Anthem Gets A New Story Trailer

With the rebranding to Canadian made games, we can now focus out attention other parts of Canada including the great province Alberta, where Bioware has been making great games since the mid-90's. Most gamers know about Bioware from Baulder's Gate, Star Wars Knight of the Old Republic, or Mass Effect. However they actually haven't released a game since 2014's Dragon Quest: Inquisition.

Enter: Anthem. Announced at E3 2017, and promised a February 21st 2019 release date, Bioware showed off some a new story trailer from PAX West this last weekend.

At the heart of Anthem is the concept of Our World, My Story - the distinctive combination of a shared, dynamic world and a personal story. Discover how these two elements help create a connected world that remains unique to every player. Subscribe and be the first to see Anthem trailers and gameplay videos: http://bit.ly/2qZN5QV.

We'll have more on Anthem in the coming months - it'll hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC next year on February 21st.

 

 

For Honor Documentary 'Playing Hard' Debuts May 2nd

Playing Hard a documentary that gives an inside look into Ubisoft creating last years medieval action game For Honor will have its debut at Hot Docs May 2nd (tickets can be purchased here). The movie will take a look at the games development, as the team grew from one, to twenty, to over 500.

'In the world’s biggest video game studio, a constantly growing team works on the creation of For Honor, a game that stages an epic war between Vikings, knights, and samurai. Like the game’s characters, the main creators will face adversity that will take their personal lives to the breaking point.'

If you can't make it to the event then you can preorder the digital version right here. For Honor came out last year on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC and has had a healthy dose of updates since release - including Season 5 in February.

In the world’s biggest video game studio, a constantly growing team works on the creation of For Honor, a game that stages an epic war between Vikings, knights and samurai. Like the game’s characters, the main creators will face adversity that will highly impact their personal lives, up to the breaking point. _________ Playing Hard offers unprecedented access to a highly secret world where a few gamers/designers are shaping what has now become the biggest entertainment industry in the world. It follows the creation of the game For Honor over a four-year period. As the production team grows from 20 to 500 people, we witness the human theatre involved in creating and launching a major video game. From Montreal to Los Angeles, through Cologne, Moscow, Seattle, and Asia, we follow Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe, Producer Stéphane Cardin, and Brand Manager Luc Duchaine as they struggle to bring an idea to life. Beyond the commercial success of the game, their dreams, fears, and relationships are at stake.

Runbow Delayed For Switch And PS4

According to 13AM Games, the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch port for Runbow has been delayed. According to the PR Statement, as posted by Nintendo Life, the delay is to "further optimize the game’s performance."

This may be the last port for Runbow, as it's already launched on Wii U in 2015, then ported to Steam, 3DS, and Xbox One last year. 13AM Games also announced their next game, Double Cross, coming later this year.

Digital Leisure‏ Brings Dragon's Lair Trilogy To PlayStation 4

Want to relive 1980's arcade magic? Thanks to developer Digital Leisure you can now play the Dragon's Lair trilogy on PlayStation 4.

In Dragon's Lair, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon!

Space Ace will have you take control of Ace - Defender of justice, truth, and the planet Earth! Ace is being attacked by the evil Commander Borf. Struggle with Dexter to regain his manhood. Destroy the Infanto-Ray. Defeat the evil Borf! Be valiant space warrior, the fate of Earth is in your hands!

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp once again has you leading Dirk on a perilous quest! Spirited away to a wrinkle in time by the evil wizard Mordroc, Princess Daphne will be forced to marry the wicked Mordroc unless Dirk can save her. Once the casket of doom has opened, Mordroc will place the death ring upon Daphne’s finger in marriage, and she will be lost forever in the Time Warp.