Koei Tecmo today announced that Dynasty Warriors 9 Trial, a new free version of the franchise, is now available for the PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam, and will be available on the Xbox One on November 21st.
Dynasty Warriors 9 Trial enables fans to choose up to three characters from the roster of 90 total playable characters in a small sampling of Dynasty Warriors 9’s story mode as they set off to explore the open-world of China; with the fate of the Han Dynasty hanging in the balance. Online co-op will also be available for gamers to test out alongside other Trial members, or players who already own the full game.
Out of the Park Developments today announced the release of a public beta of Out of the Park Baseball 19 featuring Perfect Team, its new online baseball multiplayer strategy mode. Out of the Park Baseball 19 owners and subscribers can participate for free. The game is available via Steam, Origin, Origin Access, or directly from Out of the Park Developments.
Perfect Team is a completely new game mode in the Out of the Park Baseball strategy game. Players compete against each other in a dynamic online league universe, fielding their own versions of “Perfect Teams” pulled from digital baseball cards collected over time. Teams battle each other in simulated online leagues of 30 teams each, featuring 5 league levels (Rookie Leagues, Single A, Double A, Triple A, Major Leagues).
Players put their teams together by collecting special Perfect Team cards, assembling lineups, defining tactics, and customizing their team color scheme, name, location, weather, and ballpark. Simulations run 28 times a day, in 30-minute intervals. At that pace, an entire season is completed within one week. Between simulations, players can make changes to their team (such as modifying lineups, strategies, and tactics), scouting their upcoming opponents, making roster moves, and acquiring more cards via packs or the marketplace.
After a season is over, the top teams of a league are promoted to the next level, while the bottom teams are relegated to a league one level below. The ultimate goal is to reach one of the Major Leagues with a Perfect Team, compete for World Series titles, and climb the ranking of the best Perfect Team managers.
Today, Ubisoft announced that Brawlhalla, its free-to-play platform fighter game currently available on PC and PlayStation 4, is now also available on the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Additionally, an update across all available platforms adds Ubisoft’s Rayman into Brawlhalla’s cast of Legends, new skins from Rayman’s universe of characters and a new Kung Foot mode.
Today, Ubisoft revealed the first details of “Operation Wind Bastion” which will feature two new Operators, one Attacker and one Defender hailing from the Kingdom of Morocco. Operation Wind Bastion will also introduce a new Fortress map, which will be the first ever map to be heavily associated with an Operator.
Fortress, a military training facility located in the Atlas Mountains, will provide players with a rare opportunity to test their skills inside a mudbrick Kasbah with architecture unique to the southern region of Morocco. The map will be comprised of two distinguishable sections offering a variety of open space, points of cover, and lines of sight for both close and long range engagements.
The full reveal of Year 3 Season 4 content for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be made November 18th during the Pro League Finals taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kalypso Media today announced that PC pre-orders for Tropico 6 will be available on Tropico6.com, Steam and other digital retailers including Humble Bundle, GamersGate and Green Man Gaming later today. For fans who don’t want to wait, Tropico 6 is already available to pre-order on the Kalypso Shop right now. By pre-ordering the latest installment of the dictator sim, fans will get instant access to the updated closed PC beta as well as securing a 10% discount. Kalypso also offers an additional 15% discount for new customers ordering for the first time via the Kalypso Shop.
The PC beta itself will be the most up to date version, with all recently added content from the first beta update as well as an all new mission and new sandbox mode.
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight demos are now available on PlayStation 4. Ahead of the full games’ December 4th launch, these demos contain four songs each from P3D and P5D, including P3D’s Burn My Dread (Novoiski Remix), Light the Fire Up in the Night, P5D’s Rivers in the Desert (Mito Remix), Blooming Villain, and more, giving players a sample of the full list of tunes.
Today, 2K announced that two DLC packs for WWE 2K19 are now available for purchase: the Ronda Rousey & Rey Mysterio Pack, as well as the Wooooo! Edition Pack.
With the Ronda Rousey & Rey Mysterio Pack, not only can you defeat your opponent with the “Baddest Woman on the Planet” and the “Master of the 619,” but you can take on new in-game challenges through two new Towers: Ronda Has Arrived and Rey Returns:
The Wooooo! Edition Pack is also set to style and profile with Ric Flair and a host of content, including:
Need more Naitch? Test your skills in the “The Nature Boy” Tower, where you can compete as Ric and go up against the aforementioned playable Superstars. If you complete the Tower, you’ll earn in-game currency as well.
The WWE 2K19 Ronda Rousey & Rey Mysterio Pack and the Wooooo! Edition Pack are available now for $7.99 each. Additional content packages will release in late 2018 and early 2019.
Square Enix today announced it has become a 20% shareholder in Derby-based Bulkhead Interactive, the indie developer behind The Turing Test and Battalion 1944.
Square Enix Collective and Bulkhead Interactive will continue to collaborate on Battalion 1944 throughout its Early Access period, building up to full launch in early 2019. In addition, Bulkhead will begin work on creating a new IP for Square Enix; more details on this will be announced later in development.
Bulkhead Interactive has previously collaborated with Square Enix on two games, The Turing Test published for PC in 2016 and Battalion 1944 released onto Early Access on Steam in February 2018 via the Collective label.
AOne Games and Soedesco today released the PlayStation 4 exclusive fighting game Omen of Sorrow. Inspired by age-old myths and legends, Omen of Sorrow is now available digitally with a physical release set for November 16th.
Square Enix welcomes new adventurers to discover the world of Grymoire in World of Final Fantasy Maxima, which is now available on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam.
This enhanced, upgraded version of World of Final Fantasy adds an all-new Avatar Change system that allows players to add fan-favorite Final Fantasy champions – including Cloud (Final FAntasy VII), Yuna (Final Fantasy X), Noctis (Final Fantasy XV), and more – into their stacks to create more powerful and strategic battle options than ever before. The game also features new legendary characters and Mirages (monsters), side-quests, boss battles, mini-games, and a challenging new Nightmare difficulty mode.
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