Category: Video Games

The Watch It While You Can Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 trailer.

The trailer for Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 was supposed to come out today, and it did, and then it got pulled.  But apparently somebody grabbed it first. And… well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFws7m4s3E0

Coming out in November, and I already know that I’m getting this.  My kids play the first Marvel Lego Superheroes, and as soon as they find out about this one, things will progress inevitably.  And, honestly, I want them playing these games, instead of other ones.

Yeaaahh Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 already looks kind of tiresome.

Can’t imagine how this might tick anybody off.  Nope, no idea whatsoever. Complete mystery:

Yeah, sorry.  Normally I’m trying not to be That Guy.  Then again, normally I’ve had a better night’s sleep where I didn’t also spend it subconsciously trying to hear whether my kid’s about to start upchucking again.  So I’m generally more forgiving of video game shibboleths than I am right at this moment.

Ubisoft to announce new Assassin’s Creed at E3.

It’s going to be coming in during this fiscal year: that probably means October or November of 2017, based on how they typically release Assassin’s Creed titles.  No formal confirmation yet that it’s going to be called “Empire” or that it features Ancient Egypt, but that’s the way to bet. I also assume that the two-year gap in games is due to the lack of success in the Assassin’s Creed movie, which I meant to go see, really. Yeah, I know: that makes me part of the problem.

Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? How about Dragon Age: Origins? [UPDATE]

I’m only half-joking: Dragon Age: Origins is one of Bioware’s best games, and one of the best computer RPGs of the last decade, and it’s available right now on GOG.com for five bucks. I suspect that most of my readers already have it, but the sales aren’t bad this week over there.  Sim City 3000 for $2.49, for example.  I’m half tempted to get it, despite the fact that Sim City 2000 ate about three months of my life…

[pause]

Well, I resisted it.  Sort of.  I bought Sim City 4 instead.  Five bucks.

[UPDATE: My wife informs me that the post is incomplete. It should be the game, and time to play it. I have corrected the post.]

Bioware giveth, and Bioware taketh away:

Giveth: “The latest patch for Mass Effect: Andromeda is out now, and BioWare says it will address many of the game’s shortcoming, including tweaks to multiplayer and the game’s opening cinematics.”

Taketh Away: “Mass Effect Andromeda developer BioWare Montreal has put the series on hiatus, according to a report.” I think that what this means is that they’re still supporting Mass Effect: Andromeda, including DLC; but BioWare Montreal is apparently not in good odor with the parent company right now, and they’re not going forward with a sequel until the situation is resolved..  Which is, honestly, something that BioWare Montreal kind of deserves. Just because I had fun playing the game doesn’t mean I didn’t notice its developmental flaws. Maybe they need to shake up that office a little.

Do I want For Honor, or Ghost Recon: Wildlands?

I get a copy of one or the other for free with the purchase of my new video card. So: For Honor looks like it’s all medieval combat, while Ghost Recon: Wildlands is presumably about sneaking around in the underbrush and occasionally reaching out and touching someone. Anybody got a burning opinion on which one is better?

Well, I’ve been putting it off, but: time to park my The Secret World character.

I dunno when Secret World Legends is starting up – haven’t gotten a beta invitation yet, which is a little annoying* – so it’s time to get my The Secret World character all squared away and in full dress uniform and somewhere appropriate for the fall of night.  She’s no Commander Shepard or Grey Warden or Dragonborn, but… no, that’s not really fair.  I invested a lot of time in my Bee.  Weird to say that about video game characters, but it’s true all the same.

Time to go see Kirsten Geary in her office. She always was an old softy, really.

Moe Lane

*Am I not a Grandmaster Panoptic? With wings, no less.

Tweet of the Day, Many Will End Up Paying Dearly For These Fallout 4 Wargaming Minis edition.

Via @vamoose comes the Doom that will fell us some:

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