Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released the new Xbox One X update for Middle-earth: Shadow of War, providing various enhancements that take full advantage of the newly released console’s engine. As part of this update, Middle-earth: Shadow of War allows players to enjoy a true 4K and HDR gaming experience for Xbox One X. Once the update is downloaded, gamers can choose from two enhanced modes that Shadow of War offers for the console. The first option focuses on resolution with increased texture detail, targeting native 4K. The second option focuses on overall quality with increased draw distances, improved shadow and lighting conditions, increased vegetation, improved ambient occlusion, higher polygon counts and texture filtering improvements, all optimized for Xbox One X.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics today announced that enhancements for Rise of the Tomb Raider are now available for Xbox One X in conjunction with the new console’s launch. Players who have already purchased the game for Xbox One can now freely download and experience the wide range of new technical features on Xbox One X.
The official launch of the world’s most powerful console, Xbox One X, brings a new era of 4K gaming and 4K entertainment to gamers across the globe. With 40 percent more power than any other console, Xbox One X launches with the largest games lineup in Xbox history, with more than 70 Xbox One X Enhanced titles coming in the first week and more than 50 available on launch day, including Forza Motorsport 7, Super Lucky’s Tale, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and FIFA 18. The Xbox One games library consists of more than 1,300 games and more than 220 exclusives, all of which play best on Xbox One X. More titles are on the way like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, releasing as an Xbox One console launch exclusive December 12th. Xbox One X is available for $499 USD / $599 CDN.
Telltale Games and Mojang today launched the fourth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two. The episode, entitled ‘Below the Bedrock,’ is now available for download on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
After narrowly escaping from the Admin’s twisted prison, Jesse and the remaining fugitives discover not just a forgotten city but an entire hidden world buried beneath the bedrock. Though largely in ruin, the gang quickly learns it’s not entirely abandoned, leaving them to win over wary inhabitants, face unexpected challenges, and pursue the real truth about the Admin’s origins…
Gravel, Milestone’s latest IP, is back with a new developer diary focused on the career mode developed around the Off-Road Masters, the annual TV show where the best riders in the world compete in races all over the planet.
The show’s season includes episodes which are made up of one or more races. Each competition is part of a specific discipline: the players will fight against the champion of that discipline, the so-called Off-Road Master, while they proceed in the career. Four champions for four disciplines, Cross Country, Wild Rush, Speed Cross and Stadium Circuit, and each champion mirrors the spirit of their discipline. Players will have to fight to defeat the Off-Road Masters and win their titles. Once the championship is over, players can take part in a definitive challenge to beat the reigning Off-Road Master of all disciplines in the Final League.
The second developer diary also offers an in-depth look into the four disciplines, their design and the artistic studies beyond them. Gravel will be released on February 27th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Indie studio MercurySteam today announced that Raiders of the Broken Planet is getting a huge change in preparation for the future releases of the first season of content. What was once the Prologue has now become the Eternal Soldier free Starter Campaign featuring two missions: the single-player tutorial “First Blood” and the 4 vs 1 multiplayer mission “Hanging by a Thread”.
With full access to the games’ features, players who download the free Eternal Soldier Starter Campaign will be able to use gold, faction points and character points to unlock new characters, build weapons from blueprints, unlock Faction and Character Cards and unveil pieces of lore from the world of Raiders of the Broken Planet. Eternal Soldier includes a total of seven playable characters and sets the stage for the story to follow in Alien Myths and the other parallel stories of the next three campaigns of the first season.
The business model for Raiders of the Broken Planet is unique in its release of a free to play base game, supplemented by individual story campaigns. The naming of the Prologue has caused some confusion among gamers. With the re-naming of the Prologue to the Eternal Soldier Starter Campaign, MercurySteam want to re-emphasize the importance of this campaign, serving as the base game from which the additional campaigns build off from.
The Xbox One X launches tomorrow, and to help celebrate, Xbox Canada have partnered with designer Bryan Espiritu to create custom consoles based on the different neighbourhoods in Toronto.
Using the Frenzy app, anyone in the dropzone — the south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park — can vie for a chance to win one of four custom Xbox One X consoles at 4:00 p.m. ET on November 7th, 2017. Once the countdown reaches zero, the first four people to complete their order will win. You can view the full details here.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that Injustice 2 is coming to PC (Steam and Microsoft Store) November 14th. Originally developed by NetherRealm Studios, Injustice 2 is being adapted for PC by QLOC and beginning today fans will be able to participate in an open beta that will be available on Steam.
Bandai Namco today announced that The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia will be available on February 9th for the PlayStation 4. Fans who pre-order The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia through select retailers or on the PlayStation Store will be able to secure an exclusive formal costume-set featuring Meliodas, Ban, King, Hawk, Diane (human-sized), Escanor, Gowther and Merlin.
In addition, Escanor, a member of The Seven Deadly Sins featured from the upcoming anime series — The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments, will be playable in the game. Escanor, known as the Lion’s Sin of Pride, is renowned for gaining immense power during the day, while gradually becoming weaker with the setting of the sun leaving him frail and submissive at night.
Electronic Arts today officially revealed EA Sports UFC 3 featuring UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor as the game’s official global cover athlete. EA Sports UFC 3 introduces a new generation of fighting for fight fans powered by Real Player Motion (RPM) Tech, a new gameplay animation technology that delivers the most fluid and responsive motion in EA Sports UFC history. A new G.O.A.T. Career Mode now means that players’ choices outside UFC’s Octagon matter just as much as their performance inside it. This new mode allows you to strategically promote upcoming fights, create heated rivalries and more on the road to becoming the Greatest of All Time.
EA Sports UFC 3 will be available on February 2nd for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Pre-order the Champions Edition now and receive up to three days early access to the full game, the choice of one current or former UFC champion in Ultimate Team and 20 Premium Packs in Ultimate Team.
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