2K announced today that former Baylor University center Isaiah Austin is now available as a playable free agent in NBA 2K15 on all platforms. To celebrate his remarkable courage and character during his career-ending diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, 2K conducted facial scanning with Isaiah at the NBA 2K studios to fulfill one more part of the dream of any aspiring basketball athlete by becoming an in-game player in NBA 2K15.
German publisher astragon Software and developer weltenbauer today announced the release of Construction Simulator 2015 for PC on Steam. Just as in the mobile version, in Construction Simulator 2015 the player assumes the role of a builder who sets out to expand a newly inherited construction company and vehicle fleet. The player fulfills construction and supply contracts and works to the top from small-time contractor to the largest construction tycoon in town.
Aksys Games today announced Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, the newest installment in the fighting game series, is now available in stores nationwide and for digital download exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. From now until January 5th, Aksys Games has made available for free the DLC character Elphelt in celebration of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-‘s release.
Pitting the fabled city-states of Sparta, Athens, Corinth and the Boiotian League against one another in a recreation of the Peloponnesian Wars, Wrath of Sparta is a campaign expansion for Total War: Rome II that lets you define the very destiny of ancient Greece. Wrath of Sparta is available now on Steam for $14.99.
Frontier Developments today launched Elite: Dangerous, the fourth game in the Elite series.
Elite: Dangerous was crowdfunded via Kickstarter and Frontier Developments’ own website, beginning in November 2012. Throughout 2014, backers have had access to the game’s Alpha, Beta and Gamma stages.
Elite: Dangerous is available now at elitedangerous.com/store for $59.99.
Rockstar Games presents a new trailer for the four-player co-op mode for Grand Theft Auto Online that allows players to plan, prepare and execute multi-tiered Heists across Los Santos and Blaine County. These will require tight communication and coordination, with players taking on specified roles at each point to accomplish multiple objectives on the way to each Heist’s epic finale. Featuring new gameplay, new vehicles, new weapons, new clothing and much more, GTA Online Heists are coming early in 2015 to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 and PC.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions today released Lord of the Hunt, a new Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor story mission expansion pack. Lord of the Hunt is available now for purchase and to Season Pass holders for download on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One. In Lord of the Hunt, Sauron has dispatched lethal Beastmaster Warchiefs to exterminate the monsters of Mordor. Talion will join Torvin the Dwarven Hunter and use his powers of Domination to turn these menacing new beasts against the Warchiefs, proving that Mordor cannot be tamed.
2K and Gearbox Software announced today that the new add-on content pack for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack: The Holodome Onslaught is now available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Included in the add-on content pack, The Holodome Onslaught features a new challenge arena where players will fight wave after wave of new enemies while earning new loot, including weapons, class mods, and heads and skins. It also adds all-new narrative content with appearances from veteran Vault Hunters Gaige and Axton. Additionally, this add-on content pack contains the Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack, which raises the level cap to 60, giving each playable character ten new levels as well as the ability to earn ten new skill points.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack: The Holodome Onslaught is the second of four add-on content packs for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and is included in the Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Season Pass. Each add-on content pack will also be available individually for $9.99.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode is also available today for PS3 and PC users via a free update, adding a third playthrough making the game more difficult as enemies scale up to your current level as well as adding the ability to reset campaign progress at any time.
2K today announced availability of multiple DLC offerings for WWE 2K15, including the WCW Pack, which features playable WCW Superstars Bam Bam Bigelow, Diamond Dallas Page, Fit Finlay, Lord Steven Regal and Lex Luger. The WCW Pack is available for $7.99.
In addition, also available today are two playable versions of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan for $2.99, as well as two playable versions of iconic performer Sting for $2.99. The playable Hulk Hogan characters were initially featured as part of the WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition, while the playable Sting characters were featured as part of the WWE 2K15 pre-order offer.
Finally, WWE Diva Paige is available now exclusively for fans who purchase WWE 2K15’s Season Pass Program. For a one-time cost of $24.99, a savings of more than 20% versus individual content purchases, players will receive the following items as they become available: Exclusive access to Paige; access to the Accelerator; access to all three 2K Showcase stories (One More Match, Hall of Pain and Path of the Warrior).
CD Projekt RED today revealed details about previously-hinted-at playable character. We now know who she is: Ciri, the ashen-haired girl from an ancient prophecy. A descendant in a long-lost Elven-blood lineage, Ciri plays an important role in the Witcher lore — a powerful, living weapon capable of both healing and destroying the world she inhabits.
CD Projekt RED decided that introducing another character and telling parts of the story from her perspective would greatly benefit the overall experience. Adding Ciri as a playable character unlocks quite a few narrative possibilities for the team, though while Ciri is a major character, she is not a playable character in the same way as Geralt — the game is still about him, his story and how you, as the player, choose to face the choices and encounters in front of you.
Ciri boasts exceptional swordfighting abilities, as well as several unique skills that will gradually unlock as you play. She’s fast and agile, she can blink (as seen in the Elder Blood trailer), but — most importantly — there’s something dormant in her, a mythical power, but CD Projekt RED will say more about that in the future.
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