November 30th 2014 marks the battle for one of the oldest sporting trophies in North America. The Grey Cup! The what now?! Unless you are Canadian, you have probably never heard of the Grey Cup, let alone the Canadian Football League. That’s ok. Yes, we do play football up here and no we did not copy the NFL, no we don’t play with polar bears nor do we throw baby seals instead of a ball (although our balls are bigger). At 102 years old The Grey Cup is more than double the age of the Super Bowl, and while I will admit the NFL sports a higher level of talent, the CFL is our game and as a nation we plan on getting a little rowdy. So I apologize for the noise in advance and would appreciate it if you let us sleep in a little on Monday.
So while I will be cheering on my Stampeders everyone else can read what this week holds for us gamers!
The Crew
Release Date: December 2nd, 2014
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqYl8a236Q[width=650,height=366]
The Crew is a driving MMO that lets you put together a clan (a crew) that lets you race against other individuals and crews across 12 cities in the US spread across the east coast, the south, the midwest, in the mountains and the west coast. If I remember correctly the map is a compressed version of the US, but The Crew does allow you to drive across the continent - coast to coast - if you have the time (Someone needs to make a Cannonball Run race in this). Did anyone on 2old2play try out the beta? How was it? It reminds me a bit of Forza Horizon but on a broader scale. Am I right? Close but not really? Let me know in comments below as I would really like to know.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix
Release Date: December 2nd, 2014
Platforms: PS3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMrotSAgoDA[width=650,height=366]
Kingdom Hearts has always intrigued me. I have much love for most things Disney, yet on the same coin I have an aversion to pretty much anything anime or manga. To make matters more confusing, as much as I love to play fighting games I am outrageously terrible at them. Maybe one day if I find it on sale I will give Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix a shot.
Terraria
Release Date: December 2nd, 2014
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0scnF8pXfU[width=650,height=366]
Yes, this has been out for a while on PS3 and XBox 360, but Terraria is coming to both the PS4 and XBox One in disc form. Mrs. Soup called the demo “Mario Bros. mixed with Minecraft”. If that sounds like your kind of thing you may want to check Terraria out.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale series - Episode 1
Release Date: December 2nd, 2014
Platforms: PC, Mac, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360*, Xbox One*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q1vt9BX4Eg[width=650,height=366]
It’s Game of Thrones! It’s Telltale! If you ever wanted to dive deeper into George R.R. Martins medieval fantasy series here is your chance. While you don’t play as any of the 1000+ characters that inhabit either his books or the HBO series you will still interact with the major players. Given that Game of Thrones - A Telltale Series starts around the end of Season 3 of the HBO show and will end after it’s 6 episode arc just before Season 5 there are already a couple handfuls of characters that are dead. So if you were hoping to drown Viserys in gold yourself, you are out of luck.
*The Xbox versions release December 3rd
