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  • New Watch Dogs Trailer Previews Hacking Mechanic

    Some type of “hacking” is known to be a big part of Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch Dogs. Such a big part, in fact, that it’s basically what sets it apart from other open-world games such as Grand Theft Auto V. Though Ubisoft has previewed quite a bit of Watch Dogs, and shown quite a bit of this “hacking” in action, exactly how it will work has not been detailed until now.

    A new video preview for Watch Dogs was released today showing off how players will hack their way across the city of Chicago. The preview reveals that the “hackable” electronics in the game are controlled by fictional software called CTOS. It’s an pervasive system eerily reminiscent of the Skynet system from the Terminator franchise.

    Players will have to unlock access to CTOS in the various districts across Chicago by installing a virus into regional control centers. Once that’s done, players can view security cameras, spy on people, empty bank accounts, predict crimes, raise bridges, and a variety of other tasks (over 75 different “hacks,” according to the video). Players will have a bullet-time-like “focus mode” they can use to survey a situation and quickly decide on what to hack. Using these powers will level up the main character, Aiden Pearce, unlocking different skills on a hacking skill tree.

  • F.E.A.R. Creators Announce New Game, ‘Betrayer’

    A new indie video game studio named Blackpowder Games today announced that it is developing a new game titled Betrayer. With the recent rise of the indie market, that wouldn’t normally be big news, but Blackpowder is made up of developers who worked on the No One Lives Forever series and the original F.E.A.R. at development studio Monolith.

    Betrayer will be what Blackpowder describes as a “first-person action adventure game” for the PC. It will be set in the year 1604, at a struggling English colony in Virginia. Players will use various weapons (musket, crossbow, axe, etc.) to explore the colony for survivors, battle ghosts, and uncover its mysteries. As seen in the stark image above and the teaser trailer below, the game features a black-and-white art style punctuated with swathes of red:

    Rather than introduce yet another indie video game Kickstarter campaign to gamers, Blackpowder has decided to use a Minecraft-style release and pricing scheme. Betrayer will be available in an early form on Steam Early Access starting August 14.

  • Another Live-Action ‘The Bureau’ Teaser Released

    Before releasing that ridiculous YOLO trailer earlier this week, 2K Games had been steadily putting out live-action teasers for the upcoming The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. Several of them featured Dominic Monaghan of Lord of the Rings and Lost fame.

    Today, 2K released the latest live-action teaser for The Bureau. This one does not star Monaghan, and instead focuses on the main character of the video game, a special agent William Carter. The agent has captured a prisoner, that can only be assumed to be an extraterrestrial. Carter can be seen using a few enhanced interrogation techniques on the prisoner, attempting to gain information on the alien invasion:

    Hopefully once the game releases all of these cryptic live-action sequences will make some sort of sense. For now, they just come off as strange, violent, and a bit creepy.

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will launch on August 20. The game is a third-person shooter set in the 60s that features some tactical elements similar to last year’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

  • The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Gets a Bro-tastic YOLO Trailer

    There comes a time in the marketing of every video game when a publisher must target a certain type of gamer. Whether the game is story-heavy or focuses on extremely strategical gameplay, the marketing teams for major publishers must put together at least one trailer emphasizing all of the brutal action and explosions contained within the game.

    Today, 2K Games released that trailer for the upcoming The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. Sort of.

    The trailer does feature plenty of gunfire, explosions, and death. However, it does so in the service of a parody. Titled “#YOLO,” the trailer features the main character of The Bureau throwing his squad mates recklessly into battle. The computer-controlled characters dutifully obey, running straight into alien blaster fire while screaming, “YOLO.” In a ham-handed way, the video is meant to highlight the game feature of permanent death for player squad mates.

    2K has also recently released a developer diary focusing on the story in The Bureau. Whether you thought the YOLO trailer was funny or a travesty, the dev diary can serve as a more laid-back, informative palate cleanser:

  • Saints Row IV Gets ‘Game of the Generation’ Edition, New ‘Hail to the Chief’ Trailer

    It’s pretty clear that Saints Row IV is going to be ridiculous. The previous game in the series provided plenty of juvenile humor and violence, and publisher Deep Silver has been trying its best to capture that feel with over-the-top trailers. The Australian rejection of the game over the “Alien Anal Probe” weapon was probably viewed as free advertising.

    This week, Deep Silver and Volition announced that, in addition to parodying Grand Theft Auto-style video games, they will also be parodying the sometimes ridiculous collector’s editions offered for games. The “Emperor Zinyak’s Game of the Generation Edition” of Saint’s Row IV will be available for fans in North America for $130.

