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Titanfall pilots that are a bit fatigued from stomping around the same set of maps, take note - the game's first portion of DLC maps are due in May under the title of "Expedition." Polygon reports that the three-pack of maps will include "Swampland," a stretch of alien ruins that offers trees for wallrunning, "Runoff," a map that incorporates water, and "War Games," a map that's hosted within the game's training simulator.

"Expedition" is the first of three map packs included in Titanfall's season pass, which was announced in March alongside its $25 price tag. The pass provides a $5 discount from what the combined price of the three map packs would be if bought separately. [Image: Respawn Entertainment]

Titanfall pilots that are a bit fatigued from stomping around the same set of maps, take note - the game's first portion of DLC maps are due in May under the title of "Expedition." Polygon reports that the three-pack of maps will include "Swampland," a stretch of alien ruins that offers trees for wallrunning, "Runoff," a map that incorporates water, and "War Games," a map that's hosted within the game's training simulator.

"Expedition" is the first of three map packs included in Titanfall's season pass, which was announced in March alongside its $25 price tag. [Image: Respawn Entertainment]

At the PAX East Titanfall panel today, Respawn Entertainment announced Titanfall Expedition, a paid, campaign-continuing map pack coming to the Xbox and PC shooter. Read more...

During their PAX East panel today, Respawn announced that they're working on new modes for Titanfall. These updates, in addition to other micro updates that they've already been working on, will be completely free to owners of the game.Read more...

Always Sometimes Monsters doesn't play, look, or read as particularly human. Vagabond Dog's story about traveling across the United States to win back your first love, built in GameMaker, is a heady brew of visual novels like Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and SNES-era Squaresoft role-playing games. Squat, big-eyed cartoon characters wander about squat cartoon college dorms and warehouses having lengthy conversations in a lackadaisical but outsized tone, like a less scatological Kevin Smith movie. Vagabond's new PAX East 2014 demo impresses because of how a deeply human game peeks through these layers of artifice.

"You can play as any race, gender, sexual orientation," Justin Amirkhani, creative director and writer on Monsters, explained. "People treat you differently based on who you are, what you look like, and whether they have personal prejudices or not."

​The demo demonstrates this philosophy well, but takes time to warm up. In a clever fourth wall-breaking sequence, Amirkhani and his partner Jake Reardon actually appear in the game, explaining why the player I'd get to control would be randomly selected. As a failsafe making sure my decisions reflected my own personality and prejudices, it worked nicely. The lovesick character picked for me came close to the mark: a white, heterosexual male writer. His great love? A Hispanic woman named Gina.

The DLC will include three new maps set after Titanfall's campaign.

There's a Titanfall panel going on at PAX East, and it's being live streamed here. Read more...

From the show floor at PAX East 2014, Vlambeer has unleashed an update that adds co-operative multiplayer to Nuclear Throne. The game is currently available via Steam Early Access for $12.99.

"We launched it about an hour ago, I'm uploading it from the show right now. We're updating the website to make sure it's ready. The goal for now was two players, and we're looking into the possibility of more than two players," Vlambeer's Rami Ismail tells Joystiq. "At this point two players is so crazy and insane that we're not so sure it's a good idea to have four."

Ismail says that his team thought Nuclear Throne would be a fun single-player experience, but the community clamored for a multiplayer component.

"We've been live streaming, we've been really open about our development, but we were worried about multiplayer. Since it was such a big deal though, we decided to do it between the live streams we did. When it was done, we realized it was good. Local multiplayer for two people. The build will be available in just a little while." [Image: Vlambeer]

I don't care which universe he's in, plucky yellow Autobot Bumblebee always rocks. And hey, that's two voice actors Activision doesn't have to hire! Read more...

It seems fun enough, but does it have that Wolfenstein magic?

Galak-Z will "have to be out by this fall," developer 17-BIT's CEO Jake Kazdal told us at PAX East. The new game from the Skulls of the Shogun developer, which also has a strong spiritual connection with Solar Jetman, will launch first on PS4, followed by Vita and Steam.

The top-down physics-based roguelike gameplay is highlighted by action reminiscent of Asteroids. "It's not about waves of enemies," said Kazdal. "It's about leading shots, the AI becomes apparent as you play. We put a lot of work into the AI dodging shots and being something we don't normally see in arcade shooters."

PAX East attendees can check out the game inside the Indie Megabooth. [Image: 17-BIT]

Beyond Earth takes the turn-based strategy series to space.

Vlambeer's Nuclear Throne is adding four-player online and local multiplayer. If you're familiar with the brutal Gauntlet-style game, you're cheering right now. Online multiplayer will be added to the Steam Early Access version of the game soon. It's going to be glorious. Read more...

Below makes you feel small. Wonderfully, wonderfully small. Capybara Games' new adventure, a lush marriage of Dark Souls and the original Legend of Zelda, is a game of contrasts, encroaching dark and tiny lights with a wee character in a big, echoing world. "The idea of scale was the first thing we landed on. Ever since 1080p monitors came out I've had this dream of taking advantage of that technology in a different way," explained Kris Piotrowski, Below's creative director. "You've got this view you've never seen before, a character on a scale you've never seen before, and it gives the world a feeling of vastness and mystery."

The muted, thick colors and heavy rain surrounding the Wanderer, Below's fragile star, in the game's beach side opening are as oppressive as they are beautiful. Wanderer is tiny on the beach and rocky path leading up into the hills in the background, taking up almost no screen real estate and moving slowly. Even holding the run button, he only moves at a trot. Unsheathing your sword and shield takes a good beat as well, leaving you vulnerable. Climbing up a trail toward the monolithic cave first seen in Below's E3 2013 debut is immediately tense and alluring.

Those feelings of vastness and mystery sweep you up so much that you're not expecting it the first time spikes shoot out of a grey splotch of cave-floor, cutting your life short. When you start again as a brand new Wanderer, a little wiser and a little more ready with a sword, that's when this chilly game warms up, inviting you into its artful, challenging exploration one dark cave at a time.

The Last of Us is coming to PS4, Transistor finally has a release date (next month!), and a new Borderlands game got announced — how much more could we have asked for this week, really?

A few more highlights: that fancy new slim PS Vita + Borderlands 2 bundle is out May 6th, Ryan went hands-on with MLB ’14 The Show (don’t miss our PS3 / PS4 stadium comparison, by the way), the Trials series makes its PlayStation debut on Tuesday, Naughty Dog is 30 (congrats guys!), our Worldwide Studios pals are rockin’ PAX East this weekend, voice-controlled squad-based SRPG There Came an Echo got announced for PS4, and inFAMOUS Second Son has sold over a million copies.

What are you playing?

• I’m playing: Dark Souls II, OlliOlli
• I’m watching: Seinfeld
• I’m listening to: The Cat Empire, Lifeformed, TLOU Soundtrack

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A portion of a Nintendo Life review...

There are more accessible and deeper farming games available elsewhere, which are also more engaging experiences.

Full review here

Dave Fennoy the voice of Lee Everett runs us through his favorite moments with Clem.

- looking to finish PC development in 2015, and then work on Wii U port
- actual release depends on funding for Wii U dev kits

Werewolf Island is an open world horror/supernatural, first-person game for Windows/Linux/Mac in maturation by Sinn Development. It's the story of Victor Lupus, whom inherits his uncles private island after missing for fourteen years. With a longing desire to discover what truly happened to his uncle, Victor unknowingly exposes himself to the enigma of Satanism.

Thanks to X7 for the heads up!

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