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Added Physical Content in Xbox One Collector’s Edition of The Witcher 3

CD Projekt RED has revealed the inclusion of additional physical content in the Xbox One Collector’s Edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

The Xbox One Collector’s Edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt now contains:

• The standard edition of the game, containing: the official soundtrack, a detailed map of the in-game world, unique stickers, and the developer-created “Witcher Universe – The Compendium”
• A 33x24x26 cm, 100% hand painted, Polystone figure of Geralt of Rivia battling a Griffin
• An exclusive, collector grade Witcher medallion
• A SteelBook
• A two-hundred page artbook, containing art from the game
• A cloth map of the game world
• Two Gwent card decks
• Outer and inner Collector’s Boxes you can store your Witcher merchandise in

It’s Madden Season

EA Sports kicked off Madden Season with a humorous ad campaign video featuring Kevin Hart and Dave Franco. The video demonstrates how friends become frenemies during Madden Season, when rivalries heat up and you’ll stop at nothing to get the win.

Citizens of Earth Delayed

Atlus today announced they are pushing back the release of Citizens of Earth from October to November.

Pharrell Williams Talks NBA 2K15 Soundtrack

To celebrate the release of Pharrell’s soundtrack selections in NBA 2K15, 2K has released a “Pharrell talks soundtrack” live video in which the Grammy Award winner discusses some of the elements in choosing certain tracks, and the influence of those artists on his career to date.

Total War: Rome II Content Update and New DLC

Total War: Rome II players will find their game updated via Steam today with a new, free content pack. The August Warriors Update adds unique units such as the Hex-Bearers, Amazonian Riders and Scythian Noblewomen to several playable factions, and includes a significant upgrade to the Suebi roster.

Also available for purchase today, the Daughters of Mars Unit Pack brings fearsome new warriors to Rome II. Whether in defence of their homelands or called upon to fulfil their part in glorious conquest, female combatants featured throughout the ancient world. Adding a swift and deadly mix of fighting styles and abilities to the fray, generals will wisely place value on those who aspire to be the avatars of the war gods themselves!

Daughters of Mars expands the faction rosters of Rome, the Lusitani, the Suebi and Sparta. These new units can also be hired as mercenaries from specific provinces, whichever faction you play as.

Assassin’s Creed Unity – Commented Solo Gameplay

Watch 11 minutes of uncut single player Assassin’s Creed Unity gameplay. Narrated by Creative Director Alex Amancio, follow a full single player assassination mission from start to finish and experience the new gameplay elements. You’ll get a look at the all new parkour system, enhanced stealth, and the beautiful city of Paris.

Disney Infinity 2.0 Toy Box Features Unveiled

Disney Interactive today announced a detailed list of new Toy Box features that will debut in the new Disney Infinity (2.0 Edition) when it hits retail stores next month.

The new Disney Infinity Toy Box 2.0 Edition features include:

Toy Box Tools – Procedural generation of content can now be accessed and harnessed through two primary systems:

• Creators – Tools that the player can place into the world in real-time, and a themed arrangement will be procedurally build that world within minutes.
• Builders – Non-player characters (NPCs) that a player can drop into their Toy Box to build out detailed worlds.

Templates – Players can use these pre-built Toy Box Games ranging from battle arenas to race tracks and customize them using the items saved in their personal Toy Boxes.

Toy Box Games – The Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Starter Pack will feature Toy Box Game discs, which players can use to access standalone game modes including Tower Defense and Dungeon Crawler games that any character from across the Disney Infinity universe can play.

Interiors – Players can now create their own interior levels where they can build rooms and theme them to their favorite characters. Unlock hundreds of furniture pieces and decorations based on iconic Disney and Marvel properties.

New Toys – New toys allow players to make more detailed games with beginnings, endings, winners, losers, result screens and virtually any type of game including races, battles, collection-based games, defense games or exploration adventures.

• Challenge Maker – Allows players to create any type of game, including structured games within the Toy Box.
• Toy Box Game Maker – Allows creators to restrict core actions typically available in the Toy Box, such as the use of the magic wand.
• Text Creator – Allows builders to write their own text bubbles in the Toy Box. All text is filtered through a safe chat server for friendly writing.
• Creativi-Toys – More than 75 new Creativi-Toys allow players to customize their Toy Boxes even further.

Improved On-Boarding – The introductory Toy Box will now be filled with Game Play Hosts who are available to assign missions and answer questions, as needed. Players are free to learn and explore on their own, but can ask a host for help and they’ll even be rewarded with extra goodies once missions are completed.

Updated Online Services – A Newsfeed screen has been added to the main menu, giving the user an overview of the new online services:

• Increased Storage – Storage for locally saved Toy Boxes in a player’s private cloud has increased from 100 to 300 Toy Boxes. Support for downloadable published Toy Boxes has increased from 100 to 100,000 Toy Boxes.
• Like and Search User-Generated Toy Boxes – Players can “like” their favorite published Toy Boxes and find others that are well received. Quickly search through the published Toy Boxes using categories (developer picks, most liked, most downloaded, newest, trending, all Toy Boxes and Disney 1.0), and further refine the search with filters (genre, character required, ability required and Toy Box Games).
• Sharing with Friends – Share Toy Boxes with friends directly using cloud storage.

Neverwinter: Tyranny of Dragons Launches

Perfect World Entertainemnt today announced that Neverwinter’s newest content update – Tyranny of Dragons – has officially launched. Neverwinter: Tyranny of Dragons brings forth one of the largest content updates for the Dungeon & Dragons MMORPG, including a new playable class, a new playable race, new heroic encounters and a new dungeon and skirmish for adventurers to explore.

Starting today, players can play as the Scourge Warlock class. Offered as part of the free update, the Scourge Warlock focuses on ranged damage and curse mechanics, making it an excellent support role for parties. The new Scourge Warlock adds unique options for teams of players as they battle through regions overrun with the Cult of the Dragon, culminating in new heroic encounters with several dragons from Dungeons & Dragons lore.

Invisible, Inc. on Steam Early Access Next Week

Klei Entertainment announced that Invisible, Inc. will be coming to Steam Early Access next week. To celebrate, they’ve released a new trailer providing a taste of this procedurally generated, turn-based espionage game.

Galactic Civilizations III Enters Beta

The third game in the 4X space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III is now in beta and available on Steam Early Access for $44.99, five dollars off its regular $49.99 price.