There are but a few scant months between now and the February 16 release date for Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab), so if you want to enter the ring with Capcom’s upcoming fighter, I’d suggest using that time to prepare. But where do you start, especially if Street …
Read More »EVE: Valkyrie is the last thing youd expect from VR: a fully realized game
Until now, every VR demo I’d ever tried felt like a ride at a theme park; a fleeting burst of excitement built to run the same exact way every time. None of them lasted more than a few minutes, because anything longer would’ve threatened to ruin the magic when the …
Read More »Need for Speed update lets you turn off the damn phone
Need for Speed the series is about car racing, but Need for Speed (opens in new tab) the new game is mostly about screening phone calls. The borderline-harassing call system, which compelled your crew of urban-ish virtual friends to ring you up with the frequency of a worried parent checking …
Read More »Bring Christmas to Fallout 4 early with only 185 programmable speakers (oh God)
We’ve already seen some impressive music creation in Fallout 4, like these pressure plates that play the Mario theme (opens in new tab) when you walk over them. This, however, is a new level of crazy building achievement from Daniel Cullinane who’s programmed 185 speakers to play Carol of the …
Read More »Wow, such explosion, many meme: how to unlock Doge Mode in Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 (opens in new tab) from Avalanche Studios is brimming with content – there’s plenty to see and do on the island nation of Medici, and now you can add “referencing memes from 2013” to that list. Doge Mode adds brightly colored, poorly-spelled, and grammatically-incorrect comic sans words …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront and Uncharted PS4 bundles $50 off for the holidays
Missed all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday (opens in new tab) PS4 discounts? Sony’s rolling out a second round of substantial savings for last-minute holiday shoppers, cutting $50 off the US price tags for its Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (opens …
Read More »The deadliest enemy in Bloodborne right now: emergency maintenance
If you’ve been planning to tackle Bloodborne (opens in new tab)’s Old Hunters DLC (opens in new tab) with a friend like we did (opens in new tab) on Twitch last week (in case you missed the show), you might want to put those plans on hold. The game’s servers …
Read More »This is totally the best Star Wars Battlefront Easter egg
Okay, this is it. Forget the Wilhelm scream or any other nod to the films, lore or cast – this is the greatest Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) Easter egg. It’s a reference to this famous moment from the film: You’re looking at the Stormtrooper on the right …
Read More »For Honor – a game of war more than a decade in the making
If the art to winning a battle is biding your time, For Honor’s creative director Jason Vandenberghe should be considered the master of war. “This game has actually been in my head for about 12 years now,” he confesses to us. “I pitched it to anyone who would listen, and …
Read More »Super Star Wars Force leaps from SNES to PS4 this week
If Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab)’s cinematically accurate battlefields are too overwhelming, you could always return to a more civilized age of Star Wars game adaptations. Super Star Wars will hit PSN this week, updating that distinct 16-bit run-and-gun gameplay with the brand new ability to save your …
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