Irvine, California – March 26th, 2018 – Independent developer Obsidian Entertainment, in partnership with indie powerhouse publisher Versus Evil today revealed their new ‘Features’ trailer for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
Get a sneak peek of the new adventure that awaits you in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, sequel to the award-winning, party-based RPG Pillars of Eternity. Embark on a dangerous voyage of discovery through the tropical region of the Deadfire Archipelago as you hunt a god to save your soul. Your adventure starts May 8th on PC, MAC and Linux. Pre-order now.
Stefano, Captain Sham, Shirley, a frightening doctor, a terrible detective or a nightmarish auctioneer – no matter what he looks like and which alias he uses, Count Olaf is always an awful and dangerous person. And he’s about to get worse.
A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 2, all episodes streaming March 30th.
March 26, 2018 – Today, Ubisoft released the launch trailer for Far Cry 5 ahead of the game’s release on March 27. Set in America, a first for the franchise, Far Cry 5 offers players total freedom to navigate a serene-looking yet deeply twisted world as the new junior deputy of fictional Hope County, Montana. Players will find that their arrival accelerates a years-long silent coup by a fanatical doomsday cult, the Project at Eden’s Gate, igniting a violent takeover of the county. Under siege and cut off from the rest of the world, players will join forces with residents of Hope County and form the Resistance.
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Pure Farming 2018 is Techland’s first-published farming game. Developed by Ice Flames, how does Pure Farming 2018 stack up against the rest of the farm sim market, which has several contenders for the farming crown? Pure Farming 2018 features a narrative story component, where you inherit a farm and have to tend to it. There are also several challenges modes and then a sandbox mode where players can cut their teeth on making their lands produce income generating crops. Each of these modes provides its own challenges and at least one will appeal to your typical farming game player.
The core mechanics of farming should be familiar to those veteran farming sim gamers out there. You plant, fertilize, water, harvest, and an assortment of other duties throughout the course of your farming day. The game features a solid array of vehicles and equipment options for you to make use of, and you can off-load some of your farming workload by hiring AI workers as well. Pure Farming 2018 features a well-designed UI that displays needed information on your field conditions and more, and should be a message to the farming sim genre that a properly-designed UI can enhance gamer satisfaction greatly. In some other farming games on the market, I found myself simply lost as there were no good tutorials or UI elements to guide me to my goals. Pure Farming 2018 features a fantastic tutorial element as part of the game’s story mode and gives you a good grasp on what you should be doing.
One of the areas where Pure Farming 2018 really shines is its driving mechanics. Operating all of the vehicles feels right and you get a nice sense of weight in the heavier ones as they plod along. The vehicle handling also changes depending on weather and weight changes. Another feather in Pure Farming 2018’s cap is its selection of locations to farm on. The game allows you to explore four locations from around the world: Germany, Italy, Columbia, and Montana – each of these areas has its own challenges and benefits.
Visually, the locations look good and the design and geometry of the various vehicles and pieces of equipment you utilize are outstanding. In terms of sound design, all of the machines sound great and you are also treated to a rich array of ambient sound effects. I especially liked the sim-like feature of the sound changing depending on whether you were “in-cockpit” or looking at your vehicle from an outside camera. There is an in-game radio for those of you looking to listen to music and you can also play your own music to boot.
Thanks to a recent patch, you can set the timescale to 1:1 and set the graphics to 16:10 resolutions! In fact, since release, the developers have pushed out two LARGE patches fixing and enhancing a vast array of things which gamers were having trouble with. It is very clear that Ice Flames has put heart and soul into Pure Farming 2018 and this is the kind of dedication that shows in the finished product. Pure Farming 2018 gives the Farming Simulator franchise a run for its money and will surely lead to some great competition as both games slug it out. Pure Farming 2018 does feature mod support, so it should be interesting to see what kinds of things the modders can come up with.
GHENT, Belgium – Larian Studios and German music distributor Black Screen Records have worked in cooperation to produce three versions of the soundtrack to Divinity: Original Sin 2, composed by Borislav Slavov, on a limited pressing.
