Author - Jerry Paxton

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV Available for PC Pre-Order

2021/12/10

SNK CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company President & CEO：Kenji Matsubara) is proud to announce that THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV, the next opus of the legendary fighting game franchise, is available for PC pre-order now on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store. Following yesterday’s Game Awards announcement, SNK has officialy revealed the game’s price and fans are now able to pre-purchase THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV standard edition for $59.99. The game will be released on PC, Xbox and PlayStation on February 17^th, 2022.

Since its debut in 1994, the KOF fighting game series has been driving the world to new heights of excitement with its appealing characters and unique game system. Six years have passed since the last title in the series, and now KOF XV surpasses all of its predecessors in terms of graphics, systems, and online experience!

Catching up with the usual monthly character trailer roll-out, SNK has also unveiled Krohnen with a new trailer and announced a second open beta test phase for the PlayStation consoles starting on December 17th.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS KEY FEATURES

– A total of 39 playable fighters at launch
Classic popular characters, heroes and villains revived from the dead, new challengers, and more! The most epic dream match in KOF history is about to begin!

– KOF’s story reaches its climax
The latest KOF Saga continues from the previous title in Story Mode. This time, the story is coming to an explosive climax!

– The culmination of the series’ battle system
Inheriting the series’ traditional 3-on-3 team battle, KOF XV also features the exciting new “SHATTER STRIKE” mechanic. Enjoy an unprecedented sense of speed and hype fighting game action!

– Easy and versatile online play
KOF XV features rollback netcode. There are also a variety of battle options that allow you to choose how you want to play!

– KOF XV is fully packed with content to enjoy
Includes a Gallery with movies and voice samples, and a new DJ STATION with over 300 popular songs from the KOF series and more.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Announced

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive are proud to announce Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, the new third-person action title from the cult-classic Space Marine franchise, which recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the original game. Unveiled at this year’s The Game Awards, the world premiere trailer of Space Marine 2 heralds the next installment for Captain Titus and mankind’s ultimate protectors, complete with a glimpse of its awesome gameplay in action.

The galaxy is in peril. Entire worlds are falling. The Imperium needs you.

Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine, the greatest of the Emperor’s warriors, with Clive Standen (Vikings, Taken) as the iconic Captain Titus. Unleash deadly abilities and an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid hordes. Hold at bay the horrors of the galaxy in epic battles on far-flung planets, uncover dark secrets, and drive back the everlasting night to prove your ultimate loyalty to humanity.

Space Marine 2 will be released on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Sign up as a Focus member now to get the latest exclusive info and special offers for Space Marine 2 and the whole Focus catalog.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Getting Multiplayer Horror Experience

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, Halloween, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Gun Interactive, creators of Friday the 13th: The Game, and Sumo Nottingham are excited to announce The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, an asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience for PC and ninth-generation gaming consoles. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an authentic gaming experience based on the groundbreaking 1974 film.

“It’s no secret that the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is probably my favorite horror film ever created. Having the chance to really dive into the world of this IP with the team from Gun and working with Sumo to bring this vision to life has been almost surreal. I can’t wait for everyone to see more of what we’re doing.” Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director @ Gun Interactive on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

“We’re incredibly excited to finally reveal what we’ve been working on here at Sumo Nottingham. To be the first to truly bring the world of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to life was an opportunity that could not be passed. The cult classic has been terrifying and spellbinding people for over 40 years and we’re thrilled with how the game is developing, we cannot wait for fans old and new to become part of this truly authentic experience.” Darren Campion, Executive Producer @ Sumo Nottingham on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

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Funcom and Shiro Games Unveil Dune: Spice Wars 4X RTS Game

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Publisher Funcom and developer Shiro Games today proudly announce Dune: Spice Wars, a real-time strategy game with 4X elements based on Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking novel Dune. The game will be released into early access on PC already next year.

Featured today at The Game Awards in Los Angeles, Dune: Spice Wars is created by the same team that released critically acclaimed RTS Northgard in 2017. Shiro Games’ CEO Sebastien Vidal is thrilled that they could use their expertise in creating strategy games to bring the Dune universe to life.

