With less than a month to go, Company of Heroes 2 seems to be on a trailer frenzy with the single player trailer released just last week. Now the sequel to Company of Heroes is getting another trailer from developer Relic Entertainment and publisher SEGA, this time focused on commanding troops instead of entrenched with them.
It’s not hard to see why Company of Heroes 2 is focusing their trailer on its strategy and command gameplay with how over abundant FPS style games have become. Plus the trailer does show off a little bit of things players can’t find many other places, land-to-land missiles for example, though it would have been nice to see some actually commanding in addition to all the pretty graphics.
Players can watch the trailer for themselves embedded below to prepare for the release of Company of Heroes 2Â for PC on June 25th, 2013 when players will be able to try their hand at commanding troops for themselves.
Independent video game studio Cyanide has revealed the first three playable factions in the free to play multiplayer game Dogs of War Online, inspired by Rackham’s Confrontation miniatures game expansion. The game will feature:
The Army of the Lion
The Barhan soldiers of the great kingdom of Alahan are the defenders of Virtue, Justice, and Light. Each day, their army fights against those who seek to enslave the inhabitants of Aarklash. Its emblem, the Lion, represents the memory of its divine ally, the Chimera, and for the qualities the legendary animal stands for: strength, courage, and nobility. On the battlefield, the Barhans are brave fighters, inspired by the feats of their ancestors. Their book of spells draws from the forces of the Elements and their knights, who are the dauntless heirs of tradition, never waver when charging at the enemy. Each battle waged by the Barhans is proof that with a valiant heart, nothing is impossible!
The Army of the Wolf
Whether roaming the wild lands or defending their territories, the Wolfen, half-man, half-wolf predators, instill fear into the heart of their enemy. Born to counter the unwavering ambitions of the Craftsman, the god who sought to overthrow order, they are the protectors of nature and the keepers of the balance of Creation. On the battlefield, the Wolfen are formidable fighters, guided by their predatory instinct. With deadly claws and fangs, they possess no need for clever tricks, but may resort to crude weapons made of stone, wood, and bone when faced with the technologically advanced arsenal of other nations. The Wolfen worship the moon goddess Yllia, whom they consider their creator, and they revere the constellation of the Wolf.
The Army of the Ram
A wave of un-dead, herded by lords reawakened from the grave, along with corrupt-minded living leaders make up the army of Acheron in all its macabre splendor. This army has its fearsome troops and the hunger for power driving the master necromancers at its side. With the Ram as its emblem, the symbol of the eternal alliance binding them to the horned lords of the Abyss, Acheron builds its strength century after century. All that matters to the liches and the necromancers who form the elite is the accumulation of power and knowledge, which feed their perversion. And the living who remain can only await their inevitable fate to be plucked from the dead as the elite’s most useful servants.
Each army will contain various fighter types, allowing players to build their own army, though harmony will have to be maintained or troops may desert your army. The battles themselves are turn based, reinforcing the spirit of the board game as well as adding a tactical aspect. Players are able to fight alone or play in a co-op mode in order to increase rewards.
Dogs of War Online will be available for free on Windows PCÂ in Q3 2013. For more information, check out the official site or go to the Dogs of War Online Facebook page.
Today Gust has released a new gameplay video for Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky and this time around the video is focused around field exploration and harvesting ingredients which can be used to create various alchemical items and complete side-quests.
As you can see, the field exploration remains mostly unchanged from Atelier Ayesha though it does appear that the enemies move slower than in past games. Anyways, check out the trailer below and if you are curious about the PS2 game shown at the end, it is worth noting that all first print copies of the game in Japan come with a code for Mana Khemia 2 as an early buyer incentive.
We knew it was coming and today Sega unveiled the debut trailer for Sonic Lost World which will be released exclusively onto the Wii U and 3DS sometime later this year. In the video, which can be seen below, the new enemies hinted at a few days ago are revealed to be “The Deadly Six.”
