Ready to roll out

How to derail a carefully curated public relations push: set the embargo around the same time as Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's release date leaks. Warner Bros couldn't have predicted this afternoon's circumstances, of course, but we suspect that a few folks at Swedish developer Avalanche Studios will be kicking themselves right now – especially seeing as their open world adaptation of Mad Max will be releasing on 1st September in North America and 4th September in Europe. How long do you think it will take for that date to get changed?

A bit of housekeeping first: despite being announced as a cross-gen release, the Just Cause company has scrapped the PlayStation 3 version, meaning that this will be available on the PlayStation 4 only. According to a Game Informer cover story, this has enabled it to focus on boosting the visuals. "This has allowed the team to deliver stunning vistas and effects that will challenge your expectations of what the Wasteland might look like," points out the publication's blurb. "In short, it's definitely not a bland, endless stretch of sand."

You can get a look at the title in action courtesy of the magazine's coverage trailer below, but expect much more on this over the coming months. Are you a road warrior? Show us the way of the highway in the comments section below.

[source gameinformer.com]