“I think I speak for every single person at Shiro Games, when I say that we are all massive fans of Dune – both of the original novel and the new and spectacular Denis Villeneuve film. To be able to bring this universe to life as a strategy game again is incredible,” Vidal says.

“The Dune universe is the perfect setting for a strategy game. You have major factions, such as House Atreides and House Harkonnen, with a rivalry that spans back centuries. You have political intrigue, deception, and warfare, all centered around what is by far the most valuable substance in the universe: Spice. And then there is the stage itself, Arrakis, a hostile planet full of hidden wonders to explore. Massive sandworms that can devour entire armies, sandstorms, spice harvesters, all of which our amazing team of developers have incorporated into this game,” he says.

Dune: Spice Wars will have several playable factions, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as multiple ways to achieve your ultimate goal – control of the spice on Arrakis. You can deploy agents to sabotage, assassinate and spy on your opponents, use political means to influence the Landsraad and pass beneficial resolutions, amass incredible wealth and simply overwhelm the other houses through economic and technological supremacy, or you can opt for open war.

Dune: Spice Wars is the first game based on the Dune IP to be published by Funcom and is not to be confused with the open-world survival game the studio is developing.

Square Enix Reveals Forspoken at The Game Awards

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Today at The Game Awards, SQUARE ENIX® and Luminous Productions unveiled a new trailer for the studio’s debut title, Forspoken, announcing a worldwide release date of May 24, 2022. The trailer was introduced by Forspoken star Ella Balinska, who plays protagonist Frey Holland, and actor Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead series), who has joined the cast as the ruthless Tanta Prav.

In the new trailer, fans are given a closer look at the mysterious land of Athia and meet some of its last remaining citizens. Players also learn about the impending corruption called the “Break”: a devastating miasma that relentlessly corrupts everything it touches. Frey has somehow mysteriously survived this strange phenomenon, offering Athia a beacon of hope.

New action-packed gameplay featured in the trailer showcases how Frey’s quest in Athia will take her through a variety of diverse environments where she will learn how to use magic parkour to traverse across the unknown land in a fast and fluid manner, as well as her magic abilities to battle Athia’s dangerous beasts that she will encounter on her journey, including the newly revealed Breakzombies and Jabberwock.

Players were also introduced to a new character in Forspoken—the maddened evil sorceress, Tanta Prav—who is voiced and performed by The Walking Dead’s (TV Series) Pollyanna McIntosh. “It’s been wild playing Tanta Prav and I’m excited for players to meet her and experience her as Frey does: a remorseless, unrelenting powerhouse, full of secrets,” said McIntosh. “I think she will prove to be a ruthless adversary for players as they follow Frey on her journey in the land of Athia.”

SQUARE ENIX and Luminous Productions also revealed details of the Digital Deluxe Edition, available to pre-order from today. The Digital Deluxe Edition contains several exciting bonuses, including:

Rare Resource Kit (Only included for the PlayStation®5 console Digital Deluxe Edition)
Mini Artbook (Digital Download)
Mini Soundtrack (Digital Download)
Forspoken: In Tanta We Trust prequel story DLC*

Those who pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition will also receive the below unique gear and items to aid them in their journey through Athia:

No Limits Cloak, Symbol Combo Necklace, Trigger Happy Nails and Crafting Starter Kit (PS5™)
Elite Cloak, Spectra Combo Necklace and Overclock Nails (PC)

The Digital Standard Edition is also available to pre-order from today. Players who pre-order the digital standard edition for PS5 or PC (via STEAM®, Epic Games Store or Microsoft Store) will also receive the above pre-order bonus items for the respective platform at launch.

The physical (disc) version** of the game will also be available from participating retailers. Pre-orders of the physical (disc) version are subject to local retailer availability and schedule***.
Designed for PS5, Forspoken will harness the full power of the console and demonstrate Luminous Productions’ philosophy to provide a gaming experience like never before, fusing together the latest technology with creativity. Forspoken will launch simultaneously on the PS5 and PC (via STEAM®, Epic Games Store or Microsoft Store) on May 24, 2022. This title is not yet rated by the ESRB.

