You don’t need a fireplace to enjoy a warm, cozy spot by the fire this holiday season – just toss a yule log video from YouTube up on the TV or laptop and – bam – you’ve got yourself a heartwarming scene to accompany your eggnog and hot cocoa. There’s …
Read More »Evies an older woman in Assassins Ripper DLC and thats a big deal
Evie Fry being the hero of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s Jack The Ripper DLC shouldn’t be a huge surprise. She’s a far more interesting and entertaining character than lunkish cover star and brother Jacob. What is interesting here, though, is that this is a woman of a certain age playing the …
Read More »The best hidden video game homages to Star Wars
These are the references we’re looking for Star Wars mania doesn’t just mean fans get a bit stirred up when a new Star Wars Battlefront game comes out, or start to twitch involuntarily as Star Wars: The Force Awakens draws closer. Star Wars surrounds us and penetrates us, binding the …
Read More »Star Wars 1313 is gone, but its story may yet be told
Star Wars 1313, the visually stunning game centered on a young Boba Fett revealed at E3 2012, is dead – but it’s not without value in the minds of Disney. Speaking to SlashFilm (opens in new tab), Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy said the studio hasn’t forgotten about the project, nor …
Read More »All of Overwatchs new heroes and maps will be free updates
Last month, we learned that Blizzard’s team hero shooter Overwatch (opens in new tab) would be coming to PS4 and Xbox One (opens in new tab) as a full-priced game and not (as some had speculated) a free-to-play title. Today, game director Jeff Kaplan has revealed that additional Overwatch heroes …
Read More »Telltales Batman will let fans explore the “life and mind of Bruce Wayne”
By Sam Prell and Louise Blain Telltale Games is adding Batman to their library of properties adapted to episodic video games. That’s right, a Batman Telltale game is on the way for 2016. No official title was given but Telltale says (opens in new tab) that the game will “give …
Read More »Whoever wins this fight will be on UFC 2s cover with Ronda Rousey
EA has already revealed “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey as one of the UFC 2 cover stars (opens in new tab), but who’s going to stand next to her and beckon to gamers’ wallets? Turns out that even EA doesn’t know yet, because it’s waiting to see who wins the featherweight championship …
Read More »Eradicate your friends in Plague, Inc: Evolveds new multiplayer mode
It’s plague vs plague in Plague, Inc: Evolved (opens in new tab) on PC and Xbox One. A new update has introduced (opens in new tab) competitive multiplayer, along with a plethora of new evolutions for your deadly disease/fungus/mutation/cooties. Send a plane full of sick passengers to a far-off country, …
Read More »Check out Halo 5 played using Microsofts HoloLens augmented reality
Ever since its Minecraft demo at E3 2015 (opens in new tab), people have wondered about the gaming potential of Microsoft’s augmented reality headset, the HoloLens. Yesterday, YouTube user Varun Mani posted a video of himself playing Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab) while wearing the headset, and the …
Read More »The best Xbox Live Indie Games of all time
The other other side of Xbox Live It takes a person of true grit to brave the weird and unpredictable shores of Xbox Live’s indie games section and uncover the gems buried deep within. Simply finding this section of Xbox Live’s storefront is an achievement unto itself. If you somehow …
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