The PlayStation 4 is getting a media player
Believe it or not, Sony couldn’t even wait for its E3 event to get started to share some news about the PlayStation 4. The company is launching a media player for its console with some playback features you might miss from your PS3. It’ll stream media from DLNA-compatible devices on your local network, for a start, and you can plug in a USB drive if you’d rather play locally-stored music and videos. The player should be available later tonight, so it won’t be long before you can try it for yourself.
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Source: PlayStation Blog
‘Rainbow Six Siege’ has Angela Bassett, beta launches September 24th
Last year Call of Duty brought Kevin Spacey, and for 2015, Ubisoft is calling on Angela Basset to star in its next Rainbow Six game. Named Six, she’s the leader of your terrorist-hunting squad, doling out the intel needed to eliminate targets. Ubisoft also showed off a live demo of five players participating in the revamped Terrohunt mode that can be played solo or cooperatively. Rainbow Six Siege is set for release on October 13th, while a beta on all platforms (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is scheduled for September 24th offering both PvP and Terrohunt — sign up here.
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Play PVP & Terrohunt in the #RainbowSix Siege Beta starting September 24! Sign up here >> http://t.co/KQWpHCNNgX || pic.twitter.com/Iv64ijnZ1m
– Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) June 15, 2015
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Source: Rainbow Six Siege beta sign-up
Ubisoft’s ‘The Division’ arrives on March 8th, 2016
Ubisoft’s The Division has seen a protracted development cycle, to say the least — the studio unveiled the Tom Clancy-badged online shooter back in 2013, and a release has been elusive ever since. At last, though, you have a date to mark on your calendar. The apocalyptic title will reach the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 8th, 2016, and Xbox One gamers will get their chance to play in a closed beta test in December. PC and PS4 players will also get a shot at playing early, but Ubisoft is coy about details beyond an early 2016 testing window.
It could be worth the wait, whichever version you’re playing. At its onstage E3 event, Ubisoft made a big deal of how The Division‘s “Dark Zone” will have you questioning the loyalty of other human players, including your teammates. That could lead to some griefing by less-than-friendly players, to be sure, but it’ll also add an extra level of tension to a game that already promises to be pretty vicious.
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Source: Ubisoft
Ubisoft’s ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’ is an open-world tactical shooter
Well, here’s something you probably didn’t expect from Ubisoft’s E3 event: an open-world Ghost Recon game. The developer’s just-unveiled Ghost Recon Wildlands has you fighting a Bolivian drug cartel using whatever means you see fit, whether it’s sniping targets from a distance, sneaking in under cover of night or simply causing chaos. Vehicles will play an important role, and it’ll also be important to get help from (or be wary of) locals. Ubisoft is saying precious little about when Wildlands will show up or what its mechanics are like, but it’ll have both co-op and solo play when it arrives on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
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Source: Ubisoft
Try hating ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ now that you’ve seen it
Star Wars Battlefront invades PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on November 17th with large-scale multiplayer gameplay and a lot of classic series trimmings. We’re talking lightsabers, X-Wings, AT-STs and more. You can see a lot of those in the gameplay video below, in a battle inspired by the Hoth sequence from The Empire Strikes Back, captured on PlayStation 4. It’s pre-alpha gameplay (meaning incredibly early), but it looks bombastic with a sense of scale I haven’t seen in a Star Wars game to date. The AT-AT feels like a monstrous, multi-story death contraption that could kill you underfoot if you walk too close to it.
Oh, and you can pilot one. The gameplay demo switches between Empire and Rebel forces and shows off the danger of controlling these: a snowspeeder tripping you with its tow cable. I don’t want to spoil the end for you, but a familiar man in black makes an appearance. Good luck waiting until November 17th.