To learn more about Forspoken, visit: www.forspoken.com.

A Plague Tale: Requiem Gets First Gameplay Trailer

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment are thrilled to reveal the first gameplay for A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to the critically acclaimed and award-winning A Plague Tale: Innocence, which premiered in a gripping new trailer at The Game Awards.

As Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “Requiem” sets the tone, witness the first glimpses of Amicia and Hugo’s epic new adventure in a brutal, breathtaking world twisted by supernatural forces. After escaping their devastated homeland, Amicia and Hugo journey far south to new regions and vibrant cities. Discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell, overcoming foes and challenges with a variety of crafted tools and supernatural powers.

Embark on a heartrending journey in A Plague Tale: Requiem, set to release in 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5, and PC, as well as in Cloud Version on Nintendo Switch. The game will also be available at launch on Xbox Game Pass for Console, PC and Cloud.

Fans can wishlist the game now, follow @Focus_entmt on Twitter, and sign up as a Focus member to get the latest info and exclusive upcoming offers for A Plague Tale: Requiem and the whole Focus catalog.

Thanks to our cloud gaming partner Gamestream, you can celebrate the gameplay reveal of A Plague Tale: Requiem by experiencing the series where it all began. Available to everyone for free on Windows PC, the first chapter of A Plague Tale: Innocence is playable for up to 50 minutes with cloud streaming on the Focus Store until January 9.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human Full Cinematic Trailer Released at Game Awards

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News, Xbox Series X News

This year, Techland joined the most anticipated event of the year, The Game Awards, hosted by icon of the game industry Geoff Keighley. The upcoming action-RPG Dying Light 2 Stay Human was showcased in a new CGI cinematic trailer, created by Platige Image—a BAFTA-winning visual effects and animation studio responsible for some of the most recognizable trailers in the industry.

The almost two-minute-long CGI trailer of Dying Light 2 Stay Human transports us to the brutal and unforgiving Modern Dark Ages, where “Staying Human” goes beyond mere survival. This unsettling vision of life in The City, prepared together with Platige Image, is available to watch here:

Together with this new CGI trailer, Techland also presented an exclusive skin pack, “Reach for the sky”, available alongside the previously announced Reload Pack as an exclusive pre-order bonus. Everyone who pre-orders Dying Light 2 Stay Human will receive this pack, which has been created in close cooperation with Rosario Dawson (The Mandalorian, Sin City). Dawson plays the role of Lawan, an independent and indomitable citizen of The City, whom fate connects with the main protagonist Aiden during his journey. The exclusive digital “Reach for the sky” pack features a unique outfit, weapon, backpack and paraglider skins.

Each player who pre-orders Dying Light 2 Stay Human will receive in this pack:

Crossbow skin for Lawan
Backpack skin for Aiden and Lawan
Paraglider skin for Aiden and Lawan
Outfit for Lawan (not playable character)

Star Trek: Resurgence Announced from Former Telltale Devs

2021/12/10

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox One News, Xbox Series X News

Dramatic Labs, a new fully remote independent game developer comprised of veterans from Telltale Games, in collaboration with ViacomCBS Consumer Products, today revealed Star Trek: Resurgence, a new third-person choice-driven adventure game set within the iconic sci-fi universe. Star Trek: Resurgence is scheduled for worldwide release in Spring 2022 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4 gaming consoles, and exclusively on the Epic Games Store for PCs.

Star Trek: Resurgence is an interactive narrative video game that tells an original story set in the era shortly after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stationed aboard the U.S.S. RESOLUTE, players will assume the role of two principal characters, First Officer Jara Rydek and Engineering Crewperson Carter Diaz, as they unravel a sinister mystery involving two alien civilizations on the brink of war. Throughout the game, players will immerse themselves in the Star Trek universe, interacting with new and returning characters through a variety of dialogue and action gameplay to determine the course of the story.

