PopCap Vancouver has released the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Backyard Battleground Gameplay Reveal Walkthrough Trailer, a dive into the features of Backyard Battleground, an all-new interactive hub that connects you to every map and mode throughout Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 will be available on February 23rd for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Telltale Games has released an all-new trailer for ‘A Block and a Hard Place,’ the fourth episode in Minecraft: Story Mode: A Telltale Games Series.
The episode will be available digitally starting December 22nd on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, and on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One and Xbox 360. The episode will also be available the same day for season pass disc owners via online update.
Tomorrow some of the greatest Madden NFL players in the world will go head-to-head for their shot to advance to the next round in the EA Sports Madden NFL Live Challenge. Fans can tune in to twitch.tv/easports at 1:00pm ET on December 18th to see eight of the all-time greats, including Eric “Problem” Wright, widely considered to be the globe’s top Madden NFL player, lay it all on the line for their shot at the finals.
The players will participate in a round-robin tournament, with the top four advancing. The competitors will be playing the new Draft Champions Ranked mode in Madden NFL 16.
These expert players will make up half of the final bracket for the Madden NFL Live Challenge, and the other half will be filled by the top players from the Madden NFL community. Fans can keep up with the latest standings at the Madden NFL Live Challenge Leaderboards. There’s still time for players on both Xbox One and PS4 to play games, climb the ranks, and punch their ticket to Madden Bowl XXII in San Francisco Super Bowl Week.
Through the rest of the month players are encouraged to climb the Draft Champions Ranked leaderboards, and the top 64 players on Xbox One and the top 64 on PS4 will be invited to compete in the next round. These competitors will continue to battle in January, culminating in the top four heading to San Francisco Super Bowl week for the finals, with the championship game taking place at the Madden Bowl venue immediately before the NFL players’ tournament. The tourney winner will take home $20,000, and the remaining prize money will be split among the other finalists.
Microsoft today unveiled even more Xbox 360 titles available now on Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, including:
Video game pioneer Coleco is partnering with Retro Video Game System to introduce a new video game system called the Coleco Chameleon.
Coleco Chameleon is a video game system that servers as a modern day take on the classic game console and will accurately play compilations of games from the past. The Coleco Chameleon also has the ability to play brand-new games in the 8-, 16- and 32-bit styles. And, for the first time in nearly 20 years, the Coleco Chameleon will once again play brand new games on cartridges. All game cartridges will include high quality, plastic clamshell cases with illustrated instruction manuals and game developer liner notes.
The Coleco Chameleon will launch in 2016.
GungHo Online Entertainment America and Camouflaj announced today that the fourth episode of the Orwellian-themed stealth action game République is now available for PC. Players can continue Hope’s quest for freedom or begin anew as the full season of République can be purchased on Steam for $24.99.
In the fourth episode, God’s Acre, players navigate Hope beyond the confines of the underground facility into a gothic graveyard. Armed with little more than sheer wit and the cover of night, players must help their companion avoid detection by the deranged groundskeeper while hacking electronic devices and solving the many puzzles of the crypt.
Turok makes its return to PC as Night Dive Studios today announced that a remastered version of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is now available from Steam, GOG.com, and the Humble Store for $19.99 with a discount of 20% off for a limited time.
Some of the updated features include:
Square Enix has released a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS action role-playing adventure Final Fantasy Explorers. The video showcases different ways players can experience Final Fantasy Explorers, whether they go solo, or in a party as four friends in multiplayer mode, to battle the realm’s most powerful monsters. Final Fantasy Explorers will be available on January 26th.
Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Software today announced its new sci-fi real-time strategy game Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is set for release on January 20th on PC.
The planet is dying, but deep in the southern sands of Kharak, an anomaly has been discovered. Could Kharak’s salvation lie in the desert? Led by chief science officer Rachel S’jet, the Coalition of the Northern Kiithid sends an expedition deep within enemy-controlled territory to investigate the finding, which could forever alter the fate of humanity.
Psyop Games and IllFonic are collaborating on a new team-based, competitive first-person shooter, Moving Hazard, set 50 years after the collapse of civilization due to a fast-moving and unstoppable zombie plague. In this world, however, the zombies aren’t the main enemies, but instead lethal assets that can be weaponized to the player’s advantage using a variety of clever strategies and in-game devices. Moving Hazard is expected to release for PC in early 2016.
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