Polish developer CD Projekt Red has revealed resolution and frame-rate specifications for upcoming open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game will run in 1080p/30fps on PlayStation 4 and 900p/30fps on Xbox One, it has now been confirmed.
German website Gamestar was first to report the resolution and frame rate details. GameSpot has since confirmed with CD Projekt Red that these numbers are indeed correct.
Sex has always been a relatively prominent part of The Witcher videogames. The original release actually included a series of saucy in-game collectible cards that provided a record of Geralt's many and varied conquests during his world-saving adventures. And, unsurprisingly, he'll keep on keeping on in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which according to The Guardian contains 16 hours (!) of sex scene motion capture data.
That sounds like an awful lot of sex scene motion capture data, and the game apparently even opens with the tail-end, so to speak, of a libidinous encounter between Geralt and Yennefer. But that moment, and all the others, are there for a reason that goes beyond mere titillation.
"We are establishing that your character was intimate with this woman recently in order to plant in your mind, that, at the very least, he must enjoy her company," Senior Game Designer Damien Monhier said. "Through sex we have shown that this is a person who Geralt would be compelled to chase after if she went missing."
Sex is the quickest way to establish a meaningful relationship between characters, Monhier explained, and to justify Geralt's pursuit of Yennefer. "We couldn't just tell you to go find someone you don't know or care about," he said. "It wouldn't work."
Plymouth, MI – January 28, 2015 – Stardock and Mohawk Games pulled back the curtain today on Offworld Trading Company, the highly anticipated return of Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson to the traditional PC gaming world. Offworld Trading Company is headed for Steam Early Access on February 12, and the publisher revealed the first gameplay footage today, showcasing its fast-paced, cutthroat economic competition across its single-player campaign, Internet multiplayer, and AI skirmish modes.
Offworld Trading Company is available today for pre-purchase directly through publisher Stardock at http://offworldgame.com/store. For a limited time, the game will be discounted to $35.99 off of its regular $39.99 as a token of appreciation for the support of those first players through the door.
The initial Early Access version of Offworld Trading Company allows players to compete head to head or in free-for-all matches over the Internet, explore the dynamic single-player campaign that responds to your choices and the outcomes of the scenarios, and skirmish against the advanced AI that is already more than capable of wiping the floor with unsuspecting players.
Offworld Trading Company is a new direction for real-time strategy, where money is both your deadliest weapon and toughest defense. After the Earth is tapped out and the asteroids claimed by faceless megacorporations, the stark Martian surface is the final frontier on which dreamers and entrepreneurs can make something of themselves by staking their claim to the red planet’s abundant resources and building an economic engine capable of out-producing the competition.
The real-time, player-driven market is the foundation of the game, allowing players to buy and sell resources, materials, and even the food and water their colonists need to survive. Only by buying low and selling high – and perhaps engaging in a little more overt market manipulation with hacker arrays, black-market pirate raids, and more – can players build up enough capital to gain access to the incredibly lucrative offworld markets that bring in the cash they need to buy out their rivals and claim the Martian economy for themselves.
Mohawk Games is heavily invested in community-driven development – not only has the game been played by early adopters for months already, but the team will be livestreaming its own playtests and engaging with the community every week. Tune in to http://www.twitch.tv/mohawkgames every Thursday at noon Pacific (3pm Eastern) to see the latest on Offworld Trading Company development.
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Recently, Daedalic Entertainment presented their upcoming portfolio during "Daedalic Days" in Hamburg. This included overviews of the recently announced AER, a console preview of Silence, the steampunk adventure -- The Devil’s Men and highlights of more upcoming titles for 2015, including Anna’s Quest, Dead Synchronicity, Fire, as well as the just released Blackguards 2.
IGN is reporting that Xbox hardware sales are down for the quarter closing out 2014. On the positive side Microsoft says mobile device sales are doing well and the company still managed to generate a net income of $5.86 billion.
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Xbox sales are down, according to the report, with over 6.6 million Xbox console units – both Xbox 360 and Xbox One combined – sold during this quarter. Last year's report from this time saw 7.4 million units sold.
