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Rumor: New Armored Core 6 Under Development At ‘From Software’

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Out of the 2016 Tokyo Games Show comes a report that a new entry in the long running mech series Armored Core is in development courtesy of series creators From Software. Dualshockers supposedly spoke with Armored Core director Hidetaka Miyazaki who stated that work on the next entry in the franchise was under way. Miyazaki didn’t reveal any other information about the new project. His work with the franchise began with 2005’s Armored Core: The Last Raven as a planner. He also directed both Armored Core 4 and Armored Core: For Answer on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Hidetaka Miyazaki is probably best known

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Sherlock Holmes comes to the Americas in October

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jason Nason

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced today that they are partnering with Bigben Interactive to publish Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter in North America. The game will be released for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is scheduled to launch in the Americas in October 2016. Developed by Frogwares Games, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a unique single-player adventure game where players take the role of Sherlock Holmes. Using Holmes’ superior powers of observation, deduction, and his uncanny photographic memory, players will explore the streets of London to chase and interrogate subjects in order to unravel

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Long Time Blizzard Developer Chris Metzen Retires

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Long time Blizzard Entertainment developer & current Senior Vice President in charge of Story and Franchise Development, Chris Metzen has retired from the world renowned developer. Originally reported by the Business Journal and later confirmed via a lengthy good-bye message posted to the Blizzard official forums on Chris’ behalf by Community Manager Lylirra. If you’ve even dabbled in a Blizzard Entertainment title since the company’s formative years in the 1990s then you’ve experienced some of Metzen’s work. He got his start at the developer at the young age of 20, working on the D.C licensed fighter Justice League Task Force. Over the

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The Awesome Booths From PAX West

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Capcom brought a lot of their offerings from E3 to PAX for the public to enjoy. Surprisingly Dead Rising 4 only had 2 demo stations at their official booth although more where playable at the Microsoft booth. Indie title Warcube was part of the PAX Rising selection at PAX West. Our own Renee Gittin’s “Potions: A Curious Tale” was playable on the show-floor :D! Cards Against Humanity had a very creative store front at the entrance to this year’s con. It included a hallway that lead to a store where you could buy the subversive card game. Perhaps it was

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Halo 5 Forge Mode To Be Released On Windows 10 On Sept 8th

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Microsoft is about to make good on its promise to bring Halo 5: Guardians’ world building Forge Mode to Windows 10 PC on September 8th. Skybox Labs helped MS & 343 bring this previously Xbox One exclusive mode to the PC with the full toolset available across both platforms. Alongside existing content this latest update brings new weapons, new maps and new map attachments. Forge creators on Windows 10 can use keyboard and mouse to ensure that their creations are accurate, something that can be difficult when using a controller. This isn’the only addition that Windows creators will get to enjoy but

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30 Minutes of New Final Fantasy XV Footage Highlight PS4 / Xbox Differences

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix posted thirty minutes of new direct-feed footage from the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XV to YouTube. To say that this footage is “new” might be a little subjective given that a large sections of this gameplay video were covered in Square’s 60 minute gamescom presentation a few weeks back. So what makes this footage interesting to analyze? The GamesCom footage was taken from the English dub and this new footage comes from the Japanese version, allowing fans to analyze script differences. Portions of both demonstration videos were taken from a mixture of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One builds. What

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Don’t Panic! Your Favorite Overwatch Agent Won’t Be Retired

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Could some of our favorite Overwatch agents be retired? After an initial comment to Game Informer by Jeff Kaplan regards to the possibility of removing existing heroes the game director has taken to the official forums to expand upon his comments. Originally Kaplan stated to GI that the dev team had “left the door open” on the retirement on heroes in the future.  He cited the game’s business model of providing all players new content for free as one of the reasons he might not feel bad for removing an existing hero. Here is the exact quote: “We would leave the door open

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September’s Games With Gold Titles Announced

