PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, otherwise known as PUBG, is about to become free to play on Xbox One – in a manner of speaking. The popular battle royale game is coming to Xbox Game Pass on November 12, joining more than 100 other Xbox games that anyone with a Game Pass subscription …
Read More »BioShock meets FTL in Void Bastards, a tactical FPS from Irrational Games co-founder
Void Bastards, announced earlier today during Microsoft’s X018 conference, is an upcoming tactical shooter from Irrational Games co-founder Jonathan Chey – director of development on BioShock and System Shock 2 – and his Australian studio Blue Manchu. Inspired by both of these seminal shooters, Void Bastards is split between plotting …
Read More »Anthem shows off a sleek new Mass Effect armor look for the Interceptor suit
Anthem (opens in new tab) is the first all-new franchise that BioWare’s brought from concept to full game in more than a decade… but heck, it still isn’t gonna stop you from dressing up like Commander Shepard if you want. To commemorate BioWare’s made-up (but still rather sweet) November 7 …
Read More »Titanfall 3, anyone? Jedi: Fallen Order isnt the only game Respawn plans to release next year
Respawn Entertainment, the lauded studio behind Titanfall (opens in new tab), Titanfall 2 (opens in new tab), and the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (opens in new tab), is apparently keeping itself very busy, according to recent announcements from publisher EA’s Q2 Earnings Report. During its annual investor call …
Read More »The Witcher Netflix series reveals its first look of Geralt of Rivia, AKA Henry Cav-elf
It’s been a few months since we learned The Witcher Netflix series would cast Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, and Netflix has celebrated the beginning of production by sharing its first look at the actor in full Witcher-ing regalia. Doing one better than your typical set photo, we get …
Read More »Destiny 2s next update has the quality of life changes youve been asking for
Destiny 2 update 2.0.5 will arrive on Tuesday, October 30, and per the patch note preview in yesterday’s This Week At Bungie blog post, it’s bringing a bundle of essential quality-of-life improvements. Among other things, the update will add Exotic duplicate protection, more ways to earn masterwork cores (which are …
Read More »Fallout Shelter guide and tips
It’s safe to say Fallout Shelter has been a runaway success. Since its initial release during E3 2015, it has gone on to amass over 120 million players and been ported to every console under the sun. It features on our lists of best iPhone games (opens in new tab) …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 has a 60-hour story, 500,000 lines of dialogue
Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab) is shaping up to be the most ambitious game Rockstar has ever made. It certainly has some impressive numbers behind it: in a new interview with Vulture, studio co-founder Dan Houser said its main story is 60 hours long, featuring a massive …
Read More »Block Lesnar vs The Block: WWE 2K19 goes Minecraft mad
Upon their announcement in August, block-headed characters in WWE 2K19 (opens in new tab) appeared to be one of the most dismal, unoriginal ideas the series has ever seen. Then the game emerged last week, fans started getting creative – and the end result is… Block Lesnar vs The Block. …
Read More »WWE 2K19 review: “MyCareer is a must-play, and returns this floundering behemoth to championship glory.”
Accurate, up-to-date rosters are the foundation of every modern sports sim. It wasn’t always this way – witness the excellence of largely unlicensed football efforts Sensible Soccer in the ‘90s, and PES in the 2000s. But times have changed, and sales figures will tell you that the uncanny valley generation …
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