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Insight Editions will release The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook in March 2019
It looks like Insight Editions will expand their line of game-themed cookbooks in March 2019 with the release of The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook.
The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook will be written by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, an author who previously cataloged the fictional cuisines from Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. Readers can expect to find more than 60 recipes from “Skyrim, Morrowind, and all of Tamriel” in the book:
Feast on all of the delicious dishes found in Skyrim, Morrowind, and all of Tamriel in this beautifully crafted cookbook based on the award-winning Elder Scrolls game series. Immerse yourself in the diverse cuisines of the Nords, Bosmer, Khajit, and beyond with these recipes inspired by food found in the Old Kingdom, across Tamriel, and more. With over sixty delicious recipes for fan-favorite recipes including Apple Cabbage Stew, Sunlight Souffle, Sweetrolls, and more, The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook will delight every hungry Dragonborn.
The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook will be released on March 26, 2019.
Bethesda will apologize for Fallout 76’s rough launch by gifting all players the Fallout Classic Collection
It’s no secret that Fallout 76 didn’t have a very smooth launch, and players have had to endure a wide variety of technical issues since the game’s release on November 14.
To apologize to fans for this less than ideal situation, Bethesda has announced that all players who login to Fallout 76 on any platform in 2018 will receive a free copy of the Fallout Classic Collection in 2019:
ANYONE who logged into the full release of #Fallout76 in 2018 will receive an entitlement for Fallout Classic Collection on PC. This applies to Xbox One and PS4 players, too.
The entitlement is expected to go live in early January. pic.twitter.com/U8pJwrk0PV
— Bethesda (@bethesda) December 22, 2018
The Fallout Classic Collection includes the first three games in the franchise (1997’s Fallout, 1998’s Fallout 2, and 2001’s Fallout Tactics) and is currently available for the PC.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Fallout 76
20th Century Fox is teasing images from Alien: Isolation’s comic sequel
Alien: Isolation, Sega and Creative Assembly’s stealth-based interquel set between Alien and Aliens, was a huge hit with fans when it launched back in 2014. The developer even batted around a few sequel ideas, but sadly, nothing ever came to fruition.
However, that all changes in 2019… as long as you’re willing to pick up a comic book.
Dark Horse Comics will publish the first issue of Aliens: Resistance in January, and it reveals the next chapter in Amanda Ripley’s fight against Weyland-Yutani’s attempt to weaponize the Xenomorphs. Yesterday, we got a glimpse at the first images from this project as the Alien Anthology Instagram account began posting concept art from “A 6-Part Dossier Exposing the Secret History of Weyland-Yutani.”
Promising that “The Alien Universe Expands” in 2019, and written in an in-universe style, the “Dossier” depicts a Company plan to study the aftermath of a colony seeded with facehuggers:
A 6-Part Dossier Exposing the Secret History of Weyland-Yutani
Day 1: Arrived at the facility. Weyland-Yutani has poured massive resources into this orbital facility. I’ve come to investigate rumors about accidents in a secret research program. (1 of 6)Day 2: The facility is hiding a terrible secret. Highly aggressive mega-parasites with corrosive blood. They’re breeding them, using them for research. (2 of 6)
Day 3: Breeding program is a house of horrors. They’re torturing and killing people, using them as hosts for the larvae. Where did these people come from? (3 of 6)
Day 4: The experiments aren’t just in the lab. Company is sending the larvae somewhere. They’re using their own private military to move them. (4 of 6)
Day 5: It’s worse than I thought. They are dropping these payloads on the planet below. What is the company’s aim? (5 of 6)
Day 6: It’s a nightmare. They have infested and destroyed the Weyland-Yutani colony below. Killing all of the facility’s personnel. We have to expose this. I know they’ll try to discredit me. Or worse. (6 of 6)
20th Century Fox’s FoxNext Games publishing label plans to release a new Alien shooter in 2019, but it’s unknown if it’ll link up with Aliens: Resistance in any way. Right now, about all we know is that the game is in development at Cold Iron Studios, and that it might be known as Alien: Blackout.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Alien: Blackout, Alien: Isolation
Battle Princess Madelyn, R-Type Dimensions EX, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, more coming to PS Store this week
As we chug closer and closer to the end of the year, the PlayStation Store is taking a trip down memory lane with a few retro-themed additions this week.
Leading the way is Casual Bit’s Battle Princess Madelyn, a side-scrolling homage to Capcom’s Super Ghouls N Ghosts that’s now available to download for the PS4. Also set to launch for the PS4 this week is R-Type Dimensions EX, a reimagined remake of Irem’s R-Type and R-Type II.
PS4 players interested in something a little more modern will be able to download Fatshark’s Warhammer: Vermintide 2, a sequel to their first-person co-op brawler.
Finally this week, Vita owners will be able to download Atari Flashback Classics, a compilation of more than 150 titles from the console’s heyday.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Battle Princess Madelyn
Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best-selling game of November 2018
It took an extra month, but Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally perched atop the NPD’s monthly best-seller list.
According to the tracking firm (as reported by GamesIndustry.biz), Rockstar’s open world epic was November’s best-selling game, topping such contenders as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (#2), Battlefield V (#3), and Fallout 76 (#4). Other new releases in the top ten include Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu (#4), Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee (#5), and Spyro Reignited Trilogy (#5).
