Action/Strategy

Source: PCInvasion

Battlestate Games has been slowly teasing their action online survival FPS/RPG Escape from Tarkov for a few months and today they launched their pre-order deals.

Escape from Tarkov looks impressive enough but there’s not been a massive amount of detail released about the game and perhaps pre-orders are a little premature. Despite the lack of actual hands-on reports and a small amount of video footage, Battlestate Games obviously feel there’s enough interest to entice gamers with pre-orders.

The different options can be purchased on the official website’s pre-order page.

The developers from Battlestate Games, a Russian game studio, have released the hot new video with gameplay of their online game, Escape from Tarkov. The video is set in the outskirts of the Tarkov city, in one of the chemical plant’s dorms that is now being used as a staging post by local raiders. At this location, characters of Escape from Tarkov can encounter Scavs, who have made the place their headquarters and are unlikely to welcome surprise guests. The video showcases inventory management, partial weapon tweaking, search for items, and investigation of the player’s surroundings.

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore story-driven MMO which combines the elements of FPS/TPS and RPG. The events take place in the Russian city of Tarkov, which has been sealed of by roadblocks and sunk into the chaos of local warfare between private miltray companies. The extreme conditions combat simulator employs a number of custom system modules to create an incredibly immersive gameplay and make players feel the reality of what is happening in the game. The closed beta-testing of Escape from Tarkov is planned for 2016.

You can sign up for the closed beta and get more game info at the Escape from Tarkov official webpage.

Ubisoft handles the hunt for Jack the Ripper with surprising care, but familiar gameplay.

By Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer

Ubisoft’s announcement that it would adapt the murders of Jack the Ripper into a rip-roaring epilogue for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate rose some eyebrows. How would the developer handle the gruesome murders? Would you play as Jack during them? After Syndicate’s solid main storyline and well-written cast of characters, it was a risky swansong to take on.

Read on…

Source: Blue’s News

The Jack the Ripper DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate is now available, as is a new patch for the latest installment in Ubisoft’s assassination series. The patch notes have all the details on the new version, and the UbiBlog has the rest of what you need to know:

If you’re playing Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate on PC, you can now dive into the macabre, fear-fueled Jack the Ripper DLC and solve the mystery of the Whitechapel murders on your platform of choice. Unfolding (mainly) from Evie Frye’s point of view, the new adventure is set 20 years after the events of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, and tasks you with tracking down history’s most notorious serial killer.

Jack the Ripper is available through Steam and Uplay for $14.99, and is also included in the $29.99 Season Pass along with a slew of other content. Before you grab the DLC, however, make sure you download the 1.31 patch (detailed in full here), which adds Jack the Ripper support, better performance and stability and a number of other fixes, including the following:

• Added additional parameter to AC.ini for disabling cloth motion 30FPS limits
• Fixed crash in multi-monitor mode in London
• Fixed FXAA with enabled MSAA
• Fixed changing of display in fullscreen mode issues
• Fixed flickering panel in World Map
• Fixed various render issues
• Fixed several online issues
• Minor UI improvements

World of Tanks Blitz has arrived on Windows 10! Tankers across the world can now jump into quick skirmishes on any Windows 10 device – mobiles, tablets and PCs alike. By expanding to a new platform, the game brings 7-vs-7 tank combat to a brand-new audience with an array of enhanced gameplay functionalities.

Optimized for Windows 10, players will battle on one World of Tanks Blitz server across iOS, Android and Windows 10 platforms. To ensure equal chances of victory, those on Windows 10 PC devices will have a separate matchmaking queue.

Finally, to make World of Tanks Blitz a true cross-play experience, a number of in-game interfaces and elements have also been enhanced, which includes intuitive touch-screen controls for tablets and phones, and keyboard and mouse support for those gaming on Windows 10 PCs.

World of Tanks Blitz has already been downloaded over 40 million times across iOS and Android, and features over 200 tanks from Germany, Great Britain, the United States, the USSR and Japan.

Watch the World of Tanks Windows 10 Launch Trailer here.

To learn more about the upcoming release of World of Tanks Blitz on Windows 10, visit the official portal.

Wargaming is proud to announce the new Czechoslovakian Tech Tree for World of Tanks is ready to carve out a name for itself in Update 9.13. This line rolls out to battle with light and medium vehicles, giving tankers new weapons in their ever-growing arsenal to outwit and outhit their opponents.

Sitting proud at the top end of the Tech Tree are the Tier 9 and 10 Škoda TVP tanks. Boasting excellent accuracy, when combined with their range and stabilization, these powerful vehicles create a perfect recipe for destruction. Also joining the fight is the Tier 7 Konštrukta T-34/100, an upgraded version of the Soviet T-34 with an improved armament that will be very familiar to experienced players.

