Live-Action Mystery Game Erica Is Out Now on PlayStation 4
One of the new games announced during the Gamescom Opening Night Live press conference is out now. It’s called Erica, and it’s an FMV thriller from the developers at Flavourworks.
Erica is a mystery-thriller that stars live-action actors who players can interact with using multiple choice options. The players’ decisions will affect how the story plays out similar to Netflix’s Bandersnatch.
Erica follows the eponymous character as she tries to solve the mystery behind her father’s death. There will be multiple endings, and there is a companion Erica app for iOS and Android which offers clues to solving the mystery.
Live-Action Mystery Game Erica Is Out Now on PlayStation 4
One of the new games announced during the Gamescom Opening Night Live press conference is out now. It’s called Erica, and it’s an FMV thriller from the developers at Flavourworks.
Erica is a mystery-thriller that stars live-action actors who players can interact with using multiple choice options. The players’ decisions will affect how the story plays out similar to Netflix’s Bandersnatch.
Erica follows the eponymous character as she tries to solve the mystery behind her father’s death. There will be multiple endings, and there is a companion Erica app for iOS and Android which offers clues to solving the mystery.
Sony Acquires Spider-Man PS4 Developer Insomniac Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developers behind Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank, as a first-party PlayStation studio.
Sony and Insomniac are in "definitive agreements" to acquire Insomniac, who have long held a partnership with PlayStation throughout the four generations of home PlayStation consoles, from Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation through to 2018's Spider-Man on PS4.
Insomniac will become the 14th studio in Sony's current lineup of Worldwide Studios development studios.
"Insomniac Games is one of the most highly-acclaimed development studios in the industry and their legacy of best-in class storytelling and gameplay is unparalleled," Shawn Layden, Chairman of SIE WWS, said in a statement alongside the announcement. "We have enjoyed a strong collaborative partnership with the studio for many years, and are thrilled to officially welcome them to the Worldwide Studios family. The addition of Insomniac Games to SIE WWS reiterates our commitment to developing world class gaming experiences that can only be found on the PlayStation platform."
Sony Acquires Spider-Man PS4 Developer Insomniac Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developers behind Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank, as a first-party PlayStation studio.
Sony and Insomniac are in "definitive agreements" to acquire Insomniac, who have long held a partnership with PlayStation throughout the four generations of home PlayStation consoles, from Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation through to 2018's Spider-Man on PS4.
Insomniac will become the 14th studio in Sony's current lineup of Worldwide Studios development studios.
"Insomniac Games is one of the most highly-acclaimed development studios in the industry and their legacy of best-in class storytelling and gameplay is unparalleled," Shawn Layden, Chairman of SIE WWS, said in a statement alongside the announcement. "We have enjoyed a strong collaborative partnership with the studio for many years, and are thrilled to officially welcome them to the Worldwide Studios family. The addition of Insomniac Games to SIE WWS reiterates our commitment to developing world class gaming experiences that can only be found on the PlayStation platform."
Disintegration Reveals First Gameplay Footage
V1 Studios has revealed the first gameplay footage for Disintigration.
Shown during the opening night press conference at Gamescom 2019, V1's co-founder Marcus Lehto (the co-creator of Halo) described Disintegration as "a first-person shooter with a lot of real-time tactical elements blended in."
The gameplay trailer introduced us to Roamer, our player character and a grav-cycle pilot who will command a small squad of combat units that all have their own unique abilities.
Disintegration will have both a full single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer component, and will be released in 2020.
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Disintegration Reveals First Gameplay Footage
V1 Studios has revealed the first gameplay footage for Disintigration.
Shown during the opening night press conference at Gamescom 2019, V1's co-founder Marcus Lehto (the co-creator of Halo) described Disintegration as "a first-person shooter with a lot of real-time tactical elements blended in."
The gameplay trailer introduced us to Roamer, our player character and a grav-cycle pilot who will command a small squad of combat units that all have their own unique abilities.
Disintegration will have both a full single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer component, and will be released in 2020.
JR is a Senior Editor at IGN, and you can follow him on Twitter if you're into that.
Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch Release Date Announced
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt complete edition's release date on the Nintendo Switch was revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The well-loved port will be available this fall on October 15, 2019.
Watch The Witcher 3 for Switch announcement trailer below.
The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch was previously revealed during Nintendo's 2019 E3 Direct. CD Projekt Red has said The Witcher 3 "still looks amazing" on Switch, and we know The Witcher 3 will run at 720p in docked mode.
Everspace 2 Announced
Everspace 2 has been announced at Gamescom 2019's Opening Night Live.
Not much was revealed about the sequel to the popular space combat game, but it is being developed by Rockfish Games and will release in 2021 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.