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  • First Gameplay Footage Of Mortal Kombat X Revealed

    First Gameplay Footage Of Mortal Kombat X Revealed

    NetherRealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat X now has official gameplay footage that was revealed at Sony’s E3 press conference. The gameplay seemed pretty standard, showing the likes of Scorpion and Sub-Zero facing off in creepy environments. Fatalities and environmental kills are still possible. Check out the trailer below. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEpXnyAKlck’%5D Mortal Kombat X is launching in 2015…

  • Grim Fandango Remastered Headed For PlayStation 4 & Vita

    Grim Fandango Remastered Headed For PlayStation 4 & Vita

    Double Fine’s classic Grim Fandango is getting the remaster treatment on PlayStation 4 and Vita. The game is one of Tim Schafer’s first games and has you control Manny, who is an agent of death trying to ferry people to the afterlife. Of course, he also hates everything and everyone. No release date was announced,…

  • LittleBigPlanet 3 Announced For PlayStation 4

    LittleBigPlanet 3 Announced For PlayStation 4

    Media Molecule tricked everyone into thinking that they would have no big announcements at E3 this year due to them not being present, but LittleBigPlanet 3 was announced anyways. The game is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 4 and features new mechanics and characters this time around. Interestingly, gamers who played LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2…

  • inFamous: Second Son Getting Standalone DLC First Light

    inFamous: Second Son Getting Standalone DLC First Light

    Sucker Punch has revealed that inFamous: Second Son will be getting standalone DLC later this year called First Light. You can access the DLC without owning the main game, but if you do own the main game you will have access to exclusive content. In this DLC you will be controlling a different conduit that…

  • Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty Release Date Revealed

    Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty Release Date Revealed

    Developer Just Add Water made a surprise announcement on their twitter account today, which revealed the release date for their highly-anticipated remake of Oddworld. Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty will come out on PlayStation 4 on July 22nd in North America and July 24th in Europe. Studio founder Stewart Gilrey said on NeoGAF that the PlayStation…

  • Ubisoft Surprises Everyone With Rainbow Six Siege Announcement

    Ubisoft Surprises Everyone With Rainbow Six Siege Announcement

    Ubisoft ended their E3 press conference with a truly surprising announcment that no one was expecting: Rainbow Six Siege. They showed a multiplayer demo that essentially pits an operative team against a criminal team with a hostage in the middle of it all being object of desire. What was truly impressive about the multiplayer demo…

  • Valiant Hearts: The Great War Mixes Tragedy With An Intriguing Art Style

    Valiant Hearts: The Great War Mixes Tragedy With An Intriguing Art Style

    The most unique looking game that was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference is definitely Valiant Hearts: The Great War. The game uses the UbiArt Framework engine to depict the events of World War 1 in a harrowing-yet-intriguing way. The game follows 4 soldiers across World War I as they fight to survive, with their…

  • The Crew Slated For November 11th + Check Out The New Gameplay Trailer

    The Crew Slated For November 11th + Check Out The New Gameplay Trailer

    Ubisoft showed off their new sorta-racing MMO The Crew today, revealing a pretty cool video that displays the game’s massive scale and gorgeous visuals. It’s safe to say that a game like The Crew is definitely unique, as it is a game meant to be played with others and has missions similar to an MMO.…

  • Tom Clancy's The Division's E3 Story Trailer Shows A Bleak Future

    Tom Clancy's The Division's E3 Story Trailer Shows A Bleak Future

    Tom Clancy’s The Division hit all the right buttons at Microsoft’s press conference this morning, and now at Ubisoft’s press conference we got a story trailer that gives us a bleak as hell future. The trailer shows off the madness that destroyed New York as we witness the helplessness and despair that families are feeling…

  • Awesome Far Cry 4 Gameplay Footage Shown At E3

    Awesome Far Cry 4 Gameplay Footage Shown At E3

    Ubisoft kicked off it’s E3 press conference with perhaps their biggest game coming this year, Far Cry 4. This footage was absolutely stunning, showing off the exotic environment and the ruthless villain contained within. Check out the video below. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9al_k8e93I’%5D Far Cry 4 releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on November 18th.

  • The Sims 4 Announced, Bringing Weirder & More Emotional Sims This September

    The Sims 4 Announced, Bringing Weirder & More Emotional Sims This September

    EA revealed one of their biggest franchises will be coming back this September, and that franchise is the Sims. The Sims 4 allows you to create more emotional characters than ever before, as everything will be more real yet even more zany than ever before. The graphics engine has been completely revamped and you can…

  • Star Wars Battlefront Coming Spring 2015

    Star Wars Battlefront Coming Spring 2015

    EA and Dice have revealed the first in-game footage for the highly-anticipated Star Wars Battlefront at the company’s E3 press conference. Form the gameplay trailer we are able to see many of the iconic imagery from the series; such as Stormtroopers and Snowspeeders in environments taken straight from the classic films. However, what impressed me…

  • Tom Clancy's The Division Stuns In New Gameplay Trailer

    Tom Clancy's The Division Stuns In New Gameplay Trailer

    Although it was recently delayed, Tom Clancy’s The Division was shown off at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Let’s just say the gameplay trailer looked *very* promising. The trailer showed off the MMO elements of the game, where a group of friends are making their way through a city that is very dangerous in order to…

  • Rise Of The Tomb Raider Coming Late 2015

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider Coming Late 2015

    Crystal Dynamics has revealed that a sequel to 2013’s successful reboot of the Tomb Raider series will be getting a sequel. The game is called Rise of the Tomb Raider and will be coming in late 2015. Although no gameplay was shown for the game, it was quite clear that the game will have a…

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming November 11th + Halo 2 Getting Complete Anniversary Treatment

    Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming November 11th + Halo 2 Getting Complete Anniversary Treatment

    343 Industries has finally confirmed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is in fact in development and will be coming to Xbox One on November 11th. The collection will include all Master Chief entries in the series; which are Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3 and Halo 4. Even better, the collection will…

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