We've heard rumors about it for a while, but Ubisoft made the porting of ZombiU official July 30 with a bloody reveal trailer.
It's now just called Zombi, by the way, for obvious reasons.
The London-based zombie survival shooter will arrive, digitally only, Aug. 18. It will come to Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. That marks a pretty quick turn around between reveal and release, but Ubisoft just probably wants to wash its hands of the whole affair.
Ubisoft created ZombiU as one of the only third-party launch exclusives for the Wii U, when Nintendo released the console in late 2012. As we all know, the console and therefore the game, didn't sell all that well. It was only July 29 when Nintendo announced that the Wii U had sold 10 million units.
In the middle of 2013, Ubisoft came out with zombie-preventative guns blazing about the Wii U's poor performance. First, the giant game developer and publisher canceled a ZombiU sequel, saying the sales didn't make the game "even close" to profitable.
Then, Ubisoft said that it would no longer develop exclusive titles for Nintendo until the Wii U has more users. There's no telling what number it would take to bring back that relationship.
So, if you've waited around, refusing to buy a Wii U but thinking ZombiU looks cool, now's your chance. It received a number of positive reviews and currently sits at 77 on Metacritic.
If only that 'London Bridges' rendition in the trailer wasn't so goofy.
PC
Steam is having a "Cyberpunk Sale" on titles like Transistor, Mirror's Edge, and Deus Ex. Check it out!
Unless Amazon's listing is incorrect, we'll be seeing Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox 360/One, PS3/4 and PC.
Starting today, Microsoft is offering PC drivers for Xbox one controllers here. If you're in no rush, the drivers will be available in a windows update soon.
Vote for this game to get greenlit on Steam, because who doesn't love to flap their arms around and fly?
Octodad: Dadliest Catch will be released on Steam, Humble, and GOG on January 30th.
No confirmation from Telltale yet, but if Steam is to believed, you'll be back to Clem in less than two weeks.
From the announcement:
Steam in-home streaming will allow you to play a game on one computer when the game process is actually running on another computer elsewhere in your home. Through Steam, game audio and video is captured on the remote computer and sent to the player's computer. The game input (keyboard, mouse or gamepad) is sent from the player's computer to the game process on the remote computer.
This means you'll be able to play a game that's running on your gaming pc on your terrible old laptop, so every time you get killed in a multiplayer game, you'll have to wonder if that dude just sniped you from his toilet.
Part 1 of TF2's Two Cities update is out, and features a new Man vs Machine map and new weapon upgrades.
From the video description:
Enter the improved Fractals of the Mists, an endless dungeon experience for the brave and skilled! Now you can experience the Thaumanova Reactor and two other new Fractals mini-dungeons. Plus, join the final battle inside the Tower of Nightmares! It all starts November 26!
PC gamers feeling a little left out? Why not try this "space trading and combat simulator"?
The Sims 4 has been pushed back from a "early 2014" release to fall of next year. Rachel Franklin, VP and General Manager of The Sims Studio says, "The Sims franchise has the best fans in the world and their passion and enthusiasm is at an all-time high. Those millions of voices will fuel our development process, helping The Sims 4 to be the most ambitious and the best game our studio has ever made. We can't wait to see our fans reaction when The Sims 4 comes out in fall 2014."
If you're one of those fans, you can pre-order The Sims 4 here.
If you're one of the 596,000 people who want GTA V on PC, you're in luck; according to Eurogamer, "multiple industry sources have indicated the open world game, currently available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will come out on PC in the first quarter of 2014."
