Sniper Elite 3
Release Date: To be announced in 2014.
In
our first look at Rebellion's new Sniper Elite game, publisher 505
Games sets the stage for a new setting for all the grisly shooter
action.Sniper Elite 2 wasn't the classiest game on the market, but it won praise from our Tim Turi for its visceral, tense action. In the new game, OSS agent Karl Fairbourne is taking his very particular set of skills to North Africa, to battle the Nazis on the plains.
Rebellion promises more sandbox gameplay and an expanded version of the popular kill cam from previous games.
Did you know that it only takes a single well-placed bullet to explode even the nimblest of military vehicles? Well, that's how things work in Sniper Elite 3 at least, which is slated to launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC sometime next year.
Sniper Elite 3 takes series protagonist/OSS operative Karl Fairburne's World War 2-era adventures to North Africa, where the hunt is on for secret German technology that could turn the tide of the war. This hunt will, presumably, involve shooting tons of dudes/jeeps/tanks from varying distances with high-powered rifles. American OSS Agent Karl Fairburne is back in action! Check him out in the first footage of Sniper Elite 3. He is still behind enemy lines in World War II however, this time, he is deep in the exotic and deadly terrain of North Africa where his crucial sharpshooting skills are needed to help the Allies battle Germany's fearsome Tiger tanks.
This latest intelligence mission quickly turns into a hunt for a new threat - a German technology that could crush Allied resistance for good.
With a stronger focus on sandbox-style gameplay and the advanced, popular "kill cam" taken to new explosive, vehicle shredding levels, Sniper Elite 3 is scheduled for release in 2014 for Xbox One, Xbox360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC.
For all the latest intel on Sniper Elite stay tuned to @sniperelitegame, facebook.com/Sniperelitegame and www.sniperelite3.com
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Titanfall
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Titanfall is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts as an exclusive for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The game was officially announced as Respawn's debut game at Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference, and is scheduled for release in March 2014.
In Titanfall, players fight in online multiplayer-only matches set on a war-torn planet as mech-style Titans and their pilots. Its action is fast-paced, including abilities to run on walls and hijack mechs, and extended periods between player deaths. Respawn describes the game as bringing "scale, verticality, and story" to first-person shooter multiplayer gaming, incorporating elements traditionally used in single-player campaigns. The game uses Microsoft's cloud computing services to offload non-player activity to servers and optimize the home computer for graphical performance.The game won over 60 awards at its E3 2013 reveal, including a record-breaking six E3 Critics Awards, and Best of Show from several media outlets. It also won official awards at Gamescom and the Tokyo Game Show. Many reviewers predicted Titanfall to be the next step for the first-person shooter genre, and IGN's Ryan McCaffrey declared the game "Microsoft's killer app".
Players fight either on foot as free-running "pilots" or inside agile mech-style walkers called "Titans" to complete team-based objectives on a derelict and war-torn planet as either the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) or the Militia. The game is online multiplayer-only, but injects single-player elements such as plot, character chatter, and non-player characters into its matches. Respawn founder Vince Zampella described the game as bringing "scale, verticality, and story" to first-person shooter multiplayer gaming.
Players choose their pilot types and are dropped on the map, beginning the game. A timer displays the time until a Titan can be deployed, which is reduced by killing other players. Once deployed, Titans are protected by a forcefield for about 30 seconds, which protects the player-pilot as well. Pilots are agile and accumulate momentum while running (similar to Tribes), which lets players run on walls and chain together double jumps. There are multiple types of Titans, each with unique abilities and animations. Pilot and Titan controls are identical except where the pilot's double jump becomes the Titan's dash, as Titans cannot jump, crouch, or cover. The mechs are not slow, but their movement is slower than the nimble pilots. Titan game-balancing abilities include the vortex blocker, which stops and returns enemy ammunition in midair, and electrified smoke, which hurts and repels pilots climbing the Titan's back. Player-pilots can eject from Titans that take too much damage, and the Titan replacement timer is reset upon the Titan's death. Games end with a race to the losing team's evacuation dropship.
Respawn has unveiled three Titan classes: the agile Atlas, the ponderous Ogre, and the nimble Stryder.
