Time’s almost up! We have the Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time launch trailer available here:
This time, It’s About Time! N. Sane new worlds, new abilities, new playable characters, and a whole lot more! Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time arrives October 2. Pre-Order digitally and get access to the #Crash4Demo
NACON and TEYON are pleased to reveal the deluxe edition and preorder bonus for Monster Truck Championship. The first monster truck simulation will be available on October 15, 2020 for PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Steam, and on November 19 for Nintendo Switch™.
Any player who preorders the game will receive the Patriot Pack, which includes the Sergeant Chaos livery and the Patriot truck model.
Fans can also buy a deluxe version, called the Rebel Hunter Edition, which includes special livery, an exclusive stadium, and three truck models: Magnum, Victory and Frantic.
In Monster Truck Championship, you take the wheel of one of 16 vehicles and enter five types of event. In these championships, you will compete in 25 stadiums and circuits in various cities across the United States. Taking a realistic approach to driving rather than an arcade-game style, Monster Truck Championship gives players the chance to take part in frenzied races and pull off believable aerial and ground moves by learning the unique physics of these vehicles.
Monster Truck Championship will be available October 15, 2020 on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Steam, and on November 19 for the Nintendo Switch.
Postcards from Night City is all about presenting never-before-seen locations and new personalities from the world of Cyberpunk 2077, along with extra slices of lore behind the most vivid and dangerous metropolis of the dark future.
Watch the Postcards from Night City video
Gangs of Night City profiles some of the most notorious groups operating within and beyond the city walls whom players will be making deals with, fighting against, or both in order to survive.
Watch the Gangs of Night City video
Closing off Night City Wire’s third episode was a special segment focusing on the grand finale of the official Cyberpunk 2077 PC modding contest, showcasing the participants’ creations and announcing the winners.
Watch the Cyber-up Your PC — Contest Finale video
Cyberpunk 2077 will release November 19th, 2020, for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with the version for Google Stadia set to launch the same year. The game will also be playable on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles when available. At a later date, a free upgrade to Cyberpunk 2077, taking full advantage of next-gen hardware, will become available for owners of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions respectively.
For more information regarding the game, follow Facebook, Twitter, and visit cyberpunk.net.
Bloober Team announced Observer: System Redux will be available day one on next-generation consoles. This dark cyberpunk thriller will be available for $29.99 or €29.99 on PC and Xbox Series X November 10th, 2020, with a follow-up release for PlayStation 5 on November 12, 2020.
“Making Observer: System Redux available for next-gen console players has been a huge focus for the team,” said Piotr Babineo, Bloober Team CEO. “Now that both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 release dates are out there, we can finally share our release date news. We know next-gen pricing is a major concern for our fans and we feel that releasing all the new content and upgrades in Observer: System Redux at the same cost as the original Observer is a great way to stay close with our community.”
Observer: System Redux brings additional content to the original release, with three new major missions: Errant Signal, Her Fearful Symmetry, and It Runs in the Family, updated characters models, and new locations. This new content is supported by the latest in next-gen features such as 4K resolution, upgraded textures, new animations, models, and effects, all transformed with ray-tracing and HDR lighting. Observer: System Redux will be released in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean at launch.
Considered one of the best cyberpunk games coming to next-generation platforms, Observer: System Redux features Rutger Hauer as Dan Lazarski/Observer in one of his last voice-acting roles.
Want a closer look at Observer: System Redux? New gameplay will be shown during Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online.
For the very first time, Codemasters reveals DIRT 5 gameplay running on Xbox Series S. The gameplay showcases the rock bouncer tackling an extreme Path Finder event in Italy.
Powering through a huge marble mine, Path Finder events are not for the fainthearted, with massive elevation changes requiring power and skill to overcome.
“Scaling the Italian marble mines is a challenge with dangers at every turn,” said Robert Karp, Development Director, DIRT 5. Players must trust their instincts and commit to their path if they are to make it to the top unscathed.
DIRT 5 takes advantage of Smart Delivery across Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S – meaning players always get the best, most optimized DIRT 5 experience.
Codemasters is also pleased to confirm that DIRT 5 will be a launch title on Xbox Series S/X, coming November 10, 2020.
DIRT 5 will also release on November 6, 2020 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, followed by PlayStation 5 later this year. A Google Stadia Version will release in early 2021.
