GDC 17: Hands-On With VR Sports & Front Defence

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Vive Studios will introduce three brand new entertainment experiences for the HTC Vive this spring for owners of the headset. During the first day of the Games Developer Conference I got the chance to sit down with Joel Breton to discuss the three new products – VR Sports, a collection of room scale enabled mini games. Make VR, a tool that helps bridge the gap between Virtual Reality and the real world by bringing support for 3D printers into the virtual space. Finally, Vive Studios also announced Front Defense, a World War II inspired shooter that uses Valve’s room scale

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Monster Dating Game Soulless Wonder Hits Steam Greenlight

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Les Major

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Sister site Darkain Arts Gamers has released their very first game on Steam Greenlight and it’s a doozy! Lantz is a cursed bard who has to adventure out beyond his kingdom to try to convince monster girls to fall in love with him. Why? Because the Paladin Queen of the kingdom shattered his soul and it’s the only way to restore his spirit to his body! Lantz can try to romance eight different characters ranging from a fox girl, zombie, slime girl, goblin, succubus, and even an eldritch horror inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft to name a

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Sonic kicks things into Overdrive on March 1st

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Jason Nason

SONIC: MEGA DRIVE – OVERDRIVE SONIC kicks things into “OVERDRIVE”!: The Classic Sonic sensation comes to its startling finale!  Dr. Eggman has managed to gather up all seven of the Ancient Gears which will super-charge his latest creation—the Mega Drive!  Now Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy Rose are in a race against time to gather the Chaos Emeralds and stop Dr. Eggman before the vicious device launches! Featuring cover art by rising star Tyson Hesse! Script: Ian Flynn Art: Tyson Hesse, Matt Herms & Jack Morelli Cover: Tyson Hesse On Sale Date: 3/1 48-page, full color comic $4.99 U.S.

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Shadow Of Mordor Sequel Announced Today – New Trailer

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Les Major

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The rumors are true! Middle-earth: Shadow of War is the official title of Monolith Productions next game in the series. I LOVED Shadow of Mordor and it’s certainly a title worth checking out to this day. The sequel continues the storyline and really begs to question if we’ll follow the canon at all, or if this really is a wild new tale of Talion versus Sauron where anything can happen. The original seemed to take liberties, but it’s still great just getting to explore a new vision of Tolkien’s fantasy world. Check out the trailer below! The game is on

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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Raises 400% of Original Crowdfunding Goal

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Obsidian Entertainment’s crowdfunding campaign for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has ended with the developer reaching over 400% of their original goal. Over 33,000 backers pledged $4,407,598 towards the development of the RPG sequel. Obsidian updated the campaign to let backers know that the $4.25M stretch goal had been reached – meaning that players will be able to use a “sound board weapon” upon the game’s completion. Just how long will it take before that weapon becomes absolutely annoying? As the final hours of the campaign came to a close Obsidian let fans know that additional stretch goals have been

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Riptide GP: Renegade Roars Onto Windows 10 and Xbox One

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

North Californian developers Vector Unit has unleashed their latest fast-paced watercraft racing title Riptide GP: Renegade onto Windows 10 and Xbox One as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, allowing owners of the game to play the title on either Xbox One or Windows and take their save with them. Featuring futuristic environments, improved water physics over other enhanced versions of the original Riptide GP, 12 courses, 3 modes and 7 vehicles – Riptide GP: Renegade might just fill the gap left behind with fans as other watercraft based franchises lack modern entries, like Nintendo’s neglected Wave Race series or Midway’s

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Punch Club Devs Partner With Tiny Build For New Graveyard Management Game

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Have you ever wanted to enter the lucrative graveyard management business? It might sound morbid or even macabre to consider but that is exactly the premise behind the latest game from the minds of Punch Club, titled Grave Keeper. Set in medieval times Grave Keeper allows players to expand their graveyard enterprise into the entertainment sector by offering admittance o up public witch burnings, explore new business opportunities like selling the blood of the deceased or finally figuring out what parts of the human body are perfect for recycling. Players will not only be able to acquire new land for

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Nintendo eShop, indie games ready for Nintendo Switch launch

