LEGO Star Wars Betrayal at Cloud City Set Revealed
LEGO has announced its newest Star Wars set, Betrayal at Cloud City, with four sections that allow builders to relive iconic scenes from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
The Betrayal at Cloud City set comes in at 2,812 pieces, with 18 LEGO minifigures including Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and more.
As for the sections, the first is a Cloud City landing platform with a sliding entrance door where you can land Boba Fett's Slave I, which is included and has an opening cockpit and space below deck to hold Han Solo in carbonite.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Release Date Announced
Funcom has announced that Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden will be released for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on December 4.
Mutant Year Zero comes from Swedish developer The Bearded Ladies, and earlier this year we described it as “real-time exploration and XCOM-inspired combat.” Funcom describes one of Mutant Year Zero’s heroes as a “crossbow-wielding, bipedal, and unusually sassy duck,” which is surely a first for video game protagonists.
You can see more of Mutant Year Zero later this week on IGN Live from Gamescom 2018, which will be stream beginning today (August 21) at 3:00PM CEST / 6:00AM PT, and keep up with everything in our Gamescom 2018 hub.
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Shenmue 3 Release Date Announced
At Gamescom today, Deep Silver announced that Shenmue 3 will be released on August 27, 2019 for PC and PS4.
Shenmue 3 was first announced at E3 2015 alongside a crowdfunding campaign that went on to become the most successful video game Kickstarter.
It was later picked up by publisher Deep Silver and eventually delayed into the second half of last year before more recently being delayed once again into 2019.
Saints Row: The Third Announced for Nintendo Switch
Saints Row: The Third, the much-loved 2011 open world game, is getting an unexpected Switch port.
Ported by Deep Silver Fishlabs, the game currently has a hazy launch window of "next year".
On its original release, we awarded Saints Row: The Third an 8.5 review, calling it "an open world adult theme park where we can treat ourselves to delightful acts of bloodshed and perversion."
Ubisoft Announces New Settlers Game
Ubisoft Blue Byte has announced the eighth game in the Settlers series, simply titled 'The Settlers'.
Made with Ubisoft's Snowdrop engine, the game will be released in Fall 2019. Barring a cinematic trailer, nothing is known of the game's features.
Ubisoft also announced The Settlers: History Collection, a compilation of all 7 games in the Settlers series, modernised for today's PCs.
The Settlers 1 is available on the Uplay store today, with the entire Settlers: History Collection will be released for PC on November 15.
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Supermassive Games Announces Horror Series The Dark Pictures Anthology
Supermassive Games announced a new horror series, The Dark Pictures Anthology, at Gamescom's opening ceremony today.
Supermassive CEO Pete Samuels announced that the "intense standalone horror games" are being published by Bandai Namco. Like Supermassive's horror hit Until Dawn, "your decisions, your reactions to horror thrown at you, will determine who will and who won’t survive’.
Each game in the anthology will feature a new cast of characters, kicking off with The Man of Medan, due for release sometime in 2019. The Man of Medan appears to be about a group of divers who discover horrors buried in a plane wreck at the bottom of the ocean - check out the trailer below.
THQ Nordic, Shadow Tactics Dev Reveal Desperados
At Gamescom today, THQ Nordic revealed a new installment of Desperados, a tactical game set in the Wild West coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Steam.
Desperados is a revival of Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, which launched back in 2001.
The new installment comes from Shadow Tactics developer Mimimi and is described as a “hardcore stealth game,” Desperados will feature new characters as well as characters returning from the original.
You can see more of Desperados later this week on IGN Live from Gamescom 2018, which will be stream beginning today (August 21) at 3:00PM CEST / 6:00AM PT, and keep up with everything in our Gamescom 2018 hub.
Resident Evil 2 Remake: First Screenshots of Claire Redfield Released
Capcom has shown off the remade version of Resident Evil 2's co-lead, Claire Redfield for the first time.
As part of its Gamescom showing, the developer released a set of screenshots showing the teenager on the hunt for her brother, Chris:
We'll have more impressions on Claire's portion of the campaign this week.
We've seen a lot more of fellow star Leon Kennedy so far, with his section already indicating that Resident Evil 2 Remake is embracing the series' horror roots in the best possible way.
The Resident Evil 2 remake will be released for PS4, Xbox One and PC on January 25, 2019.
If You PC Game at Full HD, You’ll Want One of These Gaming Monitors
1080p 144Hz monitors might seem like a super-specific product category, but they're one of the most popular types of gaming monitors out there. Firstly, a 144Hz refresh rate is good for a smoother gameplay experience, allowing you to see more frames of action unfold than your traditional 60Hz monitor or television can. But at the same time, they don't sacrifice image quality for speed like 240Hz monitors do.
Secondly, they're a great way to save on PC gaming, especially for beginners. If you put aside your dreams of owning a 1440p or 4K gaming monitor, you can get by with an affordable mid-range graphics card like the Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti or Nvidia GTX 1660, which are capable of 100+ fps at 1080p Ultra. Paired with a GPU with adaptive frame rate technology a la Nvidia’s G-Sync or AMD’s FreeSync, you can run games at 144 frames per second for buttery smooth, tear-free action.