Morning DLC: Video Games News And Rumors 8/21/13
By Nick Tylwalk
"2K and Firaxis Games have officially announced “XCOM: Enemy Within,” the expansion to last year’s well received “XCOM: Enemy Unknown.”Set for release on November 12 in North America and November 15 internationally, “Enemy Within” adds new maps, abilities, multiplayer content, upgrades, weapons and more to the strategy shooter.According to 2K, the expansion offers enough new content that an additional “three to four playthroughs” will be required to encounter it all."
"UK publisher Reef Entertainment has acquired “exclusive console video game rights” for 1984’s “The Terminator” and “console and PC video game rights” for 1991’s “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” from Studiocanal.Reef has announced it will create video games based on the licenses, the first of which appears to be “Terminators: The Video Game.”“Here at Reef we are huge fans of 1984 & 1991 Sci-Fi action master-pieces” a Reef spokeperson said in a statement. “It’s an incredible opportunity and an equally huge responsibility to create a game that does great justice to the motion-pictures. We are studying all aspects and influences of the ‘Terminator’ universe defined in ‘Terminator’ and ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day.’ We have started on our journey and are drawing on all the diverse materials available to produce a high quality, authentic and exciting ‘Terminator’ video game.”"
"Minecraft is no longer console exclusive to Xbox. Sony has announced that Mojang’s block-building game will be available at PS4’s launch.In fact, the upcoming PlayStation Network version of Minecraft will be available on PS3 and Vita as well, confirmed by a rather succinct tweet by Mojang’s Markus Persson. The Vita version is of particular note, as it should provide a more robust experience than the current Android version–while still offering those crucial analog sticks and buttons."