EA and Final Strike Games launched Season 1 of Rocket Arena earlier this week. To celebrate the new content, Rocket Arena will be available to play for free for a limited time.
Players interested in trying Rocket Arena for free can access the game through:
As a thank you, fans who played Rocket Arena prior to Season 1 saw a bonus of 3,000 Rocket Fuel added to their account, which can be redeemed for cosmetic items and/or seasonal Blast Passes through Season 3. These early pioneers of the game will also find 10 animated outfits in their accounts representing each of the launch characters.
Bandai Namco announced today that Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost ON has officially launched on the PlayStation 4. The 2-on-2 Extreme Vs. mecha combat game was originally released exclusively for Japanese arcades and is now available in the West for the first time.
Today, Square Enix released the second Marvel’s Avengers War Table digital stream, providing an in-depth look at the game’s upcoming beta program, which begins on August 7th.
The beta will include several single-player missions, as well as a large selection of additional missions that can be played solo with your AI Avengers team or co-op with up to four players. In one mission, players take on the role of young Super Hero Kamala Khan and team up with Hulk as they infiltrate an AIM base in the forests of the American Pacific Northwest, hot on the trail of the last known location of JARVIS. Later they take the Quinjet to a remote War Zone in the frozen Russian tundra to uncover SHIELD secrets hidden in a deep underground bunker.
The Marvel’s Avengers War Table also gave a sneak peek at one of the first heroes that will be added to the game after launch at no additional cost: Clint Barton’s Hawkeye. In an original story-arc, players wield Clint’s high-tech bow and trick arrows in missions either solo or co-op online with friends. More information about this and additional post-launch content, including the new villain and other content debuting with Hawkeye’s story, will be available soon.
Curve Digital today revealed that the first game based on the Peaky Blinders TV series, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, will launch across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August 20th.
Taking place immediately before the events of the show’s very first season, players will join the Shelby family’s criminal organization as they discover a sinister plot to put Tommy out of business. Players must plan and enact strategies by taking direct control of key members of the Shelby family simultaneously over the same timeline, moving characters into position at exactly the right moment in order to navigate challenging scenarios.
Sega has announced that Yakuza Kiwami 2 is available starting today for Xbox One, Windows 10, and Xbox Game Pass. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the first Yakuza game available to Xbox One and Windows 10 players utilizing Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Dragon Engine, which features vastly improved graphics and performance, as well as seamless transitions when entering and exiting buildings or combat.
2K today revealed details behind the state-of-the-art mapping technology and process used to bring Tournament Players Club (TPC) courses to life in PGA Tour 2K21. The Course Mapping process provides realistic and accurate course environments in-game, and the tech is on full display in a new trailer featuring TPC course East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
PGA Tour 2K21 will be available on August 21st for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and PC via Steam.
SNK announced today that Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection is now available for download on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Starting today, fans of the Samurai Shodown series can relive the nostalgia of the original six games in addition to one brand new, “long lost” title in the series.
Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection includes the following titles:
Studio MDHR today announced that the run and gun action game Cuphead is now available on PlayStation 4. To celebrate the launch on PS4, Studio MDHR worked with Toronto-based studio Stop Motion Department to create a brand new animated short.
Today, Frontier Developments takes us through the process of bringing Planet Coaster to console in their latest Dev Diary – “Expanding the Experience”. Planet Coaster: Console Edition is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X this Holiday.
Bandai Namco announced today that a new single player mode will be available for Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost ON when it officially launches for the PlayStation 4 on July 30th. The mode will feature unlockable missions that players can take on and bosses to compete against. This new single player content is in addition to the online mode that allows users to battle with competing pilots.