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F1 2013
Release date: October 2, 2013
Genre: Racing
Developer: Codemasters Birmingham
Publisher: Codemasters
Rating: G
Multiplayer: Yes
Codemaster's yearly entry to the Formula 1 is here just in time to catch the business end of the 2013 championship. As always F1 2013 will boast all the tracks, drivers and teams from the current season and for the first time in the series, classic content.
F1 Classics is an expansive new game mode, introduced by legendary F1 broadcaster Murray Walker, in which you'll race iconic drivers in famous cars at historic circuits from the 1980s. Content from 1990s and additional classic tracks will be available in the CLASSIC EDITION of the game.
F1 2013 features the 2013 tyre changes, remodelled handling, new enhancements/ improvements plus new, expanded and returning game modes combine to deliver the most complete simulation of a FORMULA ONE season in videogame history. The new scenario mode allows you to win medals in a range of authentic single player and co-operative challenges which distils defining 'racing moments' into quick fire, graded targets.
F1 2013 online features 24(8 A.I.) car grid races and uses Codemaster's free online community hub RACENET to track stats, objectives and weekly challenges.
F1 2013 available October 2 in Standard and Classic editions.
BEYOND: Two Souls
Release date: October 9, 2013
Genre: Interactive drama
Developer: Quantic Dream
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Rating: R18+
Multiplayer: No
From the developers of Heavy Rain the people from Quantic Dream once again look to push the boundaries of interactive storytelling by utilizing a combination of a superior storytelling and gameplay mechanics, and cutting edge motion capture techniques to present a stunning adventure that is not to be missed.
Set from the perspective of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses extraordinary powers through a psychic link to an invisible entity, the game follows several years of Jodie's life and experiences, with several possible endings and outcomes. Beyond: Two Souls features a Hollywood cast with the likes of Ellen Paige and Willem Dafoe lending their voices and likeness through performance captured performances.
Beyond: Two Souls is available October 9.
Batman: Arkham Origins
Release date: October 25, 2013
Genre: Action-Adventure
Developer: Warner Bros. Montreal
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Rating: M
Multiplayer: Yes
The next instalment into the Bataman: Arkham series is in the hands of WB Games Montreal, and features an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. Set on Christmas Eve, eight professional assassins aim to collect the $50 million bounty put on Batman's head by the sadistic and brutal crime lord Black Mask.
Origins will feature similar gameplay to Asylum/City with some gadgets from the previous entries returning alongside new gadgets like the Remote Claw and The Shock Gloves. Origins also features a fast travel system, combat tracking system, Old Gothham, online multiplayer and the Batcave.
Origins multiplayer is a 3v3v2 game mode with 2 teams of 3 thugs representing The Joker and Bane and the team of Batman & Robin. Gang members win by killing the opposing gang while Batman & Robin aim to accrue intimidation points by eliminating the gang members. Gang members have opportunities to become there gang leader, either The Joker or Bane.
Batman: Arkham Origins is available October 25 in Standard and Collector Editions.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Release date: October 31, 2013
Genre: Action-Adventure
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Rating: MA15+
Multiplayer: Yes
Welcome to the Golden Age of Piracy. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag puts you among the pirates as a brash young captain of the Jackdaw, Edward Kenway. The year is 1715 and pirates rule the Caribbean and Kenway's fight for glory has drawn him into the ancient war between the Assassins and the Templars.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be have a much greater emphasis on sea travel with a 60/40 balance between land and naval exploration and will be the first time the series will be without Desmand Miles. Assassin's Creed IV will also open up much sooner than its predecessor and look to impose less restriction on the player.
Explore an open world filled with opportunities in the largest most diverse Assassin's Creed world created. With over 50 unique locations to live the life of the pirate:
- Loot underwater shipwrecks
- Assassinate Templars in blossoming cities
- Hunt for rare animals in untamed jungles
- Search for treasure in lost ruins
- Escape to hidden coves
Mulitplayer will return in Black Flag with new settings and game modes.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is available October 31 in Special, Buccaneer and Skull Editions.
