Rebellion today debuted 10 minutes of brand new gameplay footage from their upcoming spy-fi lair-builder, Evil Genius 2, featuring commentary from Lead Designer Rich Edwards and Producer Ash Tregay. The new footage delves into the Evil Genius 2 tutorial, showcasing some of the game’s base-building mechanics, establishing and advancing your criminal networks on the world stage, and a few of the many ways you can stop enemy agents from uncovering your lair’s dastardly secrets. Evil Genius 2 will be available March 30th on Steam.
On February 17th, visit worlds virtual, fantastic and oddly familiar when three Super NES games and one NES game join the Nintendo Switch Online service.
Available for the first time in the U.S., Psycho Dream is arriving to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online library. Originally available on the Super Famicom in Japan, Psycho Dream is a reality-bending action platformer that sends you into a virtual fantasy game to rescue a missing person.
Also joining the Super NES library are Doomsday Warrior, an action game in which you alone stand against the powerful Doom Squad and their quest for world domination, and Prehistorik Man, a colorful action game that tasks you with saving your village from hungry, hungry dinosaurs.
Plus, Fire ’n Ice, the magical, flame-fighting puzzler that lets you create cool puzzles of your own, will be arriving for the Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online collection.
Activision today announced Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time will launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on March 12th. The game will also be coming to PC via Battle.net later this year. Players who already have Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One will be able to upgrade to next-gen at no cost.
Skybound Entertainment today announced a partnership with Striking Distance Studios and Krafton that will help bring The Callisto Protocol, a single-player, narrative driven survival horror game, to PC and consoles in 2022. With its expertise in building horror-themed transmedia brand extensions, Skybound will act as a strategic partner for Striking Distance Studios and publisher Krafton, bringing its global marketing and distribution capabilities to the game.
Today, Ubisoft announced that Anno 1800 is releasing a Season 3 Pass composed of three DLCs, “Docklands,” “Tourist Season,” “The High Life,” as well as three exclusive ornaments. The Season 3 Pass will invite players to discover harbour trades, tourism, and manage big city-building heights.
“Docklands” is the first DLC from Season 3, releasing on February 23rd. Anno fans will transform their city by building a modular warehouse district, starting with the main building, which is inspired by the world-famous “Speicherstadt” (the world’s largest warehouse district and an UNESCO World Heritage site in Hamburg, Germany). Docklands will also provide Anno 1800 with a new way of trading, allowing players to export rare goods and reinforce their economy. Alongside Captain Tobias Morris, who will be the link between the players and companies all over the world, players are given the possibility to encounter interesting exports and become a market leader.
Season 3 Pass will also introduce players to the tourism industry through “Tourist Season,” scheduled for spring 2021. Players, among others, will keep visitors entertained with activities and delicious dishes from their best restaurants, while also setting up a tour bus network in their cities. “The High Life,” on the other hand, will teach Anno adepts how to manage a big city full of skyscrapers, and how to satisfy demanding citizens with new commercial goods and malls in Summer 2021. This will permit players to customize their Anno 1800’s Old World session with brand new elements, such as new monuments, a hotel, restaurants, buildings, and malls to progress their city.
There will be two Anno 1800 Year 3 Editions, available as of today:
These will be available, replacing the old editions. In addition to the three DLCs, Anno 1800 will receive free Game Updates to accompany each DLC release, which will focus on improving the gaming experience.
Anno is available on the Ubisoft Store and Epic Games Store for PC. Season Pass 3 will be available for $19.99 (savings of $5). Individually, the DLCs cost $6.99 for “Docklands,” and $8.99 for both “Tourist Season” and “The High Life.”
Today, Bandai Namco has released the launch trailer for the macabre adventure game, Little Nightmares II, which is launching on February 11th on current generation consoles, PC via Steam and Google Stadia. Little Nightmares II will also be available later in 2021 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with a free upgrade for owners of the PS4 or Xbox One version.
NIS America today debuted a new gameplay trailer for R-Type Final 2 ahead of the game’s release on April 30th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
CD Projekt Red announced that a new season of Journey is now underway in GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. Journey is GWENT’s progression system with over 100 levels, each containing unique rewards. Completing special weekly quests and winning games across Standard, Seasonal, and Draft game modes will earn you progress and unlock new items. Journey’s fourth season will last for the next three months and is themed around Yennefer of Vengerberg — one of the Continent’s greatest sorceresses, and Geralt of Rivia’s true love.
Slitherine and Black Lab Games today announced Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, a new turn-based strategy game set in the Warhammer sci-fi setting imagined by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector will be released on PC in May 2021; a console version (Xbox One and PlayStation 4) will follow in the summer.
Treyarch published a blog post today that introduces League Play in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. League Play officially launches in Black Ops Cold War at 7am ET / 10am PT Monday, February 8th. Additionally, the Call of Duty League 2021 season is kicking off this weekend, February 11-14.
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