December 19, 2016

Nintendo to preview Switch right after January Presentation

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo plans to reveal additional details about the upcoming Nintendo Switch during the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 on January 12th, 2017, and then shortly thereafter they’re taking the Switch on tour.

After the presentation in Tokyo, Nintendo’s next home gaming system is traveling across North America to provide hands-on time for fans, gamers, families and everyone in between. The Nintendo Switch will be the star of an interactive multi-city tour that is open to the public on select days.

The currently scheduled cities that are part of the tour include:
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First Footage of Ace Combat 7 Running On PSVR

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Seven minutes of footage from ACE Combat 7’s PlayStation VR mode was filmed was released via YouTube this weekend. The footage isn’t exactly the most enthralling considering it is the TV screen output of a VR experience filmed off a screen at Bandai’s Thank You Celebration in Korea but it does give us a few hints at how the PSVR mode will work.

Ace Combat 7 was announced back at PSX 2015 and is a direct sequel to 2007’s Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. The VR cockpit mode and the main campaign are said to be two separate modes, meaning that the VR experience should be designed from the ground up for a headset without compromising features that players on traditional screens would expect.

No release date has been announced but the game did get a new trailer few weeks back which I’ve embedded above. If want to see the VR cockpit mode in action and don’t mind low quality footage, I’ve embedded that below.

Ace Combat 7 Gameplay Footage Namco Bandai

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Resident Evil 7 PC Demo Released

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Capcom’s viral success for Resident Evil 7 is now no longer contained to the PlayStation 4 as the publisher releases the completed Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour for PC via Steam. This demo lets you experience everything that PlayStation owners had to wait months for – as Capcom rolled out several updates to the demo throughout 2016.

When you find yourself in an abandoned farmhouse, what will you do to survive? Here is the official synopsis of the demo from Capcom:

“A thrillingly immersive horror experience for the five senses. This full model change to the frightening “Isolated View” player perspective, and photorealistic graphics of the cutting-edge RE Engine mark a new beginning for survival horror. Enter a terrifyingly new world of horror and survive.”

Now PC players can finally experience the mystery of the severed dummy finger and other riddles that plagued the Resident Evil fanbase for months. The Steam demo of beginning hour does not support VR in any capacity – as PlayStation has a year long exclusive on VR content for the game.

Here are the minimum specs:

MINIMUM:

OS: WINDOWS® 7,8,8.1,10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible (must support DirectX® 9.0c or higher)

RECOMMENDED:

OS: WINDOWS® 7,8,8.1,10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: TBA (4GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible (must support DirectX® 9.0c or higher)

Resident Evil 7 will be released on PC, PS4, PSVR and Xbox One on January 24th 2017.

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