May 31, 2018 – With just one week to go until Flashing Lights’ 7 June Early Access release, a launch trailer for the police, fire and EMS game has arrived. The brand new trailer takes a deep dive into the exciting gameplay mechanics and features of Flashing Lights.
Take a look at the trailer here for a peak at the game’s open world, online multiplayer, and gameplay across all three playable departments. As a police officer, players will use a speed radar, pull over suspects and utilise a high-tech on-board computer. As a firefighter, players will be putting out raging fires with a fire extinguisher and a water hose, as well as using the heavy-duty jaws of life to rip apart car doors and rescue those trapped inside. As an EMS specialist, players will find themselves first to respond to life-threatening accidents, using a first aid kit and a stretcher to treat patients.
And that’s not all Flashing Lights has to offer – this is just the starting point. After Flashing Lights has launched in Early Access the game’s mechanics will be built upon considerably, and the open world will continue to be expanded and improved.
HAMBURG – May 31, 2018 – ROCCAT, the Hamburg-based esport equipment manufacturers, announced the Titan Switch Tactile, its first switch designed in-house and developed in collaboration with TTC, a leading manufacturer of keyboard switches. As a mechanical switch, the Titan is the perfect mix of competitive speed, first-class typing feel and striking aesthetics. ROCCAT will unveil their newest product that will include the Titan Switch during Computex on June 5.
ROCCAT’s challenge was to make a more responsive and swift switch by first reducing the actuation point from 2 mm to 1.8 mm and keeping in mind that the quality of the key stroke wasn’t sacrificed for speed. In addition, the switch bouncing time was reduced by 20 percent which was achieved by optimizing the ROCCAT firmware and working with high-quality components to secure the stability of the switch. The crisp, tactile pressure point paired with solid precision and high reaction speed ensures an excellent typing feel and a unique gaming experience.
As a testament to ROCCAT’s commitment to creating the most efficient and state-of-the-art products, design also played a large role in the development of the Titan Switch Tactile. The transparent housing and ultra-light key caps not only offers a view of the switch’s mechanical components, but also shows off ROCCAT’s impressive AIMO lighting system. Each switch contains a long-life multicolor LED for thrilling lighting scenarios in a range of 16.8 million colors. The result is a powerfully balanced switch: precise, responsive, and comfortable.
Going into the week preceding E3, Ubisoft has released a video talking about their fighting title, For Honor – where it has been and might be going. Ubisoft is planning to announce some really cool For Honor stuff at E3, so it’s a little teaser of what’s to come.
Walnut Creek, Calif. – May 29, 2018 – Madmind Studio today opens the gates of hell to those brave enough to seek redemption in Agony’s beast-ridden vision of the underworld, as the studio’s highly-anticipated debut is now available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Agony hurls players into the depths of hell, challenging them to survive encounters with its twisted inhabitants while solving the riddle surrounding the Red Goddess, hell’s rumored architect and the sole entity with knowledge of how to escape eternal damnation. Enduring Agony’s nightmarish environments and encounters isn’t as hopeless as it seems however; perseverant sinners who prove stealthy enough to slip past their first meetings with hell’s guardians will gain the ability to possess demons and other souls, improving their chance of survival and making them a formidable opponent.
NEW YORK, NY (MAY 30, 2018) – Atari®, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, announced today that its new Atari VCS™ hardware platform is now available for pre-sale exclusively on Indiegogo. A new Atari VCS launch video accompanies the announcement. Two Atari VCS models are available to pre-order, including the Atari VCS Day One Collector’s Edition featuring a special retro-inspired real wood-front, and the sleek Atari VCS Onyx, with a glossy black face and searing “Atari Red” illuminated Fuji logo. The Atari VCS Day One Collector’s Edition is $299 USD, exclusive to Indiegogo, and only available for a limited time. The Atari VCS Onyx is priced at $199 USD, also for a limited time. Atari’s reimagined Classic Joystick and the all-new Modern Controller are available for purchase in select packages or as standalone purchases. Initial Atari VCS shipments are planned for mid-2019.
Retro-inspired, but not a “retro-box,” the Atari VCS is a modern device that offers a customizable entertainment experience for the home. As an homage to the past, every Atari VCS comes with the Atari Vault® collection of more than 100 all-time classic games, including arcade and home entertainment favorites like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Breakout®, Missile Command®, Gravitar® and Yars’ Revenge®.