“As fans of Star Trek, it’s truly an honor to be crafting a story which puts players right in the heart of the action, where significant choices and decisions will affect the entire narrative,” said Kevin Bruner, Founder of Dramatic Labs. “Built from the ground up using Epic’s Unreal engine and our proprietary narrative engine, this game showcases our team’s evolution in creating thought-provoking story-rich adventures.”

The seasoned team at Dramatic Labs is composed of industry veterans, including twenty former Telltale developers that have worked on games such as The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones: The Telltale Series, and Batman: The Telltale Series. The team includes Andrew Grant, former Lead Writer and Creative Director at Telltale; Dan Martin, former Lead Writer at Telltale; Kent Mudle, former Cinematic Director and Creative Director at Telltale; and Brett Tosti, former Executive Producer and Creative Director at Telltale.

“We’re thrilled to be working with the team at Dramatic Labs on an exciting new adventure in the Star Trek franchise,” said Lourdes Arocho, Senior Vice President, Paramount Pictures Licensing, Global Games and Publishing, ViacomCBS Consumer Products. “Players will boldly set forth into this new adventure, meeting familiar characters and new cultures, while interacting with them in profound and impactful ways. This game will challenge players to make those similar tough choices that iconic Star Trek heroes have been forced to contend with.”

Star Trek: Resurgence has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

Additional information can be found on Twitter or the official website at startrek-resurgence.com.

SYFY’s Resident Alien Season 2 Gets Premiere Date

2021/12/09

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, Movie News, News

Based on the Dark Horse comics, SYFY’s “Resident Alien” follows a crash-landed alien named Harry (Alan Tudyk) whose secret mission is to kill all humans. In season two, Harry is once again stranded on Earth where he must confront the consequences of having failed his people’s mission to destroy the human race. On his new quest to protect the people of Earth, Harry struggles to hold on to his alien identity as his human emotions grow stronger by the day. In an adventure that takes Harry and Asta (Sara Tomko) all the way to New York City, Asta brings Harry into the arms of someone he can call family. While back in Patience, Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) and Deputy Liv (Elizabeth Bowen) find themselves closer to unraveling the mystery of Sam Hodges’s murder.

Premieres Jan. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on USA & SYFY (premiere simulcast only) with Mid-season finale on March 16, continues with additional episodes in summer.

The Hand of Merlin Get Last Major Update Before Launch

2021/12/09

Jerry Paxton

Geek News, News, Windows PC News

Independent developer Room C Games in co-production with Croteam and in partnership with indie publisher Versus Evil today announced the latest major content update for their rogue-lite RPG game The Hand of Merlin before the game leaves Steam Early Access in early 2022.

Titled ‘Gathering of the Gods’ the latest update introduces new features to the game including two new Guardians to aid players in their quest to stop the Cataclysm: Oberon and Atlantes.

As the king of faeries, Oberon communicates only through an emissary, but watches the battlefield closely. Treating the flora and fauna well gains his favor and raises the player’s Faerie Reputation. The value of which can produce either a blessing or a curse upon the party later on.

Atlantes is a cosmic being like Merlin himself, but one who is not particularly bothered by the fall of each world. Amused by Merlin’s desire to save worlds, Atlantes provides aid to the party, but conceals his true motivations.

Each Guardian bestows a unique benefit upon the party, and gives players access to an array of powerful spells to thwart the invading abominations.

The Gathering of the Gods update also adds a brand new Nourishment system, an upgrade to the current Supplies resource. Players will now get stacking buffs (or de-buffs) based on how long they travel well-stocked or poorly stocked. These attributes will affect Heroes’ combat stats in a significant way!

New Relics are also introduced in the update along with sound effects for encounter events and improved visual effects for several existing spells. In addition to these new features, the latest update will also include various small bug fixes, optimizations, and balancing. The full list is available on the Versus Evil blog here.

Since entering Early Access in May 2021, The Hand of Merlin has had five major updates on its path to 1.0. These updates have added a wide range of new features designed to improve the overall player experience, including new heroes, passive skills, Hard Mode, controller support, alternate maps, meta progression and more.