“With a rich and interesting tank-building history, World of Tanks could not pass up the opportunity to include these dynamic Czechoslovakian tanks into the game,” said Sergey Laptenok, Publishing Product Director, World of Tanks. “These vehicles, with a number of great features like maneuverability and autoloading guns, create an experience that players don’t want to miss out on.”

Also in Update 9.13 is the Czechoslovakian-inspired map “Pilsen”, which is set to be featured in Random and Rampage battles. This map was based on the actual Škoda tank factory in Pilsen that birthed a number of legendary vehicles. A first for World of Tanks, players will prowl around close-quarters environments within enclosed buildings.

Watch the Update 9.13 video here.

For more information about World of Tanks, visit the games official website.

Dynamic, exclusive anime-inspired game mode coming to World of Warships

The battle-torn oceans in World of Warships are getting new and unique in-game content inspired by the naval-themed sci-fi anime “ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL –ARS NOVA-”. This new mode is set to arrive soon, bringing with it special missions, skins for vessels styled on the anime, and more.

These series of missions will offer players great rewards modelled on the hi-tech reincarnations of warships featured in “ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL –ARS NOVA-”. Captains can take the helm of Kongo-class battleships from the series, as well as other vessels that will be added in the future.

If that’s not cool enough, these unique vessels feature Mental Models (humanoid AI avatars) from the show as their commander and will appear with their special, designated vessels. The actual voiceover actress of the main heroine “Iona” has been recruited to lend her talent, calling out battle actions. Finally, players will also be able to select a special “ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL –ARS NOVA-”-themed port to dock their Blue Steel fleet.

To learn more about the new “ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL –ARS NOVA-” game mode, and to watch the announcement video, visit the official World of Warships portal.

The British are coming! Rumbling over the ridge – but they are definitely not dressed in red, olive drab is the duty colour for the incoming 1.55 “Royal Armour” update. The new major update introduces armoured vehicles to Great Britain. More than 30 machines of the finest British steel, 9 new aircraft, 2 amazing North African locations and many more features have been added to the game.

We can’t wait to put British armour into the hands of our players! Some vehicles will be available to play right from the start.. The rest of them will be first tested and then introduced step by step. Follow our news to learn how to join the beta-test, that also grants access to all of the initial machines. Don’t miss it!

See the full list of changes in the Changelog section.

Thirty British tanks including variants of Valentine’s, Matildas, Cromwells and Churchills will be introduced over the coming weeks with five regular and four premium tanks initially for the Brits. Over the next few weeks the British ranks will steadily grow and encompass self-propelled guns and the very first armoured cars in War Thunder in the form of the T17E2 and Mk II AA.

Get more 1.55 “Royal Armour” information and watch the new video on the official War Thunder website.

Source: Blue’s News

The Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate website has a new trailer showing off the Jack the Ripper DLC that’s part of a season’s pass for the action/adventure sequel. This is available today for consoles and will come in one week to PCs. The trailer highlights VR support in the add-on, as it offers a 360 degree view of a slow motion run through Victorian London. Here’s word on the DLC and the trailer:

Featuring the infamous namesake of the DLC, the trailer takes you through the gritty streets of Victorian London and plunges viewers into Jack’s grisly world. This trailer is currently available in its full VR form for the Samsung Gear VR platform, but if don’t have that hardware and still want to get a taste of the experience, you can view it through YouTube and Facebook’s 360 video player.

The Jack the Ripper trailer provides insight into how Ubisoft imagines the future of storytelling through the unique immersion VR provides. “Nicolas [Bouchet] and I started working on this as a test to see how we could adapt a trailer to offer a true VR experience,” says Adrian Lacey, Director of IP Development at Ubisoft Montpelier. “Originally, we hadn’t planned on releasing it, but the results were so good we had to share it. The Jack the Ripper VR trailer is just a small taste of what virtual reality can bring, both in terms of storytelling and how it can help players go deeper into our worlds.”

Ubisoft has announced the Jack the Ripper add-on content for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate will be available for download on console on December 15 and PC on December 22. Jack the Ripper takes place 20 years after the events of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, where players will hunt the notorious serial killer as Assassin Evie Frye.

Jack the Ripper is available for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate players for $14.99, or as part of the Season Pass, which includes: Jack the Ripper, The Last Maharaja mission pack, A Long Night Season Pass exclusive mission, Streets of London gameplay pack, two top-tier sets of gear and weapons and an exclusive XP boost for $29.99. Jack the Ripper is included in the Gold Edition of the game. Season Pass holders can download the add-on starting December 15.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper, and to view the latest video, please visit official Assassin’s Creed website.