Madden NFL 17 now available for digital Pre-order on Xbox

The new Madden video game is now available for digital pre-order and pre-download on the Xbox One. There are 3 different versions to choose from. The game will release on 8/23/16. Madden NFL 17 Standard Edition: $59.99 USD This bundle will include  1 month of EA Access, Madden NFL ranked tickets, and up to 7 Madden NFL Ultimate Team Pro packs. Madden NFL 17 Deluxe Edition: $79.99 USD This bundle will also include 1 month access to EA Access, 30 Madden NFL ranked tickets, and up to 10 Madden NFL Ultimate Team Pro packs. Madden NFL 17 Super Deluxe Edition: $99.99 USD This last bundle will again include 1 month trial to EA access, 30 Madden NFL ranked ticket, and up to 30 Madden NFL Ultimate Team All Pro packs. There is not a lot of in-game except for the tickets and team packs. I have never played a NFL game but 30 more tickets and packs for $30 might seem like a good deal if you are into that kind of thing.      

Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan Review

Game- Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan   Release Date- April 14th   Platform- PC   Developer/Publisher- Kiro’o Games   Price- $19.99   I was weary when I first started up Aurion. I’m not really a big RPG fan, but this game pulled me in. With its beautiful art style and calming music, I simply couldn’t put this game down.   Gameplay   You are Enzo, The (almost) king of Zama. On the day of your wedding and crowning, you are challenged by your newly married wife’s brother. He has come to take Zama from you. After a long battle, you defeat him, but quickly blackout. After waking up, you learn that Zama has been taken from you. Enzo, with the help of his comrades, must train to take back what is rightfully his. Aurion is full of african culture. The more you play and interact with NPC’s the more you learn about the history and culture of Auriona. In combat you can use Aurion,an energy discovered long ago. You fight in real time 2D, where you must strategize each move, being careful not to drain your stamina bar. Combat can take some time however varying from fight to fight. There are also a lot of combo’s, but you are limited to only a sword for attacking, and a spear for blocking.   Achievements   Aurion offers 159 steam achievements so good luck getting them all! Many you get through story progression but be prepared to work for the rest of them! [rwp-review id=”0″] Check out our interview with the developer as well!

Rocket League Collector's Edition dated and detailed

Rocket League Collectors Edition will launch on June 24th in Europe and July 1st in North America. It will include three complete DLC Packs (Supersonic Fury, Revenge of the Battle-Cars, and Chaos Run), four all-new vehicles, and an exclusive art print.

Halo 5 Memories of Reach Patch Notes Released.

