V7 Entertainment introduces Old Time Hockey, brings back the retro hockey game
V7 Entertainment has announced they are bringing back the classic, retro style hockey game with Old Time Hockey. Old Time Hockey is inspired by classic arcade hockey games and sports titles. “Everything from NHL 94, Blades of Steel, to other sports titles like NBA Jam and Tecmo Bowl inspired us. We wanted to recreate that old familiar experience of playing these games on the couch with friends.” says Director Karthik Venkateshan. The game will feature 5-on-5 arcade style hockey gameplay where players will their opponents to submit through rough and tumble aggressive hitting and fighting Players will also get to experience a unique Story Mode in Old Time Hockey, something which has never been seen in a hockey video game. “We also developed a hilarious story mode to wrap all the hijinks together. It’s a daring concept to incorporate narrative into a sports game but we think players will get a kick out of it.” Set in the late 1970s amidst a poor economic climate and during the peak of the disco era in the United States, Old Time Hockey underscores the arduous story of a struggling team in the Bush Hockey League. With various control schemes to choose, players can use arcade 2-button controls to more modern controls. In addition to these familiar controls, a unique “Beer Mode” control scheme allows players to play with one hand and hold their drink in the other The game will release in 2017, check out the trailer below.
Yooka Laylee looking for an April release
UPDATE: Playtonic plans to release Yooka Laylee on the Nintendo Switch, cancel Wii U version due to technical issues. “The Playtonic team is sad to confirm that despite our best efforts and exploring every possible avenue, we’ve encountered unforeseen technical issues that unfortunately mean it will be impossible for us to release the game on Wii U as initially planned.” “We can however confirm the exciting news that we are now working very closely with Nintendo to look to bring Yooka-Laylee to the upcoming Nintendo Switch. We’re looking forward to exploring the opportunity and will have more details to share early next year.” Just a short post here, but the upcoming game called ‘Yooka Laylee’ according to it’s listing, is set to release on April 11 2017. So there’s some news for those of you looking forward to the release on consoles and PC early next year. With the pre-order page live, we expect an official release date announcement in the very near future. You can pre-order the game now for £34.99
Pokémon GO begins rolling out Generation 2
Pokémon GO received some welcoming news today, in the form of brand new Pokémon from Gold and Silver, commonly referred to as Generation 2. This has been heavily implied to be coming for quite a few weeks now, with data miners finding all Generation 2 creatures and sound files in the game coding. To begin the rollout, developer Niantic has added several baby Pokémon to the game which can currently only be acquired through hatching eggs, requiring users to get out and walk. Here is a current list of what is available and which eggs they hatch from(Thanks to users submitting info to TheSilphRoad!): Igglybuff – 2km Cleffa – 2km Togepi -5km (can evolve into Togetic) Pichu- 5km Magby – 10km Elekid – 10km Smoochum – 10km In addition, players now have the opportunity to find a special Holiday themed Pikachu in the wild up until December 29th. This Pikachu wears a santa hat, and evolving it into Raichu will carry it over. It shouldn’t be long until more Generation 2 Pokémon start showing up, as Niantic plans to release more over the coming weeks and months ahead.
