Weekly News Wrap-Up - 9/27/14 & 10/4/14!

[VinWarrior]

Hello everyone and welcome to... Wait... TWO WRAP-UPS IN ONE?! Yes, you read that right, because I missed posting last week's WNW, even though I finished it, I will be posting both here! Due to the sheer size however of six articles in one (five articles and one surprise actually), if you read this now you're only going to see 4 or 5. I'll edit more (or if there's five than the final one) later, I promise, but 6 articles isn't easy to do heh. Anyway, let's do this!

 

 

 

Total War: Attila Announced!

If you're one of the four people that wasn't disappointed in Creative Assembly enough to boycott their products, than I have great news! IGN.com reports that Total War Attila, the newest entry in the Total War franchise, has been announced! The game will feature the historical figure, Attila the Hun, and run for 60-70 years in-game. The main event in the game will be Attila's rise to power, when he is born and reaches adult-hood in 395 AD. You can play as either the Old Roman Empire or the New Roman Empire, but the most risky approach is being around the steppes in the Far East, where Attila will spawn. The only strategies are to attempt to divert Attila to enemies on the map or to defend yourself as best as possible. As well, new features have been added like the ability to raze cities when they are too damaged and a damage count from sieges to your defenses. Total War: Attila will release next year exclusively for the PC.

 

 

Are you going to purchase Total War: Attila? Let me know below! 

 

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Nathan Drake Render Revealed

Fans of the Uncharted series by Naughty Dog have been scraping at the facets of every little detail to find some new piece of info to quench their urge, prepare to be quenched in this case. GameInformer.com reported on one of Uncharted's game developers, by the name of Kurt Margenau, posting what looks like an in-game render of Drake's face. This was posted to celebrate Naughty Dog's 30th Anniversary this week, honoring all of their past titles, (except Crash Bandicoot). It is clear that this is an upgrade, with more detail going into Nathan's face alone than ever seen in an Uncharted game. Drake looks quite a bit older as well, with a rougher face than we last saw. It is unknown how far into the game this photo is, or if more work will be done to the render, so expect changes from what we see here when the game launches next year.

 

 

What do you think of these next generation visuals, could they be better? Debate below!

 

Ryse: Son of Rome PC Version Removes Micro-transactions

Are you excited for Ryse: Son of Rome coming to PC? Yeah, me neither, but anyway the game will be removing the Xbox One's addition of micro-transactions according to GameSpot.com. Crytek attempted to explain how the game wasn't just cashing in on a dying title, with the removal of microtransactions, new visual features, etc. Among other things, they gave the usual explainations of improved visual textures, all the downloadable content, and all that other juicy content that no one asked for and no one wants. One actually kind of interesting new addition though is support for the Xbox One controller for the game on PC. It will launch on October 10th, so go pre-order now! Or don't, doesn't affect me.

 

 

Are you picking up Ryse for PC? If so, tell me how it is! If not, why? Discuss below!

 

Okay, now for round two!

 

Police Called Into Gearbox Studios for Bomb Threat

As if people weren't doing enough illegal or flat out crazy things in the gaming industry, we can now worry about car bombs near studios. This article was reported by GameInformer.com, today, Texas police were called in to the Gearbox Studios parking lot with reports of a car bomb. Randy Pitchford, who was in the building at the time, sent out a hail of tweets updating the situation as it went on. Police weren't able to find anything, however it is unclear if this was even a threat or possibly a 'Swatting' scenario, swatting being someone calling the police to an address despite nothing unusual going on, usually a form of trolling. Nothing is known besides the fact that everything is all clear at this time, though I'll update if I find more info.

 

 

What is your take on this information? Do you believe the amount of force sent to the location is justified? Do let me know!

 

The other two articles will be added later, for now though, thanks for reading, ciao!

 

 

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[BerriesBoo]

Uhh, KInda creepy game.. but Teen one. Good story, vin! 

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

TEXAS??? NO ONE MESSES WITH TEXAS!!! >:0. That guy must be horribly stupid to bomb a Game Studio because 1: The ENTIRE INDUSTRY would be after his -snip-

 

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Anyway good wrapup Kenway!

Edited October 8, 2014 by BeckoningZebra1
Please do not circumvent the word filter.

[Yoshi1176]

I guess whatever game they are making is the bomb. Yeahhhhh!