Battlefield 4
Release date: October 31, 2013
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Developer: DICE
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Rating: MA15+
Multiplayer: Yes
Battlefield 4 is the latest imposing first-person, military shooter from Electronic Arts and DICE Studios. Well-known for its grand-scale destructable environments and vehicular warfare in Multiplayer combat, Battlefield 4 continues the tradition of the venerable Battlefield Series with more naval warfare, greater weapon and character customisation and massively increased performance with the next-gen Frostbite 3 Engine.
The all-new Frostbite 3 technology is set to deliver stunning high fidelity visuals and audio with superior character animations and dynamic environments in the game. Added to this is the brand new and advanced 'Levolution' system where your actions can physically change the battlefield in real-time; whether it is reducing a whole skyscraper to rubble or simply shooting fire extinguishers to distract your enemies, all of these will provide an incredibly immersive and dynamic game environments that react to your every move. The Battlefield 4 Multiplayer mode will also see the introduction of new game modes to the series such as Defuse and Obliteration along with the return of Commander Mode, which places you at the heart of the situation room to command, watch over and support your allies with powerful and deployable war assets.
As well as aspiring to provide players with the ultimate Multiplayer experience on the battlefield, DICE Studios have also placed a huge emphasis on fundamentally improving the story narrative and have incorporated some of the Multiplayer elements so that the Single Player experience so that it can be just as interactive and memorable. As the dramatic but confronting human story unfolds, these new features will include access to vehicles, a more open, sandbox style of exploration and freedom of choice and the ability to direct your squad mates throughout the campaign.
Battlefield 4 Multiplayer modes will support up to 24 players on the PlayStation 3 system. (64 Players for PlayStation 4).
Battlefield 4 is available from October 31 in Limited and Deluxe editions.
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Release date: November 5, 2013
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Developer: Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
Rating: MA15+
Multiplayer: Yes
Created by the developers of the definitive Modern Warfare Series, Call of Duty: Ghosts begins a brand new chapter of fast-paced shooting action to the ever-popular Call of Duty Universe. The new, next-gen engine for Call of Duty: Ghosts will bring stunning levels of immersion, performance and better visuals and lighting to the game; all the while maintaining the speed and fluidity of 60 frames per second across all platforms.
Featuring a completely new setting, narrative and characters in its Single Player Campaign, the Call of Duty: Ghosts story was written by the Oscar-winning writer, Stephen Gaghan, and also includes the addition of a military-trained dog called Riley to the squad. The story begins ten years after a devastating mass event has brought down the United States of America and rendered the once glorious nation's economy and government to merely a shadow of its former self. As it is, the people of this crippled nation are fighting not for freedom, nor liberty, but simply to survive. Yet in the midst of all the suffering and loss, a mysterious remnant group from the Special Operation Forces known only as "Ghosts" have risen up to fight back against a newly emerged and technologically-superior global power in the hopes of bringing them down.
As the crux of almost all titles in the Call of Duty Series, the Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer mode is set to feature more dynamic maps, a new Perks system, more Killstreaks as well as a new leaning system, knee-sliding and mantling animations to bring more seamless realism in the action-packed gameplay. Earthquakes, flooding, player-driven actions and explosive traps will all create a greater level of immersion with destructible and interactive environments playing a key role in changing the pace of the game. In addition to this, players will also have the ability to customise their soldiers and squads for the first time ever in the Call of Duty Series. These include the ability to choose the head, body, gear, equipment and even the option to play as a female soldier online.
Call of Duty: Ghosts is available from November 5 in Limited, Hardened and Prestige editions.
Watch_Dogs
Release date: Delayed to 2014
Genre: Action, Open World
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Rating: MA15+
Multiplayer: Yes
Watch_Dogs is an ambitious open world, third-person action shooter set in a contemporary Chicago, where the whole city's central network of computers connects everything and everyone. This overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS) and controls almost all of Chicago's technology and information - including banks, security systems, the city's basic infrastructure operations and even key data on all of the city's residents.
