Atlus has released the first official English trailer for Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, showcasing Vanillaware’s upcoming HD remake of the original PlayStation 2 title, Odin Sphere; coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on June 7th.
Electronic Arts officially unveiled the Madden NFL 16 Super Bowl prediction, which has tabbed the Carolina Panthers as the next world champions, defeating the Denver Broncos 24 – 20. For the first time ever, fans can get in on the action for themselves by heading over to the Madden NFL 16 Super Bowl Prediction Hub and create their own outcome based on a variety of factors. Fans can then share their dream Super Bowl 50 outcome with the hashtag #MyMaddenPrediction.
Bandai Namco has released the opening animation for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. The latest title in the Ultimate Ninja Storm series closes out the Naruto Shippuden storyline when it launches February 5th for PC via Steam and February 9th for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Superhot Team today announced that its time-bending shooter, Superhot, is coming to PC via retailers and digital distributors on February 25th, with a release on Xbox One later next month. Blurring the lines between cautious strategy and unbridled mayhem, Superhot is the FPS in which time moves only when you move.
Square Enix presents the ultimate Final Fantasy XV event at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, March 30th at 7:00 p.m. PDT.
An event no Final Fantasy fans should miss, Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV will set the stage for the highly anticipated launch later this year. Hosted by Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller and Tim Gettys, this event uncovers everything Final Fantasy XV, with major announcements and surprises including the official release date for the game.
Fans can RSVP for the event at www.finalfantasyxv.com/uncovered, where they can find detailed information beginning Friday, February 5th at 4:00 p.m. PST. For those unable to attend, Square Enix plans to livestream the program via YouTube and Twitch.
2K today announced that competitive gaming is officially coming to NBA 2K16 with NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals, a new competition that merges simulation basketball with eSports and culminates over the course of the NBA Finals in June. Players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can form their own NBA 2K Pro-Am teams and compete in a series of in-game events to qualify for the tournament to win $250,000.
Road to the Finals tips off on February 15th with a series of unique, NBA 2K16 in-game events scheduled through May 8th. Teams can participate in any of the 16 qualifying events where they will need to win at least four games in order to qualify. Those four games will be scored based on the team’s performance and then ranked on the event leaderboard. The top score of each qualifying event day will be deemed the winner and will move on to the tournament.
On May 21st, the 16 winners on both the PS4 and Xbox One will go head-to-head in a single elimination tournament. The winners will then face off for the $250,000 championship in June while the NBA Finals are taking place.
For Official Rules, visit http://2kgam.es/NBA2K16RTTFRules.
Ubisoft, together with Xbox and ESL, today announced the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League global competition program starting the first week of March for Xbox One and PC.
Season One of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will premiere at the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland on March 4th. A total of eight matches will kick off the European PC competition, with gameplay both in the North American region and on the Xbox platform to commence in the weeks after.
Season One of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will feature a prize pool of $100,000 and support competition across Europe and North America on Xbox One and PC. At the end of each season, the top placing teams in Europe and North America will compete head-to-head against one another at a live event with $50,000 in prize money on the line for both the Xbox One and PC Season Finals.
Details on the competition program and the qualifiers are available at www.rainbow6.com/ProLeague.
Players can assemble their team and start practicing right now in weekly cups at http://play.eslgaming.com/rainbowsix.
Deep Silver and 11 bit studios today announced the release of This War Of Mine: The Little Ones on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This War of Mine: The Little Ones offers an unflinching portrayal of wartime survival, viewed not through the eyes of an elite soldier, but the surviving civilians with the added unique perspective of children.
Kalypso Media today released the PC version of Tropico 5 – Complete Collection, packing in both full expansions ‘Espionage’ and ‘Waterborne’ along with all 10 DLC add-ons released to date.
Ubisoft today detailed the post-launch plans for Tom Clancy’s The Division and what you can expect in the Season Pass.
Regular Updates
The development team is working on a complete post-launch plan to keep the experience fresh for the months to come, including several free updates, new features and functionality. The free updates to be released for all players will add new game modes such as group-oriented operations to test players’ abilities in co-op mode and win unique rewards.
Downloadable Content
Ubisoft is planning 3 paid expansions that will be released over the course of the year. Each expansion builds on The Division, continuing your agent’s journey and progress with new content, gear and gameplay as you fight to take back New York:
Season Pass
These 3 paid expansions are included in the Season Pass, along with exclusive content. Here is a full overview of the Season Pass content:
The Season Pass is included in the Gold Edition and Sleeper Agent Edition of the game, and will also be available for stand-alone purchase when the game releases on March 8th.