Dreamfall Chapters Book 4 Gets Release Date And New Teaser

Game Athen: Dreamfall Chapters has emerged from its cocoon as a beautiful butterfly.



After a long wait, Dreamfall Chapters Book Four: Revelations has a release date.

The new episode hits Linux, Mac and PC on December 3, more than five months after Book Three.

The reason Book Four looks so good is that it was built on Unity 5. Past episodes have been converted to the new engine and although the metamorphosis was exquisitely painful for Red Thread Games, it seems to have paid off with improved performance as well as shinier graphics.



There’s still one more episode to come after this, as well as a PS4 port, so Red Thread has plenty to keep it occupied.

Source: vg247

Rock Band 4 DLC for December 1: Beck, Cold War Kids, and more

Game Athen: Rock Band 4 takes a tour through the Billboard charts this week.



This week’s Rock Band 4 DLC only includes popular songs. Scandalous!



As usual you can pick up the tracks individually for $2 or save a bit of cash and grab the lot for $8.50 in the Off That Charts 01 pack.

Here’s the track listing:

Beck – Dreams
BØRNS – Electric Love
Catfish And The Bottlemen – Cocoon
Cold War Kids – First
X Ambassadors – Renegades

Source: vg247

Life is Strange Limited Edition Trailer Released

Game Athen: Life is Strange, I am trying to get shit done. I don’t need to sit here having my heart break all over again.



Life is Strange is getting a fancy physical release and to make sure you are fully across this news Square Enix sent us this trailer.

I viewed it, as is my wont, and then I had to stop viewing it because I remembered that Life is Strange made me have a lot of feelings. I don’t know if I can do this again.

On the other hand, the Limited Edition comes with a bunch of cool stuff. Today Square Enix confirmed that all versions all come with a real game disc (no need to download on PC, although you will still need to activate on Steam) and the soundtrack is shipped on its own CD, so you can play it anywhere.

The publisher also gave us a bit of description of the Directors’ Commentary, which “contains footage of the development team providing insight and discussing major elements themes as they revisit key moments of the series”.



There you go. I’m pretty tempted, to be honest; I don’t want to live it again but I do want to be able to stare into Dontnod staff’s eyes while their game does terrible horrible things, searching for a glimmer of compassion for my poor broken heart.

Source: vg247

PES 2016 free-to-play coming December

Game Athen: A free-to-play version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is coming soon to PlayStation platforms.



After being outed earlier this week, Konami has confirmed the existence of a free-to-play version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2016.

The publisher calls it “entry level” and it’s going to be available starting December 8. Only PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions were announced.

In this version, you get to choose from seven teams to play in Exhibition Mode. Teams include Bayern Munich, Juventus, AS Roma, as well as national teams for Brazil and France. Training mode and MyClub features will be available

Konami also confirmed the new light version will be compatible with future gameplay and content updates the main game receives.

Source: vg247

Ark: Survival Evolved Turkey Trial Trailer

Game Athen: It's Thanksgiving, so this is the natural time to add giant fire-breathing Dodos to your game. Sadly you can only summon Ark: Survival Evolved's newest monster after harvesting wishbones from tough Super Turkeys. Alternatively, because this is a survival game in 2015, you can turn those Super Turkey bits into a "Chieftain" hat, modeled above.



You reportedly have to throw 1,000 wishbones into a cooking pot to summon the Dodorex, and he vanishes after 15 minutes. That probably isn't worth it. You'll need 60 to craft the new hat at the smithy, and that may also take a while, as Super Turkeys are uncommon creatures. So uncommon in fact that players have reported individual animals dropping more than one wishbone, which isn't how wishbones usually work.



The event started yesterday and runs until Tuesday December 1. The game is also 40% off in the current Steam sale, at £13.79 / $ 17.99, until the event is over. Watch the Dodorex in action in the video below. It might be the only one you see this weekend.

Source: pcgamer

Codemasters Re Dedicates Itself To Racing Games

Game Athen: We didn't review Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, but you can get an idea of how it went over on Metacritic, where it sports a brow-furrowing aggregate review score of 24/100. That's "generally unfavorable" in Meta-parlance, which I think is a remarkably generous way of putting it. In the wake of that ugliness, and the recent closure of the studio that made the mobile card game Battle Decks, Codemasters told Eurogamer that it's giving up on other genres in order to focus exclusively on racing games.



"While it's been great to explore projects outside of racing, we know that our hearts belong to racing in all its many glorious forms," a Codemasters rep said. "The success of Dirt Rally's Early Access program has been incredible, F1 2015 was very successful reaching number one in many territories, we've recently announced that Micro Machines will come to mobile, and we have a strong road map ahead of us that keeps racing as its razor focus."

If that sounds familiar, it's likely because the company said essentially (and, regarding its "razor focus," exactly) the same thing in early 2012, when it announced that it was giving up on the action genre. "We have kept our reputation for delivering best-in-class racing games," Codemasters told MCV at the time. "And best-in-class racing games is now our razor focus going forward."

Unfortunately for Codemasters, the racing genre hasn't been a pot of gold for it recently either. Dirt Rally is doing well for itself in Early Access, but the 2014 release of Colin McRae Rally on Steam was a PR disaster, and the last two F1 releases weren't exactly barn-burners either. On the other hand, Grid Autosport was quite good, and it's on sale now in the Steam Autumn Sale for 75 percent off—that's $18/£11 for the Complete package, which includes the main game and nine DLC packs. More of that, and Codies might just be alright.

Source: pcgamer

Rainbow Six: Siege Open Beta officially underway

Game Athen: The Rainbow Six Siege open beta, which was delayed at the last minute because of problems with matchmaking and connectivity, is now underway. In an update posted earlier today, Ubisoft announced that those problems have been solved and the beta, as of 12 pm EST, is open.



Ubisoft said in a prior update that the server issues were introduced while fixing a different aspect of the game. It added that the scheduled launch of Rainbow Six Siege will not be affected, and that it is "confident the game will work as intended" once it goes live.

"This Open Beta will ensure the cleanest launch possible," Ubisoft wrote. "Keep in mind that this beta is intended for this exact reason: find problems and troubleshoot them to ensure the most stable launch possible."

This is true, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have more confidence in the process myself if it wasn't just five days away. The Rainbow Six Siege open beta runs until November 29 and, barring further breakdowns, the game will go into full launch on December 1.

Source: pcgamer