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Worlds Of Magic Trailer Released

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The first trailer of Worlds of Magic, the game being developed by Wasteland interactive and Lucid dreamers has just been released and can be found below. Although the game is already in an early stage of development, it will be available, according to estimations, in January 2014. We recently posted an article detailing Worlds of Magic’s success in progressing towards its on its Kickstarter target which can be found here.

From the trailer we can see that Primary game play takes place on the world map, this involves moving your armies to defend your positions or attack enemies. You gain control of additional cities by conquering them or founding new ones yourself. Management of  cities under your control is also needed by building new buildings and dedicating your work force to one task or anotheras well as improving your armies. When two enemy armies collide gameplay is moved to the tactical battle map where turn based combat is played out. Enjoy the video!

 

The Settlers Online Gets New Backstage Video

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Ubisoft subsidiary Blue Byte, developers behind The Settlers and the Anno franchise, wanted to give you a bit of look behind the curtain at some of the changes they have planned.

Blue Byte has released a video they call a “Backstage” video. This allows the devs to have some Question and Answer time. It lets you see that Blue Byte employees from all around the world are working hard to make this a great experience for everyone involved.

In the video they cover topics like:

  • Guilds
  • New game content
    • Science System – Skill Points
    • New Buildings
  • End-Game content
  • Events
  • Maintenance

For the video, be sure to check it out below this article. If you’re interested, be sure to go check out the game here. Also feel free to read up on some of our other coverage of The Settlers Online.

Sam Fisher Showcases Abilities in New Splinter Cell: Blacklist Trailer

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Those that haven’t seen Splinter Cell: Blacklist’s walkthrough videos HERE and HERE or have been avoiding them to not get too spoiled about the locations they will be playing in, may want to check out the latest trailer for Ubisoft’s latest in the series. Far less spoilerish, but still packed with Sam Fisher style action the new trailer highlights his abilities and Sam’s 3 S’s of Stealth; Stalk, Strike, and Silence.

The trailer also includes a few glimpses of some of Sam’s newest additions to his inventory, like his mini-copter. While not the highlight of the video, those that did miss the walkthroughs should certainly find the new gadgets intriguing. Though in terms of content the trailer itself is lacking in all but the story.

Players can view the trailer embedded below to see Sam stalk, strike, and silence his foes to gear up for the release of Splinter Cell: Blacklist in August 20th in North America, August 22nd in Australia, and August 23rd in Europe.

The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age Surpasses 1 Million New Users

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The joint production of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and Kabam, The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age has attracted over 1 Million unique users to the game in less than a month. This was probably not surprising to the developers as the game saw more than 250,000 players on its launch day.

The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age challenges players to take up arms alongside the greatest heroes of the Third Age, including select characters from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey like Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Radagast and more. Gamers are charged to lead an army of Elves, Dwarves or Orcs in fast-paced tactical combat and band together with thousands of other players to join powerful alliances and wage an epic war online .

If you would like to join in the battle for Middle Earth, the browser based game inspired by the Peter Jackson films can be found at Kabam.com in addition to the Google Chrome Store and Facebook.

Catnip Bundle Reveals its Last Mystery Game

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Last week the Catnip Bundle from Bundle Stars was announced HERE with one small hiccup for those wanting to know exactly what they were getting. The Bundle, at the time, included two mystery games and while it only required a little more than $5 knowing all the games in the bundle can make the difference.

But the mystery is over now, as Bundle Stars has revealed the final two games of the Catnip Bundle, Scratches: Director’s Cut and Chrome: SpecForce. While Scratches is a mystery horror, Crome: SpecForce is an FPS and sequel to the original Chrome, from developer Techland the makers of the Dead Island series.

Players that are interested in picking up Scratches: Director’s Cut and Chrome: SpecForce, plus the eight others included in the bundle (PushcatMetal Drift, Wasteland Angel, Obulis, Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortal, Chains, Post Mortem, and Avencast: Rise of the Mage) for cheap just have to pay at least $5.02 HERE. Though players should act fast as the offer only has a little more than 10 days remaining as of this writing.

Capcom to include actual “Story” in fighting games soon?

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Despite the fact that pretty much every fighting game out there now has a story mode, including Dead or Alive 5, Persona 4 Arena, every BlazBlue game and even Mortal Kombat, it looks like Capcom may finally be thinking about putting some sort of story in their fighting games.

Over on Capcom’s forums, when asked by fans about including story in the next few fighting games, Capcom USA’s senior VP, Christian Svensson responded with the following:

“The strategic marketing group here has for quite a while been pushing for our fighting franchises to have more and better single player content, of which full fledged story modes are one component.

How and when those requirements manifest in our future roadmap, I’m not prepared to speak about at this time.”

It is worth noting that at the moment Capcom has not announced the development of any new fighting games or even another “enhanced” port of Street Fighter IV, so it may be some time before we see whether or not a legitimate story mode will play into future Capcom fighters.

New Hatsune Miku game teased by Sega

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Today it was discovered that Sega Japan has launched a brand new teaser website. It is currently unknown exactly what game will be announced however it is very clear that the game will be something related to Hatsune Miku as not only does the URL for the website contain the word “Miku” but the article even features Miku’s picture as a shortcut icon.

The teaser website is set to launch on April 18th but the official Hatsune Miku Twitter has noted that the announcement will first be made in this week’s issue of Famitsu which usually ends up leaking on Tuesday night, so expect more information about this mysterious Hatsune Miku game within the next 24 hours.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen’s enemies showcased in latest trailer

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We’ve seen some of the enemies that will be appearing in Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen from various branches of Capcom but over the weekend Capcom-Unity actually decided to release a video providing some English narration and new footage of these enemies.

The video can be seen below and in it you’ll see not only the Pyre Saurians, and the Eliminator but also Death who has the ability to not only put you and your pawns to sleep, but can deal out high levels of damage and cause permanent death to Pawns in your party. However it may be possible to kill even death if you are crafty enough. Check out the video below and keep an eye out for Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen when it is released next week on April 3rd for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Castle of Illusion HD remake announced for Summer release

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Today Sega has announced that they will be bringing a classic platformer many of us may remember fondly from the Sega Genesis to the modern era. To be a bit more exact, the company is making an HD remake of the Mickey Mouse platformer Castle of Illusion and it is currently set to be released sometime this summer.

To go along with this announcement the company also released a number of screenshots as well as some cinematic footage which you can check out below. Castle of Illusion has currently been announced for the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3.

NHL 14 announced for release on PS3/360 this September

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Today EA Sports announced that hockey fans can expect the next NHL game to be dropping in September this year. To be a little more specific, North American gamers can pick up the title on September 10th while those in Europe have to wait until September 13.

Interestingly enough, at the time of announcement the company has only announced NHL 14 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which is interesting considering the Wii U has already been released and other Next-Gen consoles will likely be dropping later this year.

Anyways, to go along with the release date announcement EA Sports also released the below gameplay trailer which shows off some of the enhanced features this version of the game will have, including a new “NHL Collision Physics” engine and an “Enforcer Engine” which are based off of the Player Impact Engine from FIFA and fighting system used in the Fight Night games respectively.