Don’t you just hate it when you wake up to witness a fleet of tanks rumbling through your nearby forest, knocking down trees, destroying fences and then, once they reach the roads, crushing cars beneath their tracks like there is no tomorrow? If you don’t hate that idea, then I have three videos that will be just what you need to see. …
Back in September, Nival, the guys who worked on Heroes of Might and Magiv V announced they were returning to their roots with the much loved strategy series Blitzkrieg. Sadly, I missed this announcement until this past weekend when a friendly British PR agency took over media duties and handily informed me of Nival’s return to war. …
How fast a year (well 11 months) goes by, it feels like only yesterday that I was settling down in the dark cold months to play Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag in what was a return to form for the series after some slight miss-steps. Now I look and we are just over a month away from the next big title in the series (Rogue is on a personal back-burner) and our chance to explore the streets of revolutionary Paris. Do you want some hints of what might be occurring in Unity? I’ve gathered some trailers after the break and shared some thoughts on the how the game is shaping up. …
There is something to be said for buying into the new crop of consoles just a few days too late, it means that some things get to be a bigger surprise than you expected. You see, when I bought my PlayStation 4, the last Destiny public test had just come and I missed by chance to take part. To be honest though, I hadn’t really been keeping tabs on Bungie’s big break away from the Halo franchise. I wasn’t planning on buying into the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 until Christmas at the earliest, and so I hadn’t been tracking half of the new generation of console titles like I should have been.
For Destiny, that all changes right now. …
One of the biggest items to come out of the Nintendo event at E3 was something I didn’t cover yesterday. That is, of course, all things Zelda with both Hyrule Warriors and the all new, open world, The Legend of Zelda being shown off. What else do you need to know? Hit the jump for the videos and some words… …
It’s funny how certain things stick in your mind. A bit like one of those Katy Perry songs that you know you shouldn’t like, what with being an indie-child, but still do… ahem.
See what stuck in my mind from E3 after the cut.
I’ve always found E3 to be a peculiar beast and I still question it’s relevance given the internet’s always on, always now capabilities, but I guess you’ve got to give the PR guys ‘n’ gals a day out occasionally. That said, there were a few titles that immediately piqued my interest.
Batman: Arkham Knight
I’m a big fan of the previous Arkham games, and although they’re probably stretching the Arkham moniker a bit too far this time, i’m still very excited at this title.
The trailer shown at E3 gives a reasonable amount of time to the new Batmobile, and I have to say, it looks positively brutal. The video is a sizable chunk of game-play and slight misgivings about the ‘tank mode’ on the Batmobile aside, I have to say it looks pretty gosh-darn good. I’m certainly a fan of the quicker glide times on show, something I feel was a slight issue with Arkham City.
And just wow, doesn’t the combat still look beautiful.
Abzu
Now, I know next to nothing about this game, save for it being set underwater and that it looks utterly utterly gorgeous. It immediately caught my attention for the lighting and colour aesthetics and had me ‘sold’ the minute I saw the diver move underwater. In the short two minute trailer it did more to get across the sense of movement through water than any other title i’ve ever seen.
That followed by the scene with the blue whales just had me hooked. This is one i’ll be watching closely.
The Sims 4
Ok ok, so the whole Katy Perry thing in the intro was a contrived way to hint at the final title that caught my eye; the fourth Sims game. Now, Katy Perry aside (and I hope for the sanctity of my home-life that she’d not actually in the game…) i’ve always been interested with these titles. Forgetting for a moment that they are incredibly addictive and fun in-of themselves, but I think they’re also an incredible tool for evaluating how people react under certain situations. By that of course I mean the players not the Sims!
The new Sims promises many upgrades, but the one that interests me the most is the hugely upgraded ‘needs’ and ’emotions’ systems. I think they could generate some really interesting situations.
So, that’s the three that have grabbed me so far, a bit of a spread (which surprised me more than anyone) and E3 still has a ways to go yet. Maybe it’s time to hang up my Auto-Cynacist hat….
We might not be over in Los Angeles enjoying the E3 high-life, meeting and greeting or playing millions of unreleased games…instead we are here at Reticule Towers deciding to occasionally throw out a morsel of E3 goodness to our baying masses whenever we find something worth talking about. Or we are simply going to embed a bunch of trailers of games we find interesting before sharing some thoughts towards the end of the week.
Hopefully that explains what this is, so hit the jump for some Nintendo goodies. …
It’s always fun to come up with random new names for news roundups, they’re the biggest challenge we here at Reticule Towers are faced with. Either that or trying to find the time in the hyper-connected world of our lives to write as much as we want.
If that introduction didn’t get you excited, why not hit the break for word on Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein and some other AAA goodness. …
It’s been a few weeks since the last Indie Gaming Roundupp which I seem to do whenever I realise I should be doing something while clicking my way through the seasons in Football Manager. This week I bring word on Warside, Cloud Chamber and Kentucky Route Zero, so hit the break and check out the latest. …
As the title of this post implies, if you want to see some videos of some of the upcoming big hits all you need to do is hit the break – no need to watch the three hour trainwreck that spawned most of them. Down there you will find videos for The Witcher 3, Thief, The LEGO Movie Videogame and The Division‘s Snowdrop engine. What are you waiting for? …