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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Joins The PS 4 Pro Launch Entourage
Square Enix® and Eidos®-Montréal announced that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™, is coming to the PlayStation®4 Pro (PS4®Pro) computer entertainment system. The game will be available on November 10 with the new console from Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). With PS4 Pro, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has had a whole new layer of detail added to it: overall resolution increased, aliasing reduced, reflective surfaces improved, and more detailed lighting effects implemented, all without compromising the frame rate or the gaming experience. “We are always working to push ourselves to the very limit in regards to the art direction of our games, and the PS4 Pro, along with the strong and ongoing collaboration between SIE and Eidos-Montréal, helps to further break down the barrier between our ambitious...
Square Enix Announcing ‘Sleeping Dogs 2’ On September 15?
Square Enix has a whole bunch of stuff planned for Tokyo Games Show 2016, among which is an, as of yet unannounced, action game. The company has teased it recently here. Given it’s excellent line-up of games over the recent period, including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Just Cause, Life Is Strange, Hitman, etc, once can expect whatever new it has in store to be a strong title. One of the speculations is a new Sleeping Dogs game, which is quite possible, given how well recieved the first game was with it’s interesting open world, engaging narrative, and intense hand to hand combat. We ourselver were huge fans of the game upon release, and would love to see more of it. Square Enix has teased the announcement for 15th September, which is two days prior to it;s stage presentation. The who...
Wowser: Life is Strange Review
Being a teenage girl was never easy. You experience a lot of things for the first time ever – from utter bullcrap to life altering events that can turn your world upside down, and make you feel that your only superpower is fucking up. Dontnod Games have tried to capture that inner turbulence with the self-discovering journey of Life is Strange. It is an episodic game (something like Telltale titles) that revolves around a shy teenage girl who suddenly develops the power to reverse time. Man, I wish my life was a little stranger. Max Caulfield, a photography student attending school in her hometown after staying away for 5 years has to struggle with using her newfound power with moral responsibility, in addition to the daily struggles that come with being a teenager. The game emphasi...
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Gets First Patch, Addresses Crash Issues
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided launched on the PC yesterday with quite a few issues, which Eidos Montreal hope to have taken care of with the first patch release. The patch updates the game v1.0 build 524.7 and focuses on “critical issues users ran into immediately following release.” These primarily deal with major crash issues rather than performance fixes, as the patch notes say: Fixed crashes caused by third-party programs interfering with the game. Fixed crash that occurred after viewing the intro videos. Fixed issue that could cause a crash at the end of the Prague intro scene. Fixed mouse invert setting not being displayed correctly in the options menu. These come with an additional note by Eidos Montreal, suggesting to turn off MSAA: “We are seeing people reporting perf...
Deus Ex Mankind Divided: Cities in 2029
Enix® and Eidos-Montréal have revealed how they imagined some of the major cities around the globe looking in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided®’s interpretation of the year 2029. In addition to Prague, one of the locations in the game, the Eidos-Montréal team of artists have shared their vision of what Barcelona, Berlin, Blackpool, Cologne, London, Moscow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm and Sydney would look like 2 years after the “Aug Incident”, the event within the previous entry in the series, Deus Ex: Human Revolution®. Blackpool and London Paris, Berlin and Cologne Barcelona and Sydney Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm and Moscow In 2027, mechanically-augmented people all over the world suffered from extreme psychotic delusions, lost control of themselves, and started attacking others. Millions die...
Life is Strange To Get A Live Action Adaptation
Legendary Digital Studios and Square Enix will join forces on the development of a digital series based on the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning video game, Life Is Strange™, it was announced today by Greg Siegel, Senior Vice President of Development and Production for Legendary Digital Studios. The project will be developed and produced in conjunction with Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons of dj2 Entertainment who recently produced the upcoming film Sonic the Hedgehog for Sony Pictures. Life is Strange™ was brought into Legendary by Cory Lanier who will oversee the project with Siegel. Life Is Strange™ follows the story of photography enthusiast Max Caulfield, a high-school senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price. The pair soon find themselves...
Square Enix Announces Huge Line-Up Of Games Ahead Of Gamescom
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and PAL territories, has unveiled its biggest line-up ever for Gamescom 2016. Square Enix presents a number of premieres at Europe‘s biggest trade and consumer show for interactive entertainment on over more than 1,100 square meters of booth space featuring more than 220 hands-on stations for gamers eager to try out upcoming releases. From August 18th to August 21st, visitors of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany can go hands-on with a wide variety of top titles from the Square Enix portfolio. This includes the worldwide-first consumer hands-on of a new part of the action blockbuster roleplaying-game FINAL FANTASY® XV. In addition, gamers can look forward to hands-on with the dystopian action-roleplay DE...
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Pre-Order Bonus Announced
Games The Shop the leading games specialist retailer in India announced today an exclusive pre-order bonus for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Few lucky players who pre-order the game from Games The Shop will stand a chance to win SteelSeries Siberia 200 Gaming Headset along with a cool printed t-shirt of protagonist ‘Adam Jensen’ from the upcoming Deus Ex Mankind Divided. Developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™, is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, that builds on the franchises trademark choice and consequence, action-RPG based gameplay, to create both a memorable and highly immersive experience. Players will once again take on the role of Adam Jensen – an experienced covert agent, and will gain access to his new...
Hitman Adds New One Time Elusive Target Game Mode
The new Hitman reboot will be getting a new game mode, called the Elusive target, tomorrow in which the the players will be given only 48 hours to kill the unmarked NPC using the small amount of intel which will be provided. The first Elusive Target will be added today or tomorrow to the first Paris Episode. The time at which the target will be added is still to be specified. The event will run over the course till the end of the weekends. Io Interactive released some pointers which are worth checking out as they provide a lot of info on this new game mode. An Elusive Target is a once in a lifetime experience They are available for a limited time only in game – this first Elusive Target will last 48 hours Intel on the target will be limited They will not appear in instinct mode, or the min...
Free Game From Squeenix For a Rather Sad Reason
Square Enix announced today as a very generous gesture that they will be giving out free copies of Quantic Dream’s Omicron: The Nomad Soul until 22nd of this month. This is to honour David Bowie, who was involved pretty heavily in this game, and Alan Rickman, both of whom passed away this month at the age of 69. Here’s Square-Enix’s announcement while the store page can be found here. Ground Control, this is Major Tom, Signing off.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Delayed until August 23rd, 2016
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been delayed until August 23rd, 2016, Eidos-Montreal announced today. The game, which was originally set for a February release date, is a followup to 2011’sHuman Revolution and is the second in Eidos-Montreal’s revival of the classic first-person series. Writing in a blog post on the game’s website, studio head David Anfossi cites polish as the reason for the delay, stating that “it will require more time in tuning, iterations, and refinement to meet our high standards.” Guess the god in the machine needs some more polish. For more news, reviews and interviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
All The Highlights From IGX
If you’re an avid gamer, and you missed IGX, then you missed out on what was one of the most enjoyable gaming events in India. IGX, or Indian Games Expo, was held for the first time in Mumbai, on the 14th and 15th of November. Players could try out all the latest games including Call Of Duty: Black Ops III, Witcher 3, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and many more. However, it wasn’t just games. You could meet game developers like Apar Games and Vanishing Point Studios, who showed off their upcoming games. Gamers looking to get the latest games and buy some cool gaming merchandise could go to GamesTheShop, Psychostore, Sunder Electronics, and many other stores present there. We also got to check out VR equipment made by Absentia VR, a Bangalore-based startup showed off its Tes...