2nd Emotional Games Awards results announced; Hellblade wins with a fell swoop

The 2nd edition of the Emotional Games Awards, something that we had been monitoring closely, took place on Friday, March 2 in Laval, France. With the sole purpose of awarding video games that bring out the most complex emotions from within the players, the list of nominees was filled with worthy contenders.

In case you would like to know who the nominations were then you can head to this link - https://goo.gl/dd3uay

The jury was composed of many capable personalities from the video game industry as well as philosophers. A full list and brief description of the jury members can be found here - https://goo.gl/5a5fGp

2nd Emotional Games Awards winners

Best Emotional Game : Hellblade : Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

Best Emotional Artistic Achievement : Old Man’s Journey  (Broken Rules)

Best Emotional Game Design : Cultist Simulator (Weather Factory)

Best Emotional Music : Inside  (Martin Stig Andersen-Playdead)

Best Emotional Indie Game : _Observer_ (Bloober Team)

Best Emotional VR Game : Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn)

Best Emotional Mobile & Handheld Game : Bury me, my love (The Pixel Hunt/ Arte / Figs / Playdius)

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 announced

'Tom Clancy's The Division 2', the sequel to 2016's The Division has been announced recently in a blog by Julian Gerighty, Creative Director, Massive Entertainment. Massive Entertainment is the developer behind the first installment and they will be working on the sequel along with Ubisoft Reflections, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Bucharest (phew! that's quite a load of people).

The fact that The Division has been getting a healthy dose of updates regularly shows that the game is still loved by many and has resulted in Ubisoft green-lighting a sequel. The game will be built using an enhanced version of Ubisoft's Snowdrop engine, which was used to make the first game.

In anticipation of the game, a new achievement system called Shields has been introduced. When players earn these "Shields" they essentially unlock additional rewards in The Division 2 when it launches.

That is about all we know for now but more will be revealed at E3 2018 which will happen in June.

Legacy of Discord – Furious Wings adds Divine Armory and Guild Camp

Mobile MMOARPG, 'Legacy of Discord – Furious Wings' has received a new update which will enrich the weapon and guild system by adding powerful and visually stunning weapons in the brand new Divine Armory and guilds will now have a new gameplay called Guild Camp.

The Divine Armory
The Divine Armory, is available now at the bottom of the main interface. The Divine Armory is stocked with four Illusionary Weapons:

1. Inferno Ultima
2. Shadow Ultima
3. Light Ultima
4. Radiance Ultima

Players need to spend the corresponding Meteorite Ores to activate the respective weapons and unlock bonus attributes. Each Illusionary Weapon has its own Weapon Skill that is available for unlocking when activation and level conditions are met. Weapon Skill will not be automatically used when auto-battling, therefore in those scenarios where the Boss is extra tough, the Weapon Skill will come in handy.

Guild Camp
Unlocked when guild reaches Level 6, Guild Camp is a place where guild members can start mysterious maps and Bonfire which will yield great rewards. The Camp Bonfire starts every night, and when it starts, all players in the Guild Camp area will receive a bonfire reward every 60 seconds. The Bonfire can be upgraded to have its rewards increased. Gold and Diamonds can be used to buy firewood to upgrade the Bonfire.

League Of Discord is a free to play action RPG game for Android and iOS and you can get by following these links:

Android - https://goo.gl/MeVd8C
iOS - https://goo.gl/dZDsEL

Get Far Cry 5 t-shirt on pre-order of the game

The fifth main title in the Far Cry series, 'Far Cry 5' is all set to release on 27th March 2018 and e-xpress Interactive Pvt. Ltd has announced that people who pre-order the game from offline  retailers will be eligible for a Far Cry 5 themed T-shirt that has picture of 'The Father', the antagonist of the game. The t-shirt also has the words 'CALL ME FATHER', which I personally think makes it the perfect dad t-shirt!

You can find a retailer near you by following this link - https://goo.gl/forms/wNwIRugE8g3XRHOs2

It is however a shame that Delhi, the capital of the country is not listed. But if your city is, then go ahead and pre-order the latest open world offering from Ubisoft. The game will be launching for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and PC.

Far Cry 5 prices (Consoles)

Standard Edition - Rs 3,999

Deluxe Father - 5,999

Father Edition - 7,999

Will Hero from ZPLAY launched for Android and iOS

Leading mobile game publisher from China, ZPLAY, has released a new mobile game called 'Will Hero'. The game has a low poly art style with a splash of bright and vibrant colours. The gameplay however is heavy with hack n slash style action.

You can play the game for free on Andoid and iOS  devices.

When Princess gets in trouble, a REAL hero turns into unstoppable maul and makes his way with bombs, kicks and axe.

How to play:

• Dash, jump and fly
• Hack and slash until they all die
• Rise your tower into the sky
• Find all chests hidden in high

Features:

• 50 constellation
• 500 levels
• 4 exciting ranking modes
• Bright and vivid graphics
• Pleasant sound effect

Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition and Royal Edition released

Square Enix has released their latest offering in the Final Fantasy series of games, Final Fantasy XV for PC. The game was available on consoles for more than a year now and has finally made it to PC titled 'Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition'. Along with this the publisher has  also released 'Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition' for the consoles. Both, the PC version of the game and the Royal Edition, are similar in terms of content and get all the DLCs released up until now and a few more additions on top.



You can buy Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition for Rs 2,899 on:

• Steam
• Origin
• Microsoft Store

If you plan to buy the Royal Edition on consoles now then it will cost you Rs 2,750 but if you already own the base game then you can get the Royal Pack as an add-on for Rs 1,246. Buy links:

• Royal Edition for PS4
• Royal Pack for PS4
• Royal Edition for Xbox One
• Royal Pack for Xbox One

Some of the new features of these two releases include:

• The new Insomnia City Ruins map that contains new side quests and enemies. According to PlayStation Blog the Director of the game, Hajime Tabata, has said that fans who have watched Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV movie will discover rewarding things if they spend time exploring the map.
• New bosses - Cerberus, Omega & Rulers Of Yore
• New ability - Armiger Unleashed
• New first-person camera mode

The PC version of the game enjoys further perks such as:

• High resolution support. The game can natively run at 4K resolution and can also bbe configured to run at 8K
• HDR 10 support
• Mod support
• AlienFX Integration which syncs the lighting effects on Alienware peripherals with the game actions.

Way Of The Passive Fist released and available on Steam and PlayStation Store

'Way Of The Passive Fist', a retro looking 2D beat 'em up game, has been released for the PlayStation 4 and PC. The game can be bought from Steam for Rs 459 and for Rs 1,123 on PS4. It will be launched on Xbox later today.

We covered the game in detail in an earlier post which you can read here: https://goo.gl/xHxsdg

The Story follows a mysterious Wanderer who is traveling across the planet Zicron V. You can gain XP and level up as you play through the game and even unlock skills to improve your fighting abilities. Apart from the usual story mode, there is also an arcade mode  that you can try after you finish the game or in between story missions to improve your skills. The game also gives you the freedom to completely remap the controls on your controller to the extent that you can play with just one hand!