Ripstone Games today announced that its acclaimed cue sports simulation Pure Pool is coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. Pure Pool has been fully optimized for Nintendo Switch and offers stunning 1080p visuals alongside a full suite of pool and snooker game modes, to bring Nintendo Switch players the definitive rendition of cue sports; whether playing at home or on the go.
The Nintendo Switch edition of Pure Pool offers players a no-compromise experience, taking full advantage of the platform in every way possible. Pure Pool is a technical marvel, running at 1080p docked and 720p handheld with all of the game’s high-end visual features, all at a solid 60 frames per second. Offering the full range of control options supported by the Nintendo Switch, Pure Pool’s myriad of playstyles ensures that whatever the setup, players will be cueing up and potting balls in no time.
Featuring a single-player campaign, skill-based challenges, unlockable customisation options and multiple modes of pool and snooker including Killer and American 8 Ball, Pure Pool has players covered with more modes and options than you can shake a cue at. The Campaign Mode tracks progress from Amateur right through to Master difficulty, with players facing off against a series of opponents from pro players, to pool club sharks looking for an easy hustle. Players that make it to the top will either reign supreme or go down in a baize of glory!
Pure Pool also offers a huge range of additional modes, playstyles and challenges. With exhilarating fast-paced modes such as Speed Pot, Checkpoint and Royal Rumble, alongside the skill-based challenges of Snooker Colours, Perfect Potter and Breakpoint, Pure Pool offers something for everyone. With global online leaderboards thrown into the mix, the competition to pocket the top spot has never been fiercer.
Pure Pool on Switch features a host of local and online multiplayer modes, including Cross-Play support with Steam and the option to play online against stored DNA player profiles. Global leaderboards and rankings allow players to track their performance across the Pure Pool player base whilst challenging members of the global community in Free-play, Two-player, Leagues, 8-ball, 9-ball, Blackball, Killer and Accumulator modes. All snooker content from the original Pure Pool DLC is included too, complete with online and local support for anyone that prefers the stricter rules of the gentleman’s game.
“We’ve worked extremely hard to ensure that Pure Pool offers Nintendo Switch players the definitive pool and snooker experience on the platform,” said Hollie Pattison of Ripstone Games. “Everything from the visuals, performance, game modes, control options and snooker DLC is included in the Switch version with no compromises and we’re really proud of what has been achieved by VooFoo. Pure Pool offers everything you could want from a billiards simulation and more, and we can’t wait to welcome Nintendo Switch players onto the baize later this year.”
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Crytek is pleased to announce that Crysis Remastered is out now for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Previously launched on Nintendo Switch, this remaster of the seminal first-person shooter was developed and optimized in partnership with Saber Interactive.
Crysis Remastered is available as a digital release via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store and Nintendo eShop for 29.99 USD/EUR. Players who buy the game within the first three weeks from launch on the Epic Games Store will receive the Crysis soundtrack and wallpaper. Those who buy Crysis Remastered within the same period on the PlayStation Store will receive a Crysis Remastered PlayStation theme as a launch bonus.
“Our aim was to upgrade the visual fidelity for a wide range of PCs and to use all the technical capabilities of current-gen consoles while offering the same great gameplay that Crysis is known for,” said Project Lead Steffen Halbig. “Naturally, we are thrilled to invite a new generation of players to suit up and experience Crysis, upgraded and remastered to take advantage of today’s hardware and advances in CRYENGINE.”
Crysis Remastered features the all-action, sandbox, single-player gameplay from the acclaimed shooter, upgraded with remastered graphics, including high-quality textures, improved art assets and more. For the first time this console generation, Crytek’s software-based ray tracing comes to PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X. On PC, CRYENGINE’s hardware-agnostic technology brings ray tracing to a wide range of contemporary GPUs. Additionally, Crysis Remastered supports hardware-based ray tracing using NVIDIA’s VKRay Vulkan extension on launch, and NVIDIA® DLSS technology will be added soon for the NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX GPU.
In Crysis Remastered, players face down an alien invasion armed with the powerful Nanosuit, which provides super strength, armor, speed and cloaking abilities. Choose your own path as you fight through the open world of Crysis, destroying obstacles, driving vehicles, and using a huge arsenal of modular weaponry to dominate enemies on ever-changing battlefields.
For more information, please visit www.crysis.com.
Publisher Grindstone and developers Games Farm and 3Division are thrilled to announce that following a successful retail launch on Nintendo Switch in Japan, the action combat flight simulator game Air Missions: HIND is now available for European players. North American players will be able to play the game from 24th of September, 2020.
