December 29, 2015

Developers of the XCOM ‘Long War’ mod form a new studio


Posted on December 29, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

Today the developers of the popular XCOM mod Long War have announced their forming of a new game development studio, Long War Studios.
Their first title to be released under this new endeavor goes by the name Terra Invicta.

As detailed on the popular gaming forum NeoGaf, the project is stated as being “a grand strategy game in which the player leads the defense of Earth during an alien invasion”. “In pre-Kickstarter development”.
As for the story it certainly lifts some thematic tones from the XCOM series such as aliens and general earth defense. At the same time the description hints at a more in depth, larger scale and more expansive game altogether than XCOM’s squad based classic.

The description is as follows:

“An alien force has arrived in the far reaches of Solar System and begun probing Earth’s defenses and building an invasion fleet. The player must assemble a council of scientists, politicians, military leaders and operatives who can unite Earth’s squabbling nations with the ultimate goal of taking the fight to the aliens in the high ground of outer space.”

You can check out the new studio’s site here and the NeoGaf thread here.


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Deathsmiles, is coming to Steam in Spring 2016


Posted on December 29, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Degica is pleased to announce that the occult classic shoot ’em up, Deathsmiles, is coming to Steam! Deathsmiles’s developer, CAVE Co., Ltd., is the powerhouse behind revered bullet-hell shooters such as Mushihimesama, DonPachi, and Espgaluda. In Deathsmiles, you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault in Spring 2016! Hit the read more for details and a video.

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Splatoon’s New Map, Piranha Pit, Goes Live Today


Posted on December 29, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards


Just a reminder to all of those fresh squids still playing Nintendo’s Splatoon that according to Nintendo Europe (via Twitter) that a brand new map called Piranha Pit should be love later this morning.

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The folks over at Game Xplain have already done a pretty comprehensive walk though of the brand new map which you can watch below.

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Pokken Tournament Gets Its Own Controller In North America


Posted on December 29, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Ninndo and Namco’s collaborative Pokemon themed fighting game, Pokken Tournament will be receiving its own official controller manufactured by long peripheral company Hori. The controller is based upon the arcade cabinet’s button layout and was previously announced for release in Japan.

If you want to get your hands on the official Pokken Tournament Controller you won’t have to look in any tall grass – they are available for pre order on Amazon for $25 USD. Currently they have a ship date of March 18th 2016, which has been confirmed as the Japanese release date for the game, no solid date for a North American release currently exists outside of a vague “Q2 2016” window.

Pokken Tournament was originally released in Japanese arcades in July of this year.

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