Welcome to the PDG June 2013 New Video Game Release Guide
By PDG Staff
Tuesday – June 4
Marvel Heroes (PC, Mac)
Marvel Heroes is a FREE-TO-PLAY action-packed massively multiplayer online game created by David Brevik, the visionary behind Diablo and Diablo 2. Set in the iconic Marvel Universe, Marvel Heroes combines the core game-play style of Action RPGs and MMOs with the expansive library of heroes from the Marvel Universe. In the game, players can collect and play as their favorite Marvel Superheroes (including Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine, Hulk, Spider Man, Captain America and many others). Team up with friends and try to stop Doctor Doom from devastating the world with the power of the Cosmic Cube in a story written by Marvel comic super-scribe Brian Michael Bendis.
Key Features:
* Play for FREE – Experience the entire game without paying any money. If you choose, you can shop in the in-game store for even more heroes and items.
* Battle as Marvel Super Heroes – Play as Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine, Hulk, Spider Man,
Captain America and many other famous heroes.
* Customize Your Hero – Make your Hero unique with a range of spectacular powers and costumes. Discover enhancements to increase your hero’s power.
* Explore the Marvel Universe – Visit famous locations from the Marvel Universe, from Avengers Tower to Mutant Town to the Savage Land.
* Fight Incredible Enemies – Smash through hordes of Marvel enemies and face off against iconic super villains.
* Team Up With Friends – Join with your friends as you fight your way through the game.
Tuesday – June 4
Remember Me (PC, PS3, X360)
Neo-Paris. 2084. Personal memories can now be digitized, bought, sold and traded. The last remnants of privacy and intimacy have been swept away in what appears to be a logical progression of the explosive growth of social networks at the beginning of the 21st century. The citizens themselves have accepted this surveillance society in exchange for the comfort only smart technology can provide. This memory economy gives immense power over society to just a handful of people. Remember Me is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories. The authorities, fearful of her knowledge and capabilities have arrested Nilin and wiped her memory clean. After her escape from prison, Nilin sets out on a mission to recover her identity, helped by her last and only friend. This search for her past leads to her being hunted by the very people that created this surveillance society. During the course of the story, Nilin will start remembering who she was and re-learning all the fighting moves that made her one of the world’s leading memory hunters.
Key Features:
* Speculative, stunning vision of our future – Discover Neo-Paris 2084, where augmented reality and memory digitization have taken control of people’s lives.
* Play as Nilin, an elite memory hunter with a clouded past – Become the most wanted memory hunter in Neo-Paris and experience the power to break into people’s minds to steal their memories. Gain the information you need directly from people’s heads, to complete your missions and recover your own memory.
* Memory Remix – This innovative new gameplay mechanic allows players to use Nilin’s powers and alter parts of people’s memories in real-time gameplay. This will change characters’ complete perspective on their self-image and the people around them, which can have grave consequences for the world in 2084.
* A balanced mix of combat and exploration – Fight your way through the different environments Neo-Paris has to offer, using Nilin’s proficiency in martial arts, as both hunter and prey!
* Combo Lab – Remember Me will allow players to fully customize the combos Nilin uses during the game. Players can adjust combos on the fly to suit every situation.
Friday – June 14
The Last of Us (PS3)
Joel, a ruthless survivor with few moral lines left to cross, lives in one of the last remaining Quarantine Zones. These walled-off, oppressive cities are run by what’s left of the military. Despite the strict martial law, Joel operates in the black market of the city, smuggling contraband for the right price. Joel is asked by a dying friend to look after Ellie, a fourteen-year-old girl with courage beyond her years. What starts out as a simple job to deliver Ellie to another Quarantine Zone, soon transforms into a profound journey that will forever change Joel and Ellie. As they trek across a post-pandemic United States, Joel and Ellie will encounter different factions of survivors that have each found a unique way of dealing with the infected humans, the lack of supplies, and the threat of other survivors. As Joel and Ellie struggle to persevere, they must learn to trust each other and work together in order to survive the realities of this new world. At its core, The Last of Us is about the bond that forms between Joel and Ellie – it is the story of love, loyalty, and redemption.
Key Features:
* Become the hunter and the hunted in a brutal post-pandemic world – Play as Joel, a ruthless survivor, who is paired with Ellie, a brave young teenage girl, as they work together to endure a dangerous trek across a familiar, yet post-pandemic United States.