Microsoft did not reveal how many Xbox One units were sold over the quarter, but claims that an expected decrease in Xbox 360 sales contributed to a general decline in the Xbox console's earnings.
Ubisoft has announced that the Hurk Deluxe DLC for Far Cry 4 has been released on PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
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Today, Ubisoft announced that Hurk Deluxe, a new piece of downloadable content for Far Cry® 4, is available now on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC. Hurk Deluxe includes five missions playable in single-player, including Yak Farm, Blood Ruby and Hurk’s Redemption. This new content also gives access to an arsenal of new weapons including a harpoon gun for Hurk.
Hurk Deluxe is available as part of the Far Cry 4 Season Pass or can be purchased separately. The Season Pass includes Hurk Deluxe as well as the following content: The Syringe and Escape from Durgesh Prison, which are already available, and Overrun and Valley of the Yetis, both of which will be available soon.
The Far Cry 4 Season Pass is available from PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, uPlay, Game, Amazon, and selected games retailers.
Although the outlet is sure to note that plans are in very early stages, Deadline is reporting that Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm are eyeing Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt to potentially replace Harrison Ford as the headlining star of the Indiana Jones franchise!
Although the most recent big screen adventure, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was not entirely a hit with critics, the fourth film in the series managed to gross more than $786 million worldwide when it was released in 2008. Shortly thereafter, George Lucas hinted that plans were underway for a fifth cinematic adventure, but he admitted that he had yet to decide on a MacGuffin (A term popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, referring to a narrative element that drives the story forward, such as the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark). Following the sale of Lucasfilm to Walt Disney Pictures and Lucas’ own subsequent retirement, however, hints regarding plans for the future of the franchise have been few and far between. Ford, however, has suggested that he’s quite eager to reprise the role himself, despite turning 73 this year.
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Electronic Arts' digital revenues beat physical on a trailing twelve month basis for the first time ever.
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Electronic Arts wrapped up 2014 on a high note, as the publisher today released better-than-expected results for the three months ended December 31.
For its fiscal third quarter, EA reported net revenues up 39 percent to almost $1.13 billion on a GAAP basis, with a net income of $142 million compared to a $308 million net loss for the year-ago quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, revenue was actually down more than 9 percent, while net income slipped a little less than 3 percent to $388 million. Even so, all of those figures were better than EA's guidance for the quarter.
One highlight for the company was its growing strength in digital. Digital revenues were up 34 percent year-over-year to $693 million. Net revenues from EA Sports' various Ultimate Team modes grew 82 percent year-over-year, and on a trailing 12-month basis, EA brought in a majority of its non-GAAP revenues from digital for the first time ever ($2.18 billion out of $4.34 billion in net revenues came from digital sources).
Stand alongside the brotherhood of the outpost with the new final trailer from IFC Midnight's ALIEN OUTPOST! Directed by Game of Thrones' visual effects supervisor Jabbar Raisani, the action-packed sci-fi adventure opens in select theaters this Friday, January 30th!
In a time of enchantments when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar® winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesized hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes). Torn from his quiet life as a farmhand, the unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his battle-hardened mentor to vanquish a dark queen (Julianne Moore) and the army of supernatural assassins she has dispatched against their kingdom.
Sergei Bodrov directed Seventh Son from a screenplay by Charles Leavitt and Steve Knight and a screen story by Matt Greenberg, based on the book series “The Last Apprentice” by Joseph Delaney. The film is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Thomas Tull and Lionel Wigram. Jon Jashni, Brent O’Connor and Alysia Cotter are executive producers, with Jillian Share and Erica Lee co-producing. The film will be released in 3D.
Activision sends along a press release announcing that the Havoc DLC pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has been released for Xbox One and Xbox 360. PlayStation and PC players will have to wait for the Havoc DLC, because Microsoft paid for the timed exclusive.
