Rumor: Respawn Entertainment’s First Game to be Xbox-Exclusive

April 29, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Activision, Call of Duty, david and goliath, EA, Gaming, Infinity Ward, Microsoft, Microsoft Studios, next generation xbox, Next Xbox, Nextbox, Respawn Entertainment, XBOX, Xbox 720 | 1 Comment

Respawn Entertainment, the product of a long-winded battle between Infinity Ward creators & staff and Activision, has been rather quiet regarding their debut title since the studio’s founding. Rumors are now circulating that their first game will be an Xbox-exclusive. Sources are stating the next Xbox as the primary system with a focus on online gameplay requiring an always-on connection. An Xbox 360 version is possible, but ports for Nintendo and Sony consoles are not being considered.

The game is said to be set in the future and will have players facing off in David and Goliath battles. “Davids are heavily armed foot soldiers. The Goliaths are giant exoskeletons–Titans–that these soldiers can pilot.” It’s worth noting that Respawn recently filed a trademark for Titan.

According to these sources, Respawn is working on the Xbox 720 version which will utilize a modified Source engine with the developer outsourcing for the Xbox 360 port.

Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox on May 21 with E3 following shortly thereafter, so the legitimacy of this rumor will likely be sorted out in the near future.

Sources: Kotaku, Gamespot

Watch_Dogs Coming to PC and Consoles in November

April 29, 2013 by Andy in Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Gaming, next gen consoles, Next Xbox, Nextbox, PS3, PS4, Ubisoft, Watch Dogs, Watchdogs, Watch_Dogs, Wii U, WiiU, Xbox 360, Xbox 720 | Leave a comment

Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch_Dogs has a new trailer and a concrete release date. Announced at last year’s E3, Watch_Dog places gamers in the shoes of the technically-inclined vigilante Aiden Pearce who can hack electronic devices to gain information, wire funds, or trigger traps in an open-world game environment. Watch_Dogs will be available on current and next-gen consoles as well as PC on November 19, 2013.

Next Xbox Reveal Coming May 21

April 24, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, Technology, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Durango, Microsoft, Next Xbox, Nextbox, XBOX, Xbox 360, Xbox 720, Xbox Durango | 1 Comment

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be unveiling its next-generation videogame console in nearly a month. With the date set for May 21, we still have quite the wait to find out what they have in store for the future of Xbox, but it’s nice that they’ve finally said something about the inevitable Xbox 360 successor.

The reveal is set to take place just 19 days before E3, so hopefully their E3 conference will focus more on the games and less on the system’s new features (it’d also be refreshing to have a conference that doesn’t flaunt Kinect and all the terrible games that have been made for it).

According to Major Nelson’s blog, the conference will focus on the future of Xbox and give us a “real taste of the future.” The conference will stream on Xbox Live, xbox.com, and be broadcast on Spike.

Sources: Facebook, Major Nelson

Bethesda Reveals Shinji Mikami’s “The Evil Within”

April 19, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Gaming, horror game, Microsoft, Next Gen, Next Generation Consoles, Nextbox, PC, PlayStation, PS3, PS4, Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami, Sony, Survival Horror, The Evil Within, Windows, XBOX, Xbox 360, Xbox 720 | Leave a comment

Bethesda’s been teasing a new game for a while now and while many speculated that the teases were for a new Fallout title, those rumors were quickly denied and have now been proven wrong. Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has been working on a new horror game for Bethesda and we now have a teaser trailer (featuring shots from Bethesda’s teaser teasers) for this new game. The Evil Within was originally announced as Zwei and is being developed by Shinji Mikami’s studio Tango Gameworks. The game has been given a vague 2014 release and is headed to current and next gen consoles as well as PC.

The teaser doesn’t reveal much, but it’s twisted, disturbing, and intriguing. Have a look for yourself:

From the official website:

EVIL TAKES HOLD 2014

Shinji Mikami, the father of survival horror, is back to direct The Evil Within™ – a game embodying the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story weave together to create an immersive world that will bring players to the height of tension. The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PC and next generation consoles and is slated for release in 2014.

Cyberpunk 2077 to have “Multiplayer Features”

March 14, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged CD Projekt, CD Projekt RED, CDPR, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, Gaming, Next Gen, Nextbox, PC, PlayStation 4, PS4, The Witcher, Xbox 720, Xbox Next | Leave a comment

Upcoming CD Projekt Red game Cyberpunk 2077 has been confirmed to have multiplayer features. Speaking with Eurogamer, managing director of Cd Projekt Red stated that the game will have an amazing story-based single player campaign, but the developer will “add multiplayer features.” What those features will be was not stated.

Cyberpunk 2077 will be feature an open world for players to explore with their customizable player characters. As the game will not feature a pre-defined player character as CD Projekt’s other franchise, The Witcher, players will be given more freedom with world exploration and story progression. The game is expected to be released in 2015.

Source: Eurogamer

The Witcher 3 Announced for Next Gen Consoles and PC

February 5, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged CD Projekt, CD Projekt RED, Next Generation Consoles, NextBox Next XBOX, PC, PlayStation, PS4, REDengine 3, The Witcher, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Video Games, Videogames, Witcher 3, XBOX, Xbox 720 | Leave a comment

CD Projekt RED has announced the third installment of its The Witcher franchise. The developer claims that the game will be the largest modern RPG and will be 30x larger than The Witcher 2. This next installment will use CD Projekt’s new engine REDengine 3 and will be the first game to utilize said engine. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be an open world game said to be 20% larger than the world in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim–the map will take over 30 minutes to cross on horseback!

Wild Hunt will be the final installment of the series developed by CD Projekt RED and will be released in 2014 for PC and “all high-end platforms available.”

In related Witcher news, the first two games are currently on sale on Steam for $5 and $10 and the second game has received a permanent price drop on Xbox 360 (officially down to $30).

Sources: Joystiq, Kotaku

PS4 to be Unveiled this Month–Xbox this Spring

February 1, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PlayStation, Technology, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Console Generations, E3, Game Consoles, Microsoft, Next Gen, Next Generation, Nextbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, PS4, Sony, Video Games, Videogames, XBOX, Xbox 720, Xbox Next | Leave a comment

We all have known this was coming for a while now–the current generation of consoles is over 7 years old (the Xbox 360 originally launched in November of 2005) and many believe a new console generation is long overdue. According to Polygon, the next PlayStation game console will be officially unveiled this month. Microsoft, however, plans to unveil their next console in the spring. Both platforms are expected to launch this holiday season.

A PlayStation meeting is scheduled for February 20 and will highlight the future of Sony’s PlayStation brand.

Source: Polygon