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Newsraker 11/13/13

by Boss Wave Staff on November 13, 2013
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  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a AAA Lord of The Rings game on it’s way to PC and the respective varieties of Xbox’s and Playstations from Warner Brothers and developer Monolith. This one’s probably a ways off, but it will grace the cover of the upcoming Game Informer issue.
  • Early reviewers have reported frame-rate issues in the PS4 version of Call of Duty: Ghosts. Infinity Ward is reportedly working on a patch.

Moving Pictures: Continue Reading

Newsraker 11/06/13

by Boss Wave Staff on November 7, 2013
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Ryse: Son of Rome is a launch title on Xbox One. Here’s some extended gameplay. It’s looking a bit simplistic, but very pretty of course. A quick and easy, brutal good time, or a just a brutal waste of one? Time shall tell us soon enough.

–Lococycle looks, well, loco. Here’s hoping this live action trailer is indicative of more of this in the final game.> Continue Reading

Newsraker 11/04/13

by Boss Wave Staff on November 4, 2013
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  • Sony will be unveiling “previously unannounced titles” the night of the PS4’s release. GameTrailerTV will be hosting the event live at 11pm EST. Will there be surprise launch titles included? I’d wager yes; likely some lighter digital fare.
  • The first pictures of the new Steam Machine (wasn’t it called SteamBox??) have surfaced. Take a look.
  • Peggle 2 won’t be launching day-and-date with Xbox One as was previously thought, but is sure to have people grinning “only a few weeks later” sometime in December. (VG247)

Moving pictures: Continue Reading

Newsraker 10/28/13

by Boss Wave Staff on October 28, 2013
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  • Interested in MMO Rift, but haven’t yet taken the plunge? Now might be the time, as it’s gone free-to-play on Steam.
  • Trine 2: The Complete Story Edition will be making its way to PS4. Chris will be pleased.
  • Apparently Infinity Ward has taken up aliens as their extraneous enemy of choice for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ extinction mode to match Treyarch’s Black Ops zombies. I’m actually alright with this. You?

-Here’s the trailer: Continue Reading

Newsraker 10/25/13

by Boss Wave Staff on October 25, 2013
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  • Ouya 2.0 will release sometime in 2014, with better performance and an improved controller. (Seth has very mixed feeling about this.)
  • Boss Wave favorite Enslaved is out now on Steam in a new premium edition. If you haven’t played it, do yourself a favor. We loved it and featured it on our Underrated, Under-played, Under-appreciated list.
  • Rayman Fiesta Run will release on iOS, Android and Windows on November 7th.

Trailers:

-Microsoft’s Xbox One launch campaign is underway. Continue Reading

Newsraker 10/23/13

by Boss Wave Staff on October 23, 2013
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Tidbits & Trailers

  • Visual Concepts has stated that NBA 2K14 will run at 1080p at 60 fps on both Xbox One and PS4. Tasty.
  • As has been previously reported, the Xbox One’s new and improved Kinect will allow you to stand at closer distances both solo and with others. This might be a leaked manual confirming just how much: Polygon

–Titanfall has been confirmed for a March 11th release. Here’s the latest gameplay trailer to whet your appetite.

-“Assassin’s Creed IV 101″ is 9 minutes long and sets the table for Black Flag. Continue Reading

Newsraker 10/21/13

by Boss Wave Staff on October 21, 2013
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Next-Gen is coming:

  • Fable Legends is built to evolve with episodic content for years to come apparently. Next year’s release could be seen as “Season 1.” (IGN)
  • PS4 controllers are backwards compatible with the PS3. (Does that terminology just work both ways then?)
  • Michael Fassbender says the Assassin’s Creed movie is “definitely happening.” And that he doesn’t have a “video game player.” 😀 (The Daily Beast)

The Call Of Duty: Ghosts launch trailer is go, features explosions and Eminem.> Continue Reading

Newsraker 10/09/13

by Boss Wave Staff on October 9, 2013
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Not a ton going on this week. Here’s some tidbits and a trailer.

  • Dragon’s Crown is getting cross-play between PS3 and Vita. Chris will be pleased.
  • Not one, but two new Android based consoles might be launching this holiday season. Mad Catz’ M.O.J.O has been announced for December 10th and Amazon’s much rumored entry into the market is now double rumored to be releasing in the very near future.

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-This Friday 10/11 marks the release of chapter one of Telltale’s latest The Wolf Among Us. It’s entitled Faith and here’s a trailer. Continue Reading

Newsraker 09/30/13

by Boss Wave Staff on September 30, 2013
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  • Last week EA canceled next year’s iteration of its popular NCAA Football series amidst a lawsuit over the usage of student athletes’ likenesses. They have since settled the lawsuit, though it isn’t clear at this time if that will have any bearing on the series in the short term.
  • Microsoft has unveiled October’s Games With Gold titles. Gold subscribers will be able to download Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes from October 1st through the 14th. Halo 3 will round out the rest of the month. Rainbow Six: Vegas is still available for the rest of today if you haven’t yet picked that up.
  • Long time Eidos president and industry veteran Ian Livingstone will amicably part ways with Eidos and its parent Square Enix to pursue other interests, notably The Livingstone Foundation which focuses largely on education. (VG247)

-Also, ever wonder if you could do any of THIS in GTA? Continue Reading