42 ...... Sunday, September 30, 2018 1SM 1SM Sunday, September 30, 2018 ...... 43 lWHOOP, whoop — it looks like Fortnite to see how things will go. lIF our EGX chat has put you in and Terroriser and home-grown Sony are finally going to let The U-turn comes after mounting expo mood, then fret not. heroes like Marley Thirteen. Expect cross-play between the PS4 and pressure from the industry after Resonate is at the SEC in eSports tournaments, indie, retro, other platformers. Nintendo and Microsoft allowed it Glasgow on October 19-21. Expect kids’ zone and an over-18s area. MUSIC & GAMES They are running a beta with earlier this year. YouTube superstars like Syndicate See resonatetotalgaming.com SPECIAL NEW Sticky Cats The Dark Pictures MUSIC Hitman 2 PC Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Anthology: By Jim Gellatly Xbox One, PS4 and PC Xbox One, PS4 and PC THE Leftfield Collection was Man of Medan AGENT 47 was back with a bang at one of the most interesting IF you feel the need for speed then this is a must. Xbox One, PS4 and PC this year’s event. areas at the show. Take to the skies in a number of war-proven planes GLASSMASTERER We got time with the Miami mission It was where the indie for some good dog-fight action. SUPERMASSIVE are the lXBOX are bringing WHERE: Edinburgh. from the new game. The job was to developers went wild. The Ace Combat series guarantees an over-the- masters of horror on the PS4 keyboards and mice to FOR FANS OF: Frank find and take out a father and daugh- And the winner? Definitely top story of warring nations and personal thanks to the Until Dawn the Xbox One. Ocean, Gorillaz, Drake. ter who would have made a fortune Sticky Cats — a couch challenges, but this is slightly different. series. Now they have teamed Boss Phil Spencer broke JIM SAYS: Edinburgh- from selling arms on the black mar- multiplayer where four friends This is all about your ability to turn and burn and up with Bandai Namco for a the news on the Inside Xbox based electronic wizard ket. It was all about supercar racing battle it out. go Mach 2 with your hair on fire — and it is great real frightfest. fun. show. He revealed that Xbox Glassmasterer looks like on the streets, but the details of the The idea is simple — you’re This will evolve into an Insiders will try them next breaking out of the hit were up to you. a cat and you have to grab a The demo let us get behind the stick on three episodic game, with new fighters armed with an array of missiles and month — on Warframe — underground with his Cue bags of fun as you work out the fish and escape through the chapters released throughout MANY may think the toys-to-life before it goes live later this latest release. best way to dispatch the targets. We window with it. rockets as we set out to destroy a number of next year. The first is Man Of craze is over, but Ubisoft have Starlink: Battle for Atlas roamed a huge level filled with But — and it’s a big but — enemy forces. other ideas. year. The brainchild of Medan. Xbox One, PS4 and Switch Spencer insisted the Oban-raised 23-year-old options from sabotaging the car to your cat sticks to everything, It is all very smooth and looks stunning. Some of We tried a short demo and it You build a spaceship that sits just pushing them out of a window. including other players’ cats. the mission we tried was a visual treat. seems like an atmospheric tale on your controller — and it then that meaning you can shoot back- keyboard and mouse won’t Lewis Bigham, Glass- be a default option in all masterer has moved on Hitman 2 promises plenty of what Cue hilarity as you battle to And, if that wasn’t enough for armchair where you must get through becomes the game. You pick your wards. This is a sci-fi epic as you fans of the original game loved — get the fish while not getting Mavericks, then rejoice in the fact that the game an abandoned ship. pilot and your weapons, but you are a force for good. The cast of games — that will be up to from the quirky instru- the developer. mentals on last year’s huge areas with lots of fun ways to stuck. also supports flight stick controls and there will be It has an all-star cast, can swap and switch at any point. characters would give Star Wars a fulfil your contract. Half the fun is This is a real laugh — a slice some missions that can be played in PSVR. including Shawn Ashmore, And, if you put the gun on the run for their money, but the toys But he did hint that the new Deed and Dabble EPs. Oh, be still our beating hearts. feature would open the He’s produced some finding them out. of indie purrfection. This is our and a choice system. This ship backwards, it’ll appear like are the hook. Christmas hit. game of the show. spook fest is shaping up well. platform to titles that were not sparkling collaborations accessible just now. with double A-side Last Microsoft and Razer are Chance To Make Plans/ teaming up to release kit that GhGhGhGhost! Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will support the feature, so Both are phenomenal, IT was time for an indie revolution at on the state of VR at the moment and the future and show Lewis is no of Battle Royale games. Switch expect an Xbox-themed EGX. Razer keyboard and mouse. GAME one-trick pony. Our highlight was the Bethesda Community OF THE He said: “With Last The gaming convention in Birmingham Quiz — and not just because you could win THE No More Heroes games became a surprise cult classics on the Wii — so it was only a matter of time SHOW Chance To Make Plans I saw the best that the smaller firms had to Fallout swag. No, this one was hosted by Aussie wanted to create a multi- funny man John Robertson. before the Suda 51 series got an outing on the Switch. offer — with a string of Series hero Travis gets hold of a games console genre song that took the games from the wild to the He said: “Helluva event. listener on a sonic trip Loved the indie section, I called the Death Drive Mark 2, leading to a Tron- wonderful. like tale as he wanders into the game and sum up what Glass- spent time as a flying cat 1 Marvel’s Spider-man masterer is all about in Gamer crowds are Now, we love trumpeting some on Mao Mao Castle and a world and goes on an epic rampage. indie magic, but it did rather 2 Shadow Of The Tomb one track. vengeful goose in Untitled In truth, the game seems to be a point the spotlight on the empty smorgasbord of gaming styles — it Raider “I’m pretty sure the title Goose Game. 3 Crash Bandicoot space that was normally filled by “On the retro games, I jumps from action game to racing comes from a line I mis- the AAA boys. N.Sane Trilogy heard while listening to a beat a 12 year-old at some- to puzzles. The 11th EGX was a four-day thing you’ve been playing There are actually seven differ- 4 NBA 2K19 song called Born Under fun fest as crowds of gamers got 5 Mario Kart 8 Punches by Talking for 25 years. But my high- ent styles in the game as it maxi- up close and personal with a lights of new games had to mises the Switch’s features. You Deluxe Heads, and the title has real mix of titles. always stuck with me. be Fist Of The North Star: might want to be on your own HARD times at Telltale The show boasted over 200 Lost Paradise, and the fact as you shake the joy-con to l “As for GhGhGhGhost! playable games — from the likes Games with reports of it started as a fun little indie mood for fun addictive little classics like charge up Travis’s signature significant lay-offs and even a of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and instrumental I made back Stick Fight and Windjam- Beam Katana. possible closure. Metro Exodus. mers are heading to the in early 2017. But more than half of the The demo at EGX was a The firm issued a statement “I’ve been performing it Arca’s Path Switch. special build, with dialogue that did nothing to allay fan offerings were in the Rezzed “I was there to host the live with my friend Zenga PSVR, Oculus, SteamVR and Vive port area, where the indie boys were between you and the enemies fears — it basically confirmed The Titan for about five Fallout quiz for Bethesda, about the event. Neat touch. IT wouldn’t be EGX without a bit of VR and the guys at strutting their stuff. the rumours. months now and Fallout’s the best They let most of the Rebellion had your back with Arca’s Path. Games like Disco Elysium and journey to a post-apocalyp- Phogs were big draws, with Dead workers go last week with just It will be on a number of VR systems, but we got End Job by Edinburgh-based Ant tic town you can have handsy on the PSVR. You must move a ball through a without actually going to 25 staying on to fulfill the Workshop also on show. The firm’s obligations to its board maze but, in a devilish twist, you don’t use a controller. firm’s Tony Gowland said: “It’s Birmingham.” No siree, you move your head to guide the ball. But there was no escap- and partners. been a really good show for us. Telltale’s CEO Pete Hawley It all feels a bit odd at the start, but it soon clicks and The game has been getting a ing the AAA-sized elephant then you can start changing the speed and direction in the room. said: “It’s been an incredibly great reception as well as a lot difficult year for Telltale as we with marginal head movements. of