Following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's release, Activision fired Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in March 2010 for "breaches of contract and insubordination". Their departure resulted in a series of lawsuits and a staff exodus. Later that year, West and Zampella founded a game development company, Respawn Entertainment, with many of the former Infinity Ward staff. Pre-production began in 2011, and the game was originally planned for existing consoles. The idea for the game did not come easily, and the team arrived at its multiplayer-only and human-mech focus after much internal debate. Respawn artist Joel Emslie recalled starting with a human-sized suit as a "second skin", which the designers grew in size. As Respawn didn't have the necessary computers, the artists resorted to kitbashing and model making—Emslie prototyped by putting a figurine inside a plastic model kit.Project influences include Blade Runner, Star Wars, Abrams Battle Tank, and Masamune Shirow of Ghost in the Shell. At E3 2011, Electronic Arts Labels president Frank Gibeau revealed that Respawn's first project was a science fiction shooter published by Electronic Arts. Two project leads left the company to begin their own studio in mid-2012, and West retired in March 2013.
Rather than meeting technical restraints with code optimization and a tight release towards the end of those consoles' life cycle, the team decided to focus on the next console generation with more time to try new ideas. Zampella announced that Respawn would show at E3 2013 via Twitter on February 25, 2013. Their planned announcement leaked early through an erroneous early release of Game Informer's July 2013 issue on Google Play, which revealed their first game's title, premise, and release date. Other advance public information included the company's trademark filing for "Titan" in April 2013, and an April 2013 Kotaku report of the game's Titan mech gameplay and Xbox One exclusivity. The game was officially announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference, with expected Windows PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One releases in Q1 2014. The Xbox 360 version was announced as in development with Respawn's support at another studio, whose name was not released. Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen later added that the Microsoft exclusivity agreement would last "for the life of the title"—that other consoles including the PlayStation 4 would not receive a Titanfall port.
The 65-person development team experimented with different gameplay before consolidating to three goals: "player mobility, survivability, and the merging of cinematic design with fast-paced action". They identified contemporary first-person shooters as restricted to "a single plane of movement", the cardinal directions and hiding in place, and considered new features to increase mobility, such as a three-story-high jump. Final mobility features include wall running and the pilot's jump kit, which allows for double jumps. Additionally, the game does not cordon off parts of the environment. Concerning survivability, Respawn chose to populate the environment with dozens of computer-controlled characters to give players the reward of consecutive kills while reducing the player deaths necessary in return.The team spent significant time balancing the "cat and mouse" combat between pilots and Titans. Thirdly, the cinematic storytelling segments associated with single-player campaigns were merged into the multiplayer mode as introductions and epilogues to the missions. The decision to combine modes allowed Respawn to conserve resources traditionally split between separate teams. Player count change weekly and was playtested often, more as a question of design than technical feasibility. Early Titanfall playtest players did not realize that they were playing against human opponents for over 45 minutes. Respawn producer Drew McCoy said the team's foremost goal was making the game fun.
Respawn chose to build Titanfall on the Source game engine early in their production cycle due to their developers' familiarity and its ability to maintain 60 frames per second on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In an interview, Respawn software engineer Richard Baker said the company chose Source since Portal 2 performed well on the PlayStation 3 with it, and the console was "the riskiest platform in current gen". The company built upon the engine during development in features such as lighting, rendering, visibility, networking, and tools pipelines. The game also uses Microsoft's cloud computing for multiplayer servers, physics, and artificial intelligence. Offloading this non-player activity frees the local console for visual rendering tasks and better graphics, and the developers for game development (instead of backend maintenance). This arrangement also determines world events in the cloud instead of locally, so position and movement data is downloaded simultaneously by all player-clients. The studio's cloud server access is considered vital to the game's viability. Respawn felt that Kinect support did not suit the game and chose not to support the peripheral.
Titanfall is scheduled for release on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows PC in North America on March 11, 2014, in Europe and Australia on the 13th, and in the United Kingdom and New Zealand on the 14th. A collector's edition is slated to include a Titan statue set in a LED-lit diorama, an art book, and a poster. K'Nex announced a toy marketing tie-in for 2014. The game was feature complete as of December 2013, and the Respawn team continued to address game bugs and balancing issues before launch.
