Fictiorama and Daedalic Entertainment today announced that the fan-funded, point-and-click adventure Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today is now available for PC on Steam, GOG and other major online stores for $19.99.
Paradox Interactive today announced that Magicka: Wizard Wars will be officially released on April 28th.
Activision has released the first teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, hinting that the game will be officially revealed on April 26th.
Triumph Studios has released a new gameplay video for Age of Wonders III: Eternal Lords, with 27 minutes of Let’s Play-style commentary from the team. The Age of Wonders III expansion is set for release on April 14th.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group today announced LEGO Dimensions, an all-new entertainment experience that merges physical LEGO brick building with interactive console gameplay. Launching September 27th, the game will fuse many fan-favorite universes together, including DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago, Back to the Future, and many more still to be announced. LEGO Dimensions will be available for Xbox One and Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, and Wii U.
For the first time in any LEGO videogame, characters from iconic entertainment franchises join forces and battle in worlds outside of their own. In addition to the game, the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack will include the LEGO Toy Pad, which allows players to transport special LEGO minifigures and other LEGO objects into the game, bricks to build the LEGO Gateway, three LEGO Minifigures, including LEGO Batman from DC Comics, LEGO Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie, plus the LEGO Batmobile.
In addition to the three minifigure heroes used to start the experience, LEGO Dimensions will allow gamers to customize their experience with additional expansion packs. Level Packs, Team Packs and Fun Packs will provide new buildable characters, vehicles, tools and gadgets, as well as game content with new mission-based levels and unique in-game abilities. All expansion packs will feature well-known properties and provide gamers the opportunity to use everything interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game – with no limitations.
A small sample of packs available in 2015 include the Back to the Future Level Pack with a LEGO Marty McFly minifigure, a LEGO Ninjago Team Pack with Kai and Cole minifigures, three Ninjago Fun Packs with Jay, Nya and Zane minifigures, two DC Comics Fun Packs with Wonder Woman and Cyborg minifigures, three The Lord of the Rings Fun Packs with LEGO Gollum, LEGO Gimli and LEGO Legolas minifigures, four The LEGO Movie Fun packs with Emmet, Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty characters, and a The Wizard of Oz Fun Pack with a LEGO Wicked Witch of the West minifigure. Additional packs to round out the 2015 assortment will be announced in the months leading to launch. Further waves of expansion packs will be released regularly following the launch of the game and into 2016.
Turtle Rock Studios and 2K challenge the Evolve community to land 1,000,000 successful rock throws on Hunters while playing as Goliath this weekend between 12:01 AM ET on Friday, April 10th and 12:01 AM ET on Monday, April 13th. If the challenge is met by the community, everyone who plays Evolve during that time will be rewarded with the Goliath Voodoo Skin.
Indie developer IF Games has released a developer diary video for Perils of Man with ex-LucasArts’ designer Bill Tiller and 1954: Alcatraz’ Gene Mocsy, two of the industry veterans who have helped turn the adventure game series into a reality. Perils of Man is set to release via Steam on April 28th.
Zero Sum Games and Iceberg Interactive announced today that the 4X space strategy game StraDrive 2 is now available on PC via Steam. In StarDrive 2, players will reach into the unexplored regions of space fully loaded with options to engage in real-time space combat or enter into the all new ground combat, partner with friendly factions, research new technologies, design new ships, and much more.
In a series of trailers designed to showcase the strengths and weaknesses of each of the three factions in Act of Aggression, Eugen Systems introduces the US Army, a tough veteran force taking advantage of heavy specialization, with some of the strongest individual units in the game.
Act of Aggression is scheduled to launch this spring on PC.
Atlus has released a new trailer for Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight, introducing the game’s protagonist and story mode. Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold will be available this summer for the Nintendo 3DS.
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