Featuring 152 miles of stunning Montana landscape reaching from Whitefish to Shelby and a 13 mile branch line to Kalispell, the Marias Pass expansion pack will be sure to please any train enthusiast.
The new expansion made available by RailSimulator.com features eight scenarios test players against the unique challenges of moving heavy freight through the varied terrain and treacherous weather.
Key features of the Marias Pass Route Expansion include:
Full 152 mile Marias Pass route from Shelby to Whitefish
13 mile branch line to Kalispell
Spectacularly recreated mountainous scenery, bridges, pine forests, snow sheds and famous landmarks including silo ‘Dalek*’ and Cut Bank Penguin
Multi-aspect and junction color light signalling
GE ES44DC in BNSF livery and EMD SW1500 Switcher in BN livery
New 50ft box car and lumbar car in BNSF livery
Several reworked freight cars in BNSF and BN liveries
Scenarios for the route
Full Quick Drive compatibility
Download size: 1,500mb
The latest add on made available by RailSimulator.com can be downloaded from Steam and for more information you can check out www.railsimulator.com. A trailer showcasing the DLC can be viewed below.
GRID 2 races out May 31st to consoles, and to make you get that foot on the gas, Codemasters have released a good amount of details about the multiplayer mode (as well as a recent trailer) – powered by Racenet. This mode will feature distinct progression system, and will come separate from career mode, offering “depth and flexibility as the best of modern online gaming comes to the racing genre”. That is a big statement, but Codemasters have a lot of reason to boast.
Take a gander at the list of features for yourself within this beast:
GRID 2 Multiplayer Modes
Whether players want to dive into a quick race online or in two-player split-screen, specialise in their favourite event or become one of the best cross-discipline racers in the world, GRID 2 offers a multiplayer experience that revolves around the gamer’s play style and choices.
GRID 2’s wide-range of game modes can be played online with up to 12 players, including custom races based on player preferences and choosing from pre-defined playlists to jump straight into the action. Players can modify their cars with upgrades and make their mark on the grid by customising their car with a simple yet powerful livery editor which offers up to 6 billion different combinations.
New anti-griefing technology includes player grouping, so gamers who like to trade paint will be brought together online whilst clean racers are more likely to find similar drivers in their online sessions.
Game modes: Race (Including LiveRoutes™), Endurance, Drift, Touge, Checkpoint, Face Off, Time Attack. Global Challenge events also includes Overtake and Power Lap.
RaceNet
RaceNet, Codemasters’ free online browser-based extension which tracks players’ races, rivals and rewards, launches fully with GRID 2 and is the beating heart of the game’s multiplayer mode. RaceNet will go far beyond visualising progress in-game and will provide players with new objectives, rivals and rewards for progress. Players can also track community stats, leaderboards and participate in weekly Global Challenge events. RaceNet can be accessed on player’s desktop, tablet or mobile device and will have dedicated apps set to release around launch. Players can sign up today and get ready for GRID 2’s launch by visiting www.racenet.com.
GRID 2 Rivals
Gamers will always have someone to play and always have a new challenge with GRID 2’s Rivals system, powered by RaceNet. GRID 2 features three types of Rivals:
• Weekly Rival: RaceNet automatically selects a weekly Rival to compete against based on ability and activity in game to ensure a well-matched challenger.
• Social Rival: Players can choose Social Rivals from friends or players previously raced.
• Custom Rival: Players can select a Custom Rival based on parameters including event type or geographical location.
Global Challenge
Global Challenge is where player’s rivalries come to life in this brand new asynchronous game mode. Players can compete against Rivals even when those Rivals are offline and earn XP, in-game Cash and RaceNet Followers(see below) as they compete in up to nine weekly Global Challenges selected from across GRID 2’s wide range of game modes and locations. Players can track progress in Global Challenge in-game and online through RaceNet.
RaceNet Followers
As players perform on track they can gain online fame and bragging rights by increasing their RaceNet Follower base. The better they perform, and the more objectives completed, the larger the increase in Followers players will get. Followers can be stolen from Rivals by beating them in weekly Global Challenges and gained on RaceNet by taking part in online events, participating in Community Challenges and completing RaceNet objectives. Gamers can also unlock RaceNet Rivals cards on the site to show off Follower Achievements and RaceNet will showcase players with the most amount of Followers.