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‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ coming holiday 2016
We’ve waited and waited for solid details on Mass Effect: Andromeda for what seems like an eternity and now we have a few more. The game launches next holiday season, to start. That’s big enough on its own but BioWare had even more to share from the stage of its press event here at E3 2015. Since it’s using the Frostbite game engine pioneered by DICE, the game looks predictably gorgeous. It’s in a new galaxy, the Mako is back, you’re an N7 officer once again. You’re playing as a human male or female, but not as the character seen in the trailer. BioWare says that Andromeda‘s “very much a new adventure” and that it takes place much quite a bit after the events of Mass Effect 3.
The game will only be available for PC and current-gen consoles. And while the trailer was built with Frostbite, that wasn’t actual gameplay you saw: the clip is the studio’s target look for the game. So, while the engine is powerful and capable of pretty impressive results, you might need to temper your expectations a bit.
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Source: BioWare blog
‘Need For Speed’ has been rebooted, arrives November 3rd
EA already told us that Need For Speed was taking a… brake, but now it’s back. And EA is calling it “the definitive Need For Speed experience.” You’ll be able to drive around an open-air environment twice the size of its predecessor, Rivals. Customizations have also been cranked up, and there’s a suitably Fast And Furious-sounding story mode where you need to build your reputation as well as your car. It lands on PC, PS4 and Xbox One this November 3rd — and it’s looking good enough that you may expect to smell the tires. See for yourself in the trailer, just below.
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Next ‘Doom’ hits Spring 2016 with mod support across all platforms
Prepare to shoot plenty of demons in the face this spring on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One when Doom 4 hits. It’s predictably gorgeous and based on the gameplay demo onstage at the historic Dolby Theater, its environments look a bit more open than we’ve previously seen. Of course there’s a massive, powerful shotgun because what would Doom be without shotguns and chainsaws? And plenty of gore and crap-your-pants soundscape for that matter? It wouldn’t be Doom.
It’s more than single-player too. Arena combat takes place in Hell and the UAC facility on Mars. If those don’t work for you, there’s also the chance to design your own content with Snapmap across each platform. You can “create and edit game logic” to make new modes according to Bethesda, and to keep tabs on everything the publisher is launching Bethesda.net to manage everything from mods to game news. We hope to find out exactly what that entails when we see the game later this week (and when the beta launches), so keep your browser tuned to Engadget for more as the show progresses.
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Tearaway Unfolded arrives adorably to PS4 on September 8th
Ready to guide a papercraft “You” through a world of hugs, malevolent squirrels and craft projects again? Yes, Tearaway Unfolded is coming at last to Sony’s PS4 console on September 8th. The game is a remake of the Tearaway on PS Vita, but reworked extensively with better graphics and support for the PS4’s DualShock 4 controllers. For instance, you can use the DualShock as a torch to attract (and then dispatch) enemy critters or catch objects “thrown” by on-screen characters. It’ll cost the same $39.99 as the popular Vita original, and early adopters will get a limited “Crafted” edition with custom decor, costumes and the Tearaway Unfolded soundtrack.
Source: Sony
‘Shadow Warrior 2’ hits PC, PS4, Xbox One in 2016
The cult classic PC shooter/slasher Shadow Warrior got an over-the-top revamp not long ago and now a sequel is en route from the fine folks at Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital. Protagonist Lo Wang isn’t alone again in Shadow Warrior 2 — he’s bringing four-player co-op with him to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next year. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Devolver CFO Fork Parker says that the game’s environments are procedurally generated (think Minecraft or No Man’s Sky) and that five years after the first game’s events, humans and demons are living side-by-side. That’s a bit crazier than dogs and cats cohabitating, if you ask me.
We’re checking the game out next week at E3 and if you can’t wait for more info until then, perhaps the video and screenshots below will aid your patience. Oh! And should you need to acquaint yourself with Flying Wild Hog’s previous installment, the PS4 version’s on sale through next week’s trade show.
Watch the new @ShadowWarrior trailer, someone says “wang” and a car gets cut in half. https://t.co/5XgoRL6WEl pic.twitter.com/iOb3cn4tzG
– Fork Parker (@ForkParker) June 11, 2015
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Source: Windows Central
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