The next entry in the Call of Duty series was recently announced (subtitled "Infinite Warfare") and in a recent livestream event, Activision confirmed that the campaign would be single-player only. The silver lining, I suppose, is that you will be able to team up with friends to take on zombies, as you have for the past couple Call of Duty games.
May the 4th marks a special day for Star Wars fans. TT Games and Warner Bros joined in the festivities with some news about he next LEGO game, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It appears you'll be able to play some of the adventures that are mentioned in the movie, but never shown, like Han and Chewie capturing the Rathars.
Three Fields Entertainment, which is comprised of some notable Criterion alums, has been busy working on their first title, Dangerous Golf. As the newest trailer demonstrates, you're really not playing golf, you're playing a beautiful destruction simulator.
The next bit of DLC for Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide has been teased. Arriving towards the end of this month, "Drachenfel" will add three new maps to the existing set and task players with exploring the ancient castle, which is located outside of the Ubersreik region, to put an end to some Skaven schemes.
Microsoft is offering up some big discounts on a slew of co-op titles for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. From now until May 9, you can snag Halo 5: Guardians for just $44.99, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for $27.99, and Ryse: Son of Rome for $17.99. If you're an Xbox Gold Member, you'll get an additional 10% off that price.
Stardew Valley has become quite the popular farm-sim game over the past few months. The title had a lot of positive buzz around it before it even launched, and that sentiment has only grown after its release. In a blog post this past weekend, Eric Barone, the one-man development team who goes under the alias ConcernedApe, stated that cooperative multiplayer would be coming to the title.
Patch 2.4.1 has gone live for Diablo 3 on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and Season 6 has kicked off for the PC version. The patch brings a lot of tweaks and changes to various legendary items and character abilities, but it also brings in some new ways to kit out your hero.
It's always nice to be presently surprised by a release, no matter how big or small the game is. Pang Adventures snuck out a few weeks ago on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The game is part of the Buster Bros. series here in the US, so it's been more than 20 years since the series has had a proper release.
After getting plenty of teases for the past few months, developer Streum On Studio has finally released some gameplay footage for their Warhammer 40k title, Space Hulk: Deathwing. They show off a little combat, highlight some of the loadout options, and talk about some of the Tyrant foes you'll face.
Just a few months ago we heard about a new co-op survival game, The Wild Eight, that was in development by a studio based out of Yakutia, Russia. The team's goal was to get the title out on the PC this year, but they needed a little help to make that a reality.
Degica has announced that they'll be bringing DoDonPachi: DaiFukkatsu, which was released a few years back as DoDonPachi Resurrection on the Xbox 360 for Europe and PAL territories, to Steam "soon." Based on the features provided, it appears this new release will be based on the version released on the 360, version 1.5.
The next piece of DLC for Rainbow 6 Siege, dubbed "Operation Dust Line," was teased by Ubisoft a couple weeks back. The only details that were revealed at that time were that two new operators, Valkyrie and Blackbeard, would be a part of this content. Further information, it seems, will be discussed during the Pro League Finals this Friday, May 7.
