A Plague Tale: Innocence, the upcoming adventure game developed by Asobo Studio for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, unleashes its hordes of rats in 16 minute-long, uncut gameplay video.
In this gameplay sequence, which was unveiled behind closed door to journalists at E3 last June, we follow Amicia and her young brother Hugo through a small portion of one of the game’s chapters – the site of a brutal clash between the armies of France and England, currently locked in what will be known as the Hundred Years’ War.
The story of A Plague Tale begins in 1349. Rats swarm in uninterrupted waves throughout the territory of France. In the plague-ridden villages, countryside and battlefields, this uncontrollable and voracious mass advances relentlessly. The creatures devour everything in their path, men and animals alike, to satisfy the endless hunger of their ever-increasing numbers. In the midst of hundreds of piled corpses, hordes of rats teem over the bodies and leave little hope for Amicia and Hugo to escape with their lives – the faint glow of the flame Amicia holds appears to be the only thing that repels A Plague Tale: Innocence’s swarming menace.
A Plague Tale: Innocence arrives on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2019.
Universal City, CA, August 22, 2018 – It’s alive! Inspired by Universal’s original cinematic Monsters and the studio that invented the horror film, Universal Studios Hollywood unearths an all-new “Halloween Horror Nights” maze based on the original “Universal Monsters”…with a terrifying contemporary twist on these classic horror icons.
The new maze will also feature an original score produced and composed by celebrated GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, SLASH, long hailed as one of the 10 best electric guitar-players of all time.
“Halloween Horror Nights” begins on Friday, September 14, 2018.
At its core, “Halloween Horror Nights” is an extension of the horror film legacy originated by Universal Pictures and introduced to audiences in the 1920s…with a staple of classic Universal Monsters that dominated the silver screen, including Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein’s Monster and The Wolf Man.
“Halloween Horror Nights” continues to pay homage to these creatures of the night in this new maze by reawakening more than a dozen of these iconic classic Monsters. The essence of the maze will underscore each of their unique attributes and reimagine them into terrifying modern day characters. At a glance, resurrected monsters will include The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Dracula’s Bride, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Bride of Frankenstein and The Mummy, to name a few.
By giving each character a unique, complex composition, SLASH’s original score will add a haunting dimension to the experience and help define each of the characters.
“As a fan of horror movies and of ‘Halloween Horror Nights,’ I jumped at the chance to once again collaborate with Universal Studios Hollywood to produce what might be interpreted as a soundtrack for the maze,” said SLASH. “Similar to the way music affects a film, I wanted to compose a score for the legions of infamous characters featured in the maze to elicit a greater sense of terror for the guests. In the end, the goal is to ultimately make the guests feel as if they are playing an integral role in a classic Monster movie.”
“This maze is the ultimate melding of two of history’s greatest icons – classic monsters and the top guitar player of all time,” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood and Executive Producer of “Halloween Horror Nights.” “SLASH’s intuitive understanding of the characters’ struggles brings enormous depth to the maze to epitomize a living-movie experience for our guests.
“This is the second time we’ve had the great fortune to collaborate with SLASH on a ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ maze,” Murdy continued, “and it is a distinct honor to bring his expertise to the event where guests can enjoy a truly exclusive opportunity.”
“Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror. Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions as part of Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.
For exciting updates and exclusive “Halloween Horror Nights” content, visit Hollywood.HalloweenHorrorNights.com, like Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood on Facebook; follow @HorrorNights #UniversalHHN on Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat; and watch the terror come to life on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube.
August 22, 2018 – Stardock is pleased to release a brand-new Gamescom trailer for Star Control: Origins that features all-new in-game footage along with a much different tone.
In Star Control: Origins’ “By Any Means Necessary” trailer, you’ll learn you don’t have to be heroic to save humanity. In fact, you don’t even need to be nice. Your mission has always been to save humanity by any means necessary – how you do it is up to you.
Will you make friends or enemies? Will you save others during your travels, or destroy them? Will history remember you as a hero or a villain?
Larkspur, Calif. – Aug. 21, 2018 – During a broadcast at the opening ceremony of Gamescom 2018, Deep Silver and YS Net Inc. proudly revealed that Shenmue III will release on Aug. 27, 2019 on PlayStation® 4 and PC. An accompanying trailer shared a new glimpse at the cult classic series’ continuation, reuniting series protagonist Ryo with a few old friends during a tour of locales from the upcoming game.
