Portal Knights - award winning game free trial coming April 20th plus new release date - PS4 XO

PORTAL KNIGHTS fans will have the chance to get a taste in advance of this award-winning 3D action RPG sandbox game thanks to a FREE TRIAL VERSION coming on PS4 and Xbox One on APRIL 20th across EMEA and the US.

The Portal Knights fully localized trial version will allow players to immerse themselves in the game ahead of release, exploring the first island in both single and multiplayer modes, while learning basics of combat and crafting. Users will be able to transfer trial version save data into the full game when it launches.

Abertay University team scoop prestigious BAFTA Games award

A team of elite Abertay University games creators are celebrating after scooping the prestigious Ones to Watch prize at the BAFTA Games Awards.

Student team Bluedoor Games took the coveted title at a glittering black-tie event in London, attended by key players from the world’s games industry.

The winning game, Among the Stones, was created as part of Abertay’s Dare to be Digital Competition which has this year been rebooted to become Dare Academy.

Bluedoor’s entry beat strong competition from fellow Abertay team Ludico’s creation, Pentagrab, and Hexterion’s dodgeball-based title, Rebound, to secure the win.

Uncharted 4 wins Best Game at British Academy Games Awards 2017

BAFTA has announced the winners of British Academy Games Awards, which celebrated the very best in games of the past year. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Wallace at Tobacco Dock, London.

Uncharted 4, the action adventure game developed by Naughty Dog Studios, won Best Game. This is the fifth win for the series, its previous four came in 2010 for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

INSIDE, the puzzle-platformer adventure game, won four BAFTAs: Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Narrative and Original Property.

Overcooked, the cooking simulation game, won British Game and Family. Firewatch, the first-person mystery adventure game, won Debut Game and Performer for Cissy Jones.

Another six games were winners on the night. The autobiographical game That Dragon, Cancer won for Game Innovation. Futuristic sports-action game Rocket League won Evolving Game. The team-based multiplayer first-person shooter Overwatch won the BAFTA for Multiplayer. Pokémon Go, the location based augmented reality game, won in Mobile Game. The Last Guardian, the action-adventure game, won the BAFTA for Audio Achievement. The mystery adventure game Virginia won in Music.

The AMD eSports Audience Award was won by Clash Royale, seeing off competition from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, League of Legends, Overwatch and Street Fighter V.

Logres: Japanese MMORPG launches Beta Test on Android - download link

Epic online multi-player game featuring anime-style graphics and downloaded by millions after its launch in Japan, the Beta test of the English version will be open to Android users in United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand from April 6-10, 2017 through Google Play.

EVENTS

Players who register and complete in-game events during the Beta Period will receive the following rewards during the commercial launch:

• Register your email in game and get 5 Crystals
• Clear “Mandra King Brothers!” Quest and get a Kinopo Hat
• Clear “[All Rare Monsters] Metal Hunter” Quest and get 10 Crystals
• Clear “Rampage! Mandra King Brothers! -Advanced –“ Quest and get 5 Crystals

Stardust update for Revelation all-new battleground and Starshatter Island 12th April release

Guilds will aim for the stars in all-new battleground - Starshatter Island.

A major game update “Stardust”, will land in Revelation Online's Nuanor on April 12. This update includes the new Guild vs.Guild map Starshatter Island, the long-awaited Faerie’s Funland map, localization refinements and various gameplay enhancements. Starshatter Island is a guild versus guild area in which they battle over the control of four precious crystal mining points. Players will fight vicious monsters and coordinate large scale attacks on rivaling guilds in order to gain the upper hand and mine the crystals' resources. Starshatter Island lets multiple guilds, with a maximum of 400 players in total, unleash strategic conflicts of epic proportions!

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles release date info and trailers - PC PS4

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, the open-world adventure from a former Activision producer and Rocksteady developers now forming Prideful Sloth, which launches for PlayStation 4 and PC on July 18, 2017.

Players will explore eight distinct environments, each with their own flora and fauna, while helping local villagers and wildlife stave off a darkness threatening the beautiful island of Gemea.

Age of Empires: Castle Siege now on Android - download link

Age of Empires: Castle Siege is now available on Android devices globally. Now you can join the ranks of millions of iOS and Windows players to create epic empires, defend against attacks and, in turn, execute your own full-scale castle raids with full control. To download Age of Empires: Castle Siege on Android.

Smoking Gun has always had a big admiration for the Age of Empires franchise and was thrilled at the opportunity to bring it to the mobile space. We feel we have created a solid mix between classic RTS control, and the builder genre that has seen so much success on mobile.” said John Johnson, CEO of Smoking Gun Interactive. “Android users have been itching for the opportunity to play Age of Empires: Castle Siege, and we are pleased to finally be able to bring this exciting mobile RTS experience to them. Like the iOS and Windows versions, the Android version was developed in our proprietary cross-platform engine, so no matter what device you play on, all of your data will be saved to the cloud, making it easy to pick-up-and-play across all of these platforms.”

Keep the Dance Floor Bumping in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone - PS4 DLC list

ash the 3rd Encore Pack for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone! Although it's the third pack included in the season pass, it certainly doesn't lack oomph, because it features an electric batch of new songs, accessories, costume modules, and EXTRA EXTREME Charts ('Future Sound' and 'Colorful Tone' required) for additional songs!

This is the 3rd of three Encore packs, each available for $9.99/€9.99/£7.99. Additionally, there's a DLC Season Pass available on PSN for $24.99/€24.99/£19.99, which includes all three Encore Packs and an exclusive bonus avatar set.

Abertay University to host 20 years of games Pecha Kucha 'chit chat' evening book now

Some of the world’s premier computer games creators will return to Abertay University to present quick-fire talks during a special 20 Years of Games Pecha Kucha evening.

Designers and programmers from across the globe are part of a star-studded line-up for the free event on Saturday May 6, celebrating two decades of games education at Abertay.

Held during Abertay Digital Graduate Show – which runs from May 5-9 – the session is being organised by Creative Dundee and all speakers are graduates of the University who have gone on to influence the games industry.

The event will see speakers show 20 images, each for no more than 20 seconds, as they share experiences and journeys since graduating or collaborating with Abertay, charting the history and future of the games scene.

Batman: Arkham VR on Oculus & HTC Vive on 25th April first trailer

Batman: Arkham VR is coming to HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift beginning on the 25th of April. Currently available for PlayStation VR, Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham VR is a top-selling, BAFTA nominated virtual reality experience that takes place in the critically acclaimed Batman™: Arkham canon and is based on DC’s core Batman license.

Batman: Arkham VR is the first virtual reality experience to immerse players into the Dark Knight’s universe, putting them inside the Batman’s cowl like never before. PC players with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift hardware will now have the opportunity to experience Gotham City through the eyes of the World’s Greatest Detective, and delve deep into a tense Batman: Arkham mystery. Players will enter a virtual reality world where they must think like Batman and utilize his legendary gadgets, unravelling a plot that threatens the lives of his closest allies.