    The bundle comes with all of the items found in both of the other collector’s editions of Saints Row IV. The alternate box art and extra in-game content from the “Commander in Chief” edition of the game in included, as well as the 8-inch Johnny Gat Memorial statue, the Dubstep Doomsday Button, and the foot-long Dubstep Gun replica (complete with laser sight) found in the “Super Dangerous Wub Wub” edition of the game. On top of that, the “Game of the Generation” edition comes with a “Display Case of Everlasting Glory” – a light-up, rotating display case for the game itself. Each display case will have an individually numbered plaque, and only 5,000 of the “Game of the Generation” bundles are being created.

    Saints Row IV

    In addition to the bundle announcement, the final “Hail to the Chief” trailer was released today. The last in a series of very short trailers, it shows off a weapon called the “Bouncer Rifle.”

  • Another ‘The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’ Live-Action Trailer Released

    The release of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is less than a month away now, and 2K Games is focusing its marketing on a series of cryptic live-action trailers. Earlier this week, half of a trailer was released, with the events of the second half of the trailer dependent upon fans tweeting whether they wanted the clip’s character to grab a gun or a bottle of booze (they chose the booze).

    Today, another trailer starring Dominic Monaghan (Merry in the Lord of the Rings movies and the guy from Drive Shaft in Lost) as Agent Cole has been released. This time, instead of sitting at a desk and dramatically using a typewriter, Cole is in the field and in over his head. He reports back to his commander that he’s “spotted one,” presumably referring to an extraterrestrial. By the end of the clip, the fate of Cole is entirely unclear.

    The Bureau will hit stores on August 23. Though the game is a third-person shooter set within the 60s of the XCOM series, it also features a “battle focus” mode that introduces several tactical elements seen in last year’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

  • ‘Shadow Returns’ Launches After Successful Kickstarter

    In April 2012, an indie game company called Harebrained Schemes launched a Kickstarter for a video game called Shadowrun Returns. The project promised to bring back the Shadowrun franchise to gaming, complete with an old-school isometric view and tactical, turn-based combat. The campaign quickly blew past its $400,000 goal, and ended up raising over $1.8 million.

    The Kickstarter is one of several over the past year to raise millions for a niche video game. It is now one of the first of those Kickstarted games to be released.

    Shadowrun Returns is available today on PC via Steam, and has received generally good reviews. The game’s launch trailer gives a good overview of both its dystopian setting and its gameplay:

    More than just a reboot of a classic cyberpunk RPG, the game is a proof-of-concept for the Kickstarter funding model. In a blog post this week, Shadowrun designer Jordan Weisman and Harebrained Schemes this week thanked all of their Kickstarter supporters, as well as those who closely followed the development of Shadowrun Returns. From Weisman’s blog post:

    I want to take a moment to personally thank you again for all your support over the last year or so. It’s been so great hearing from you on the forums, meeting you in person at cons, and eating the bagels and pizza you sent us. It’s definitely an experience I’ll never forget!

    In addition to the excitement over the game launch, Harebrained also used the blog post to tease a new Kickstarter project. The new project is for a game titled Golem Arcana, and will begin sometime in August. While the core Shadowrun Returns developers will continue to work on that game, a segment of Harebrained will be splitting off to work on Golem Arcana, which Weisman envisions as a half-tablet, half-tabletop game complete with miniatures and a special stylus.

  • New ‘The Bureau: XCOM Declassified’ Trailer Stars Dominic Monaghan

    Back in April, 2K Games announced The Bureau: XCOM Declassified using a strange live-action trailer titled “The Burn Room.” The trailer showed clips of an alien invasion in a 60s-era American suburb, and the process by which XCOM agents could cover up the invasion.

    This week, 2K is revealing more of the alien invasion teased in that announcement. A new trailer titled “Agent Ennis Cole: The Choice” has been released. It stars Dominic Monaghan, (Merry in the Lord of the Rings movies and the guy from Drive Shaft in Lost) as Cole, an XCOM agent typing up a report on the “Pima Incident,” the events of which are teased throughout the video.

    In a fun twist to the video game trailer script, the trailer is left unfinished, with Cole vacillating between picking up a strong drink or a gun. Viewers will get to decide the ending by tweeting one of two hashtags: #GrabTheGun or #GrabTheBottle. The finale for the trailer, complete with the winning vote, will be shown on Wednesday, July 24.

