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A new cinematic trailer has been released for Bungie and 343’s upcoming Halo game, The Master Chief Collection. The trailer depicts some of the cutscenes from Halo 2 remade by Blur for the game; to give us a glimpse at what we can expect to see from the collection.
Nintendo have announced a new event Pokemon giveaway that will occur in the US later on this month.
On August 13th, two special powerful Bug-types will be available for players, a Heracross for Pokemon X and a Pinsir for Pokemon Y. Neither Pokemon will be holding an item, but both will be Lv. 50 and have a set of powerful moves. Receiving the free Pokemon is done by connecting your 3DS to the Internet, select the Mystery Gift on the main menu, select receive gift, select get via Internet then speak with the delivery girl at any in-game Pokemon Center to receive the gift. Viola, free Bug-Type.
And if you wish to enable their Mega Evolution they’re being given away at participating Gamestops from August 18-31, in the form of download codes. They’re also offering free posters to anyone who pre-orders the new Sapphire and Ruby remake games in-store.
I personally think Bug-Types are sometimes underrated as battlers. Are you thinking about grabbing a free Heracross or Pinsir?
It’s a new month and so Valve have posted a new message, listing the latest games to have made it through their Greenlight process. Just like last month’s Greenlight post around 50 games are listed as having made it through the process since then.
The games in the list include 2D Viking game Jotun, where you fight your way through the levels of Viking purgatory to prove yourself worthy of Valhalla; an RTS game called Deep Space Settlement that has been 3 years in development already and Run or Die, an endless runner game which involves an ion cannon. These are just 3 of the games in the list.
Check out the list below, maybe you’ll find something to interest you.
Wildstar’s second drop is here. Sabotage, a 15 v 15 PvP map adds a few new twists to the already fast and frenetic Wildstar PvP formula. For starters, mounts are available for use, significantly changing the mobility of the teams. In addition, each side of the new map, Daggerstone pass, comes equipped with a fusion reactor. Teams are tasked with guarding their own base and destroying the opposing team’s reactor. The key to doing this is…bombs. Bombs are dropped off at each base, and players have to pick them up and carry them across the map. While carrying a bomb, they are unable to use mounts, making them much more vulnerable. Teams must guard their bomb carriers while attempting to take down the opposing bomb carrier. In addition, bombs can be stolen and even used to kill enemy players. Added to the chaos is the ability to capture uplinks ranged across the map to call in airstrikes on enemy bases.
During my time with Sabotage, I found the map to be fast, fun and action packed. Wildstar’s trademark telegraph system is in full force here with the sheer amount of chaos centered around bomb carriers being a joy to behold. Queue times were short and the map ran with almost no lag. In addition, I was able to turn in credible performances with both my level 50 and my level 30 characters, as the map automatically scales all players to the same level. This keeps the mode fair, while still allowing for PvP gear and stats to work well. And fun it is. If you play Wildstar, the drop is free and you should definitely check it out.
Part of 2D MOBA Awesomenauts set-up for defending your area from the opposing team’s assault is the way you customise your chosen character’s weapons and upgrades so that you can get stronger as the match wears on. However the way the game had it set up up until now has caused some of the less-popular upgrades to be chosen very rarely as they weren’t considered to be as good or left you at a disadvantage if you chose wrong. Developers Ronimo have decided that it needs fixing.
Right now you can choose three of your upgrade options per line before the match, so choosing wisely was a priority and so the same upgrades would be chosen over and over. It wasn’t possible to choose any other upgrades other than those ones once you’d locked them in, which could leave you wanting if you chose badly. To fix this, Ronimo are overhauling the ‘shop’ part of two bases on either side of the map.
“With a completely new interface and expanded shelves, you now have 6 options in the shop per skill row.” explained dev Joost. “You still can buy 3 items per row, but you will have all the items available to you to choose from during the game.”
This will allow for more customisable ability builds in game, without greatly changing the way an Awesomenauts match currently plays out. The only downside is that with choice, you could possibly spend too long choosing a new upgrade. Not a good idea in a game where you need to protect a drill core from being destroyed.
