New Releases for Week Starting 02/17/2014

Releases this week are: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze for Wii U, Earth Defense Fource 2025 for PS3 andXbox 360, and Rayman Legends for PS4 and Xbox One.

Rayman Legends

rayman legends ps4Release Date: February 18, 2014 | Ubisoft | ESRB: E10+ for Everyone 10+ | PS4, Xbox One

Rayman, Globox and the Teensies are back to embark on a new fantasy adventure through a series of legendary worlds with new environments, characters and enemies. Rayman Legends features a variety of uniquely-themed levels including several musical maps intricately set to creative soundtracks and a spooky medieval theme.

Players can also connect online with friends through a variety of challenges to test their skill and speed, and see where they rank on the worldwide leaderboards. Rayman Legends retains the fantasy appeal of its predecessor while adding a multitude of clever and entertaining gaming modes, new characters, new environments and a new soundtrack. The award-winning team of artists, designers and composers behind the UbiArt framework has also returned with an advanced engine to include multi-dimensional gameplay elements, an improved lighting system and updated game rendering that elevate Rayman Legends to the next level.

 

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

DKC-Tropical-Freeze-Box-ArtRelease Date: February 21, 2014 | Nintendo | ESRB: E for Everyone | Wii U

Help Donkey Kong and his friends save their home and banana hoard from marauding Vikings in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the second entry in the blockbuster platformer series from Retro Studios. he Snowmads, who have invaded and frozen their home, Donkey Kong Island. Players will jump from island to island as they explore a huge variety of new environments, from lush mangroves to burning savannahs and Donkey Kong’s frozen island.

All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game-play elements and features. And now, there are four playable characters! Dixie Kong is back to join the adventure as a playable character alongside Diddy Kong, and for the first time in Donkey Kong Country, bearded old hero Cranky Kong joins the adventure with his bouncy cane. Any of the three can buddy up with Donkey Kong, and each character offers a different gameplay experience. On their journey to reclaim Donkey Kong Island, Donkey Kong and his friends travel across five islands with a variety of stages that include underwater areas and frozen environments.

Earth Defense Force 2025

edf2025-360-fobRelease Date: February 18, 2014 | Ubisoft | ESRB: M for Mature | PS3, X360

The insects return from dormancy to end humanity with over-the-top action and massive city-leveling explosions that will entrench the EDF and the citizens of Earth into a state of emergency. Earth Defense Force 2025 is an action shooting bonanza that arms players with their choice of EDF soldier classes equipped with more weapons ever in the series and the elite training to exterminate menacing insects of all sizes in the global quest to protect the world from alien invasion.

Featuring tons of missions, making it the most ever seen in the series and the first to feature four-player multiplayer on home consoles, Earth Defense Force 2025 is an all-out battle against the terrifying ravagers that have come back stronger than ever in their mission to destroy the planet.

 

 

 

 

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