Category: News

  • Next Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Games Arrive

    Next Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Games Arrive

    The lineup of Xbox 360 games playable on Xbox One by way of backwards compatibility continues to grow. Microsoft today released four new games into the catalog. As announced by Microsoft’s Major Nelson, the four new games are Final Fight: Double Impact, Faery: Legends of Avalon, Frogger 2, and Puzzlegeddon. If you already own (or…

  • Mass Effect Andromeda Release Date Delayed, BioWare Confirms

    Mass Effect Andromeda Release Date Delayed, BioWare Confirms

    Mass Effect Andromeda, the long-awaited fourth game in BioWare’s acclaimed sci-fi RPG series, has been delayed to ship in “early 2017,” its developer has confirmed. In a newly published blog post, BioWare Montreal said the release date delay was necessary “to make sure we deliver everything the game can be and should be”. The studio…

  • Witcher 3 Blood and Wine Expansion Release Date Revealed

    Witcher 3 Blood and Wine Expansion Release Date Revealed

    As rumored, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s Blood and Wine expansion will launch on May 31, developer CD Projekt Red announced today. On Sunday, the release date popped up on Steam but was quickly removed. Blood and Wine includes over 90 quests with more than 30 hours of gameplay. It also introduces a dynamic system,…

  • Xbox PC Update Adds Unlocked Frame Rate, FreeSync, G-Sync

    Xbox PC Update Adds Unlocked Frame Rate, FreeSync, G-Sync

    Microsoft will deploy a new Windows 10 PC update later today that adds two new, community-requested features. When the update goes live, it will add an unlocked frame rate option for Universal Windows Platform games and apps, as well as support for AMD’s FreeSync and Nvidia’s G-sync for UWP games. Games and apps themselves will…

  • Dark Souls 3 Player Stats Show Boss Success Rates

    Dark Souls 3 Player Stats Show Boss Success Rates

    Steam’s global gameplay stats for Dark Souls 3 allow for an interesting set of statistics to be extrapolated about its players. The game’s achievements mark when a player lights a bonfire, joins covenants, and, most importantly, defeat bosses. It reveals that over 13 percent of players have not defeated the game’s first boss, Ludex Gundyr,…

  • First Assassin's Creed Movie Trailer Coming This Week, New Images Released

    First Assassin's Creed Movie Trailer Coming This Week, New Images Released

    The first trailer for the Assassin’s Creed movie will debut tomorrow, May 11, according to a new report from The Los Angeles Times. While you have to wait another day to see that video, some new images from the video game movie have come online, showcasing Michael Fassbender in both his modern-day role (Callum Lynch)…

  • Metal Gear Solid 5 May Multiplayer Update Detailed

    Metal Gear Solid 5 May Multiplayer Update Detailed

    Konami has detailed the May 2016 update for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain‘s online multiplayer mode, which introduces new equipment and weapons that can be used in the FOB missions. Among these is a Sneaking Suit, which can be given to guards and activates for a brief period as soon as intruders are…

  • Uncharted 4 Launch Brings a Nathan Drake Emoji to Twitter for Some Reason

    Uncharted 4 Launch Brings a Nathan Drake Emoji to Twitter for Some Reason

    You can now express yourself on Twitter using not just words, gifs, and the standard assortment of emojis, but also with a new Nathan Drake emoji to celebrate the release of Uncharted 4. As seen in the tweet below from Naughty Dog designer Alexandria Neonakis, writing a message with the hashtag #Uncharted4 summons the likeness…

  • New Metal Gear Solid 5 Online Update Prioritizes Balanced Teams

    New Metal Gear Solid 5 Online Update Prioritizes Balanced Teams

    Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will see some changes to its mutiplayer mode tomorrow. Metal Gear Online’s update includes the prioritization of balanced teams, changes to sprinting and diving, and displaying rank changes on the end-of-mission results screen. When Automatch puts together teams, it’ll now prioritize the number of players on each team…

  • Angry Birds Movie Review Roundup

    Angry Birds Movie Review Roundup

    The next video game movie, Sony’s Angry Birds film, comes to theaters on May 20, but you don’t have to wait that long to find out what critics think of it. Reviews for the animated movie have started to show up. We’ve now collected these into a roundup, which we will continue to update with…