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Black Mesa Countdown Clock Mysteriously Appears

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May 4, 2015

Black Mesa Countdown Clock Mysteriously Appears

Black Mesa is a Source Engine remake of the original Half-Life that has been available for a while now, but has yet to make its way to Steam despite being one of the first titles added to Steam Greenlight in 2012. But we may be hearing something new about the first-person shooter remake very soon.

Recently, a mysterious banner image appeared at the top of the Black Mesa site that leads to a different false site for the Black Mesa Research Facility (the setting of Half-Life), home to a countdown clock. The clock is counting down to Tuesday, May 5 at 10:47 am EST/7:47 am PST/1447 UTC. May 5 is a significant date in the Half-Life universe as it is the date which Gordon Freeman is officially hired at Black Mesa, according to the Half-Life wiki page.

This may very well be an announcement of when we will find out Black Mesa reaches Steam. Heck, if we continue to go by the original Half-Life timeline, we may very well see Black Mesa on Steam by May 16 (Gordon Freeman’s first day at Black Mesa). Either way, we will report back here on Tuesday when we know more.

New Splatoon Nintendo Direct Set to Squirt on May 7th

Dustin Spencer

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May 3, 2015

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Nintendo are putting a lot of faith in their latest IP, and want you to see it in action with a brand new Nintendo Direct. On May 7th, you can view the Splatoon Nintendo Direct, which will highlight gameplay and show off features for the fresh title.

These little inklings seem to be a wave of the future and display a direction that Nintendo have always wanted to go in with online multiplayer, but as of yet have not done thus far. The jury is still out but Splatoon does launch this month, so check out a few new pieces of art down below and visit the link at 4pm CEST on May 7th for the big news.

‘Non Non Biyori Repeat’ to Premiere in July

K. Roberts

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May 2, 2015

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‘Non Non Biyori Repeat’ to Premiere in July

The official Twitter account for Silver Link’s anime adaptation of Atto’s manga series Non Non Biyori has revealed that the second season of the adaptation, titled Non Non Biyori Repeat, will premiere on Japanese television this coming July. The exact premiere date has not yet been revealed. This announcement comes more than one year after the second season was green-lit.

The first season of the anime adaptation is available on DVD and Blu-ray in North America with English subtitles however the OVA episode, which was bundled with the seventh volume of the manga series last July, has not yet been released to home-video with English subtitles.

D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die PC Changes and Requirements Detailed

Travis Bruno

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May 2, 2015

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D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die PC Changes and Requirements Detailed

Recently Swery announced that D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die will be heading to the PC sometime in the future and today Access Games has updated the official website for the game with a list containing the various changes that have been made to the original game, most of which involve the removal of Kinect features that have now been replaced with mouse movements, as well as the minimum and recommended PC requirements.

The changes to the PC version are as follows:

Kinect control functionality has been removed. Instead, the entire game can be played using only the mouse.
Kinect gesture input controls have been removed and replaced with mouse commands.
Synchronous Kinect inputs have been changed to new mouse commands.
All Kinect Commands during Synchro Stunts (QTEs) have been removed. Instead, the QTEs can be played entirely using mouse controls.
All Xbox One DLC is now in-game content.
Along with the above changes, the user interface has also been redone.
All voice controls have been removed.
Synchro Stunt (QTE) grading has been revised.
Item parameters and locations have been revised.
Options unique to the PC version have been added.
The game now runs at 60fps.
Load times have been shortened.
Previously discovered bugs have been fixed.
Content unique to the Xbox One version has been removed.

The PC requirements for D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die are below:

Recommended Specifications:

OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition or Windows 8 64-bit edition
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.5GHz or AMD CPU or equivalent
Memory: 8GB RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 (VRAM 2GB)
Display: Supports 1920×1080 resolution
DirectX: DirectX 11
Hard Disk: Hard disk with 20GB of free space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible sound card
Other: Keyboard and mouse required. Compatible with Xbox Controller using XInput

Minimum Specifications:

OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition or Windows 8 64-bit edition
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz or AMD CPU or equivalent
Memory: 6GB RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 6870 (VRAM 1GB)
Display: Supports 1280×720 resolution
DirectX: DirectX 11
Hard Disk: Hard disk with 10GB of free space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible sound card
Other: Keyboard and mouse required. Compatible with Xbox Controller using XInput

Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains May 12th Release Announced

Travis Bruno

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May 2, 2015

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Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains May 12th Release Announced

Earlier today Atlus USA announced that Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains will be released digitally in North America on May 12th for the Nintendo 3DS. When the game is released it will be priced at $39.99 but will also come with a special Attack on Titan Nintendo 3DS theme.

To go along with this announcement the company also released a new gameplay trailer for Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains that focuses on highlighting the various playable characters in the game, including Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Levi, and Sasha.

Due to a copyright claim, the European release for the game is now being changed back to the original Japanese title Shingeki no Kyojin: Humanity in Chains and has been delayed to a currently unannounced date.

Nanako Highlighted in Latest Persona 4: Dancing All Night Trailer

Travis Bruno

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May 2, 2015

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Nanako Highlighted in Latest Persona 4: Dancing All Night Trailer

Now that most of the Investigation Team has been introduced, Persona 4: Dancing All Night‘s latest character trailer turns to Nanako Dojima, the protagonist’s young cousin. While visiting the city with her father Ryotara Dojima she meets up with Rise’s rival idol, who was briefly discussed at times in the original Persona 4, Kanami Mashita who wants to help her out.

