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New Video Game Releases – September 2013 Schedule

New Video Game Releases – September 2013 Schedule

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Welcome to The Reticule’s definitive roundup of gaming releases throughout September 2013. All release dates stated are for the EU, across all currently available platforms. Keep this page bookmarked for easy access, as we will link all previews and reviews when we post them on the site.

Still catching up with this months games? August’s release schedule can be found here.

3rd
Total War: Rome II
PC

Total War Rome II 2 Screenshot September 3rd 2013 Release Date Schedule

Become the world’s first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means. Your rise will bring admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies. Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator — as Emperor?

Diablo III
PS3, Xbox 360

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
PS3

Rayman Legends
PC

4th
Killzone: Mercenary
PSV

6th
Farming Simulator 2013
PS3, Xbox 360

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
PS3, Xbox 360

Football Director
PC

Final Exam
PC

I Am Alive
PC

10th
The Sims 3 Movie Stuff Pack
PC

11th
DuckTales Remastered
Xbox 360

12th
Arma III
PC

Arma III 3 Screenshot September 12th 2013 Release Date Schedule

ARMA 3 is set in the near-future during the mid-2030s, where NATO forces deployed in the Greek islands of the Aegean Sea are trying to hold off a massive Iranian military offensive from the east. During the singleplayer campaign, the player will take the role of a British Special Forces soldier, Captain Scott Miller. Initially, the player must survive on their own after friendly forces are defeated in a failed NATO operation. During the campaign, the player will face everything from lone wolf infiltration missions to the commanding of large scale armored operations. The player will also be able to choose different objectives and weaponry (such as UAVs, artillery, and air support) according to their play style.

13th
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
PS3

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
PS3

Puppeteer
PS3

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers
3DS

NHL 14
PS3, Xbox 360

16th
The Elder Scrolls Anthology
PC

17th
Grand Theft Auto V
PS3, Xbox 360

GTA V Grand Theft Auto Screenshot September 17th 2013 Release Date Schedule

Los Santos: a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and fading celebrities, once the envy of the Western world, now struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. Amidst the turmoil, three very different criminals plot their own chances of survival and success: Franklin, a street hustler looking for real opportunities and serious money; Michael, a professional ex-con whose retirement is a lot less rosy than he hoped it would be; and Trevor, a violent maniac driven by the chance of a cheap high and the next big score. Running out of options, the crew risks everything in a series of daring and dangerous heists that could set them up for life.

MechWarrior Online
PC

18th
Dragon’s Prophet
PC

19th
Angry Birds Star Wars II
iOS

20th
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014
PS3, Xbox 360

Recovery: Search and Rescue Simulation
PC

24th
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
PS3

25th
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+
PC

26th
Train Simulator 2014
PC

27th
FIFA 14
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Fifa 14 Screenshot September 27th 2013 Release Date Schedule

Career mode in Fifa 14 has been revamped. Additions include a Global Scouting Network through most countries, which allows hiring a scout to search for talent all season from various clubs globally. The Career Mode hub navigation has also been redesigned, with fewer interruptions and live scouting reports. Managers are now able to develop, build and refine their network of scouts, gathering details on the attributes and traits of players. This way of playing Career Mode also moves away from the concept of player overall rating as an on-demand metric of a player’s abilities. Instead, communication with scouts determines what type of player is wished.

Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
PS3

The Guided Fate Paradox
PS3

Rise of Venice
PC

Alien Rage
PC

Inazuma Eleven 3: Bomb Blast/Lightning Bolt
3DS

Deadfall Adventures
PS3, Xbox 360

Girls’ Fashion Shoot
3DS

New Video Game Releases – June Schedule

New Video Game Releases – June Schedule

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Welcome to The Reticule’s definitive roundup of gaming releases throughout June 2013. All release dates stated are for the EU, across all currently available platforms. Keep this page bookmarked for easy access, as we will link all previews and reviews when we post them on the site.

Still catching up with this months games? May’s release schedule can be found here.

4th
Marvel Heroes
PC

5th
Prime World: Defenders
PC

7th
Remember Me
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Remember Me Game Screenshot June 2013

Remember Me features exploration, platforming, stealth, and melee combat. The game introduces the mechanic of ‘memory remixing’: entering and rearranging a target’s memories to manipulate them. Players accomplish this by replaying a memory and modifying details to change the target’s recollection of the outcome. Another key mechanic of gameplay is stealing memories from specific targets and using points called Remembranes to replay the memory in real-time: this is often needed to proceed through the game or avoid hazards otherwise hidden from the player.