Get Social
Players can show off great overtaking moves or spectacular crashes online as GRID 2 allows gamers to quickly upload highlights to YouTube and RaceNet from in-game and easily share their favourite videos through Facebook and Twitter.
Sounds pretty great, and I would even go to say that this title may be the first to break into the next generation of racing games. To keep an eye on the multiplayer mode, stay tuned to http://www.youtube.com/gridgame for fresh footage.
I have such fond memories of Power Rangers. Growing up, I collected the cards, watched the show, and played every game I could get my hands on. I’ll admit it, I still try a new Power Rangers game from time to time, but aside from Super Legends, I have yet to find a proper fix.
Power Rangers Megaforce is a new series of the brand, celebrating the 20th year of the television show. Along with the new show with all new rangers comes a video-game tie in, and Power Rangers Megaforce seems pretty interesting to say the least due to it’s features alone. Here are some details:
In this new chapter of the popular Power Rangers video game series, fans play as their favorite Megaforce Ranger while the supporting Power Rangers provide their boundless advice and encouragement to players as they battle their way through challenge after challenge. The Rangers’ vocal and physical support will prove valuable as challenging situations and conditions arise in an attempt to foil players’ advancement. Power Rangers MEGAFORCE will plunge players into intense battles against repulsive enemies, but by forming gigantic Megazords, the Rangers will be able to implement powerful combos to help get them on the path to victory.
To enhance the player’s experience, Power Rangers MEGAFORCE will allow fans to scan official Power Rangers MEGAFORCE Morpher Cards to power up within the game. Players will also be able to utilize the Nintendo 3DS camera to take a picture and watch themselves actively morph into their favorite Megaforce Ranger to fend off enemy encounters with their own hands.
Oh yeah, it’s a side-scrolling action title as well. Sounds bad-ass to me, and if I could go back and morph in my old games, I would have been on cloud nine. Namco will be bringing out Megaforce this fall, so stay tuned as more information emerges.
Ridge Racer is having another crack at the market with the announcement of Driftopia by Namco Bandai. Rather than a traditional retail release, it will be offered as a free downloadable game for PlayStation 3 and PC with in-game transactions. The game promises to inject its trademark drifting into the F2P format sometime in 2013.
The last entry to the franchise, Ridge Racer: Unbounded, saw a departure from the standard formula but received generally favourable criticism though sales were below expectations. It seems to have become a trend to turn a franchise towards the free-to-play model once it begins to struggle under disappointing sales and it will be interesting to see how this turns out for Namco Bandai.
ATLUS have today released a plethora of brand new screenshots for Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers ahead of its release on April 16th, 2013. Not only have they released a truck-load of screenshots for the game they have also released a brand new trailer that highlights the gameplay of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is a very unique RPG game that features first-person dungeon crawling gameplay set within a techono-gothic future world revolving around a group of hackers that plan to take on a mystic society in a battle of humanity’s fate.
You can check out the Soul Hackers screenshots and gameplay trailer below. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS and will be released on April 16th, 2013.
The official Call of Duty website has announced a new Zombie Mode map to be included within the brand new Uprising DLC pack. The new mode, entitled Mob of the Dead, will feature big talent in the form of film veterans Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects) as Salvatore “Sal” DeLuca, Joe Pantoliano (The Fugitive) as Arthur Arlington, Michael Madsen (Kill Bill) as Finn O’Leary, and Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) as Billy Handsome.
The four player co-op experience is explained in the map description:
“Anchoring the second map pack is Mob of the Dead, Treyarch’s most terrifying Zombies experience to date. Top Hollywood talent rounds out a cast of four Prohibition-era gangsters – each with a unique set of skills – that are forced to fend off hordes of the undead while imprisoned on San Francisco’s notorious Alcatraz Island. While guard towers and new weapons offer tactical advantages, survival offers an unprecedented new challenge for these four lost souls.”
