Heat Signature, a new stealth game set in space is being developed by Tom Francis, the man behind the intriguing puzzle stealth game Gunpoint, which plays very similarly to Mark Of The Ninja. This new title is focused on boarding randomly generated ships and accomplishing objectives through each level.
The game requires you to be stealthy while progressing through the levels. However, it’s not based on a line-of-sight basis like in Gunpoint, but actually it uses a “heat signature” system where the more you use your own spaceship’s thrusters, the more likely the enemy can detect you. Using your thrusters sparingly to drift across space to your target is a skill that will need to be developed. After docking onto the targeted ship, you must accomplish your objective to finish the level. Whether it’s killing a target or stealing a rare ship, the intention is to provide a myriad of choices for the players to go through.
The game is still in development, and lots of features have still not been implemented yet, so make sure to keep an eye out on any updates on this exciting stealth title. Francis actually set up a mailing list for interested people to sign up to. Whenever a huge update on the status of the game comes out, they’ll be the first to hear it, so make sure you sign up! Check out the footage down below.
HANDS ON IMPRESSIONS NAMCO BANDAI Games SF (US) New Year Showcase – 1/28
World War II shooter Enemy Front is an exciting upcoming title that is in development by CI Games. At the NAMCO BANDAI New Years Kick-Off event in San Francisco, I was able to test the waters and see what players could look forward to in terms of this new and unique FPS.
One of the main selling points for Enemy Front is that it features plenty of different ways for a player to progress through its stages. Players are given the choice in how to achieve their objectives. Whether you want to take a stealthy approach, slowly withering away the opposition, or if you want to go head-on and take out the enemies like Rambo, the game allows all of these methods to be viable. I ran around during my first try testing the game with a sub-machine gun in my hand and I figured the game couldn’t be that bad, so I charged into the enemy’s base without scouting their goons or looking for safe spots. Instantly, I was spotted, which is gauged by a bar on your mini-map that shows whether someone has detected you or not. On my mini-map, I noticed over 8 enemy NPCs converging on my position. “Easy” I thought, as I parked myself in a house and set up camp through a corridor. The enemy AI easily forced me out of my position, some moving behind another door and the rest funneling into the main entrance. I was able to take out a few, but soon I was overrun and I was taken out.
It’s easy to see that Enemy Front is nothing like our crop of FPS games that have been released more recently, like Call Of Duty: Ghosts or even Battlefield 4. Enemy Front boasts a lot of different features that will differentiate it from the more popular names in its genre. Another huge selling point for the game is that it will focus on the lesser-known resistance battles of World War II. One of the main missions I was able to take a look at was a defense mission. It was located at a field hospital in Warsaw, 5 years after Poland was invaded. The situation during that time was difficult. Conditions were bad, resources were very limited, and these influences ties in with how the mission plays out. CI Games modern interpretation of World War II provides a lot of re-playability in a setting that’s been used a lot of times over the years.
The games graphics were very impressive. On another level, I was hiding out behind some bushes, waiting for the guards to pass by me. I looked around and checked out the environment and you can tell a lot of detail was put into making sure everything looked and felt real. While lots of games can boast that sort of graphics, Enemy Front really ties it all together with the whole general atmosphere within the game.
The game was originally planned to be released during the Spring of 2014, but now it’s been pushed back even further to the summer of 2014 according to their official site. Enemy Front will be available on the PC, the PS3, and the Xbox 360.
Robot Entertainment has been around the block. They’ve had some smash successes with Orcs Must Die! and Hero Academy. Their newest action RPG, Echo Prime, takes the iOS game they had previously released and scales it up for the PC. How well does this Diablo-styled space game deliver?
Join editor Joe Morgan as he works his way through corridor after corridor on a doomed spaceship. Along the way, he’ll receive help from other-worldly echoes, beings in another dimension, that will lend him their abilities to help him escape certain doom.
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While episodic content is a great way to give gamers an enjoyable story at a bite size price, it also can be frustrating for fans as they simply can’t wait to see what will happen next. As such, after the first episode of the second season of The Walking Dead was released back on December 18th, fans of the game have been dying to hear about the second episode.
As such, over on the Telltale Games‘ Twitter page, the developer tweeted out a picture of Clementine saying “Still. Not. Bitten.” and saying that the next installment in the series is “just around the corner.” The full tweet and the image can be found below and hopefully we won’t be waiting too much longer to see how Clementine’s story will progress.
Paramount Pictures is just about set to release their newest film, Labor Day, into theaters. Starring a solid cast of Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith and Tobey Maguire, Labor Day tells the story of the 13-year old Henry Wheeler trying to take care of his mother and home when Frank Chambers enters their lives.
