Tag: Gamescom 2014
GC 2014: We answer the call of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami is a bloody, addictive and incredibly fun game that both celebrates and condemns violent video games. Its sequel, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, takes everything good about the previous game to whole new levels of cringe-inducing violence and fast-paced action. We know that because when we visited the booth of Devolver Digital in Gamescom 2014, we also...
GC 2014: You’ve been chosen to enter the Shadow Realms
A mysterious new IP from BioWare was rumored for GamesCom 2014. Apart from the cryptic "You've Been Chosen" trailers, nothing was officially released - leading to a great deal of guessing and speculation.
The community very quickly figured out the name of this new IP but nothing much in the way of what it may be was forthcoming.
That new IP...
GC 2014: Begin the co-opetition in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the second installment in the top-down Lara Croft franchise running unrelated to the main Tomb Raider series. Designed from the ground up for cooperative play between up to four players, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris can also be played all by yourself but is obviously much more fun with friends to...
P.T. is how you annouce a horror game silently
P.T. was one of the weirdest announcements last week on Sony's pre-Gamescom press conference. Why? Well, if you want to announce a new game in the Silent Hill series, you just say so. But no, why do that when you can put a scary as hell interactive teaser on PSN?
It's quite peculiar really. You can download the teaser to your PS4 for...
GC 2014: See Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest is the first game by Moon Studios - an international group of developers from all across the world, working in unison to bring us this title. Having been four years in development (three of which under Microsoft's roof), Ori and the Blind Forest is finally ready for a more thorough showing. This Gamescom, we...
CG 2014: Big guns and disco balls galore in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
We had another chance to see and play Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel at Gamescom 2014. After 2K Australia showed Wilhelm and Athena at E3, it was time for Nisha The Lawbringer and Claptrap to share the spotlight. Or in Claptrap's case - the shiny disco ball.
Nisha The Lawbringer is the game's version of the Gunzerker, with a cowboy twist. One...
GC 2014: Disney Infinity 2.0 is a whole new galaxy of possibilities
When I sat down to play Disney Infinity 2.0 at Gamescom, I didn't think it would be one of the most enjoyable games in the entire convention. Much like version 1.0, Infinity 2.0 lets you play with your favorite characters from the Disney universe (and most other universes the company bought over the years) by placing small figurines with...
GC 2014: Civilization: Beyond Earth is reaching for the stars
2K Games had a very busy booth at Gamescom 2014, with lots of cool games to see and play. But, as an avid strategy fan, the first game I wanted to see was Civilization: Beyond Earth, the new title in the acclaimed Sid Meier's Civilization franchise.
Civilization: Beyond Earth is a direct sequel to Civilization V (sort of), and starts...
GC 2014: Fable Legends will fart in your general direction
Imagine, if you will, a world where the hero has the freedom to be as unheroic as possible. In fact, the hero can be so unheroic as to be called the villain. That's right. We're not talking about "I saved the world and maybe stabbed a pesky peasant or two along the way". No, we're talking "I sent hordes...
GC 2014: The Settlers: Kingdom of Anteria is something old and something new
Revealed for the first time this Gamescom, The Settlers: Kingdom of Anteria is a fresh take on the franchise. Defined as "Economy-based combat adventure", the new Settlers brings to the table a lot of new ideas mixed into the tried-and-true Settlers formula.
From the old and acclaimed, the core formula remains: From the humble beginnings of what barely constitutes a...