Nightcap at The Gamer's Lounge - March 12, 2015

Welcome back to The Nightcap at the Gamer’s Lounge!  As always, sit back, relax and enjoy!

Releases This Week

• Assassin’s Creed Rogue (PC) - March 10

• Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (PS3) - March 10

• Cities: Skylines (PC) - March 10

• DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition (Xbox One, PS4) - March 10

• Flame Over (Vita) - March 10

• Hotline Miami 2 (PS4, PS3, Vita, PC) - March 10

• Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble (PC) - March 10

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 3 (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3, PC) - March 10 (PSN) and 11 (XBL, PC)

• Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3) - March 10

• Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (PS3, Vita) - March 10

• Ori and the Blind Forest (Xbox One, PC) - March 11

• Sid Meier's Starships (PC, Mac, iOS) - March 12

• Trine Enchanted Edition (Wii U) - March 12

• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (3DS) - March 13

Next Week’s Releases

• Awakened Fate Ultimatum (PS3) - March 17

• Battlefield Hardline (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3, PC) - March 17

• Bladestorm: Nightmare (Xbox One, PS4, PS3) - March 17

• Final Fantasy Type-0 (Xbox One, PS4) - March 17

• Jamestown+ (PS4) - March 17

• Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (PC) - March 17

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 4 (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3, PC) - March 17 (PSN) and 18 (XBL, PC)

• Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 - Atlus Mugged (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3, iOS, Android) - Week of March 17

• Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries (PC) - March 17

• Worlds of Magic (PC) - March 19

• Mario Party 10 (Wii U) - March 20

News of the Week

• New DLC for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, the Claptastic Voyage and Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2, are both arriving later this month.  Claptastic Voyage is a campaign add-on and Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 raises the level cap to 70.

• Microsoft has announced the Halo: The Master Chief Collection Xbox One Bundle, which comes with the 500GB Xbox One, a wireless controller, headset and Halo: MCC.  The bundle will cost $349 and should be on shelves this month.

• XMPT Games’s has announced that their arena combat game DiscStorm is coming to Vita, PC, Mac, and Linux this summer.

• Grand Theft Auto V's online heists are finally available on all available platforms, and the feature is part of the game's title update 1.21, which also contains other bug fixes, improvements, and features.

• Sony Japan has announced an official release date of March 20 for the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Vita in China.

• A new Hard Mode difficulty is available for Dying Light, and goodies like new costumes, weapons, vehicles, and more are on the way.

• Sony has announced that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End won’t be coming this year.  It is now slated for release in Spring 2016.

• PlayStation Mobile will be ending this summer according to a note in the PlayStation forums.  Content distribution will be stopped as of July 15, 2015. After September 10, you will not be able to re-download purchased content either.

• Titanfall season pass and DLC are currently free in celebration of the game's one-year anniversary.

• Slightly Mad Studios has announced yet another delay for Project Cars, which has been pushed back to sometime in May.

• Update version 2.50 for the PlayStation 4 adds the ability to quickly boot up your game, Facebook integration, the ability to upgrade Sub-accounts to Master accounts, Remote Play & Share Play at 60 fps, expanded accessibility options, and the ability to upload video to Dailymotion.

• Two new free maps, Broken Hill Mine and Broken Hill Foundry, are heading to Evolve soon.  Both maps will be free and will be available first on Xbox One on March 31.  PC and PlayStation 4 versions will be available on April 30.

• Driveclub’s March 1.12 update includes the replay feature (single events and tours), a new driver level 50 award (Ferrari 599XX Evoluzione), support for Twitch and Ustream in multiplayer, as well as refinements to drift mode scoring, bug fixing, etc.

• Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live Gold members will get an advanced screening of Dead Rising: Watchtower. All you’ll need in order to watch is the Crackle app on Xbox One or Xbox 360.

That is your Nightcap at The Gamer's Lounge for this week.  See you next week!

Nightcap at The Gamer's Lounge - March 5, 2015

The Nightcap at the Gamer’s Lounge is back after a short hiatus!  As always, sit back, relax and enjoy!

