Earth Defense Force 4.1 - The Shadow of New Despair has landed on Steam
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The Earth Defense Force series has never been particularly good, especially if you look at it from a purely objective standpoint. The graphics are often muddy, the voice acting is so terrible its hilarious, the entire plot is b-movie cheese, and the action is completely and utterly over the top. However, the EDF games do have one very important advantage working in their favor, they're pretty damn fun!
Earth Defense Force 2025, or The Shadow of New Despair as its known nowadays, is a perfect example of this as it look quite dreadful on the screenshots, but is actually a whole lot of fun according to the majority of Steam reviews. Here's the trailer to give you an idea of just how cheesy the EDF series really is:
Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC is set to arrive in September
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Given that we've seen it destroyed not once, not twice, but technically three times across the various Star Wars movies it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Star Wars: Battlefront will also give you a swing at the biggest punching bag the universe has ever known - The Death Star.
Star Wars: Battlefront's third expansion pack will bring with it a couple of new maps set on the Death Star or in space, a bunch of new weapons and star cards, and most excitingly for fans, the triumphant arrival of Chewbacca as a playable hero. Here's the trailer showing off the Death Star, and yes, the trench run as well:
Eyedol will be the final character for Killer Instinct's Season 3
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Eyedol, the extremely cheap and infinitely frustrating final boss of the original Killer Instinct, will be making his grand reappearance as Killer Instinct Season 3's final character. A fitting title given his final boss status.
While you might remember him as a two-headed goat-ogre with a pair of faces only a two-headed mother could love, the years have not been kind on poor ol' Eyedol as he's completely lost one head and the other one has been magically split in half. Here's a recently posted trailer showing of all of his natural beauty and fighting prowess:
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 7 - Access Denied will be arriving next week
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If you haven't been keeping up with the news the past couple of months you're no doubt wondering how in the blazing nether-hells does a five-episode series somehow get to episode 7? The answer is quite simple as the original narrative concluded in episode 4, and since Telltale had a bunch more stories to tell they decided to extend Season 1 of Minecraft: Story Mode to a grand total of 8 episodes.
Throughout the upcoming "Episode 7 - Access Denied" you will need to help Jesse and the crew deal with PAMA, a sinister "thinking machine" purely designed to make everyone and everything as efficient and optimal as possible, much to the detriment of those being enhanced. Here's the trailer to hopefully give you a better idea of what nonsense I'm talking about:
Total War: Warhammer's Call of the Beastmen DLC introduces the Minotaurs
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As announced last week, Total War: Warhammer's first substantial DLC, Call of the Beastmen, will be arriving on July 28th with a whole host of blood-crazed abominations, two new Legendary Lords, and an additional campaign map with the unique "Eye for an Eye" Beastmen story campaign.
Amidst the various half-human monstrosities that make out the Warherds of the Beastmen, the Minotaurs are some of the most fearsome foes as they frequently succumb to the blood-greed and charge straight through enemy lines with reckless abandon and devastating results. If you're interested in learning a bit more about the Minotaurs, or just want to see one of them in action, here's a recently posted video showcasing just that:
Hitman's Elusive Target #7 is going to be Gary Busey, of all people
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Only a couple of days have passed since Hitman's sixth Elusive Target appeared and already IO is announcing a brand new one. The twist this time around, however, is that the target was chosen through an online "Choose Your Hit" campaign where fans got to vote between two Hollywood stars: Gary Cole and Gary Busey.
As you can probably guess from the title, Gary Busey has managed to secure the popular vote and as such he will appear as a special Elusive Target on Thursday, July 21 at 2pm CEST / 5pm PDT. Given the rather... unique status of this Elusive Contract, the whole event is set to last for an entire week, so try not to miss it as its bound to be something special.
Bandai Namco will reveal a brand new IP for western audiences at this year's Gamescom
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Its been known for a while now that Bandai Namco will be showcasing Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Tekken 7 at this year's Gamescom, but it appears that's not all they're going to be showing off.
In a press release that came out today, Bandai Namco's Vice President of Marketing & PR announced that they are planning to reveal a brand new IP aimed at a western audience. Here's the brief announcement message: