Category Archives: Genres

Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 10:25 BST

Smash Bros Wii U: Sakurai wants to target silent, Brawl-loving community

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai knows that there’s a vocal majority of players out there who loved Melee on Gamecube, and realises they will be back for more on Wii U and 3DS. So instead, he wants to focus on the silent minority who prefer Brawl and to win them back into the fight.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:45 BST

Mind Zero gets new prologue and battle system trailers

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Mind Zero developers Acquire – of The Last Guy fame – and ZeroDiv have released two new trailers for their spirit-summoning dungeon crawler. The game is currently in development for PS Vita and seems to pander to the Persona crowd, which is no bad thing I’m sure fans will agree.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:36 BST

Deadfall Adventures screens show gunplay, puzzles & tombs

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Deadfall Adventures developer The Farm 51 has released some screens for its FPS, which was – at one point – slammed for being nothing more than an Uncharted rip-off. It’s looking more like Indiana Jones x Painkiller now. Is that a bad mix? Decide for yourself here.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 09:16 BST

Lost Planet 3 gameplay trailer shows big Akrid battles & mech action

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Lost Planet 3 has received a new gameplay trailer care of Capcom and Spark Unlimited. It has nothing to do with Xbox One I’m afraid, but it’s still rammed full of action and big, stompy robots. You lot like that, right?

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 08:22 BST

Sanctum 2: Road to Elysion DLC announced, detailed

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Sanctum 2: Road to Elysion is the new DLC from Coffee Stain Studios. The content adds a new character called Tysgan into the tower-defence shooter mix, as well as additional story content and extra four maps.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 08:12 BST

Far Cry 4, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Prince of Persia being considered at Ubisoft

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Far Cry 4, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and a new Prince of Persia are either being considered or worked on right now at Ubisoft, as part of its aim to constantly be thinking forward on new titles. Ubisoft European head Alain Corre has confirmed that all three games are being considered at the publisher.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 07:09 BST

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1 teaser site points to June 27 reveal

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Compile Heart has opened a teaser site for Vita title Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1, which was announced in March. Gematsu reports the site directs users to Dengeki magazine on June 27 for an update. We don’t know anything about the game yet, but there’s speculation it may be a remake of the first entry in the series.

Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 06:54 BST

Company of Heroes 2 dev diary talks multiplayer strategy

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Company of Heroes 2 is designed to allow multiplayer aficionados to use the terrain to their advantage, recover form setbacks, and employ different styles of play.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 06:10 BST

Mad Catz PS3 accessories incompatible with PS4, no new products confirmed

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Mad Catz has confirmed that it’s PlayStation 3 peripherals won’t work with PlayStation 4, but hasn’t announced any new products in support of the new console.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 06:24 BST

Respawn doing anything but shooters is not “the smart thing to do”

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Although it’s determined to offer something fresh and new with Titanfall, Respawn stuck to its strengths when it elected to make a shooter for is first project.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 03:20 BST

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition pulled, sequel and Android port on hold

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A mysterious issues between Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition developer Beamdog and its publisher has stalled both projects.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 02:59 BST

Final Fantasy 15 E3 gameplay shows a high level Noctis

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Describing Final Fantasy 15′s combat, director Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that players won’t have access to all the skills and abilities Noctis uses in gameplay footage released at E3.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 02:27 BST

The War Z is now Infestation: Survivor Stories

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Following a copyright claim, Hammerpoint Interactive has changed the title of controversial zombie survival MMO The War Z to Infestation: Survivor Stories.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 02:19 BST

Titanfall offers a “new skill to master”

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Respawn Entertainment’s new game is, of course, a shooter – but a shooter with a twist, and on the TItanfall team hopes will challenge even expert players.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 00:53 BST

MLG drops North American StarCraft 2 World Championship Series

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Major League Gaming has backed out of an agreement to host Blizzard’s North American StarCraft 2 World Championship Series, amid talk of a lack of support from the developer.

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 | 00:32 BST

Witcher 3 dev: too many features make for an “average, crappy game”

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CD Projekt RED is prepared to cross a few things off its wishlist if it makes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a better game.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 23:54 BST

Battlefield 4 spectator mode gets video preview

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DICE producer Daniel Matros presents almost 15 minutes of alpha footage of Battlefield 4′s Spectator mode, which brings an eSports (and machinima) friendly viewing mode to the shooter series.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 23:39 BST

Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers looks to be Namco Bandai’s PS3 reveal

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Bas news, Solatorobo fans – Namco Bandai’s teaser is probably for Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers rather than a new CyberConnect2 game.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 23:27 BST

Mass Effect’s original writer discusses alternate ending plans

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Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 writer Drew Karpyshyn has detailed the vague plans he had for the ending of Mass Effect 3 before exiting the project. Some Mass Effect trilogy spoilers follow.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 22:53 BST

Princess of Arcadias gets first images

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Nippon Ichi has released some devastatingly colourful artwork as well as the first screenshots for its new side-scrolling RPG, Princess of Arcadias. We don’t know very much about the PlayStation 3 exclusive just yet except that it stars a crowned girl – presumably the titular princess – kicking all kinds of arse with a variety of enormous weapons. Visit AllGamesBeta to check out the gallery.