Releases This Week

• Helldivers (PS4, PS3, PSVita) - 3/3

• La Mulana EX (PSVita) - 3/3

• OlliOlli 2 (PS4, PSVita) - 3/3

• Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines - 3/3

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 2 (XB1, 360, PS4, PS3, PC) - 3/3

• ScreamRide (XB1) - 3/3

• Shiftlings (PS4, PC) - 3/3 (XB1) - 3/4

• Tormentum - Dark Sorrow (PC) - 3/4

• White NIght (PS4, PC) 3/3, (XB1) 3/4

• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (Wii U, 3DS) - 3/5

• OlliOlli (Wii U, 3DS) - 3/5, (XB1) - 3/6

• Zombie Army Trilogy (XB1, PS4, PC) - 3/6

Next Week’s Releases

• Assassin’s Creed Rogue (PC) - 3/10

• Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (PS3) - 3/10

• Cities: Skylines (PC) - 3/10

• DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition (XB1, PS4) - 3/10

• Flame Over (PSVita) - 3/10

• Hotline Miami 2 (PS4, PS3, PSVita, PC) - 3/10

• Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble (PC) - 3/10

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 3 (XB1, 360, PS4, PS3, PC) - 3/10 (PSN) and 11 (XBL, PC)

• Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition (XB1, 360, PS4, PS3) - 3/10

• Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (PS3, PSVita) - 3/10

• Ori and the Blind Forest (XB1, PC) - 3/11

• Sid Meier's Starships (PC, Mac, iOS) - 3/12

• Trine Enchanted Edition (Wii U) - 3/12

• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (3DS) - 3/13

News of the Week

• The March Games with Gold titles are:

  • Rayman Legends - XB1

  • #IDARB - XB1

  • Tomb Raider - 360 (Until 3/15)

  • BioShock Infinite (On 3/16)

• The March PlayStation Plus titles are:

  • Counterspy (PS4, PS3, Vita)

  • Oddworld: New ’N’ Tasty (PS4)

  • OlliOlli 2 (PS4, Vita)

  • Papo & Yo (PS3)

  • Sherlock Holmes: Crime and Punishments (PS3)

  • Valiant Hearts: The Great War (PS4)

• Sony has announced 5 new titles that will be added to the PlayStation Now streaming service in March:

  • Infamous 2

  • Twisted Metal (2012)

  • R-Type Dimensions (featuring R-Type 1 & 2)

  • Alone in the Dark: Inferno

  • Operation Flashpoint: Red River

• It has been confirmed that players of Smite on PC will have the ability to transfer purchases and progress to the Xbox One version.

• Warner Bros. announced that there will be a moble Mortal Kombat X game that will have unlocks for the console and PC versions.

• EA and Visceral Games have announced a premium program for Battlefield Hardline that gives you four new “super features” and early access to the game’s story-based DLC.  The program will cost $50 and the “super features” include masks that give unique gameplay benefits, a gun bench that tracks weapon kills and visual customization, premium-only tournaments and ladders and legendary status for replayability.

• Blizzard is going to allow WoW players to buy WoW gold with real money.

• Interplay has announced plans to remaster ClayFighter for PC, which is planned to release in 2016.

• Club Nintendo has started sending out Smash Bros. Soundtracks to anyone that managed to register both versions of the new Super Smash Bros on Wii U and 3DS.

• For all of you Amiibo hunters/collectors, Marth Amiibos will be returning to stores in April.

• Players can now reserve their free Xbox One games through the Games with Gold program through their Xbox 360’s dashboard.

• Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster is coming to PS4 on May 12th.

• Hideo Kojima has confirmed a September release for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which has also been confirmed as the final game of the series.

• Curve Digital is bringing Ludo Land’s Four Sided Fantasy to Wii U, Xbox One, PC, PS4, PS3 and PS Vita.

• HBO Go is now available on PS4.

• Sony plans to release their PlayStation virtual reality, Project Morpheus in the first half of 2016.

• Halo: MCC received a big update that fixes matchmaking and party issues.

• A new Survivor Mode has been released for Alien: Isolation, which is included in the games fifth DLC pack, The Trigger.

• Wasteland 2 is heading to Xbox One and PS4.

• Hamonix has announced that Rock Band 4 is coming to PS4 and Xbox One.

That is your Nightcap at The Gamer’s Lounge for this week! See you next week!