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News Score Attack and Horde Mode Invade Strange Brigade When it Launches on 28th August
Blimey!
Strange Brigade, Rebellion's schlocky 1930s co-op shooter, releases on PS4 in just a few weeks, and it's looking pretty strong. However, we've only seen its main campaign mode so far. Over on the PlayStation Blog, the game's lead designer Steve Bristow has finally opened up about what else this curious game has to offer, and he's detailed...
News Strange Brigade Scores Free Monthly Content
And a Season Pass
Launching games is only part of the puzzle these days: you’ve got to support them long after release as well. Strange Brigade, the co-op shooter scheduled to drop at the tail end of August, is already looking further into the future, announcing monthly free content drops and a Season Pass which will include a three-part...
E3 2018 Strange Brigade Shoves a Shotgun in the Face of Seteki
Tomfoolery
Rebellion knows its way around a good co-op game, so there’s very little to not like about the upcoming Strange Brigade – a 1930s-themed pulp adventure for up to four players. This brand new E3 2018 trailer shows the title off in all of its glory, demonstrating the extent of its gameplay variety – and also its cast’s unique...
News New Trailer for Strange Brigade Teases Story, Reveals Release Date
Beware!
The thirties-tinged antics found in Strange Brigade, the new co-op shooter from the Sniper Elite folks at Rebellion, offer up a pretty unique experience. The above trailer will put you in the mood for its schlocky, pulp action vibe and supernatural settings. A mummified witch queen named Seteki has risen from her tomb, and it's up to the...
News Battlezone Gold Edition Announced for PS4, VR no Longer Required from May
Tanks a lot
One of our favourite PlayStation VR launch titles was Battlezone, Rebellion's tank battling game. Though it works great in virtual reality, some players were disappointed that the extra hardware was required to play the game. Now, the developer has announced Battlezone Gold Edition, which will remove the need for Sony's headset, allowing...
Hands On Strange Brigade Is a Punchy, Pulpy 1930s Shooter
Just the ticket
One of the higher profile games at EGX Rezzed 2018 was Rebellion's thirties-tinged third person shooter, Strange Brigade. Oddly enough, the demo we played was single player, despite the main focus of the game being its four-player co-op. Still, what we played of this B-movie inspired action game proved it has some fun ideas that...
Review Rogue Trooper Redux (PS4)
Clone army
PS2 curio Rogue Trooper is an unlikely candidate for the remaster treatment. Taken from the pages of eclectic British comic 2000AD, Sniper Elite developer Rebellion had a decent stab at trying something new with the always swamped third-person shooter genre. Receiving positive reviews, it’s since faded into obscurity. Hopefully,...
Hands On Rogue Trooper Redux Recaptures PS2-Era Action
Rogue legacy
Oxford developer Rebellion has quite the checkered history, stretching across 23 years and multiple platforms. Now best known for the ball-busting Sniper Elite series, its output ranges from classic (Aliens vs Predator) to not so classic (Rogue Warrior). Now, alongside fellow UK studio Tick Tock Games, it's revamping a PlayStation 2-era...
News Rogue Trooper Redux Brings Cult Classic Shooting to PS4 This October
Rogue-like
Originally released all the way back in 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Rogue Trooper is still fondly remembered by some as a solid third-person shooter. Developer Rebellion is remastering the cult classic and bringing it to PlayStation 4 on the 17th October. Hopefully the gameplay still holds together. Judging by the graphics...
News Strange Brigade Is Unlike Any Other Co-Op Game You've Played
Mystery! Mayhem!
Here’s a good chunk of gameplay from Strange Brigade, the new co-operative third-person shooter from Sniper Elite developer Rebellion. For those of you who don’t know, this game has a kind of… To be honest, we’re not sure what the actual term for it is, but it’s based on the melodrama of 1930s movie trailers and stuff like...
News Sniper Elite Studio Reveals 1930s Themed Strange Brigade
Colonial marines
This is cool: Sniper Elite developer Rebellion has announced its next game, Strange Brigade. The title is a four-player co-operative shooter in the same vein as Zombie Army Trilogy, but this time it’s boasting a 1930s-inspired Mayan, Incan, and Egyptian theme. You’ll see what we mean when you watch the trailer embedded above...
News Sniper Elite 4 Sets Sights on First Story DLC Next Week
Free multiplayer content also coming
The very likeable Sniper Elite 4 will be receiving the first part in its Deathstorm mini-campaign story starting 21st March, with a further two instalments set to follow later in the year. Playable for up to two players, the first episode will whisk you away to the snowy setting of Northern Italy, where you must...
