Monthly Archives: August 2019

Marvel’s Avengers Releases official A-Day Gameplay Footage

During Gamescom 2019, Square-Enix showed off some gameplay footage for the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers, and specifically, the A-Day gameplay. This is a tutorial where players learn to control the powers of the Avengers. Marvel’s Avengers is an upcoming story-driven third-person action RPG, and players will build a team of Avengers around an original, cinematic, single-player experience. It will launch on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and PC on May 15th, 2020.

Marvel’s Avengers begins at A-Day, where Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor are unveiling a hi-tech Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco — including the reveal of their own helicarrier powered by an experimental energy source. The celebration turns deadly when a catastrophic accident results in massive devastation. Blamed for the tragedy, the Avengers disband. Five years later, with all Super Heroes outlawed and the world in peril, the only hope is to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

Galactic Civilizations III to Receive Villains of Star Control: Origins

Galactic Civ 3 Villains DLC

Stardock announced today that Galactic Civilizations III will be receiving a new DLC pack, which is slated to arrive on August 27th. With it will come four new playable races, with their own abilities, ship styles, and theme music. These races will be the “Villains of Star Control: Origins”. This DLC will be available for 5.99, and below we have a bit on each of these races.

The Measured: The Measured are sentient coral. They once had a rich, thriving civilization before they were modified by the Scryve. The Measured are the Bureaucrats of the Scryve sector which makes them fit in with the gameplay of Galactic Civilizations III nicely. They not only get the Bureaucrat ability but receive a new one: Mitotic, which gives them free administrators when they colonize new worlds.

The Phamyst: The Phamyst are the galaxy’s most polite cannibals. They find other beings generally intolerable. The galaxy is a messy place and they are just the ones to bring class and refinement to it.

The Xraki: The Xraki are considered fanatical monsters that came from another dimension by most. But things are not quite as they seem. The Xraki were once the shock troops of the Scryve Empire, who harvested them and modified them via the Scryve’s exclusive access to the only known Origin in the galaxy (a device that allows its user to go into alternative universes).

The Scryve: The immortal Scryve were not always villains. The Scryve Empire was once full of idealism and hope. Time and events slowly corrupted them. Now, the once all-powerful Scryve Empire is slowly dying. They have controlled our part of the galaxy for so long that few species have been left untouched by them. The Scryve are unlike any villain from the Galactic Civilizations universe. Where the Drengin are brutal, violent and intolerant, the Scryve are civilized, thoughtful and methodical. The Scryve could best be described as a people who followed “the ends justify the means” one too many times.

The Scryve are masters at conquering and then holding. Not only do they have the Conquerors ability, but they also receive the new Imperial ability which gives their ships an HP bonus in their territory based on the number of colonies whose zone of control are contiguous with their home planet.

 

The Yakuza Remastered Collection Kicks Off Today

Just announced this morning at Gamescom 2019, The Yakuza Remastered Collection: which includes Yakuza 3, 4, and 5, is heading to the Playstation 4. Starting today, Yakuza 3 is available via digital purchase. Yakuza 4 will release on October 29th, 2019, and Yakuza 5 coming on February 11, 2020. These games will automatically unlock on these dates for all digital purchases of the collection. There will also be a very limited physical run of The Yakuza Remastered Collection: Day One Editionthe details of which are below. Pre-orders for the physical release can be found here.

This isn’t an ordinary console generation port, either. It will feature a graphical and performance upgrade (720 up to 1080p, and 30 to 60 frames), all three games have gone through a rigorous re-localization process. The English scripts have been revised, and in some cases rewritten. Content that was previously cut has been restored as well.

In Yakuza 3, this means the Mahjong, Shogi, Massage Parlor, and ever-popular Cabaret minigames, as well as a collection of Substories cut from the original release, are now available in the West for the first time! Several quality-of-life changes have also been added for each release in the collection, including a Substory tracker on the map and the ability to toggle between English and Japanese written lyrics during Karaoke.

For North American fans who want to see where the Dragon of Dojima’s story all began, The Yakuza Origins Digital Bundle is also available on the PlayStation Store and contains the first three chapters of the Dragon of Dojima’s tale, Yakuza 0Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2, all for $49.99.

Physical Edition Details:

A limited run of The Yakuza Remastered Collection: Day One Edition will release on February 11, 2020, for $59.99, and contains Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, & Yakuza 5 on two disks in a striking red collectible case emblazoned with Kiryu’s trademark dragon tattoo. This release marks the first time Yakuza 5 will be available in a physical format in the West, so the collection also includes a genuine Yakuza 5 PS3 case; after 5 years since the game’s original release, series collectors can finally fill the gap in their library! Supplies are very limited, so get your order in while supplies last!

Sin Slayers Launches This September

Black Tower Entertainment has announced a new RPG, that’s going to be launching this September, and it’s called Sin Slayers. Sin Slayers is a dark RPG that’s set in a treacherous underworld. Players will create and equip a team of heroes, each with their own pros and cons. Building a sound team and working together will be key to defeat the seven Sin Lords, and escape your doom. Sin Slayers will be arriving on September 5th, 2019, for PC, Mac, and Linux for 14.99.

Features of Sin Slayers:

  • Roguelike with JRPG combat system
  • Mix of pixel art and dark fantasy
  • The Sinfulness will rise or fall according to the player’s decisions, and change game difficulty accordingly
  • Randomly generated locations offering great replayability
  • Ten heroes, each with their own unique abilities and weaknesses

Killsquad Reveals ‘Colosseum of the Unseen’ in New Trailer

The latest trailer for Killsquad comes from Gamescom and shows off the first major update to the game. The Colosseum of the Unseen is among Killsquad’s deadliest gauntlets, and toughest mercenaries will battle it out against beasts and traps, for valuable rewards. This battle arena will offer a new way to experience Killsquad, and this update will drop at the end of August. Mercenaries are being lured into battle with the promise of exclusive rewards as well.  In addition to this new Colosseum, a new unlockable in-game vendor will appear.