With the racing season set to kick into full gear during this weekend’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race, Forza fans now have a chance to get their own taste of endurance racing with the Alpinestars Car Pack for Forza Motorsport 6, available on January 28th. Leading off the pack of seven cars is last year’s 24 Hours of Daytona winner, the 2015 Ford #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley Mk XXVI Daytona Prototype.
The Alpinestars Car Pack features six additional cars, each with a unique pedigree all its own. From the 1990 Mercury #15 Whistler Radar Cougar XR-7 – also a competitor in Daytona 24 Hour events of years past – to the inimitable 2005 Pontiac Aztek (famous more for its fictional owner than its performance), this pack has something for every kind of car fan.
Forza Motorsport 6 is the only game where players can drive last year’s 24 Hours of Daytona winner on the recently remodeled Daytona International Speedway. To celebrate this, beginning on January 28th, Forza Motorsport 6 players will be able to compete in a special Rivals mode featuring the Ford Daytona Prototype on the Daytona Sports Car Circuit for a chance to win Alpinestars prizes.
The Alpinestars Car Pack is included at no additional cost to owners of the Forza Motorsport 6 Car Pass. If you don’t have the Car Pass, the pack can be purchased separately for $6.99. Cars can also be bought from the pack individually.
Blowfish Studios today announced that its first-person shooter world building hybrid, Gunscape, will release simultaneously for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on March 2nd. The game will also be available for Wii U in Q2 2016.
For all you cyberpunk fans, zombie sympathizers, and aficionados of horned helmets, Gambitious Digital Entertainment has you covered with a trio of new trailers, including Zombie Night Terror, and the debuts of Crush Your Enemies and Hard Reset Redux.
This week in Guitar Hero Live, Activision and FreeStyleGames debut the exclusive premiere of Def Leppard’s new music video for one of their latest songs called “Dangerous.” GHTV is the first place in the US and Europe to watch and play along to the latest video from the English rockers’ latest self-titled album. The premiere of the Dangerous music video on GHTV is the title track in the Def Leppard: On Through The Ages Premium Show, which also includes new and classic Def Leppard videos for “Let’s Go” and “Rock of Ages.”
Composer, Tim Wynn (Supernatural, XCOM: Enemy Unknown), returns to the sci-fi genre to score a new alien threat in XCOM 2, the sequel to the strategy game from Firaxis Games and 2K. The original soundtrack is available with the XCOM 2 Digital Deluxe Edition and will also be released via iTunes on February 5th.
Square Enix has released a new video for Rise of the Tomb Raider. This tech-centric feature details improvements available on the PC, such as anisotropic filtering, tessellation, dynamic foliage, and through a partnership with Nvidia, a high-end ambient occlusion technique called HBAO+. Crystal Dynamics and Nixxes worked tirelessly to push the PC version to new heights, giving players unprecedented visual fidelity and the most realistic-looking Tomb Raider adventure to date.
Rise of the Tomb Raider launches for PC on January 28th. Pre-order the Digital Deluxe edition to get launch-day access to Endurance Mode and Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch DLC.
2K and Turtle Rock Studios today announced that Kala, a new Support class Hunter, is now available for Evolve. This unique new Support character utilizes abilities similar to those possessed by Evolve’s various Monsters. Kala is available individually or as part of Hunting Season 2, which also includes Gorgon (Monster), Lennox (Assault class), Jack (Trapper class) and Emet (Medic class).
Dr. Kala Kapur is an expert on Monster biology and has spliced their DNA into her own genome in order to control the Monsters’ abilities and use them in battle. Her array of unique abilities include:
Focus Home Interactive and Tindalos Interactive have released the narrative trailer for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, the new space RTS set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. This video, composed from some of the game’s cinematics, introduces the solo campaign which will plunge players into the heart of the void battles of the 12th Black Crusade of Abaddon.
Focus Home Interactive also announced the beginning of pre-orders for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. To reward the commitment of players during the pre-order phase, they are offering early adopters, for free, an additional faction – the Space Marines – which will be available to play a few weeks after launch. This additional faction will be playable in battles played in both Multiplayer modes and in skirmish against the AI. Players who pre-order the game will also receive access to the Multiplayer Beta, that will start a few weeks before the official launch.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada will be available for PC in 2016.
Activision has released the official Call of Duty: Black Ops III Awakening: Der Eisendrache trailer.
Der Eisendrache, the first chapter of Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s Zombies DLC adventure will take players on a journey with the Origin characters Richtofen, Nicolai, Takeo, and Dempsey. Set in an eerie medieval castle built upon an ancient site of unspeakable horror, massive deposits of Element 115 have recently been discovered, delivering new gameplay and – in Zombies tradition – a variety of plot twists and surprises that fans will have the opportunity to discover for themselves.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Awakening is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4 on February 2nd, with other next-gen platform availability to follow.
The latest Halo 5: Guardians content release is available for free beginning today. Infinity’s Armory delivers REQs straight from the arsenal of the most powerful space vessel in the UNSC fleet. Players can battle it out on two new battlegrounds, with the winding routes of steel and sand on Riptide for Arena and dynamic battles and open sightlines enabled by Urban for Warzone Assault.
The Halo 2 Battle Rifle also makes its return to Halo 5: Guardians as a Mythic loadout weapon REQ to deploy in Warzone, and is also selectively available in Arena. Additionally, Infinity’s Armory adds new uncommon and rare variants of the Carbine and the new ACHILLES armor set.
The release will automatically download and install for all Halo 5: Guardians players.
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