A few lingering flaws hurt Van Helsing’s swan song, despite the major changes, but it’s a fitting end for the series with tons of fresh content to explore.
It comes as no surprise that BioWare has chosen N7 Day (their annual celebration of the Mass Effect franchise) as the time to reveal a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda. The trailer itself is little more than stock footage and a voice over. However, it's interesting that the trailer is narrated by Jennifer Hale, reprising the role of Commander Shepard. BioWare have stressed before that Shepard will not be featured in Andromeda, telling gamers to "Be open-minded" about a Mass Effect title without the commander.
Halo 5: Guardians is getting some new DLC very soon, and 343 Industries has now provided a sneak peak of upcoming content, while also responding to the concerns that some fans have had about the game's aiming mechanics.
Overwatch, the upcoming team based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment, will in fact be coming to Playstation 4 and Xbox One, in addition to the PC. Blizzard confirmed the arrival to console today, with a version titled Overwatch: Origins Edition appearing in a pre-order promotion on Battle.net. It's currently slated to arrive next spring.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is going to have single player DLC, and following from this announcement, developer Naughty Dog admitted that it hasn't quite thought about how they're going to handle it. Director of communications, Arne Meyer, provided some insight into the studio's dilemma in an interview with GameSpot.
The cancelled Star Wars: First Assault game has surprisingly resurfaced, in the form of a rough and ready beta footage video that has popped up on YouTube by way of Reddit. This is the project that Disney/LucasArt binned in 2012. Perhaps most importantly, it was to be the first game in a series that would eventually finish with a fully fledged Star Wars Battlefront 3.
The upcoming gorgeous iOS RPG Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey has revealed a spotlight on its final character as the games' launch date approaches. Zodiac is a gorgeous upcoming RPG linked to the Final Fantasy series, as Final Fantasy VII scenario writer Kazushige Nojima and Final Fantasy Tactics composer Hitoshi Sakimoto collaborated on the game.
When working on the upcoming Fallout 4's shooting mechanics, developers at Bethesda Game Studios used Bungie's shared world shooter Destiny as a reference point, according to Game Informer. With Destiny regarded as many as having some of the best gunplay in the biz, this is good news indeed.
Originally slated to release this month, Maximum games have delayed their upcoming Cold War stealth game, Alekhine's Gun, to February 9 of 2016. In a press release, they cited their reasons behind this push as being a desire for a "comprehensive, synchronized global launch".
The ever popular DRM-Free advocating Steam rival GOG.com has launched a huge fall sale. The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red's PC game store is offering over 350 titles with up to 90% off. At a first glance, stellar deals include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for just $42 and 10% off its new expansion, Hearts of Stone.
