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Ubisoft has brought us another entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Set in China during the Ming Dynasty, it follows the adventures of a female assassin as she fights to recover a box given to her by Ezio Auditore. So, how did the series make the transition from 3D to 2D?
The Indie Game Show with DJs Digmbot and PredictedCyborg Sunday night, 6pm til 9pm GMT, 1pm til 4pm EST.
On the Indie Game Show this Sunday…
Mechabit!
Our first Indie Dev guest from Cyborg’s i54 trip will be joining us to talk about their hybrid strategy/tower defence squad game – Kaiju Panic! The game has recently been okay’d on Steam’s Greenlight so we’ll be talking about how the experience was for them as well as times we can expect to see the full release!
Remember to tune in so you can join in our Q and A session in the IRC!
Oh LucasFilms. The company that loves to tinker with it’s own franchise until it resembles a 70 year old celebrity thats gone through so many plastic surgeries her face no longer moves. In it’s latest move all Star Wars games have been declared non-canon. This means that some great games, such as Knights Of The Old Republic have been removed from the timeline, as well as some not so stellar entries such as Super Bombad Racing.
While I might not be a huge fan of all the Star Wars games, this does remove a lot of the punch of certain story moments from the older games. And, of course, it causes concern for the future games that may be tied to the series. LucasFilms has set up a “story group” that will oversee all entries into the expanded universe in the future to ensure it fits into the canon. A prime example of this would be the new Battlefront game being developed by DICE. While it’s nice that this will mean all titles will have LucasFilm’s seal of approval, it also means that game developers are going to be more limited. What makes for a great movie, or great canon may not necessarily be what makes for a great game.
On another note, even though the games are no longer canon, some of them are now considered part of the ‘Legends’ content, meaning that they could potentially be used in some facet later on. In the end, it remains to be seen what the ‘story group’ will do, but part of me isn’t convinced that it will be a good thing. Then again, neither was Jar-Jar Binks, and we still haven’t managed to get him retconned.
Microsoft’s got a lot of hype going behind the release of Windows 10. One of the major selling points is that for a lot of users they’ll be able to upgrade free of charge to the new OS, which if you’ve ever paid for the installation of an OS you’ll know is a very attractive selling point to push it with. They’ve been saying that they plan to release it towards the end of 2015, but sources are now saying that it’s now been confirmed that it’ll be releasing much earlier than that.
Supposedly the CEO of AMD Lisa Su let slip the detail during a call with financial investors last week, saying that the new OS was due out “at the end of July”. AMD are apparently holding off on the marketing of their Carrizo technology to factor in “the Winsow 10 launch at the end of July.”
It’s not known whether or not this is legitimate information but AMD would have to had been working with Microsoft on DirectX 12 as well as other OS compatibility issues with their hardware, so it’s not out of the question that this is true. Alternatively it could just be that another more complete beta version will be released at the time, replacing the current technical beta.
Blizzard’s big MOBA Heroes of the Storm has been in various stages of completeness now for a while. Thankfully for all those still unable to play it, that is soon about to change. Blizzard’s given the game a proper release date.
The full version of the game will be released to the public on June 2nd, 2015. However if you can’t wait that long, they’re going to change the current closed beta to an open beta on May 19th which means you’ll be able to log in and play at last even if it’s not guaranteed that everything will bug-free.
In a press release Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said: “With its focus on team play and fast-paced fun, Heroes of the Storm is a fresh take on a very popular genre. We’ve built Heroes of the Storm in a way that makes it accessible to new players, but also challenging enough for veterans who really want to put their skills to the test. We can’t wait to see what Heroes brings to the co-op and competitive scenes once the Nexus opens up to everyone.”
Recent updates to Heroes’ closed beta has seen the addition of new maps and new characters such as Sylvanas Windrunner.