footfall on the show floor. Their absence and the The game is also wrapped in what the develop- non-appearance of firms worked to set the company “Saturday was the craziest day on a new course. ers, Dream Reality Interactive, call a “future as we had so many people play- like Xbox, EA, Razer, fairytale” where you are a young girl ing the game. Twitch and Turtle Beach “Unfortunately, we ran out and it’s really great to see named Arca in a trash world. One day “It was great to see so many was a real downer. Team Sonic Racing of time trying to get there.” the studio version get its she finds a headset that takes her into people sitting down playing the It is hard to fathom why release.” game and walking away with a Xbox did not show Forza Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC a puzzle world. The full game has 25 Horizon 4 so close to the THE As for the name, he levels set over the striking crystal- giant smile on their face.” THE blue hedgehog and three-man team and is a redesigned added: “When I first went The Leftfield Collection was UK launch. line landscapes as well as an It says something when his pals are back — but real mash-up on how the Hyperkin Xbox in a professional studio experimental electro also a zone of discovery. It was Duke Controller now home to some of the most two of the biggest stands this time they are giving game plays. as a teenager an engi- soundtrack from Ninja their legs a rest and hit- Coming first doesn’t comes with a neer was talking to me interesting titles at the show — were Nintendo and Sega. It Tunes artist Raffertie. was almost retro. ting the kart track. mean you are the winner translucent green fin- about the process of CD Dream Reality Inter- games like Kine, Tick Tock: A Tale For Two and Tanglewood. Even Nintendo boobed. Team Sonic Racing because it is just as ish. The Green Duke is duplication. active will be well- the same spec as the “The final stage is The last one is being developed Why have so much exclu- picks up where Sonic & important to get the rest known to PSVR owners for the Mega Drive using the sive Switch product and so All-stars Racing of your team over the line standard black one known as ‘glassmaster- — they are made up of —and is yours ing’. It effectively takes same tools and systems that were few consoles? Transformed left off, but as well. ex-members of Sony king in the 90s. And it will get a It meant long queues for there are a few big The racing feels good for £69.99. the green hue out of the London Studios, who surface and replaces it Mega Drive release so dust off the likes of Untitled Goose changes. and is fun. You get some worked on PlayStation VR the old consoles. Game and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes. One: Team Racing is classic Sonic tracks from with a nice silver sheen. I Worlds. If you have a PSVR then Overall, EGX was fun and enjoyable, but the always thought it EGX is all about the games — there were a just focused on the Sonic across the series, plus this is a title to look out for when it number of dev sessions for games like Hitman 2 lack of the X factor meant it felt quieter than in franchise, although there karting staples like speed sounded rather cool.” the past. Here are STUART CULLEN’s highlights . . . Plans are afoot for a arrives on December 4. and 11-11 Memories Road as well as discussions is a touch of the boost pads and pick-ups. Glassmasterer album. He Transformer in it. Plenty of replay value. said: “Besides Chuchoter This lets you race as a The race is on. and Zenga The Titan, I’ve been collaborating with Killer Queen Black Soulcalibur VI Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise GRIP Soundfall funk/soul singer James Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC Mathias of Bourbon Switch Xbox One, PS4 and PC PS4 Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC lRED Dead Redemption 2 Street 5, virtuoso guitar- THE title is a mouthful, but Fist Of The North Star: Lost THIS is a throwback to a the roof as you push for SOUNDFALL is a great mix of rhythm magic and hack- is getting a public beta ist Jack Hinks, singer/ FAST, frantic and fun — just some of the BANDAI Namco let fans battle it out with words that sum up our time with Killer a number of fighters from their up-and- Paradise is an action-adventure game based on the classic racer called the lead. and-slash excitement. for its multiplayer component. songwriter Scarlett long-running manga franchises by Buronson and Rollcage. It takes arcade The game also has a Rockstar have revealed it Randle, singers Isla and Queen Black. coming title — with one