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Joshua Rust

Microsoft has announced the September line-up for their games with gold program. Before we get to next month’s line-up, be sure to pick up this month’s offerings before they are gone. Those being Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate and Beyond Good & Evil HD. For those of you with a Xbox One, you will be treated to Earthlock: Festival of Magic – which you can grab from September 1st – 30th.  The other Xbox One offering is Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China – which will be available from September 15th – October 15th. As for the Xbox 360 games, you’ll get Forza Horizon September 1st-15th

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Broken Overwatch Auto-Aim On Consoles To Be Fixed In Next Patch

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Console players of Overwatch have brought up an issue regarding the game’s auto-aim feature on consoles. According to several forum posts submitted by players the game’s aim system will actually move away from enemies such as Genji during the middle of a jump. Here is how the original poster described the issue: “‘I’m moving the control stick horizontally the whole time. All Vertical movement is due to Blizzard’s built in Aim Assist. Every time Genji jumps, the Aim Assist moves away from him. To hit Genji, you have to fight against the Aim Assist.  Any other character spamming the jump

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Lee Revealed For Tekken 7: Fated Retribution In New Trailer

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bandai Namco has announced a brand new addition to the roster in the form of a returning character that will be added to the console release of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution – Lee has been revealed. He got it his start in the original Tekken all the way on the PlayStation 1 and now he’s making an exclusive appearance in the Console / PC ports of Tekken 7. I got the chance to try out Tekken 7 briefly at E3 2016 on Xbox One – check out my impressions here. Alongside Lee’s reveal trailer Bandi Namco also released several screenshots of the character

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3 Reasons Why Everyone Should Try TitanFall 2’s Multiplayer Stress Test

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

TitanFall 2 will be deploying in a limited fashion this weekend with the recently announced PSN exclusive Stress Test. After playing two rounds of the shooter at EA Play this past June I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there is a lot to be excited for in this long awaited sequel. Here are just a few of improvements that you should be looking forward too: Enhanced Abilities– The first game really only had cloaking & enhanced movements as its most noticeable enhancements that pilots had at their exposure. While burn cards provided players with ‘amped

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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Coming To Consoles

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Joshua Rust

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas started out as just an iOS game back in 2013. It has since made its way to PC in 2015 after being complete rebuilt for the platform. It is now making its way to both PS4 and Xbox One later this year. Oceanhorn is influenced by The Legend of Zelda series. It also features music inspired by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger). Oceanhorn boasts a captivating storyline, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay. With over 15+ hours of gameplay, you can cast magic spells and fight with sword and shield. The influence from

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Activision Combines Every Destiny Expansion Including Rise of Iron In New Collection

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bungie’s Destiny is about to celebrate its second birthday in just a little under a month and with the Rise of Iron expansion pack coming out shortly after publisher Activision has decided to bundle everything together in one nice tidy collection. Destiny: The Collection will include the 2014 base title as well as the first year expansions: The Dark Below and House of Wolves. The collection also includes last year’s revamp The Taken King and a pre-order for the upcoming Rise of Iron expansion. Players of Rise of Iron on PlayStation 4 will get exclusive access to a multiplayer map called Icarus and an exclusive quest called

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Square Enix Makes Final Fantasy XV Delay Official

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix announced during GamesCOM today that the rumored Final Fantasy XV delay is indeed official. The long awaited game will now make its debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide on November 29th, 2016. The publisher also announced that the delay of the game will not affect the digital release fo the tie-in film, KingsGlaive: Final Fantasy XV, which is set to debut at the end of the month. What’s the reason for the delay? Well there was actually very little PR / Corporate speak in Square’s news release – they’ve admitted that the game needs more polish and

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Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star DLC Details

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Last year’s Star Wars Battlefront reboot will receive its third add-on DLC in just a few weeks. We’ve known for a while that players would be taking to the lower orbit  above the Death Star to fight alongside Luke or Vader and now we’ve got some more details about $14.99 DLC – which two new heroic units will be joining, two of the  new vehicles and a brand new mechanics for the Death Star’s included maps. Players will build up a separate experience level tied to the individual maps, based upon the level earned your objectives will change. In example: a player with low experience

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