  • New Killer is Dead Trailer Shows Off Boss Fight Gameplay

    Plenty has already been seen about Killer is Dead the next game from infamous developer Goichi “Suda51” Suda (Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes). Past trailers have showed off the game’s crazy art style, as well as the large-breasted women who accompany the main character, Mondo, through the game.

    While most of the game’s many trailers have shown quick-cuts of gameplay, none so far have really focused on it. The latest Killer is Dead trailer is, then, a welcome change. The video shows several of the game’s boss battles, which appear to be both bloody and bizarre:

    Killer is Dead follows Mondo Zappa, an “executioner” with a weaponized left arm. The James Bond-like figure seeks out criminals to put them down while romancing the various women he comes across. The game is scheduled to be released on August 27 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

  • The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Gameplay Trailer Released, DLC Announced

    Less than two months ago, 2K Games announced The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a third-person shooter that reveals the origins of XCOM organization featured in last year’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The game’s August release date is still two months away, but 2K today announced its plans for pre-order and post-release DLC. Specifically, 2K is promising “narrative-driven” DLC that expands upon the story in The Bureau.

    “The alternate 1962 universe that we’ve created for The Bureau is vast and there are many more stories to tell about the early days of XCOM,” said Morgan Gray, development director at 2K Marin. “We’re excited that our stories will provide a new perspective on the war effort, much like how our critically acclaimed Minvera’s Den DLC for BioShock 2 allowed us to present a unique perspective of Rapture.”

    2K announced those who pre-order the game will receive the exclusive “Codebreakers” DLC mission, which sees agents battling aliens for control of a secret government communications facility. The light plasma pistol in-game item also comes with a pre-order. Though the game is also coming to PlayStation 3 and PC, the first Bureau DLC pack will be released first for Xbox 360 players.

    As part of its announcement, 2K today also released a gameplay trailer for The Bureau. It shows how some of the classic XCOM strategy elements have been integrated into what otherwise appears to be a Gears of War-style third-person shooter:

  • New Killer is Dead Trailer Highlights ‘Mondo Girls’

    Suda51 is well-known by gamers for creating games featuring tons of gore and not-so-subtle sexual innuendo. Games such as Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw revel in this type of grindhouse-style excess.

    Suda’s newest game, Killer is Dead, is due out this August and looks as if it might even top Lollipop Chainsaw‘s bawdy innuendo.

    Deep Silver and Grasshopper Manufacture today released a new trailer for the game featuring the various women that players will encounter during the game, dubbed “Mondo Girls.” Players will take on the role of Mondo Zappa, a James Bond-type executioner that hunts down criminals in a noir-styled world. As such, there will be plenty of seduction and skin, or at least enough to let gamers know they are playing a Suda 51 game.

  • Watch Dogs Release Date Confirmed, Trailer Features Vigilante Justice

    When Watch Dogs premiered at E3 last year, it quickly became one of the most talked-about new IPs at the conference. Its open-world Grand Theft Auto-style gameplay combined with the player ability to manipulate a city’s technological infrastructure and spy on passers-by excited everyone who is getting a bit tired of the Assassin’s Creed series.

    Today, Ubisoft announced through a trailer that Watch Dogs will be released on November 19 (November 22 in Europe) for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Wii U. The trailer also teases a bit of the story behind the cool gameplay. Players will take on the role of Aiden Pearce, who has been wronged by the powers that be and vows to get revenge by using the city against them.

    In addition to the trailer, Ubisoft also revealed several different special and collector’s edition versions of the game that will be available for pre-order in Europe.

    The Dedsec Edition, seen below, comes with a figurine of Aiden, as well as an artbook, soundtrack, badges, AR cards, and a map. Dedsec also includes three downloadable single player missions, which Ubisoft claims will add an hour of game time. Other additions include the Vigilante Edition, the Uplay-exclusive Exclusive Edition, and the Game-exclusive Special Edition. The Vigilante Edition comes with a replica Aiden cap and mask, while the Exclusive and Special editions come with some of the digital content found in the Vigilante and Dedsec editions.

    Watch Dogs pre-order collection

  • Poker Night 2 Launch Trailer is Appropriately Silly

    There are a few games that throw characters from different series’ into a multiplayer fighting arena, but only Telltale Games‘ Poker Night series makes them sit down and look each other in the eye.

    Poker Night 2 launches today on the Xbox 360 LIVE Arcade, and will follow soon on PlayStation Network and Steam. A trailer for the launch has also been released.

    The game features characters such as Sam from the Sam & Max games, Claptrap from the Borderlands games, Ash Williams from the Evil Dead movies, and Brock Samson from The Venture Bros. TV series as poker players. Portal villain GLaDOS fills in as the dealer.

