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30 Minutes of New Final Fantasy XV Footage Highlight PS4 / Xbox Differences

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix posted thirty minutes of new direct-feed footage from the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XV to YouTube. To say that this footage is “new” might be a little subjective given that a large sections of this gameplay video were covered in Square’s 60 minute gamescom presentation a few weeks back. So what makes this footage interesting to analyze? The GamesCom footage was taken from the English dub and this new footage comes from the Japanese version, allowing fans to analyze script differences. Portions of both demonstration videos were taken from a mixture of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One builds. What

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Black Ops 3 Salvation DLC arrives on PS4 on Sept 6th

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Erika

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Zombies: The End of an Era With the recent announcement of fourth DLC, Black Ops 3 Salvation brings forth the finale of the Origins Zombies storyline. In addition to Zombies, Salvation brings four action-packed multiplayer maps to the table. To quote Mark Lamia, the Studio Head of Treyarch- “Without a doubt, this is the most epic season of DLC that we’ve ever created for fans of Multiplayer and Zombies. At this point it goes without saying, that Zombies has been a true labour of love for the studio and I’m proud to say that this will be a defining and

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MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death Story Trailer

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Les Major

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The latest Compile Heart title headed on PlayStation Vita received a new trailer today giving some insight into MeiQ’s story. This dungeon crawling RPG features first person exploration, sort of like Etrian Odyssey but with actual triggered event style turn based combat. It looks to be quite the adventure and if anything, those of us who aren’t Vita owners can probably look forward to this title eventually making it’s way onto Steam like most Idea Factory titles in recent memory. MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death will be released on September 13th in North America and on the 16th in Europe.

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Don’t Panic! Your Favorite Overwatch Agent Won’t Be Retired

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Could some of our favorite Overwatch agents be retired? After an initial comment to Game Informer by Jeff Kaplan regards to the possibility of removing existing heroes the game director has taken to the official forums to expand upon his comments. Originally Kaplan stated to GI that the dev team had “left the door open” on the retirement on heroes in the future.  He cited the game’s business model of providing all players new content for free as one of the reasons he might not feel bad for removing an existing hero. Here is the exact quote: “We would leave the door open

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Canadian PlayStation Plus Price Increase Is Anti-Consumer

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

North American gamers are facing the first price increase for PlayStation Plus in the services history the company stealthfully announced today. In a notice emailed to members whose memberships are about to lapse, including one on our staff, Sony outlined that the price of the service will be increasing on September 22nd in the North American region. On the PlayStation Blog an updated post read: “Starting on September 22, 2016, prices for PlayStation Plus memberships will change to $59.99 USD/ $69.99 CAD for twelve months and $24.99 USD/$29.99 CAD for three months. The monthly plan will change to $11.99 CAD in Canada,

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Why Sony Releasing 3 New Products At The PlayStation Meeting Makes Sense

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sony’s PlayStation Meeting is scheduled for just two and a half weeks from now, the world will finally know what Sony’s R&D department have been quietly working on for the past few years and get a fresh look at the upcoming PlayStation VR as well as the confirmed PlayStation NEO. Not only has the PlayStation Slim’s final production design been leaked but rumors are suggesting that Sony may unveil a mysterious third product. Here is why that makes a lot more sense than you think. PlayStation 4 Slim Confirmed In The Wild Prior to the PlayStation NEO’s official confirmation fans

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Batman: a Telltale series episode 1- Realm of Shadows review

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Meghan Kass

Telltale is at it again with their newest episodic adaptation of Batman. Batman: The Telltale series episode 1- Realm of Shadows puts the decisions, detective work and adventures of the caped crusader and puts it in the hands of the player using their signature mix of point and click gameplay and quick time events. Being a long term fan of the development team and publisher, could I be impressed yet again by their newest series, or would this be a miss in a long line of home runs? Anyone who is familiar with a Telltale series, such as: Walking Dead,

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Lee Revealed For Tekken 7: Fated Retribution In New Trailer

