First screenshots of Dragon Age: Inquisition single-player DLC

By Tom Phillips

The first award, Firestarter (15G), is awarded for destroying all Winter Shards and lighting all fires in a new location, the "Old Temple".

The next, Legend-Marked (30G), is awarded when you impress the Avvar tribe of Stone-Bear Hold and gain their friendship. The human Avvar have already made an appearance in Inquisition, although their influence was fairly minor.

Players were previously asked to impress a Dalish clan in what may be a similar fashion - via completing side-quests and missions to rank up influence.

The third award, Historian (30G), hints at you uncovering secrets of a "legendary figure". An elf is shown in the imagery.

And the final award, Winter's End (90G), is awarded when you "dispel a myth of ancient days".

Speaking to Eurogamer earlier this month, Dragon Age: Inquisition creative director Mike Laidlaw hinted that the game's first single-player add-on would be revealed in the not-too-distant future.

Laidlaw said that he was aware that fans wanted new areas to explore, but also a story continuation for the game's post-credits scene.

"The two big pulls are - 'I want more of this game' and 'I've reached the ending and I want to know more about the characters, or one specific character'," Laidlaw teased.

"I don't want to go into too much detail but I'm well aware of both of those camps and I'd like to see both of those groups satisfied before we're done."

article source: http://www.eurogamer.net

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Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition Offers 5 Playable Characters, Including Vergil

by Chris Pereira 

New characters, costumes, and more coming in the Xbox One/PS4/PC re-release.

Capcom has finally revealed the details of its upcoming Special Edition release of Devil May Cry 4, which will feature the most playable characters in a DMC game to date.

In addition to Dante and Nero, both of which were playable in DMC 4, Dante's brother Virgil is being added to the game's roster. Virgil will be an amalgamation of the Devil May Cry 3 and 2013 Devil May Cry versions, according to Capcom's blog. Joining him as new characters are Trish and Lady.

The official details on all three new characters:

• Vergil: Dante's ice-cold twin brother and master of the iaijutsu sword fighting style. As described by the game's director, Hideaki Itsuno, Vergil will have a fully upgradable move set based on his rendition in Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition, with elements of DmC Devil May Cry's Vergil added in, making this the definitive version of the character. He will also feature a new "Concentration" mechanic, which makes his attacks get more powerful the more flawlessly he fights. Vergil will be playable on any mission.
• Trish: Resident badass since her first appearance in the first Devil May Cry's opening cutscene, Trish does away with the need for weapon switching, instead utilizing the versatile Sparda sword, her pistols, and her bare hands in a variety of inventive ways. Trish allows players to fight with relatively few buttons, but is still quite a deep character with an awesome move set. Trish will be playable on Dante's missions.
• Lady: Playable for the first time, Lady specializes in long-range, firearm-based combat, making the game feel completely different. Her signature weapon, the Kalina Ann, features a grappling hook which allows her to traverse environments similarly to Nero, among other applications. Lady will be playable on Nero's missions.

Also being added is the Legendary Dark Knight mode that lets players fight through huge waves of enemies. This was first seen in the PC version of DMC 4.

All of this runs in 1080p at 60 frames per second, with other, unspecified "improvements to the game tempo and balancing" being made. You can also count on seeing new costumes that you'll even be able to see during cutscenes.

article source : http://www.gamespot.com

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Microsoft details Xbox One April system update

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The Xbox One's April system update includes further improvements for the console's party chat and achievement apps, Microsoft has detailed.

But these make up just the first half of April's update, which Microsoft is releasing to preview programme members in two waves.

Party chat now includes a troubleshooter to make sure users' microphones are enabled, and to show when privacy settings or network issues are blocking chat with others in your party.

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Battlefield Hardline review

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The traditional nostalgic view of boys at play is that old playground classic of 'war', where kids pelt around the tarmac making "akka-akka-akka" noises and pretending to shoot each other with machine gun sticks. The alternate to that scenario is, of course, cops and robbers, so it makes sense that for its first foray outside of the military milieu Battlefield would swap tanks for squad cars.

We've already taken a look at Hardline's campaign, so won't be wasting any more time on it for this review. Suffice to say, for all its TV cop show presentation, it's a disappointingly limited, linear and lifeless effort that favours clunky stealth over full-blooded action. At best, you'll hammer through it in order to earn a stack of bonus Battlepacks for use in the real meat of the game: multiplayer.

While the campaign at least pays lip service to the idea that you're playing as an officer of the law, giving you the option to arrest enemies for more XP but not really caring if you shoot them in the back either, such details are absent from online play. Here, it's kill or be killed, due process be damned. If you shoot a criminal in the head with a sniper shot from 100m, or grind him to paste under the wheels of a truck, it's all good.

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Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey New 'n' Tasty - Why One game comes out on Xbox and not Xbox 360?

