Over the weekend, you could’ve been forgiven for confusing The Division with Stardew Valley. Because both games were about farming! Get it? Heyo! Rimshot! Tip your waiter! A lot of us may have spent some time getting familiar with the Bullet King, but after the server maintenance on the 22nd, it’ll be time to say…
For lo, when a new loot game is released, there shall quickly emerge new ways to farm that loot without putting in much effort. So it is written, so it shall forever be. And so it is with Tom Clancy’s The Division. Update 3/21: Ubisoft Massive is issuing a substantial new patch that will make…
I found this game Anamorphine at a Microsoft press event on Tuesday during GDC. It’s trippy, pretty, and it’s got some very cool scene transitions. We all know how much I love cool scene transitions The part I played had me walking through abstract dreamscapes that reflected the emotional fallout from my character’s relationship with…
Destiny has a hell of a user interface. It’s nice to look at, but like many things in Destiny it’s also nice to use. Just like any part of any finished video game, it went through a lot of rough drafts to get to where it is now. Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in…
The Division can be fun, but it can also be overwhelming. There are a billion things to do, a thousand “looters” to murder, and only so many hours in the day. I’m here to help. This piece originally appeared 3/1o/16. Over the course of my first week with the game I’ve accumulated a handful of…
The new online shooter The Division is meant to be played for months if not years. Just days after release, however, it’s drawing heated criticism for how its endgame works, and the developers are already making changes. The Division emulates the likes of Destiny and Diablo—your first time through the game is really an appetizer…
Another week has passed into history, and another weekend beckons. Time to play some video games. For my part, if you divide up the games I’ll be playing this weekend and then divide each one by ten, you still get The Division If you’re also playing the game, I’d love to know what you think…
A new XCOM 2 patch just hit. It includes a bunch of small performance optimizations, SLI/Crossfire support, a new toggle-able “Zip Mode” to speed up the action, and some balance tweaks. So long, hilariously overpowered mimic beacon. It was fun while it lasted. Patch notes here Contact the author at [email protected]
XCOM 2 is getting a bunch more customization options in the “Anarchy’s Children” DLC, out March 17 for $4.99. It’ll include “over 100 new exotic customization options for your soldiers,” though if you want that kind of thing now, there are plenty of free mods to choose from. Firaxis also says they’re “preparing a patch…
THIS CIVILIAN IS IN NEED… of a tasty beverage. What should I do? On the one hand, I do have a soda. I found it somewhere on the street, and I’m pretty sure it’s cool to drink. On the other hand, soda is pretty bad for you. It’s also not clear what kind of soda…
Just Cause 3 had some issues, but it also hadsome of the best video game flying I’ve experienced in a long time. The game’s fun, brief new jetpack-centric “Sky Fortress” DLC manages to improve that flying, with a twist. The DLC is the first of the three-part “Air, Land, Sea” series that’ll be coming to…
If you’re playing The Division on PC, there are a few tweaks you can make to get the game running more smoothly. Or, if you’re getting a black screen at startup, to get the game running at all. Alt+Enter Your Way To Freedom First of all, that black startup screen: If that’s happening to you,…
Can you even believe it? I cannot believe it. Just kidding, I can totally believe it. Ubisoft’s much anticipated online shooter The Division launched tonight, and its servers are not doing so hot. I’ve been trying to play the game on PC for the last hour, and have been hit with with endless “Sierra” errors,…
Corsair’s “Void” USB gaming headphones are not actually a black hole of nothingness. They’re just a pair of pretty good headphones; staring into them yields very little. The headset acts as a wired middle-point in Corsair’s line of Void gaming headphones, above their plain wired stereo headphones and below the wireless Void RGB 7.1. The…
How is it Friday again? This keeps happening. It’s almost like there’s no way to slow the pitiless advance of time. As is our custom, it’s time to ask what you’ll will be playing over the weekend. (Side note: I’ve been enjoying reading the comments on these posts. It’s cool to know what all our…
If you come across a group of three bad guys in Far Cry Primal, two of them will attack. The third guy usually won’t. He’ll run away. If you follow him, he just sort of runs around in circles, yelling and trying to hide. (He’s really bad at hiding.) He’ll see you and shout “Aah!…
Just Cause 3’s jetpack-centric “Sky Fortress” DLC is out next week on March 8 for season pass holders, a week later on the 15th for everyone else. The game is also getting another patch tomorrow, which promises to further smooth out performance. More info here Contact the author at [email protected]
Far Cry Primal is a game about a caveman who explores a new land. If you play on the game’s default settings, it’s also about a caveman who methodically conquers that new land thanks to his helpful smartphone GPS. I started playing Primal on PC last night, and so far I’m feelin it. (“I’m feelin…
As we begin the march into March, it’s time to take a couple days off and play some games. What will you be playing this weekend? I’ll go first: I finished Superhot but still want to make more progress in the various challenge modes, so I’ll probably play some more of that. Mostly, however, I’m…
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