Category Archive: Gaming
A closer look at Microsoft’s $150 Elite Xbox One controller
Gears Ultimate Edition will be $39.99 and include early access to a Gears 4 Beta
E3 2015: The Sony Presentation
The Last Guardian takes up the first position in the Sony briefing. This is a hugely anticipated title, but I just couldn’t do it. I could barely tolerate the kid’s voice for the demo. Yikes!
THE LAST GUARDIAN
Here is a new game from Guerilla Games that just looks great. Horizon: Zero Dawn manages to both feel familiar and fresh. I’m glad to see actually gameplay for this one.
HORIZON: ZERO DAWN
While this was only a cinematic trailer, they did a good job with it. It actually got me a little excited for a series that I haven’t enjoyed in the past. PS4 will have a console exclusive beta.
HITMAN
This is my first time seeing anything for No Man Sky. It kind of reminds me of the space travel portion of the Mass Effect series. There doesn’t seem to be much action, but the sheer scale of the universe that they have created is awesome. Tens of thousands of suns, each with their own planetary systems for players to explore.
NO MAN SKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGy8HIYBwV0
Media Molecule has brought something new to the table with Dreams, an incredibly deep creation engine on which players can create pretty much anything that they can imagine. Here are both the trailer and the gameplay demo.
DREAMS
DREAMS GAMEPLAY
Firewatch is a mystery game, where you play as a fire lookout, who is cut off from the outside world, other than the voice of his supervisor over his walkie talkie. I had to look that description up, because I had no idea from the trailer. Despite that, I thought the game was compelling and i’d like to check it out at some point.
FIREWATCH
There is new content coming for Destiny. The Taken King has players being hunted down by Oryx, who is seeking sweet, sweet revenge. Fans of the game will be all over this.
DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING
Next, there is another trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. This one highlights Evie, the female lead, and it’s brutal and awesome. PS4 owners will have exclusive access to DLC The Dreadful Crimes.
ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE
Coming exclusively to PS Vita and PS4, is World of Final Fantasy. It’s cute. Sickenly cute.
WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY
In other Final Fantasy news, there is a remake of 7 heading your way. It’s shiny and new.
FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE
Four new indie titles were revealed. The trailer, by developer Devolver Games, for Ronin, Eitr, Mother Russia Bleeds and Crossing Souls follow.
DEVOLVER GAMES’S INDIE TRAILER
Do you have some extra cash and love Shenmue? Then get on over to Kickstarter and pledge your dollars! It won’t take much. It was announced just over an hour ago and is at $950k, as of this posting, which is nearly half of it’s goal.
SHENMUE 3
The Arkham Knight trailer is pretty amazing. Brick is going to love this game! The Scarecrow Nightmare Missions are exclusive to PS4.
BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT DLC TRAILER
Project Morpheus is the VR platform designed by Sony for the PS4. RIGS was developed especially for Project Morpheus. This video also covers some info on Playstation Music and Playstation Vue, Sony’s ala carte streaming television solution.
SONY’S PROJECT MORPHEUS, MUSIC AND VUE
The PS4 is now the home for the Call of Duty games. Black Ops 3 players will get first access to the beta and DLC on the PS4.
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3
Disney Infinity 3.0 will have an exclusive Star Wars booster pack on PS4, as well as timed exclusivity to Twilight of the Republic and Rise Against the Empire, two Star Wars DLC packs.
DISNEY INFINITY 3.0
Sony is showing another Star Wars: Battlefield gameplay footage. It just looks so good! This game does an excellent job of immersing you in the Star Wars universe.
STAR WARS: BATTLEFIELD
Sony’s last title of the day is Uncharted 4. This is definitely one of those exclusive titles that I missed out on, due to my choice in consoles. As if I had time anyway!
UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END
Microsoft had a great show, but I think I’m going to have to give this one to Sony. They have done an outstanding job at securing exclusive games and content! Leave us a voicemail at 512-522-9278 and we’ll do our best to address your comments on the show.
