Evening guys, another week of video gaming news inbound!
Will you be picking up a PS4?
First up, the PS4 has received a limited time price cut. As reported last week, the Xbox One had received a price drop, going from £349.99 to £299.99. It now seems that Playstation are responding to this price drop by also dropping the price of the PS4, going from its regular price of £349.99 to £299.99. This offer from Sony is only available in the UK, and the offer will last until Tuesday 28th April. You can pick up a reduced PS4 at major retailers, including GAME and Amazon.
Does Sony see Microsoft's price drop as a threat or is the price drop just a mere coincidence?
The supposed leaked Call of Duty inlay...
Next up, Activision's new Call of Duty game, Black Ops 3, has had some details leaked about the game. An inlay that was not supposed to be revealed yet, tells us that the game will be released on November 6th, keeping in trend with previous Call of Duty releases. The inlay also tells us that there will be a beta for the game, however, the beta will only be open for people who pre-order the game. This leak will not please Activision, especially as the game is expected to be 'officially' revealed in the coming days.
Additionally, another teaser trailer has been revealed for the game. The trailer, simply titled 'Ember', gives us an insight into how technology could effect humanity. Again, much like the first teaser trailer, nothing about that game has been revealed. It does however give us an idea what to expect from the next Call of Duty. Lots of future looking stuff!
Here's the new teaser trailer if you haven't already seen it:
Finally, Valve has introduced paid mods to the Steam Workshop. As reported by Gamer Attitude, mod creators now have the opportunity to charge gamers for their mods. Steam users were met with a message on Thursday, announcing that mods could potentially cost.
Some of the new paid mods available for Skyrim...
These new paid mods have only been released for the four year old Skyrim, however, Valve have said that the feature will be released for more titles in the upcoming weeks. The mods, going from skin sets to unique weapons, will cost gamers money to download. However, if gamers are unsatisfied by any
mod, they can request a full refund. Creators who want to charge for their mods will have to send their mod to Steam who will review the mod and see if it is suitable to take advantage of the new feature implemented by Steam.
Unsurprisingly, the Steam community is unhappy. Petitions and campaigns have all been started by angry Steam users, trying to get Steam remove the feature. Some modders have even created mods for players to download in Skyrim, expressing their anger at the feature.
The Steam community is know for its creativity, so asking gamers to pay for mods has unsurprisingly been met with displeasure.
Would you be happy to pay for previously free mods? Will you be picking up a reduced PS4 in the coming days? Does the Call of Duty leak surprise you? Leave your answers and opinions in the comments below!
Afternoon guys, same as last week, I've gathered my top 3 stories of the week and I'll be talking about them, so, let's get going!
Could this be the start of Xbox's dominance in the console
war?
Firstly, the Xbox One has once again received a price drop. As reported by Eurogamer, Microsoft has begun advertising its next-gen/current-gen console at a new price of £299.99. Microsoft has stated that this new price point "is only a UK-only retail promotion" and "offers great value ahead of the launch of 2015's highly anticipated games...".
This is the fourth time since the Xbox One's launch in 2013 that the console has received a price drop, where it originally cost £429.99. Since then, it has been dropped from £429.99, to £399.99 during the console's first Christmas, it then dropped to £349.99 when Microsoft released the Kinect-free bundle, last September, the console was then dropped to £329.99 ahead of the release of The Halo Master Chief collection and finally it has been dropped further to £299.99.
Microsoft has stated that the drop in price is clearly a promotion, but could this price drop be Microsoft's answer to overtaking Playstation in sales. Since the PS4's release in 2013, the console has sold more each month that Xbox, only being beaten recently, and the price of the PS4 has also stayed at its original price of £349.99.
This could be an attempt by Microsoft to try and outsell Playstation and finally overtake them in the console war. Whether it will work or not, we'll just have to see.
Will the new Star Wars game deliver?
Next up, Star Wars: Battlefront finally has a release date. EA has announced that the upcoming Star Wars game will release during November, specifically the 17th for the US, 19th for Europe and the 20th for the UK. Along with the release dates, DICE have also released a new trailer to celebrate. Horray! As of yet, no gameplay has been shown, however, DICE have announced that the game will not feature a single-player campaign. This may come of a shock to die-hard DICE followers as all of the Battlefield games, which are developed by DICE, feature a single-player campaign, as well as multi-player.
Both Battlefront games that have been previously released were great, allowing players to fight using a variety of different classes and characters that feature in the Star Wars movies, including Darth Vader, Obi Wan and Yoda, and looking at the trailer, it looks as if we'll be seeing our favourite Star Wars characters again!