Titanfall took over 60 awards at its E3 2013 reveal, including a record-breaking six E3 Critics Awards: Best in Show, Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer. The game also won Best in Show from IGN, Destructoid, Game Informer, and Electronic Gaming Monthly. Reporting for Polygon at E3, Arthur Gies praised the "dynamism" between the Titan's brute force and the pilots' objective-based stealth as the game's greatest asset. IGN's Ryan McCaffrey declared Titanfall both "Microsoft's killer app" and multiplayer gaming's "next big thing", adding, "You will buy an Xbox One for Titanfall, and you should." Forbes's Erik Kain similarly predicted the game to be a "huge selling point" for the Xbox One. The game won Best Next Generation Console Game and Best Xbox Game at Gamescom 2013. The game was introduced to Japan at the 2013 Tokyo Game Show, where the response was "overwhelmingly positive" and it won a Future Award. Titanfall won "Most Anticipated Game" at VGX 2013. Many reviewers considered Titanfall to be the next step for the first-person shooter genre.
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Infamous Second Son
Release Date: Will Be announced soon in 2014
infamous second son
Rowe differs from Cole McGrath in that his initial powers are based not on electricity, but on smoke. By transforming his body into smoke he can move rapidly through the streets and across the rooftops, but also shoot through vents and pass through grates and fences. He has smoke and fire-based range attacks, a rather nasty looking sneak attack that seems to take down enemies in a burst of heat, plus a chain melee weapon he can use up-close, enhanced with smoke and fire. Rowe is even comfortable flying and gliding around the environment, using his own burning arms for propulsion. It’s all about giving the player more freedom, more choice of strategy, and a lot more firepower.
Gameplay
will be similar to the previous entries, sharing the open world
element. Delsin will use the chain wrapped around his arm as his main
melee weapon, which will be used in conjunction with other powers that
he absorbs throughout the game. One notable change from previous games
is that instead of the accessing an aiming system by holding down the L1
button, the player will not need to do so, and will just be able to
fire whenever they want, using an on-screen reticle to aim. Parkour
returns as a major element, and is executed in the same way; by jumping
up walls, Delsin will automatically grab ledges, from which he can
hang, pull himself to another ledge, or fire his weapons.
Second Son is set seven years after the ending of Infamous 2, in which
Cole MacGrath activated the Ray Field Inhibitor (RFI) to destroy a
Conduit (superhumans named for their ability to "channel" powers) named
John White, also known as the Beast. The explosion that resulted was
originally thought to have killed all Conduits across the globe;
however, those outside of the blast radius or with a natural resistance
have survived. Fearing the Conduits' abilities after the destruction of
Empire City, the US eastern seaboard and the worldwide economy, the
Department of Unified Protection (DUP) is formed. Now, major cities
across the United States are heavily monitored for Conduit activity,
whom the DUP have labeled collectively as "bio-terrorists".
The game is set in Seattle, Washington, now under DUP jurisdiction.
Players control Delsin Rowe (Troy Baker), a 24-year-old graffiti artist
with no real direction in life. One day, Delsin witnesses a bus crash
and attempts to help; in the process, he comes in contact with a
Conduit, and his own hidden Conduit abilities awaken. With his new
abilities and his older brother Reggie (Travis Willingham), a police
officer, Delsin dedicates himself to fighting back against the
oppressive DUP, as well as other Conduits such as Abigail "Fetch" Walker
(Laura Bailey).
Second Son was revealed at the PlayStation Meeting on February 20, 2013.
While his power initially appeared to just control smoke, Sucker Punch
has stated in interviews that Delsin's ability is actually to absorb
the abilities of other conduits. Currently, the only powers shown are
smoke and neon light based, but Sucker Punch has revealed that he will
absorb more powers, and that these are only the "tip of the iceberg."
Actors portray their characters via a combination of motion capture and
voice work. The technology was also enhanced to include capture of the
actors' facial expressions. As such, the characters all bear
resemblance to their respective actors.
