Bungie is making it much easier to earn Faction Reputation for Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, and New Monarchy when The Taken King (opens in new tab) arrives. In Destiny’s first year, players needed to wear a respective class item in order to earn Faction Reputation. These Titan Marks, Warlock …
Read More »Why Skyrims most barren environment makes for a bountiful world
Like most nations in the real world, Skyrim (opens in new tab) is anything but homogenous. It has no one definitive landscape or city. It’s a sum of disparate parts stitched together into a rich geographical tapestry. While the concept of variety in most open-world games translates into a series …
Read More »How to REALLY spend your time in MGS5: cardboarding
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes’ complete lack of cardboard boxes was concerning, but it turns out they were just back at the shop for some upgrades. At some point in the nine years between Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab), box …
Read More »Exclusive Age Of Ultron clip: creating the Vision
It takes a very special character to hold their own against tech-suited playboys, Norse storm gods, lethal uber-assassins and, yes, enormous green rage monsters. Face it, that’s the kind of camera-hogging company even Tom Cruise would think twice about sharing screen time with… This year’s Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age Of …
Read More »Youre faster and more dangerous in Dark Souls 3, but so is everything else
Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) has remained enigmatic since its surprise announcement at E3 this year, and not by way of the series’ usual systemic arcaneries and lore-based conundrums. Those remain largely unexplained and unexplored, of course, but right now the real question to be asked of Dark …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians opening cinematic doesnt feature Master Chief, but thats OK
We’ve known ol’ John-117 was taking more or a sidelined role for Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab), but it’s a little surprising to see that the game’s opening cinematic totally fails to show him off. The Chief is AWOL in more ways than one, it seems. All the …
Read More »North America gets swappable faceplates with the New 3DS Animal Crossing bundle
The New 3DS, with its Super Famicom colored buttons and interchangeable face plates, is finally coming to North America via an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Bundle. It comes with two sets of faceplates (one featuring Isabelle’s adorable little dog secretary face and another of a happily designed home), the …
Read More »Destiny: The Taken King launch trailer has great big screaming space battles
You know the Destiny (opens in new tab) release cycle is getting serious when the trailers have licensed music again. That’s where we’re at with this video, which sets up the climactic clash between your Guardian and The Taken King himself, Oryx. Remember, this time you’re not just fighting off …
Read More »Xbox One Elite Bundle has a faster hard drive and a fancy controller for $499
Remember back when Xbox One cost $499, it came with a Kinect, and that was final? Microsoft’s announced another $499 bundle, but its 1TB hybrid drive and Elite Controller should have a bit more hardcore appeal than the ol’ voice-and-motion sensor. First off, the Elite Bundle’s 1TB hard drive isn’t …
Read More »Heres how Destiny: The Taken King is improving weeklies and Nightfall
You already saw how strikes won’t play the same twice in Destiny: The Taken King (opens in new tab), but dedicated Destiny players know repetitive Strikes were only half the problem. Now Bungie’s fundamentally changing Destiny (opens in new tab)’s weekly and daily events so they feel like less of …
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