Tecmo Koei Europe is a publisher known to make great use of their franchises. From successive iterations to crossovers to entire titles built around the idea of bringing franchises together, their output is one of the most consistent of any videogame publisher. Your opinion of that standpoint will vary greatly depending on your opinion of the Warriors franchise of course, but there’s no denying that there’s an ace up their sleeve in the form of Team Ninja. Responsible for one of the most aggressive action series of the past decade, Team Ninja are quite rightly one of the most highly regarded Japanese development outfits, and yet they’re certainly not about to rest on their laurels.
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Acting in contrary to the proven trend is a brave move for any franchise, but for a videogame it’s almost unheard of. This week will see the release of Gotham City Impostors, a title that not only rubs against the grain of expectation, but revels in the fact that it’s so very different from its contemporaries. The most immediate change of pace is that you don’t actually play as Batman, or a superhero at all. In Gotham City Impostors, you’re an everyday Joe taking the law into his own hands – for better or worse.
Ubisoft recently announced the latest Rainbow 6 title, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots. Despite initially revealing very little, the publisher has slowly begun unravelling the tale of what is promising to be a comprehensive experience. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal with the support of Ubisoft Toronto and Red Storm, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots not only offers a single-player storyline, but will also introduce a huge variety of co-operative and multiplayer experiences.
Focus Home Interactive recently confirmed the European release of A Game of Thrones, a new role-playing game (RPG) for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC based on the series by George R.R. Martin, which was recently adapted into a television (TV) series by HBO. In A Game of Thrones, players will enter the shoes as one of two playable characters, travelling through mythical locations from Westeros on their quest.
Futuremark Games Studio is slowly building itself a reputation for delivering noteworthy genre pieces. Having made their debut in 2010 with the impressive first-person shooter Shattered Horizon, the team turned their attention to mobile formats with the cartoonish puzzle videogame Hungribles. Their latest title, Unstoppable Gorg, is a tower defence title that will mark the studio’s first console release.
The forthcoming LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is perhaps on of the most highly-anticipated family videogame releases set to launch this winter. Familiarity is both a blessing and a curse for many when considering the LEGO franchise videogames, but while the core videogame demographic may have become bored with the coin collecting platform antics of the series, there’s no denying that the family audience will readily lap it up. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.
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As the long awaited return of Bethesda Softworks’ The Elder Scrolls series approaches it’s more common to see the publisher ready to show off its wares. In a recent preview build made available at the Eurogamer Expo, attendees had the chance to get hands-on with the upcoming fifth edition, sampling an early section of the videogame and dabbling with the many opportunities to interact with its world. Given the basis of The Elder Scrolls series as one in which the way the player interacts with the world being the crux of their adventure, even just a brief moment of being able to manipulate this new locale was enough to get attendees at the show queuing for hours on end.
This winter will see the videogame launch of the Cartoon Network’s television series, Generator Rex, in Generator Rex: Agent of Providence from Activision. For those unfamiliar with the cartoon it is inspired by Image Comics’ comic book. M. Rex. Set around the exploits of Rex, a teenager who has special abilities due to being infected with nanites, he is able to transform his body, or parts thereof, into bio-mechanical weapons or tools. Rex works for an agency called Providence, hence the subtitle, and he must prevent his arch nemesis Van Kleiss and his minions taking over the world.
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