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Release Date: To Be Announced in 2014
Murdered: Soul Suspect announced again with new announcement trailer
Ian Birnbaum at 22:14 on 05 June 2013.Square Enix has just released an announcement trailer for its upcoming post-death detective game Murdered: Soul Suspect. Murdered was already announced back in February, but I suppose we should avoid getting hung up on semantics. After being thrown out of window and and shot several times, detective Ronan O’Connor finds that he has ceased to be; he is an ex-detective. Trapped in the limbo afterlife world of Dusk, O’Connor has to solve his own murder to move on. The game is set in Salem, Massachusetts, which is being regrettably billed as the “#1 most haunted place.” Poor Salem. You execute a couple dozen witches and nobody lets you live it down for three hundred years. The trailer hints that O’Connor won’t find himself alone in Dusk, as his first transition to ghostliness shows spectral spirits in the background, along with a old-fashioned, ghostly car. According to the website, you’ll also battle demonic spirits who will try to stop you from solving your murder.
Murder’s release date and development studio are so far unannounced, but we’ll let you know if there’s an announcement after this announcement.
Murdered: Soul Suspect is an upcoming action-adventure game published by Square Enix. Instead of a direct announcement, it has been teased with posts on Twitter, with some depicting what could be the tagline of the game: What is the hardest case to solve? On February 19, 2013, a teaser trailer was released on the official YouTube channel of the game. The developer has been confirmed to be Airtight Games and the game will release on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It has been teased to be targeted for 2014.
The concept of the title was based on Die Hard, but with a twist when creative director Yosuke Shiokawa wondered what if protagonist John McClane died in the events of the film yet continues to fight as a ghost.
The game is centered on Detective Ronan O'Connor who uses his ghostly powers to solve his own murder while combating demonic creatures at the same time.
The premise has been compared to the 2010 adventure game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, but Matthew Brunner, chief creative officer of Airtight Games, says that he wasn't even aware of Ghost Trick when development began, and that while the premises are similar, the two games' look, feel and gameplay are very different.
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Grand Theft Auto V
Release Date: Summer 2014.
Grand
Theft Auto V is an open world, action-adventure video game developed
by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on
17 September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. It is
the fifteenth title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main
entry since Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008. As one of the last titles to
be released for the seventh generation of video game consoles, Grand
Theft Auto V was highly anticipated preceding its release.Grand
Theft Auto V is played from a third-person perspective in an open world
environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at
their leisure. The game is set mainly within the fictional state of San
Andreas (based on Southern California) and affords the player the
ability to freely roam the world's countryside and the fictional city of
Los Santos (based on Los Angeles) The single-player mode of Grand Theft Auto V is played through three player-controlled protagonists: Michael, Trevor, and Franklin, criminals whose stories interconnect as they complete missions. While interacting with the game world, the player may switch between them at will, by means of a directional compass on the HUD. Franklin corresponds to the north point, Michael to the west, Trevor to the east, and the player's multiplayer avatar to the south. During missions, the game may switch the player's character automatically as necessary in order to complete certain objectives. A character's avatar will flash red if they are in danger and need assistance either manually or through covering fire from another, and flash white if that character has a strategic advantage or position which may aid the player's success in the mission.Though the player completes missions as any of the three protagonists, the more difficult heist missions may require aid from AI-controlled accomplices who have unique skill sets such as computer hacking or driving, and they will take a cut from the mission's cash reward upon completion. If an accomplice survives a successful heist, they may be re-used in later missions with improvements to their unique skills.Employing different strategies toward the completion of a heist mission is also encouraged by the game; for example, in a holdup mission the player may subdue civilians with an agent if stealth is favoured, or storm the venue with guns drawn.
Each character has a set of eight skills, which are numerical representations of their ability in certain areas, such as shooting and driving. While the player improves the skills of each character as they play, there is a skill assigned to each character that they have expertise in by default, such as Trevor's skill as a pilot. In addition, the eighth "special" skill determines the effectiveness in performing an ability that is unique to each respective character. Michael will enter bullet time in combat, Franklin will slow down time while driving, and Trevor will deal twice as much damage to enemies while taking half as much in combat.There is a meter on each character's HUD which depletes when an ability is being used and gradually regenerates over time when the ability is not being used.
