Within 24 hours after releasing on Aug. 4 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout registered over 1.5 million players and as of Aug. 10 Devolver Digital revealed the game had sold 2 million copies on Steam. As of Aug. 26, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout sold over 7 million copies on Steam became the most downloaded monthly PS Plus game of all time.
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Xbox One release date announced & more units available to pre-order
Microsoft announced today the Xbox One will officially launch in 13 markets including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and USA. They also announced an upgrade to the console’s CPU from 1.6GHZ to 1.75GHZ, which amounts to approximately a 10-percent improvement. Exclusive titles soon available for Xbox One include “Halo,” “Dead Rising 3,” “Ryse: Son of Rome” and “Forza Motorsport 5.” The Microsoft Store also added a limited number of the Xbox One console available to pre-order while supplies last. Select retailers including Amazon, Target, GameStop, and Best Buy also have a limited number of consoles to pre-order for Day One.
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Rockstar Games releases ‘Official’ GTA 5 trailer
Rockstar Games has released what they’re calling the ‘Official Trailer’ for Grand Theft Auto 5. While we’ve already seen previous trailers, for some reason Rockstar is calling this one ‘Official.’ The shorter, 1:00 trailer is less intriguing that the first trailer released, but nevertheless shows some footage we haven’t seen yet. Watch the video in full-screen — it looks much better. GTA 5 (“GTA V”) hits stores and download servers on Sept. 11, 2013.
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Nintendo dropping price of Wii U below $300
Nintendo has announced they will drop the price of the Wil U by $50 to $299, no doubt in an attempt to somehow compete with Sony and Microsoft as they get set to launch their next-generation PlayStation 3 and Xbox One consoles. The Wii U has been slow selling anyway, having shipped only 160,000 units in the most recent quarter. For those on a budget, the Wii U could be a good alternative to the $500 Xbox One. But for a hundred bucks more, who wouldn’t be more inclined to pick up a PlayStation 4 unit for $399?
It’s no secret Wii U doesn’t stack up to the high quality offered by Playstation and Xbox consoles, but for gamers who play titles like Rayman, Pokemon and Zelda, the higher end graphics and processing really isn’t necessary. Does anyone need to play Super Mario in high-def?
The Nintendo Will U will drop to $299 on September 2oth. Upcoming games for console include The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD in October and Super Mario 3D World this holiday season.
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Xbox One will launch with these titles, some exclusive
Microsoft has announced the initial lineup of games that will be available upon launch of the Xbox One console. The list covers titles as of August 19, 2013. Xbox says 38% of titles are exclusive to Xbox One, 44% of titles will include either timed or exclusive content to Xbox One. And, 37% of titles are brand-new IP. What do you think of the list?
Titles in bold are Xbox platform exclusives or exclusively first on Xbox. Titles colored in green will have exclusive or timed exclusive content available on Xbox:
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
Battlefield 4 (DICE, Electronic Arts)
Below (Capy Games, Microsoft Studios)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Crimson Dragon (Grounding/Land Ho!, Microsoft Studios)
D4 (Access Games, Microsoft Studios)
Dead Rising 3 (Capcom Vancouver, Microsoft Studios)
Destiny (Bungie, Activision)
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved (Harmonix, Disney Interactive)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare, Electronic Arts)
Dying Light (Techland, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
EA SPORTS UFC (EA SPORTS, Electronic Arts)
FIFA 14 (EA SPORTS, Electronic Arts)
Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, Square Enix)
Forza Motorsport 5 (Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Studios)
Halo Xbox One (343 Industries, Microsoft Studios)
Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft)
Killer Instinct (Double Helix, Microsoft Studios)
Kinect Sports Rivals (Rare, Microsoft Studios)
Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix 1st Production Department, Square Enix)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
LocoCycle (Twisted Pixel, Microsoft Studios)