    Playing the game can unlock what the Telltale is calling “Bounty Unlocks.” These Poker Night rewards will unlock content in other games, such as Borderlands 2 skins, Team Fortress 2 items, and, depending on the system, Xbox Avatar or PlayStation 3 theme unlocks.

    Telltale is coming off the wild success of The Walking Dead adventure game, which made many best-of-2012 lists. In comparison, Poker Night 2 should be a welcome reprieve from the stress of braving the zombie apocalypse. Though it’s not likely to top best-of lists for 2013, it may be a nice diversion during the lean summer months of gaming.

  • New Metal Gear Rising Trailer Details Boss Weapons

    New Metal Gear Rising Trailer Details Boss Weapons

    When I was a wee lad, I had an epiphany while playing Mega Man 2 for the first time. Obtaining a boss enemy’s weapon after defeating it was the most perfect style of skill progression for a game of its genre. Not many games then or now employ a similar mechanic, but Metal Gear Rising is bringing it back in a limited capacity.

    The latest trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance reveals that Raiden will be able to obtain boss enemy weapons after defeating them. The weapons shown off in the trailer include a pole arm, a pair of sai and massive pincers. Each provide their own advantages and disadvantages while allowing players to craft their own strategies as they take on enemies large and small.

    Unlike Mega Man, I doubt that Metal Gear Rising will make certain boss weapons effective against future boss enemies. In that way, it loses a bit of the novelty, but the game still has plenty of punch as one of the most exciting action games to be released this year.

    Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance slices its way to the PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 19. As for a potential Wii U release, Platinum Games says its all up to Konami and fan demand.

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Finally Explains Itself… Kind Of

    Beyond a few hints, we still don’t really know why the DC Universe heroes are fighting each other in NetherRealm’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. The latest trailer doesn’t explain everything, but it gives us a few clues.

    The latest trailer – aptly titled “Story Trailer” – seeks to explain a bit of the background behind the world of Injustice. Joker has apparently destroyed Metropolis, Superman and Wonder Woman are subjecting mankind to an iron fist rule ala Red Son, and Batman seems to be the freedom fighter trying to bring order to the chaos. All in all, your typical alternate world DC plot.

    The trailer also gives us our first look at Hawkgirl, who might be a playable character in the game.

    The trailer indicates that the story will please long time DC fans, but will the gameplay satisfy notoriously picky fighting game fans? The studio’s previous title, Mortal Kombat 9, won over critics and players alike. Injustice will do just fine if it retains the same accessible, yet highly tuned, fighting system that its predecessor sported.

    Injustice: Gods Among Us will launch on April 16 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U.

  • Get Your First Look At LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

    Traveller’s Tales’ LEGO games are some of the most fun I’ve had in a long time. The titles capture a pure essence of fun that many games have abandoned as they relentlessly march towards boring realism. The latest LEGO game from the studio – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – gets its first game trailer today… kind of.

    LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is the cover story on this month’s Game Informer, and as such, the game will be receiving plenty of coverage over the course of the month. This may be the first LEGO game to be on the cover, and for good reason, there’s a lot of hope riding on this one. Marvel is huge today thanks to The Avengers film and a LEGO game based on the Marvel universe must be just as epic. Is Traveller’s Tales up to the task? The latest trailer can answer that question:

    I’m a huge fan of LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes seems to be capturing that same kind of magic. I’ve never been a huge Marvel fan, but I can’t not play this one. It’s just so charming to see The Avengers in LEGO minifig form, including Hulk.

    Now the only question that remains is whether or not a game intended for children can capture the essence of Deadpool. If not, we at least still have High Moon’s gory and hilarious Deadpool game coming out later this year.

  • Company of Heroes 2 Gameplay Trailer Released

    Company of Heroes fans have been waiting a long time for a look at Company of Heroes 2, and THQ knows it. The publisher earlier this week even saw fit to gratuitously tease gamers with a teaser trailer for the upcoming trailer.

    Today, though, the wait is over. THQ and Relic Entertainment have finally released a gameplay trailer for Company of Heroes 2. The trailer leans heavily on the fact that players will take control of the Soviet Union as they battle off the Nazi invasion and (spoiler alert) drive them back to Berlin. The video also tries hard to emphasize just how brutal the Eastern front of World War II really was, though it contains little blood.

