During PlayStation’s The Future of Gaming livestream, Annapurna Interactive revealed three games that will be released as PlayStation 5 console exclusives. The publisher announced Stray as the latest addition to the Annapurna Interactive roster with a reveal trailer, while showing a new trailer for Solar Ash and sharing new footage of the upcoming The Pathless.
Created by French studio BlueTwelve, Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Set to launch in 2021, players will play as a stray cat, roaming surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen threats and solve the mysteries of this unwelcoming place inhabited by nothing but unassuming droids and dangerous creatures.
Launching in 2021, Solar Ash brings the style of Heart Machine, creators of Hyper Light Drifter, to a fully 3D world. In Solar Ash, players explore the Ultravoid, an unstoppable rift of despair ripping through space, with fast, fluid traversal, massive encounters and heartbreaking stories.
Takedown at the Guardian Breach – a new endgame gauntlet designed to put your skills and gear to the ultimate test – is now available as a free addition to Borderlands 3. The game’s latest free content update provides a demanding, high-level challenge for all players. Plus, a new patch modifies Mayhem Mode 2.0, Borderlands 3’s end-game leveling system.
This new Takedown is an extreme challenge that scales to the number of players in your party but is intended to push a full party of four leveled-up Vault Hunters to the limit. Together you’ll undertake a reconnaissance mission to the planet of Minos Prime to locate the source of a mysterious Guardian signal. Upon arrival, you’ll be besieged by a sect of rogue Guardians who have irrevocably transformed Minos Prime.
Along with new enemies, low-gravity platforming sections, and environmental puzzles, you’ll have to overcome both a miniboss and a final boss encounter. Should you survive, you’ll be rewarded with a host of new items, including themed weapons, gear, and collectible cosmetics.
Activision today launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season Four, including a new operator, Captain Price, three new free maps across Multiplayer, Ground War and Gunfight.
In Warzone, fans can experience new ways to play with in-match updates, including Fire Sale, Jailbreak and Supply Chopper. Warzone players can also enjoy two new limited time modes during the season, including Juggernaut Royale and Realism. Additionally, Warzone Rumble expands players’ squads in 50v50 large team battle.
Bandai Namco announced today that the release date for The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam has been moved to Fall 2020. In a letter from Supermassive’s CEO and Executive Producer on The Dark Pictures Anthology, Pete Samuels writes:
I’m Pete Samuels, CEO of Supermassive and Executive Producer on The Dark Pictures Anthology. I hope that you are all safe and well. Our industry, and the entire world, have been faced with an unprecedented situation over the last few months. Since the COVID-19 crisis hit in March, Supermassive Games has had our 200 strong team working from home. Our priority, throughout has been the safety of our team.
We have now been working successfully at home for some time, with the entire team committed to delivering the best possible games. With that in mind it rests with me to make the unfortunate announcement that Little Hope will be delayed past the Summer release already announced, now targeting Fall 2020.
Our priority has been to keep people safe, and that includes actors and stage crews on whose talents we depend so heavily, other workforces external to our business who all help to create the games we make, and all the talented people that work within our studio. We will continue to follow government and industry body advice and will only embark on any element of development when such advice tells that it is safe to do so.
Stay safe,
Pete
Bandai Namco presents the animated opening video for the color action-puzzle game Mr. Driller DrillLand, coming in digital form for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on June 25th.
Developer Outsiders and publisher Funcom today announced the upcoming rhythm FPS, Metal: Hellsinger, due to release on PC, as well as current and next-generation PlayStation and Xbox in 2021.
Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS, where your ability to shoot on beat will increase your power and intensify the music. Featuring an original soundtrack with vocals from metal icons such as Matt Heafy (Trivium) and Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Metal: Hellsinger innovates both the rhythm and FPS genre with layered music. Each level will have its own song, and every song will be divided into multiple layers. Your performance will impact how many layers of the song will be played at a time, starting with atmospheric background music, and ending with powerful metal anthems.
Bandai Namco today announced that Namco Museum Archives Vols 1 and 2 will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on June 10th through digital storefronts. Each volume of Namco Museum Archives features 10 8-bit home console versions of arcade hits such as Pac-Man and Galaga, as well as some classics that never made it to Western consoles including Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti and Dragon Buster II.
In addition, both volumes include a “new” title developed specifically for Namco Museum Archives. Vol 1 includes an 8-bit reimagining of Pac-Man Championship Edition, while Vol 2 adds an 8-bit home console version of Gaplus, the sequel to Galaga.
Namco Museum Archives Vol 1
Namco Museum Archives Vol 2
Catch 15 minutes of brand new gameplay footage of Bounty of Blood, Borderlands 3’s third campaign add-on – a gritty Western tale filled with new characters and added gameplay features – ahead of its June 25th release date.
Sony Interactive Entertainment and Naughty Dog present the official launch trailer for The Last of Us Part II ahead of the game’s release on June 19th for the PlayStation 4.
Publisher Kalypso Media and in-house developer Gaming Minds Studios today released the Port Royale 4 ‘Explorer Video’, showcasing the world of the upcoming 17th century trading sim and its accompanying orchestral soundtrack. Port Royale 4 is set to launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 25th.
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