In Sonic Lost World, the blue-blur will have a number of new abilities including wall-running and vaulting over small ledges and leaving enough after-images to make a Dragon Ball character jealous. Currently little else is known about the game’s storyline but it seems to stay true the the old-school platforming style fans love with a mix of Mario Galaxy added in.
French company Anuman, publisher of Microids’ Dracula series, has established a release date for the most recent entry into the Adventure genre series, Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon. The game will be launching on the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android on the 19th of June.
To tie in with this newest information, a new Developer Diary has also been released and features Emmanuel Zaza (R&D Director) and Franck Berrois (Producer and Project Manager) talking about the gameplay mechanics featured in Dracula 4.
Fans of the Dracula series also have some more good news to look forward to. The Microids team is reportedly already working on a sequel to the game. Vice President of Microids Elliot Grassino explained the importance of the series of Adventure game fans and that the team is sure they will love Dracula 4 as well as the upcoming sequel.
You can check out the newest developers diary video below and a trailer for the game in one our previous articles.
If you’ve been thinking that the only thing your Vita is currently missing is a boxing game then we have some good news for you. Today it was announced by Vivid Games that they will be bringing a title called Real Boxing to the PlayStation Vita this August as a digital download.
Real Boxing uses the Unreal Engine 3 and allows players to train a fighter from an amateur to a pro. In an effort to make the game as realistic looking as possible, each fighting move has been motion captured for realism and facial injuries are presented in gory detail. To go along with the game’s announcement the company has released a few screenshots for the game which can be seen below.
Today Konami announced that they have released Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance onto the Games on Demand digital download service for the Xbox 360. Along with the game, the various skins for Raiden have also been placed online for download and as you already know, the game’s Jetstream Sam and Blade Wolf DLC packs are already available for purchase.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance costs $49.99 as a download and became one of the first great games of 2013 featuring awesome combat accompanied by an amazing soundtrack. Those who are interested in seeing my full review of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance can check it out here.
Humble Bundle is back with their eighth bundle featuring seven indie games for a pay what you want format. All buyers will receive Tomorrow Corporation’s adventure Little Inferno, Romino Games’ MOBA platformer Awesomenauts and an exclusive chicken skin, Alientrap Games’ platformer Capsized, Mike Bithell’s platformer Thomas Was Alone, and thechineseroom’s first person adventure Dear Esther. Those who beat the average will receive Dennaton Games’ highly regarded retro shooter Hotline Miami and Ed Key and David Kanaga’s adventure game Proteus. The soundtracks for the respective games are also included in the bundle.
Humble Bundle 8 is in support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child’s Play Charity. The games are available as both a DRM free download and a Steam key. All of the games run on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Ubisoft will be releasing Rayman Legends for the PlayStation Vita on August 30th. The PS Vita version will have five exclusive maps featuring Murphy the greenbottle fly, two exclusive costumes, and same country multiplayer via Wi-Fi connection. Players will be able to use the PS Vita’s back touch pad to control Murphy. The two exclusive costumes is a Prince of Persia themed outfit for Rayman and a Splinter Cell themed outfit for Globox. Multiplayer will feature co-operative gameplay, online challenges, and online leaderboards.
Rayman Legends will be released for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii U on August 30th, 2013.
Seaven Studio has been keeping their latest project on the down low for the past few weeks. They finally announced that their project is called Ethan: Meteor Hunter for Linux, Mac, Windows, and PlayStation 3. The puzzle platformer stars the telekinetic mouse Ethan. After a meteorite fell onto the world and shattered into pieces, Ethan acquired the strange new powers. Now he embarks to collect all of the pieces of the meteorite across 50 levels and three worlds.
Ethan: Meteor Hunter is available for freewhile it is in alpha. The game will be released later this summer for Windows and PlayStation 3. Linux and Mac editions will be available in 2014. The game has a Steam Greenlight page and is looking for votes.
