Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s story includes some very hostile takeovers
Between the bang-bangs and the pew-pew-pews, developer Sledgehammer Games is using Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to tell a story. The game’s latest trailer proves as much. It seems terrorists have attacked nuclear power plants all over the globe in a show of unlikely coordination that causes...
Meet Elise, the ‘fiery Templar’ of Assassin’s Creed Unity
Following raucous online backlash against the notable lack of female characters in Assassin’s Creed: Unity, publisher Ubisoft has introduced Elise, a female Templar who apparently plays a key role in the game’s plot. “This new trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Unity shows Arno racing against time through a dense and...
The Sun At Night reaches Steam on August 1
Following a lengthy stay in the proving grounds of Steam Greenlight, Minicore Studios’ alternate history platformer The Sun At Night will debut on Steam proper come August 1. To celebrate this release, Minicore plans to offer The Sun At Night at a 15 percent discount for its first week of...
Toki Tori devs ar-rive with new platforming shooter
Two Tribes announced its latest game today, a “metal wrecking, robot hacking shooter” called Rive. The game is a 2D shooter-meets-platformer with “old school gaming values,” in which players blast robotic enemies and alter their enemies’ behavior by gathering and installing hacks. Rive‘s announcement trailer shows the players’ tank-like hero...
Payday: The Heist gets its pricetag stolen on October 18
Remember, everyone: Crime doesn’t pay, but that won’t matter on October 18, when Payday: The Heist will be available to download for free. Developer Overkill is growing its community in preparation for the Payday franchise’s third anniversary, and has put together a list of rewards for each milestone they hit....
Joystiq Streams: Secret Ponchos grudge match giveaway [UPDATE: Relive the stream!]
This is what Joystiq knows about ponchos: they keep you warm, look cool while you’re riding a horse in a storm, are appropriate attire for selling burritos outside a Phish concert, and they make excellent dog beds when you’re done with them. The things we don’t know about ponchos? That’s...
Trials Fusion rides into the rustlands in first DLC pack
Ubisoft takes players to a grittier side of the Trials universe today in “Riders of the Rustlands,” the first of six planned Season Pass DLC packs planned for Trials Fusion. Riders of the Rustlands takes place in a wasteland outside of the squeaky-clean cityscapes featured Trials Fusion‘s core content, challenging...
The lighter side of murder with Jenny LeClue
Young detective Jenny LeClue is the star of a fictional choose-your-own-adventure book series written by Arthur K. Finklestein, and her latest story is her most important yet – her mother is accused of murder, and it’s up to Jenny to figure out who did it and why. As a game,...
A persona fit for Pillars of Eternity
Before computer-generated worlds came to life, we were running through dungeons in our heads, with rules on paper to govern our actions. Pillars of Eternity remembers those days and the games they inspired, and not just because it has an isometric perspective, or soul-storms, or tactical combat and special armor...
Live Look: Gods Will Be Watching
Gods Will Be Watching, the new adventure game from Spain’s Deconstructeam and publisher Devolver Digital, doesn’t like you. It has absolutely no problem telling you very quickly just how much it doesn’t like you. Across the science-fiction parable’s six diverse chapters, just one wrong decision on how to help protagonist...