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Launch Trailer For ‘Vampyr’ To Celebrate Game’s Release Next Week

Next week, on June 5th, DontNod and Focus Home Interactive’s new game “Vampyr” will hit shelves. To celebrate next week’s launch, the official launch trailer for the game was released today. In “Vampyr”, players take control of Dr. Jonathan Reid, a prominent surgeon who specializes in blood transfusions, who recently has become a vampire. Reid is back home in London after the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic is in full swing. Reid not only has to decide who lives and dies but he will have to face off against other vampires living in London. Every choice made by players will help decide the fate of London. For my previous write-up about “Vampyr” click HERE

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Capt McNeely
Jun 1, 2018
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Exit the Vault In ‘Fallout: 76’

Bethesda Game Studios knows how to tease fans when it comes to their favorite game series, especially when it comes to “Fallout”, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter that takes players into an alternate timeline where the United States suffered a nuclear holocaust. Yesterday, a teaser trailer for the latest installment of the gaming franchise was released, offering little details. “Fallout 76“, according to sources, is rumored to be an online multiplayer game that takes place inside Vault 76, one of many subterranean Vaults that were designed to house hundreds of selected citizens of the United States in the event of a nuclear blast. Those living in the vaults will eventually be evicted and sent back up to the surface to rebuild and repopulate what remains of the United States. The rumors also have stated that the game will be a survival RPG style game much like “Day Z” and “Rust” where players have to collect supplies and weapons and build shelters

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Capt McNeely
May 31, 2018
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The Rats Are Coming In ‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’

Asobo Studios and Focus Home Interactive will be taking gamers to Fourteenth-century France during the Black Plague in their upcoming emotionally driven game, “A Plage Tale: Innocence” The story centers on orphaned siblings, Amicia and her little brother Hugo, who are caught up in the middle of the horrors of the Plague as well as the Inquisition, and Hugo is ill with a mysterious illness. To make matters worse, the siblings are being pursued by not only the Inquisitors but by a hoard of deadly rats. Amicia and Hugo will have to rely on each other as well as other orphans they come across as they venture through French cities, towns, and the countryside to escape the Inquisition and the plague all the while trying to cure Hugo’s illness and solve the mysteries behind the pandemic. The game will be in third-person the only real weapons Amicia has at her disposal is a trusty slingshot and the creative childish minds

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Capt McNeely
May 30, 2018
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‘The Peterson Case’, A Detective Game That’s Out Of This World

The developers at Quarter Circle Games will plunge players into a detective story like no other in The Peterson Case, a truly unique horror game set in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico. You are Franklyn Reinhardt, a detective, and you’re looking into the disappearance of the Peterson family. While investigating the house, Reinhardt discovers there is something else in the empty home. Players will have to solve puzzles that will help Reinhardt discover what happened to the Peterson family. The obvious element of the story is that The Peterson Case involves aliens, 1947 in Roswell ‘nough said, but it’s not the typical alien encounter type gameplay, it seems to be more cerebral. Reinhardt (from what can be seen in the trailer) is taken to different places or events in his life where it seems the extraterrestrials are pulling the strings. The Peterson Case will be out sometime in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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Capt McNeely
May 10, 2018
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You Will Be Able To Play Steam Games On Your Phone Soon!

Long train commute? Meeting that goes on forever? Just bored?! Well, Valve has figured out a solution to make those moments and other bearable. The geniuses behind the PC gaming giant have developed a free app for Android and iOS devices. The apps will allow those with Steam accounts to play any game from their game library on their devices provided that your PC is connected to a 5Ghz network or have it plugged in with an ethernet cable. The app will allow users to use Steam and MFI controllers (that may make it hard to play stealthily in a meeting.) Later on, Valve plans to allow users to stream movies and tv shows onto your devices through your Steam library. The app will be coming out the week of May 21st and will only work if you have an internet connection (like pretty much anything these days). Happy Gaming!

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Capt McNeely
May 9, 2018
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Clementine’s Journey Will End In ‘The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series’

The first video game adaptation of the television series “The Walking Dead”, that seems to be more popular than the show itself, will be coming to an end. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series is an episodic interactive drama that takes place at the same time as the television series, some of the characters of the show have made appearances in one of the installments. The game’s art resembles a comic book style, paying homage to the Walking Dead comic book series that inspired the show. Players watch the story unravel and at times have to make decisions for the characters that at times will determine how the story will unfold. The final season of the Telltale series will again focus on Clementine, a girl who was the sidekick of the main protagonist of the first season Lee. Clementine becomes the series main protagonist after the end of the first season. In the third season, she’s one of two characters

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Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
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‘Train To Busan’ Rumored To Be Adapted Into A Video Game

The South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, which took moviegoers on a thrilling ride in 2016, may take fans love for the film to new terrifying heights as its being reported that the film will be adapted into a video game. Train to Busan, or as I call it, “World War Z done right.”, follows a fund manager and his daughter as they’re caught up in a zombie outbreak in Korea, their only refuge is the train they and others are riding on but soon the virus breaks out on the train. It’s being said that a division of the film’s distributor, Next Entertainment World, has signed Singaporean visual effects company Vividthree Productions to adapt the film into a video game. It’s unknown at this time what platform the game will be on and when or if the game will go into production. Time will tell but one thing is for certain, fans will be waiting at the station

