The notes for the PlayStation 4's next big update, 3.5, were posted on the PS Blog earlier this week. Alongside some new social features, like being able to appear offline or being able to schedule times for a party to be created, the biggest part of this reveal was that "Remote Play" functionality will be extending to the PC and Mac in the near future. That's a... well, that's an interesting thing.
Enter the Gungeon, the title that dares to ask "what if you could shoot bullets at a bullet wielding a gun," finally has a release date. The dungeon-crawling, gun-shooting epic will be available on PC and PlayStation 4 starting April 5. It's time to lock, load, shoot, lock some more, load some more, shoot a bunch, roll, rinse, repeat.
It has been a year since Dying Light brought us a parkour filled zombie apocalypse. Techland has supported the game all year with DLC updates, community maps, and Steam workshop integration. Their work on the game continues to impress with a most elaborate expansion called ‘The Following’. This expansion brings a slew of new features to...
Ladies and gentlemen of semi-apocalyptic America, Defiance (by which I mean the TV show that aired on the Syfy Channel), is no more. The "mixed to average" rated television series survived only three brief seasons before getting the cancellation ax by its ruthless corporate overlords. The characters and stories of the show will not fall into the deep, deep abyss of forgotten television just yet, however. Defiance lives on in Defiance (the game), as the newest patch continues the plot from the now cancelled series.
Harebrained Schemes, the developer behind the most recent Shadowrun titles, announced last week that it is teaming up with Bandai Namco to will the rogue-like action title Necropolis to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. While the expanded number of platforms is a good thing, the downside here is that the release date has now been pushed back to "summer 2016."
505 Games is partnering up with Psyonix to bring the developer's popular cars playing soccer sim Rocket League to retail. This version of the game, dubbed Rocket League: Collector's Edition, will be released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One only, and is set to include the main game as well as all three paid DLC packs that have been released thus far: "Supersonic Fury," "Revenge of the Battle-Cars," and "Chaos Run." There is also the promise of "retail-exclusive bonuses" that this version of the game will include, though details of what those may be have not been revealed.
The co-op adventure Knights and Bikes, which is inspired by titles like The Goonies and Earthbound, has finally reached its funding goal of $142,577. This means that the game will definitely be coming out on PC, Mac, and Linux (via Steam), in addition to the previously announced PlayStation 4 version. As the campaign is getting close to the end, a very important stretch goal is in sight: online co-op.
The folks from Perfect World Entertainment have put out a trailer for their three player co-op shooter called Livelock. The trailer focuses on a new character reveal, a machine and human hybrid called Vanguard. In it, we hear some deep philosophical ramblings...all while there's tons of on screen destruction.
Capcom has been doing quite well with its Resident Evil remakes/remasters lately, with the original selling over a million copies and Resident Evil 0 doing well enough. While work on the second title is still underway, Capcom took to YouTube to announce that remakes of Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 will be coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
February was a surprisingly busy month for co-op gamers, with lots of beta action (thanks Division), and even a handful of solid releases. That leap day really makes the difference! Here are the stories, features and game release you may have missed for February, 2016.
What makes a killer - nature or nurture? If developers Gun Media have their say; a killer is made in the motion capture studio. The latest behind the scenes video for Friday the 13th is footage showing many of the game's kills being acted out. Watching one of the original Jason actors covered in balls whilst simulating mayhem is actually pretty disturbing.
Last night the crew checked out Portal Knights, a new game from publisher 505 Games which expands on the ever popular "crafting" genre of games. But Portal Knights does a lot to be different. While you still need to mine and gather raw resource to craft critical items, an RPG element overlaps the entire game giving you and your friends a purpose within the world itself.
