Borderlands Remastered gonna Hit Next-Gen Consoles?

Borderlands, the RPG-like shooter which went on to sell more than 5 million units, is likely coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as a deluxe remastered edition.

Publishing label 2K Games has yet to officially announce the next-gen update, but a listing on the Australian Classification Board appears to have revealed the publisher’s plans prematurely. Little else can be gathered from the listing, though it does suggest that 2K Australia--which was the principal developer of Borderlands: The pre-Sequel--has been delegated duties to build the port.

Remastered updates of popular last-gen games have become a common feature of the gaming calendar. Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, The Last of Us Remastered, and Grand Theft Auto 5 are some of the most popular re-releases on next-gen systems.

Gearbox Software, the creator of the Borderlands series, recently suggested that it was the comparatively low installed-base of the next-gen consoles that convinced it to ship Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on last-gen machines only.

Source: gamespot.com

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Xbox One Wins after Months!

Xbox One consoles sold at a record-breaking pace in November, Microsoft claimed Thursday, citing data from research firm NPD. The Xbox One also unseated the reigning champ of the console market — Sony’s Playstation 4 — for the first time in nearly a year.

Sales of Microsoft’s latest console were buoyed by a strong lineup of new gaming titles and aggressive Black Friday discounts. Microsoft lopped $50 off of the Xbox One’s retail price and bundled free games into package deals.

“We are amazed by the excitement Xbox fans have shown to start off this holiday,” said Mike Nichols, vice president of Xbox marketing, in a statement. “November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, and Xbox One was the best-selling console in the U.S. and U.K.”

Nonetheless, Gamespot reports that sales across the entire console market declined year over year, also citing NPD. An analyst for the group noted that sales slackened not only for the previous generation of consoles, as expected, but also for the newest generation, which accounted for 38% of the overall decline.

Source: time.com

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First "Evil Within" DLC Coming Next Year.

Bethesda Softworks has announced that the first DLC release for The Evil Within will be arrive in early 2015. Entitled The Assignment, the new content will be the first of two DLC expansions focusing on Juli Kidman, the mysterious partner of Detective Sebastian Castellanos.

"We approached the DLC from the perspective that, while Juli is enigmatic during the main game, there were additionally lots of other mysteries about the world and the characters that could be cleared up or hinted at by playing as her. She is a character who seems rather 'aware' of her situation, after all," John Johanas, the game director of The Assignment, explained on the Bethesda Blog. 

"Early on, we listed the things that we wanted to answer and ones we wanted to keep open and worked around that. We definitely leave some of the mysteries open, but I feel we shed a lot of light on the lore of Ruvik, STEM, and the characters while asking (and answering) a whole new set of questions regarding Juli and her mission."

Johanas said the two sections of the original game that had the greatest impact on the DLC are chapter five, "where you were trapped in a very oppressive are of the game and the horror element was at its strongest," and chapter nine, which was more about exploration and solving puzzles to uncover more of the story behind the game. Juli is also "much livelier" than Sebastian, so there will be more banter and commentary during play.

The Assignment will be the first of three DLC releases included in The Evil Within season pass, which goes for $20. Individual DLC pricing and a specific release date have not yet been set.

Source: pcgamer.com

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More Battlefield 4 on the Way!

Developer DICE has promised the Final Stand expansion does not mark the end of updates and new content for first-person shooter Battlefield 4.

In a blog post on Battlelog, the vowed to continue to support the game, which launched in November 2013.

"With Battlefield 4 Final Stand released, we hope and believe that you will enjoy it together with the rest of the game for a long time," DICE said. "However, there is one thing we want to assure you: there is more content coming for Battlefield 4."

What new content? The developer kept its cards close to its chest, but it did promise to reveal more information soon.

In the meantime, DICE called for feedback on classic Battlefield maps, asking players to tell it which it would like to see remade in Battlefield 4. There's even a poll in which you can vote on several maps taken from several games in the series, including Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3.

Source: eurogamer.net

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The Deals for Xbox One/360's Gold Members of the Week.

Microsoft has announced this week's list of Xbox One and Xbox 360 deals for Xbox Live Gold members. This week's theme is games from PopCap, with titles such as Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Peggle 2, and Bejewled 3 on sale today through December 15.

Check out a roundup of the deals below. Picking anything up this week?

Xbox One Deals with Gold:

• Peggle 2 - $4.80 (normally $12)
• Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare - $13.20 (normally $40)

Of note: Garden Warfare and Peggle 2 are free with a $5/month or $30 year membership to EA Access.

Xbox 360 Deals with Gold:

• Bejeweled 3 - $7.50 (normally $15)
• Feeding Frenzy - $2.50 (normally $5)
• Feeding Frenzy 2 - $5 (normally $10)
• Peggle - $5 (normally $10)
• Peggle Nights Add-On - $2.50 (normally $5)
• Plants vs. Zombies - $7.50 (normally $15)
• Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare - $10.20 (normally $30)
• Zuma - $2.50 (normally $5)
• Zuma's Revenge - $5 (normally $10)

Source: gamespot.com

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Enter Next-Gen with PS4 + Four Other Games!

This holiday shopping season has already seen some pretty good discounts from retailers trying to move new game consoles, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals bundling up to two free games with a $400 PlayStation 4. Now that those feeding frenzies are over, Sony has jumped in to officially add a bundled game to the $400 PlayStation 4 package for the first time.

As part of Sony's "Four Games, One Pick" promotion, new PS4 systems will now come with a voucher that can be redeemed online to download a copy of either Destiny, Far Cry 4, NBA 2K15, or Little Big Planet 3. The 500GB systems still sell for the same MSRP of $399.99, a price Sony hasn't lowered since the system first went on sale late last year. Sony previously offered a Glacier White PS4 system bundled with Destiny, but that package came at a suggested price of $450. It's unclear how long the free game offer will last.

Sony's move comes after Microsoft lowered the price of the Xbox One to $350 (including packages with bundled games) as part of a holiday season promotion running at least through January 3. Prior to that, Microsoft had offered lower prices and free game bundles on Xbox One hardware throughout the year.

At this point, it's hard to say how the $350 price has affected the Xbox One's holiday sales, but market analysis firm Infoscout says Microsoft's system sold roughly two-thirds better than the PS4 on Black Friday based on data from its panel of shoppers. Sony's free game offer could be an indication that it's seeing Microsoft's console make gains on the PS4's worldwide sales advantage through September, or it could just be an unrelated plan to attract more buyers this holiday season. Whatever the case, the continued competition between Sony and Microsoft in this console generation seems to be paying dividends for consumers.

Source: arstechnica.com

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The Opening Cinematic Trailer for Dying Light.

Techland has released the opening cinematic for Dying Light, giving a brief overview of the events which set the game's storyline in motion.

The 90 second video reveals the background for the outbreak in the city of Harran, which results in a political tug-of-war between Harran's Ministry of Defense and the Global Relief Effort, a privately funded international humanitarian organization.

In the game players assume the role of Kyle Crane, an undercover operative sent on an infiltration mission into the quarantine zone established to contain the unknown plague.

Dying Light launches on January 30 for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Source: videogamer.com

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