Each version is pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl, produced in Germany by Optimal Media, and mastered for the format by Christian Bethge at RAMA Tonstudio.
Music aficionados will enjoy three versions:
Remastered Original Soundtrack Audiophile Edition 180g – a traditional black vinyl for people who still believe color kills sound quality.
Remastered Original Soundtrack Ltd. Edition 180g Gold Vinyl – a non-traditional gold vinyl for people who believe everything is better in gold.
Remastered Original Soundtrack Ltd. Edition Red/Black Starburst Vinyl – a demon-enriched nietzschean foray into madness and chaos.
Each vinyl comes with a free download code for the full digital album.
Also included is a piano score of the Main Theme, for anyone itching to get their inner-Bard on.
Each version will be available in April, with pre-orders open on the Black Screen Records website. Anyone lucky enough to be attending PAX East in Boston will be able to purchase the record directly from Larian Studios themselves, who will be happy to sign as many of them as they can, along with other merchandise available at the show.
Attached, the full tracklisting sprawled across the two-vinyl sets.
In celebration of the launch of the vinyl record, anyone who owns a Steam version of Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (this includes anyone who bought Divinity: Original Sin at release and beyond) will find in their Steam inventory a 25% discount coupon for Divinity: Original Sin 2 so that they can put some context to the music!
REDWOOD CITY, California – March 23, 2018 – Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), in partnership with Hazelight Studios, has launched A Way Out, the co-op cinematic story-driven adventure game, available worldwide on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Origin for PC. Developed by the team behind the critically-acclaimed indie title, Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons, players will take on the role of Leo and Vincent in A Way Out and must work together through their riveting escape from prison and beyond.
A Way Out is part of the EA Originals Program, which provides an elevated platform for up-and-coming independent game studios and their talented teams to bring innovative, memorable gaming experiences to players around the world, with the studio as sole profit beneficiary. As another prime example of the EA Originals core values, Hazelight is making it easier than ever before to play a co-op game by offering a“Friends Pass” program where, for the first time ever, players who purchase the game will be able to invite a friend to play the full experience of A Way Out with them for free online.
“We designed A Way Out as a dynamic narrative experience best played on the couch with a friend and as a co-op only game, I wanted people to play with their friend without gimmicks or a high cost, so we came up with the free Friends Pass offer” said Josef Fares, Writer and Director at Hazelight. “The game is designed so that players will need to build trust with one another by talking and making decisions together as they play. Intense moments and more meaningful points in the game build the relationship between both the characters and the players. On top of that, A Way Out has no repeated gameplay activities which creates a truly unique experience unlike anything played before.”
A Way Out’s compelling split-screen story follows the relationship between the brash and cocky Leo, and the calm, cool and in-control Vincent; their distinct personalities changing the way players will be able to interact with their surroundings beyond the prison walls. From high-stakes stealth passages, intense brawls and shootouts, to co-op fishing and mini-games, A Way Out is an emotional cinematic experience filled with action-packed moments that are balanced by fun, unique gameplay to be discovered.
A Way Out is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and is available now for $29.99 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Origin for PC. To find out more on A Way Out, please visit the website at https://www.ea.com/games/a-way-out. Visit https://www.ea.com/ea-originals for information and to stay up-to-date on EA Originals.
LOS ANGELES, CA – March 22, 2018 – Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood (WBSTH) announces a new addition to the Studio Tour in celebration of Warner Bros.’ 95th Anniversary. Beginning May 4, 2018, the Classics Made Here tour and exhibit will take guests back to Hollywood’s Golden Age with a tour focused on award-winning titles that have shot on the iconic Warner Bros. Studios backlot throughout the ages. Each tour is led by a specially trained guide, whose passion for TV and filmmaking includes extensive knowledge of Warner Bros.’ classic library titles ranging from Casablanca, My Fair Lady, Rebel Without a Cause and TV shows such as Maverick, The Waltons and Batman plus many more. The two-hour intimate tour concludes at Stage 48: Script to Screen, where guests enjoy exclusive access to never-before-seen costumes and props from some of their favorite movies in the Classics Made Here exhibit.