Video Set Your Sights on Some Sniper Elite 4 PS4 Gameplay
Sight life
We've busted our balls busting balls to bring you a Sniper Elite 4 review ahead of its release date, but you probably fancy a bit of video footage to go with it, right? The above isn't the tightly edited clip you've come to expect from Push Square; technical issues put pain to that. But it does include a good 12 minutes of gameplay...
News Point Your Scope at Sniper Elite 4's 101 Trailer
In sights
We love these 101 trailers that Rebellion likes to put out. There's nothing wrong with fancy cinematic trailers, but sometimes you just want to know what a game has to offer, and this Sniper Elite 4 clip spells it all out so that there can be no confusion. It details everything from the kind of gameplay experience you can expect, right the...
News Brilliant PlayStation VR Title Battlezone Goes All Eighties
Tank you very much
Rebellion's ridiculously good PlayStation VR title Battlezone will explore its roots with a free eighties update dropping on 20th December. The download will plot a return to the wireframe visuals of old, all packaged as part of a new Classic campaign. Lovely jubbly. The new update, labelled v1.03, will also augment fresh mission...
News Battlezone Reboots with Bad Ass PS4 Pro Support
Tanks for the support
Battlezone's already one of the better PlayStation VR experiences – review forthcoming, we promise – but it looks like it's going to shine on the PlayStation 4 Pro, too. Rebellion has released patch v1.02 today which enhances the virtual reality exclusive for Sony's new hardware, and you can expect sharper image quality and...
Hands On Battlezone's PlayStation VR Co-Op Is Brilliant Fun
Cockpit moshpit
What more is there to say about Battlezone right now? The forthcoming PlayStation VR launch title is absolutely a must-own, but you already knew that when we previewed it earlier in the year. This week we were invited back up to Rebellion to feast our eyes on the final build, and our opinion hasn't really changed: the Oxford-based...
Video Is Battlezone the Best Game on PlayStation VR?
Tank you very much
We're here at EGX 2016, which means we're beaming hastily crafted articles and shoddily edited videos straight to your eyeballs from a room the size of a shoebox. No, seriously -- that last bit wasn't even a joke. The good news is that we've got all of 2016's -- and some of 2017's -- biggest games on tap, and we'll be bringing you...
News PS VR's Most Promising Title Battlezone Is Playable in Co-Op
Tank you
We're not sure how much more Rebellion can possibly stuff into Battlezone, but the British-based developer's announced today that it will include online co-op as well. While you can play through the campaign alone if you like, you'll also have the option to team up with up to three friends, which is just totally awesome. "The immersion of...
News Battlezone Demonstrates Yet Again Why It's a PlayStation VR Must Own
Tanks very much
There's no question that Battlezone is the best PlayStation VR title that we've tried to date, so we didn't really need another trailer to sell us on the game. This clip does tease at tons of new features, though, including new enemy types, weapons, and even tanks. The cool thing about this game is that it's got a procedurally...
Gamescom 2016 Sony to Publish Boxed Version of the Brilliant Battlezone
VR you ready?
Battlezone, the mind-blowing PlayStation VR launch title from Rebellion, will be getting a boxed release on 13th October – and Sony's the one publishing it. The platform holder's partnered hard with the Oxford-based developer on this title, so it's no surprise to see the firm consummate the collaboration with a retail launch. "2016...
E3 2016 Sniper Elite 4 Will Take Aim at PS4 from 14th February
Down the barrel
Sniper Elite 4 will bunker down for a few more months than expected, as Rebellion has attached a 14th February release date to the long-range shooter. The title was originally due out later this year, but with BattleZone releasing alongside PlayStation VR in October, the Oxford-based developer has decided to push the game back a few...
First Impressions Battlezone on PlayStation VR Will Blow Your Mind
Tank you very much
Holy moly, virtual reality is truly mind blowing stuff. We were recently invited out to legendary developer Rebellion's headquarters to get some eyes-on time with Battlezone on PlayStation VR – and we've talked about little else since. This is only phase one for the fledging medium's return to the mainstream, and already it's...
First Impressions Sniper Elite 4 on PS4 Seems On Target Yet Again
Murder in the Mediterranean
For many, Rebellion's successful Sniper Elite series is a gaming guilty pleasure. Seasoned soldier Karl Fairburne has been busting balls since the heady days of the PlayStation 2, and now finds himself slinking into battle for a fourth time. Continuing the property's theme of depicting unexpected but engaging World War II...
News Sniper Elite 4 Targets the Most Gruesome Low Blow on PS4 Yet
Aim down the sights
Popular testi-kill series Sniper Elite will be bringing its brand of ball bursting action to the PlayStation 4 for a second time this year, as elite marksman Karl Fairburne returns to the trenches yet again. Sniper Elite 4 has been announced for Sony's new-gen system, and this time it will find you vanquishing fascism amid the...