View the trailer here:
Shenmue III sees the continuation of the beloved epic saga which won fans over with its distinct storytelling and immersive atmosphere. In Shenmue III, players will aide teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he investigates his father’s murder.
The next chapter of Ryo’s adventure will lead him through an engrossing open world as he searches for clues, examines objects and gathers information from the people he meets, taking players further into enemy territory, deeper into mystery, and even closer to their destiny.
BURBANK, Calif. – August 21, 2018 – Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and DC Entertainment unveiled a NEW Story Trailer for LEGO® DC Super-Villains, showcasing how one rookie must take on evil and team up with the best of the bad, including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, Deathstroke, Killer Frost, Sinestro, and countless others, to save the planet!
The official LEGO DC Super-Villains Story Trailer can be viewed and shared via the following link:
LEGO DC Super-Villains is the first LEGO game to put players at the center of a villain-centric adventure packed with favorite locations and characters from across the DC universe. The game will be available October 16, 2018 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One X®, Nintendo Switch™, and PC.
In LEGO DC Super-Villains, the Justice League has disappeared, leaving Earth’s protection to a newcomer group of heroes from a parallel universe, proclaiming themselves as the ‘Justice Syndicate’. Renowned DC Super-Villains from the ‘Legion Of Doom’ discover Earth’s newest heroes may not be the heroes they claim to be. With each player’s completely customizable Super-Villain character in command, this team of misfit lawbreakers must join forces to discover and foil the evil plans the incognito strangers have in store.
For more game information, visit chaos-is-coming.wbgames.com and follow the official LEGO DC Super-Villains social channels on Facebook and YouTube, and @LEGODCGAME on Instagram and Twitter.
August 21, 2018 – Relive the terrifying film that launched an entire genre when Halloween arrives on 4K Ultra HD™ Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™) September 25 from Lionsgate. Starring Golden Globe® winner Jamie Lee Curtis (Best Actress, True Lies, 1994), Donald Pleasance, Tony Moran, and P.J. Soles, this edition of the horror classic delivers four times the fear with four times the resolution of Full HD with 4K, which also uses Dolby Vision™ HDR to bring to life the stunning cinematography of this supernatural horror film. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original 1978 theatrical release, and arriving just in time before the theatrical release of the newest film in the series, the Halloween 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack is loaded with special features and will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing that he was safely locked away in a mental hospital — untiltonight. Tonight, Michael returns to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again…and again…and again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween!
CAST
Jamie Lee Curtis True Lies, A Fish Called Wanda
Donald Pleasence The Great Escape, Escape from New York, Halloween II
Tony Moran Beg, American Poltergeist, Dead Bounty
and P.J. Soles Carrie, Stripes, Rock ’n’ Roll High School
SPECIAL FEATURES
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director John Carpenter and Actor Jamie Lee Curtis
COLOGNE, GERMANY — August 21, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft® announced that Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 is now available for pre-order, including Standard, Gold, Ultimate and Collector’s editions. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 releases worldwide on March 15, 2019, on the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
Players who pre-order any edition will gain access to the Private Beta*, as well as the Capitol Defender Pack. The Capitol Defender Pack includes two in-game items, “The Lullaby,” an exotic SPAS-12 Shotgun, and the Hazmat 2.0 Outfit. Full contents** for each edition include:
The Standard Edition: includes the base game, releasing worldwide on March 15, 2019.
The Gold Edition includes the Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 game, with a 3-day early access to the game starting March 12, 2019, and the Year One Pass, which comprises 7-day early access to all free Year One Episodes, exclusive customization items, additional activities and more.
The Digital Ultimate Edition includes the Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 game, with a 3-day early access to the game starting March 12, 2019, the Year One Pass and 3 additional digital packs (Elite Agent Pack, Battleworn Secret Service Pack, First Responder Pack).
The Dark Zone Definitive Collector’s Edition includes:
The Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 game, with a 3-day early access to the game starting March 12, 2019, the Year One Pass which comprises 7-day early access to free Year One Episodes, and 3 additional digital packs (Elite Agent Pack, Battleworn Secret Service Pack, First Responder Pack).
A 30cm-high Ubicollectibles figurine of Heather Ward, a Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 Specialized Agent.
The Phoenix Shield Collector’s Edition is available for pre-order exclusively on the Ubisoft Store. It includes:
The Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 Game, with a 3-day early access to the game starting March 12, 2019, the Year One Pass and 3 additional digital packs (Elite Agent Pack, Battleworn Secret Service Pack, First Responder Pack).