So the Halo 5 Memories of Reach patch notes were released today and so did the update which means fans can now play infection in Halo 5. This update contains new additions to forge such as new textures on walls, new grass, some decals, a new version of the kill ball, and so much more. Not only did they add new stuff into forge they also did weapon updates, campaign updates, etc. UPDATE: 343 never talked about the different variants for the Brute Plasma Rifle for Warzone. You have the regular Plasma Rifle which is an uncommon, Sorrow of Teash which is Rare, and Scale of Soirapt which is Ultra Rare. The new Memories of Reach REQ Pack 120,000 REQ Points or $14.99 USD. You can check it all out here: New Features and Updates: Infection mode and playlist added. New Arena map added: Stasis. Added matchmaking preference options (Balanced, Focused, and Expanded). Revamped Post Game Carnage Report. Added Material Override and Texture Overlay options to Forge. Increased value of Gold and Silver REQ Packs. (See below for details) Multiplayer: Fixed an issue that caused player properties to not be applied to players correctly. Fixed a performance issue in Warzone caused by firing a Gungoose against a specific surface. Brute Plasma Rifle added to Fiesta Classic. Fixed a rare case that allowed a Spartan to spawn in the scope of an enemy sniper. Reduced instances where players could spawn outside of the playable map area in Warzone. Players can no longer knock teammates out of the REQ Terminal menus. Fixed voice over for SPNKr and Weapon Pad events. Public API: Fixed PlayerScore in MatchEnd telemetry. Fixed an issue where audio didn’t play after finishing a Warzone match on Skirmish at Darkstar. Round Based FFA modes now use total score to determine winners. Custom Games Settings tweaks: Players can now enable or disable weapon pickup in player traits. Brute Plasma Rifle can now be selected as a loadout weapon. Players can now adjust total rounds for magazine based loadout weapons. Active Camo can now be set as a percentage instead of just on/off. Moved Machinima Settings in the Custom Games UI to the General Settings submenu. REQ System: Increased value of Gold and Silver REQ Packs First two slots no longer grant emblems, thus chances of receiving other permanent REQs such as power Weapon Certifications, Weapon Skins, Armors, and others has substantially improved if available. Third slot now offers a large chance of awarding an emblem as well as a single use REQ In general, the chance of dropping rarer single use REQs has increased. Memories of Reach REQ pack available later today, for a limited time. User Interface: Added Matchmaking Search Preferences: Screen capture. Balanced (default): Search for a match based on your fireteam’s skill and network connection quality. Expanded: Widen search parameters to find the first available match with reasonable skill matching and network connection quality. Focused: Narrow search to find the best match based on your fireteam’s skill and connection. Search times may be longer than normal. Added a new recap screen in the Carnage Report. This screen lists each player’s Medals, Tool of Destruction, who they killed the most, who killed them the most, and other match specific information. Access this screen by pushing “A” on a player while in the Carnage Report. Added the ability to use Left and Right trigger to quickly navigate to other player’s while on the recap screen. Accessing Player Options in the Carnage Report now moved to the “X” button. Filter Team functionality (formerly the “X” button) has been removed from the Carnage Report. Added the ability to see other Spartan’s stances in the Carnage Report. Added new celebration moment for a Spartan Rank up and a Competitive Skill Rank (CSR) up in the Carnage Report. Changed the flow of the Carnage Report screens to start on the Match Stats screen first. Added support for Infection to the scoreboard. Zombies and Alpha Zombies each display a new Infection-only graphic in place of their emblem. Added the ability to rotate other Spartan’s in the Carnage Report. Added medal rarities in the Carnage Report to help highlight Rare and Legendary medals. Added an Open Packs animation and pack count notification to the Help Bar if you have available packs to open. Continued performance optimizations to the Warzone Terminal. Sandbox: Fixed a bug where Spartan Charge would not properly target enemies at the edges of red reticle on the horizontal plane (you can still get red reticle and miss vertically). A target that uses thrusters will still escape. Slightly increased movement speed while crouching. Raised biped collision damage, making it easier to run over Spartans with vehicles. Speedboost: Removed shields recharging while sprinting while speed boost is active. Performing a Spartan Charge against an enemy while Speed Boost is active no longer kills in 1 hit. Plasma Caster: Default Reduced non-charged timer from 0.5 to 0.3 (less overshooting of enemies). Sticky grenade has less arc (to be able to place it on the map more reliably). Sticky grenade detonation is now more damaging vs. vehicles, but less damaging vs bipeds (will still kill bipeds in one shot when stuck). Increased sticky grenade submunition damage values from 43 to 75 (indirect fire from a sticky shot can now actually kill!) Sticky submunition grenade inner AOE increased from 0.65 to 1.0. Plasma Caster: White Scar Needles have improved aim toward nearby targets. Plasma Caster: Scourge of Fire Sticky shot now has 7 submunitions instead of 5. Hydra Launcher: Default Reduced recoil in hip. Increased inner AOE radius from 0.4 to 0.8. Increased impact damage to make it more effective against vehicles (still two rockets to kill Spartan). Hydra Launcher: Typhon Enabled multi lock on for up to 3 targets. Increased impact damage (still two rockets to kill Spartan). Scattershot: Loathsome Thing Increased number of hardlight projectiles to be same as normal scattershot (5 -> 8). Rocket Launcher: High Five Increased AOE radius on cluster rockets.

Hitman Elusive targets begin tomorrow, Friday the 13th.

With Episode 2 Sapienza just releasing and Episode 3 of Hitman still a ways off, Square Enix has announced that the Elusive targets will start tomorrow, Friday the 13th. Tomorrow sees the first Elusive Target appear in Hitman. Elusive Targets are part of the live content being published for Hitman in-between episodes and represent a new game mode debuting for players. The Elusive Targets are specially crafted, unique targets, which come with particular rules: An Elusive Target is a once in a lifetime experience They are available for a limited time only in game – this first Elusive Target will last 48 hours Intel on the target will be limited They will not appear in instinct mode, or the mini map and their locations will not be revealed to you – you’ll have to go and find them Plan accordingly before you engage your target Your target can only die once If you die during the mission, that’s it When the time runs out, they are gone for good If you fail, there are no second chances This sounds pretty damn hard if you ask me. You are going to have no clue who the target is and the fact that they can be anyone without showing up in your instinct mode makes it even harder. Other than that, targets can make note of you and your true identity, so there is always the risk that they find you before you see them. We’ll let you know as soon as we give it a try tomorrow but stay tuned.

