With roughly a month left in Destiny 2’s current season, the Season of the Undying, Bungie recently announced (opens in new tab) several significant balance changes coming next season. The notorious One-Eyed Mask Titan Exotic is getting another nerf, as is the ever-absurd Recluse pinnacle submachine gun. It’s not all …
Read More »This Assassins Creed line of hooded jackets puts your Ezio costume to shame
Assassin’s Creed has always been a stylish franchise. The series’ hooded assassins have inspired Halloween costumes for over a decade, but now you don’t need an excuse to dress like a member of the House of Auditore. Superhuman Streetwear has teamed up with Ubisoft for a collaboration Assassin’s Creed fans …
Read More »Amazing iPad Pro deal: save $400 on a 10.5″ iPad at Walmart right now
Following the recent launch of Apple Arcade (opens in new tab) – as well as some new hardware – there’s never been a better time to snap up a cheap iPad Pro deal and jump into/extend your time in Apple’s ecosystem. This is because the ever-so-slightly older tech and versions …
Read More »Bethesdas new studio is a reincarnation of Prey developer Human Head
Bethesda is opening a new development studio in Madison, Wisconsin to work on “unannounced projects.” It’s called Roundhouse Studios, and while it’s technically a brand-new entity, it will largely be staffed by former Human Head Studios employees. Human Head is probably best known as the creator of the original Prey …
Read More »The Outer Worlds small zones are like a warm hug for an obsessive quest completer
Right up there in the list of life’s greatest pleasures, next to meeting your infant child for the first time and winning an Olympic medal, is clearing out a zone in an RPG. I mean filling out that map with every point of interest, emptying that quest log, making every …
Read More »Obsidian explains how The Simpsons and capitalism shaped The Outer Worlds
As we said in our review of The Outer Worlds (opens in new tab), this is Obsidian operating at the top of its game, and as you’d expect from the makers of Pillars of Eternity, a lot of that comes down to its writing and humor. The Outer Worlds manages …
Read More »From Ghosts to Modern Warfare: how Infinity Ward evolved Call of Duty this generation
Call of Duty: Ghosts is rooted in a military fairy tale – a spec ops Battle of Thermopylae in which 14 men stay behind to defend a civilian hospital against overwhelming odds. They win, of course, and the victors become the Ghosts, unseen and unstoppable. I wonder if that’s how …
Read More »Release Radar: Our pick of the weeks best TV, movies, and games (November 11-17)
1. Celebrate the games you love with the 37th Golden Joystick Awards The winners of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards (opens in new tab) will all be revealed at the event on 15 November 2019 in London, with comedian and Assassin’s Creed star Danny Wallace presenting the coveted shiny sticks. …
Read More »Sony updates its mysterious cartridge patent, supporting predictions of a new PS5 accessory
***UPDATE*** Sony Interactive Japan has since updated its curious patent (opens in new tab) for a new cartridge prototype (as spotted by LetsGoDigital (opens in new tab)), clarifying that the product is “a recording medium which can record various data, such as a character, an image, an animation, a sound …
Read More »Death Stranding’s mixed reception is because “it’s a difficult game to understand,” suggests Hideo Kojima
Death Stranding (opens in new tab), the new PS4 exclusive from famed Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, is finally out in players’ hands, and the reaction so far has been unsurprisingly mixed. That varied response won’t be a shock to anyone who read up on the wide range of press …
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