* Intense character-driven narrative – Featuring a cast of resonant characters that take you on a rich, emotional journey via Naughty Dog’s award-winning cinematic storytelling, performance capture, and high-production values.
* Explore a decimated, overgrown America reclaimed by nature, marked with remnants of human civilization juxtaposed against beautiful, lush environments, delivered by realistic and stunning graphics.
* Strategize how to survive enemy encounters as the Balance of Power AI system continuously adapts to whether Joel or the enemies gain the upper hand. Quickly maneuver to survive encounters as enemies will change their behavior based on what weapon they see Joel holding, how many of them are left alive, and whether the player has managed to surprise them.
* Learn how to survive day-by-day – Scavenge for vital resources, craft weaponry out of environmental objects, and compete with other survivors for limited supplies and ammo.
* Developed by Naughty Dog, creators of the best-selling UNCHARTED series. Genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements. Character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague.
Tuesday – June 25
Company of Heroes 2 (PC)
In the world’s darkest hour you are a commander of the Soviet Red Army, entrenched in brutal frontline warfare to free Mother Russia from the Nazi invaders. It is 1941 and the beginning of what will become the bloodiest conflict of World War II resulting in over 14 million military casualties.
Witness the struggles of the Red Army from near defeat through their incredible triumph over Germany in the most challenging and costly theatre of the war, the Eastern Front. Your military tactics hold the power to tip the very balance of this conflict. Engage in tactical combat that will define you as a military leader and wield the might of the Soviet Empire as you smash your way to Berlin. The Motherland is Calling!
Key Features:
* Award Winning Franchise – Sequel to the highest rated strategy game of all time returns with an innovative warfare experience that will redefine the Strategy genre once more.
* Essence 3.0 Engine – Cutting-edge technology that increases the graphical quality and accuracy of deadly combat with an unprecedented TrueSight system that changes strategic warfare forever.
* Blood and Snow – Take command of the iconic Red Army on the Eastern Front and repel the Nazi invaders in this Battle of the Ideologies.
* Tactical Warfare – Develop and utilize your new Commander Abilities and experience the up-close moment-to-moment brutality of frontline warfare through new Dynamic Battle Tactics.
* Intense Online Combat – Featuring the great competitive and co-operative multiplayer that fans have grown to expect from this high-quality and critically acclaimed franchise
Tuesday – June 25
Deadpool (PC, PS3, X360)
There are a few important things I need to say before you crack into my insanely sweet game. (You might want to sit down for this!) I’m a mercenary with an accelerated healing factor. I’ve been described as unstable, which is just plain Coo-Coo. (Wait, do sane people say Coo-Coo?) Be prepared for just about anything. (HOLLA!)
Key Features:
* Let’s Get Some Action – I made sure to capture all my good sides, so I made my game a third-person, action-shooter. (Yep, you get to look at my heinie.)
* X-Men Groupies – Keep a look out cuz some of my X-Men pals (Whoa, What Pals?!) are making an appearance.
* Insane Combat – I’m really good at killing, so I made it a blast stringing together combos and totally eviscerating my enemies. (Ev-is-cer-a-ting!)
* Weapons Galore – I brought my skills and a buttload of my favorite things. Katanas (check), guns (bang!), explosives (boom), duct tape (quack), and of course, yours truly – ME! (Checkmate!)
Tuesday – June 25
Ride to Hell: Retribution (PC, PS3, X360)
Following an intense tour of duty, Jake Conway returns home from Vietnam to find his brother brutally murdered by a notorious biker gang known as the “Devil’s Hand.” Obsessed with getting payback, Jake begins his journey hell-bent on destruction, intent to catch his brother’s killers between the crosshairs of reckoning and vengeance. Set within the 60’s legendary era of anarchy, Ride to Hell Retribution is a gritty and raw action adventure that encourages players to open up the throttle and rule the highways as they ride a warpath to revenge.
Key Features:
* High-Speed Motorcycles with Races, Stunts & Fights.
* Brutal 3rd Person Brawler Combat with Rage Attacks & Environmental Kills.
* Full Motorcycle Customization.
* Live Instrument, 60s Reminiscent Soundtrack.
* Over the top Comic-Style Experience.
* Colorful Cast of Outlaw Characters with Unlockables & Collectables.
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