as we welcome more Pokémon and build upon the encounter and capture mechanics for the passionate global community of Trainers playing the game,” said John Hanke, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Niantic, Inc. “Pokémon GO is a live experience which we’ll be continuing to support and evolve in new and interesting ways for years to come.”
“With Pokémon GO, The Pokémon Company endeavored to create a compelling game based on the concept of encountering and catching Pokémon in the real world,” said J.C. Smith, Senior Director, Consumer Marketing, The Pokémon Company International. “The amazing response to Pokémon GO by millions of existing and new Pokémon fans around the world is remarkable. We’re thrilled to keep the adventure going by welcoming these Pokémon to this engaging new way of experiencing the fun of the Pokémon brand.”
With the latest Pokémon GO game update, new Pokémon evolution options will give players the ability to use new Evolution items to evolve their Pokémon into ones that were originally discovered in the Johto region. While catching Pokémon, Trainers can use two new Berries—the Nanab Berry, which slows a Pokémon’s movements, and the Pinap Berry, which doubles the amount of Candy received if the next catch attempt succeeds. Trainers will also be able to customize their avatar’s appearance with a new selection of hats, shirts, pants, and other items. Additional items will be available for purchase from the in-game Pokémon GO shop.
Composer, sound designer and general audio junkie Simon Poole, known for various video game soundtracks like The Secret World, is the mastermind behind the 48 tracks which underline the game’s atmosphere perfectly.
“For the Dreamfall Chapters soundtrack I wanted to create an immersive and eclectic score combining both traditional and con-temporary elements. The game’s deep and engrossing story transports us to two rich and vibrant worlds, and contains a multitude of fantastic characters. I wanted the music to reflect the magic and wonder of these two contrasting worlds, whilst reinforcing the emotional journey the main characters embark on“ says Simon Poole.
Furthermore, he talks about how recording the soundtrack was pretty much a family affair: “The two featured singers are my wife and daughter. My wife is an established singer called Ingvild Hasund, and one of her songs, “Rush”, which also features my mother playing cello, was featured in the original Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, from 2006. As a nod to the fans of the original game, I included the song in this new soundtrack, but in an updated more orchestrated form, “Rush Redux”. My daughter, 6 years old at the time, sings the solo in the track “Prologue”, and I still get a lump in my throat every time I hear it.”
The game’s full Soundtrack is included for the PlayStation 4 version as download code and for Xbox One, as MP3 disc. The worldwide release is set for the 5th of May and it will offer the full story, including all five episodes around other bonus features, at Digital and Retail for £24.99 / €29.99 / $29.99.
Dreamfall Chapters is a 3D Adventure set in parallel worlds: one a dark cyberpunk vision of our future, the other a magical fantasy realm. The game follows two unlikely heroes on their journeys across worlds to save the very fabric of reality from falling apart. Dreamfall Chapters is a mature, emotional, dark, magical and heart-breaking adventure that will take players by surprise.
Both console versions of Dreamfall Chapters come with numerous enhancements: reworked character models, improved animations, lightning, and special effects. Plus an expanded in-game soundtrack as well as improved sound-effects.
Key Features
GRIPPING STORY: Experience a deep and emotional storyline with over 100 fully voiced characters in EN and DE and continue the epic saga of The Longest Journey
FAR-REACHING DECISIONS: Shape the story and the course of your journey through your choices and actions, and live with the surprising and sometimes devastating consequences
EXCITING EXPLORATION: Delve into over 50 beautifully crafted locations, exploring each of them using the direct control interface.
DIVERSE WORLDS: Explore beautiful, rich, detailed and original worlds that combine a stunning cyberpunk vision of our future with magical fantasy, along with a broken and decaying dreamscape
THREE PLAYABLE CHARACTERS: Play as three different characters, all on journeys across worlds, through life, and into their own hearts and souls.
CHALLENGING PUZZLES & RIDDLES: Solve the completely plot-driven puzzles and riddles which are an integral part of the game’s narrative.
ENHANCED ON CONSOLES: Enjoy the definitive experience of Dreamfall Chapters on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with reworked character models, improved animations, lightning, and special effects plus an expanded in-game soundtrack as well as improved sound-effects.
Today Replay Events, has announced the return of the much loved Video Game Market in Doncaster, UK and London Gaming Market in Russell Square, London.
This is a haven for those seeking the unusual, rare or elusive, the Game Markets bring together dozens of the nation’s retailers and traders, providing an unmissable day out for lovers of video games, board games, memorabilia and merchandise.
Returning for its triumphant fourth year, the Video Game Market is the UK’s largest market-style event, presenting visitors with over 180 tables heaving with collectibles, retro-gaming and much more besides, from more than 70 independent retailers.
Taking place on 25th February at the Doncaster Dome Leisure Centre, the event is expecting over 3000 enthusiasts and with entry capped at just £2 (With under 16’s free!), the Video Game Market is the idea day out for gamers of all ages.
London gamers have their own event to flock to, with the London Gaming Market returning for its third year on 2nd April at the Royal National Hotel, Russell Square. Set for its biggest show yet, over 2000 visitors are due to ascend on the nation’s capital and for just £2 entry fee (Under 16’s free!), gamers are guaranteed to be greeted with enormous variety, catering not only for video games, but also supporting table-top gaming enthusiasts with a jaw-dropping selection of traders and rare merchandise available.
“Our gaming markets continue to prove enormously popular with gamers of all ages and we’re delighted to be returning for our third and fourth year with these two key events,” said Andy Brown, Director for Replay Events. “Gaming and collecting is a great way to socialise, and our shows have an infectious community feel that simply can’t be replicated in any other environment. Unlike buying online, the Gaming Markets offer the idea opportunity to get hands on with the rare, weird and wonderful and we’re expecting record attendance figures as news spreads amongst the passionate collecting community.”