On June 11, we learned a great news for gamers on Xbox One, Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey New 'n' Tasty come out on the platform . The title will be available on PS3 and PlayStation 4, then why does not he show himself on Xbox 360? For the simple reason that the development studio to self-publish. How?

Do you know the program ID @ Xbox ? This is actually an application for independent developers to self-publish a production. But then, this utility is exposed only on Xbox One. So why Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey New 'n' Tasty happen only on the beautiful last of Microsoft .

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24H on GamerGen: One cheap Xbox, Oddworld the test and our trolls of the week

A few days before gamescom, it seems that something is going on on the side of Microsoft . In any case, the sign Amazon has decided to dump its stock of packs containing One Xbox andKinect . Otherwise, the American manufacturer tease his line-up for the German show whileRyse: Son of Rome could offer an edition Legendary .

In other news, Capcom is working on the problems faced by the PC versions' s Ultra / Super Street Fighter IV while Chaos; Child was offered a release date . To brighten the day, we havethe usual trolls week . Seriously, you can read our report on cinema and video games , or seeour full verdict on Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey New 'n' Tasty .

In mobile, we may know when the next keynote of Apple and the iPad 2 Air seems to have leaked . Finally, Pangu was updated .

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Call of Duty: Ghosts - The mine cart Goldrush in a video DLC Nemesis

On Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 11:38 by White Cloud

Spotlight on a card straight out of the Wild West.

Confirmed midweek,  Nemesis will be the  fourth and final map pack for  Call of Duty: Ghostsand published on August 5 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and only one month later on PS4, PS3 and Xbox 360 history. allow us to discover the different maps ,  Infinity Ward again offers us a series of videos for each of them, starting with  Goldrush .

This setting will take us in a gold mine worthy of the Far West, with many platforms that will allow us to quickly move from one level to another. Better yet, give us a sedan can cross the scenery along the rails, just to eliminate a maximum of opponents while remaining harmless.As a reminder, the other cards take the form of a base to launch submarine, an Asian village and an extremely restricted environment, the  DLC containing more the fourth and final mission of the saga  Extinction .

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Call of Duty: two former Naughty Dog join the Infinity Ward team

On Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 12:48 by White Cloud

And they are not underlings.

Will he has a brain drain of  Naughty Dog ? After the lead character artist  Michael Knowland , the artistic director Nate Wells , director of development Justin Richmond , or writer Amy Henning , it is the turn of two other talents from the firm to new horizons.

The first question is Taylor Kurosaki, former  lead narrative design , involved in the business and the development of its games since 1995. The second is Jacob Minkoff, former lead game designer , who rose through the ranks since his arrival in 2009. Fate two men is linked, as both have joined  Infinity Ward , as a narrative director  for the first, and the role of design directorfor another. Leaders, so they spend Director in their respective fields.

The studio responsible for  Call of Duty: Ghosts is theoretically developing a new  Call of Duty, the rotation system with  Treyarch and  Sledgehammer Games wanting their creation appear at the end of 2016.

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Dragon Ball Xenoverse: what about resolutions, the soundtrack, the graphics, roster, gameplay and scenery?

Masayuki Hirano, the producer, told us to be determined to not disappoint the fans of Dragon Ball!

Announced a few weeks before E3 and then presented at the latter, Dragon Ball Xenoversedue out next year. It will have the burden of having to forget the previous installment of the series,  Dragon Ball: Battle of Z  which greatly disappointed fans.

After meeting  Masayuki Hirano , leading producer of  Dragon Ball Xenoverse to E3 , we had a second opportunity to question him during the Japan Expo 15th Impact in Paris. We have before in order to complete our first interview filmed in Los Angeles with more specific questions. If you have not yet seen or read, we suggest you start by doing before viewing it (read  Dragon Ball: Xenoverse - Masayuki Hirano: "We want to ensure that fans will not be disappointed" ).

  

This time, we tried to learn more about the proposed content in the game, so we asked about the graphics, the soundtrack, the gameplay , setting, and the game itself. Although in our previous meeting, he had already stated they do not want to disappoint the fans, we even asked him if he was willing to reassure them about the fact that Dragon Ball Xenoverse  may not be as disappointing as  Dragon Ball : Battle of Z.

As a reminder, the release date of  Dragon Ball Xenoverse is not yet precisely known, but the game should be released in 2015. Meanwhile, we leave you in the company of Misayuki-san is in the video below (with VO subtitles) or by going to the next page and reading the transcript in French.

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Mortal Kombat X: different styles of Raiden video

While  NetherRealm is preparing to announce a new character for  Mortal Kombat X  during gamescom , perhaps  Kano , already seen in a German magazine , the studio reported on one of the important features of this episode. It is indeed the "variations of characters" that are highlighted, allowing them to choose different fighting styles with the same character for different offensive and defensive strengths.

Lucky day, showcased in video and images, is  Raiden , which can be played as  Thunder God , Displacer or  Storm Lord . We can try us all these styles from the next year, on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

   

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