The game is presented as an open world; it is a large, open map which can be freely roamed when the player is not partaking in missions. Composed of an open countryside area, Blaine County, and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world is comparatively larger in area than earlier entries in the series.The player can utilise a variety of vehicles to explore the game world, and to accommodate for the size of the map, the game introduces vehicle types that were absent in its predecessor Grand Theft Auto IV, such as fixed-wing aircraft.While free roaming the game world, the player can engage in context-specific activities; for example, the player is given a scuba set to explore the underwater sections of the world, or a parachute to partake in BASE jumping. Each character is equipped with a smartphone which can be used to contact friends, engage in activities, and access an in-game Internet. The Internet can be used to purchase properties such as homes and businesses and access a stock market that allows the player to be a stakeholder in businesses; each character can earn income by purchasing businesses and selling shares.The player can purchase upgrades for the weapons and vehicles in each character's arsenal, and customise their appearance by purchasing outfits, haircuts, tattoos, and jewellery.
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Thief 4
Release Date: February 25, 2014
There is a rising tide of fear in The City. Hatred saturates every stone and whilst the rich prosper, the less fortunate face misery and repression. Ravaged with sickness and famine, they wait for something to change.
Into this shadowy world steps Garrett, THE master thief in Thief, a reinvention of a franchise that helped define an entire genre of games. This first-person adventure features intelligent design that allows players to take full control, with freedom to choose their path through the game's levels and how they approach and overcome each challenge.
Players control Garrett, a master thief, as he intends to steal from the rich. Similar to previous games in the series, players must use stealth in order to overcome challenges, while violence is left as a minimally effective last resort.
Gameplay is choice-driven,with players having a number of possible paths and approaches in a given level. Players may use the environment to their advantage, as well as pickpocket characters.As Garrett attempts to steal in levels, guards and other non-player characters (if they are aware of his presence) will try to flush him out and kill him. Different NPCs may use different means to find him, and the game's artificial intelligence will be aware of the level design, and therefore, know of potential hiding spots.
Players may enter a "Focus" mode, which provides several advantages.It enhances Garrett's vision, highlighting pipes that can be climbed, or candles that can be put out to make the area darker. Focus can also slow down time, so that Garrett is able to steal more effectively while pickpocketing. Garrett can also use Focus to push enemies or perform debilitating attacks. It can be further upgraded over the course of the game.
Garrett carries a blackjack, used to knock guards unconscious; a collapsible,compound bow, which can be used for both combat and non-lethal purposes such as distracting guards; and a claw, which can be used to grapple. Players may use money to purchase supplies and equipment at the end of missions.
An EXP system for the in-game growth of the character was meant to be used in the final game, but was later scrapped due to negative fan feedback, and to reflect the fact that the character was already an experienced thief.
Thief is set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Victorian and steampunk aesthetics. Garrett, a master thief who has been away from his hometown for a long time, returns to it, a city named 'The City', and finds it ruled over by a tyrant called 'The Baron'. While The City is infested by a plague, the rich continue to live in good fortune, and Garrett intends to exploit the situation to his favor.
Thief was initially announced in 2009 under the working title Thief 4, after rumours of its development. Developed at Eidos Montreal, the game was handled by a team other than the one that made Deus Ex: Human Revolution.The development team was initially kept small, and the game remained in concept phase for a long time. During this, numerous experimental design changes were proposed, such as having a third person perspective, having a new protagonist, or environmental clambering similar to the Assassin's Creed series of games. D'Astous was quoted on the main page as stating Thief 4 was currently in early development: "We're in the early development stages for Thief 4, but this is an incredibly ambitious project and a very exciting one. It's too early for us to offer any specific game details. Right now, we are focused on recruiting the very best talent to join the core team at the studio and help us make what we believe will be one of the most exciting games on the market."After some gossip that several major members of Eidos Montréal left their jobs, the general manager of the studio, Stephane D'Astous, countered these claims by saying, "We will be able to be a little more communicative later on, hopefully before the year's end. Right now, Thief is our priority and we're putting everything behind it to make sure it's as successful as our first game".In January 2013, NeoGAF found LinkedIn files that indicated network programmers were working on the project. Eidos Montreal was expanded in 2010 with a separate team for multiplayer development, and when MP producer Joe Khoury was asked if they would also work on their next project, Thief 4, he did not deny or confirm.
