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Kalypso Media announces it plans to bring Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar to PC this spring from Longbow Digital Arts.
Tindalos Interactive, the minds behind Stellar Impact, present the first look at the upcoming real-time strategy Etherium.
Take a short tour through the character creation system of Blackguards from Daedalic Entertainment.
The tale of SpellForce 2 comes to an end with the release of Demons of the Past, where players must fight to save the land of Eo in a lengthy campaign.
Aveline, the first playable female Assassin throughout the series, brings a whole host of brand new weapons and skills to New Orleans in Assassin's Creed Liberation HD.
You're going to die. Accept it, and come to terms with your cursed existence in Dark Souls II.
Rock out to the best of Oasis in a new downloadable song pack for Rocksmith 2014 Edition.
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Meet Vella, making a grand debut in Double Fine's Broken Age, in this short debut trailer.
Meet Shay, making a grand debut in Double Fine's Broken Age, in this short debut trailer.
Titanfall launched today on Xbox One and PC (review here). With PlayStation platforms forever excluded from this Microsoft-exclusive, some have been wondering: why is there no cross-platform play? The Xbox 360 version is one reason to blame.
From finishing off a rival Titan by ripping out its pilot, to detonating a Titan to destroy a squad of enemy soldiers, Titanfall is filled with numerous moments of sheer fun. Whether you're jumping on a Titan's back and shooting away at its battery like a mosquito sucking blood, or ripping the arms off a rival unit and beating it to death with them, there are so many OMG moments that, even after several hours of play, there's still little surprises to discover.
The focus on fun is evident in every aspect of Titanfall's design. Even basic traversal is engaging, with double-jumps and wall-runs allowing players to easily reach higher ground. Whereas infantry are agile, the titular Titans tower above other players, and it's easy to feel like a lumbering threat whenever jumping into the cockpit. Respawn has done a remarkable job conveying scale, but piloting is still accessible to anyone that's familiar with the core first-person controls. Their abilities are seemingly over-powered, with devastating firepower and a shield that can deflect enemy projectiles. However, there are numerous other abilities that make sure that neither soldiers nor Titans ever get too much of an upper hand.
Good things come to those who wait, a trite saying goes, and my, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt certainly does look good. Which is why the open-world fantasy RPG is being delayed from its planned 2014 launch, until February 2015. Still, at least we can be fairly confident that at least one Witcher game will launch all shiny and lovely, rather than relying on post-release polish.
Read more: Time to ensure "the quality gamers expect from us" »
The third and final chapter of Arma 3's campaign will launch next Thursday, March 20, developer Bohemia announced today. 'Win' will see the Mediterranean mixup escalating further, into some of that good jolly war fun we all know and enjoy. It'll also bring three new vehicles for everyone to play with in sandbox modes.
Another three maps are coming to the Xbox 360 edition of free-to-play World of Tanks, but players will need to get their hands dirty first. Wargaming today announced 'Map Madness,' a community challenge that'll unlock the new levels one-by-one as players destroy millions and millions of tanks. Start waxing your moustache, as it'll all kick off next Tuesday.
Read more: Lakeville, El Halluf, and Prokhorovka coming over from PC »
Every once in a while, publishers will prepare special editions of upcoming releases that differ by region. For instance, US players would get some form of downloadable content and physical extras, such as a soundtrack or a collectible figurine, while audiences in the UK and Japan would get something else completely. Many of these special editions never get a release in the Western market.
Even now, there are a number of high-profile games with tempting bonuses that haven't been announced for our shores. Let's take a look at what isn't coming our way.
Titanfall is out now on PC. However, one required spec has raised a few eyebrows: why does the game require 48GB of space? Especially when the Xbox One version is only 16GB?
Given Ubisoft's ambitious online plans for Watch Dogs, it's unsurprising that the company is running a beta for the game. A closed beta has been spotted on Xbox Live for Xbox One, although whether or not it'll be made available to the public has yet to be determined.
Crytek has confirmed that CryEngine now has "full native Linux support." A demo of the engine running on the open source OS will be presented at Game Developers Conference next week.
Nintendo has been low-key about its indie in-roads, but a new move from the company signals a more public push into the market. It has opened a dedicated online hub to indie titles on its eShops, highlighting a few of the more than 1,000 indie games published on 3DS and Wii U.
MotorStorm developer Evolution Studios' PlayStation 4-exclusive racer DriveClub was once due alongside the new console, but a month before launch Sony delayed it to the vague period of "early 2014." And we haven't heard much from it since. Sony has now explained that rather than simply polishing up a little, it wanted "go back to the drawing board and make sure the game is great before we ship it."
Editor's note: Given its similarities to the original PlayStation 2 release, we decided against a formal review of the PS3/Vita HD remaster. In this piece, Steve Watts focuses on how the game has stood against the test of time and how the HD release improves upon the original.
Ten years following the release of Final Fantasy X, it's clear how much of a turning point the game has been for Square Enix.
Final Fantasy X is one of those rare games that actually holds up better in reality than it did in my memory. Though I've looked back fondly on its characters and story, the weak spots seemed to stand out with the passage of time. The linear structure and sometimes awkward voice acting, in particular, diminished its rank. In practice, however, those niggling problems were rarely distracting and easy to overlook. The voice acting is, on the whole, pretty good for its era--I even enjoyed Wakka's faux-Pacific-Islander. The linearity didn't bother me this time around, since the settings were unique and it supported the idea of a pilgrimage.
The Twitch app was set to make its debut on Tuesday, alongside streaming gold mine Titanfall. Well, surprise, Xbox One owner! The Twitch app is already here and you can download it on your Xbox One right now.
Adhesive Games' mech-based shooter Hawken recently hit Steam Early Access a few weeks ago. However, it did so somewhat at the expense of its free-to-play status, since new players needed to purchase a bundle to participate. This is no longer the case and the game is now completely free-to-play once again.
Mode 7's venture into the futuristic football field, Frozen Endzone, has been in beta since December. But now the developer is setting its sights a bit wider by bringing Frozen Endzone into the Steam Early Access arena.
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