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Trion Worlds shocked the lot of us yesterday by announcing a sequel to Defiance called Defiance 2050. Using the same engine, upgraded and enhanced for modern consoles and PC, Defiance 2050 takes place four years after the original game, and promises enhanced visuals across all platforms, brand new content, new mechanics, new systems, the works. Here then, are our 5 things we want from Defiance 2050 that’ll make it better than the original.
Been in games long? Well then you have seen every possible payment model known to mankind. Now the ESRB is finally getting involved and talking about setting up warning labels for loot crates. Here is a hint, warning labels on anything never stopped people from getting what they wanted. If anything it could make the problem worse. However, we have to start somewhere.
If you’ve been wondering about how the ship system in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire work, look no further than the latest backer update from the good folks at Obsidian Entertainment. The best part is that it comes complete with sock puppets!
If you’ve been feeling a little flat lately, Kakao Games is going to cheer you up when today’s update goes live complete with a new 3D map. When you are in a location where the “topography is difficult to make out with the default view, the 3D minimap will automatically switch to top view”. The ability to rate the minimap is also another helpful feature added.
Daybreak Games is introducing a new gameplay mode to H1Z1 called Auto Royale, its unique twist on the battle royale genre. The goal is, of course, to be the last car driving. During Auto Royale, up to 30 teams of four players each are challenged to “out-drive, out-shoot and out-last the competition”. To do so, players will cruise the map looking for weapons, consumables and power ups…and send the competition to the junkyard.
Daybreak Games is introducing a new gameplay mode to H1Z1 called Auto Royale, its unique twist on the battle royale genre. The goal is, of course, to be the last car driving. During Auto Royale, up to 30 teams of four players each are challenged to “out-drive, out-shoot and out-last the competition”. To do so, players will cruise the map looking for weapons, consumables and power ups…and send the competition to the junkyard.
Late last week, Funcom began a countdown to reveal a brand new game in the company’s stable. Now we know that it is Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that comes complete with “a deep storyline set on a post-human Earth”. It will combine strategy and turn-based combat most recently seen in XCOM along with “real-time exploration and stealth gameplay”. The game is in development by former members of the Hitman team and Ulf Andersson, the original designer behind Payday.
According to Activision-Blizzard’s latest SEC Filing for the time period ending in December 2017, the company plans to release a number of expansions, events and DLC for existing products, but also includes the news that the company also plans “releases of remastered versions of titles from [its] library of IP”. In addition, there are at least two new mobile games coming from ATVI, including one “social casino game” from King”.
After a series of clues seemingly leading pretty much nowhere or to Torbjorn’s daughter as the next hero coming to Overwatch, today’s “clue” from Blizzard seems to be pointing to JetPack Cat after all. The picture shows a cat’s tail, a drawn cat face and “KattMatt” written on a sticky note. In addition, the word “morrh�r” appears on schematic of what could be a teeny tiny jet pack shaped into a lion’s head. What does morrh�r mean? Whiskers!
Console players of Elder Scrolls Online who have been feeling a bit left out from their PC brothers and sisters can now rejoice: Dragon Bones is now available for them either as part of ESO Plus or as a separate purchase from the Crown Shop.