After meeting Kanami she asks herself if she can be like Rise and even gets a chance to dance like everyone else. Currently Persona 4: Dancing All Night is set to be released in Japan by Atlus on June 25th for the PlayStation Vita.

CosmicBreak 2 Launched in Japan; Other Regions Later This Year

Travis Bruno

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May 2, 2015

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CosmicBreak 2 Launched in Japan; Other Regions Later This Year

The sequel to Cyberstep‘s popular 3rd person shooter CosmicBreak is now available to play in Japan. CosmicBreak 2 has been designed from the ground up with a number of new features and systems to give the title a smoother more open-ended feel while also creating destructible environments. CosmicBreak 2 includes a large number of playable characters, with each one having a unique outfit, armament, and customization options that players will be able to try out in 10 vs 10 arena matches.

A trailer for CosmicBreak 2 can be found below though it is worth noting that since this is the Japanese launch, the title is region locked so PC players in other regions can currently not access the title without a workaround but can download the game from CosmicBreak 2’s official website. Cyberstep is planning on releasing the game in the US, Europe, Brazil, and Asia within the year.

Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor, Yooka-Laylee, Kickstarted by Ex-Rare Devs

Nick Boisson

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May 2, 2015

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It always seems like Microsoft is under-utilizing the Rare team, which acquired the developer back in 2002. Rare was a popular developer known for the Donkey Kong Country series for Nintendo and creating the Banjo-Kazooie and Conker series. As of late, Rare has been tossed aside, making Kinect titles for the publishing giant. This has led to a number of Rare team members leaving the company and starting up their own indie developers. One such indie developer is Playtonic Games, who just launched a Kickstarter for their spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie called Yooka-Laylee (formerly Project Ukulele). Check out the video below:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival/

Crowdfunded games have become a huge — albeit sporadically successful — enterprise in our gaming industry. With that said, Playtonic Games managed to reach its funding goal within an hour and has already more than quadrupled its funding goal at the time of this post on its first day of launch.

Yooka-Laylee is a 3D platformer starring a chameleon — Yooka — with a bat — Laylee — on its back. Like Banjo-Kazooie, the game will feature special combat abilities suited to the characters, like Yooka’s tongue grapple and Laylee’s sonar blast.

“When we first announced our project earlier this year it was as much about gauging interest from fans as anything, and it’s fair to say that the response has been massive,” said Gavin Price, managing director and creative lead at PLAYTONIC.
“Until now our development has been self-funded, but Kickstarter presents us with the amazing opportunity to deliver YOOKA-LAYLEE at the level of scope and scale that fans demand – and on their games platform of choice. Our team has decades-worth of ideas that we hope we’ll now finally have the resources and freedom to bring to reality.”

Yooka-Laylee is looking to be released sometime in 2016 on PC, Mac, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Check out the funding and stretch goals on the game’s Kickstarter page.

New Terminator Genisys Poster featuring Robot John Connor

Nick Boisson

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May 2, 2015

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New Terminator Genisys Poster featuring Robot John Connor

When the new trailer for Terminator Genisys was released last month, the internet blew up with the news that John Connor — the human who is supposed to save us from our future machine overlords — has become a human-machine hybrid sent back to kill his mother, Sarah Connor. Now, since everyone already knows (if you did not, my apologies and kudos on holding out this long), Paramount and Skydance Productions have released the all new one-sheet that you’ll be seeing at your local multiplex soon.

Here is the new poster for Terminator Genisys:

Personally, I’m okay with the John Connor news. All I really want to know now is who or what is Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who) playing in this movie. They have spoiled everything else, so I just need to know at this point.

Terminator Genisys will reach theatres on June 25, 2015, directed by Alan Taylor from a screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier. It stars Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese, Jason Clarke as John Connor, J.K. Simmons as Detective O’Brien, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, and Matt Smith as someone named Tim. And, if you haven’t seen the new trailer, check it out after the jump.

Total War: Attila Modding Tools and Steam Workshop Support Now Available

Jamie Laike Tsui

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May 2, 2015

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Total War: Attila Modding Tools and Steam Workshop Support Now Available

It has been a pretty rough week for Steam and modding, but there’s a bit of a bright patch at the end of tunnel. Today, Sega and Creative Assembly launched the modding tools for Total War: Attila and flipped the switch on Steam Workshop support. The new mod tools should be familiar to those with experience modding Total War: Rome II and Total War: Shogun 2.

The Assembly Kit mod tools can be downloaded under the “Tools” menu in the Steam library. The tools contains:

DaVE: enables editing of the game’s database entries.
BOB: enables processing of raw data such as textures, models and animations.
TeD: enables the creation of individual battlefields for land, sea and sieges.
Terry: enables the editing of campaign map aesthetics such as the height-map, lighting and props. Unlike previous Assembly Kits, Terry now grants access to Terrain Raw Data, which means modders can determine which battle maps load in for specific campaign map locations. Go mod those cities!

The Assembly Kit also comes with a hard drive consuming 60 GB of resources, including the Terrain Raw Data resource pack. Budding modders can learn about how to use the Assembly Kit at the official Total War wiki.