Xbox Games With Gold August 2019 Free Games Revealed
Xbox has released their free August 2019 Games With Gold lineup for all Xbox Live Gold members or those with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription.
The two main games for Xbox One members include Gears of War 4 beginning on August 1 until August 31, and Forza Motorsport 6, which will be available from August 16 through September 15.
Xbox 360 owners will get Torchlight from August 1 through August 15, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow from August 16 to the 31. These games are also able to be played on Xbox One through backwards compatibility, and the full lineup is valued at over $94 in games and 6200 in gamerscore.
In IGN's review of Gears of War 4, we gave it a score of 9.2 and said the game, "plays it fairly safe but brilliantly executes on a variety-packed campaign and meaty multiplayer suite."
Archived Star Wars Concept Art Shows Death Star Above Jakku
Artist Doug Chiang recently shared a piece of previously unseen concept art from the archives of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
Chiang, who currently serves as the vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm, shared the "wild concept" of the semi-destroyed Death Star 2 rising out from the sands of the Jakku desert via his Instagram account on Monday.
"Deathstar ascending! In the early days of EP7, we explored some wild concepts (before we had a script). This was for a dream sequence of the Deathstar 2 rising out of the desert of Jakku," he wrote in the caption of the highly detailed illustration.
Zombieland: Double Tap Video Game is Coming to Consoles and PC
High Voltage is developing a new video game set in the Zombieland universe. Titled, Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip, the game will tie into the events of the Zombieland movie and the upcoming sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap.
Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip is a top-down, twin-stick shooter that takes place after the events of the first movie. You and your friends can play as one of the four original heroes from the movie – Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock – as well as unlockable characters from the sequel.
The Outer Worlds Will Be Released On the Nintendo Switch
The Outer Worlds, the upcoming RPG from Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian, is coming to Nintendo Switch.
A new announcement made today by Nintendo on Twitter revealed the news. The Outer Worlds’ Senior Producer, Matthew Singh, explained that the game is being ported to Switch by Virtuos, and will come to the console “following” the game’s main launch on other systems.
The Outer Worlds will first launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 25. It’s a first-person RPG in the mould of the Bethesda-era Fallout games, and thus has to potential to be another ‘big’ console game finding its way onto Nintendo’s portable machine.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot: Matt Damon to Reprise His Role as Loki
Kevin Smith has confirmed that Matt Damon will be returning to one of his fan-favourite roles for the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
The filmmaker announced that Damon would be reprising the role of Loki from 1999's Dogma on Instagram, where he also credited his wife Jennifer Schwalbach for "making the movie better", since it was her idea to bring this character back for the latest instalment in the View Askewniverse.
"When Matt confirmed, I started thinking about how to best use good Will Hunting and which role he could play. Then Jen Schwalbach suggested: 'Why don't you use him as Loki?'
Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix 2 Starts This Week
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled's second Grand Prix, Back N. Time, will begin this week on August 2 for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch players, introducing the new track Prehistoric Playground, as well as a host of other new items for players to earn for free.
Following in the footsteps of the first Grand Prix, CTR's post-launch content seasons that add new drivers, courses, karts, and more, Back N. Time will launch across all consoles, and you can watch the video above for a first look at the Prehistoric Playground track.
In addition to the track, and as previously revealed in Activision's CTR Grand Prix announcement, this second season of content will see the introduction of Baby Crash and Baby Coco as playable drivers, as well as Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped's Baby T.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Dragon Quest’s Hero Is Now Available
UPDATE (7/30/19) - The Hero from Dragon Quest and the Version 4.0.0 Update are both now available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch.
Announced by Nintendo Versus, The Hero from Dragon Quest is part of the Challenger Pack 2 DLC that also features the Yggdrasil's Altar stage and music from Dragon Quest's rich history.
Nintendo Switch Lite Now Available for Preorder in the UK
UK preorders for the Nintendo Switch Lite have gone live, with the brand new console releasing September 20 2019. Plenty of sites have rolled out listings for the latest console from Nintendo, including Amazon, GAME, and Argos.
The Nintendo Switch Lite is a cheaper, handheld-only model of the Nintendo Switch that's compatible with any Nintendo Switch game you can play in handheld mode. It comes in three colours (yellow, grey and turquoise) and is available for preorder at the standard list price of £199.99. The Lite isn’t to be confused with the newly announced Switch model with a longer battery life.
Concrete Genie Gets an October Release Date
Sony’s next PS4 exclusive, Concrete Genie, following its delay from the spring, now has a release date, setting it for an October release.
Developer PixelOpus, part of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, announced Concrete Genie will be released for the PS4 on Oct. 8 for $29.99, or $39.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition. Both versions include two PSVR modes alongside the main game, and the Digital Deluxe version includes a digital art book, a soundtrack, a Pond Design Pack that expands your in-game toolset, and a Dynamic Theme.
In addition to the price and date, PixelOpus also confirmed Concrete Genie, like most Sony first-party games, will have an included Photo Mode. But given that players’ artistic expression, painting scenery and genies on the buildings of the fictional town of Denska, Pixelopus’ Photo Mode has a twist.
Concrete Genie: Time to Put This PS4 Exclusive on Your Radar
Concrete Genie may not be on your radar like The Last of Us Part II and Death Stranding, but after an hour-and-a-half with Pixelopus’s upcoming first-party PS4 exclusive, its charming world, sincere messaging, and serene gameplay is shaping up to be an experience that absolutely should be.
I jumped into the very start of Concrete Genie’s adventure, taking on the role of the young, bullied kid Ash in the dilapidated seaside town of Denska, and was immediately taken by the charming though intentionally drab world. That’s in part thanks to Pixelopus’ animation, which employs Coraline-esque stop-motion facial expressions for its characters, the A Series of Unfortunate Events-like world, and the sincerity with which the developers have written this story.