Eternal Darkness, Legacy of Kain Creator Announces Deadhaus Sonata

Denis Dyack – creator of Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and Too Human – has announced a new game, called Deadhaus Sonata, from his new development studio, Apocalypse. It’ll be a free-to-play action-RPG for PC and “targeting all platforms.” And according to Dyack, it will blend the best of what he’s done before.

“We are combining elements of many of my past games into Deadhaus Sonata,” Dyack told IGN. “Deadhaus Sonata is a cooperative multiplayer, free-to-play RPG where you are an unstoppable force of the dead. There are Lovecraftian overtones from Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, the gothic role-playing elements of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, where you are undead, and finally, some the action RPG elements of Too Human.” Apocalypse described Deadhaus as “a combination of fast action, loot collection, and deep gothic lore

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Battlefield 5’s Battle Royale Mode Not Coming Until Spring 2019

Electronic Arts and EA DICE announced Wednesday that Battlefield 5’s battle royale mode, Firestorm, will not launch until March 2019.

In a detailed timeline of post-release content for Battlefield 5 by DICE’s Jonas Elfving, Firestorm is in chapter 3 called Trial by Fire, which is set to start in March. Trial by Fire also includes a new Greece map that focuses on, “massive aerial invasion along the Cretan coast.”

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Melmetal Is the Evolution of Meltan, The Mythical Pokemon First Revealed in Pokemon GO

Melmetal, the evolution of the Mythical Pokémon Meltan who first appeared in Pokémon GO, has been revealed.

Revealed on Pokémon’s website, Melmetal is also a Steel Hex Nut Pokémon who is much bigger than Meltan, weighing in at 1,763.7 lbs. and standing 8’02” tall.

Melmetal, who hasn’t been seen in 3,000 years and used to be worshiped for its power to create metal, possesses a “unique Steel-type physical move called Double Iron Bash.” Using the hex nut in its chest “like an axle to spin its power arms around,” it deals a double strike to its unfortunate opponent.

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