Here's the newly released trailer if you haven't seen it yet:
Finally, GTA V has been released for the PC. The VGX Game of the Year 2013 has finally released on the PC, allowing PC gamers to finally get a piece of the GTA action. Since the release of the game in 2013, PC gamers have been patiently waiting for the release of the game, suffering delay after delay, excuse after excuse. Yet, their patience has been rewarded.
The game contains a variety of different features that the console version of the game does not. Some of the standout features include:
Its sooooo preettttyyyyy...
gameplay in 60fps
an in-game video editor
excellent draw distance
mods???
The list goes on. However, if you thinking of buying the physical copy of the game, it will feature on 7 discs, with a 5GB update to go with it. And if you're thinking of buying the game online and downloading it, the game requires a 16GB install. So if you're thinking of buying the game for PC this weekend, make sure your PC can run it!
So what do you think of this weeks news? Are you going to invest in an Xbox One now its down to £299.99? Are you looking forward to Star Wars: Battlefront? Will you be buying GTA V for the PC?
Let me know in the comments section below, and as always, thank for reading!
Evening guys, and welcome to the first official News update! I've gathered my 3 top stories of the week and I'll be talking about them today. So, lets go!
Firstly, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gets a debut trailer. As reported by Eurogamer on Wednesday, Deus Ex, a cyberpunk-themed role-playing-game featuring main character Adam Jensen, a security officer who has been bio-technically enhanced, is getting a sequel.
We'll being seeing more of protagonist Adam Jensen in the future...
Mankind Divided is a direct sequel from Deus Ex, Human Revolution and will continue the story from where Human Revolution left off.
Deus Ex is a great, open world game that offers a huge amount of freedom to the player. As a person who has played Deus Ex, I'd say that I found Human Revolution difficult at some stages, particularly with one of the first bosses. However, I liked the cyberpunk feel of the game and I also liked how heavily the game relied on stealth ad tactics to complete each level.
Looking at the trailer, it looks like the game will be covering the idea of terrorism in these new cyberpunk times. Nearer the end of the trailer, you see a bomb go off, which is followed by a fight between the main protagonist Adam, and a new antagonist. The trailer also gives the impression that the game will again rely heavily on action and stealth, which is good to see as a fan of stealth in video games.
The trailer doesn't give too much away in terms of narrative, but it does however give us an insight as to what to expect from the game itself. I will be exciting to see what else is released in terms of teasers and trailers in the near future.
Here's the announcement trailer if you haven't already seen it:
Cover art for the new Black Ops?
Next up, we have a another announcement, and this time it's a new Call of Duty game. On Thursday, Treyarch, the creators of the previous Black Ops games, tweeted a teaser video for an 'unknown' game, now confirmed as Black Ops 3. The teaser trailer was little over a minute long, and is titled 'Back in Black' and the video ends with the Roman numerical for 3. In the video, you can hear the familiar "The numbers Mason, what do the mean?!" from Black Ops 1, as well the voice of former protagonist Alex Mason. If you wasn't sure that it is a new Black Ops, you sure as hell are now! Charlie Intel, a news website based solely around the Call of Duty franchise, found in the source code for the official Call of Duty website, a description for the game. The description reads:
"Call of Duty®: Black Ops is the first title for next-gen hardware in the critically acclaimed Black Ops series. Developed by Treyarch, the award-winning creator of the two most-played games in Call of Duty® history. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 deploys players into a dark, twisted future where a new breed of Black Ops soldiers emerges and the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead, in a world where cutting-edge military robotics define warfare. With three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies, providing fans with the deepest ad most Call of Duty ever".
Not much also has been said about the game. The 'official' announcement of the game will take place on the 26th April.
Here's the teaser trailer is you haven't already seen it:
Finally, the popular Indie game Five Nights At Freddy's is being turned into a movie. As reported by Pocket Gamer, Warner Bros. has obtained the rights to create and distribute a movie based on creator Scott Cawthon's horror game Five Nights At Freddy's.
Could Five Nights At Freddy's succeed as a movie, or should it just stick to being a game?
Five Nights At Freddy's is a point-and-click horror game where players act as a security guard, defending themselves from animatronics who are set out to kill the player. Players have to use cameras set out around the environment to track the animatronics ensuring that they do not get anywhere near the player.
Cawthon feels that "the story really lends itself to being a movie and it taps into a largely unexplored niche of horror that a lot of people will be able to relate to".
Nothing major has yet happened and the film is only being put out to writers, so it could be a couple of years at the least until we see a potential film in cinemas.
What do you think of my picks for this weeks news? Will Deus Ex and Black Ops 3 deliver?
Will Five Nights At Freddy's succeed as a movie?
Leave your opinions in the comment section below!
Thanks for reading my first news update. I'll be doing these weekly so check back each week for another round-up of news!