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Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare Havoc, the first DLC pack of the top-selling console video game in the world in 2014, based on physical game unit sell-through data from NPD and Gfk, is available now, first on the Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft for Xbox One and Xbox 360. Delivering a new level of DLC value, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Havoc includes four new, epic multiplayer maps, access to the versatile AE4 directed energy assault rifle, the AE4 Widowmaker custom variant, plus an exciting all-new zombies cooperative mode called Exo Zombies.
Click on the image to check out the screenshots. Five of them are new.
Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that threatens his very salvation.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango's epic story of four years in the life (or death) of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won GameSpot's Game of the Year award upon its original launch. Grim Fandango still stands as a classic of the genre, with unforgettable characters and unique combination of film noir and Mexican folklore.
Seems that Anita Sarkeesian aka Feminist Frequency has called out AlphaOmegaSin & 3 fellow Youtubers for criticizing her on her many allegations against gaming & gamers alike.
Amazing enough she left out the thousands of women who have called her out on Youtube as well. Odd that she overlooked that don't you think?
Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games who believes psychoanalysis involves analyzing psychos, today invited the world to enjoy a new trailer for Magicka 2, the forthcoming Wizard-filled spell-slinging game for PC and the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system. Paradox today also offered spelling enthusiasts the chance to win several in-game rewards by signing up on the Magicka 2 website, including the opportunity to name an in-game NPC to suffer a variety of mental and biological anguish.
In the newly released video, viewers will sit in on a very special conversation with Brad, who is not Vlad, who is not a vampire, as he comes to terms with his demons, and reminisces about slaying those demons using a fantastic spellcasting system with up to four players—ahem, Wizards.
Click on the headline to watch the tragic short film "An Interview without the Vampire."
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Joystiq is reporting that parent site AOL is planning to close the page. "part of an extensive house-cleaning of its underperforming content properties that is taking place over the next weeks."
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'AOL is likely to shutter' Joystiq, reports Recode. Hey, wait a minute... that's us! Well, we may as well handle this the same way we've been covering the video game industry for ten years.
"We do not comment on rumor and speculation," one staffer told us, wishing to remain anonymous, preparing for their lucrative PR career. Others are still trying to figure out next steps. Another anonymous staffer said, "We're still working until we can't."
Sources tell Joystiq that the staff is aware of the closure, but corporate hasn't officially told them, so they are unable to acknowledge anything out of concern that it will cause immediate shutdown. We've reached out for more information. We will update, as we always have, when we know more.
Marcin Iwiński from CD Projekt told IGN that the developer is making a statement against paid DLC with 16 free DLC packs for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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CD Projekt co-founder and joint CEO Marcin Iwiński tells IGN that the developer is releasing 16 free The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt downloadable post-launch content packs to make a statement against the “steeply priced” paid DLC economy.
“Because people just paid full price for our game,” Iwiński responded when we asked why the developer is releasing its next 16 DLC packs for free. “We owe them.”
“Yeah, we are making a statement,” he added. “We, as gamers, would like to be treated this way, 'Hey, give me free DLC.' It doesn't have to be something huge. And I'm saying we aren't giving out huge stuff, we aren't giving tens of hours of storyline here, we are giving small bits of pieces that don't cost a lot. And I think people would feel better about our game, and, so, they will enjoy the adventure even more.
Also, GameSpot has posted a preview of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Dying Light is finally here! Experience an all-new story of survival set in a city devastated by a mysterious infection. Play as Kyle Crane, an undercover operative sent to the quarantine zone with the mission to locate a high-ranking military officer gone missing. As you mission goes sour almost instantly, you soon find yourself caught in the midst of a desperate fight for survival.
EA Sports has been playing with Tom Brady's balls in Madden NFL 15.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – January 26, 2015 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today released the official Madden NFL 15 Super Bowl Prediction pitting the New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks. The prediction calls for a tightly-contested game between the two teams, coming down to a heroic play in the final drive to seal the win. The prediction sees New England’s offense overcoming the Seahawks’ defense to pull out a 28-24 victory.