of the highlights This was actually one of the surprise successes from We got hands on with the Switch build being the Witcher hero, Geralt of Rivia. Tetsuo Hara. racing and flips it on its healthy arsenal of the indie section of the show floor. It is a fresh and orig- will kick off in November. Maeve Hannigan, jazz You get to play in a post-apocalyptic alternative Earth. head. weapons and power-ups The details on how and band Archipelago, and as we took part in a 4v4 battle in a bid to Soulcalibur has always been about inal idea that offers you a new gaming take a glorious victory. There has been a nuclear war and the oceans have You drive a buggy that to help you get the upper challenge. what it will be like are light on singer Katherine Aly. blade combat and the game feels really the ground just now but a We had three options — fill the hive good with a fluid system that is dried up. can run in whatever way it hand. You start by running through stages, “They are all going to is pointing. We tried the Switch Rockstar spokesman said: be on my debut album. with the most berries, ride the giant snail Catastronauts way above some other fight Bee Kind You play as Kenshiro, who is battling aliens with your blades and to victory or get your queen to kill the determined to rescue his kidnapped That opens the game up version and were guns. “Red Dead Online utilises the We’ve been working on Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC games. Mobile to some very wild and impressed by just how well core gameplay of Red Dead music that covers funk, other teams. It never felt like we fiancée, Yuria. But here’s the twist — there is a bar The way you work MIX FTL: Faster Than Light and NOT all games are about saving the world It all plays out in an epic tale as you challenging tracks as you it ran in handheld mode — at the bottom of the screen which Redemption 2 and offers an house, pop, jazz, afrob- were just button race at breakneck speeds, there was next to no fram- evolution of the classic together with your Overcooked, then add a dash of Star Trek mashing in fights as we or blasting bad guys. travel through the wastelands in the tracks the beat of the soundtrack you eat, hip hop and lounge.” hope of finding her. flipping from the ground to erate drop. multiplayer experience in the It all sounds like it will team is vital if you — and you get Catastronauts. tried standard attacks This indie title sees you try to guide a picked at the start of each mission. want to win. The frantic co-op sees you and four bee through a garden to find seeds to From the small segments we If you manage to time your attacks original Red Dead be pretty special. friends crew a spaceship that is under and more powerful grow flowers and make food. played, the game is very story Redemption.” MORE: glassmasterer. Each player has special moves. There is with the beat then you’ll get a a role to play — attack. You have to work together to This is more of an educational tool for heavy and it falls on the very damage boost. Clever stuff. If you have played their com whether it is survive by manning guns, repairing the a depth that will please kids aged between five and seven, brutal side of the taste-ometer. other title — GTA V — online lJim presents a weekly more-seasoned fight It makes an addictive mini- grabbing berries or ship and putting out fires . . . easy. teaching them the importance of a healthy But that is what it promises — game — not only are you trying then you can expect this to go showcase of New Music defending the work- Maybe to start with, but it soon ramps fans. The characters ecosystem. the series is built on over- the- down a similar route. That on Amazing Radio, Sun- to defend yourself from the ers. up a level. You have to deal with new and arenas look This is a mobile game and is best top fighting. enemies but you need to means it will evolve and have days from 2-4pm. The pace is very quick mechanics and situations like solar flares. stunning. The played with a touchscreen device. It has a It delivers, especially with do it at the right beat. a constant flow of content amazingradio.com and it will be a hit when it Teamwork is key to staying alive. game has real great charm and was a welcome change group battles using This challenge was and events. jimgellatly.com lands. Communication is vital. Soul . . . of pace on the show floor as well as devastating attacks. music to our ears. Rumour suggests it will Watch video of It is an interesting tale. teaching you all about bees. also feature a blend of co-op Glassmasterer at: play and narrative elements. thescottishsun.co.uk