EP #205 - Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Gamescom Press Briefings

Aug 14, 2014

Gamescom is underway this week and there’s some exciting news for gamers everywhere.

Andrew gives an in depth breakdown of what was shown for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare as well as his thoughts on the Xbox and PlayStation Press Briefings.

Tech

• One plus recent contest didn’t go as well as planned
• Journal is a Journaling app by Journey
• OnePlus One getting 4.4.4 and Clear Image Optimization
• Mobile Gaming: Females spend more time money and are more loyal on mobile games.  
• T-mobile offers mobile unlocking app for Galaxy Avant. Consumers are hopeful for additional devices.

 

Call of Duty

• Sledgehammer Games’ Advanced Warfare Reveal
• 3 year development Cycle
• Exoskeleton, allows players to boost jump, dodge, dash, slide and slam
• Nearly 350 custom weapons
• 1,000 in-game player rewards
• 2 billion unique player combinations
• Create-a-class is back building off of Black Ops pick 10 system, increasing it to pick 13.
• Score Streaks are fully customizable and you can add them to the class that you want.
• New – Coop Score streaks. Two players can now join and coop on a score streak
• New weapon class focused on energy
• Virtual Firing range – test out weapons before the next match begins
• 12 modes including TDM, CTF, SND and hardpoint returns. New modes include uplinkand momentum (War Mode).
• For some territories, the Day Zero Edition includes two new, custom weapons as well as the previously announced Advanced Arsenal incentive.
• Create-an-operator allows you to customize your character and the virtual lobby allows you to show off what you’ve earned to other players.
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition offers fans for the first time, 24-hour early access to the game starting November 3rd.
• Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Bundle, 1 TB HDD, November 3rd

 

Playstation

• Playstation TV coming October 14th in North America
• Driveclub
• Until Dawn coming in 2015
• Farcry 4 gives you 10 keys for your friends so they can play for free. They do not have to own the game.
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain allows you to do more with the box.
• Destiny: Six player multiplayer, Crucible gameplay
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor launches on Sept. 30 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
• Tequila Works’ Rime
• Ninja Theory’s Hellblade, is not an exclusive to Playstation 4
• Ruffian’s Hollowpoint is a squad-based shooter, Playstation 4 and PC in 2015
• The Astronauts’ The vanishing of Ethan Carter, later this year
• Journey and the Unfinished Swan heading to PS4 later this year at 1080p
• Q-games’ The Tomorrow Children
• Day-Z is coming to the Playstation 4
• The Order 1886 introduces scientist Nikola Tesla, launches on Feb. 20th
• Bloodborne, 2015
• CEO Jim Ryan: 10 million PS4s sold through consumers

 

Xbox

• Sunset Overdrive gets a bundle
• Forza 5, 46 million miles driven (60,000 laps per day), Rolls Royce Wraith, appears for the first time in video game history. Renault Spark along with the 2015 Ford Mustang are available for free.
• Forza 2 Horizon, very social experience, September 30th
• Xbox One will be getting USB and DLNA support in the next couple of months
• Fable legends, Multiplayer begins October 16th, sign up at fablelegends.com
• Frontier’s Scream Ride, coming Spring 2015 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One
• Ori and the blind forest, Xbox and PC this Holiday
• Evolve, Beta starts in January, Game slated for Feb. 10th
• Rise of the Tomb Raider is anXbox exclusive for a limited time.
• Remedy’s Quantum Break, time amplified action gameplay
• Halo Master Chief Collection, Halo Channel, Halo 5 Multiplayer from December 29th to January 18th, Skill based ranking system identical to Halo 2. The Halo 2 Sanctuary map was revealed as a remastered map.

 

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