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The Evil Within 2

The Evil Within 2

Check out The Evil Within 2! A super creepy sequel coming this October.

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Monday, 24 July 2017

From Shinji Mikami, The Evil Within 2 takes the acclaimed franchise to a new level with its unique blend of psychological thrills and true survival horror.

Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he’s forced to partner with Mobius, the shadowy group responsible for the destruction of his former life. For his last chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

  • Story of Redemption – Return to the nightmare to win back your life and your daughter.
  • Discover Horrifying Domains – Explore as far or quickly as you dare, but prepare wisely.
  • Face Disturbing Enemies – Survive encounters with sadistic enemies and twisted creatures.
  • Choose How to Survive – Attack from the shadows, run like hell, or go in guns-blazing with very limited ammo.
  • Visceral Horror and Suspense – Enter a world filled with anxiety-inducing thrills and disturbing moments.

(Evil Within 2/Bethesda)

To pre-order Evil Within 2 please click here!

Sea Of Thieves

Ahoy, mateys! Check out Sea of Thieves, a super cool open world, cross-platform multiplayer where you can join your pirate buddies to become the stuff of legend. Jack Sparrow, who?Coming to both XBox One and Windows in 2018.Check it out at https://www.seaofthieves.com/

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Thursday, 3 August 2017

A Shared-World Adventure Game that lets you be the pirate you’ve always dreamed of in a world of danger and discovery. Explore a vast ocean where every sail on the horizon means a ship filled with real players who may be friends or foes. Form a crew and voyage to treasure-filled islands, face legendary creatures and test your mettle in epic ship battles against other pirates. (Xbox.com)

To buy Sea of Thieves please click here!

A Way Out

EA's A Way Out

How would you break out of prison?Put that plan to the test with EA’s upcoming co-op only game, A Way Out. Can’t wait for 2018! Tag someone you’d do a prison break with and get HYPED!#AWayOutCheck it out at www.AWayOutGame.com. Credit to EAEA – Electronic Arts EA Games – Asia Pacific Music: Epic – Bensound.com

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 14 June 2017

A way out is a co-op game developed by EA that pits two prisoners together to form a team to break their way out of prison successfully. Leo and Vincent don’t know each other yet, but they’ll have to get to know each other and fast if they want to forge a break out in one of the toughest prisons on earth. Users will have to use a range of skills to evade capture, from car chases, stealth missions and melee battles to escape.

To Pre-order A Way Out please click here!

 

Anthem

Anthem is an upcoming online only, multiplayer, open world,  RPG game that’s being developed by BioWare Edmonton and published by EA. Due for release in 2018, this game is said to be HUGE and a lot of fans are eagerly awaiting it’s release. You and your friends take take on a role of a Freelancer in a group of up to 4 bold and courageous people who leave their civilization to explore a dangerous yet beautiful landscape.

To Pre-Order Anthem please click here!

Brawlout

Who doesn’t love a good fighting game? If you answered ‘nobody’, then Angry Mob Games' BRAWLOUT is the game for you!Available on Steam early access now, and on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch later this year.Check it out at http://www.brawlout.com

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 6 September 2017

Brawlout if a violent party beat em up presented in a glorious animated graphical manner, that presents to you aggressive, fast paced combat that is both fun to play and watch!

Each character has their own fighting style to encourage differing ways to play the game, thus making it different each time a user picks up Brawlout, additionally the action is kept fast paced and alive at all times with ledge grapples, rage bursts and wavedashes.

Check out the video below to see what this game is all about!

Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker

We just got our hands on Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker: when we got to pop into Bandai Namco’s london offices.

You can go head -to-head in 4v4 samurai fights, yes that’s 8 swords flying through a map at the same time!

The full game boasts a ‘virtual reality story mode’

Order it here!

Dragon Ball Fighter Z

We recently got our hands on next installation of the hugely popular Dragon Ball Fighter Z!

With a fluid fight mechanic with 3 vs 3 tag team battles and super Saiyan Moves that put you right in the middle of literal earth shattering battles; there is a lot to see in Dragon Ball Fighter Z! With anime graphics it looks like you are fighting from right within the cartoon Dragon Ball world!

To Pre-Order Dragon Ball Fighter Z click here!

Agents of Mayhem

We recently had a sneak peak of Agents of Mayhem and we LOVED it. Check out the video above to see what how much fun we had.

