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So in the news for the Minecraft community is this one very lovely little piece.
A pair of Minecraft players, Dan Maher and Chris Doney, are running a project right now they’ve named Clinic Craft to gain publicity for an appeal Save the Children is currently running; encouraging Minecrafters to be sponsored to build a clinic in-game, so the money can then go to the charity raising money to build real clinics in Liberia for the care of pregnant women and their young children. That is something I think a lot of us can get behind.
If you want to get involved yourself, a clinic blueprint can be downloaded, but isn’t a rigid guideline for what is to be made. Minecraft is a game about creativity after all. The two have also set up a website too that details the idea and links to all the episodes of the build that they’ve currently recorded.
Sony has announced what titles will be coming to European PS Plus subscribers in August.
As always, two titles will be hitting PS4. This month, we’ll see the roguelike puzzle-adventure title Road Not Taken, which doesn’t even release until next month, and the infamous Fez. PS3 gamers meanwhile will get a chance to sink their teeth into Crysis 3 or, if that’s not to their taking, the experimental exploration game Proteus.
Last but by no means least, Vita owners will be able to try out Metrico… which is pretty impressive seeing as the game doesn’t officially release until next month. Rounding out August’s offerings will be LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7.
All these games will become available on August 6, which is when Towerfall Ascension, Strider, Dead Space 3, Vessel, LEGO Batman 2 DC Superheroes and Doki Doki Universe will leave the system. If any of those are still of interest to you, make sure you get on the in them next week!
Sony has responded to EA’s new subscription service for Xbox One, saying that it doesn’t feel that it represents good value for the PlayStation gamer.
“We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect,” a Sony representative told Game Informer.
“PlayStation Plus memberships are up more than 200% since the launch of PlayStation 4, which shows that gamers are looking for memberships that offer a multitude of services, across various devices, for one low price. We don’t think asking our fans to pay an additional $5 a month for this EA-specific program represents good value to the PlayStation gamer.”
EA’s Access program costs $4.99 (£3.99) per month or $29.99 (£19.99) per year and offers discounts to members, access to various EA titles, pre-release access to game trials up to five days in advance. Discounts are also available on digital purchases.
What do you think? Do you think EA Access offers good value.
Electronic Arts has announced a new subscription service that gives Xbox One owners access to some of its biggest games for a small monthly fee. Called EA Access, the service is launching to select users in beta today, with a starting price of $4.99 (£3.99) per month or $29.99 (£19.99) per year. The company says EA Access will “launch for everyone on Xbox One soon.” Paying for the subscription will get you access to what EA calls its Vault, a collection of games you’ll have unlimited access to as long as you’re subscribed. During the beta, that will include a sampling of four titles — FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4 — though the company says more games will be added “soon.”
The service will also get you early access to some of EA’s upcoming titles. Subscribers will be able to play trials for upcoming games like Dragon Age: Inquisition and this year’s EA Sports titles “up to five days” ahead of their launch date. Additionally, EA says subscribers will save 10 percent when buying EA games through the Xbox One game store. “This is something we’ve never done before and we’re excited to share it with you,” the company says. EA calls the service a “partnership” with Microsoft, and there’s no word on whether it will be available on other platforms as well.
Ubisoft have released a new CGI game trailer for their next Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Unity, today. And despite the reason why this game became so infamous last month, there’s actually a woman featured in it as a character; just not the assassin character.
The woman in question is Elise, a noblewoman and a Templar, and has to be saved from a gruesome fate by Arno. Not much more is known of her right now, but as a Templar it can be guessed she can handle herself in a fight and there are certainly some hints of her knowing how to use a sword. Hopefully this bodes well for the game and the infamous “women are hard to animate” episode will just be a stumbling point in what turns out to be a decent game. Here’s hoping, even if I’d still prefer to be a classy female assassin in the game…
