Fight Your Foes, and Gravity, with Paperbound on PS4 and PC
Paperbound, an upcoming wonky literary brawler, will be coming to PS4 soon.
Dan Holbert, founder of developer Dissident Logic, took to the PlayStation Blog today to detail the game.
The two-to-four player local multiplayer game centers around a universe where classic books, like "Inferno" and "A Journey to the Center of the Earth," come to life and you can play as their characters. The game also includes cameos from famous game characters, like Juan Aguacate from Guacamelee!
Paperbound features some exciting twists reminiscent of Super Smash Bros., including gravity which can be manipulated and changed on a dime, creating environments which are dynamic and flexible. Scissors and ink-bombs are the characters' main weapons, which the player can use to decapitate or explode enemies.
New Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six Siege, More Coming This Year
During a conference call with investors today, Ubisoft reconfirmed that a new Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and The Division will all be coming out this year.
The conference call with investors revealed that the third quarter of 2014-2015 saw Ubisoft's sales up nearly 60% over the same period last year.
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Ubisoft Q3 Sales Up 55.8 Percent From Last Year
Ubisoft has reported its third quarter sales came to €809.7 million, or approximately $922.8 million USD. The number represents an increase of nearly 60% over the same period last year.
The figure came in higher than Ubisoft's projection of €730 million made during its first-half 2014-2015 financial results. The number represents an increase in market share, from 9.6% in 2013 to 12.8% in 2014, and was helped along by "a strong performance" from Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Rogue.
Combined sales of the two Assassin's Creed games totalled 10 million units. Far Cry 4 sold 7 million units, while The Crew sold 2 million. Just Dance sold 4 million units, and Ubisoft touted Watch Dogs' sales, which have reached 10 million lifetime units sold-in.
SHIELD Recruits Sons of Anarchy’s Drea de Matteo
It looks like Skye's father, Cal (Kyle MacLachlan), is getting a new ally on an upcoming episode of Agents of SHIELD.
Marvel has announced that Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy) will guest star as "Karla Faye Gideon" - described as a "Gifted woman with a grudge to bear against S.H.I.E.L.D. who joins forces with Cal."
Drea de Matteo in Sons of Anarchy.
This Week in the Nintendo eShop
It's New 3DS week, so that means most of the fun starts on February 13 with Majora's Mask 3D (available at 9 p.m. PT on February 12) and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Until then, there are some fun retro games available on Wii U and 3DS. On Wii U, you can check out Breath of Fire, a SNES RPG from Capcom, on Virtual Console while 3DS gets the next entry in the Sega 3D Classics series in 3D Fantasy Zone.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D ($39.99, Available February 13)
The remake of the 2000 Nintendo 64 classic is finally coming to 3DS. Not only does Majora's Mask 3D have improved graphics and a better interface, it also features some fine-tuning to make this mildly off-putting Zelda game a little friendlier to those who haven't experienced it before. You can check out IGN's review for more details.
Ultron’s Movie Look Revealed in More Detail
The latest addition to Hot Toys' growing lineup of Avengers: Age of Ultron figures will be Ultron himself. The Ultron Prime figure offers an even closer glimpse of what Ultron will actually look like in his final form in the film.
Avengers: Age of Ultron Gets 6 New Hot Toys Figures From Artist Mix
This incredibly detailed Ultron Prime figure is designed at 1:6 scale and measures about 16 inches tall - giving him several inches over the recently revealed Iron Man Mark XLIII and Captain America figures. Both the figure and the display base feature an LED light-up function. Scroll down for a closer look:
“Weird Al” Yankovic Is Taking Over MAD Magazine
“Weird Al” Yankovic just announced on Twitter that he will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of MAD Magazine for one issue. We have your exclusive first details on the news.
“Childhood dream achieved: I am going to be MAD Magazine’s first-ever guest editor (issue #533)!” the satirical songwriter tweeted.
MAD is a comedic magazine that pokes fun at everything from pop culture to politics. The press release also says Weird Al’s duties as MAD’s first-ever guest editor will include “writing an introduction to the issue, contributing (along with some of his celebrity friends) to the Fund’AL’ini Pages, and picking his favorite MAD article for the Vault section.”
The Swindle is Coming to Consoles in 2015
Curve Studios has revealed that indie stealth-em-up The Swindle will be sneaking its way on to consoles this year.
Helmed by one of the developers of Ben There, Dan That, Dan Marshal, The Swindle is a cyberpunk-styled take on the stealth genre that sees you pulling off various different heists.
The game will see you breaking into buildings while putting your hacking skills to the test, and tasks players with making a clean getaway.
Promising players gameplay that mixes stealth and platforming with a few RPG and rogue-like elements, Marshall describes The Swindle as "a mix between Deus Ex and Spelunky."
The game will be heading to PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U and Xbox One later this year.
Snoop Dogg’s Game of Thrones Song is Coming
HBO has announced a second volume of its Game of Thrones soundtrack Catch the Throne: The Mixtape.
Volume 2's lineup features hip-hop and reggaeton artists such as Method Man, Snoop Dogg, and Yandel mixed in with metal bands such as Anthrax and Killswitch Engage.
The mixtape's 15 songs are said to represent the Game of Thrones characters and their families, leveraging themes and highlights from the show's fourth season. Each song samples music from the season 4 soundtrack, and the tracklist also weaves in the overarching theme of fire and ice.
According to HBO, each of the artists featured is a huge fan of the series.
"Off the top, I love Game of Thrones - I even gave my expert analysis of this season on my GGN show," said Snoop Dogg. "It’s like the rap game, it's gangster, about family, loyalty and trying to get to the top. I had to get involved. Give the fans a little bit of how I see it."
First Look: Supergirl Statue
It's time to thank Rao -- Supergirl is getting a statue from Diamond Select Toys. Officially called the Superman TAS Femme Fatales Supergirl PVC Statue, the sculpture marks the Diamond line's first foray into the DC Universe.
Standing 9 inches tall (proportional to other statues in the Femme Fatales line), Kara Zor-El perches upon a rocky base and comes in a full-colour window box.
Superman TAS Femme Fatales Supergirl PVC Statue