The Banner Saga 2 comes to consoles in July

For those of you eagerly awaiting after Banner Saga launched on consoles earlier this year, you can be happy as Stoic has announced that The Banner Saga 2 will come to consoles this July. The game is set in Viking lore with the gameplay being decided on what choices you make during the game. “We are happy that we were able to create a development schedule where the console version of Banner Saga 2 could come out shortly after the PC version,” said John Watson, Technical Director at Stoic. “Although our team size dictated what we could do with the first release, we knew that a two year wait for the sequel was just not acceptable, so we worked extremely hard to ensure that console gamers could continue their journey in a timely fashion. Our goal for Banner Saga 3 is to simultaneously ship on all platforms!” he added. To celebrate the launch of the sequel, the team recently released an “In Memoriam” trailer, an entertaining homage to the first game which is renowned for making gamers make some difficult choices which result in the loss of several beloved characters. You can also check out the preview trailer for The Banner Saga 2 below after its successful launch on PC. The Banner Saga 2 will release on consoles on July 26th.

New gameplay trailer revealed for Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

Both Bigben Studios and Frogwares announced a new gameplay trailer for Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter today in anticipation of its release next month. In this Gameplay Walkthrough, Sherlock is trying to help Tom Hurst, a young Whitechapel boy whose father George has been missing. The world’s greatest detective will have to investigate the streets of Whitechapel and use his observation and analytical skills to collect clues. When his deductions lead to the identification of a suspect, Wiggins, the street urchin, will come to the rescue to chase the mysterious man. Is George Hurst still alive? Interrogations, stealth and observation are in the air, and this is just the beginning! Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a unique adventure game that blends exploration, investigation and action for a breath-taking and fantastic playing experience. The mysteries follow one after another, the clues pile up, trails intersect, the hypotheses contradict… Will you be able to guide Sherlock Holmes to the incredible final revelation? The Devil’s Daughter releases on both PS4 and Xbox One on June 10th. Check out the trailer below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tNX9JoXbdY&feature=youtu.be

Footage leaked for cancelled Star Wars mobile strategy game

Some leaked footage has appeared online for a cancelled Star Wars mobile strategy game. It’s a Clash of Clans type strategy game with all of the aspects involved from the Star Wars universe. Luke takes out storm troopers with his light saber and force maneuvers while X-wings fly over head and AT-ST’s walk around the battlefield. EA has said in the past that they were working on mobile strategy games, including one that may have released in its place with Galaxy of Heroes. It’s available now on both Ios and Android and may have been what EA decided to go through with instead. We know there are 10 years of Star Wars games coming thanks to a new contract between EA and Disney. Just this last week EA announced that Battlefront will be getting a sequel in 2017 and Visceral’s Star Wars title will launch in 2018. What we have left is up to anyone’s imagination, but we do know that both Respawn and Bioware are working on third person, action-adventure titles. Take a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhKKC07clCs

The Division season pass content for May available now

Ubisoft has released all of May’s free items for season pass holders in The Division. All players get two weapon skins and five Division tech materials for crafting. They are all available and simply require you to load up the game to retrieve them. You can see them all below. Weapon Skin: Safari Purple Weapon Skin: Burst Mountain 5X High End Crafting Materials: Including Division Tech How far are you in The Division? Did you stop with the bugs or are you still trucking on? Let us know

Star Trek Online announced for Xbox One and PS4

Star Trek Online has been announced for both Xbox One and PS4 according to Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios today. The studios that never sleep announced that At the console launch, Star Trek Online will offer over six years’ worth of content, including over 130 featured episodes that build upon classic Star Trek stories and series as they play alongside a cast of Star Trek actors including Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Michael Dorn (Worf), Tim Russ (Tuvok) and more. Star Trek Online for consoles will bring two expansions and 11 seasons’ worth of updates for players looking to immerse themselves in the world of Star Trek. Each player’s adventure will begin as they choose from classic Star Trek factions including Federation, Klingon and Romulans, as well 32 species to customize their own Captain with millions of customization options available. While playing through content in Star Trek Online, players will be able to visit iconic locations including Vulcan, Deep Space Nine, Earth Space Dock and more. Fly through the galaxy of Star Trek Online, with hundreds of classic Star Trek ships available, and engage in ship-to-ship combat. Players will be able to play through the game’s story content and reach the level 60 cap, all for free. In addition to the countless hours of content, Cryptic Studios has also made considerable updates to the game engine to offer upgraded visuals and an enhanced user experience for console. Learning from the recent launch success of Neverwinter on Xbox One, the Star Trek Online team has created a control scheme that allows players to navigate both the space and ground combat with ease. Star Trek Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game where players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship, become a Klingon Warrior and champion the Empire through the far reaches of the galaxy, or rebuild the Romulan legacy as the commander of a Romulan Republic Warbird. Its last expansion, Star Trek Online: Delta Rising, brought players into the Delta Quadrant and reintroduced them to iconic members from the Star Trek: Voyager cast including Seven of Nine, The Doctor, Harry Kim, Neelix and Tuvok. In Star Trek Online, players have the opportunity to visit iconic locations from the popular Star Trek universe, reach out to unexplored star systems and make contact with new alien species. Star Trek Online will launch this fall on both consoles.