Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions today revealed new details about Lord of the Hunt, the first DLC expansion pack for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, available for purchase and to Season Pass holders later this year.
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.
Atari today announced the availability of pre-orders for its latest PC titles, Alone in the Dark: Illumination and Haunted House: Cryptic Graves. Ahead of Halloween, the announcement features an exclusive discount and bonus item, with pre-orders of these survival horror games available now on Steam.
The pre-order bonus pack for Alone in the Dark: Illumination “Eldritch Edition” includes limited-edition character and weapon skins, as well as early access during the game’s beta launch starting later this fall.
The pre-order package for Haunted House: Cryptic Graves includes a 15% discount.
Full releases of both titles will debut in Holiday 2014.
Daedalic Entertainment has released a new video interview with actors Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson as they present their roles and talk about their reunion in the upcoming adventure game Randal’s Monday, coming November 12th for PC.
BioWare today announced that the Dragon Age Keep is now available in open beta. The Dragon Age Keep is a story creation web app that will give fans an opportunity to discover and shape the legacy, heroes and world around their personal story in Dragon Age: Inquisition, launching November 18th. To access Dragon Age Keep from a modern web browser, players can visit www.dragonagekeep.com and log-in with their Origin account.
Microsoft Studios has released the cinematic launch trailer for Halo 2 Anniversary, included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming November 11th to Xbox One. The cinematic launch trailer features completely new cut-scenes created by Blur Studios.
Nival Interactive has released the first English gameplay video of Blitzkrieg 3 showcasing the role base building plays in the upcoming World War II real-time strategy game expected to release in early 2015 for PC.
Ubisoft today announced that The Crew closed beta will take place from November 6th to November 10th for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Players who pre-order The Crew will gain guaranteed access to the closed beta. Other players willing to participate in the beta can register on the waiting list, www.thecrewgame.com/beta.
The closed beta will allow players to explore the entire United States and complete challenges in two of the five regions available in the game, the Midwest and East Coast.
The PvP lobbies in these regions will also be accessible for players who want to prove their competitive skills. For those who like to customize and fine-tune their ride, two of the five spec classes, Street and Dirt, will be available.
The closed beta will be accessible to all Xbox Live and PlayStation Network members, however some online features will require an Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus membership.
The Crew will be available on December 2nd for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PC.
Sega and Relic Entertainment today launched a new update for the real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2 adding two new community features to the game – Observer Mode and Mod Tools.
Observer Mode allows players to sync up and watch live multiplayer matches as they unfold. The feature will let them view games from a variety of different angles, at different speeds and player perspectives, and grants access to live data that was previously inaccessible. It provides viewers the opportunity to analyze strategies and learn from the best players in the world. Players can also broadcast their feed through the integrated Twitch interface and showcase their skills to a broader audience.
Mod Tools are an eagerly awaited addition to Company of Heroes 2’s roster of community centric features and will equip the modding community with even more opportunities to create their own custom content. Allowing players to modify existing content to refine the game experience and giving them options to establish their own win conditions and game rules will ultimately create even more and diverse content available for everyone to enjoy.
Little Orbit, together with Cartoon Network Enterprises, announced today that Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom has gone gold and will launch on November 18th for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Nintendo 3DS.
Techland today announced that Dying Light, the first-person zombie action survival game, will be released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, while development on the previously-announced Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions has now ceased. The reason for Techland’s revised publishing plan has been explained in an open letter to fans:
Dear Gamers,
As you probably know, we’re wrapping up the development of Dying Light, our biggest and most ambitious project to date. We spent the last three years making sure that all the features of our game add up to create a truly next-gen experience.
Much of this “next-gen feel” is tightly connected to the technological side of Dying Light. For instance, up to 200,000 objects can be displayed in the game at once. Add to this our use of realistic, physics-based lighting technology and you really start to push the next-gen systems to the limits. Features like these along with our core gameplay pillars – such as the player-empowering Natural Movement, threefold character development system, and vast open world – are all an inherent part of how Dying Light plays. However, combining all of these into one fluid experience is only possible on technologically advanced platforms.
Therefore, after thorough internal testing, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to leave past-gen systems behind and release Dying Light exclusively on the next-gen consoles and PC. Put simply, older consoles just couldn’t run the game and stay true to the core vision of Dying Light at the same time.
To ensure you enjoy Dying Light as much as we would like you to, we chose to release it without any compromises on the three strongest systems available. Thanks to this, you’ll get the full and best experience regardless of the platform you play on.
We hope you understand the hard choice we’ve had to make. With the launch just around the corner, we can’t wait to show you Dying Light in the state it was meant to be. We’re looking forward to your reactions and impressions as we release the game in January 2015.
Game Over Online