The Patriots kicked off the scoring early, marching down the field on their first possession and capping it off with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to Rob Gronkowski. Seattle would answer with a field goal later in the quarter, keeping the game close heading into the 2nd.
New England and Seattle traded TDs in the period, but as the Patriots attempted their final drive before the half the Seahawks’ vaunted secondary struck, with Earl Thomas III intercepting a pass intended for Gronkowski and returning it 58 yards for a touchdown. With that pick the Seahawks took the lead into halftime, 17-14.
Coming out of the locker room Seattle kept momentum on their side by scoring on their first possession with a 9-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch. The Patriots were on the ropes, but they came out swinging and Tom Brady once again found Rob Gronkowski for a touchdown from 14 yards out.
The 4th quarter was a defensive battle, with neither team able to put points on the board early. Late in the game Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis made his presence known, intercepting a Russell Wilson pass and giving the Pats one last chance to win. In the waning seconds Tom Brady hooked up with Julian Edelman, who managed to slip out of a tackle and make a break for the end zone. Kam Chancellor sprinted toward Edelman to try and make a Super Bowl-saving tackle, but the speedy Edelman dove into the Promised Land as time expired, securing victory.
Tom Brady was named MVP of the game thanks to his 335 yard, 4-touchdown performance, his third such honor. Julian Edelman led all receivers with 8 catches for 106 yards, while Marshawn Lynch proved to be unstoppable on the ground with 118 yards and 2 touchdowns.
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Who are you rooting for? What's your pick for the big game? Any earth shattering predictions?
Ever since the GTX 970 and GTX 980 launched, I’ve made no secret of preferring the GTX 970 as a gaming solution for the vast majority of people. For $200 less, this GPU seemed to pack nearly all the benefits of Nvidia’s Maxwell, with very little downside — until now. Now, reports are surfacing that the GTX 970 may suffer from a serious memory bug that may cripple performance in certain scenarios.
In order to explain things, I need to first cover how GPU memory access is supposed to work. One of the reasons of building a large ring bus and multiple memory controllers around the outside of the die is that memory accesses to every block of RAM are supposed to have the same latencies and take the same amount of time. Accessing the first 500MB of GPU VRAM shouldn’t be faster or slower than accessing the last 500MB.
Unfortunately, that’s not what the GTX 970 is doing, as evidenced by benchmark results like the below.
American Sniper hit the mark with moviegoers again, the military drama starring Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle topped the box office for a second weekend in a row with a $64.4 million weekend take.
Here is the Weekend Boxoffice Chart for the weekend of January 23rd to January 25th, 2015.
American Sniper $64.3/$200.1
The Boy Next Door $15.0/$15.0
Paddington $12.3/$40.0
The Wedding Ringer $11.6/$39.6
Taken 3 $7.6/$76.0
The Imitation Game $7.1/$60.6
Strange Magic $5.5/$5.5
Selma $5.5/$39.2
Mortdecai $4.1/$4.1
Into the Woods $3.8/$121.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $2.8/$249.5
I love this game. A lot. Probably one of the best bits of digital crack this past year for me. Titanfall seems to have been missed by the masses, but damn if I can't get enough of this game. If you've got a PC or any Microsoft console, check this one out. It is FUN!
It looks like the long-rumored Beetlejuice sequel is finally really happening. Back in December, director Tim Burton gave multiple affirmatives when asked if Winona Ryder would return for Beetlejuice 2.
At Sundance Film Festival this weekend, MTV put the question to Ryder herself, and she gave a big “Yeah” of her own. When asked what she knew about Beetlejuice 2, Ryder said, “Other than it looks like it’s really happening…I’m so thrilled for Michael [Keaton] with everything, it couldn’t have happened to a greater guy, and ‘Birdman’ was so brilliant, and I loved him, and I would be so… I’m really, really excited.”
In a post on NeoGAF Luke Smith from Bungie said "mistakes we made with the DLC1 reward economy will not be repeated."
