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Xbox Games Store Update – AeternoBlade, Rock Of Ages 2, Killing Floor 2

Another week, another huge new batch of digital Xbox One games and bundles. From the first episode of the prequel mini season of Life Is Strange, to the totally wacky Rock Of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder, to the release of the remastered ReCore Definitive Edition there’s some interesting, diverse content hitting the Xbox Games Store this week.

Check out all the new releases below.

There’s also this week’s Deals With Gold And Spotlight Sale. And as always, see all the latest and greatest releases here on the Xbox Games Store.

Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1
Life is Strange: Before the Storm features Chloe Price a 16 year-old rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel?s world is turned upside down by a family secret it takes their new found alliance to give each other the strength to overcome their demons.

ACA NEOGEO FATAL FURY 3
FATAL FURY 3 is a fighting game released by SNK in 1995. A new ?Story? is about to begin in the city of South Town. Five new characters join for a total of 10 hungry wolves ready for battle. Featuring new elements such as the Oversway and Combination Art mechanic, be ready for epic and intense fights!

ReCore Definitive Edition
The ReCore Definitive Edition includes the new ?Eye of Obsidian? adventure. Join the plucky Corebot ?Violet? and journey into the permanent midnight of the ?Starving Sea?, a previously unexplored region of Far Eden where ancient enemies plot their revenge?on Joule and all humankind!

Other features of the ReCore Definitive Edition include: The ?T8-NK? (or ?Tank?) Corebot frame. Dynamic sandstorms in Far Eden?s ?Shifting Sands? regions. 10 new dungeons and 2 new overworld areas. 3 new weapon modes for Joule?s Energy Rifle. Upscaled to higher resolutions with HDR skies and lighting. Dozens of additional Corebot gear pieces. Decreased loading times and other improvements. Increased level caps and gameplay tuning. All new Achievements.

Surf World Series
Grab your board and take on legendary waves in Surf World Series, the arcade surfing game that brings you to 5 of the world?s most infamous surfing destinations, including Bell?s Beach (Australia), Waimea Bay (Hawaii), Supertubos (Portugal), Cacimba do Padre (Brazil), and Jeffreys Bay (South Africa). Enjoy afternoon, evening, night, and bad weather variations with different waves and visual aesthetics. Perform surfing?s most intense tricks, including the Superman and Sushi Roll, against 15 different surfers. Design your own signature surfer with 6 playable characters and thousands of customization to have the freedom to design your own unique slick style.

Feral Fury
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action. Long after humankind perished in the flames of the oil wars, the great panda empire is expanding throughout the galaxy as the new dominant power. With the old world in ashes and an endless need for bamboo, entire planets are turned into plantations, and the flames of war are lit once again.

The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
Packing in a full-fledged story mode with a colorful cast of musically-empowered heroes and villains, The Metronomicon sees you take control a party of eight new masters of the ?rhythmic combat arts? to wage musical warfare against a multitude of dance-mongering fiends. Control up to four concurrent heroes as they cast powerful spells, buff their teammates, and beat down their enemies with a variety of magical loot and groovin? dance moves. The effectiveness of your team is all in the rhythm, so put on your dancing pants, light up dad?s disco ball, and prepare your body for The Metronomicon. Oh, and did I mention couch co-op? Because nothing?s better than an armored dance partner.

X-Morph: Defense
Unique fusion of a top down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the X-Morph ? an alien species that invades Earth to harvest its resources. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the battle. Build mazes for incoming enemies in an environment that provides exceptional planning freedom. Tear down buildings and collapse bridges to support your defense or to simply indulge in a spectacle of unprecedented destruction.

AeternoBlade
In the region of Awelsia, vengeful Freyja travels with an unknown weapon called ?AeternoBlade?. Freyja looks to take revenge on Beladim, the Lord of the Mist who destroyed her village, Ridgerode, and killed her tribe. Her vengeance is helped by Vernia, who has as much merit as Beladim. Vernia taught Freya about the abilities of AeternoBlade. Freya has to venture into many different world dimensions to discover how to annihilate Beladim.

ARK: Survival Evolved
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate? and escape!

