Dead Rising is coming back

Dead Rising is coming back

2016 is the year of Dead Rising and what better way to celebrate the 10^th Anniversary of the series than to re-live the classic zombie outbreaks. Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 andDead Rising 2: Off the Record will be coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for digital download on September 13^th, 2016 across Europe and North America. The original Dead Rising will also be available on Steam as a digital download. What a time to be undead!

All three titles will return to take advantage of the current gen hardware systems, bringing the hilarious horror up to a gory-ous 1080p at 60 fps. Each new version of the game will also include all of the additional previously released DLC costumes.

Dead Rising

Re-live the zombie outbreak that started it all and step into the shoes of freelance photojournalist Frank West. On the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime, a tip leads Frank to the small suburban town of Willamette that’s been overrun by zombies. It’s a true struggle to survive the endless stream of enemies, but with full reign of an entire shopping mall, Frank can use any items he can find to fight off the flesh hungry mob and search for the truth behind the nightmarish epidemic. Don’t forget to capture the insanity on film and show off those photo journalist skills along the way!

Dead Rising 2

The sequel to the original Dead Rising introduces Chuck Greene, a professional motorcycle racer. Surrounded by a huge horde of zombies in the casino town of Fortune City, Chuck finds himself in a race against time to obtain Zombrex, a life-saving drug that will keep his daughter Katey alive. Dead Rising 2 also takes the series one step further with the introduction of combo weapons like the “PaddleSaw”, two player co-op and thrilling four player gladiator battles.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Photo journalist and original hero Frank West takes center stage to find his biggest scoop yet, returning in a reimagining of the Fortune City casino town from Dead Rising 2. The added Sandbox Mode allows players to explore the city and participate in deathly challenges, while Frank’s photo skills and upgraded camera features capture all of the violent and hilarious action up close.

Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will be available to purchase as individual download titles on September 13^th for EUR 19.99 / GBP 15.99 / USD 19.99. All three titles are also available as a “Dead Rising Triple Pack” preorder bundle for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for EUR 49.99 / GBP 39.99 / USD 49.99.

Happy zombie slaying!

DOOM Unto the Evil DLC now available

DOOM Unto the Evil DLC now available

DOOM’s first premium DLC pack, Unto the Evil, is available now for download worldwide on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for AUD $23.95 / NZD $26.95, and PC for USD $15!

Unto the Evil is the first of three premium DLC Packs bringing all-new multiplayer content to the award-winning first-person shooter, DOOM. With three new maps to dominate, one new playable demon to unleash, a new weapon to master, a new equipment item, and a host of new armor sets, taunts, and Hack Modules, Unto the Evil offers players even more ways to expand and customize their fast-paced multiplayer experience.

LEGO® Star Wars™: The Force Awakens FREE Phantom Limb DLC

LEGO® Star Wars™: The Force Awakens FREE Phantom Limb DLC

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the release of The Phantom Limb Level Pack for LEGO® Star Wars™: The Force Awakens, along with a new video showcasing this exciting downloadable (DLC) content, which is available today as a FREE download download exclusively for players on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

The Phantom Limb Level Pack extends the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens experience, continuing the story from the Trouble Over Taul Level — one of the New Adventures set in the time leading up to the film — after C-3PO’s ship crash lands on the barren planet of Taul, allowing players to discover the thrilling events that led to his new red arm and reunion with the Resistance. This add-on content includes The Phantom Limb (Level), C-3PO (Taul), 2MED2, CO-34, GNK-189, MSE-Y, O-MR1 (Taul),PZ-99 (Taul), VL-44 (Taul), CR90 Corvette (Full-size Vehicle) and CR90 Corvette (Microfighter Vehicle).

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens marks the triumphant return of the No. 1 LEGO videogame franchise, immersing fans in the new Star Wars adventure like never before. Players can relive the epic action from the blockbuster film in a way that only LEGO can offer, featuring storylines from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, retold through the clever and witty LEGO lens. The game also features playable content exploring previously untold adventures set in the time leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as original dialogue from key members of the theatrical cast, providing the most authentic Star Wars for experience for players, including Harrison Ford (Han Solo), John Boyega (Finn), Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) and other top stars from the film. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available now for PlayStation 4 system, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Windows PC (Steam), Mac (Steam), on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac and on Google Play for Android devices.

We Happy Few: XBox One Preview

We Happy Few: XBox One Preview

Platform: XBox One
Developer: Compulsion Games

The tone for dystopian nightmare We Happy Few is set very early on.

Sat in an office, mindlessly censoring or approving snippets of information sent to you in cannisters, you are reminded it's time to take your Joy pill. So far, so depressing and so familiar to many office drones, trapped in a daily 9 to 5.

But refusing to take your pill and biffing them into a cannister, the world seems to clarify around you.

However, what transpires next as you're invited to a pinata party is truly nightmarish as a group circles around a table, chanting at you to hit the pinata with masks of warped joy on their faces. It's like something out of the League of Gentlemen - and it concludes in truly warped fashion as it's revealed the pinata is actually a rat and people are scrabbling to eat it.

