EA Sports has published the first raw gameplay footage of so that EA could make sure the online infrastructure will be smooth and stable at release. Launching during the same week as the Open Championship at St. Andrews certainly doesn't hurt either.
Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows is a stealth game that gives players control over shadows, allowing them to sneak past guards, teleport between shadows, and do a whole range of other ninja-like activities.
Last year, developer Lince Work launched a Kickstarter funding campaign asking for $70,000 to develop the game. Over the course of its 30-day campaign period, it raised $31,000 and, ultimately, was not funded.
Undeterred, its developer has decided to continue working on the game, and--if a newly released gameplay video is any indication--it's shaping up to be a game worth keeping an eye on.
Those that remembered the good old days of Tenchu: Stealth Assassin will undoubtedly have their interest piqued, as Twin Souls' third-person stealth and combat seems to draw inspiration from the series.
Lince Work says Twin Souls is designed to reintroduce the concept of third-person ninja simulators, a style of gameplay untapped since the original Tenchu." While clearly inspired by stealth classic such as Metal Gear Solid, Thief, and Splinter Cell, the game is pitched as "the lost child between Tenchu and Portal."
Its big gameplay twist, however, is the ability to manipulate shadows. This means that players can create pockets of shadows to conceal themselves within. Like some sort of multi-disciplined shinobi from Naruto, protagonist Aragami can also summon giant snakes and dragons from within the shadows to take care of enemies.
The game takes place in a world where humans have mastered the ability to manipulate earth, water, air, fire, light, darkness, and life. As Aragami, an undead shadow assassin, you embark on a quest to free a noble girl from an army of light-wielding warriors.
The journey will take players to places that were important to Aragami in his past life and bring him into contact with personal objects. Over time, his forgotten soul and his undead soul will become entwined once again. Naturally, he'll probably unlock some extra abilities on the way.
At . You'll explore the depths of Senua's mind as the symptoms of our own mental issues are represented in the world itself, or heard through voices in her head. Those representations will become more literal as the game progresses.
With E3 now over, Microsoft is looking ahead to the summer's next big industry event, Gamescom, which is open to the public and runs from August 5-9 in Cologne, Germany.
The company has, instead choosing to make announcements at Paris Games Week in October.
What are you hoping to see from Microsoft at Gamescom? Let us know in the comments below.
During its E3 2015 Direct, Nintendo used muppet versions of Shigeru Miyamoto, Reggie Fils-Aime, and Satoru Iwata in little sketches between announcements and gameplay demos. They were delightful.
Now, Nintendo has released a video of Shigeru Miyamoto visiting Jim Henson's Muppet Studios. The video, which you can watch below, is essentially six-minutes of Miyamoto fanboying out.
It's sweet to see Miyamoto discussing the Muppets and Jim Henson's studio with the same kind of reverence that many video game players would have for him and his creations. Clearly, the muppets are one of the sources of that quintessential child-like delight that Miyamoto's game's inspire.
"I've admired Jim Henson studios for a very long time," Miyamoto says during the video. "When I was young, I didn't want to be a puppeteer, but the person who makes the puppet."
"So the fact that we were able to do this together is just great for me. I never even dreamed that one day my own puppet would be made by the Hensons."
During it's E3 Direct, Nintendo revealed more about the new Star Fox game for Wii U. The game
Steam Link, on the other hand, lets you stream games from a PC in a different room to a TV. You'll have to have your own gaming rig to take advantage of a Steam Link, but it costs only $50. If you just want a Steam Controller to connect to your PC, that also costs $50.
Are you going to buy any Steam hardware? Let us know in the comments.