Although the game was initially expected for seventh-generation consoles, it was switched to eighth-generation consoles during development.This was confirmed when in March 2013, the game was officially unveiled through that month's issue of Game Informer and announced to be released on the PC, PlayStation 4 and "other next-gen consoles." The game is not another sequel, but rather a reboot of the Thief series.Based upon initial press release photos Phil Savage of PC Gamer made some comparisons to Dishonored, stating "It all looks a bit Dishonored, which is apt, given that Dishonored looked a bit Thief."
Eidos announced that the veteran voice actor Stephen Russell has been replaced by actor Romano Orzari for the role of the main protagonist in the series, Garrett. In a statement, Eidos explained their decision. "We made the decision to record our actor's voices and their movement at the same time using a full performance capture technique. The actor playing Garrett needed to be able to perform his own stunts. Garrett's a really athletic guy. We could have pasted Stephen's voice on top of the actions and stunts of someone else, but this wouldn't appear natural." However, this decision has upset some fans of the series who initiated an online petition requesting Eidos Montreal to bring back Stephen Russell as lead voice actor.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6:Patriots
Release Date: Not Available
In
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots, Team Rainbow faces a new and very
real threat called the “True Patriots,” a highly-trained,
well-organized revolutionary group that claim the American government
is irrevocably corrupted by greedy politicians and corporate special
interests. The True Patriots will do whatever it takes to reclaim their
country. Playing as Rainbow, players will face critical scenarios that
will require them to make tough ethical decisions in order to stop
this new breed of terrorists.In addition to the immersive single-player storyline, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots will introduce a huge variety of new innovative co-op and multi-player experiences. Players will be rewarded for working as a team and mastering the game’s new features that enhance communication and tactical execution between teammates. Success will come from a mix of split-second decision making and working to coordinate attacks against the enemy.
Rainbow Six describes Rainbow as an international counter-terrorism operation hosted by NATO and funded by money funneled through the U.S. Department of the Interior
The base of operations for Rainbow is located in Hereford, England (at the time, home to the SAS), due to the United Kingdom being one of the most accessible countries in the world and having one of the world's foremost special forces units. Most of the characters in Rainbow are American or British, though the NATO countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the NATO ally of Israel have at least one representative each.
Clancy describes the structure of Rainbow as having one Director, who oversees the entire operation, and one Deputy Director, who is second in command. Rainbow is portrayed as the "blacker than black" operations, and it works off of its very own intelligence service which has intelligence contacts all over the world. In the book, when Rainbow is called upon for help from another country's government to deal with a terrorist situation, usually only one of the two teams will be sent, but in some situations both will be sent. Both teams have an officer (O-4 or equivalent) as team leader and a senior NCO (E-9 or equivalent) as second in command. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men. Rainbow also has a standard-issue weapons kit. It consists of a Beretta 8045 Cougar semi-automatic pistol (referred to as a "Beretta .45 automatic") and a suppressed Heckler & Koch MP5/10 submachine gun (mislabeled as MP-10) for each soldier, with an M60 general purpose machine gun for each team's support gunner. Each team also has two snipers, each with a custom rifle of their own choosing. In Dead or Alive, Rainbow uses the more conventional Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 submachine gun and Heckler & Koch MK23 semi-automatic pistol, with the Knight's Armanent Company M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System having replaced Remington M24 Sniper Weapon System. When not using the local police's camouflage they utilize a light blue and/or black pattern, leading to their nickname "Men of Black".
In the video games, Rainbow is portrayed differently. John Clark is still the leader for most of the series, but he is supported by a set of other key staff and advisers who vary from game to game. As of Rogue Spear, there are around 30 Rainbow operatives. This includes members from NATO countries and from non-NATO countries, along with six female operatives. For each mission, a maximum eight operatives can be deployed and can be split into a maximum of four teams. Weapons, uniforms, and equipment are less standardized, and are instead chosen to suit the operative and the mission, so it is more common to see assault rifles and large-caliber handguns.
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Watchdogs
Release Date: Delayed From November 2013 to Spring 14.
Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city's technology and information - including key data on all of the city's residents.
You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you'll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. You'll access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy... and more.
Watch Dogs is an open world action-adventure video game in which players control an Irish vigilante named Aiden Pearce (voiced by Noam Jenkins), who can hack into various electronic devices tied to the city's central operating system (ctOS), allowing various methods for the player to solve numerous objectives.Examples include hacking into people's phones to retrieve bank data and steal funds, triggering malfunctions in equipment to distract other characters and hacking into traffic lights to cause collisions. Players can also receive information on civilians via augmented reality feeds, providing the player with information on demographics, health and potential behaviour. Objectives showcased in presentations include finding specific targets to kill, evading the police and following potential victims in order to stop their would-be killers. Combat utilizes a combination of stealth components and parkour, along with the mechanics of a cover-based third-person shooter.
The game features an online multiplayer element. The "multiplayer" experience is a one-on-one interaction between two human characters in which one player seamlessly and secretly joins the single player experience of another player.The first player (which entered the other player's world) is tasked with finding the second player (which is initially unaware that another human is in their game session - no notification is given to the second player). Once the first player finds the second player the objective is updated. The first player's new objective involves installing a back door virus into the second player's smartphone, then hiding while that virus siphons off a portion of the data the second player has collected. This stolen information increases the first player's power once they return to their own single player session. The second player must stay within a certain radius of the first player for the download to progress. Once the download is initiated by the player is alerted that they have been hacked and that data is being stolen from their smartphone. Once the second player has been alerted of the intrusion their objective is to locate the first player who is stealing their data, and either kill the first player or cause them to flee to such a distance that the download is halted (a certain minimum distance must be maintained for the download to progress).
The storyline of Watch Dogs game is built around the concept of information warfare, data being interconnected, and the world's increasing use of technology—questioning who exactly runs the computers they depend on. The game is set in an alternate reality version of Chicago, Illinois, which is one of many cities to feature a supercomputer known as a "CtOS" (Central Operating System). The system controls almost every piece of technology in the city, and contains information on all of the city's residents and activities which can be used for various purposes.In the game's universe, the Northeast blackout of 2003 was found to be caused by a hacker, prompting the development of CtOS.The game will follow a man named Aiden Pearce, a highly skilled hacker described as a person who uses both "fists and wits."The gameplay demo shown at E3 2012 depicted Aiden's attempt to assassinate a media mogul named Joseph DeMarco, who had been wrongly acquitted on charges of murder.In a demonstration shown at E3 2013, Pearce helps a fellow hacker named T-Bone escape after he is discovered attempting to steal a motherboard.
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Dark Souls 2
Release Date: March 2014
Dark Souls is the latest Action Role Playing Game created by the famed niche Japanese development team FromSoftware, creators of such franchises as Armored Core, Tenchu, Otogi and Chromehounds. Dark Souls is published by FromSoftware in Japan and Namco Bandai in the rest of the world.
Created to be the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls also created by FromSoftware, Dark Souls brings even more hardcore RPG action to the PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and PC! On release of the game for PC, additional content was added to supplement the original game.
The story will revolve around a cursed character trying to find a cure for their agony, it will be emotional and involved in the fashion of Demon's Souls's story. The game's director has mentioned that the sequel is indirectly linked to its predecessor, but with no specifications as to how. The director also stated that the concept of time will factor into the story.
Dark Souls II features gameplay mechanics similar to its predecessor; co-director Tomohiro Shibuya has stated that he has no intention of changing the controls.Covenants, a feature in Dark Souls that allowed the player to align with different factions, are making a reappearance, though they will be easier to understand and more accessible to the player. The game world is going to be roughly twice the size of Dark Souls with the beginning of the game made more accessible to newcomers.Tanimura also confirmed that the game will retain the challenging gameplay known to the series: "We do not plan on having an Easy Mode since we are creating this game with a thought that challenge and difficulty are core elements of the game.
The development team has cited utilizing a more powerful graphics engine for the sequel that is currently being showcased in gameplay trailers. New challenges, adding to the series' documented difficulty level, have also been shown. The game will feature a more advanced AI system that allows enemies to react to a wider range of actions by the player.
On September 19, 2013, an announcement regarding the delay of the PC version was made by the game's director Yui Tanimura. He explained that the delay was necessary to ensure an optimal version of Dark Souls 2 on PC.
Dark Souls 2 Producer Takeshi Miyazoe stated back in December that he and his team did not expect there to be DLC for Dark Souls 2, but that position seems to have been reconsidered according to a recent interview with Official Xbox Magazine. .
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