As Aiden Pearce, you are a man shaped by violence and obsessed with surveillance, who monitors his family 24/7 in secret to protect them from something that happened in the past. Hacking effortlessly into the immense ctOS network from the palm of his hand, Pearce will be able to access security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transport and literally anything connecting to the ctOS in order to seek justice from those events and to protect his family from a new threat.
Everything is connected in this vast and intricately detailed city. And with more than 65 cars with state-of-the-art physics and handling to drive and more than 30 traditional weapons in Pearce's arsenal, as well as Ubisoft's huge emphasis on the ability to interconnect tablets and smartphone devices and other players with the actual game itself, Watch_Dogs is set to deliver a truly immersive and dynamic gameplay experience with stunning visuals and the unique freedom control all technology within your reach.
Watch_Dogs has been delayed to early 2014.
Need for Speed: Rivals
Release date: November 21, 2013
Genre: Racing
Developer: Ghost Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Rating: CTC
Multiplayer: Yes
The next entry into the long running Need for Speed series looks to highlight and capture the street's ultimate rivalry cops vs Racers all in a stunning open road environment, Redview County.
Need for Speed: Rivals will allow players to play as either a Cop or Racer, each with their own set of challenges, rewards and consequences.
- Racers aim to evade cops to gain speed points, enabling them to unlock new cars and items. Do you cash in your points early or keep raising the stakes risking them all if you get busted.
- Cops work together as part of a team, rising in the ranks with every bust. Higher ranks unlock new police-only cars and more pursuit tech.
AllDrive is the NFS series new online system allowing players to seamlessly transition between playing alone to with friends. Autolog returns to keep track of, and compare stats and also challenge anytime, anywhere both friends and rivals alike.
Need for Speed: Rivals is available November 21.
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
Release date: November 13, 2013
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Rating: CTC
Multiplayer: No
Ratchet and Clank are back! The beloved duo return in an epilogue to Tools of Destruction.
After one of the most infamous manhunts in galactic history results in the capture of Vendra Prog, Ratchet and Clank offer to escort the dangerous criminal to the Vartax Detention Center. After a daring orbital jailbreak at the forgotten edge of the galaxy, Ratchet and Clank find themselves lost in an abandoned sector.
A return to the Future - Series protagonists, Ratchet and Clank, return along with Captain Qwark, Talwyn, Cronk and Zephyr in a brand-new, story-driven single-player adventure.
Even more crazy weapons and gadgets for your arsenal - Arm yourself with a variety of exotic new weapons and gadgets, including the Winterizer and Nether Blades.
Clank strikes back - All-new gameplay offers inter-dimensional challenges where Clank can alter gravity, manipulate objects and solve mind-bending platforming puzzles.
Discover new worlds... and the dangers of space - Traverse through the zero-gravity of space and explore a mysterious sector filled with new planets to explore along with hidden dangers and dark secrets yet to be uncovered.
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is available November 13.
Gran Turismo 6
Release date: December 6, 2013
Genre: Racing/Driving Sim
Developer: Polyphony Digital
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Rating: CTC
Multiplayer: Yes, online and local
The ultimate driving sim on console returns to give the PS3 another lap around the circuit.
Gran Turismo 6 will contain approximately 1200 cars at time of release, and more and more cars are planned to be added thereafter. Unlike the previous title, the added cars will appear directly in the dealerships after an update, and will be available to purchase in game. You will be able to enjoy driving the newest cars right after they are released in the market.
Gran Turismo 6 will introduce new locations where the drama will continue to unfold: the Goodwood Hill Climb course, a very exclusive track that only a few selected guests had experienced until now, is recreated for the first time in a video game; the Silverstone Circuit, the holy ground of the GT Academy that nurtured gamers into professional racing drivers; and the legendary Brands Hatch of UK fame, for a total of 7 new tracks included at launch. No matter if you’re driving alone or if you are challenging rivals, GT6 will set the stage for your new drama.
Authors: I_live_4_fun, spectre51
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