You’ve heard the console announcements now watch the PC gaming show. Streaming Live at 6pm PST.
Here’s the official trailer for Assassins’ Creed Syndicate. It’s set in London, 1868, during the Industrial Revolution.
Assassins’ Creed Syndicate tells the story of Jacob Frye and his quest to seize control of London’s criminal underground. Watch as he leads his gang—The Rooks—in a frantic fight through the city, traversing the rooftops, streets, and even a speeding train to take down a rival gang that is cruelly exploiting the people of London.
Tom Clancy’s The Division already looked to be one of the best games of 2016 but now it looks to be one of the best Tom Clancy games ever. Check out the Multiplayer action in this trailer.
Paradox Interactive CEO Fred Wester and Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart revealed Pillars of Eternity's first expansion at the PC Gaming Show. The expansion is called The White March: Part 1 promises a new storyline, new quests, raised level cap, new abilities, and new companions.
Blizzard announced an expansion to Star Craft 2 called Legacy of the Void which will conclude the story started with the original Star Craft.
The Guild Wars 2 expansion-Heart of Thorns was revealed during the PC Gaming Show. The expansion pack to the popular PC MMO adds a lot of new content including guild halls. However, as is the case for this game, there’s a whole lot more to it.
Rod Fergusson, studio head at The Coalition, revealed at the PC Gaming Show that Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is coming to PC.
Judge the game for yourself since not too much is known about the game. Here is the press release:
Presenting ReCore an XBOX ONE EXCLUSIVE from the legendary creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime. As one of the last remaining humans, forge friendships with courageous robot companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a mysterious, dynamic world.
Fable Legends premiered during the Microsoft E3 press event. The video shows off the games many environments. It will be a story based world with over two dozen creatures to fight. There is already planned post launch add-on content that will add new creatures and heroes.
The Hitman franchise has been around for a long time. In the latest Hitman game things change. Agent 47 returns to assassinate targets around the world with a new online real time system. Compete against other agents or work together to assassinate dynamic targets. Many assassination targets will only be available once, so if you fail you don’t get a second chance. Coming to all consoles and PC.
Destiny: The Taken King is an expansion for the massively popular game Destiny. It adds new enemy types, new missions, new powers, and new weapons. Check out the trailer that premiered at the Sony Press conference during E3.
Star Wars fans rejoice. Star Wars will appear on Disney Infinity 3.0 along with Marvel, and Pixar. Two new adventure packs are shown off: Twilight of the Republic Playset Episode 3. Rise against the Empire, set in the original trilogy. There is also exclusive limited edition Star Wars starter pack for PS4 that includes the Boba Fett figure.
The long awaited Street Fighter V game was announced during the Sony E3 press conference. Watch the trailer for the game. Pre-Order for Beta Access.
The trailer shows the introduction cut scene of the video game Batman: Arkham Knight. It looks amazing. Check it out, now.
Just Cause 3 is an open world franchise with destructible environments. It emphasizes letting players do what they want, when they want. Available Dec 1, 2015.
You’ve heard the console announcements now watch the PC ones. Streaming Live at 6pm PST.
StarFox: Zero- One of the best games on the Nintendo 64. With an innovative control system that allows you to fly around on the main TV but aim with the WiiU tablet. StarFox returns Holiday 2015.
Super Mario Maker- Allows players to create custom Mario levels and share with others online. Uses Mario title specific assets to create infinite custom levels. Available Sept 11, 2015.
What happens when you combine two great Mario franchises? You get Mario & Luigi Paper Jam-Paper Mario visits the regular Mario world on the 3DS. Spring 2016.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided- In this sequal the augmented are turned into second class citizens and put into ghettoes. Our hero teams up with hacker activist to bring down the Corporations. New tools. Improved graphics. Choices matter and determine the game ending. Q1 2016 release.
Kingdom Hearts 3 boasts an open world concept and lots of action. It’s a great trailer. We especially enjoyed seeing the Light Parade powers. Xbox One and PS4. No release date.
There is a mobile tie in game called Kingdom Hearts Unchained.
Knights of the Fallen Empire is an expansion pack for the MMO Star Wars the Old Republic. The expansion pack includes new companions, new stories, and more Jedi twin fighting than you can shake a stick at.
Final Fantasy fans have been begging Sony to remake Final Fantasy VII for decades. Looks like the video game gods are listening. Sony announced that they’re giving the fans what they want. Watch the video in case you still don’t believe.
Horizon: Zero Dawn is a post-apocalyptic open world survival game. Giant techno beasts roam a world were humans are thrown back to Stone Age tech mostly. Watch this cave woman hunt what looks like Beast War Transformers.
Sony showed off some of the amazing action in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The E3 demo includes a nice glitch that forced Sony to restart the demo. Still tons of action and adventure from this great franchise.
The Last Guardian premiered at the Sony Press Conference at E3 2015. The crowd went wild when they saw this game play footage.
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate – Play as Jacob or his twin Evie Frye, female assassin. She has a stylish cane sword and throwing knives.
Call of Duty Black Ops 3-Set in the year 2065 players can work together to complete story missions in 5 player Co-op. Configure your load out before you start the mission. Multiplayer was also shown off. Available Nov. 6, 2015.
The latest edition to the franchise adds an expansive open world for you to explore. Check out the trailer for more.
Welcome to episode 167 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
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It’s been about a week since E3 and Kevin Pereira over at The Attack have produced their first award show for the event. If you were a fan of Attack of the Show on G4 you’ll enjoy the humor of the video.