Category Archives: Action

Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 15:53 BST

The Order: 1886 screens show futuristic weapons, a hansom cab

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Sony Santa Monica and Ready At Dawn’s PS4 game The Order: 1886 has some new screenshots available below. This one really caught my eye during the Sony E3 press conference. Seemed to check all the boxes for me, but I still want to see more of it first. You can find out more on the game through a previous post on the matter, and look at the trailer shown. More information on the game is promised at a later date.

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Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 22:35 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag stars an Abstergo researcher

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Ubisoft has confirmed that an Abstergo employee is the meta-star of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 02:44 BST

Infamous: Second Son gameplay shows off new powers

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You’ve seen the trailer. You’ve seen the screens. Now watch six minutes of gameplay footage from InFamous: Second Son while we dry to drag our battered bodies out from under this ever-growing pile of E3 assets.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 02:37 BST

Bayonetta 2 is all about pressure and relief

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Bayonetta 2 producer Atsushi Inaba has said Platinum Games hopes the sequel will give players a feeling of euphoria when they perform devastating attacks.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 00:52 BST

Tekken Revolution, Armored Core: Verdict Day screens escape E3

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Armored Core: Verdict Day and Tekken Revolution shots have landed. Namco sent the lot over for you to gaze upon. You can do so below.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 13:41 BST

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain extended E3 trailer released

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The extended cut of the Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain trailer shown during the Microsoft E3 conference last night has been released by Konami. Watch it in all its glory below. MGS5 will be released on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and is still without a release date.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 20:19 BST

Beyond: Two Souls E3 gameplay detailed by David Cage

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Sony has released some Beyond: Two Souls screenshots to go along with the E3 trailer shown last night, and David Cage has discussed the trailer in a new blog post.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 09:18 BST

Xbox One’s Ryse: Roman conquest of emotion

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Patrick Garratt played an Xbox One game. Crytek talks about the challenges of Ryse: Son of Rome’s development and letting you act as a “Roman badass”.

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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 01:39 BST

GTA 5 screens show off various activities

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Rockstar has released a set for GTA 5 screenshots which were part of the bundle news for PS3 announced last night. Look below.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 18:12 BST

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty and Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD will be released on Wii U

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Oddworld Inhabitants has announced Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty and Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD will be released on Wii U.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 16:14 BST

Battlefield 3 DLC free during E3

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EA has decided to throw away the need to charge you for Battlefield 3′s Close Quarters DLC (otherwise costing you $10) during E3 week.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 22:20 BST

The Last of Us launch trailer is go, lays down the plot

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The Last of Us is out this week worldwide and Sony has released the game’s official launch trailer. It shows Joel and Ellie walking the barren streets after humankind’s collapse.

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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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