News Byte! December 12th - Guacamelee 2, For Honor, Full Metal Furies
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Full Metal Furies Coming Early Next Year To Steam And Xbox One
/Rogue Legacy's developer Cellar Door Games announced their next game, Full Meal Furies, earlier this year, and we won't have to wait much longer to get our hands on the team-based brawler. The developer annoucned that Full Metal Furies will be hitting Xbox One and Steam early next month on January 17th - you can check out the trailer below!
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New Guacamelee 2 Footage From PSX
/With PSX happening this last weekend, we did get some new footage of Toronto games. First up is Guacamelee 2 from DrinkBox Studios. You can check out the PS4Pro footage below courtesy of IGN's Youtube page.
Guacamelee 2 is said to come soon-ish.
Cuphead Wins Big At The Game Awards
/As mentioned earlier in the week Cuphead was up for three nominations at The Game Awards, and took home three wins. They won:
- Best Art Direction
- Best Independent Game
- Best Debut Indie Game
It was even recongnized by Canada's Prime Minister:
A big congratulations to all the nominations, and winners. While Warframe was nominated for Best Ongoing Game, last years Game of the Year Overwatch took home the prize for that.
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For Honor Getting Patched For Xbox One X
/For Honor will join the growing list of Xbox One X compatible games, as the game got patched last week. You can download the free update right now, and check out the notes below.
4K Rendering
Xbox One X graphics are rendered at 4K. This will bring you a much sharper image on a 4K TV. We are using a real-time variable resolution (up to 4K-2160p) coupled with hardware scaling that output to TV resolution. With the scaling, even lower resolution HDTV's will notice a better overall definition.
Improved shadow resolution
Shadows on Xbox One X will have a better definition.
Improved level of detail distances
Far away environment objects will be rendered with a higher definition.
Improved water using Screen-Space Reflections
Many water surfaces will now show dynamic reflections.
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Far Cry 5 Delayed
/Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 5 has been delayed. Originally set for February 27th, 2018 the open world first person shooter will not be hitting PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC March 27th, 2018.
Ubisoft also delayed The Crew 2 in the same announcement and discussed the reason for the delay (from Gamespot):
"According to Ubisoft, this is because the publisher is "investing more time in the development" of these games. "This decision is in line with our strategic vision of developing even more engaging and higher quality experiences for gamers," said Christine Burgess-Quémard, Ubisoft's worldwide studios executive director. "Taking more time with Assassin's Creed Origins enabled our talented development team to fully express their creative vision. As expected, this had a very positive impact on the game’s quality and largely participated to its commercial success. Taking a similar approach, we have decided to invest additional development time in three upcoming games.”"
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Dash Quest Heroes Announced - Out Now In Canada
/Tiny Titan Studios tweeted earlier last month they were looking for Beta testers, and looks like we know what they were (probably) testing. The studio announced Dash Quest Heroes today, a free to play follow up to Dash Quest.
"Become a Legendary Hero and explore a vast world of fantasy adventure in Dash Quest Heroes! The Kingdom of Solas has fallen prey to the fiendish Zaru and it's up to the Heroes of the world to defeat him. Collect incredible gear and forge new items as you set out on a journey through rolling hills, cryptic caves, shrouded forests and more! Only the mightiest of Heroes will become legend."
You can download the game for free on iOS here, or on Android here. Make sure to let them know what you think on Twitter!
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Studio Monolith Launches Polyball On Steam
/Though it was available in Steam Early Access before - Studio Monolith's Super Monkey Ball/Marble Madness inspired game has officially launched, and is enjoying a 20% discount on Steam right now.
"There's a lot to do in Polyball -- Challenge yourself or a friend to one of over 60 levels included in the initial release, with plans for many more levels via DLC. If you've got some friends over and are looking for something to play, Polyball's splitscreen multiplayer promises a good time. With classic modes like Battle and Trails, as well as a multiplayer version of the single-player experience, Polyball promises to be a must-have party game."
You can also check out the launch trailer, and some screenshots below:
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Cuphead Gets Patched
/Cuphead got patched the other day to fix some bugs and exploits, and general gameplay balance. Cuphead has been in the news a lot lately, confirming that the characters will return, and being nominated for awards. You can check out the full patch notes below - which sadly gets rid of the duplication/army bug.
- Fixed various freezes caused by controller disconnection/reconnection
- Fixed infinite controller rumble bug
- Fixed various freezes and soft-locks and crashes
- Improvements to saving and loading
- No longer possible to create a Mugman army.
- Fixed rapid-weapon-swap damage glitch
- Slight charge weapon damage reduction
- Charge weapon charge is now maintained during parry
- It is now possible to unequip secondary weapon, Super, and Charm from equipment menu (Press “Y” to unequip)
- Mr. Chimes no longer gets stuck or goes off-screen
- King Dice’s Start Over square will now only trigger once per attempt
- Player 2 now appears in the King Dice board after being revived at the end of a mini-boss level
- Dice Palace score now properly resets when retrying the level
- Fixed improper hit boxes on the Devil’s snake attack
- Fixed Devil’s goat attack so it hits ducking players
- Elevator on Rugged Ridge no longer locks if Player 1 dies
- A+ grade now possible on Funfair Fever and Treetop Trouble
- No longer possible to damage bosses that are off-screen
- Fixed rare crash when parrying on Carnival Kerfuffle
- Fixed Roundabout shots not coming back on screen on select stages
- Baroness Von Bon Bon death results now properly displays progress on phase 3
- Dr. Kahl’s Robot death results now properly displays progress on phase 1
- Fixed various minor collision bugs
- Various art and animation polish
- Minor sound effect bug fixes and polish
- Added spooky Mausoleum announcer
- Touch fuzzy, get a little dizzy
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Cuphead and Warframe Represent Southern Ontario In Game Awards
/The Video Game Awards will be next week on December 7th, and a few local games are up for rewards - with Cuphead grabbing 10 nominations for the following:
Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, Best Action Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Debut Indie Game
Warframe is also up for nomination for Best Ongoing and consider it just got the big Plains of Eidolon update, it has a decent change of winning.
Good luck to all nominee's, and tune in December 7th to see the winners.
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Play Golfy Golf For Free Right Now
/Our friends at Yah Man Games have released a beta version of Golfy Golf on Gamejolt which you can play for free right now.
"Golfy Golf is a fun, new, exciting take on the classic game of golf featuring, menacing enemies, stiff competition, beautifully laid our grounds, visually appealing graphics and innovative game play set up. Its is sure to get you on the greens. FORE!"
With the game in Beta, the developer is looking for feedback - so make sure to let them know on Twitter. You can check out the game right here.
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Reptoid Games Discusses Their Experience In Winning The Indie Series From Ubisoft
/Last year Reptoid Games won the Ubisoft Toronto Indie Series for Fossil Hunters, which got them (amongst other things) a cash prize, and mentorship. Ubisoft posted a video going over their experience which you can check below:
This year Ubisoft announced a round two of the competition, which you can check out here. We won't have to wait much longer for Fossil Hunters, which is expected to hit next year.
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