Mad Max (Avalanche Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Madden NFL 25 (EA SPORTS, Electronic Arts)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions, Konami)
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition (Mojang Studios, Microsoft Studios)
Mirror’s Edge 2 (DICE, Electronic Arts)
NBA 2K14 (Visual Concepts, 2K Sports)
NBA LIVE 14 (EA SPORTS, Electronic Arts)
Need for Speed: Rivals (Ghost Games, Electronic Arts)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (PopCap Games, Electronic Arts)
Powerstar Golf (Zoe Mode, Microsoft Studios)
Project Spark (Microsoft Studios)
Quantum Break (Remedy, Microsoft Studios)
Ryse: Son of Rome (Crytek, Microsoft Studios)
Skylanders: Swap Force (Vicarious Visions, Activision)
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE, Electronic Arts)
Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios)
The Crew (Ivory Towers, Ubisoft)
The Elder Scrolls Online (ZeniMax Online Studios, Bethesda Softworks)
The Evil Within (Tango Gameworks, Bethesda Softworks)
The LEGO Movie Videogame (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – North America)
Thief (Eidos Montreal, Square Enix)
Titanfall (Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts)*
Tom Clancy’s The Division (Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft)
Watch Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames, Bethesda Softworks)
Zoo Tycoon (Frontier Developments Ltd., Microsoft Studios)
Zumba Fitness: World Party (Zoë Mode, Majesco)*Titanfall will also be available for PC
Source: Xbox
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Grand Theft Auto 5 Multiplayer Online Play Trailer Revealed
Rockstar Games revealed their online multiplayer gameplay for Grand Theft Auto 5 today, releasing a 3-minute trailer that shows all the activities you can partake in the GTA online world.
In the trailer, the female narrator tells us “Everything you do will help you progress through the world, introducing you to new characters, missions, rewards, and almost limitless opportunities.”
GTA 5 will hit stores on Sept. 17th for Xbox 360 and PS3.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer trailer revealed with female characters now an option
Activision & Infinity Ward have released an official multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts which reveals a female character — a first for the franchise. The multiplayer features were revealed today at the Xbox Livestream Event that started 1:25 PM Eastern.
A female character is revealed at the end of the trailer at 2:40 (although, you can see character selections at 1:26 which could be a female). Infinity Ward tells us Ghosts will offer 20,000 different customization options for players to choose from.
Warning, trailer is rated M+ and the Eminem soundtrack contains language. Call of Duty: Ghosts hits stores on November 5th, 2013.
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CNN picks five games to watch from Comic-Con San Diego
Were you able to attend this month’s Comic-Con? Or are you watching from afar? CNN’s John Gaudiosi has pointed out five video games to watch from the 2013 Comic-Con International in San Diego. It’s no surprise most of the titles are triple-A productions, given the immensity of the convention. “Batman: Arkham Origins,” “Dead Rising 3,” “Watch Dogs” and SEGA’s “Total War: Rome II” are among the five. But Gaudiosi also picked Young Horses’ “Octodad: Dadliest Catch” for PS4 and PC, an odd third-person puzzle game in which you control (with quite some difficulty) the titular Octodad. Obviously these five games just touch the tip of the iceberg, but no doubt titles worth playing when released. The games, publishers, and platform details are listed below. (more…)
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‘Dark’ Oculus Rift Trailer Released
Here’s the trailer for ‘Dark’ from Kalypso Media developed by Realmforge Studios using Oculus Rift hardware. The action game will release on 7/9/2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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Resistance 3 Public Beta hits PlayStation Store Aug. 4
Thursday, Aug. 4, Sony will release the Resistance 3 Public Beta to customers who received access codes through the purchase of SOCOM 4. Sony didn’t indicate exactly what time — we hope at Midnight. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber but didn’t get an access code from SOCOM 4 packaging you’ll have to wait a couple weeks until the “expanded public” beta is released on Tuesday, August 23rd. The full version will be released on September 6, 2011 in North America.
