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Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain Are PS4 Bound

Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain are coming to PlayStation 4 in Europe and PAL territories.

The news comes via the European PlayStation blog. At this point, there’s no details about a release window or whether both games will see a release outside of the aforementioned PAL regions. Needless to say, we’ve reached out to Sony and will update should we back.

Upon release, both games will be available digitally or as a discounted double pack.

In our review of Beyond: Two Souls we said it’s “compelling enough, principally thanks to a remarkable performance from Ellen Page,” before saying that “Playing Beyond is a memorable experience, yes, but a good video game it is not; and while the credits were rolling I admit to thinking I would have been happier to sit back and watch a movie version that was eight-and-a-half hours shorter.”

Star Wars Rebels: Don't Mess With Darth Vader

What happens when you find yourself face to face with none other than Darth Vader? If you’re the heroes of Star Wars Rebels, you do the smart thing and run. Check out IGN’s exclusive clip above from the one-hour Season 2 premiere of Star Wars Rebels, airing this Saturday.

As teased at the end of Season 1, Darth Vader is a big new player in Season 2, as the Dark Lord of the Sith (once again voiced by James Earl Jones!) arrives to take care of this growing Rebel problem once and for all. And that’s not all, as Vader isn’t the only new inclusion to Rebels, with fan favorites Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) and Captain Rex (Dee Bradley Baker) returning from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Shenmue 3 Smashes Kickstarter Target in Just 9 Hours

Shenmue III has been successfully funded on Kickstarter, smashing through its USD $2 million target less than nine hours after the campaign went live.

Sony showcased Shenmue III and revealed the game's crowdfunding campaign today during its E3 press conference.

"We can unfold the continuous story," said creator Yu Suzuki. "Shenmue III will be the story you have waited for. The fate of Shenmue is in your hands now."

The campaign began with several USD $10,000 pledge opportunities (one of which came with the original jacket worn by Masaya Matsukaze during Shenmue press events 14 years ago, and the other an invitation to a dinner party in Japan with Yu Suzuki) but they're all gone.

E3 2015: Kinect Games Will Not Be Backward Compatible

Microsoft won't be bringing Kinect titles to the Xbox One.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer told IGN that as the Xbox One will essentially be simulating Xbox 360 software, the system is unable to access any peripherals such as external storage units or Kinect.

Xbox One backward compatibility is available now for preview members and everyone this holiday. For a list on what 360 games preview members can access now, IGN has you covered.

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Destiny: The Taken King Collector's Edition Exclusive to GameStop

Destiny: The Taken King is getting a collector’s edition that’s exclusive to GameStop in the States.

The Taken King Legendary Edition comes with a wealth of content. Not only will players nab themselves a copy of the Destiny base game, but also both of the previous expansions – The Dark Below and House of Wolves. That’s in addition to the newly-announced Taken King DLC.

All of the above comes in a steelbook case alongside early access to a weapon pack and Cayde-6’s Intel Cache, which features the following:

Modified Treasure Island Book with Intro Letter from Cayde-6
Cayde-6’s Personal Notes and Illustrations
Collection of Relics and Artifacts
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There's Even More to Cuphead Than You Think

Booming bass rattles my eardrums, and waiters flit to and fro with platters of practically unidentifiable hors d'oeuvres as I stare intently, mouth nearly agape, at the beauty of Cuphead. Amidst the noisy, over-crowded event space Microsoft has chosen for their annual E3 Showcase - a space I'm assured is quite "hip" - the very existence of Studio MDHR's old-timey side-scrolling arcade shooter seems impossible. And yet, there it is, with a perpetual crowd hunched over it while pairs of strangers play, die, and play again, unwilling to give up their controllers. I can't blame them. Heck, I was one of them.

Cuphead has a look that makes pretty much any organized set of words seem trite and empty. One look at it will make you angry at yourself for every time you described a game as "a playable cartoon." You wasted that phrase. I don't care which game you said it about, you wasted it. The fully hand-drawn look perfectly apes 30's era funnies (right down to the delightfully coarse film grain filter), and the animation is not only buttery smooth; it's relentless. Nothing is static, nothing ever stands still.

You're Never Bored in Halo 5's Warzone Multiplayer

Well, Halo 5: Guardians' new Warzone multiplayer mode certainly puts the "big" in Big Team Battle. With 24 players (divided into two teams of 12) plus a host of AI-controlled, neutrally evil Prometheans, you'll have no shortage of targets. And because there's always someone to shoot at, even if they're not human-controlled, you'll probably never get bored during a match. I sure didn't. And better yet, Warzone design director Kevin Franklin told me that you can expect Warzone-specific multiplayer maps.

When the contest begins, you'll need to take out a set number of Prometheans -- some familiar "faces" and some new ones as well. Scoring kills here will help you earn points that you can cash in either before respawning or at set REQ stations. Since you'll start out with a basic Assault Rifle/Magnum combo, it's in your best interest to quickly invest in a Covenant Carbine (mmm...) or something else to your liking. At one point, with a bit of currency burning a hole in my Spartan's MJOLNIR armor, I splurged on a rocket launcher and, well...it didn't end well for several members of the enemy blue team.

mardi 16 juin 2015