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Jason Nason

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch system set for just over a week away, Nintendo has confirmed that Nintendo eShop will be ready to go, complete with a lineup of downloadable indie games. To celebrate many of these upcoming “Nindie” creations before launch, Nintendo will host a Nindies Showcase video presentation on Tuesday, February 28th, at 12:00 PM ET at http://live.nintendo.com. Nintendo has stated that there will be more than sixty games in the eShop before the end of the year, including indie games, and digital versions of packaged games, DLC and more. Three games will be ready for

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February 23rd Nintendo Download

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Jason Nason

Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D – Get ready to return to the world’s first Chase’em Up – in an all new sequel Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D. Set across 80 brand new stages of pure arcade mayhem, help the hyperactive wildcat, kokopolo, and his insane buddies, track down a secret recipe for immortality by causing as much mischief as possible in this epic, action-packed caper.  

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Project DIVA Future Tone: Hatsune Miku | Review

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Meghan Kass

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone is an arcade style rhythm game published by Sega. Future tone may be the most comprehensive Hatsune Miku game ever published as it boasts 220 songs if you purchase the bundle that includes Future Sound and Colorful Tone, After the disappointing lack of songs in Project Diva X and overuse of exposition, will Future Tone’s sheer volume of music be enough to satisfy Hatsune Miku and rhythm game fans? Is imitating and porting the arcade version of Hatsune Miku games the right direction? If compared to the disappointing Project Diva X, Future Tone makes

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Harvest Moon 64 coming to Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Jason Nason

Natsume today announced that Harvest Moon 64 is soon to be released on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo Wii U. The first in a series of surprises celebrating the series’ 20th anniversary, this classic originally for the Nintendo 64 will be available digitally on the Wii U and will be available tomorrow, February 23rd in North America. The game will then release on February 24th in Europe for the very first time. “The world has been lucky enough to have Harvest Moon now for 20 years, and we are so proud to have taken a chance on a farming

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Analysts Expect Horizon Zero Dawn To Move 8 Million Copies

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sony’s upcoming open world action title Horizon Zero Dawn may sell upwards of 8 million units during its lifetime. According to research firm SuperData Horizon Zero Dawn should move between 4 and six million copies this year alone. Developed by Guerilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn has players take on the role of Aloy, a young outcast hunter who must fight off terrifying robotic machines in a post apocalyptic version of earth.  If SuperData’s projections are right than Horizon is going to quickly become one of Sony’s premiere franchises alongside Gravity Rush, Uncharted and third party exclusives like the Tales of franchise.  For some perspective Uncharted 4: A Thief’s

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Resident Evil 7 Lost Tapes DLC Now Available On Steam & Xbox One

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Rae Michelle Richards

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Capcom has released the latest the two Banned Footage DLC packs for Resident Evil 7 on both Xbox One and Windows via Steam the publisher has announced. All of this DLC was previously released on PlayStation 4 first. Both packs are also included with the Resident Evil 7 Season’s Pass. Banned Footage volume 1 is priced at $9.99 USD while volume 2 is priced a bit higher at $14.99 USD according to Capcom’s press release. Each volume includes the following add-on content: Banned Footage Volume 1 Nightmare Bedroom Ethan must die. Banned Footage Volume 2 Daughters 21 & Over Jack’s 55th Birthday Resident Evil 7’s

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Everything changes in Sonic the Hedgehog #292

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Jason Nason

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #292 EVERYTHING CHANGES when SONIC and friends go down their “Branching Paths”: The Shattered World Crisis is behind us, and the 25th Anniversary was well celebrated!  So what’s next for Sonic and his friends?  That’s up to them to decide!  Sonic is racing around Westside Island on a mission—but for whom?  And while Sonic’s away, each of his friends make decisions that will plot the course of their lives.  Don’t miss out on the beginning of a whole new era of Sonic stories! Featuring cover art by Sonic comics veteran Tracy Yardley and a “Epic Movie Poster”

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Capy-san Reveals Dapper Dudes of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Jason Nason

XSEED Games has announced details on the five eligible bachelors players can court in Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, the 20th anniversary entry in the farming-sim franchise. The developers have put one of the characters from the game Capy-san, the in-game capybara pet and pocket plushie, to describe the bachelors of the game. By day, Hinata uses his gift of the gab to sell items in a Tsuyukusa shop, but in his spare time he gets closer to his dream of becoming the star player in an acting troupe. Making accessories in his grandparents’ workshop in South Tsuyukusa, Yuzuki

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