Atari VCS features a unique open platform, where users can access a Linux “sandbox” to add their own software and customize their system. Additionally, Atari VCS will have universal peripheral connectivity to work with other PC input devices such as bluetooth and USB game controllers, mouse and keyboard, webcams, microphone, external speakers and headphones.
“We are happy with the progress we are making on Atari VCS and thrilled that fans finally have a chance to reserve the first ones,” said Michael Arzt, Atari COO of Connected Devices. “Atari VCS will give fans a lot of freedom to game, stream, connect and customize their experience like never before. The entire Atari team is working hard to deliver this unique platform and can’t wait for fans to get their hands on it. We’ll have exciting reveals and announcements between now and then so stay tuned!”
Atari has partnered with leading technology companies to help develop Atari VCS, including AMD, who provides the Atari VCS custom processor with Radeon Graphics Technology, and video game peripherals maker Power A who is developing the Classic Joystick and Modern Controller. The Atari VCS platform will support 4K resolution, HDR and 60FPS content, onboard and expandable cloud storage options, dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0, as well as USB 3.0 support. Additional specifications are listed on the Atari VCS Indiegogo page and subject to change.
Fans can learn more about the Atari VCS and exclusively pre-purchase any model of their choosing from: https://uberstrategist.link/ATARIVCS-PreSale.
BURBANK, Calif. – May 30, 2018 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and DC Entertainment today announced LEGO® DC Super-Villains, 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. For the first time, a LEGO game is giving players the ability to create and play as their own DC Super-Villain throughout the game. Their character becomes the center of the story, while teaming up with an iconic variety of villains to adventure through the hilarious and original story written in collaboration with DC. LEGO® DC Super-Villains will be available October 16, 2018 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One X®, Nintendo Switch™, and PC.
“LEGO DC Super-Villains provides players a fun and humorous way to cause mischief by unleashing their DC Super-Villain’s sinister powers and amusing abilities,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “With an unprecedented amount of customization options to choose from, players can create and customize their character at the start of the story, unlocking new powers and abilities as they progress through the funniest LEGO game to date.”
“The original story in LEGO DC Super-Villains flips the DC universe upside down as players embark on an unforgettable adventure starring memorable villains set across notable DC locations,” said Ames Kirshen, Vice President, Interactive & Animation, DC Entertainment. “DC’s roster of iconic Super-Villains is unmatched and fans will love teaming up with The Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor and a host of others to save Earth from a greater evil.”
“LEGO DC Super-Villains gives players a new way to play with their favorite DC characters with a splash of light-hearted, villainous antics,” said Sean McEvoy, VP Digital Games, The LEGO Group. “Players will enjoy exploring the expansive DC universe in the way only a LEGO game can deliver.”
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.
At the beginning of the campaign, players can create their own unique villain and main character throughout, while also teaming up with a variety of DC Super-Villains throughout the story mode. As players progress, they will unlock new abilities, powers and can continue to customize their character to take on the evil threat. Friends and family can join story mode at any time with the fun, two-player, local co-op experiences where players can team up in epic boss fights.
A Deluxe Edition of the game, featuring the main game content, Season Pass content and early access to the DC Super-Villains: TV Series DLC Character Pack, is now available for pre-order. An exclusive LEGO minifigure, Lex Luthor Superman, also comes with the physical version of the Deluxe Edition, while digital consumers will receive the Justice League Dark DLC Character Pack with their Deluxe Edition.
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.
Bethesda Softworks has unveiled their new Fallout game, titled Fallout 76. Not much is known just yet about the game, and more will be revealed during the Bethesda E3 showcase on June 10th, 2018. Based on this trailer, the game seems to be set in West Virginia and involve Vault 76, as “Reclamation Day”. That is supposed to be the day when it it is safe to return to the surface. What kind of game is Fallout 76?? We’ll find out!
From a random Facebook user: Information: Vault 76 was a “control vault” with 500 occupants. No weird experiments in that vault. The date on the Pip-Boy in the trailer is 2102, making this the earliest Fallout game to take place, 25 years after the war. Super mutants weren’t created until 2103, and were made in California. Presumably, this game takes place in West Virginia. In theory, super mutants shouldn’t be in this game, but I’m sure Bethesda will break that lore. Reclamation day is in reference to the date the Vault opens, and the population begins to rebuild the world. The trailer is clearly in the Fallout 4 engine.
