NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe has announced today that players will experience a whole new game-exclusive storyline with original characters designed by the famed creator of ONE PIECE, Eiichiro Oda himself!
The Straw Hat Pirates encounter and befriend a cheerful yet mysterious raccoon named Pato who possesses a shadowy power to create anything drawn onto a leaf. In order to help their new friend, the Straw Hat Pirates agree to assist Pato on an ambiguous mission “to meet someone;” Pato then leads the crew to the Forgotten Island where all the Straw Hat Pirates except Luffy are successively kidnapped by a wicked pirate named The Red Count, who had escaped the lower depths of Impel Down two years ago. With Pato’s help, Luffy must fight to recover his crew from the enemy’s grasp and find out exactly what The Red Count’s evil plots are…
ONE PIECE Unlimited World Red is scheduled for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in 2014
Ubisoft has announced that players who pre-purchase Trials Fusion for Windows PC on the Uplay shop, GameStop, Amazon and other select digital retailers will have access to a closed beta, which will begin on 21st March. Trials Fusion will be available digitally on PC for $19.99 on 24th April.
Trials Fusion is the highly anticipated sequel to the massively popular platform racer Trials Evolution. Developed by RedLynx in collaboration with Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kiev, Trials Fusion offers players an unlimited array of obstacles and challenges as they race against the clock – with players from around the globe – to set track records.
The game builds off the same maddeningly addictive physics-based gameplay of its predecessors while incorporating brand-new features, including the FMX tricks system. Create tracks that stretch your imagination and skill, and put your friends to the test by sharing online with the bustling Trials Fusion community, made possible by the fan-favourite Editor mode.
Whether players choose to race alone, against friends or in a worldwide tournament, the competition is endless. Just one run is never enough.
Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V has released the first trailer for its forthcoming ‘Revelations’ DLC for its CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2 title.
The ‘Revelations’ DLC costs £4.49 and is scheduled to be released on 25th March. The new elements follow fan-favourite Alucard, in an all-new story that segues into the plot of the full game. The new trailer shows the many moves and skills that Alucard offers, and gives a glimpse into the new locations and story ‘Revelations’ adds.
A huge favourite within Castlevania fans, Alucard is the turned son of Gabriel. A tragic figure, he has shunned human life for many years, instead choosing to hunt only creatures of the night. The DLC takes place just before the apocalyptic events of CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2, where Alucard prepares for his father’s return and the forthcoming battle against Satan – detailing how Alucard is linked to his Father’s fate.
‘Revelations’ takes place within the epic world seen in CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2. As Alucard, players must discover his secrets, unearth the true extent of his involvement in Dracula’s story and set in motion the events of CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2. The DLC expands the incredible story of the recently-released sequel, with the fate of the Belmont clan unveiled. Alucard – a warrior by nature – has his own unique, powerful abilities, including use of the Glaciem and Igneas powers. Similarly, Alucard also has vampiric abilities which allow him to transform into a wolf, a swarm of bats and even turn back time! Blood fuels your capabilities, and Alucard must drink the blood of enemies to intensify his immortal powers. The new trailer offers a welcome hint as to what lies ahead…
CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2 is currently available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. Its sumptuous 3D world and epic quest are now enhanced and extended with all-new locations and the chance to experience familiar ones through new eyes via the ‘Revelations’ DLC, as the story of the Belmonts is brought to its full conclusion.
NCSOFT and ArenaNet, from Guild Wars franchise has today announced the first-ever Guild Wars 2 release that is focused exclusively on bringing exciting new updates to in-game features. The Guild Wars 2 “April 2014 Feature Pack”, slated to release on 15th April, will introduce a sweeping range of new systems and feature enhancements to the game.
The focus on features sets the stage for new content designed to upgrade the experience in a wide variety of areas, from quality of life to the way players enjoy various aspects of the game.
ArenaNet has organised a rollout campaign to reveal everything players can expect in the “April 2014 Feature Pack”. Between now and when the release launches on 15th April, ArenaNet developers will deliver a series of videos, live streams, blogs and articles that unveil and detail every feature and what it means to the game. The rollout will give the entire Guild Wars 2 player community the opportunity to fully understand and engage in dialogue around each new upcoming enhancement.
To kick off the campaign, ArenaNet today revealed the first new feature, detailing an overhaul of the existing trait system in Guild Wars 2. The improved trait system includes 40 brand new traits, a simplified UI, and new horizontal progression opportunities for players. A blog outlining details about the system is now live at www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/traits-unleashed-forty-new-traits-and-more.
