Yearly Archives: 2018

Horizon Chase Turbo Reveals New Trailer at Pax East

A heavy dose of nostalgia is coming to Pax East this year, as Horizon Chase Turbo, the arcade racer inspired by the 90s-era classics sets the pace at the Sony Entertainment booth. Convention-goers will be able to experience the game with new features, and a fresh new teaser to show of the art, vehicles, tracks and more.

Horizon Chase Turbo is a standalone homage to classic 16-bit racers that defined a generation of high-speed, frenetic arcade fun. With Horizon Chase Turbo, PAX East attendees will race all over the world with lovingly designed next-gen gameplay that maintains a retro feel, dousing racers with nostalgia that includes head-to-head split-screen multiplayer couch co-op action; and catchy contemporary chiptune-style music from legendary arcade sound designer Barry Leitch (Top Gear, Gauntlet Dark Legacy).

Astro Boy: Brick Breaker Has Released

Astro Boy: Brick Breaker

Funple Stream has announced that a new game, “ASTRO BOY: Brick Breaker” has launched on iOS and Android today (April 5th, 2018). Astro Boy: Brick Breaker is in the mobile arcade genre, developed with the official licensing of Tezuka Production in Japan, then launched on a global scale through Google Play and Apple App Store (except China). Players will challenge 400 stages and each will have a variety of bricks, and removing them all or other objectives (defeating a monster while power light is off, et cetera). This can also be played without an internet connection once the initial download has completed to remove the strenuous use of data (and the download is less than 20MB).

A player can also enjoy a story of Astro Boy to rescues the earth against the conspiracy of Dr. Brick
who threats the earth to make it a block. ‘Astro Boy’ is a popular SF comic which was released in the monthly comic magazine ‘Shounen’ and it was born in TV animation and loved to be broadcasted in
the 40 countries as well as Japan.

Spyro Returns with ‘Spyro Reignited Trilogy’ in September

Spyro is back, and better than ever! The HD remake of the Spyro trilogy returns on September 21st in the “Spyro Reignited Trilogy” for Playstation 4 and Xbox One family of consoles. Fully remastered versions of Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon are all coming back on one disc for a suggested retail price of 39.99. In celebration of this, starting today, owners of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (in North America) can enter the same code from the original reveal (Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right Square) on their controllers in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped to watch this trailer on their console.

Remade from the ground up by lead developer Toys for Bob, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy features the fun and nostalgic gameplay that fans remember with more than 100 levels, enhanced reward sequences, Spyro’s gang of zany dragons and other goofballs (including Sparx the Dragonfly, Hunter, Sheila, Agent 9 and Sgt. Byrd) and more. The trilogy also includes improved environments, updated controls, brand-new lighting and recreated cinematics for added flavor in this one-of-a-kind adventure.

“We’re deeply passionate about staying true to the legacy of the original three Spyro games with the Spyro Reignited Trilogy,” said Paul Yan, Chief Creative Officer, at Toys For Bob. “We’ve poured a lot of love into making the personalities and worlds feel just like fans remember them, while also keeping the game collection surprisingly fresh with lush, high definition detail. We’re bringing back the Spyro we all fell in love with 20 years ago.”

Overwatch Retribution Mission Trailer

Overwatch reveals Retribution, a new archive mission arriving April 10.

Travel eight years into the past and join Blackwatch as they seek to capture a high-ranking member of the Talon organization. Fight in the streets of Venice as Genji, Moira, McCree, or Reyes (later known as Reaper) to complete the mission and unlock pieces of the past with over 100 items from last year and 60 new ones—including highlight intros, emotes, sprays, and more.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Coming to Xbox One and Playstation 4

Today, Bandai Namco has announced that they will be publishing Divinity: Original Sin 2 with a partnership with Larian Studios. Both Xbox One and Playstation 4 will be receiving Metacritic’s highest-scoring PC game in 2017. Divinity: Original Sin 2 gives players an incredible story in one of the deepest worlds created for an RPG, as well as the freedom to do and act as they please, experimenting and improvising with rules that were made to be bent, not followed. It’s an exciting world and should fit nicely on console. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is slated out in August 2018.

“It was very important to us to have DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2 distributed by a team that understands how to bring RPGs to a broad audience.” said Swen Vincke, Founder and CEO of Larian Studios. “With Dark Souls and The Witcher, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment demonstrated they know how to do exactly that and so I’m very happy we’ll have their support.”

1C Company Unveils 3 New RPG and Arena Titles at Pax East 2018

1C Company is more than ready for Pax, bringing seven playable titles to Pax East 2018 this weekend. Three of these titles were revealed today as a part of their roster: Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark (PC, Xbox One, PS4), Gift of Parthax (PC), and Eternity: The Last Unicorn (PC, Xbox One, PS4). Fell Seal is a story-driven, turn-based tactical RPG, Gift of Parthax is a 2D, top-down arena fighter with a gothic pixel art style, and Eternity is a traditional RPG based in Norse Mythology.

“We’ve hand-picked seven titles from our current lineup to bring to PAX East 2018, with three brand new games highlighting the great range of strategy and RPG experiences on offer from 1C in the coming months.,” said Nikolay Baryshnikov, VP of 1C Company. “RPG gamers will love the first look at Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark and Eternity: The Last Unicorn and strategy gamers will enjoy updated builds for Ancestors Legacy and Re-Legion—come see us in booth 21085 to play some outstanding PC and console games!”

In addition to these, other titles will be available to play at 1C Company’s booth:

Haimrik (PC, XB1, PS4 | June 6, 2018) – A unique puzzle-based action-adventure title where medieval scribe Haimrik takes on warriors, sorcerers, and dragons using words that come to life. It’s as original—and as fun—as it sounds!

Deep Sky Derelicts (PC | Early Access, launch 2018) – An award-winning original game of ancient spaceship exploration, startling encounters, incredible loot, and danger behind every corner. The game features turn-based combat with cards in a retro sci-fi setting enriched with roguelike elements. An updated build will be shown.

Re-Legion (PC | Q3 2018) – The upcoming cyberpunk-style real time strategy game will provide a unique experience with single player and multiplayer modes. Played from a classic isometric, top-down view, the game allows players to become a prophet in a futuristic technocratic society where they can define their own belief system, convert citizens, and upgrade them into fighting units to rid the city of non-believers.