Xbox Live Games For Gold June Titles Released

Explosions and Thievery with the upcoming Games for Gold titles

By Hunter Braine

According to Major Nelson's blog gamers will be able to download Massive Chalice, a tactical strategy game similar to games like XCOM.  Massive Chalice was developed by Double Fine Productions and was kickstarted last year.  Pool Nation FX will also remain free for Xbox One users.  

Just Cause 2 kicks things off June 1st on the Xbox 360, Just Cause 2 is an open world game where mayhem is the way of life.  That will be available until June 15 when Thief will take over, a stealth adventure game.  

Right now CastleStorm: Definitive Edition and F1 2013 are available for their respective consoles as we wrap up the month of May so if you haven't downloaded those, be sure to add them to your queue.  

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PlayStation Home Developer becomes Independent Game Publisher

Loot Entertainment becomes Loot Interactive after going Independent

By Hunter Braine

PlayStation Home developer Loot Entertainment branches away from Sony to become Loot Interactive, an independent game publisher.  This is similar to when Sony Online Entertainment went independent to become Daybreak Game Company earlier this year.

Loot Interactive says they are to bring 3 titles to E3 this summer including Back to Bed, Whispering Wallows, and Velocibox.  All of these games have been announced as PlayStation exclusives being launched for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3.  

"We're ready to kick off E3 with a strong showing of launch games to set the stage for a very aggressive release schedule of fantastic new indie titles through 2015." co-founder David Sterling says.

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Bioshock Developers Working On New Horror Game

Former Irrational Games Developers Reveal New Horror Game Perception

By Hunter Braine

A team of developers formerly at Irrational Games has revealed their new project Perception, a adventure horror game similar to Outlast and Alien: Isolation.  

The trailer shows a female lead named Cassie Thornton who is apparently blind, and relies on echo-location to see where she is going.  All of the sounds of the house, from the old pipes to the grandfather clock make vibrations which not only helps the player see, but adds for a truly horrifying experience.

The developer of the game, Deep End Games is comprised of many of the developers of Bioshock and Bioshock Infiniteincluding Bill Gardner who was the design director on Bioshock.  Gardner says with Perception, he's looking to change how horror games are played.

Perception seems like a great take on the horror game genre, bringing a new aspect with the echo-location.  As more and more games come out in this survival horror genre where weapons are unavailable and running and hiding seem to be the only option, it's nice to see a developer branching out and trying something new, I'm really looking forward to trying this game out.

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Street Fighter V Will Be Playable At CEO 2015

Capcom's Street Fighter V will be playable at CEO 2015

By Hunter Braine

If you're headed to Orlando towards the end of June you may be able to get your hands on Capcom's newest addition to the Street Fighter series.  This will be the first time players will be able to get their hands on Street Fighter V.

The Community Effort Orlando (CEO) takes place June 26 - 28 this year, and includes a variety of fighting games including Super Smash Bros. for WiiU, Killer Instinct on the Xbox One, and Persona 4 on the PS3.

M. Bison has recently been announced as the next playable character in Street Fighter V along with Chun LI, Charlie, and Ryu.

Street Fighter V is scheduled to release in the spring of 2016 so CEO provides players a chance to play the game almost a year early.

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Withcer 3 Devs Respond to Graphics "Downgrade" On Release

CD Projekt RED Responds to concerns of graphical downgrades during development

By Hunter Braine

CD Projekt RED said the graphics are not as good as shown in the VGX PC trailer they showed two years ago.  Company co-founder Marcin Iwinski and studio head Adam Badowski spoke to Eurogamer with an explanation.

Iwinski started by saying the console version of the game did not hold back the PC edition.  

Iwinski states "If consoles are not involved there is no Witcher 3 as it is, we can lay it out that simply.  We just cannot afford it, because consoles allow us to go higher in terms of the possible or achievable sales; have a higher budget for the game, and invest it all into developing this huge gigantic world."

Iwinski continued by saying if the game was on a single platform, it's true they could have gotten more out of it but financially that was just not possible.  He went to to explain the versions at the tradeshows and gameplay demos are just pieces of the game, programmed to run at a very high fidelity.

A patch for the game that hopes to bump up the graphics for the PC, while Projekt RED contiunues to look for solutions for other platforms.

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White Xbox One To Become Available

Microsoft plans to release a white Xbox One bundle including Halo: MCC

By Hunter Braine

If you don't own an Xbox One or just really like the color white, Microsoft has you covered.  According to Major Nelson himself, they will soon be released an all white Xbox One with a digital copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

The console would include a wireless controller, also white and a copy of the game.  Their will be limited quantities of this console as well so be sure to be on the look out later this month.  

