42 ............... Sunday, September 9, 2018 1SM 1SM Sunday, September 9, 2018 ............... 43 ACTIVISION and Treyarch have finally Europe and the US — and some bright XBOX, Square Enix and eBay teamed up Raider Xbox One with a Mayan-inspired shed some light on the new Battle Roy- cookies put them together. Nuketown to help US animal charity Best Friends 3D design and a custom controller. ale mode Blackout in Call of Duty: Black Island, Array and Train Station are all with a very special auction. The lot raised an incredible $8,300 Ops 4. Teaser images of parts of Black- there, hinting at past maps. Blackout The three tech firms auctioned off a (£6,419) for the charity, which prevents MUSIC GAMES out were sent to content creators across Beta goes live tomorrow on the PS4. one-of-a-kind Shadow of the Tomb animals in shelters being put down. EXCLUSIVE by COLAN LAMONT A FUNK rock band are Unmasking REBELLION’S Ben Fisher reckons this is wanted to try something that progressed adventure in ancient Egypt, there were a known for they multi-player funfests but wearing false faces to pro- just the start of the jolly adventure for the from what we learned from that project, good number of enemies that were the with Strange Brigade the team wanted THE Battlefield V beta is test against fake news. Strange Brigade’s band of spiffing but brand new, brighter and with an sort of thing that players would obvi- the single-player side to stand out just lin full swing and DICE Falkirk-based group Beldon Haigh special agents. atmosphere that would appeal to non- ously want to face – mummies, scarabs, as much. also released more details The studio design lead says his team horror fans. giant scorpions, and so on. David — who has been in the industry about the upcoming game. And The Mother of All Bands per- had a blast creating the classic Boy’s “The 1930s rip-roaring adven- “When we had the base set 15 years — said: “We’ve put a lot of work form while wearing incredibly lifelike The cinematic trailer details Own/Indiana Jones style co-op romp. ture soon came to life. The core worked out, and rounded it out into ensuring the game works and is fun a number of key features for masks of political figures. David, from Milngavie, near Glasgow, characters are all inspired by the with some memorable set- in both single-player and in multi-player And the prosthetics — bought last year — the new shooter as well as the Overcooked 2 explained: “Myself and the team have sort of archetypes you see in piece monsters and boss — and the really cool thing is it is 1-4 first details on the new battle cost a whopping £20,000. fake politics really fallen in love with the world of 1930s Saturday matinee movies fights, we had a nice range of players across the whole game, from Lead singer Beldon says: “We decided to Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC £19.99 royale mode, Firestorm. Strange Brigade. We would love to see and pulp adventure novels. enemies for the player to face.” start to finish in the story campaign and Sixteen teams of four will create an album with five or six political THE first Overcooked game was a blast of culi- more adventures from our heroes.” “We wanted them all to be A big part of the game is the in the Horde and Score Attack modes.” songs on it. They are quite powerful and FALSE START nary fun and a perfect co-op game — easy to battle it out on what DICE are The game’s back story and world was cool, memorable characters, tale behind the action and David insisted it wasn’t all plain sailing calling Battlefield’s biggest one is about fake news and how it’s poi- . band pick up but hard to master with a partner. influenced by the Strange Brigade book with a tongue-in-cheek old-fash- Fisher feel that it grabs that but is delighted with the end product. soning our lives and creating a massive stand out Well, Ghost Town Games and Team 17 have ever map — which looks to be division in society. and comic — penned by Scot Gordon ioned atmosphere. timeframe perfectly. He added: “The biggest challenge was a HUGE sandbox with dozens with masks dished up a second portion with Overcooked 2, Rennie, who is also part of the Rebellion “We developed concepts for He said: “Each mission is finding a nice balance between shooting “Another theme is how society as a they bought building on the solid foundations of the first. of vehicles. The video also whole seems to