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Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
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Make People Believe You In ‘The Blackout Club’

Have you ever watched a movie about a kid who notices something strange, and no one believes them? Meanwhile, you’re sitting there comfortably saying in between handfuls of popcorn, “I would have done that differently.”, well now’s your chance! Game developer Question will dare players to live out this scenario in their upcoming co-op horror game, The Blackout Club. Players team up to collect evidence of a nefarious organization in their small town. The Blackout Club is about a teen, in a typical small town in America, who wakes up in random places with no recollection of what happened to them. Players meet other kids in the town who have the same experience and formed “the blackout club”. Things escalate when your friend goes missing and now strange adults are trying to kill you. The club discovers a series of tunnels under the town that acts as a base of operations for this group of adults. No one believes the

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Capt McNeely
May 5, 2018
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‘State Of Decay 2’ Coming This Month To Xbox One

Undead Labs was credited with making the most realistic zombie survival game, State of Decay back in 2013. Now, fans of the game will be excited to know that State of Decay 2 is coming soon to Xbox One. The story takes place 18 months after the events of the first game; a young woman is taken into the ranks of other survivors who are building a community for survivors. Each character is playable and each has an important set of skills necessary to ensure the survival of the community. You can choose between solo or co-op (up to three players) campaigns in this third-person shooter in an open world environment where you must face both zombies and human enemies all the while trying to find supplies and friendly survivors for your community. The game will be out on May 22 on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

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Capt McNeely
May 1, 2018
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Players Must Struggle To Survive History In ‘KURSK’

Polish game developer Jujubee will take gamers on a tale of survival and adventure out of the pages of history in KURSK, a first-person survival game. Players will take on the role of a sailor and see life onboard a doomed sub from his perspective. The game will be heavily story driven but the gameplay is still a factor. You will witness firsthand the tragic events of the Kursk submarine disaster that claimed the lives of all 118 men onboard the sub. On August 12, 2000, the Russian submarine, the Kursk, was in the middle of a training exercise. The sub was in the process of loading and firing a dummy torpedo at a flagship, at the moment the sub was to fire the torpedo, a Norwegian seismic center picked up a seismic event of 1.5 on the Richter scale. A short time later the second event of 4.5 took place and was detected as far as Alaska, all events

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Capt McNeely
Apr 28, 2018

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Launch Trailer For ‘Vampyr’ To Celebrate Game’s Release Next Week

Next week, on June 5th, DontNod and Focus Home Interactive’s new game “Vampyr” will hit shelves. To celebrate next week’s launch, the official launch trailer for the game was released today. In “Vampyr”, players take control of Dr. Jonathan Reid, a prominent surgeon who specializes in blood transfusions, who recently has become a vampire. Reid is back home in London after the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic is in full swing. Reid not only has to decide who lives and dies but he will have to face off against other vampires living in London. Every choice made by players will help decide the fate of London. For my previous write-up about “Vampyr” click HERE

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 1, 2018
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Exit the Vault In ‘Fallout: 76’

Bethesda Game Studios knows how to tease fans when it comes to their favorite game series, especially when it comes to “Fallout”, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter that takes players into an alternate timeline where the United States suffered a nuclear holocaust. Yesterday, a teaser trailer for the latest installment of the gaming franchise was released, offering little details. “Fallout 76“, according to sources, is rumored to be an online multiplayer game that takes place inside Vault 76, one of many subterranean Vaults that were designed to house hundreds of selected citizens of the United States in the event of a nuclear blast. Those living in the vaults will eventually be evicted and sent back up to the surface to rebuild and repopulate what remains of the United States. The rumors also have stated that the game will be a survival RPG style game much like “Day Z” and “Rust” where players have to collect supplies and weapons and build shelters

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 31, 2018
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The Rats Are Coming In ‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’

Asobo Studios and Focus Home Interactive will be taking gamers to Fourteenth-century France during the Black Plague in their upcoming emotionally driven game, “A Plage Tale: Innocence” The story centers on orphaned siblings, Amicia and her little brother Hugo, who are caught up in the middle of the horrors of the Plague as well as the Inquisition, and Hugo is ill with a mysterious illness. To make matters worse, the siblings are being pursued by not only the Inquisitors but by a hoard of deadly rats. Amicia and Hugo will have to rely on each other as well as other orphans they come across as they venture through French cities, towns, and the countryside to escape the Inquisition and the plague all the while trying to cure Hugo’s illness and solve the mysteries behind the pandemic. The game will be in third-person the only real weapons Amicia has at her disposal is a trusty slingshot and the creative childish minds

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 30, 2018
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‘The Peterson Case’, A Detective Game That’s Out Of This World

The developers at Quarter Circle Games will plunge players into a detective story like no other in The Peterson Case, a truly unique horror game set in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico. You are Franklyn Reinhardt, a detective, and you’re looking into the disappearance of the Peterson family. While investigating the house, Reinhardt discovers there is something else in the empty home. Players will have to solve puzzles that will help Reinhardt discover what happened to the Peterson family. The obvious element of the story is that The Peterson Case involves aliens, 1947 in Roswell ‘nough said, but it’s not the typical alien encounter type gameplay, it seems to be more cerebral. Reinhardt (from what can be seen in the trailer) is taken to different places or events in his life where it seems the extraterrestrials are pulling the strings. The Peterson Case will be out sometime in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 10, 2018
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You Will Be Able To Play Steam Games On Your Phone Soon!