Over 50 creatures can be tamed using a challenging subdue-&-protect process. Eat and drink to survive, with different foods having different nutritional values (including human meat!). Harvest trees, ore, and more to become a master crafter. Level-Up your survivor by gaining experience through in-game actions to learn new crafting Engrams, or find higher level item Blueprints in the most dangerous parts of the ARK. On the 64+ player servers, your character, everything you built, and your pets stay in-game even when you leave. Special themed events will occur in the world with corresponding limited-run items!

Call of Duty: Black Ops III ? Zombies Chronicles Edition
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game and the Zombies Chronicles content expansion. Call of Duty: Black Ops III combines three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies, providing fans with the deepest and most ambitious Call of Duty ever.

The Zombies Chronicles content expansion delivers 8 remastered classic Zombies maps from Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Complete maps from the original saga are fully remastered and HD playable within Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

Redout: Lightspeed Edition
Redout is pure Anti Gravity racing, a tribute to the classic arcade racing monsters. It?s designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the genre. Conquer a Single Player campaign that spans more than 100 events, 11 game modes and 30 racetracks. Unlock 7 racing teams, 4 racing classes, ship upgrades and 12 power-ups. Then move on to Online Multiplayer and prove your reflexes and cold blood against the world, or challenge a friend in Split Screen

GWENT ? Starter Pack
The GWENT Starter Pack is a limited, one-time only offer and a great way to reinforce your card collection with additional units, spells, and heroes, including a guaranteed Legendary card! Whether you?re new to The Witcher Card Game or a seasoned player, you?ll get a total of 51 cards of various rarity, plus crafting resources for creating premium animated versions of cards.

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
Pillars of Eternity, the ultimate role-playing experience on PC, comes to Xbox One! Created by and for role-playing fans by Obsidian Entertainment, masters of the RPG genre, Pillars started as a Kickstarter project, where it shattered all funding goals and pulled in more than 75,000 backers. From there, it released to broad critical acclaim, won dozens of awards, and has been a fan favorite on the PC. Now, Paradox Arctic has adapted this unmissable RPG for an entirely new audience on major consoles ? bringing Pillars? fantastical world, tactical combat, and unforgettable story to fans on a whole new platform. Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition includes all previously released additional content from the PC version, including all DLC and expansions in a single package.

Killing Floor 2
In Killing Floor 2 players descend into continental Europe where the outbreak caused by Horzine Biotech?s failed experiment has quickly spread and gained unstoppable momentum, essentially paralyzing the European Union? Just one month after the conclusion of the events in the original Killing Floor, the specimen clones are everywhere and civilization is in disarray communications have failed, governments have collapsed, and military forces have been systematically eradicated. The people of Europe know survival and self-preservation too well and lucky survivors have gone into hiding. Not all have given up hope though? A group of civilians and mercenaries have banded together to combat the outbreak and established privately funded operation bases across Europe. Upon tracking specimen clone outbreaks, players will descend into zed-laden hot zones and exterminate them.

Dead Alliance
Dead Alliance is a fast-paced, multiplayer first-person zombie shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world, where former military bases have been turned into the only remaining city-states. Build your squad and take strategic control of bases across maps infected with zombies, using the dead themselves as weapons against your opposing faction. Armed with a variety of loadouts that range from guns to pheromone grenades, you?ll face off against enemy armies and gruesome, human-eating killers ? all while attempting to capture and control as many bases as possible. The world is a wasteland, and your only hope for survival is to use the dead?or join them.

RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS
Experience the survival horror sensation on Xbox One in full HD 1080p with all previous DLC included and new features. The story is set at a time before the Kijuju and Lanshiang bioterror incidents when the BSAA was still a young organization. Join Jill Valentine aboard a ghost ship in the Mediterranean Sea searching for her old partner, Chris Redfield. Learn the hidden truth behind the destruction of a floating city. Or play in Raid Mode for a co-op killing-spree with friends over the Internet.

Rock Of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder
The greatest ?giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages? tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder. Just like the title says, Bigger and Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay to be, well? BIGGER AND BOULDER. With an emphasis on the chaotic new 2-vs-2 multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by Unreal Engine 4, players will need to be ready for some intense rocking and rolling.

Paul Bryant

Staff Writer

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