The Elder Scrolls Online will not be free-to-play as many had hoped. It will take the monthly subscription route and charge users $14.99 a month for the ability to wander through the MMO’s landscape. ZeniMax general manager Matt Firor had this to say about their decision to go with a monthly charge:
“Going with any other model meant that we would have to make sacrifices and changes we weren’t willing to make.We’ll talk about further discounts, etc. later, but for now, we are very happy to finally announce our model. It’s very simple – you pay once per month after the first 30 days and the entire game is available to you.”
I was genuinely excited when it was announced that The Elder Scrolls Online would be making its way to consoles. I thought that would mean a free-to-play game with microtransactions that would be easy for console gamers to deal with. Now that it is going to a monthly charge I will just have to pop in my copy of Skyrim…from 2011…that I can still find quests and missions I have not completed yet, even after 100+ hours in the game.
Titanfall already blew everyone away at E3 winning the majority of the “best of show” awards there were to give out. I don’t even play multiplayer shooters that much and it had me trying to figure out how much I could get for a kidney to buy an [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link].
Now we have a new gameplay trailer for Gamescom showing what Respawn is calling Attrition mode featuring more jetpack wall jumps and mech action than you can shake $500 dollars at. And guess what? $500 is what you are gonna have to shake because [amazon_link id=”B00DB9JYFY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Titanfall[/amazon_link] is an Xbox One exclusive.
The JFK assassination has always been one of the events in American history that always intrigued me. I remember reading my first book about the events in Dallas when I was 14 and ever since I have been hooked on anything I could get my hands on pertaining to that day and the events that led up to and followed it.
This November will mark the 50th anniversary of the tragedy and this September will see the release of Parkland which gives a recounting of events that went on at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963. As with anything having to do with Kennedy’s assassination, the truth is always in question, but I am more than ready to see this.
The cast includes Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, Billy Bob Thorton and Paul Giamatti, who plays Abraham Zapruder, the man who shot the infamous 8mm film of the presidents death from a pedestal as the motorcade passed by.
Now that Sony has given us the official date of November 15th for the release of the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVQO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Playstation 4[/amazon_link], all we need now is to know just exactly what will be available on day one for you to slide into your sleek new machine.
Ask and ye shall receive (I am assuming someone asked).
I’m lucky enough to have snagged the “special” versions of each Lord of the rings extended cut, each of which came with a bonus DVD and some form of statuary. That being the case, I’ve been expectantly waiting to see if the extended version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey would get the same treatment. My patience has been rewarded in the form of the [amazon_link id=”B00E9HML1Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]exclusive Amazon edition [/amazon_link]of the film. The linked edition includes the 3D blu-ray version; there is a non-3D version available for $10 less. All versions of the extended cut will be released November 5th.
WB Games has released a new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins at Gamescom featuring the newest assassin, Firefly. Don’t be fooled though, this is not a Firefly-centric trailer. You get plenty of the entire cast of characters like Alfred, Gordon, Black Mask and, of course, The Joker.
With every new trailer I become more and more confident that WB Montreal can match Rocksteady’s first two offerings in scale and depth. That is saying a lot for me who was very pessimistic when the game was first announced earlier this year.
[amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
If black is not your style then Sony is giving you two other options for your Playstation 4 controller. The “Magma Red” and “Wave Blue” controllers will be available in Europe on the Playstation 4’s launch day of November 29th and in North America later this year (i.e. before Christmas). They will cost $60 each.
What do you think of the new colors? To me they make the sleek controller look a little…third party. That is my nice way of saying cheap.
The Playstation Vita will finally be getting a price drop to $199 as of……now. Also the price of the memory cards will see a sizable reduction. For people that have been considering buying a Vita, that is what we call a win/win. For those of us with [amazon_link id=”B003O6EATE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Vita’s[/amazon_link]…just a win, but a good one.
Sony just finished up their Gamescom conference and it was another strong showing anchored by a very strong indie lineup and titles like Killzone: Shadow Fall, Watch Dogs and more. They also showed off the Vita’s ability to remote play games with a live demo of Assassin’s Creed IV being played on the handheld.
The big news everyone was waiting on was saved for the end when it was announced that the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVQO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Playstation 4[/amazon_link] would release on November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe.
Now we just wait to see what will be the release of the Xbox One in response to Sony’s announcement today.
