“Perception” aims to take us somewhere horror games have yet to venture. We’ve been through oddly styled hanted houses, fought zombies, run from monsters; but have we done it blind? With about 48 hours to go The Deep End Games is less than 5k away from showing us how terrifying a haunted mansion can be when your protagonist is left to the other four senses to survive. The trailer below looks fascinating, if you haven’t kicked in 20 bucks will get you a Steam code at launch.
Last night during the PlayStation presser, it was announced that “Shenmue III” would be hitting Kickstarter that night. Within an hour it had hit $500,000, within two hours it was over a million, and, as of this morning, the game has broken its $2,000,000 goal. A pledge of $29.00 will get you a digital copy for PS4 or PC to play to your hearts content. It has been 14 years since the release of “Shenmue II’ and the numbers clearly show, that a sequel is in demand.
This is yet another example of a major studio putting their IP on Kickstarter to gauge crowd interest. With the recent success of “Bloodstained” (The highest funded game on Kickstarter to date), and the success of countless other titles, crowdfunding is still going strong in gaming.
Is it wrong for large studios to use Kickstarter to fund their IP? Would “Shenmue III” generate this much revenue if it simply went to retail itself? I wonder, if after the E3 hype train has stopped, if the energy from the show is enough to get consumers to pick up a title 2ish years after announcement, with Kickstarter the commitment is instant, and the emotional tie to the purchase is stronger.
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This trailer left me with a lot of questions. Who’s in the tower, what are you guarding against, who is on the radio, why the axe. WHO CUT THE COMM CABLE?! This trailer looks really intriguing, hopefully we’ll get more detail about this before the end of the year. Trailer below.
After releasing innovative and lovable games like “Little Big Planet 1 and 2” (3 is dead to me). Media Molecule is taking their creative juices and heading for a new frontier. Allowing users to “paint” whatever they want into reality and create vast worlds, “Dream” looks to be something that again proves video games are art. You can catch the trailer below.
Gueriilla Games took the stage during the Sony Presser tonight and unveiled their new IP, “Horizon: Zero Dawn”. This game pits a female protagonist against hordes of robotic dinosaurs that she is hunting, for their technology it looks like. The initial trailer and gameplay is absolutely stunning as everything next gen should be, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex-like monster she confronts is terrifying. You can catch the trailer below!
Countless hours of my childhood can be linked back to my parents office on the “King’s Quest” series. Since the announcement that The Odd Gentlemen were working on this title I have been beside myself with excitement. This trailer shows gameplay from Chapter 1, releasing in July 2015. The game will release as a five part, episodic tale. Episode 1 will feature Graham telling Gwendolyn about his adventures becoming a Knight in Daventry.
Trailer below!
So “South Park: The Stick of Truth” is getting a sequel, because what we need, more than anything to save gaming, is exactly that. The snarky and hilarious game will be coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The game is available for immediate pre-order and looks to be absolutely hilarous. You can catch the trailer below.
“Rainbow Six: Siege” announced at last years show has been somewhat of a ghost since it’s initial announcement. During Ubisoft’s conference this afternoon the lid was blown off and we were given even more insight into the title. For starters the multiplayer trailer is available for your viewing pleasure directly below. AND, September 24 ,2015 there will be a multiplayer beta available which will include PVP as well as a cooperative Terrorist Hunt mode.
Bethesda is throwing their hat into the free-to-play card arena. Announcing a new game for PC and iOS. Following the success of Hearthstone, it isn’t surprising to see another huge publisher getting into this realm. The game will release “later” and looks to be interesting to play. It definitely has a lot of lore to draw on.
After an action-packed demonstration of the new Doom, which we have been waiting for, eternally. (Still don’t have a beta yet!). Bethesda Softworks released the below trailer to show off the action. Described as “Bruce Lee on a skateboard with a shotgun”. This looks like a throwback to the original Doom titles, less horror, more shooting.