Two new videos for Wolfenstein: The New Order of the Bethesda Underground video series, ‘Know Your Devs’, MachineGames’ narrative designer Tommy Tordsson Björk discusses his proudest moments while working on Wolfenstein: The New Order, including writing the Chapter 3 train sequence – one of the many standout moments in the game. We’ve also released a video of the train scene he created – entitled On a Train to Berlin. Check out B.J. Blazkowicz as he first encounters one of Wolfenstein’s most-sinister villains, Frau Engel, on a train from Poland en route to Eisenwald Prison.
Currently under development at MachineGames, Wolfenstein: The New Order, the first-person action-adventure shooter, reignites the franchise widely recognized for pioneering the first-person shooter genre. Set in the 1960s, the monstrous Nazi regime has used mysterious advanced technology to win World War II. They now rule the globe with an iron fist. Wolfenstein: The New Order sends you across Europe on a harrowing mission to bring down the Nazi war machine.
Wolfenstein is slated for release in Australia on May 22nd and throughout Europe on May 23rd on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. As an added bonus, everyone pre-ordering the game will be invited to access the DOOM beta with their copy of Wolfenstein: The New Order. For more information on the DOOM beta access pre-order bonus, visit: http://www.wolfenstein.com/doom.
Konami Digital Entertainment, has today has celebrated the release of METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES with a special live-action video in recognition of the very special fans the METAL GEAR series enjoys.
The new footage has been issued to tie in with the European launch of the eagerly-awaited METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Shot in Paris, the video features a few of Kojima Productions’ ardent fans and a very special star guest.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES launches this week and marks a new beginning for the series. It offers a truly open-world environment wherein the player chooses how they undertake a mission and react to key situations, and also ups the realism the series is famed for with stunning new aesthetics and incredible AI advances.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES is available for PlayStation 4 and XboxOne, priced £29.99 for both physical and digital editions. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 physical editions are £29.99, while the digital editions retail for £19.99.
NCSOFT and Carbine Studios has announced the Arenas and Battleground DevSpeak.
Maybe you are a PvP junkie as well? It’s finally party time on Nexus as Arenas and Battlegrounds get explored. Over the next week Carbine will be showing players the best battling the planet has to offer, starting today with a brand new DevSpeak video.
Paradox Interactive today announced that the wait is finally over for strategy-fantasy fans everywhere. Warlock 2: The Exiled, the forthcoming turn-based strategy-fantasy wargame from Ino-Co Plus, is now available for pre-orders with instant access to play the game, out on 10th April.
Warlock 2: The Exiled is available in three editions, with premium editions offering several tomes’ worth of extras like soundtracks and content packs for discerning diviners. All three, including the Standard Edition ($29.99), grant instant pre-order access to the game, minus the game-customizing Editor Tool. The extra content for the premium editions will also become available upon release.
Players who purchase the Lord Edition or Great Mage Edition will also receive an original digital copy of the novel Warlock 2: The Great Mage Game. Warlock 2: The Exiled can be pre-ordered now at www.warlock2.com/buy
In Warlock 2: The Exiled, diplomacy is not an option — war is the only way to triumph. The land of Ardania is in turmoil and players will take on the role of one of several unique Great Mages to restore order by conquering the land. Wield powerful magic as you command a battlefield filled with malevolent beasts, undead hordes, and other atrocities as you fight your way to unite the shards of a randomly generated shattered realm in either sandbox mode or the new Exiled campaign mode. Cast over 170 customizable spells, hire heroes to command your armies, and bring every last Great Mage to their knees.
Activision and Infinity Ward will be offering a Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack 1 Free Trial on Xbox Live this coming weekend. Starting 21st March and going through 24th March, gamers on Xbox One and Xbox 360 will be able to try out Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack 1 at no cost.
The free trial includes the four new small-to-medium multiplayer maps Fog, BayView, Containment and Ignition; the dual-purpose Maverick weapon; and the first installment in Extinction’s four-part episodic narrative Episode 1: Nightfall. Come Friday, owners of Call of Duty: Ghosts will just need to sign-in to Xbox Live, download the Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack 1 from the in-game store and jump into a match.
To mark the launch of PlayStation4’s exclusive title, inFAMOUS: SECOND SON, out tomorrow (21st March) intrepid free running team 3RUN have taken part in an epic challenge to recreate scenes from the eagerly anticipated game in real life across London’s cityscape.
To bring to life the neon powers of lead character, Delsin Rowe, the talented team of free runners completed a daredevil routine in complete darkness wearing custom made neon suits, delivering a stunning performance that mirrored the gameplay with amazing accuracy.
The stunt marked the first time the team had ever performed in the dark, from rooftops at dizzying heights of over 100ft, and the first time that a neon-effect free running performance has been completed in the UK.
