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.
Life was not easy for Red Army soldiers on the Eastern Front, no siree.
Remedy Entertainment hits the Xbox One exclusively with a short reveal trailer.
Electronic Arts displays several new games using the Ignite Engine for the Xbox One.
Utilize speed and skill to take on difficult opponents in the new trailer for NHL 14.
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Sony explains why Gran Turismo 6 is not coming to PlayStation 4 (for now)
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Splinter Cell Blacklist co-op modes partially detailed
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Halo 4 franchise director Frank O'Connor has taken a postmortem-style look back at the game, concluding that 343 Industries first effort in filling the big shoes of departed developer Bungie "wasn't half bad," and helped the studio learn a few things for future iterations of the series.
The VGAs unveiled some interesting tidbits on Friday, from a release date for The Last of Us to the announcement of Dark Souls 2 to the unveiling of a suspiciously Metal-Gear-Solid-5 looking title called The Phantom Pain. There were also plenty of new trailers and here they are in case you missed them.
The Walking Dead was the big winner at the 2012 VGAs tonight, taking home five awards for Game of the Year, Best Downloadable Game, Best Performance by a Human Female for Clementine, Best Adapted Video Game, and Best Studio for developer Telltale Games. Gearbox Software's Borderlands 2 took home Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer, Best Performance by a Human Male for Handsome Jack, and the fan-voted Character of the Year for Claptrap. Journey took home three awards for developer thatgamecompany, including Best PS3 Game, Best Original Score and Best Independent Game.
Not all of the winners were announced on the show, but you can check out the complete list of winners below.
Halo 4 is the beginning of the franchise's second trilogy, so it's not surprising that developer 343 Industries has already begun work on the sequel.
"Work on the game started actually before we launched Halo 4 and continues apace as we cycle staff through the team's vacation breaks," development director Frank O'Connor said. "A lot of people at 343 are already prototyping ideas and software and art for future Halo products."
The fifth episode of Halo 4's ongoing "Spartan Ops" co-op campaign has released today to satisfy your multiplayer itch. The new episode picks up right where the last left off, as the Spartans see increased enemy activity and start to suspect something is amiss.
343 Industries keeps rolling along with the cooperative Spartan Ops episodes in Halo 4, but those hungry for a refresh to the competitive multiplayer experience can now mark their calendars for December 10. That's the date that the first of three announced map packs will drop, bringing with it three new arenas and a new game type.
It's a new week, which means a new set of co-op missions for Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode. This week's missions revolve around the discovery of the Sangeheili terrorist known as "The Didact's Hand" on Requiem. And for those of you who like her, Catherine Halsey makes another appearance in the preview trailer.
The first season of Halo 4's Spartan Ops is pressing onward. The third episode is due next week, with five new chapters coming on Monday, November 19 at 3 AM PT. 343 Industries has released a new trailer for the upcoming episode.
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On today's spirited episode of Weekend Confirmed, Garnett Lee and "Indie" Jeff Mattas are joined by Insomniac's James Stevenson and Marcus Beer from Invisible Walls. X-COM: Enemy Unknown gets a healthy dose of love from the crew, and the polarizing nature of Assassin's Creed 3--particularly its opening hours--gets discussed. The gaming scrutiny continues with some talk about Halo 4 and the legacy of 007, before everything gets wrapped up with Finishing Moves and the post-show TailGate.
We knew Halo 4 was going to be popular, and oh look, it is. "Consumer demand and excitement for Halo 4 is even greater than we anticipated," GameStop president Tony Bartel said in a Microsoft press release. "Day-one sales of Halo 4 make it the biggest Halo launch in GameStop history and the biggest game launch on any platform so far this year in our stores."
(Of course, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has yet to release in stores...)
Lore fans have probably already sped through the first episode of Spartan Ops in Halo 4. You can get ready for a second dose of Spartan Ops coming next week, and 343 has teased the upcoming episode with a new trailer.
Say, you wouldn't happen to be planning to play a lot of Halo 4, would you? If so, you're in luck, as Microsoft is offering a stack of free MS Points through its Xbox Live Rewards programme simply for playing the latest shooty-shoots. If you're not that bothered about Halo 4 and just want the free points, well, there are probably better uses for your time.
Halo 4 brings back a fan-favorite mode: Forge. This time around, the mode will feature three exclusive maps, each offering some much-need variety. Ravine is a lush green environment, similar in appearance to Halo 3's Valhalla. Erosion is a cavernous area located within a desert terrain, and Impact is set in an abandoned area in deep space filled with asteroids, craters, and UNSC facilities.
Dynamic lighting is a new addition to Forge that helps create a greater sense of immersion. Objects that are placed in outdoor areas will create realistic shadow effects. Shadows will appear in real-time through the map's natural light sources and also from the various artificial light pieces available.
Buzzwords like "platform" get tossed out a lot these days with major franchises. In business terms, it refers to the notion that a game can keep doling out content well after its release. Halo 4 wants to be more than a game, it wants to be a content hub that will be relevant for months and maybe even years to come.
The main tentpole in 343's attempt to transform the game into a "platform" is the new Spartan Ops mode--a replacement for Halo Reach's Firefights, featuring a series of discrete missions organized into 10-week seasons. Each mission is like an episode in a television series, only if that show released five episodes a week instead of one. That adds up to 50 episodes a season, and it's all free.
You can start throwing down in Halo 4 multiplayer matches tomorrow, but 343 Industries has already detailed a major update coming to the ranking system early next year. The "Competitive Skill Rank" system will assign you a skill rank, fully visible on your Waypoint profile, and use it to match you in games with opponents of comparable skill ranks.
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