For those who don't know Halo: The Master Chief Collection includes 4 Halo titles including Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4, so with this bundle you essentially get 4 games included.  

It is also worth mentioning a Halo 5: Guardians console is coming out later this year along with the game, we don't know yet what that will look like but if that interests you, you may want to hold off.

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The Witcher 3 - First Impressions

Hunter Gives His First Impressions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

By Hunter Braine

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released today and I love it, for those who don't know The Witcher series follows one Geralt of Rivia, a witcher which is basically a awesome badass monster hunter who doesn't take shit from anyone.

The Wticher 3 has a massive open world, countless number of side quests along with a great story so far.  The cinematics are beautiful and the gameplay is clean and effective.

CD Projekt RED completely overhauled everything in this game, and really made everything easier and faster, I actually felt like an awesome master swordsman while playing.  Boss battles and witcher contracts are the best I've seen in these types of games, each one feel different and reading on how best to deal with each foe adds a new aspect to the game I loved immediately.

Overall The Witcher 3 is a huge step up from the greatness of The Witcher 2 and made this series an instant classic for me, and if you'll excuse me I'm going to go kill some monsters.

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Doom Gameplay Teaser Released

Doom Releases 10 Second Teaser Trailer

By Hunter Braine

Bethesda has released the second trailer for their new upcoming title Doom, this trailer which run time is 11 seconds teases a full gameplay reveal at Bethesda's E3 conference on June 14.

The teaser announces that there will be a worldwide gameplay reveal at the conference, earlier in 2014 it was announced gamers who pre-ordered Wolfenstein: The New Order would gain access to the Doom beta.  Bethesda has stated the beta does not have a planned release date but we speculate it will be announced during the reveal at E3.

With this news arising and speculation of Fallout 4, it seems Bethesda will be one to watch at this year's E3 conference beginning in mid-June.

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The Witcher 3 Breaks 1,000,000 Pre-Orders

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Breaks 1 million pre-orders a week before it's release

By Hunter Braine

CD Projekt Red's The Witcher: Wild Hunt exceeds 1 million pre-orders as announced today, the game is scheduled for release next Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Earlier it was stated that copies of the game were actually sold in the United Arab Emirates resulting in videos and livestreams of the game, Twitch.tv has removed said streams and has stated any streams of the game prior to May 19 would be taken down.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches May 19, 2015 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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Sony Will Not Have Press Conference At 2015 Gamescom

Sony announces they will not attend Gamescom 2015

by Hunter Braine

Sony confirms they will not be attending Gamescom 2015 and instead will hold a press conference later in the year at Paris Games Week.

Sony said that with changes to E3 this year making it earlier in the year, and Gamescom later in the year, they would benefit more with a major news milestone later in the year, during the most important time in gaming.

Sony has held a conference at Gamescom since the beginning in 2009, every year Sony has announced something major at these conferences, which begs the question, is Sony waiting to for Paris Games Week to make a major announcement

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Half-Life Fan Made Black Mesa Hits Steam

Fan developed remake of Half-Life Black Mesa Hits Steam Early Access

By Hunter Braine

Today the fan made remake of Half-Life Black Mesa was released to Steam Early Access, it's available for $20.  This remake contains around 85 percent of the game which correlates to around 10 hours of game play.

This release also offers a multiplayer aspect with a deathmatch and six versus six team deathmatch on 6 reimagined maps from the franchise.  

"For the last 15 percent we want to not only recreate it, but improve upon it to make it an enjoyable and memorable experience." 

Black Mesa, which started a a Half-Life: Source mod long ago, has been worked on continuously overtime, with this release, it marks another grand stride the community has taken with the series.

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Payday Dev's Working on New Walking Dead Game

Overkill Software Walking Dead Game on PS4, Xbox One, and PC

By Hunter Braine

Payday developer Overkill Software is working on a cooperative FPS based in The Walking Dead universe.  This new title will be available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC and is set to launch in 2016

"We believe that 'Overkill's The Walking Dead,' represents a huge opportunity to duplicate, if not eclipse the success Payday 2 has enjoyed in the last few years by leveraging the existing business relationship between our two companies." - Digital Bros Raphael Galante

This new game will feature new characters as well as brand new story lines within The Walking Dead universe.  The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman said the game will be "PayDay-esque" but set in a bigger world. 

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