Other high-end physical items including a STEELBOOK metal case (a Ubisoft Store exclusive), a Book of Lithographs, a selected Game Soundtrack and a Washington, D.C. Map.
The Brian Johnson figurine can be assembled with the Heather Ward figurine from The Dark Zone Collector’s Edition.
For further details about Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 special editions and offers, & Ubicollectibles figurines please visit: https://store.ubi.com/the-division-2.html
Already the fastest registering beta in Ubisoft history, players can register for beta access now for a chance to play at http://thedivisiongame.com/beta
London, England – 21 August 2018 – Get ready to experience the most oft-requested re-release in SEGA®’s history as Shenmue™ I & II is out now digitally only for PC and launched earlier today in-stores and digitally for Playstation® 4 and Xbox® One. Prepare yourself to embark on a timeless tale of revenge and mystery once more by checking out the release trailer here:
The re-release of Shenmue I & II is the definitive version of these all-time classics with all the original features intact such as enthralling jujitsu combat, investigative sleuthing, real-time open worlds, RPG elements and memorable mini-games. The re-release also adds modernised features such as updated user interface and controls, the option to enjoy either the original Japanese or English voiceovers and on PC only, scalable screen resolution and PC graphics options.
“SEGA Europe has wanted to re-release the Shenmue series for such a long time and thanks to tireless work behind the scenes, it is our pleasure to bring these games back, laden with accolades as one of the greatest gaming series of all time, for gamers of all generations,” said John Clark, Executive Vice President of Publishing at SEGA Europe. “We can’t wait for gamers to jump into this piece of gaming history and experience the magic of Shenmue I & II for themselves.”
Shenmue I & II is available to purchase now worldwide (excluding Japan) from participating physical retailers and digitally via first party stores for Xbox One and Playstation 4. PC players can purchase the games digitally via Steam or from a SEGA approved digital retailer*.
For more information about SEGA and any of its products, please visit www.sega.co.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter and the Steam publisher page as well as like us on Facebook.
*Please check here for an exhaustive list of digital retailers and more details as to what constitutes a SEGA approved retailer.
COLOGNE – Aug. 21, 2018 – Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes today announced that the first-ever BATTLETECH expansion, FLASHPOINT will be available in November 2018, complete with three new ‘Mechs (including the highly anticipated Hatchetman), a challenging new mission type, and a new tropical biome, along with its featured namesake, Flashpoints.
Flashpoints are high-stakes branching short stories, comprised of procedural mercenary missions linked together with new crew conversations, special events, critical choices, and valuable rewards. To ramp up the intensity, some Flashpoint stories will feature “Consecutive Deployments” in which players won’t be able to repair their ‘Mechs between missions.
FLASHPOINT trailer:
Key Features:
Flashpoints – Test your command skills in a series of action-packed short stories, completing extended contracts to earn big bonuses.
New Biome – Navigate a lush tropical beach environment, with sunny shores and just a pinch of alien flare, for good measure. Sunscreen optional.
New BattleMechs – Get your ‘Mech on with the armor-chopping power of the Hatchetman, the speed and versatility of the Crab, and the multi-range firepower of the Cyclops.
New Encounter – In “Target Acquisition”, you’ll put your light and medium ‘Mechs to good use by taking control of three territories on the map to prevail!
“Flashpoint stories give us the flexibility to design a huge variety of experiences, all with different sequences, events, challenges, decisions, rewards, etc. We’re combining core gameplay mechanics in new ways to create deeper content,” said Mitch Gitelman, BATTLETECH Game Director and co-founder of Harebrained Schemes. “These more elaborate, longer-term objectives are an awesome interactive storytelling tool, which we think BATTLETECH fans will really enjoy,” added Jordan Weisman, CEO and Creator of BattleTech.
Vienna, Austria/ Munich, Germany, August 21st, 2018: The Wild West. A place where the law is made by those with a gun in their hands, and is enforced by the henchmen at their command. A place where death is no stranger and the undertakers are working overtime… especially when people start playing Desperados III.
This real-time tactics game, developed by German game studio Mimimi (who earned their spurs with the critically acclaimed title Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun), lets players command a band of Desperados led by fan-favourite gunslinger John Cooper, who’s hunting down his nemesis.
Heavily inspired by the first game of the franchise, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, Desperados III will allow the player to approach each mission with a wide variety of different solutions and routes. As the player’s gang will always be outnumbered, only smart use of both the environment and each Desperado’s unique character skills will guarantee a victorious outcome.
Watch the announcement trailer on YouTube:
Desperados III will ambush your PC, your PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and your Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X in 2019.
