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Madden 18 Announced To Have A Full Story And Use Frostbite Engine
EA announced during their E3 Press Conference that Madden 18 will have a story mode titled “Longshot.” This is the first legitimate story mode in the franchise’s history. The story will feature a rookie football player named Devin Wade on his journey to stardom. Rather than focusing on his life in the NFL, The Longshot will spend the majority of its time showing how he gets there.
Devin Wade isn’t your normal football player some might even say he’s not a football player at all anymore. Devin played the sport extensively in college but didn’t move on to the big leagues afterward. When you first meet Devin he’s spent years away from football and is living in a small town. He’s thinking of moving on from his dreams of tossing the pigskin and getting a real job, but it’s not over yet. You will play various stages of his life as he goes from his small town to the big leagues. The game itself begins at the NFL Combines and works its way up to the NFL Draft game.
You’re still going to be able to schmooze with various famous athletes and celebrities. Devin, despite not joining the big leagues holds a job that gives him that ability.
This is a welcome franchise switch which brings the Madden series closer to EA’s popular NBA 2k franchise by giving it a semblance of a story. Madden 18’s method of storytelling was actually inspired by Telltale’s and Naughty Dog’s games. Supposedly it shows, the story is supposed to be amazing. Series namesake, John Madden felt compelled to bring his grandchildren in to watch the story after his first viewing.
The new game will also be developed using EA’s popular Frostbite Engine. You may have seen this used in other EA games such as in the Battlefield and Mass Effect Franchises. The engine is accredited for being the reason why The Longshot is even possible to produce by allowing them to do new things such as going off- field for games.
You won’t actually have to wait that long to try out Madden 18. It will be available in stores everywhere on August 25th for Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Disney Speedstorm, Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, will enter its latest season with a wintery backdrop of Arendelle. Let It Go will add Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans as racers. As always, they’ll have unique moves and abilities.
Oaken and other musical movie crew members will be unlocked, along with a new Golden Pass. After fan feedback, the developer is rebalancing this aspect of the release so you can progress faster and unlock more rewards.
The developer also announced on Twitter that it’s lowering in-game shop prices starting today, and if you’ve paid for microtransactions, you’ll get a big payout. The French studio appears to be betting on this season’s success.
Adding non-Frozen characters Oswald, Ortensia, and WALL-E could also help. A comprehensive game update should bring back lapsed players and attract new ones. Will you challenge the kart racer?
Bungie has pulled a contentious $15 starter pack from Season of the Wish, which launched yesterday. The pack had a poor selection and was marketed to new players, which the community strongly opposed.
The starter pack proudly stated that players could “experience the power of build-defining Exotic weapons by instantly unlocking three of Destiny 2’s finest: Traveler’s Chosen, Ruinous Effigy, and Sleeper Simulant.” An exotic ship, a sparrow, a ghost shell, 125,000 glimmer, 50 enhancement cores, five enhancement prisms, and one ascendant shard are also included.
This offering may seem harmless to a new player, but Forbes’ Paul Tassi says, “You sort of have to be a Destiny 2 player to understand what an outrageously bad deal this is.” The Forsaken Pack, another Bungie release, includes two dozen Exotics, a dungeon, and a raid. It cost $20 and is now $5. It looks bad, from what we can tell.
Guardians retaliated with negative Steam reviews. They orchestrated the DLC page to include “Capitalism,” “Crime,” and “Psychological Horror” user tags, which is funny.
After Bungie pulled the pack, Redditor Grizz3d summarized the community response: “I don’t get how that starter pack was approved. What part of stealing from new players wasn’t going to result in community outrage? Bungie’s disconnect with players is shocking. I’m glad you got rid of the pack, but it’s disappointing that Bungie thought it was a good idea.”
This follows the Witcher 3 crossover armour sets, which look great but are expensive. Sony’s independent live service outpost is in danger due to a delayed expansion and studio layoffs.
Sony announced last year that it would plant trees for Horizon Forbidden West PlayStation fans who unlocked a simple trophy in the open-world game. This, in partnership with several charities, sought to protect the global environment and biodiversity.
Over a year later, it released a trailer showing its progress. The company has planted 600,000 trees worldwide, restoring 1,800 acres. More importantly, the gaming industry has planted 2.5 million trees worldwide.
Gaming is fun, but we must protect our world. Sony has taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, such as adding energy-saving features to the PS5 and shipping all its products in fully recyclable packaging.
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