Hey, fellow nerds.
Max here, and welcome back to another episode
of Yesterday’s Games Today.
We certainly got some interesting stories
yesterday that I’m excited to share with
you guys.
* The Prey reboot received a May 5th release
date as well as a new gameplay trailer.
The original game released back in 2006 after
just over ten years in development, and went
on to sell very well for the time - moving
over a million copies in two months.
A sequel was then announced, but became stuck
in development hell for quite a while before
being cancelled.
The rights were then passed to Bethesda.
Arkane Studios, developers of the brilliant
Dishonored series, are handling the reboot.
* Survival game “Conan Exiles” is going
into Steam Early Access on January 30th with
some benefits for those who buy in early.
Those who get the game during this period
will only need to pay $29.99, but there is
a special upgrade, the “Barbarian Edition”,
available for $60.
This upgrade comes with a ton of stuff including
a
1.
Custom Conan Exiles digital comic book
2.
Exclusive Conan Exiles t-shirt
3.
Six digital Conan the Avenger comic books
from Dark Horse Comics
4.
368-page, full-color, digital Conan Pen & Paper
RPG Core Book from the hugely successful Kickstarter
by Modiphius
5.
"The Coming of Conan" eBook, 496 pages with
illustrations and original Conan stories
6.
The award-winning soundtracks from Age of
Conan and Rise of the Godslayer, plus the
brand new Conan Exiles soundtracks
7.
In-game items for the Age of Conan MMO including
a Savage Rhino mount
8.
"The Art of Conan Exiles" digital artbook
9.
And more
* The game is also coming to the Xbox One
preview program in the spring as well as the
PS4 sometime later.
* The Power Rangers reboot is getting a mobile
tie-in for both iOS and Android.
It is a multiplayer fighting game entitled
“Power Rangers: Legacy Wars”.
Apparently this is the second game associated
with the reboot, with the first one releasing
this month for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
I had absolutely no idea a Power Rangers game
came out this month so i’m going to guess
it was complete ass as these movie games tend
to be.
* The Hitman reboot is getting a free new
difficulty level on the 31st.
The “Professional” difficulty will become
available to players who have reached Master
Level 20 in a specific location.
This difficulty will limit saves, item availability
and usage, and will give A.I. and security
cameras a boost.
The increased challenge will also lead to
new rewards.
There will be separate leaderboards for Professional
difficulty, and it will be available for all
story missions, but live content will still
be on the original difficulty level.
Hitman players tend to like a challenge, so
this free update will be sure to bring quite
a few back to the story to test their skills.
* Ghost Recon Wildlands will be having a closed
beta on February 3rd until the 6th.
The beta will allow for solo or co-op play,
and sign ups for all platforms are now live,
and the link to get to it is in the description.
Pre-loading begins on the 1st.
* Blizzard’s college eSports tournament,
“Heroes of the Dorm”, is moving from ESPN
to Facebook Live this time around.
Those looking to compete in the competition
can sign up now at the link in the description.
And parents said playing video games would
never get us anywhere.
Now it’s paying for college.
The regular season of the competition starts
on February 15th.
* Lots of mobile-related news the past few
days.
The mobile Final Fantasy game, “Mobius Final
Fantasy”, is heading to Steam on February
6th.
The game will be free just like on your phone.
I played a bit of it, last month, but it isn’t
really my cup of tea.
I prefer to stick to the mainline titles.
* The classic film Apocalypse Now is getting
a video game that isn’t a shitty mobile
tie-in.
The director, Francis Ford Copolla, himself
broke the news yesterday, and launched a $900,000
dollar Kickstarter campaign to get the game
funded.
The story is roughly based on the storyline
of the film, and will include characters from
it, as well as lots of new ones specific to
the game.
Supposedly several thousand man hours have
already been spent on pre-production of the
title, and the team has a lot of experience
on previous games such as Fallout: New Vegas,
The Witcher, Wasteland 2, and Pillars of Eternity.
For more details, check out the link in the
description.
The game is slated to be released in 2020.
* Xbox head Phil Spencer gave us some truly
depressing news yesterday.
The next Xbox One update is going to get rid
of the “snap” feature that everyone totally
uses.
The removal will improve the overall speed
of the console though, so I think everyone
will be okay.
The demise of Xbox’s best feature will be
available to us all in April.
* Last but certainly not least, a new Mass
Effect Andromeda trailer is dropping today.
Hell, it may have already dropped depending
on when you’re watching this.
I don’t know, go fucking check!
I only do yesterday’s news I can’t do
everything for you.
I hope it’s dope though.
Also did you know the dude who voices your
in-game dad is also the voice of Mr. Krabs?
How fucking cool is that?
Alright folks that it for yesterday’s news.
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I’ll see you guys tomorrow, this is Max
signing off.