Interview Blowing Battlezone's PS4 Reboot Wide Open
We talk to Rebellion about its Project Morpheus revival
Even in an industry obsessed with reboots and remasters, Battlezone is the last brand that we'd expect to be making a comeback. And yet the timing is practically perfect: Atari's iconic upright arcade cabinet embodied virtual reality in the 1980s, and now with Project Morpheus poised to...
E3 2015 Arcade Classic Battlezone Targets Morpheus Reboot
Tank! Tank! Tank!
This author's a little too young to remember Battlezone, but for many it provided a formative arcade experience. For those that don't know, the cabinet came with a kind of periscope, which was used as a window into the polygonal action. Your objective in the Atari game was to bust wireframe tanks – and now Rebellion is bringing...
Review Zombie Army Trilogy (PlayStation 4)
Just a little off the top
Zombies have been the perennial whipping boys of the shooter genre for a while now, and it was inevitable that at some point they'd get mashed up with Nazis – second in the cannon fodder league table – to create the ultimate guilt-free targets to blast away at. While Zombie Army Trilogy on the PlayStation 4 is far from...
Round Up Zombie Army Trilogy PS4 Reviews Rise from Their Grave
You did Nazi this one coming
There are games like Journey and The Last of Us, which attempt to challenge us emotionally – but sometimes you just want to embed bullets in rotten flesh. Zombie Army Trilogy, a PlayStation 4 compilation of Rebellion's undead-'em-up, has shuffled onto Sony's next-gen system this week, and promises to make the hunt for...
News Zombie Army Trilogy Marches to PS4 in, Er, March
Gun to go
Rebellion's wince-inducing undead-a-thon Zombie Army Trilogy will start its slow shuffle into homes from 6th March, legendary British outfit Rebellion has announced. This is a Friday, so we're assuming that the date applies to the UK only, but we're yet to learn of a North American timeframe for the title. We'll reach out to the developer,...
News Zombie Army Trilogy Rises from Its Grave on PS4
We did Nazi that coming
With all of the testicle targets and what not, British developer Rebellion's strangely popular Sniper Elite series is already insane – but Zombie Army Trilogy aims to up the ante with hordes of the undead. Due out on the PlayStation 4 later this year, the rotting release will include Zombie Army 1 and 2 from the PC, as well...
News Aim for the Head in Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army on PS4
Silent scope
Ever since it’s allowed you to detach the private parts of opposing forces, it’s been hard to take Rebellion’s long-range shooting series Sniper Elite seriously. Fortunately, the British developer’s embraced that silliness, adding x-ray cams to cars in the upcoming Sniper Elite III – and confirming that undead spin-off Sniper...
News Prepare Yourself for War with Sniper Elite V2's Demo
Pull the trigger
Publisher 505 Games has confirmed that it will release a demo for Rebellion’s upcoming Sniper Elite V2. The short sampler will launch at some point this month ahead of the game’s full release in May. It’s unclear what the demo will include, but we’re expecting a mission or two from the final game. Remember, if you pre-order...
News Change History with New Sniper Elite V2 Trailer
End this hellish war
It’s telling that the most interesting thing about Sniper Elite V2 is its pre-order bonus, but, having said that, killing flippin' Hitler is a pretty big selling-point after all. The additional mission’s up for grabs now for all those who register interest in Rebellion’s sequel ahead of its 4th May release. Just please,...
News NeverDead Heads To Retail Early Next Year
We're going to be honest, we don't know a whole lot about Konami's NeverDead
We know it's being developed by British-based studio Rebellion. And we know that the game's protagonist is immortal, able to lose limbs during combat and then pick them up at a later date. But that's about the extent of our knowledge. Perhaps that's all Konami wants us to...
News Sniper Elite V2 Coming To PlayStation 3 In 2012
505 Games has announced that it will publish Sniper Elite V2 on the PlayStation 3 next year
The game is being developed by Rebellion. Its very exciting to be working with one of the new breed of major publishers like 505 Games, said Rebellion CEO, Jason Kingsley. Sniper Elite was an important, genre-defining property and were hoping to...
News AvP Developer Rebellion Get Down And Dirty With Sony's NGP
A Develop report states that British outfit Rebellion -- the guys behind the infinitely popular Aliens Vs
Predator — are actively involved with Sony's new NGP handheld platform. The report notes that the studio has successfully reworked its Asura Engine to take advantage of Sony's portable "in preparation for a new series of internally-built...