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bandai Namco has announced a brand new addition to the roster in the form of a returning character that will be added to the console release of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution – Lee has been revealed. He got it his start in the original Tekken all the way on the PlayStation 1 and now he’s making an exclusive appearance in the Console / PC ports of Tekken 7. I got the chance to try out Tekken 7 briefly at E3 2016 on Xbox One – check out my impressions here. Alongside Lee’s reveal trailer Bandi Namco also released several screenshots of the character

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3 Reasons Why Everyone Should Try TitanFall 2’s Multiplayer Stress Test

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

TitanFall 2 will be deploying in a limited fashion this weekend with the recently announced PSN exclusive Stress Test. After playing two rounds of the shooter at EA Play this past June I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there is a lot to be excited for in this long awaited sequel. Here are just a few of improvements that you should be looking forward too: Enhanced Abilities– The first game really only had cloaking & enhanced movements as its most noticeable enhancements that pilots had at their exposure. While burn cards provided players with ‘amped

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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Coming To Consoles

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Joshua Rust

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas started out as just an iOS game back in 2013. It has since made its way to PC in 2015 after being complete rebuilt for the platform. It is now making its way to both PS4 and Xbox One later this year. Oceanhorn is influenced by The Legend of Zelda series. It also features music inspired by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger). Oceanhorn boasts a captivating storyline, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay. With over 15+ hours of gameplay, you can cast magic spells and fight with sword and shield. The influence from

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Killing Floor 2 Launches On PlaySation 4 This November

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Tripwire Interactive’s co-operative FPS zombie slaying title Killing Floor 2 will be coming to PS4 in both digital and retail flavors on November 18th thanks to publishers Deep Silver and Iceberg Interactive. Killing Floor 2 was first playable on PlayStation 4 back at E3 where Tripwire demo’d the title on PlayStation 4 dev-kits, allowing attendees to try out the co-op action for themselves.  The PS4 version was originally revealed at the 2015 PlayStation Experience alongside a PS4 Developer Diary Video. We covered Killing Floor 2 back in August of last year while the title was still in Early Access on Windows PC. I

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Activision Combines Every Destiny Expansion Including Rise of Iron In New Collection

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bungie’s Destiny is about to celebrate its second birthday in just a little under a month and with the Rise of Iron expansion pack coming out shortly after publisher Activision has decided to bundle everything together in one nice tidy collection. Destiny: The Collection will include the 2014 base title as well as the first year expansions: The Dark Below and House of Wolves. The collection also includes last year’s revamp The Taken King and a pre-order for the upcoming Rise of Iron expansion. Players of Rise of Iron on PlayStation 4 will get exclusive access to a multiplayer map called Icarus and an exclusive quest called

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Call of Duty World League Final Groups Unveiled

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision has revealed the final 32 teams that will face off in 17 days at Call of Duty XP for the finale of the Call of Duty: World League, which began earlier this year. Some of these teams faced off this past weekend in a mini-event to fight for the right to partake in day one of the three day tournament. What is up for grabs at the Call of Duty: World Leagues? More than $3 million dollars have been up for grabs during the World League and Activision is promising that the prize pool for this final bracket will be the

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Nuka-World Official Trailer Released Today

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Les Major

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On August 30th, Fallout 4 fans will get to take on last summer vacation before we get into September. Bethesda Softworks’s last DLC entry in the post apocalyptic RPG adventure takes players to a theme park based on the Nuka Cola brand! Nuka-World seems to be a Disney parody sort of park with quite a lot to do. I mean, there’s even a Space Mountain like ride! Plus there’s Skee ball! Check out the trailer below for the latest on this new location being added to the game. I have to give Bethesda credit. In a world where there are

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Square Enix Makes Final Fantasy XV Delay Official

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix announced during GamesCOM today that the rumored Final Fantasy XV delay is indeed official. The long awaited game will now make its debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide on November 29th, 2016. The publisher also announced that the delay of the game will not affect the digital release fo the tie-in film, KingsGlaive: Final Fantasy XV, which is set to debut at the end of the month. What’s the reason for the delay? Well there was actually very little PR / Corporate speak in Square’s news release – they’ve admitted that the game needs more polish and

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