This morning, Bethesda released a teaser image for what appears to be a new Fallout game on their social media channels. Also, their Twitch channel began streaming a feed of a Vault Boy bobble head in front of a large TV with a “Please Stand By” teaser image on it. Will this be a 10th anniversary release of Fallout 3 or an entirely new entry into the Fallout franchise? Time will tell!
29 May 2018 – Reykjavik, Iceland – Today, CCP Games released ‘Into the Abyss’, the newest expansion to EVE Online, the deep and uniquely player-driven spaceship MMO game. Delivered as a free update, EVE Online: Into the Abyss invites players of all experience levels to explore Abyssal Deadspace – dangerous uncharted territory inhabited by hostile new faction the Triglavian Collective – and return with new weapons and technology impacting the full sandbox of New Eden. In addition, ‘Into the Abyss’ introduces substantial quality of life improvements accessible to all players.
CCP has marked the new expansion’s launch with this feature tour.
“Abyssal Deadspace is our next evolution to PvE in EVE Online,” said Bergur Finnbogason, Development Manager at CCP Games. “We wanted to change the dynamics of what players are used to while also maintaining the core elements of EVE’s gameplay.”
“The concept behind ‘Into the Abyss’ is to allow us to test new and brave ideas while providing an immediately engaging and fun experience to our players,” said Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CCP’s Chief Executive Officer. “Having such a dangerous new playground will allow us to take not steps but leaps in bold new directions of EVE Online’s further development.”
‘Into the Abyss’ adds exciting solo survival gameplay in the form of Abyssal Deadspace, a brand new hazardous environment filled with unpredictable environmental effects and the most intelligent enemies seen yet in New Eden. Players can enter this unstable part of space from almost anywhere in New Eden by activating an Abyssal Filament, are found in exploration sites and can be traded on the market between players. On entry, players will need to travel and fight their way through pockets of Abyssal Deadspace tenuously linked together in chains by Abyssal Conduits that are constantly opening and closing, with each pocket taking players around 20 minutes to complete. These highly variable environments are fraught with new and visually striking obstacles for players to navigate such as caustic clouds and megastructures. Players will need to adapt their tactics on the fly to survive, requiring fast thinking and improvisation.
Inhabiting Abyssal Deadspace are the Triglavian Collective, a radically advanced civilization who possess biotechnology that can be harvested by players and unleashed on existing modules. These Mutaplasmids will alter the properties of modules in unpredictable ways, sometimes increasing their performance, and other times rendering them less capable than before. Players will need to be careful when taking the risk on potential experimentation, but the rewards for being bold could vastly increase the value of their hardware.
Triglavian ships feature an entirely new weapon system with wildly different characteristics to anything seen in EVE Online before, known as Entropic Disintegrators. In the hands of a skilled pilot these powerful weapons can prove devastating, and players on a subscription will be able to utilise blueprints found within Abyssal Deadspace to build and fly three new Triglavian ships.
With ‘Into the Abyss’, players will also see some significant UI and UX improvements to Planetary Interaction. These changes will make planetary installations easier to maintain and give guidance on how to use various elements of planetary interaction, guiding players through setup with more detail than ever before. Further new features include UI scaling to support 4K monitors.
With the discovery of unexplored space that all players can reach, this is the most exciting time to join EVE Online. More details about EVE Online: Into the Abyss can be found via updates.eveonline.com. EVE Online can be downloaded for free by visiting www.eveonline.com.
May 29, 2018 – DRADIS contact! The Toasters are not the only enemies you will meet in deep space. Discontent and pessimism spread through the colonies already under Cylon attack, and civil war is closer each day. Meanwhile, a strange request comes from Aquaria: it’s the start of a chain of events that could change the tide of the war.
The Broken Alliance DLC pack for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ includes 8 new story missions that are seamlessly integrated into the single player campaign, and linked together into a brand new plot that explores the intricate and feeble maze of Colonial politics. New characters enter the fray, disrupting old pacts and forging new partnerships. The Broken Alliance DLC pack expands the lore of the Battlestar Galactica universe, bringing a new story of intrigue and backstabbing to Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™. In the DLC you will also find four new capital ships and two new squadrons.