  • The newest game from Volition, the studio responsible for Saints Row! Johnny Gat will be the 13th Agent of Mayhem. Featuring his unlock mission, his personal mission, vehicle and character and weapon skins, and the unmistakable voice of Daniel Dae Kim, that’s a whole lot of Johnny.
  • “Day One Edition includes the ‘Legal Action Pending DLC: Franchise Force & Carnage a Trois”
  • Take the fight to LEGION in Seoul: The City of Tomorrow, an open world brimming with world-shaking missions, city-spanning doomsday devices, and evil underground lairs!
  • Take your team of three Agents into the field and swap between them on the fly for maximum mayhem!
  • Upgrade and customize your Agents to create your personal dream team of gadget-wielding anti-heroes!

To buy Agents of Mayhem please click here!

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Dirt 4 Review

Getting down and Dirt-y

The Dirt series has always been at the forefront when it comes to combining real world driving mechanics with a fast-paced arcade style that oozes with charm. After two failed attempts to push the franchise in different directions with “Dirt Showdown” and “Dirt Rally”, both expertly mediocre in all facets, the series has gone back to its roots with the official forth entry, Dirt 4.

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And praise the gaming gods it has. As just when racing genre was starting to turn stale, Dirt 4 drifts through the pack to show just how magical racing games can truly be.

Much like its predecessor, Dirt 3, the forth entry has a minimalist approach to why exactly you’re racing. You’re an up and comer who likes racing, and so you race. You’re here for a racing game, so what other excuse do you need?

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As you race, your character levels up by completing events and a selection of challenges given at the start of each race. As you gain more experience, different forms or race open up to you.

So, while you start off with good old-fashioned dirt rally races, by the end you’ll be taking part in massive dirt buggy events, night time speed runs, and hillside drift challenges that make Initial D look tame.

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The verity of events to tackle is mind blowing. Then you find out that the game is also randomly generated, and soon realise Dirt 4 has the potential to technically create infinite tracks for you to race on forever!

Plus, the game now incorporates random events into races to keep you on your toes. Sometimes you might be notified over the headset that another racer has broken down, and so you’ll need to keep an eye out for their car on the track.

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And at one point, a car had a crash and was wedged nicely into the trunk of a tree. These events keep the game constantly fresh and make the events feel like actual races, rather than static track you just drive along.

But when you’re not busy racing and laughing at your unfortunate opponents, you can also manage your very own team. You can buy cars from dealers or auction houses and start your own enterprise which involves hiring drivers and sorting out sponsors for your races.

While these menus are finicky and confusing at first, get it right and you’ll see a massive profit boost for every successful race you and your team manage to win.

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Looking at your best time at the end of a rally to see that your team has also secured some other good positions in the leader board is a strangely satisfying feeling often unfound in racing games.

But what really pulls it all together is the games breath-taking visuals. Lots of racing games bank on their impressive visual presentation to hide their lacklustre gameplay (lookin at you Project Cars 2), but Dirt manages to weave its visual presentation into the very core of the racing itself.

While speeding through lush woods and glistening sands, a drone might fly ahead or a fox might run across the track after a rabbit. These little visual flairs go a long way to making Dirt 4 feel alive and full of energy.

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If only the same could be said for the soundtrack.

After the masterpiece that was Dirt 2, the Dirt games have prided themselves on having star-studded soundtracks that perfectly encapsulate the rush of racing. Sadly, Dirt 4 seems to have forgotten about the joy of music and keeps it’s audible attractions to the most basic level.

Songs can be heard during menus, playback, loading screens, and diegetically through speakers when getting ready to race but that’s it. There’s no little prompt that appears on screen when a song comes on to let you know what it is, there’s no option to skip tracks, there’s not even a way to customise the music in the options menu.

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It’s a missing feature that serious racing fans won’t even realise is missing, but for those who adored the way music was incorporated into previous entries, prepare to be disappointed.

But considering how the only complaint with Dirt 4 is that the music isn’t very engaging, it goes to show just how much of a racing marvel Dirt 4 really is. With smooth and addictive gameplay, beautiful graphics and enough replayabilty to keep you driving for years, Dirt 4 comes in at first place as a must own title for any gamer.


Thanks to Koch Media for supplying a review code

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite powered by Unreal Engine 4 has a demo available on PS4/Xbox One, it’s story driven and a lot of fun! With the full game available in September, some are worried the multiplayer aspect of the game will be stable with previous games from Capcom, Street Fighter V, struggling with the server load at launch.

With that said, the demo is incredibly fun and has all the aspects you’d expect from a Marvel vs Capcom game, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is released for PS4, Xbox One and PC on September 19.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

To pre-order Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite please click here!