Homefront is set to return. Crytek Nottingham’s vision of a North Korea-occupied United States will be realized in 2015 with the release of Homefront: The Revolution for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, Deep Silver confirms. While not a direct sequel to THQ’s disastrous 2011 shooter, The Revolution revisits the world created by the earlier game, setting its story in a near-future Philadelphia, four years after the events of the previous game.
The linear, corridor shooter-style approach of the earlier release is also gone, replaced by an open world filled with all of the collectibles, unlocks, and dangling carrot progression that’s marked more recent Crytek releases. The game’s war-torn Philadelphia has become the seat of power for the North Korean leadership, and players — as everyman resistance fighter Ethan Brady — must take the occupiers on using guerrilla tactics.
We’ll have a closer look at the game soon. For now, enjoy the first look provided in these freshly released screens and reveal trailer. The 2015 release features both a solo campaign and some form of cooperative play for up to four players, though how the latter works isn’t yet clear. Stay tuned for more details here and on the game’s official website.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.