11th
Pandora: Purge of Pride
PC

13th
Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

14th
The Last of Us
PS3

The Last of Us Naughty Dog PS3 June 2013

The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience blending survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. 20 years after a pandemic has radically changed known civilization, cities are abandoned and being reclaimed by nature, infected humans run wild and survivors are killing each other for food, weapons; whatever they can get their hands on.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
3DS

DARK
PC, Xbox 360

Girls Fashion Shoot
3DS

20th
Return to Castlerama
iOS

Pro Cycling Manager Season 2013: Le Tour de France – 100th Edition
PC

Magrunner: Dark Pulse
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Magrunner Dark Pulse Screenshot June 2013

Developed on Unreal Engine 3, Magrunner transports players into the near future, where technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos imagined by fantasy author, H.P. Lovecraft. Magrunner takes us to 2050, at the heart of the Gruckezber Magtech space exploration training facility. This futuristic venture, organized to promote a brand new technology, puts your reflexes and brain to the test, with simple yet exciting mechanics.

The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief
PC

21st
Ashes Cricket 2013
PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360

Lego Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey
PSV, 3DS

MotoGP 13
PC, PS3, PSV, Xbox 360

25th
Company of Heroes 2 (First Impressions)
PC

Company of Heroes 2 PC Strategy June 2013

Company of Heroes 2 will feature the Soviet Red Army as a new faction and will take the player on various stages of the Eastern Front campaign, from Operation Barbarossa to the Battle of Berlin. The game is built on Relic’s proprietary Essence 3.0 engine, which showcases new improvements compared to Relic’s previous games. One such improvements is the new line-of-sight technology, TrueSight,[9] which aims to better emulate troop visibility in real combat. In contrast with traditional unit visibility, TrueSight more accurately represents a unit’s visibility range based on environmental conditions and type of unit. Essence 3.0 will also incorporate an innovative weather-simulating technology known as ColdTech and destructible environments.

Deadpool
PS3, Xbox 360

The Sims 3: Island Paradise
PC

Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

28th
Game & Wario
Wii U

Time and Eternity
PS3

Ride to Hell: Retribution
PC, PS3, Xbox 360

The Sims 3 – Jubilee Parody

The Sims 3 – Jubilee Parody

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Leaving my personal cynicism aside for this big jubilee malarky going on here in the UK, this Sims 3 parody video from EA is quite amusing, and certainly gave me a chuckle as I retreat from the hellish heat of my garden. This kind of makes me want to play some more Sims, anyone else get that feeling when they see great videos from that game?

The Sims 3: Ambitions – The Verdict

The Sims 3: Ambitions – The Verdict

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There are a few things that any Sims expansion needs to be a success, firstly it shouldn’t be a ‘stuff pack’ which are ridiculous wastes of money. Any self respecting Sims expansion must include plenty of new things and Ambitions does just that.

The focus of the expansion is on new professions, these are like jobs but instead of just sending your Sim to work, you actually do the job yourself. No longer do you feel the disconnect between you and your Sim when they are at work, with one of the new professions you can stay with them all day long. For a Stylist this means you can just wait for people to get in touch with you asking for a makeover which lets you delve into the Sim editor and give them a new hairstyle or new clothes. Similarly the Architectural Desinger gets to alter other houses.

If you want more action you can become a Fireman or a Ghost Hunter, but one of my favourite new professions is the Private Investigator. Don your Columbo coat and find out what devious crimes people are getting up to. Digging through garbage and reading mail are the basics of the job, but more adventurous investigators can hack other Sims’ computers and even take part in a stakeout. It helps to have a van for these, my PI resorted to hiding behind his very own fake tree, needless to say this got him some strange looks from passing Sims.

For those gardeners and fishers out there some good news, you haven’t been ignored. Your Sim can now register as self-employed at City Hall so your hobby can now really take over your life. Inventing is also now on the cards, buy yourself a workbench, get some scrap from the Junkyard and get hammering away, you can sell your creations at the new Consignment Store or just keep them lying around your home.

The new work arrangements may be the focus of Ambitions, and they work very well adding a great deal to what was a sometimes lacking part of the game, but there is more to the expansion than just some new jobs. You can now get tattoos for your Sim at the Salon which doubles up as a makeover haven. The Fire Station houses any wannabe Fire Fighters and is complete with a firemans pole. There is also a Laundromat, if you haven’t bought yourself a new washing machine, dryer or a line you can take your clothes here to get them smelling as fresh as ever.

To go with all the other new features there are new traits and lifetime wishes and perhaps more important, there are new hairstyles to chose from. There still aren’t enough styles for my liking, but any new ones are better than nothing at all. The list RRP of £24.99 is a bit high really despite all the great new things you get with Ambitions, however you should be able to pick it up for under £20 which is a tad more reasonable.

If you want to expand your Sims 3 experience, I must strongly recommend you get Ambitions.

Note: My own screenshots didn’t work, screens in the review are from EA

The Sims 3 – The Verdict

The Sims 3 – The Verdict

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The Sims 3 is set for release here in the UK tomorow, I have spent the past week playing around with the final version of the game and I can now bring you my ‘evil’ verdict on the life simulation game. Now put your mind in Sim mode, select ‘Read the rest of this entry’ and learn more about The Sims 3.

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