Paradox Interactive and Romero Games announced today that their character-driven strategy game Empire of Sin will receive a free content expansion, “The Precinct,” later this year that will expand strategic gameplay and launch new features. This announcement comes on the same day as the launch of the “Gangster Update,” a pivotal moment for Empire of Sin as the development team shifts focus from balancing and stabilizing updates to the addition of new content.
The Gangster Update, launching today, adds numerous quality of life improvements, including an updated weapon proficiency system, improvements to controller scheme, and improvements to the game’s missions. The Precinct, scheduled for later this year, expands and improves gameplay by allowing players to “paint the map” and control their empires while creating supply lines and a defensible perimeter, adds a new win condition and a new path to victory, and introduces mod support.
Curve Digital today announced that the debut title from Swedish indie studio Neon Giant, The Ascent, a solo and co-op action-shooter RPG set in a sci-fi cyberpunk world, will release July 29th on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass.
Ahead of Biomutant’s release next week, Stefan Ljungqvist, Art & Creative Director at Experiment 101, is here to help explain how certain parts of Biomutant work, how crafting is done and what the Aura system is all about in this new Explanation Trailer.
The expanded and enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online are arriving on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with new features and more, on November 11th. As an added bonus — this summer’s updates to GTA Online will include special benefits for players to take advantage of in these expanded and enhanced versions when they drop. Plus, in honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, Rockstar Games will have even more surprises to share — including some specifically for GTA Online players.
While the standalone version of GTA Online will be available to players on both platforms, this new standalone version of GTA Online will be available for free exclusively to PlayStation 5 players during the first three months.
After debuting on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Epic Games Store last year, SnowRunner is now available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and the Microsoft Store. And the game keeps growing with the release of “Season 4: New Frontiers” today, plus the announcement of the new Year 2 Pass featuring four additional seasons of content to look forward to.
“New Frontiers” takes you to Amur Oblast, Russia, with 12 square kilometers of rugged wilderness to navigate to rehabilitate an abandoned rocket launch site. With the release of “New Frontiers,” SnowRunner’s total size has been effectively doubled since the first phase of the Season Pass landed last year, and all of the content released so far is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC including Steam.
The Year 2 Pass is right around the corner, delivering four bonus seasons of content featuring new maps, vehicles and activities alongside free new content for all players, including customization items, add-ons and more.
Today, Codemasters and EA Sports introduced the seven iconic drivers featured as part of the F1 2021 Digital Deluxe content for My Team.
The carefully crafted three-tiered roster, which allows players to select an Icon from the start, includes some of the greatest drivers to grace the pinnacle of motorsport. Players will also get an early look at their Driver Stats ahead of the 2021 driver reveal later in the campaign.
F1 2021 also confirmed Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc as the global cover stars for the title; Hamilton returns front and center as he goes for the record eighth World Championship.
With the 2021 PGA Championship teeing off this week at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Electronic Arts and the PGA of America today shared details of their partnership to authentically deliver the excitement, both on and off the course, of the PGA Championship in EA Sports PGA Tour.
The new game, releasing in Spring 2022, will be the exclusive home of all four of golf’s major championships: The Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Championship and The Open Championship. Golf fans can also compete at the biggest PGA Tour events, as they strive to build a legendary career.
EA Sports is partnering with the PGA of America to allow players to virtually experience the PGA Championship and immerse themselves in the fanfare of the major championship. They will be able to hoist the historic Wanamaker Trophy, revel in the Champion’s Ceremony, play as or against past PGA Champions and compete on virtual renderings of the 2021 PGA Championship host course at Kiawah Island; and the 2022 host course at Southern Hills Country Club.
The game will also include tutorials and coaching challenges, designed in collaboration with the PGA Education and Player Development Departments, that teach skills valuable not only in-game, but also in the real world.
Today, Maxis and EA released the Summer of Sims roadmap for The Sims 4, offering players a sneak peek of content and activities players can look forward to this summer. Simmers will be able to bond with nature with a new Expansion Pack, snag a cool new job with a new Game Pack, enjoy a wave of Base Game updates, rock out at The Sims event of the summer and more.
2K and HB Studios today announced NBA team logo gear has arrived in PGA Tour 2K21, bringing sports crossover swagger to the links for the first time. With logoed gear representing all 30 NBA teams, players can take their NBA fandom from the hardwood to the fairway with new shirts and hats to deck out their MyPlayers. The gear is available to all players in the PGA Tour 2K21 in-game shop.
Nintendo today debuted a new trailer for Mario Golf: Super Rush, revealing the roster, a new mode, different courses and additional game details. Mario Golf: Super Rush tees off on the Nintendo Switch on June 25th.
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