Though in many ways, this garish start is perfect for We Happy Few; it's a bolt upright reveal that boldly sets the tone for Compulsion Games' trip to an alternative 1960s England.

And it's pretty warped as the game plays out.

Once you've recovered from the shock reveal, the game drops you into a bunker underground and you have to head out and basically survive. From dealing with thirst to injuries that prove to be mortal if untended, We Happy Few's emphasis may well be on survival but it's also an exploration game with some combat thrown in for equal measure as well.

Wandering around gets you into the company of others, and lets you explore the world of Wellington Wells, that would appear to be the antithesis of a Disney-esque version of a British surrounding. And as you struggle to survive more, the idea becomes that you have to get by without anyone suspecting that you're off your meds and a danger.

The alpha stage of We Happy Few is certainly a stylish blast of an alternative world that really wouldn't be out of place in the annals of the likes of Brit sci-fi anthology 2000AD. Its blackness and crueller edges are what set it above the rest of its ilk, but it really does need a little more story to keep you hooked.

Exploring is fruitful but the idea of where to go and what to do is somewhat lacking. While that direction is perhaps laudable, it soon means the stylish elements are what remain in your mind, rather than story-led rug pulls.

Graphically, the game is excellent, with the sense of unease crawling off the screen and under your skin without any kind of warning. It's creepy and unsettling and that really marks out in this world where everything is similar or an ever-so slightly unusual version of similar.

Ultimately Compulsion Games' alpha shows the reasons that We Happy Few really stood out at E3 - it's a demonstration of something unique and hopefully something a little more original. It scores highly for a truly out of the box opening that really does offer some visual shocks and set the tone for what lies ahead  - darkly delicious and potentially devious, with some more indication of what's expected, it looks like We Happy Few could be a force to be reckoned with.

Win No Man's Sky on PS4

Win No Man's Sky on PS4

It's the most anticipated game of the year - No Man's Sky!


Your Universe Awaits in No Man’s Sky on PS4.

Forge your own path through a living, breathing universe on an unprecedented scale and discover new worlds from a possible 18 quintillion unique planets.

Uncover new species, gather precious resources and forever make your mark on the galactic map.

Thanks to PlayStation we are giving away one copy of the game. 

To find out more about No Man's Sky on PS4, click here

To win a copy of No Man's Sky, all you have to do is email me what you would name a planet if you discovered one!

To enter simply email to this address: darrensworldofentertainment@gmail.com  OR simply CLICK HERE 

In the subject line put NO MAN'S SKY and remember to give me your planet name!

Please include your name and address and good luck!

This competition's open to residents of New Zealand only and will close on August 24th!

Good luck!

Tricky Towers: PS4 Review

Tricky Towers: PS4 Review

Platform: PS4
Released by Weirdbeard Games
Coming to PS Plus in August

Tetris is an obsession.

A global obsession if you will - simply sliding the blocks into place, building structures and keeping it together under pressure has always been a fun past time.

Well, Weirdbeard Games has realised that and has crafted this mash up of Tetris and also bizarrely, the graphics and gruntings of a Rayman game. Brick stacking has never been anything less than passably entertaining and occasionally addictive and Weirdbeard's embraced that in Tricky Towers.

All you have to do is stack a series of bricks, a la Tetris and ensure they don't fall over, wiping out both your structure and your life. Seems easy right? But that's not all of it - using magic and the wizards you are in charge of can help sway the game your way.

The game's MO is very simple - it rotates between different challenges which unlock further challenges. Stack bricks over a certain level to win, rotate bricks into a puzzle that's in front of you or make sure you stack all of the bricks that are thrown your way without losing three times - there's little but variations on a theme in play here. However, it's surprising how quickly you become frustrated at the end of a level and dive back in again at the start.

Physics play a part in the game as well - one simple mistake of stacking and it's all over. There are spells to help bind the blocks but they don't always help save the day given that if they fall, they fall. Multiplayer is yet to work properly on the game because it's not fully launched yet as this was early access review - though one imagines it will follow a similar pattern of taking one friends in competition levels.

Local co-op is there, and there are options to pay for more packs of wizards; there are also plenty of levels to play through but this is very much bite sized fun or game for family afternoon on the couch together at a local level.

All in all, Tricky Towers' cartoony cutesy style and simplistic game mechanic make it eminently disposable but hollowly entertaining as well.

Win a double pass to see Ben-Hur

Win a double pass to see Ben-Hur

“BEN-HUR”

Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present

“Ben-Hur”

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley

Produced by Sean Daniel, Mark Burnett, Joni Levin, and Duncan Henderson

Executive Produced by Roma Downey, Keith Clarke, John Ridley, and Jason Brown

Cast:               Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Morgan Freeman, and also starring Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, and Sofia Black D’Elia

Synopsis:         BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army.  Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery.  After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.  Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.  Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.

To enter simply email to this address: darrensworldofentertainment@gmail.com  OR simply CLICK HERE darrensworldofentertainment@gmail.com

In the subject line put  BEN-HUR!

Please include your name and address and good luck!

Competition closes August 25th