lack compassion now. writing team. a wide range of characters like an episode of a serial and tomb-exploring and puzzle-solving. shed light on the single- last year It’s an over-the-top story where you have to But David says the initial idea came that fit that tone, and chose EXCLUSIVE movie that goes from “I think we’ve found a nice balance “I started writing songs about this stop the un-bread —yes, zombie loaves — pre- player War Stories which, like because it’s what I thought about during from one of their horror shooter the four that were the best fit cliffhanger to cliffhanger. between everything. Battlefield 1, will each have a venting you serving customers. multiplayers. for an adventure in the ruins of INTERVIEW The adventure takes the “The British Pathe-style voiceover the day and dreamed about at night.” Starting off nice and easy, you’ll soon find chapter as a standalone tale. The frontman says the band put in a lot He said: “A few years ago we released ancient Egypt.” Strange Brigade through many different really brings everything together with a Four stories will be avail- yourself having to fight conveyor belt systems a game called Zombie Army Trilogy, But it is not just the heroes David locations in North Africa, and their pulpy humour.” of consideration as to which band member and kitchens built on floating rafts that split up able at release with another, would wear which mask — choosing from where you fight against hordes of Nazi reckons fans will go crazy for — there adventures link together to tell their And I agree. Bravo, old chap! The Last Tiger, hinting that US President Donald Trump, North Korean every so often. Overall, the difficulty has been undead. The game had a very ‘80s direct are also the villains. He explained: story as they try to track down Seteki, the STUART CULLEN ramped up since the first game. you fight as Axis forces dictator Kim Jong-un and Russian Presi- to VHS’ horror atmosphere, and we “Starting from the idea of a classic 1930s ancient witch queen.” Rebellion are well instead of Alias. dent Vladimir Putin. You have more tasks from tenderising meat to He says: “I thought we’d have Putin on chopping veg, and even doing dishes, so plan- the drums because he’s laying down the ning your menu is key. But fear not, as you can beat, he clearly interfered in the US elec- team up with up to three pals, offline and online, tion and probably Brexit. He and Trump although this highlights how important communication is — bring your mic. 1. F1 2018 The game has a colourful art style, 2. Pro Evolution packed with charm, and a soundtrack Soccer 2019 to match. On the downside, 3. Grand Theft Auto V solo action loses some fun fac- 4. Crash Bandicoot tor, but if you’re after a blast N.Sane Trilogy with a pal, it’s perfect. 5. Yakuza HHHHH Kiwami 2 STUART CULLEN THE PlayStation 2 is offi- cially dead as Sony has YOU l THE new season of ration and its shady pulled the final plug on the can download system. It’s been some years lTekken 7 gets leader Kazuya Mishima. a fifth member of the under way this week Anna Willaims wants since the firm built the con- Strange Brigade for sole but now Sony have have a very close relationship so we put with fan favourites Lei answers after finding FREE right now — Winston Trump on bass. and Anna returning her fiancé dead and her stopped the aftercare service. “Then Kim Jung-un seems to thrust Bey, a gentleman explorer PlayStation Clinic stopped along with new cos- sister Nina fleeing the with a talent for poisons. But himself into the limelight and lead guitar- tumes, hairstyles and scene. accepting and fixing broken ists by nature are often exhibitionists. be quick — he’s only consoles on September 7 accessories. They’re available FREE for the first 30 “He knows how to grab headlines so he Lei Wulong enters the as part of the Season with any sent after that date seemed like a natural.” days of the game’s not being serviced. fight in a bid Pass 2. launch, £5.59 to Now valued at more than £30,000, the to meet his Version 2.0 So if your PS2 packs up in masks were created by sculptor Landon buy after- the future you can’t go to Meier, who is based in Denver, Colorado. idol Lucky also improves wards. Chloe, as well each charac- Sony to get it fixed. But Trump is worth more than the rest The PlayStation 2 still because of the detail that went into his as investigate ter’s move the G Corpo- set.