Since Labor Day is set to release in just a few days, Paramount Pictures has released just one more featurette before it starts showing. Those wanting to check out the featurette for themselves can find it embedded just below to see what to expect from Labor Day.
You Should Stay Clip
The featurette isn’t the only new promotional material that Paramount has for today either as they have also released a clip titled “You Should Stay”. The clip is also available for those interested in the movie to check out embedded just below, but for even more information about what to expect from Labor Day, be sure to read our own Labor Day Review. Labor Day is set to release in theaters on February 6th, 2014.
Compile Heart has recently released a new trailer for their latest spin-off of the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, Chou Megami Shinkou Noire Gekishin Black Heart, which is set to be released on the Vita in Japan on May 29th.
In this trailer players are introduced to some of the new characters that will be in the game, many of which are references to either game genres or entire franchises. You can check the trailer out below and try to guess who some of the characters are references of. Currently Noire Gekishin Black Heart has not been licensed for release in the West, though NIS America has brought numerous Neptunia games over in the past.
Sony have recently announced that it is releasing an official wireless headset accessory for the PlayStation 4. The new headset officially named The Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0 will feature 7.1 virtual surround sound as well as as a hidden noise cancelling microphone. The headset can be used at home using the USB wireless adaptor with your PS4, PS3, PC or Mac and has a rechargeable battery with up to 8 hours of battery life. The headset also sports a foldable design and comes with a standard 3.5mm stereo jack so you can use it as a normal pair of headphones with your PS Vita or other devices.
A free Headset Companion App is also coming soon to the PlayStation Store for both PS4 and PS3. The app will allow access to custom sound modes to enhance your gameplay, music and movie experience on the PS4 and PS3. The first sound mode that will be coming to the app is being developed by Sucker Punch for inFAMOUS Second Son, and will allow users to experience the best sound quality possible for the anticipated title.
With this announcement also came the news that firmware 1.60 will be releasing for the PS4 tomorrow, bringing support for the original wireless PULSE headsets including the GTAV limited edition headset. The Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0 will be available from the 10th of Februrary at £79.99 (around $160 AU).
Over the weekend Namco Bandai released a few character introduction videos for the soon to be released Tales of Symphonia Chronicles. While we’ve seen a few of these intros before, this time around the company has given us the English version of said trailers with the Japanese voice work that will be available in the game.
Currently Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is set to be released on February 25th in North America and February 28th in Europe. The three videos highlight Lloyd, Colette, and Kratos and can be found below.
The developers of Syrinscape at Interaction Consortium, are proud to announce that they have joined Paizo Inc. for developing the official sounds of Golarion, to accompany Pathfinder RPG sessions.
Benjamin Loomes, creator of Syrinscape stated, “Our partnership with Paizo is something we, as a company, talked about from the very beginning. I am a Pathfinder tragic, and getting to build sounds and music integrated completely with the wonderful world of Golarion is a dream come true. I know Fantasy gamers of all kinds are going to LOVE what I am building right now!”
Syrinscape is a revolutionary sound design app, that enables gamers to experience and explore the ever-changing soundscape of the fantasy world, through the power of unity audio engine and rich encounter-specific music. Following the recent release of ‘Syrinscape Fantasy Player’, this year Syrinscape will launch the rebirth of the much-anticipated Syrinscape SoundSet Editor and ‘Syrinscape Sci-fi Player’ with a whole raft of content for RPG’s, including; Shadowrun,Star Wars and Bruce Cordell & Monte Cook’s, The Strange.
Syrinscape Fantasy Player is now live on Android Tablets and iPad, in addition to PC and Mac, and can be downloaded here for free.
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to become a part of Syrinscape, join the Facebook Community here today and adventure into Pathfinder!
Outplay Entertainment (maker of the popular Word Trick) has announced that their new monster collecting and battling game, Monster Legacy, will be hitting the App Store soon. If you’re a fan of secret dungeons, clever puzzles and capturing a over 100 unique monsters to use for battle, you may just enjoy this game.
Monster Legacy will send players on a journey chock full of quests, as they are forced to overcome various puzzles in perilous dungeons scattered across the world of Arborea. The numerous monsters that roam these cavernous caves can be captured, trained and evolved, all with the goal of bringing down Evil Lord Ardur. He’s the bad guy. The game itself is free-to-play and offers more than 20 levels and 70 quests, making for hours of gameplay that may or may not be addictive.
Though no release date is concrete, expect Monster Legacy to be gracing the App Store shortly. In the meantime, check out the screenshots and trailer below to get you in a monster catching, puzzle completing, cave exploring mood.
