The Solus Project, the single-player, narrative driven adventure with survival elements by Teotl Studios and GRIP Digital, is launching on Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development today, and will also launch on Xbox One Game Preview on February 26th.
The Solus Project will have regular episodic content updates on Steam Early Access, GOG Games in Development and Xbox Game Preview, offering a new region of the alien world to explore with every release, completing the puzzle with the final release in May.
Daybreak Games’ H1Z1 has officially split into two distinct titles on PC through Steam Early Access: the fight-to-the-death H1Z1: King of the Kill and open world zombie survival game H1Z1: Just Survive. Both products will continue to exist within the overarching H1Z1 universe, but with independent development teams and content milestones.
H1Z1: King of the Kill is an online multiplayer shooter that will specialize in large-scale, arena-style, last-person-standing grudge matches across a variety of new and evolving game modes, including fan-favorite Battle Royale. It is expected to officially release out of Early Access on PC, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this summer.
H1Z1: Just Survive captures and refines the core open world survival adventure experience that first launched H1Z1. After the catastrophic H1Z1 zombie virus decimates mankind, players must scavenge resources, craft gear, and build and defend their shelters to stay alive against the shambling horrors of the undead and the last, cutthroat vestiges of humanity. Just Survive will remain in Steam Early Access through the end of 2016.
H1Z1: King of the Kill and H1Z1: Just Survive are now both available on PC via Steam Early Access for $19.99 USD each. Anyone who purchased H1Z1 on or before February 16th will see both King of the Kill and Just Survive in their Steam library.
The first Just Cause 3 content pack entitled Sky Fortress is launching in March for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and holders of the Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass will be able to play it a week before it goes on sale as a standalone download.
Sky Fortress contains a brand new set of missions that introduce a new threat – a huge and terrifying Sky Fortress and an army of deadly robotic drones. To tackle his deadly new adversary, Rico Rodriguez will use a new upgradeable, rocket-powered, weaponised ‘Bavarium Wingsuit’ fitted with shoulder mounted machine guns and auto targeting missiles – alongside his new ‘Eviction’ personal defence drone and ‘Bavarium Splitter’ assault rifle.
The second pack in the Expansion Pass, entitled Land Mech Assault, will contain another new series of missions that introduce a unique new vehicle that can be carried over into the main game; a heavily armoured mech armed with a gravity gun that allows objects to be picked up and powerfully thrown in any direction. Although the mech is as strong as a tank, it is highly manoeuvrable and agile and behaves unlike anything else in the game.
The Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass concludes with the Bavarium Sea Heist – details of which will be revealed in the following months.
The Sky Fortress pack will be priced at $11.99 whilst the Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass is available for $24.99. All three content packs will be available before the end of the summer and released one week early to Expansion Pass holders.
For the first time in the Fire Emblem series, you can play through different adventures with unique storylines and characters in the Fire Emblem Fates games for the Nintendo 3DS. The first two versions, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, launch tomorrow, February 19th. You are faced with a major choice: Do you choose to team up with the birth family you barely know and battle the family that raised you in Birthright? Or do you walk the more challenging path of Conquest and change your misguided kingdom from within? The choice is yours. Let the adventures begin.
The debut Action-RPG Shiness from studio Enigami reveals its gameplay today in a video dedicated to the combat, environments and exploration in Mahera, the game’s world.
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom releases later this year.
Team17 today announced its partnership with indie studio Roll7 to publish the definitive versions of OlliOlli2 and Not a Hero on Xbox One later this year.
In the definitive XL Edition of OlliOlli2, gamers will be able to play the all new and most requested fan feature – FreeSkate mode. Try new moves, practice manuals and skate to your hearts content across five brand new levels. OlliOlli2: XL Edition also features the 5 brand new worlds, 50 all new Amateur and Pro Levels and an additional 250 new challenges, as well as the local multiplayer split screen mode, Combo Rush.
The definitive Not a Hero: Super Snazzy Edition includes all new exclusive content titled “Me, Myself and Bunnylord” which features 3 brand new exclusive levels each with 4 unique side missions. This new content also allows you to play as the BunnyLord himself for the first time and features a host of new baddies, settings and objectives.
WG Labs today revealed details about the Master of Orion voiceover cast. This carefully selected ensemble of performers has been recruited to bring the iconic aliens, robots and celestial entities from Master of Orion to life. Early access to Master of Orion becomes available on February 26th with the purchase of the Collector’s Edition.
Headlining the cast is Mark Hamill (Star Wars) in addition to Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Kat Cressida (Haunted Mansion), John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), John Kassir (Tales from the Crypt), Dwight Schultz (Babylon 5), Nolan North (Uncharted series) and Troy Baker (The Last of Us) among many others.
Explorers will be able to get a head-start on mastering Orion with Early Access by purchasing the Collector’s Edition of Master of Orion on February 26th via Steam and GOG.com, retailing at $49.99 USD. Included in this version are the first three Master of Orion titles, retro pixel ship skins, a digital art book, modernized orchestral soundtrack by the original composer of the Master of Orion series and an exclusive new race only available in the Collector’s Edition: the Terran Khanate.
Ubisoft today released a new trailer that provides a visual tour of Tom Clancy’s The Division open beta which takes place from February 19-21 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Xbox One players will also have exclusive 24-hour early access beginning on February 18.
If this isn’t your first time playing The Division, you’ll be able to discover a new story mission that wasn’t in the closed beta. Also, everyone who participates in the open beta gets access to a special in-game reward that can be unlocked in Uplay when the full game is released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC on March 8.
OtherSide Entertainment today announced that Warren Spector will soon be joining the company.
Warren has been a producer, designer, and director for games including System Shock, Deus Ex, and the Ultima series. He led Junction Point Studios in creating Disney Epic Mickey and recently oversaw the Denuis-Sam Gaming Academy post-baccalaureate program at UT Austin.
Warren has acted as a Creative Advisor to OtherSide since the studio’s inception. Following the end of this semester’s classes at UT Austin, he will transition into a full-time position as one of OtherSide’s Studio Directors. Warren will continue to help in a creative capacity on Underworld Ascendant and, later this year, ramp up and lead the team developing System Shock 3.
2K today announced that WWE 2K16 is being developed for PC. Available on March 11th, WWE 2K16 for PC will mirror the in-game content offered in WWE 2K16 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In addition to the largest roster in WWE video games history, two playable versions of Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator and the story-driven 2K Showcase featuring the game’s cover Superstar, Stone Cold Steve Austin, all WWE 2K16 DLC will be available for PC on launch day at no additional cost to consumers.
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