Passers-by were treated to an electric display of colour as the team traversed iconic London landmarks including Millennium Bridge, Westminster Bridge and the London Eye at break-neck speeds.
The neon suits took six weeks to create and hundreds of tiny lights were hand-stitched onto them in order to capture the neon visual effects of the game as closely as possible.
Each suit was specially created to enable the team to free run with ease, while also creating a strobing light effect.
Chase Armitage, chief free runner and founder of 3RUN, comments: “We have travelled the world with our free running projects but have never put our skills to the test in the dark before, so when PlayStation set us the challenge we jumped at the chance! Through the use of specially created neon suits, we were able to bring a whole new element of free running to life, which certainly stopped passers-by, who were amazed by the strobing light effects.”
Fergal Gara, PlayStation vice president and managing director for UK and Ireland comments: “As our latest exclusive game launch on PS4, we wanted to mark the launch of inFAMOUS: SECOND SON in a very memorable way. We loved the idea of bringing Delsin Rowe into the real world and were amazed with how well the 3RUN team were able to recreate the game play with their neon routine.”
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two made by Irrational Games. See the sights of Rapture through the eyes of Elizabeth, following the events of Burial at Sea – Episode One, and explore the wonders – and perils – of new areas of the undersea city.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two can be purchased as part of the BioShock Infinite Season Pass, which includes both episodes of Burial at Sea, the Clash in the Clouds add-on pack, and more.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two is available for download starting 25th March.
Today, Oculus announced the launch of Development Kit 2, which is similar to the Crystal Cove but with enhanced software. You can pre-order the Development Kit 2 today and first shipments will arrive in July 2014.
Better than Crystal Cove at a cost of $350 USD. Pre-order starts now.
Today Sony has announced an massive upcoming PS4 system update which will add a number of new features aimed at users who want to share gameplay footage online.
Due for release “in the coming weeks”, the major firmware update will add new options and features to the system’s sharing and streaming functionality,
A “rich video editor” will be added, allowing players to personalise and edit their video clips.
Sony is adding a new option enabling the exporting of saved clips and screenshots to USB drives, making it easy to transfer them to a computer and further edit them with the software of your choosing.
Also promised is an ‘HDCP off’ option, allowing players to turn off the console’s capture protection and stream gameplay footage through HDMI using a capture card.
For the players who prefer to stream using the console’s built-in Twitch functionality, this is set to be improved. With a separate software update in the future will let players archive their broadcasts, and will also provide these broadcasts in a higher resolution of 720p.
Sony also stated “We recognise that some gamers want to record and share longer clips of their gameplay sessions, and we’re excited to deliver this option with PS4. There’s a lot more coming in this update as well, so stay tuned for more: there will be plenty in the update to excite everyone.”
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V has announced new DLC content for PES 2014, with an all-new World Challenge mode featuring a new International Cup.
The new content is available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and integrates an all-new International Cup competition into PES 2014. The mode charges the user with guiding their international team or player to glory in the International Cup competition. In ‘Team’ mode, the user governs every aspect of play, from team selection, to choosing offensive and defensive tactics. While ‘Player’ mode sees the player striving to earn selection and retain their place via their performances in a game.
The World Challenge mode runs the full gamut of a top-level competition, from qualifying rounds, through to the main tournament. Within it, players can adapt their squads in the run up to qualification, set up friendly matches to recruit new talent, and finally enter the group and knock out stages of the tournament. The mode features separate qualification competitions for European, African, American and Asian sides, with a set number from each continent allocated spaces.
The DLC features entirely new presentation and front-end elements, with options to view squad details down to the finest detail, while new AI elements see players responding to strong performances and raising their game, or suffering a crisis of confidence which can affect their playing levels. New cut scenes have been added too, presenting your final squad selection once you qualify for the International Cup following a successful regional qualification round. World Challenge mode also includes the official Brazilian national team and player likeness.
As part of the continued support of PES 2014, a free DLC and patch will be available on the same day, updating a whole host of features. It will update 9 International team kits such as Italy, Portugal and Greece, as well as implementing new boots from Nike, Adidas, Puma and Umbro. Also included are over 60 player face updates and additions, with lifelike representations of England’s Jack Wilshere, Spain’s David Silva and Gerard Pique, and Germany’s Mario Götze and Marco Reus. The new adidas Brazuca ball will added.
The patch will improve gameplay for a smoother experience, while bringing in new cheating measures for online play, as well as the ability to select the World Challenge mode (purchase required to access).
World Challenge Mode will be available to download on March 26th, priced £7.99, with free DLC and patch released at same time.
