I’ve always been a fan of the Assassin’s Creed franchise but I’ve always felt like it needed co-op, well it looks like my wish has come true. Along with a new trailer Ubisoft has unveiled 4 player co-op, check out the trailer below.
By Ricardo “Rico” Ferreira
@RicF
We’re streaming some Dark Souls 2, come hang out.
http://www.twitch.tv/ricocast/
By Ricardo “Rico” Ferreira
@RicF
On May 15, 2012, the gates of the Burning Hells opened and Diablo III was unleashed onto the world. Since then, millions of heroes have been created, billions of hours have been spent in games, and trillions of demons have been slaughtered without mercy.
To celebrate the game’s second anniversary and the community that made it all possible, players who log in to defend Sanctuary this week will receive double Rift Fragments as well as a +100% boost to their chance to find Legendary items. This bonus birthday buff begins in the Americas on Thursday, May 15 at 12:00 a.m. PDT and ends on Thursday, May 22 at 5:00 a.m. PDT.
via And Then We Doubled It – Happy Birthday, Diablo III!
By Ricardo “Rico” Ferreira
@RicF
Get your first look at how Swampland, Runoff, and War Games add even more action and intensity to the Frontier. Now available on Xbox One and PC, The Titanfall: Expedition DLC introduces three new maps.
Titanfall Expedition is the first of three new content packs with each pack available for $9.99. The Titanfall Season Pass is available for a one-time price of $24.99, the Titanfall Season Pass is available for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC and delivers all three content packs as soon as they become available.
via Titanfall: Expedition Gameplay Trailer – YouTube.
By Ricardo “Rico” Ferreira
@RicF
Activision dropped the news on the new upcoming Call of Duty game today, called Advanced Warfare. Being developed by Sledgehammer Games for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, an unnamed studio is said to be working on the PS3, and Xbox 360 version, no Wii U version was mentioned. Activision is calling this the first game in its new 3 year development cycle for the Call of Duty franchise.
This new game is being set in the year 2054, and they have brought in Kevin Spacey as one of the main characters in the story. The player will be playing as one of the new soldiers utilizing cutting edge exo-skeleton technology. They sent along a new trailer below showing off some of this new game.
They are hoping for a November 4th release for Call of Duty: Advance Warfare.
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
From the guys at Turtle Rock Studio’s, (the guys who brought us Left For Dead) comes this new Co-Op shooter called Evolve. Evolve is a 4 V1 Co-Op shooter in which one person plays as a Giant hulking monster and the other 4 play as a team tracking him down and attempting to kill him. It looks like one hell of a great time.
In this new interactive trailer you can click to anyone’s perspective while watching to see how the game unfolds from the variety of viewpoints, and I must say, take a look, as this looks like a BLAST!
Here are some new screenshots of this wicked looking game as well to help wet your whistle.
Evolve will be coming to the PS4, Xbox One and PC, no release date has been announced yet, but we will definitely keep you guys posted.
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
Previously available to the Public, but as an open beta, Smite has officially been released. Developed by High-Rez Studio’s, Smite is a new take on the existing MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) style game. Instead of the classic view (overhead birds-eye view) that you normally get in these kinds of games, Smite changes this to a 3rd person view. Now as small of a change as this seems, it makes a HUGE difference in the way the game plays, and I think this change makes the game much more friendly to new users. Because you are using WASD to move and your mouse to look around, the game has a much more action oriented feel to it.
There are a variety of game modes, but the classic 5 VS 5, three lane Conquest Mode is the meat and potatoes here. They have also taken deity’s from mythology around the globe and created champions out of them, from Greek, Egyptian and Norse Mythology, all the way up to Hindu and Chinese Mythology, there are at current count, 51 gods playable in the game. They are also slowly adding more gods as time goes on, they have not stated yet how many they plan to add to the game, but so far they have a great assortment that can fit to a variety of play styles.
Smite is Free to Play, there is a weekly God rotation that cycles through the free gods available that week, as well as you can use in game currency or “Favour” as they call it, which you get by completing matches, or spend real money on Gems, which you can then use to buy gods, as well as skins for those gods. All in all not to uncommon for this kind of game, and it is a system that works well.
There are ranked games and Ladders in the game, and they are definitely aiming to get the game into e-sports with the built in Twitch Streaming as well as the fact that this weekend they are kicking things off with a rather large tournament in Atlanta, with more then $200k in prize money up for grabs. for more information on the tournament, you can go here.
For the launch of Smite they also sent along this very cool Cinematic trailer showing off a few of the gods in Smite, you can take a look at that below.
All throughout the Beta I have been playing my fair share of Smite as well and you can see some matches and how the game plays at the links below.
So what else can I say really, this game is worth the download, and I have been playing the crap out of it recently, and this in spite of the fact that Titanfall has come out. It really is kind of like the MOBA for people who can’t/don’t like MOBA’s. At the very least it is free, and if you can’t get into it, well that is fine, no harm no foul, but I def urge you to take a look at it.
To download the game and get playing, head here to SMITE.
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
So in a move that is making the whole Internet go up in flames, Oculus VR announced yesterday that they are being bought by Facebook. In a Deal worth $2 billion, Facebook will be acquiring all of Oculus VR, the deal, while not finalized yet, is expected to be complete in 2Q 2014.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had this to say of the deal “Mobile is the platform of today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow, Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play and communicate.”
Oculus also seemed quite happy about the deal saying “We are excited to work with Mark and the Facebook team to deliver the very best virtual reality platform in the world,” Brendan Iribe, co-founder and CEO of Oculus VR says in a PR release. “We believe virtual reality will be heavily defined by social experiences that connect people in magical, new ways. It is a transformative and disruptive technology, that enables the world to experience the impossible, and it’s only just the beginning.”
The Deal will be a mix of around $400 Million in cash, and the remainder being Facebook shares once the deal is finalized.
Sooo…. It is looking like VR is ramping up in the coming months and I will be very curious how this changes things going forward, not only for Oculus but for the Sony VR platform as well.
Via Press Release
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
This morning Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment announced a new Batman game, Batman: Arkham Knight. This new title is being developed by Rocksteady Studio’s and will be the conclusion in this series of Batman games. Being developed for the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC, this game will feature a huge roster of villain’s including, the Penguin, Two-Face, Harley Quinn and the Scarecrow. They have released the trailer below to tease us all with this new game, take a look.
Batman: Arkham Knight is slated for release sometime later in 2014 for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
Well we have beta info incoming! Vince Zampella announced via twitter that the signup page for the Titanfall beta would be going live tonight around 6pm PST.
Tonight at 6pm PST there will be a website to sign up for #titanfall beta access. The website will be announced shortly before 6.
— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) February 11, 2014
He has also gone on to say that it is NOT NA only, so it will be hitting the EU as well as other regions. We will be updating this with the website link when we get it, so set your alarm as I am sure it will go fast!
UPDATE! They are Live! Go Here to signup- http://www.titanfall.com/beta
Also check out the new trailer!
By Dayne “Anjel” Cody
@DayneCody
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