The DLC will be made available on April 16th on Xbox LIVE with other platforms to follow at a later date. Check out the trailer below and comment. What will happen when gangsters and zombies clash?
The first content update for Real Racing 3(review here) is now live, and it’s focused on bringing the Chevrolet into the title for the first time.
The ‘Chevrolet update’ as I’m calling it introduces the Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1,three new race series, 100+ new events and the chance to chase down and race your opponents in a new one-on-one ‘hunter’ race mode. Aussie developer Firemonkeys have also enabled the ability to transfer your cloud save data across multiple devices. And you can now compare race statistics with your friends in a new leaderboard.
Tony Lay, Executive Producer at EA’s Firemonkeys Studio said;
“We were delighted to hear that our community has asked for the inclusion of Chevy cars in the newest Real Racing game. Chevy has always been a key partner for Real Racing 2 and we are excited to have them back to provide realistic, fun-to-race cars for Real Racing 3.”
Download the update right now from the App Store and Google Play. If you haven’t downloaded Real Racing 3 yet (which is free!), you can do so here.
Bethesda has just announced their second add-on pack for the Arkane Studios’ game Dishonored titled; Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall. A new gameplay trailer was only just released for The Knife of Dunwall which we have in our featured video section below.
In the add-on you play as the legendary assassin and Empress-killer Daud. You also gain access to all his weapons, gadgets, allies and supernatural abilities. After the Empress’ assassination and the changed fate of Dunwall, you set out on a journey for redemption. Daud is informed that the key to his redemption is someone or someTHING called Delilah. Accompanied by a crew of The Whalers, a gang of mercenary assassins, you will travel to and through never before seen areas of Dunwall facing new and stronger foes as you advance. Take on a great deal of unique weapons and powers and embrace the dynamic combat that IS Dishonored.
“In the struggle to hang onto the last shred of your humanity, the choices you make will ultimately determine your fate”
The Knife of Dunwall is set for release in Australia and New Zealand on the 16th of April for Xbox 360 and PC and on April 17th it will be released for the PS3. The add-on is priced at $14.45 or 800 Microsoft Points.
Note that launch times may vary per region. For more information head to www.Dishonored.com.
Now go take a look at the new gameplay trailer for Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall and also check out our Reviews for Dishonored and Dishonoured: Dunwall City Trials by clicking on the links.
Namco Bandai Games have today revealed details of the special Collector’s Edition for upcoming installment in the legendary Tales Of RPG franchise, Tales of Xillia.
They have confirmed that the Tales of Xillia: Collector’s Edition will feature a limited edition Milla Maxwell figure, a high quality hard-cover artbook, the original soundtrack along with a copy of the Tales of Xillia game itself. This special Collector’s Edition will be extremely limited with only 10,000 copies being distributed worldwide. If you pre-order the special Collector’s Edition you will also receive special costumes for Jude and Milla as well as an exclusive custom PS3 theme. There is also a Day One Edition that includes everything of the Collector’s Edition excluding the Milla Maxwell figure.
Tales of Xillia will be released in America on the 6th of August and Australia on the 9th of August. You can check the official website here for more information.
Hitting shelves prior to the movie, Disney’s Planes The Video Game brings the action of racing through the skies exclusively for Nintendo consoles and handhelds. Featuring the voice acting cast from the movie, players will be able to play and race as main character Dusty, a crop duster voiced by Dane Cook, as well as additional cast members like Ishani, Echo, and Bravo who are voiced by Priyanka Chopra, Anthony Edwards, and Val Kilmer respectively.
Players will be able to take flight in a variety of modes from “Story”, to “Balloon Pop”, to console exclusives “Free Flight” and “Air Rallies”, to handheld exclusive “Challenge”. Disney’s Planes The Video Game will also have 10 characters to play as on consoles including drop-in/drop-out co-op, but only 6 characters solo for handheld.
Those in North America can get their hands on Disney’s Planes The Video Game for either Wii or WiiU consoles and/or DS or 3DS handhelds August 6th, a few days before it reaches theaters August 9th, while those in Australia will have to wait until September 5th, which is still weeks before it reaches theaters September 19th (or Sept 26th for WA, SA, ACT, TAS, NT).
