Xur, Destiny (opens in new tab)’s travelling weekend trader, surrealist sculptor, and seven-time Screwball Scramble grand champion, is back. This week he’s in the Tower, over near the Speaker, and he’s selling the following things, should you wish to buy them. • Helm of Inmost Light (Exotic Titan helmet) – …
Read More »Assassins Creed 2 – how Ubisoft took their time and turned a flawed series into Assassins gold
We did it. We’ve had a year off from Assassin’s Creed. Yes there was the side-scrolling Chronicles trilogy and the Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) but for the first time in seven years we didn’t get to climb, leap or stab our way through a new part of …
Read More »Injustice 2s story trailer stars evil Supergirl, Brainiac, and Darkseid
Where many fighting games insert a token story experience, it looks like Injustice 2 (opens in new tab) dev NetherRealm is going all out. Big-name DC villians and heroes are all set to appear in the studio’s follow-up to the 2013 original, and a new story trailer teases us with …
Read More »Alleged Valve insider breaks our hearts in one sentence: “I don’t think there will be any more [Half-Life]”
Where’s Half-Life 3? When is Half-Life 3 coming out? Ever since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 left us all hanging, fans have been asking when and where we’ll get to see the next chapter of Gordon Freeman’s story. But according to a Game Informer (opens in new tab) interview with an …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromedas DLC plans dont include a season pass
Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) won’t have a season pass for DLC expansions, according to BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn. This falls in line with the first three Mass Effect games, which didn’t tend to bundle up their post-release DLC. Here’s Flynn confirming the detail in response to …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda gets March 21 release date, BioWare hearing great feedback on playable build
Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) is go for launch in t-minus… however long it is from the time you read this to March 21 (if you live in North America), or March 23 (if you’re in Europe). The highly-anticipated sequel was finally given a firm release date today, …
Read More »The 15 greatest JRPGs in Xbox history
Final Fantasy 15 is a stylish, smart reminder of an era when Japanese games dominated the industry, but sweeping JRPGs aren’t new to Xbox. As proof, here’s a fond look back over the best Japanese role-playing games ever to grace Microsoft consoles. 01: Blue Dragon When Final Fantasy‘s creator, Hironobu …
Read More »Great exclusives and backwards compatibility helped Xbox boss 2016
How did Xbox do in 2016? Pretty damn well, actually. With a decent raft of exclusives, some great upcoming Xbox One games (opens in new tab), and a new piece of hardware on the horizon, Xbox One is in great shape. But was it all sunshine and kittens for Microsoft …
Read More »With canny algorithms, Spelunky‘s infinite challenges are fiendish enough to out-platform Nintendo
Before Spelunky arrived on the scene four years ago to kick all my free time down a dark, black pit, I have to admit I’d always kinda turned my nose up at games that used random level generation. The concept of levels that rearrange their layouts dynamically on each playthrough …
Read More »Final Fantasy 15 gets free New Game+ patch so you can show those Garula whos boss
If you’ve already completed Final Fantasy 15 (opens in new tab), well then first off, holy cactuar, congrats to you. I haven’t even had time to start the dang thing. Secondly, you can relive the adventure all over thanks to a New Game+ patch that Square Enix released today. As …
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