Electronic Arts and Ghost Games present the teaser trailer for Need for Speed Rivals, coming to current generation platforms November 19, 2013, and to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 later.
Overkill, 505 Games, and Starbreeze Studios presents a teaser for the upcoming web series featuring the crime spree of Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains.
The Legendary Heroes expansion pack goes live for Fallen Enchantress, brought to you by Stardock.
Kalypso Media launches a massive update for Omerta - City of Gangsters and shows off some new gameplay changes.
Neocore Games launches The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing for the Xbox 360 and PC.
Microsoft executives and developers discuss the Xbox One and everything the company plans to offer.
Tomb Raider launches new areas to explore with the Turning Point trailer.
Wildstar developers discuss the numerous Paths players can explore in the upcoming game.
Agent Voxine discusses some important lessons players will need to know after landing on the planet of Nexus in Wildstar.
Explore the brand new Xbox One in depth with a short trailer.
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Next-gen Kinect coming to Windows in 2014
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Humble Bundle 8 now available
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Sonic Lost World debut trailer restarts the Sonic Cycle
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Update: with Rockstar confirmation and pre-order details.
Spare a thought for the poor video game store employee who'll be receiving a stern talking-to after sharing a photo of Grand Theft Auto V promo materials stating it'll launch in spring 2013, ahead of any official announcement. But Rockstar made it official today, probably getting a bit of a nudge from the leak.
Rockstar Games has been awfully quiet about Grand Theft Auto 5. In fact, we haven't heard a peep since last August. That's about to change next month, as the company has announced it's planning to release "lots of info."
Rockstar continues with the Grand Theft Auto 5 media deluge, dumping four more action shots on us featuring everything from a helicopter-car chase to a biplane flying through a canyon. I'm particularly intrigued by the night shot of a soon-to-be-dead bad guy taking pot shots at a police chopper.
Happy Friday, Shack.
I am hereby declaring Fridays as DGAS Day in preparation for the weekends. I will open the floor to you scrubs for any gaming topic for discussion. It won't be confined to topics addressed in the Morning Keefinated. You can ask me questions and I'll try to address it. Keep it civilized. I've enjoyed the discussion these posts have started. So we'll kick this off as a more in-depth Chatty feature each Friday. We'll see how it goes.
When Rockstar released those cool-looking sports car and jet scenes for Grand Theft Auto 5 on Monday, they promised some new images later in the week. They have delivered, now showing off some spiffy shots of leisure activities in its upcoming open-world sequel.
Having recently teased that jets would return in Grand Theft Auto 5, Rockstar today showed off one of the metallic birds we'll get to fly around Los Santos in its open-world murder simulator--a honking great fighter jet. The revelation comes from a trio of new screenshots, which also show a shiny automobile and another mode of transport missed in GTA IV, a bicycle.
When is Grand Theft Auto 5 coming out? While Rockstar Games has been mum, it might not be as far away as you'd think. In fact, it appears viral marketing for the hotly anticipated open world game has already begun.
One feature absent from Grand Theft Auto 4 was planes. Sure, you could ride around in a helicopter--but that just isn't the same! A new Q&A with Rockstar Games reveals that player-controllable planes were intentionally removed from the game because the world of Liberty City was simply "not big enough for planes to work properly."
A rumor about the projected launch window for Rockstar North's latest video game opus, Grand Theft Auto V, is making the rounds. Though Rockstar has yet to confirm or deny the associated speculation, character animator Alex O'Dwyer recently posted information to both his LinkedIn profile and CV (Curriculum Vitae), indicating that the game is planned to launch in October.
Get set for the weekend with Shacknews Daily. You'll see a first look at Epic Mickey 2, announced this week by Warren Spector. There's also new info on how multiplayer crews in Max Payne 3 will be able to crossover into Grand Theft Auto 5 when it arrives later this year. And we check out three new mobile games worth downloading for some free time gaming on the go.
Max Payne 3's multiplayer will have players form 'crews' to engage in dastardly gangland deeds, but leaving the game isn't as simple as stopping playing. These criminal associations will carry over into Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar has revealed, so you can easily keep playing with the same hoodlums when the open-world murder simulator launches.
There's a lot to be excited for in 2012, and the Shacknews staff each have five games on their radar. The editorial team at Shacknews outlines their most anticipated games of 2012 individually, starting with staff writer and indie expert Jeff Mattas.
BioShock Infinite
The next title from developer Irrational Games, Bioshock Infinite, pulls the series out of the ocean setting of the first title and places it above the clouds in the floating city of Columbia in an alternate version of 1912. In Bioshock fashion, the floating city has degenerated into dystopia due to a war of ideals amongst its citizenry. The conflict between the Columbia's two remaining factions--the theocratic Founders and the Vox Populi (Latin for "Voice of the People")--remain, and players will find themselves in the middle of a philosophical conflict that seems to bear more than passing similarities to the ones on display in modern American politics.
Rockstar Games, like the rest of the industry, has been learning about what makes DLC successful. For example, the sizable expansion packs for Grand Theft Auto IV may have been too big and too expensive for their own good. "Maybe $10 is a more exciting price point," Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser admitted.
Grand Theft Auto IV's two expansion packs--The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony--greatly underperformed, in spite of critical acclaim. "I think the two GTA episodes, from a creative standpoint, were absolutely fantastic. We are very, very, very proud of them."
It's been over seven years since Rockstar put San Andreas on the digital map. And like the Hollywood denizens parodied in Rockstar's games, the city only looks better with age. YouTube user CreativityZone has recreated the Grand Theft Auto V debut trailer entirely in the San Andreas engine, and it gives us a good idea of how far technology has come.
Little may be known about the upcoming sequel (you can read our theories here), but one thing is very clear: this is a much, much prettier game.
Only a few blocks off the beach that inspired the virtual clone in seen in its opening, the Grand Theft Auto V trailer sparked the imagination when the Weekend Confirmed crew sat down to record this week's show. James Stevenson of Insomniac Games and Ariel Angelotti of Q-Games join Jeff and Garnett to speculate about the potential for Rockstar's next entry in the series before moving on to a number of other games, including two from their respective studios. Producer Dave Mabee hops on the mic to add his take on Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, and then it's on to PixelJunk Sidescroller. Lord of the Rings: War in the North and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim also square off, and there's an update on the latest news including the $50 price tag for Resident Evil on the 3DS. Wrap it all up with Finishing Moves and it's another epic Weekend Confirmed in the books.
Weekend Confirmed 166 - Xbox One
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