Microsoft has just announced the latest pair of titles that Xbox Live Gold members with an Xbox 360 can expect to download for free this month as part of their Games with Gold service. This time around, you'll be treated to the indie side-scrolling action-adventure game, Dust: An Elysian Tail, and the outlandish open-world hit, Saints Row: The Third.
While many gamers, myself included, have been spending some quality time getting acquainted with the PlayStation 4, it might be easy to forget the massive back library Sony's older systems have to offer, and the fact that the company has been offering numerous sales on the PlayStation Store for digital titles for a while now. They don't seem to have any intentions of slowing down with these sales, either.
If there's one thing that many gamers can agree on, it's that, controversial conclusion aside, BioWare's Mass Effect has proven to be one of the most popular and acclaimed series to get its start during the past console generation. The trilogy-spanning adventures of Commander Shepard and company to save the galaxy from annihilation did a great job of mixing role-playing elements with third-person shooting gameplay, along with a very deep lore for its settings, alien species, and cast of memorable characters.
One of the more notable features of the PlayStation 4 is its controller's addition of a Share button, which at this point enables players to stream gameplay live to Twitch or Ustream, or capture screenshots and gameplay footage, which can then be directly uploaded to Twitter and Facebook.
Child of Light, Ubisoft's intriguing downloadable title that mixes hand-painted graphics, platforming mechanics, and turn-based RPG battles, is less than a week away from its April 30 release. To celebrate, the developer has released another new promotional video offering insight into the development process, with this latest clip focusing on the story, themes, and presentation.
The fact that Skylanders has been an annualized franchise since its first sequel means that the announcement of a fourth game in the series is hardly a shock; still, it's always interesting to find out what new hook Activision will include for each installment in its mega-popular toy and accessory-based franchise. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure kicked off the concept of bringing figurines to life in-game, Skylanders Giants brought us bigger and stronger characters, and last year's Skylanders Swap Force introduced new figures that could swap their top and bottom halves for different abilities and characters.
Offering a polished, content-heavy MMO experience, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will please anybody who enjoys the genre, and maybe even charm those who typically don't.
English-speaking gamers who enjoyed 2012's interesting rhythm spin-off, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which was released on both the 3DS and iOS, can now look forward to a Western release for its sequel, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. Originally announced last year and with a Japanese release imminent, Curtain Call is promising to take the fun and quirky gameplay of its predecessor and offer a huge helping of new features and content for a beefier experience.
Some unfortunate news has recently broken for those with fond memories of the iconic Nintendo 64 platformers, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Back in 2012, several former employees of series creators Rare announced plans to create some sort of spiritual successor to the titular bear and bird's original adventures, possibly funding the game through Kickstarter. After the initial announcement, things went quiet for a very long time. Unfortunately, there turned out to be a good reason for that.