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Did you miss the trailer for Sony’s Bloodborne? Here it is!
Another E3 Expo has ended, but you didn’t really think four days was enough to see it all, did you? I mean, have you seen Sony’s trailer for Bloodborne? The From Software-developed title is being positioned as a successor to cult favorite Demon’s Souls and will be released exclusively for the PS4 in 2015. The game’s trailer may feature beautiful gothic environments, but they hide many dark secrets:
Face your fears as you search for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets like wildfire. Danger, death and madness lurk around every corner of this dark and horrific world, and you must discover its darkest secrets in order to survive.
Masaaki Yamagiwa of SCE Japan Studio and Director Hidetaka Miyazaki discussed more about the game’s setting and story at the PlayStation Blog.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Bloodborne, E3 2014
Code Name: STEAM brings steampunk strategy to 3DS
Nintendo had one more announcement at this year’s E3 Expo and it was Code Name: STEAM, a steampunk-styled turn-based strategy game for the 3DS. Code Name: STEAM is in development at Intelligent Systems, the same responsible for the Fire Emblem and Advance Wars games.
According to Nintendo, Code Name: STEAM was inspired by third-person shooters and it throws a few more wrenches into typical turn-based gameplay:
The game takes place in a vibrant steampunk world, weaving its globe-spanning tale in the art style of a classic comic book. The title refers to an elite team of steam-powered special-forces soldiers composed of absolutely wild and wholly unexpected characters who must battle an extraterrestrial menace. To establish a connection to the main playable characters and to emphasize the verticality and depth of the level design, the perspective of Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. uses a behind-the-shoulder perspective at the level of the players’ squad. Players outflank and outshoot the enemy in a fully 3D battlefield with a customizable four-member team. To defeat aliens, they have to take cover, set up ambushes and unleash crossfires and counter-attacks. For every move taken or action performed, a steam gauge is slowly depleted, forcing players to use strategy to achieve their objectives. Along the way, players will acquire new items and weapons that give them more strategic options and firepower.
Code Name: STEAM, like nearly every other major game showcased at this year’s E3 Expo, will be released sometime in 2015.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Code Name: STEAM, E3 2014
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End teaser trailer has Drake doing one last job
Sony revealed Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End with a quick teaser trailer at the end of their press conference, and it was beautiful. Drake tells Sully it’s a sure-fire plan, to which Sully says there’s no such thing.
“Can I count on you? One last time?” Drake asks his mentor. “All right, kid. Let’s go do it… one last time.”
While I’m skeptical about an Uncharted game without Amy Hennig, I’ll give it to Naughty Dog: they can make a trailer. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is due out sometime in 2015.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged E3 2014, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Dead Island 2 trailer brings levity to the franchise
This hilarious reveal trailer for Dead Island 2 is a far cry from the depressing Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide trailers, which I find to be a relief. With so many zombie games having already saturated the market, seeing this franchise change from super serious to super silly makes it much more appealing to me. Here’s hoping the gameplay is as fun as this trailer.
Dead Island 2 is powered by Unreal Engine 4, and will be coming to PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One next Spring.
Phantom Dust trailer teases Xbox One remake
Microsoft showed a teaser trailer for Phantom Dust at its press conference, and it looks gorgeous. No news yet on a release date or any other details, but E3 2014’s list of amazing-looking games just got longer by one.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2014, Phantom Dust 2
Ori and the Blind Forest trailer shows a gorgeous new platformer for Xbox One
Ori and the Blind Forest is a hauntingly beautiful new game coming to the Xbox One. It combines action-adventure and platforming, and promises deep gameplay and a story that will probably make me cry. A lot.
Ori and the Blind Forest will be out in the Fall for Xbox One, and Inc Gamers says it’s also coming to PC.
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2014, Ori and the Blind Forest
Confirmed… Link is the main character in Legend of Zelda Wii U
The Internet was in a bit of a tizzy yesterday when Legend of Zelda Wii U Producer Eiji Aonuma hinted that the arrow-wielding warrior in the game’s teaser trailer may not be the series’ standard protagonist, Link.
However, it seems it was a a small joke that exploded out of proportion. Aonuma has now clarified matters by confirming it was indeed Link that featured in the video segment.
Actually that comment I made jokingly. It’s not that I said that it wasn’t Link. It’s that I never said that it was Link. It’s not really the same thing, but I can understand how it could be taken that way. It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying ‘oh it’s a female character’ and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that was humour. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement.
Given how much flack Ubisoft is currently taking for its sexist attitude towards a playable female character in Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and how much of a buzz there was that the new character may be Link and Zelda’s daughter, Nintendo could certainly do worse than play with the idea of a female lead for a future installment. However, Aonuma deftly side-stepped the issue with an explanation as to what Link represents.
I don’t want people to get hung up on the way Link looks, because ultimately Link represents the player in the game. I don’t want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player.
Well said.
[Source: Nintendo Insider]
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2014, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Halo: The Master Chief Collection trailer gets players ready to relive the story once again
Microsoft announced the new Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which brings the entire story of the Chief to the Xbox One. The game will have Halo 2: Anniversary remastered, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4, as well as Halo: Nightfall (the digital series). Players will also get access to the beta for Halo 5: Guardians.
Xbox One owners can play Halo: The Master Chief Collection when it launches on November 11, but you can check out the trailer right now.
Posted in News, Xbox One
Tagged E3 2014, Halo: The Master Chief Collection