The Classics Made Here tour starts with a champagne toast to celebrate the legendary history of Warner Bros. Guests will then board their carts to visit famous backlots, historic sound stages and many of the studio’s most famous landmarks. While no two tours are alike, this unique experience brings guests back in time to Hollywood’s golden age to re-trace the steps of Hollywood legends, hear stories from behind the studio gates and learn the history of how Warner Bros. revolutionized the entertainment business.
“Our Classics Made Here Tour and Exhibit highlights all the aspects of old Hollywood and brings our guests closer to the classic films and shows they love. We are thrilled to be able to add this new experience to our lineup of tours and give even more reasons for fans to come visit us,” said Gary Soloff, WBSTH Director of Marketing.
At Stage 48: Script to Screen, the Classics exhibit pays homage to the legacy of Warner Bros.’ footprint in Hollywood and, for the first time, offers a close look at rare, never-before-exhibited costumes straight from the films that memorialized them on the big screen. The exhibit features a re-creation of the Ascot Race scene from My Fair Lady with a costume worn by Audrey Hepburn and imagined by Oscar®-winning costume designer Sir Cecil Beaton. The balanced black-and-white symmetry features layers of white lattice and trellis highlighting 14 costumes from the Warner Bros. Archive. Also debuting publicly for the first time in 75 years are – Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman’s costumes worn in the famous, “Here’s looking at you, kid” farewell scene from Casablanca. Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney costumes pay homage to the Gangster classics. And, the Rebel Without a Cause scene features the book that sparked the story and original costumes.
The Classics Made Here tour will be available Fridays and Saturdays at select times beginning May 4, 2018 and offered in addition to our Studio Tour (a broad view of both classic and contemporary TV and film) and our Deluxe Tour (providing the ultimate fan experience). Visit wbstudiotour.com to book your tour.
March 22, 2018 – Due to this week’s snow storm, Six Flags Great Adventure has rescheduled its opening. The World’s Ultimate Thrill Park will open for the 2018 season with a week-long celebration of Spring Break daily March 30 through April 8. Guests can conquer cutting-edge thrills like JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis and THE JOKER, and challenge chart-topping coasters like El Toro and Kingda Ka. The whole family can embark on the ultimate animal adventure on Safari Off Road Adventure, and take a spin on the Big Wheel to catch a glimpse of construction for 2018’s innovative, new ride, CYBORG Cyber Spin. This seven-story, three-axis gyroscope ranks as the first thrill ride of its kind in the world and will utterly defy gravity beginning this summer. Spring Break is the perfect time to turn a day of fun into a season of thrills with a Membership or Season Pass to enjoy the incredible lineup of top-name concerts, special events and record-breaking rides through four seasons.
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Spring Break operation runs daily Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 8.
Milan, Italy – March 22, 2018 – Milestone, one of the leading racing game developers in the world, is proud to announce GRAVEL’s exciting upcoming lineup of DLC content. This March 28, winter might not be coming, but gamers can experience the thrill of GRAVEL’s newest DLC Ice and Fire.
ICE AND FIRE:
Experience a brand new cross-country map set in Iceland. The new location includes 10 brand new checkpoint tracks, a new career episode, the Ice and Fire race, and new events featuring extreme snow tracks in three different settings: Coast, Mountain, and Valley. Illuminated by the aurora borealis, players can race inside dormant volcanoes and visit iconic fishing villages. Gamers can enjoy the modes Capture the Flag and King’s Run in a never-before-seen multiplayer arena.
While part of GRAVEL’s Season Pass, Ice and Fire will be sold separately at $9.99. The DLC will release on March 28 for PS4, Xbox One® and Windows PC®/STEAM.
Frostkeep Studios has released a few new screenshots for Rend, their upcoming survival game. You can check out the Steam product page here for more info and look for a lot more details during their PAX East demos coming up in early April.
