LittleBigPlanet Creator’s Dreams Beta Begins 2016
During Sony's Paris Games Week keynote today, Media Molecule announced that Dreams will have a beta in 2016.
Dreams was first announced at E3 following a few teases in the months following PS4's original reveal.
For more on Dreams, check out our initial reactions from E3.
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Famous DJ Avicii Working on PlayStation 4 Game
During today's Sony press conference at Paris Games Week, Vector, a new rhythm game from Hello There games in collaboration with DJ Avicii.
Slated to be released in 2016 on PlayStation 4, Hello There defines Vector as "a new kind of multiplayer music game with a fusion between gameplay, graphics and music."
Also announced, Vector will feature exclusive remixes from AVICII.
Watch the Avicii | Vector trailer above.
Driveclub Bikes Available Now
As a ratings board recently suggested, Sony announced Driveclub Bikes during its Paris Games Week conference today. The update includes a new Tour, new skill events, and new challenges across all 78 Driveclub locations. Bikes from Ducati, Yamaha, and Honda are all confirmed to appear in the expansion.
Bikes are available as an expansion pack for Driveclub, or as a standalone release. In a surprise move, Sony announced that Driveclub Bikes is launching today.
Driveclub originally launched in October 2014, though developer Evolution Studios later admitted it was "embarrassed" by the issues that plagued the game's launch. As of late July, Sony said two million copies of Driveclub had been sold to date.
No Man’s Sky Release Window Announced
No Man's Sky has a release window of June 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4, announced this morning at Sony's Paris Games Week press conference.
The open world survival game from Hello Games was first announced at Sony's E3 2014 conference. It features a vast, open universe with procedurally generated planets, each with its own unique flora and fauna.
Watch the new No Man's Sky Trailer above.
Idris Elba Joins Disney’s Zootopia
The voice cast for the upcoming Disney animated film Zootopia has been revealed.
The buddy cop toon stars Ginnifer Goodwin as first bunny officer Judy Hopps and Jason Bateman as con-artist fox Nick Wilde, along with Shakira as international superstar Gazelle.
The new cast members that have been revealed are as follows:
- Idris Elba as Chief Bogo
- J.K. Simmons as Mayor Leodore Lionheart
- Nate Torrence as Benjamin Clawhauser
- Jenny Slate as Assistant Mayor Bellweather
- Tommy Chong as Yax the Yak
Resogun Dev Reveals Matterfall
Housemarque, developer of Resogun and the upcoming Alienation, has announced Matterfall.
Check out the reveal trailer above.
The cinematic trailer showcased a bunch of cool-looking space ninjas in a futuristic city fighting waves of aliens that seemed to be comprised of red voxels. Though the trailer showed a bunch of action, it didn't tell us what time of game Matterfall would be.
According to Housemarque, "Matterfall follows an unexpected hero in a ravished sci-fi setting. Crystalline shapes that are summoned mid-air are a staple of technology in this world and you must overcome an ever expanding threat that might have already seeped too far into the core of humanity itself."
Boundless: A PlayStation 4 Adventure Coming in 2016
During its press conference at Paris Games Week today, Sony revealed Boundless, an odd first-person adventure game that's console exclusive to PlayStation 4 in 2016.
The debut trailer showed a character wielding a hammer exploring strange worlds, walking through portals to enter new and different places, before ascending a very Minecraft-like floating structure constructed from cubes. Other worlds showed simple homes, dinosaurs, gigantic valleys, and more.
Watch the Boundless announcement trailer above.
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The Flash: Get Ready for “The Fury of Firestorm”
This week’s episode of The Flash is called “The Fury of Firestorm.” As the title hints, the issues facing Dr. Stein (Victor Garber) are at the forefront, as Barry Allen and his team search for a new match for their ailing friend, who has been showing increasing physical side effects since the death of his “other half”, Ronnie Raymond.
“The Fury of Firestorm” introduces Jefferson "Jax" Jackson (Attack the Block’s Franz Drameh), who will be a part of the upcoming spinoff, Legends of Tomorrow (as will Garber). However, while Jax seems like a candidate to merge with Stein to become Firestorm, Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) has some notable reservations.
The Flash: "The Fury of Firestorm" Images
UK Deals: Halo 5: Guardians Spartan Locke Controller
Xbox One Halo 5: Guardians Spartan Locke Controller is £45.95 at Coolshop. This is £59.99 at the Microsoft Store and GAME so definitely a bargain for a great looking controller.
Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 2 Release Date Revealed
Telltale Games has stealth released the second episode of its Minecraft: Story Mode.
Episode 2: Assembly Required will be available starting today on all platforms, and coincides with the game's retail disc release. A new trailer giving some insight into what to expect has also been made available:
Minecraft: Story Mode is the first Minecraft game to appear on a Nintendo platform. Telltale Games recently revealed that the upcoming adventure series will be released on Wii U.
For more on the upcoming mode, be sure to check out IGN's impressions from PAX 2015, as well as our review of Episode 1 in which we thought Telltale created a pleasant, family-friendly adventure that kept us engrossed.