Sony says that rumors of Sony Interactive Entertainment and Sony Pictures merger isn't true
Another rumor has surfaced around and this time it is on Sony. They have shot down the rumors that the company is on the verge of merging its movie division with its gaming business. The original story started on the New York Post where the Sony Pictures and Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiaries would be merged into one entity under the leadership of current PlayStation chief Andrew House. Sony’s Andrew House spoke about this rumor: “This is nothing but baseless rumor and speculation. There are no plans for Andrew House to oversee Sony Pictures.” It’s a bit interesting that the New York Post would do a post on this as they are a big source of news and it looks like Sony made them look a bit stupid with what he said. Who knows what will happen with Sony in the future, it maybe in their best interest to keep it the way it is as it would most likely be a problem if they combined. That would mean more work for Andrew House and he has a ton of work to do on his part at PlayStation. Source
Rectify Gaming's Titanfall 2 4v4 Tournament signups are now LIVE! (PS4)
Hello everyone, we are happy to announce Rectify Gaming’s first Titanfall 2 PS4 tournament! The tournament will take place on December 30th commencing at 6PM EST and will be run as a knockout system, if you lose, you’re out. Each round will be best of three matches. You will play Pilot vs Pilot, Last Titan Standing and Skirmish if needed as a decider. The map for Pilot vs Pilot will be Eden, for Last Titan Standing you will be playing on Drydock and finally, if needed, Skirmish will be played on Boomtown. Each match will last ten minutes at maximum. There will, however, be some restrictions as to what may be used. We are not allowing any Boosts at all as these break the flow of the game (looking at you Pilot Sentry). No Titans, weapons or tacticals are restricted so feel free to use any of them. There will be a maximum of 16 teams (4 people on a team) that can compete in this tournament so make sure to get your entry in ASAP. To make it interesting, each person on the winning team will receive a Care Package bundle (Includes: 1X Silicone Controller Skin, 1x (Pair) Concave Grips, 1x (Pair) Bullseye Grips, 1x (Pair) Paw Grips,1x (Pair) Pro Grips)from GradientGrips. You can enter by going to this Reddit post and leaving your team name with your and roster (include your PSN names) in the comments. The deadline for entry is December 27th. You are encouraged to stream your matches (make sure you leave your Twitch with your comment too) and we look forward to watching the matches take place! One last thing, make sure you join this Discord Server so that we can post the brackets there. Also, if you don’t have a team of 4 you can either use the discord chat or the comments to find other people! The brackets will be posted after the deadline has passed, in time for the 30th. Good luck everyone! The brackets will be posted here once we get the full teams.
Dead Rising 4 outsold The Last Guardian in UK.
The Last Guardian, a PS4 exclusive in the making since 2006 has finally come out and was outsold by the popular zombie-frenzy killing Dead Rising 4. On top of that, the PlayStation 4 exclusive sold fewer copies than Dead Rising 4 through its physical Xbox One release. Chart-Track, the UK company that tracks numbers did not count digital numbers. Both PS4 game and Xbox One game were outsold by Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, FIFA 17, Battlefield 1 and Final Fantasy 15 coming 5th place Dead Rising 4 and 7th place The Last Guardian. Pokémon Sun, Skyrim Special Edition and Pokémon Moon filled out the rest of the top 10. You can read our Dead Rising 4 review here, and our The Last Guardian review is out this week!
Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios Japan
For a while now we knew a section at Universal Studios will be getting a Nintendo theme touch in the United States. Well now Nintendo has officially announced that ‘Super Nintendo World’ is coming to the Universal Studios in Japan and that one is supposed to be big. The World’s First 1 Nintendo themed area being developed with more than 50 Billion Yen. Super Nintendo World is targeted to open in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Universal Studios Japan will be the first location to open which makes sense since the fans in Japan are very passionate. Super Nintendo World will be comprised of expansive and multilevel environments filled with unprecedented, state-of-the-art rides 2, interactive areas, shops and restaurants, all featuring Nintendo’s most popular characters and games. The attraction area will also feature a variety of other globally popular Nintendo characters. Nintendo characters and the worlds they inhabit will be re-created at the highest level of quality through the strong partnership between Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, Creative Fellow at Nintendo, and Mark Woodbury, President of Universal Creative, renowned for creative and technical excellence. This park is going to be the best at Universal Studios and I can’t wait to hit the one coming to Orlando.
Rumor: Crytek has not paid any of their workers in months
Crytek, who is known for making Xbox One exclusive, Ryse: Son of Rome has been having troubles as a company the past few months. A Crytek employee posted something on imgur saying “CRYTEK hasn’t paid me (or my coworkers) for almost 6 months. HELP!” This employee talks about some issues with management such as they never give anyone a heads up, and it isn’t clear to me if they are getting paid or even informed from the owners. Many of my co-workers moved from out of the country to work here and are unable to leave because they cannot afford to get back home due to their wages being withheld for so long. It also seems they are trapped at this place because with the employees try to speak out they get “Thank you for your continued efforts through this difficult time” and “You don’t understand because you don’t see the whole picture like we do— wages are coming soon.” If this is all true it seems like there is a major problem at Crytek when it comes to getting income in for the employees. “People are still working without pay. This isn’t just here in Germany, this is in all of our offices as far as I can tell.” You have to imagine if this continues this company will be shut down soon unless someone tries to buy them out whether it’s Sony, Microsoft or even Nintendo. You can read it all here