E3 2015: The Ubisoft Presentation
You can tell a lot about a company’s presentation by what they choose as their intro video. I don’t know what this one says… Behold, South Park: The Fractured, But Whole
SOUTH PARK: FRACTURED, BUT WHOLE
Hey, look! It’s Aisha Tyler! She brings out Matt Stone and Trey Parker to talk about their new game.
Next up, we get to take a look at a new IP, For Honor. It looks like an epic melee battlefield combat game. They show off 4v4 multiplayer on stage and it seems pretty intense. Players are able to choose between viking, knight and samurai warriors.
FOR HONOR
The Crew: Wild Run Expansion is unveiled today. I’m not familiar with the original, but it looks like it could be fun.
THE CREW: WILD RUN
The Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max Expansion Pack is crazy! It is a game where you are normally on a dirt bike, so if you are suddenly a gun-toting cat on a fire-breathing unicorn, things have clearly taken a turn.
TRIALS FUSION: AWESOME LEVEL MAX
Tom Clancy’s The Division (co-op online open world action rpg) has a March 16th, 2016 release date!
TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION – DARK ZONE
Aisha shows off a new city building game that also takes you to the moon to build a colony.
ANNO 2205
Just Dance 2016 will now let you use your smart phone to control the game, no longer requiring a console camera. Sorry, there is no video, they went with live entertainment instead. They also announced Just Dance Unlimited, a subscription stream service that works through Just Dance 2016 on Xbox One, PS4 and Wii-U.
Sweeeeeeeet! Angela Bassett plays Six, the deputy director of the counter-terrorism unit. The Terrorist Hunt mode is back and looks great. The beta is coming September 24th of this year.
RAINBOW SIX: SIEGE – TERROR HUNT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvApSM10x-4
Trackmania Turbo has a ton of tracks onboard and also a random track generator, if that is not enough.
TRACKMANIA TURBO
ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE
Yves Guillemot takes the stage for the finale of the show, Ghost Recon: Wildlands!
GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS
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E3 2015: The Electronic Arts Presentation
EA starts it off with a bang, by leading in with a trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. It looks really good!
MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA
The new Need for Speed has gone open world and includes a very deep customization system. Their game types are shown as Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw. These games have historically been more arcade racer than simulation, so it serves as an alternative to the Forza Motorsport series.
NEED FOR SPEED
NEED FOR SPEED GAMEPLAY
Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG set in the Star Wars universe. It is a solid title, but for some reason didn’t hit the mark for me. I may check out this newly announced expansion, as they are saying that they are bringing back the storytelling style of Knights of the Old Republic games. Take a peek and let us know what you think.
STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC – KNIGHTS OF THE FALLEN EMPIRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCmvm_hiRzY
Two new IPs announced: Unravel, an interesting platformer and Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. We already put up a video for GW2 in the MS Briefing, but this one is the gameplay trailer.
UNRAVEL
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE 2 GAMEPLAY
It’s sports time! I’m a little out of my depth on the sports games, but here it goes.. First up is hockey and NHL 16 and EASHL. Next, we take a look at Rory Macklemore PGA Tour. EA Sports Ultimate Team has received multiple upgrades. NBA Live 16 focuses on self-expression and works with the GameFace app to put your face into the game.
NHL 16
RORY MCILROY PGA TOUR
NBA LIVE 16
EA Mobile had over 715 downloads last year. That’s really impressive. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a collectible card game coming to EA Mobile. Minions Paradise is a new builder game.
Pele is on hand to help present FIFA 16. It’s great to see the guy. He was such a huge part of my early love of soccer.
FIFA 16
Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst is an origin story for our hero. I never played the others, but I loved the idea of them and thought that they looked great.
MIRROR’S EDGE: CATALYST
Draft Champions allows you to draft your own team from current and past teams and take them online to challenge other players.
MADDEN 16 DRAFT CHAMPIONS MODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHiEz87MEEo
Peter Moore is out on stage to begin the Star Wars: Battlefront presentation. The footage shown is in-game, captured on a Playstation 4. It looks fantastic, to be sure. This one will do very well.
STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT GAMEPLAY
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