Long train commute? Meeting that goes on forever? Just bored?! Well, Valve has figured out a solution to make those moments and other bearable. The geniuses behind the PC gaming giant have developed a free app for Android and iOS devices. The apps will allow those with Steam accounts to play any game from their game library on their devices provided that your PC is connected to a 5Ghz network or have it plugged in with an ethernet cable. The app will allow users to use Steam and MFI controllers (that may make it hard to play stealthily in a meeting.) Later on, Valve plans to allow users to stream movies and tv shows onto your devices through your Steam library. The app will be coming out the week of May 21st and will only work if you have an internet connection (like pretty much anything these days). Happy Gaming!

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 9, 2018
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Clementine’s Journey Will End In ‘The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series’

The first video game adaptation of the television series “The Walking Dead”, that seems to be more popular than the show itself, will be coming to an end. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series is an episodic interactive drama that takes place at the same time as the television series, some of the characters of the show have made appearances in one of the installments. The game’s art resembles a comic book style, paying homage to the Walking Dead comic book series that inspired the show. Players watch the story unravel and at times have to make decisions for the characters that at times will determine how the story will unfold. The final season of the Telltale series will again focus on Clementine, a girl who was the sidekick of the main protagonist of the first season Lee. Clementine becomes the series main protagonist after the end of the first season. In the third season, she’s one of two characters

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
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‘Train To Busan’ Rumored To Be Adapted Into A Video Game

The South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, which took moviegoers on a thrilling ride in 2016, may take fans love for the film to new terrifying heights as its being reported that the film will be adapted into a video game. Train to Busan, or as I call it, “World War Z done right.”, follows a fund manager and his daughter as they’re caught up in a zombie outbreak in Korea, their only refuge is the train they and others are riding on but soon the virus breaks out on the train. It’s being said that a division of the film’s distributor, Next Entertainment World, has signed Singaporean visual effects company Vividthree Productions to adapt the film into a video game. It’s unknown at this time what platform the game will be on and when or if the game will go into production. Time will tell but one thing is for certain, fans will be waiting at the station

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
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Make People Believe You In ‘The Blackout Club’

Have you ever watched a movie about a kid who notices something strange, and no one believes them? Meanwhile, you’re sitting there comfortably saying in between handfuls of popcorn, “I would have done that differently.”, well now’s your chance! Game developer Question will dare players to live out this scenario in their upcoming co-op horror game, The Blackout Club. Players team up to collect evidence of a nefarious organization in their small town. The Blackout Club is about a teen, in a typical small town in America, who wakes up in random places with no recollection of what happened to them. Players meet other kids in the town who have the same experience and formed “the blackout club”. Things escalate when your friend goes missing and now strange adults are trying to kill you. The club discovers a series of tunnels under the town that acts as a base of operations for this group of adults. No one believes the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 5, 2018
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‘State Of Decay 2’ Coming This Month To Xbox One

Undead Labs was credited with making the most realistic zombie survival game, State of Decay back in 2013. Now, fans of the game will be excited to know that State of Decay 2 is coming soon to Xbox One. The story takes place 18 months after the events of the first game; a young woman is taken into the ranks of other survivors who are building a community for survivors. Each character is playable and each has an important set of skills necessary to ensure the survival of the community. You can choose between solo or co-op (up to three players) campaigns in this third-person shooter in an open world environment where you must face both zombies and human enemies all the while trying to find supplies and friendly survivors for your community. The game will be out on May 22 on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 1, 2018
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Players Must Struggle To Survive History In ‘KURSK’

Polish game developer Jujubee will take gamers on a tale of survival and adventure out of the pages of history in KURSK, a first-person survival game. Players will take on the role of a sailor and see life onboard a doomed sub from his perspective. The game will be heavily story driven but the gameplay is still a factor. You will witness firsthand the tragic events of the Kursk submarine disaster that claimed the lives of all 118 men onboard the sub. On August 12, 2000, the Russian submarine, the Kursk, was in the middle of a training exercise. The sub was in the process of loading and firing a dummy torpedo at a flagship, at the moment the sub was to fire the torpedo, a Norwegian seismic center picked up a seismic event of 1.5 on the Richter scale. A short time later the second event of 4.5 took place and was detected as far as Alaska, all events

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 28, 2018
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