    The real-time strategy game doesn’t even have a solid release date other than “March 2013,” but the title is already available for pre-order through Steam, THQ’s webstore, or EA’s Origin. Pre-orderers will, however, get beta access to the game (and some vehicle skins), which is a nice perk for fans. Pre-orderers who opt for the collector’s edition will get a wide assortment of in-game items, including access to future “Theater of War” content packs, access to member-only events, access to new monthly multiplayer maps, and a copy of the original Company of Heroes and its expansions.

  • New Super Mario Bros. U Gets A Launch Trailer

    The Wii U doesn’t come out until November 18, but Nintendo is finally kicking the console’s ad campaign into overdrive. We already saw the console’s ad that showed off a number of first-party titles, but separate games have not received ads just yet. That all changes today with the Wii U’s flagship title – New Super Mario Bros. U.

    The trailer takes place in the same squared off fictional family rooms in which the first Wii U ad took place. Nintendo shows off some gameplay, but the company is obviously focusing on how much fun friends and family can have together while playing.

    Nintendo was wise to emphasize the fact that players can continue playing the game on the Gamepad while somebody else uses the television. The ad aired this weekend at a movie theater and parents in the audience were talking about the Wii U after this specific feature was brought up. Nintendo may be onto something here if one feature can get parents talking about it.

    It’s two weeks away from the Wii U’s launch, and Nintendo still has a lot of games to advertise. The system is launching with an absurd 23 launch titles. Granted, a majority of these titles are ports of older titles, but there are some original experiences to be had. For instance, Nintendo Land is going to be the company’s big ticket game that it’s hoping will sell parents on the Wii U experience just like Wii Sports did for the Wii in 2006. The company needs to release an ad that gets that point across to consumers that may be skeptical of the Wii U.

  • Hitman: Absolution Cinema Trailer Released

    Hitman: Absolution Cinema Trailer Released

    We’re creeping ever closer to the November 20 launch of Hitman: Absolution. Week after week, gamers have been inundated with trailers detailing every aspect of the game. Square Enix and IO Interactive have already gone over many of the game’s baddies, all of the weapons and techniques that players will use to assassinate their targets, and even some of the silly costumes Agent 47 will don.

    Today’s trailer finally brings a cinematic peek at what the story behind Absolution might be. From the looks of things, Agent 47 will be gunning, sneaking, and disguising his way through tons of corruption to get back one little girl. The trailer even asks, “How many lives will you take to save one?”

    All that trouble for one girl. She must be important in some special way. Does she hold nuclear codes in her head? Have telekinetic powers? A mystical lineage? I suppose we’ll find out in a few weeks when the game is released. Assuming Square Enix doesn’t decide to give the whole thing away in a separate trailer, of course.

  • Halo 4 Launch Trailer Shows Master Chief’s Past

    Last week it was announced that the Halo 4 launch trailer would debut during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on October 18. Today, the trailer has been released onto Halo Waypoint and has spread to all parts of the internet.

    The trailer, titled Scanned, was produced by David Fincher and directed by Tim Miller, who has worked on the visual effects for projects such as X-Men, X-2, and Where the Wild Things Are. It’s nearly two and a half minutes long, and cuts back-and-forth between previews of the events in Halo 4 and short vignettes from Master Chief’s past, back when he was just John.

    The flashbacks are live-action, which has become a staple of Halo trailers. Through the eyes of the Chief we see an idyllic childhood cut short and the brutal creation of the first spartans.

    The November 6 release of Halo 4 is now less than 3 weeks away. In the meantime, be sure to watch the live-action Halo web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, which tells a story of UNSC academy cadets just before the war with the Covenant, and leads into the beginning of Halo 4.

  • New ZombiU Trailer Shows Infested Tower of London

    Ubisoft has certainly thrown its lot in with Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. The game publisher has eight different games coming to the new system during its extended launch window, including Assassin’s Creed III, Rabbids Land, and Rayman Legends.

    It’s Ubisoft’s Wii U-exclusive title ZombiU, that is the most surprising, though. Nintendo has positioned itself with the Wii as a family-friendly, casual gamer company. To see a gruesome survival horror game as an exclusive launch title means that Nintendo is looking to bring back “hardcore” gamers into its fold.

    We’ve already had a good look at the zombie mayhem that awaits in ZombiU, including the trailer from the Wii U announcement and a gameplay walkthrough featuring Buckingham Palace that demonstrates how the Wii U GamePad will be used while playing the game. Today, Ubisoft has released another trailer that demonstrates just how hectic ZombiU can become.

    The video, seen below, shows a section of the game where players will cross a zombie-infested Tower Bridge to get to the Tower of London. After that, a daring escape shows that rescue might not be in the cards for the citizens of London.