Category Archives: Action

Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 05:20 BST

Avalanche shows off its Mad Max game

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This trailer gives an atmospheric introduction to Avalanche’s third-person, open-world Mad Max game. During Sony’s E3 conference, the platform holder said the Road Warrior survivor kit will only be available on PlayStation 3, but the game is coming to other platforms.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 06:16 BST

Infamous: Second Son trailer shown – out in Q1 2014

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During Sony’s E3 presentation it showed off Infamous: Second Son – which only made it harder to hear that the Sucker Punch effort will miss the console’s launch, releasing in the first quarter of 2014. Oh well, at least we can gaze at the new footage and dream.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 05:01 BST

The Order: 1886 announced for PS4 from Ready At Dawn

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Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios came on stage to announced the firm has “the largest first-party network”; 14 studios in total and new Ip are being worked on for PS4. 20 new IP will be released for the console in the first year. One exclusive to PS4 is Sony Santa Monica’s and Ready At Dawn’s game which looks to take place in the early 1900s. But has a Steampunk feel due to the weapons. The Order: 1886 is the name of it, and it was rumored a while back.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 18:52 BST

Far Cry Classic, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons coming to XBL Summer of Arcade program

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Far Cry Classic will be available as part of the Summer of Arcade program on Xbox Live. A date wasn’t added in the press release, but it’s the original single-player game. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons will also be part of the program. Far Cry will run you 560 MSP, and Borthers $15.00/1200 MSP. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Flashback, and Charlie Murder will also be included. It all kicks off August 7 so expect more titles to be announced. A video is below.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 01:20 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag E3 trailer promises “brutal” experience

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will deliver a “brutal pirate experience”, Ubisoft promised with its E3 2013 presentation, full of intense naval battles, visceral fighting, and lots of drunken adventures. You’ll board ships, hunt for treasure, conquer forts, explore jungles, raid smuggler’s cove and more. Ubisoft showed two trailers packed with footage from lots of different locations; check out both below along with details from an E3 fact sheet.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 01:28 BST

Watch Dogs E3 presentation evokes deja vu

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Ubisoft didn’t have much to say about Watch Dogs during its E3 2013 presentation, because everybody’s already about as excited as they can possibly for the open-world netsec-’em-up. They showed an extended cut of the trailer leaked yesterday with its incredibly realistic rendering, which you can check out below.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 22:54 BST

Mirror’s Edge “reboot” announced as in the works at DICE

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Mirror’s Edge was announced as in the works at DICE. No word on a release, just a teaser trailer. It’s below, and a “reboot” of the original game.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 19:41 BST

Metal Gear Solid 5: every rumour & fact here

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Metal Gear Solid 5 is coming. We’re compiling every rumour, fact, screenshot, tweet, trailer and sniff of information about the project from now until launch. We must be mad, but you know you love it.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 22:52 BST

Dead Rising 3 announced as Xbox One exclusive by Capcom

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Dead Rising 3 is coming to Xbox One – its stars a guy named Nick in California who runs around in an open world with no loading times.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 22:53 BST

D4 is an episodic murder mystery game for Xbox One

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Episodic murder mystery game called D4 was shown off for Xbox One. It’s in the works from the creator of Deadly Premonition at ACCESS Games. Screenshots and debut trailer are below.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 20:30 BST

Remedy shows off its Xbox One exclusive, Quantum Break

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Quantum Break, the Xbox One exclusive from Remedy was shown during the Microsoft E3 conference. The game was announced during the Xbox One reveal last month,and the game is decribed as one which “blurs the line between gaming and TV by integrating drama and gameplay into one seamless, uniquely immersive experience. How you play the game impacts the show, and the show informs how you play the game.” Kind of like Defiance. Video is below.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 21:11 BST

Ryse: Son of Rome confirmed for Xbox One at launch

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Ryse: Son of Rome was confirmed today for Xbox One, it’s the game in the works at Crytek.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 21:15 BST

Metal Gear Solid 5 and its open world releasing on Xbox One

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The Microsoft Xbox One E3 press conference started off with a video for Metal Gear Solid 5. Showing Snake in Afghanistan traversing through an open world. It promises the “next generation of stealth”; dynamic CQC and it the video showed new characters in the game all to a tune which sounded straight from a James Bond film. There’s a tag line in it about men becoming demons, and there looks to be African kids trapped in a jail holding out diamonds in their hands. We’ll have the video up as soon as we get it. Kojima cam out on stage to talk about showing more later. A release date has yet to be announced.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 21:00 BST

Skylanders: Swap Force limited edition toy being handed out at E3

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Activision is handing out a rare, limited edition Skylanders Swarp Force toy at E3. It’s called Color Shift Hot Dog and will be handed out to people who stop by the firm’s Skylanders area when E3 opens tomorrow. The figurine is a metallic version of the other Hot Dog figures available. You can get a look at the fella over on Kotaku and through an unboxing video posted by FamilyGamerTV. Skylanders Swap Force will arrive in North America and Australia on October 16 and in Europe on October 18 for 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Screenshots for the game are below.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 14:46 BST

Savage Starlight comic and movie poster show up in The Last of Us

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Developers teasing new games in current games is nothing new, and something Naughty Dog did with The Last of Us in Uncharted 3. It’s possible the developer is doing it again with Savage Starlight, a comic/movie poster which shows up in The Last of Us. Then again, it could just be that – a comic and a movie implemented into a game which takes place in a world where movies and comics were once, well things. You decide. It could be nothing. Via: NeoGAF,AGB.

Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 13:51 BST

Disney Infinity video shows Zurg getting hit with a frying pan

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Disney Infinity has a new trailer available showing the many, many things you can do in the game. Such as hitting Zurg with a frying pan. Watch it below. Disney Infinity is due in August on 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360.

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Sun, Jun 09, 2013 | 23:15 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag multiplayer images leaked

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Ubisoft’s not having a good run with its E3 assets; a small batch of screenshots and artworks allegedly pertaining to Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s multiplayer mode have turned up.

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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 15:15 BST

Watch Dogs E3 2013 exposes Aiden’s world

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Watch Dogs has received a long trailer ahead of Ubioft’s pre-E3 conference tonight. It dives deep into the world of Aiden Pearce and his hacking chums.

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Sat, Jun 08, 2013 | 19:05 BST

Arclight Bundle from Indie Royale is live

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Indie Royale and Arcen Games have released the Arclight Bundle, which starting at $5.43 nets you PC and Mac keys on Steam and Desura for: A Valley Without Wind, A Valley Without Wind 2, Shattered Haven, Tidalis, and AI War: Fleet Command. The later contains all four expansions released, and promises the fifth – the upcoming Vengeance of the Machine available in beta and playable for bundle owners. If you pay $8 or more you will also get nine original soundtracks by Arcen composer Pablo Vega along with the Deorbit album from Disasterpeace. Hit up the link to purchase the bundle and find out more information. As always, a video for the compilation is below.

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Sat, Jun 08, 2013 | 18:01 BST

Beyond: Two Souls Special Edition steelbook packaging is quite nice

Because everyone around here seems to like box art, may I present to you the Steelbook Packaging for the Beyond: Two Souls – Special Edition. You can pre-order it now in the UK. Beyond: Two Souls is out October 8.