Air Missions: HIND puts players in the hot seat of the heavily armed Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter as they take to the skies in devastating air assault missions. Before each mission, the formidable Mi-24 Hind (also known as the ‘flying tank’) can be customised with different skins and weapon sets depending on the mission parameters and goals. Two weapons can be equipped on the wings, in addition to a machine gun mounted on the front of the helicopter, and players can choose from an arsenal of deadly weaponry including UPK 23 machine guns, GUV gun pods, FAB bombs and various rockets and missiles.
When piloting the helicopter, players can switch between a simulation style first person cockpit view, gunners seat view or external third person view depending on your play style or mission goals. Combined with three helicopter difficulty levels to master, Air Missions: HIND offers lots of replayability options across the various missions.
Fly single player campaign missions based on fictional conflicts in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Arctic Ocean and Southeast Asia. Buddy up with a friend and take the fight to the enemy in the action packed online co-op mode or test your mettle in thrilling multiplayer matches including deathmatch and instant action modes.
Nintendo Switch players will also receive three bonus Russian built helicopters to pilot in Air Missions: HIND including the Mi-28 Havok two seater anti-armour attack helicopter, the Mi-8 Hip medium twin-turbine helicopter and the Ka-50 Hokum single-seat attack helicopter.
Features:
Take control of the Mi-24 assault helicopter, a.k.a the flying tank.
Campaign mode with fifteen missions based on fictional conflicts.
Customise and equip your helicopter with an arsenal of missiles, machine guns and rockets.
Four different environments to master: Central Asia, Eastern Europe, The Arctic Ocean and Southeast Asia.
Fly combat missions in single and multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Instant Action and Online Co-op.
Master three different helicopter control difficulty levels.
Three bonus Russian built attack helicopters to pilot.
Air Missions HIND is developed by Games Farm and 3Division and published by Grindstone and is available to buy now from the European Nintendo eShop for £22.99/€24.99 and from 24th September in the North American Nintendo eShop for $24.99.
For more information about the game please visit the official game website at www.airmissions.net and Grindstone at http://www.grindstone.sk
Focus Home Interactive and Rogue Factor’s tactical RPG Necromunda: Underhive Wars, set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe, released last week on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. But the dangerous world and factions of Necromunda can be unforgiving, so the team is back with a new trailer featuring tips and tricks to make your conquest of the Underhive all the more glorious.
You’ll learn to master Necromunda: Underhive Wars’ signature verticality by using the gridless movement system to its fullest for nearly endless tactical positioning possibilities. Your gang is your own, and every element can be customized, including weapons, skills, looks and more. Make sure you build your crew carefully if you want to survive.
With three distinct game modes, Necromunda: Underhive Wars features tons of hours of gameplay for you to sink your teeth into. Learn the ropes in Campaign mode before building your own gang and fighting the rest of the Underhive in Operations mode — or taking the battle to multiplayer in Skirmishes.
Since launch, the team has been responding to feedback from the community and polishing technical issues experienced by players, with even more improvements on the way.
For more on Necromunda: Underhive Wars, visit the official game store page.
Sniper Elite VR is coming soon to Quest platform! As revealed in today’s Facebook Connect stream, developers Rebellion and Just Add Water are working with UK studio Coatsink to bring their highly anticipated sharpshooter to Quest.
Today’s first ever gameplay trailer showcases Sniper Elite VR’s brand new campaign, built for virtual reality. Fight as a partisan soldier in the Italian Resistance, as you defend your homeland from the iron grip of Fascism.
Sniper Elite VR features core gameplay fans know and love from Rebellion’s award-winning series, now brought to life like never before. Players can look forward to:
· A full singleplayer campaign to sink hours into
· Heart-pounding gunplay with an array of authentic WW2 weapons including rifles, pistols, explosives and more.
· Exclusively first-person gameplay – a series first
· Optional free movement across levels packed with tactical possibilities
· Rebellion’s trademark X-ray Kill Cam, reimagined for VR
· Diverse control methods – play how you want to
· Immersive motion controls including Oculus Touch support
· An array of comfort options to optimize your experience
· Additional challenges, mission rankings, shooting ranges, leaderboards and more
In addition to Quest platform, Sniper Elite VR is coming to Oculus Rift platforms, HTC Vive, Valve Index and PlayStation VR. It will be available on the Oculus Store, SteamVR and PlayStation Store.
For more details, please visit Rebellion.com