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The studio has nothing official to announce, but Smith did list Vault of Glass vendor gear “invalidating” raid gear, resetting Exotic talents through upgrading, and the shard economy as mistakes the studio made.
“Our philosophy about rewards/loot continue to evolve as we see how players play and react,” Smith says, adding the studio intends to continue improvements on loot rewards and drop rates to make the acquisition of gear more fun through less grinding.
Bungie has been assessing item rewards and drop rates between Vault of Glass and Crota’s End, and have found increased drop rates and variability of perks on items, as well as removing Shards as a “barrier” between players and new loot would be viable improvements moving forward.
GameSpot is reporting that InXile Entertainment has announced The Bard's Tale IV at PAX South.
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InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo announced The Bard's Tale IV at PAX South this morning. "It's official.. And I'm very personally excited to be working on this," Fargo said on Twitter, where he also posted the logo you can see above. "More details to follow."
The most recently released game in the series is 2004's spoof of RPGs The Bard's Tale, also developed by Fargo and InXile Entertainment, but The Bard's Tale IV is positioned as a sequel to The Bard's Tale III, released all the way back in 1988.
Fargo said The Bard's Tale IV will feature traditional turn-based combat, and that he aims to crowdfund the game via Kickstarter. That method worked pretty well for Wasteland 2, which grossed $1.5 million shortly after its release.
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns™ is the first expansion for Guild Wars 2. Founded on the idea that the journey is the goal, the Heart of Thorns expansion continues the Guild Wars 2 tradition of challenging the conventions of MMOs to fulfill the promise of what online worlds should be. Journey deeper into the Heart of Thorns.
The Mastery System
We're reimagining progression with our new Mastery system. Explore new training opportunities for your character beyond level 80 and master abilities like hang gliding in the jungle, tearing the bark off of heavily armored Mordrem, or building new collections that earn precursors to a legendary weapon.
The Heart of Maguuma
New adventures await you in the heart of the Maguuma Jungle. Confront the growing hordes of Mordremoth's minions, discover allies from ancient civilizations, and battle new enemies.
Tackle challenging group content.
Explore new open world jungle maps.
Experience new events and storylines.
Test your mettle in new boss battles.
Specializations
Evolve your gameplay. With profession specializations, you'll unlock access to a weapon previously unavailable to your profession as well as new traits, skills, and unique mechanics - all of which will transform your profession into something new.
New Profession: Revenant
Channel legendary powers to slaughter foes and unleash chaos on the battlefield with our brand new profession: the revenant. Enter the field of battle heavily armored and equipped with the otherworldly powers of the Mists.
Guild Halls
Your guild has roamed the world together. Now, it's time to claim a piece of it. Work with fellow guild members to claim and grow your own guild hall in the heart of Maguuma.
PvP: New Stronghold Game Mode
Gather supply to hire soldiers. Battle for control of heroes. Man the trebuchet to defend your stronghold, and storm the enemy gates to defeat the guild lord! Use our new guild team feature to team up and battle to the top of the leaderboards. Stronghold offers an entirely new way to play competitive PvP in Guild Wars 2!
WvW: New Borderland
Experience epic battlefield combat like never before in World vs. World's latest core addition, the new Borderlands map. Navigate treacherous heights with traps that blow your foes to the depths below and ferocious defenders to help keep the enemy at bay. Map objectives will be more important than ever before, as they'll unlock new strategies, tactics, and play mechanics that you'll want to use to your world's advantage!
Reggie is back to show more Reproductions, Home-brew original & Hacked games for retro consoles!
Games Shown:
Halo 2600 (2600)
Space Rocks (2600)
Mother 3 (GBA)
Monster World IV (Genesis)
Nightmare Busters (SNES)
Twinkle Tale (Genesis)
Falldown (2600)
Juno First (2600)
Flappy (2600)
Hebereke (NES)
Crisis Force (NES)
Game Panic (2600)
Road Warriors (2600)
What other modern franchises should get the Atari 2600 treatment? Gears of War? Mass Effect? The Last of Us?