But the most important statistic in the NPD’s November report was on the hardware side of things, as the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One all sold over 1.3 million consoles. It’s the first time ever that three console platforms each sold more than a million units in a calendar month. All told, US consumers purchased more than $3.9 billion worth of video game hardware in November.
A complete look at The NPD Group’s list of the best-selling games from last month can be found after the break. (more…)
Kage, an even more evil version of Evil Ryu, is the first downloadable character from Street Fighter V’s Season 4
The 2018 Capcom Pro Tour season came to a close this weekend with the crowning of a new champion at the Capcom Cup. Tsunehiro “gachikun” Kanamori won the Street Fighter V tournament (and the $250,000 prize), but Capcom also used the opportunity to unveil the first new character from the game’s Season 4 expansion.
Kage is described as “The Embodiment of the Satsui,” and serves as an even more evil mirror to Ryu than the fighter’s “Evil Ryu” alterego:
The Satsui no Hado is a dark force tied to the more sinister aspects of the human soul, including the hunger to survive, destroy, and conquer. Those who learn to control it become nearly unstoppable, but at the cost of their humanity. Akuma is one of these beings. In the past, Ryu was constantly struggling with keeping the Satsui no Hado at bay. If he was hypothetically unable to control it, Evil Ryu would manifest and bring a dark obsession to the otherwise peaceful Ryu. However, after the events of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Ryu was able to overcome the Satsui no Hado’s temptation to ensure Evil Ryu would never see the light.
However, the Satsui no Hado living within Ryu became sentient and would rise as the entity known as Kage, meaning “shadow” in Japanese. Kage lives to prove Ryu is nothing without him and seeks to challenge Akuma and Sagat, two of Ryu’s most notorious rivals. Will Ryu succumb to Kage’s schemes?
According to the Capcom-Unity blog, Kage will bring “his own twist” to Ryu’s moveset:
V-Skill: Senha Kassatsu – Kage gathers energy into his fist and lunges forward to punch the opponent. Senha Kassatsu has armor and can be charged for a more devastating blow.
V-Trigger I: Taigyaku Mudo – In this two-bar V-Trigger, Kage unlocks Ashura Senku, a teleport move that is performed by pressing HP+HK. Ashura Senku can be used on the ground and in the air as an air dash, which opens up multiple mix-up options and flashy combos. Taigyaku Mudo also improves Kage’s V-Skill so that he can now combo into it while the fully charged version will crumple the opponent.
V-Trigger II: Rikudo Osatsu – In this three-bar V-Trigger, Kage unlocks Misogi, a move that sends him into the skies before crashing down on the opponent by pressing HP+HK. Misogi can be cancelled into by a number of normal and specials, including blocked sweeps, which makes it a pressure monster.
Critical Arts: Metsu Shoryuken – Ryu’s iconic super from previous games lets everyone know that Kage is indeed a part of Ryu. Kage does a devastating upper cut that ends in a flash full of red.
Kage is now available to download for Street Fighter V on the PC and PS4. Unlike previous seasons, Capcom won’t offer an all-you-can-eat Season Pass option for Season 4. Instead, Kage can be purchased individually for $5.99 or with 100,000 Fight Money.
Two new trailers featuring the character can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4
Tagged Street Fighter V
Earth Defense Force 5’s Launch Trailer crawls into view
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Earth Defense Force 5 is now available to download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4, and D3 Publisher has unleashed a nasty new Launch Trailer starring the franchise’s signature creepy-crawlies. In addition to the game’s four character classes, prospective players will get a good look at the game’s collapsing skyscrapers, gigantic frog-bats, rampaging kaiju, and a lot of bugs… just so many bugs:
Packed with tons of content and high replay value, Earth Defense Force 5 delivers over 100 missions with more than 1,000 weapons and armaments to unlock and master.
It also offers players four unique classes to master, allowing players to approach mission goals and objectives in a variety of ways. Classes include the Ranger, a well-rounded infantry soldier, the Wing Diver, a highly mobile air unit, the Fencer, a heavy weapons unit with thick armor, and the Air Raider, a support focused class with the ability to drive vehicles.
With multiple options for multiplayer, Earth Defense Force 5 also offers up to four-player online co-op as well as offline couch co-op, supporting up to two players via split-screen.
According to D3 Publisher, Earth Defense Force 5 will also be available to purchase in a Deluxe Edition, which includes additional weaponry and two post-launch Mission Packs.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Earth Defense Force 5
Skybound will launch Episode 3 of The Walking Dead: The Final Season on January 15
There’s not much that’s funny about an undead apocalypse (unless Bill Murray or Simon Pegg is involved, I suppose), but Skybound Games took the stage during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase earlier today and announced a release date for The Walking Dead: The Final Season – Episode 3: Broken Toys anyway.
According to the developer (and the semi-new trailer embedded above), Episode 3: Broken Toys will be available to download for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One on January 15.
In addition to completing work on The Final Season after Telltale’s unexpected closure, Skybound also announced that they’ve restored previous seasons of The Walking Dead to the digital storefronts for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.