Sega and Gogoic ehf. announced that their latest game Godsrule: War of Mortals has reached open beta. The game is a social real time strategy game set in a fantasy world shattered by the war between the Old and New Gods. The Old Gods have the support of the humans while the elves, demons, and giants have opted to support the New Gods. Players will need to manage their empire to build an army to fight for their chosen faction.
Godsrule: War of Mortals is available for free on browsers and supports both PC and iPad browsers. Start playing here.
indiePub Entertainment released their first in house developed game to iTunes and Google Play. Pictago uses the player’s own photos from the iOS Photo Roll or Facebook photo gallery to create a hidden object game. Players simply need to use the touch and drag tools included to create hidden object scenes that can be shared via Facebook, Twitter, and email. Whether the player want to create a challenging scene in the forest for the friends or a simple find the colour scene to teach the kids colours, Pictago is only limited by the imagination.
Pictago is available for free on iTunes here. Android users can find Pictago on Google Play here.
Wargame European Escalation has seen some pretty good success with hundreds of thousands of players coming to check out the strategy game since its release on PC last year and more recently Mac. How does Eugen Systems plan to follow up that success in the time before Wargame AirLand Battle releases? Make European Escalation available on yet another system.
Coming now to Linux thanks to Steam, those players that have yet to check out the game who do most of their gaming on a Linux system can see what those running PC and Mac have been getting up to. Plus, they wont have to feel left out at all as the game works cross-platform allowing those on PC, Mac, and Linux to play altogether. Those that already own it on PC and/or Mac can also receive a free copy of the Linux version as well.
Linux players, or PC/Mac players that haven’t gotten it yet, can find it now on Steam HERE.
Bandai’s latest project in the Mobile Suit Gundam pipeline is a new game title by the name of Gundam Breaker.
The premise behind the game is quite interesting. If you are a fan of the many Gundam anime series out there, then odds are you’re familiar with Gunpla, or the practice of Gundam Model Kit Building. There are international competitions where Gunpla builders create their own customised mobile suits and submit them for judging based on originality and the degree of customization. This game accentuates that customization. Bandai is taking a page out of Armored Core’s book of gameplay stylings and adding the ability for players to fully customize and create their very own mobile suits to fight with in this stylised action game. The building style borrows heavily from the influence of Gunpla building as can be seen in the latest release trailer below.
Now while the release potential for this title in the west is pretty unlikey, the premise concept is pretty cool. And although I weigh the chances of a western release unlikely, that’s not going to stop this Gundam nut from importing upon release. The game appears to be set for a rough 2013 release on the Playstation 3 and PS Vita.
The the latest instalment of the Starcraft franchise set for official release in under two weeks, Blizzard has released yet another trailer for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. This latest video, labelled as the ‘Vengence’ trailer addresses the still ambigous nature of Heart of the Swarm’s plot and inevitably the central focus of its campaign mode. Sarah Kerrigan, one of the lead antagonists of the Starcraft franchise in the past is once again given the central spotlight.
After being rescued and restored to her human form by Jim Raynor during the events of Wings of Liberty, it appears that Jimmy and Sarah are no longer as buddy buddy as the end of the game would have us believe. Sarah is still after the head of Mengsk, her former leader turned maniacal dictator who left her to her fate at the claws of the Zerg swarm. The video shows her obsession over revenge leading her to potentially do the unthinkable: To willingly become a human/zerg abomination once more to carry her out.
Check out the trailer for yourselves below!
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A new trailer for the upcoming film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods has been released. The trailer goes for just over a minute and showcases the Z warriors attempting to take on Bills and Whis, the God of Destruction and his assistant.
The trailer revealed a few more interesting plot points. Bills is out to destroy earth and easily outclasses the Z warriors current power levels. One of the Saiyans (presumably Goku) transforms into a Great Ape, something we have not seen, at least in the main DBZ series, since the Saiyan Saga. After that, Bills and the narrator both comment on a “Super Saiyan God” appearing. V-Jump Magazine teased this in their latest issue and it is looking likely this will be an entirely new form of Super Saiyan.
The movie is set for a release in theaters throughout Japan on the 30th of March. You can view the latest trailer below.
Ever play a social game and think to yourself ‘you know what this game is missing? Several books of deep lore.’ Well, your day has come. Ian Livingstone, a Commander of the British Order, has been appointed chairman of Playdemic. He is also the President of Eidos and under his chairmanship of Eidos we saw the release of iconic titles such as ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ and ‘Hitman.’
For those who prefer table top gaming, they’ll recognize Ian as being the co-founder of Games Workshop, publishers of the ‘Warhammer’ franchise. Paul Gouge, CEO of Playdemic, appointed Livingstone as chairman because he ‘demonstrates our commitment to creating the highest quality games… his incredible experience and expertise in all aspects of the industry will prove invaluable in Playdemic’s continued growth.’
While technically the board is above the CEO and other Chief Officers in a company, they usually convene a couple of times a year to approve the machinations that are already decided upon. Other duties include official spokesperson and CEO evaluation. Whether this appointment is a costly experiment in marketing or Ian will truly be able impact the quality of games like ‘Gourmet Ranch’ and ‘Village Life’ is yet to be seen. That is, if it’s a non-executive role.
The makers of Sacred Citadel, a side scrolling addition to the Sacred universe, have given a detailed explanation of what fans can expect in the game. The game’s publisher, Deep Silver, has given us a look at how they intend to merge the RPG elements of the core franchise into a side scrolling slasher.
A smooth ‘drop in/drop out’ multiplayer mechanic will allow up to 3 players to fight together, crushing throngs of enemies in a coordinated group. The playable characters are Khukuri Shaman, the Ancarian Ranger and the Safiri Warrior – alongside a fourth, as yet unannounced, character. Each class can be upgraded in line with their specific traits as they skill up.
It’s not just skills that you can enhance in Sacred Citadel. You can fully utilize the facilities in towns, meaning you’ll be able to purchase new attacks and refill both power and health. Custom weapon combinations flesh out the techniques you’ll have at hand to dice your way through the hoard.
They’ve done a lot to bring the RPG feel of both Sacred 1 and 2 to the side scrolling genre. In line with continuing universe building and the franchise’s overall structure this game will act as a prequel for Sacred 3; much like Sacred 2 did for the original.
No release date more narrow than ‘some time this year’ but it will be across pretty much every console platform bar Wii & Wii U.
Remember the PlayStation Portable and how it’s pretty much only alive through the support of niche Japanese-to-English localization companies? Well Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker which was originally released for the PSP is now available as a digital download that can be played on the PlayStation Vita.
In case you may have forgotten, not every PSP-download was immediately compatible with the Vita when it was released over a year ago but it seems that Konami has now managed to make it so Metal Gear fans can take Peace Walker around with them on their latest Sony handheld. Peace Walker is a bit of a departure from your standard Metal Gear Solid title as it features a blend of RPG and RTS elements and it contains four-player COoperative-OPerationS (CO-OPS) and three on three competitive fights.
Now that there is less than a week before the “reborn” Tomb Raider is released to store shelves everywhere, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have chosen to release a trailer that they have named the “Reborn” launch trailer.
The trailer shows a number of dramatic moments from within the game, ranging from combat to exploration with various people, likely from Crystal Dynamics, providing a bit of dramatic narration here and there. Course that dramatic build-up vanishes when a tacky GameStop advertisement is included at the end. You can check out the trailer below and keep an eye out for the game itself when it is released on March 5th for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
