
The new trailer for the second Civ 5 expansion, Brave New World , gives us a look at a new feature that allows players to set policies and ideologies for their civilizations. Your chosen policies will grant various abilities that have will have certain diplomatic effects for the rest of the game. The expansion comes to PC on July 9th, 2013.
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Nintendo surprised hardcore JRPG fans by announcing that the fourth entry of the acclaimed Shin Megami Tensei series would be coming exclusively to 3DS. While this may not make sense for Americans, it makes perfect sense in Japan, where handheld devices have taken the country by storm. Either way, Atlus has brought a new trailer for us to show you, and I have to say — it’s looking pretty cool.
One of the most hotly anticipated RTS titles of the year, Company of Heroes 2 is scheduled for a release on June 25th, and will focus on the brutal Eastern Front theater of World War II (or, to be more accurate, the Great Patriotic War, as it is known to all Russians). The trailer shows off some great gameplay and cutscene footage utilizing the overhauled Essence 3.0 engine.

Nintendo announced last month that they’d be ditching their E3 conference plans and replacing them with one of their Nintendo Direct videos. Some may seem baffled, others more understanding that Nintendo’s lack of heavy hitting announcements (other than much needed core Wii U games) would be lost amidst the bleating trumpets of Microsoft and Sony’s own conferences. Realizing this, Nintendo is sticking to their semi-awkward, always endearing Nintendo Direct videos, and on June 11th at 7am PST (around the time Nintendo normally schedules their own conference), they will be broadcasting their E3 message, directly to you — and if you’re a Nintendo fan, you shouldn’t miss this one.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment along with Techland have just announced the development of a survival horror game entitled Dying Light for next-gen / current-gen consoles and PC for a 2014 release. The developers seem interested in capitalizing on a recent wave of survival horror enthusiasm, seen in recent weeks with the hype surrounding titles like Resident Evil: Revelations and Bethesda’s The Evil Within. Can this be the start of a genuine comeback for the embattled, once hugely popular genre? We’ve got the inside scoop right here:
On January 27, 2013, nearly 3000 men and women fought one another in a battle in which both sides lost $15,000 in combined materiel. For comparison, this was a fight on a scale with Washington’s surprise dash across the Delaware at Trenton or Custer’s fatal blunder at Little Bighorn. It was was bigger than the legendary Battle of the Alamo and the naval engagement at Hampton Roads, when the Monitor and Virginia fought to a standstill. The difference between 2013 and 1776, 1862, or 1876? Nobody died in the Battle of Asakai; they simply logged off.

Although I don’t always understand the hype myself, the Xbox 360 controller is certainly one of the most popular in gaming history. It still faced a handful of complaints however, many regarding the design of the D-pad and the controller’s reliance on traditional batteries for power. Unfortunately it seems that the latter has yet to be changed; Major Nelson confirmed in a 