News Aliens vs Predator To Get Downloadable Content Next Week
If you've not been torn away by Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet, SEGA would like you to know that they have DLC planned for Aliens vs Predator next week
The content's the same as what you might have got if you bought the Special Edition SKU of the game when it launched last month. For those of you that didn't get the SE though, you'll get four bonus...
News Aliens vs Predator Shoots Straight To The Top Of The Pops... Erm, Charts
Another week and another shooter has taken the crown from Ubisoft's current Wii phenomenom, Just Dance
Amazingly for Rebellion, Aliens vs Predator has become the fastest-selling game in 2010, topping last week's record holder, Bioshock 2 (now in third). Of course, they're both gonna get crushed by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Either way, big congrats...
News SEGA Update Aliens Vs Predator Demo For PS3
If you downloaded the Aliens vs Predator demo and were unable to play the game, then, yo, you were not alone
It was borked. The matchmaking didn't work.. Alas, SEGA's just sent us word that the old demo has been removed, and replaced with a new, working version. Hurrah. So if you want to check out the demo, you totally can now. Just check with this...
News Rebellion To Fix Aliens vs Predator Matchmaking Issues On PS3
SEGA's told VG247 that Rebellion are working on some matchmaking issues apparent in the PS3 version of the Aliens vs Predator multiplayer demo
Since our earlier update regarding successful patching of the PC demo of AvP, weve been working with Sony and SEGA on investigating reports of a similar issue from some PS3 owners, a SEGA spokesperson...
News New Aliens Vs. Predator Trailer Is Pretty Pretty
Aliens Vs
Predator</a> is not too far away. Which means it's time for SEGA to tell us about a new trailer, demo, or thing-ma-jig relating to the game every 5 seconds. Well nearly. But yo, y'know, this trailer is actually pretty awesome. Those lighting effects at the start are great. If you want to try the game out for yourself, a multiplayer...
News Aliens Vs Predator Multiplayer Demo Incoming Tomorrow
SEGA's announced there'll be a demo for Aliens Vs Predator on the Playstation Network tomorrow
Sadly, those looking for some single-player goodness will have to make do with some multiplayer modes, as the demo is multiplayer only.Multiplayer was a huge part of our original AvP game back in 1999, and weve kept the spirit of that classic...
News Rebellion Confirm Demo For Aliens Vs. Predator
Amazing news if you're interested in Rebellion's upcoming Aliens Vs
Predator</a> title. Not so interesting news for everyone else. AvP's lead designer Alex Moore has confirmed to AvPGalaxy that, "There will be a demo," and, "That's all we can say." No platforms nor dates were mentioned. You can move on now.
News Aliens Vs. Predator Story Trailer Is All About Kicking Ass
This latest Aliens Vs
Predator</a> trailer is dubbed a "story trailer". In actual fact, it's more like a "shoot anything that moves to edgy music" trailer. But who cares, when it looks as inevitably rad as this game does? Can - not - wait.
News Aliens Vs Predator Coming February 19th
MCV reckons that Rebellion's Aliens Vs Predator will launch on February 19th in three versions: Standard, Survivor and Hunter
The Survivor edition comes in a metal-tin case, and features a code for DLC multiplayer maps, coming post launch. The Hunter edtion includes the same goodies, but throws in a Facehugger model, a Weyland Yutani sleeve badge...
News No Aliens Vs Predator For You Guys In Australia (Pssst, PS3 Is Region Free)
Australia's ratings board, the OFLC, has refused the release of SEGA's Aliens Vs Predator in the region
In a statement to GameSpot, SEGA Australia said they would "continue to investigate all options available to us, including the possibility of appeal. Why has it been refused classification though?The game contains first-person...
News Aliens Vs. Predator Multiplayer Trailer Features People Saying Nice Things
SEGA have decided to lift the lid somewhat on Rebellion's upcoming return to the Aliens franchise, with Aliens vs
Predator</a>. In this trailer, a host of British magazine journalists advertise the game. Which is a bit weird. Because, like, the game's not out yet. Erm. Yeah. We're probably just bitter no one asked us.
News Aliens vs. Predator Teaser Is Very Teasing
SEGA have been tantilising our inbox all day
A screenshot here. Confirmation of a trailer there. Apparently they think Aliens vs Predator is a big deal — and they're right, it is. Guys - let's reiterate: it's Aliens vs. Predator. Check the teaser above.
News New Aliens Vs. Predator Screenshot Is Literally Amazing
How much can you determine about a game from one screenshot? Usually not a lot
In the case of this new Aliens vs. Predator screenshot though; we determined a hell of a lot. There will be: guns, muscle-heads operating guns and aliens. What more could you want in a video game?
