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UncategorizedGarden Warfare 2 Finally Puts Plants On The Offensive
Plants Vs. Zombies has always been about innocent flora defending against ravenous undead. In Garden Warfare 2the tables have finally turned—and we can finally play solo. One of my main issues with the original game, which to this day islovingly affixed to my ceiling, was that players on the plant side were always on the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedEA Announces Incredible-Looking Indie-ish Yarn Game Unravel
This is Unravel, an awesome-looking game that EA—of all companies—is publishing for various platforms. I played a bunch of Unravel at Judge’s Week in Los Angeles last month and can confirm that it’s really cool. Lots of yarny platforming goodness. This one’s worth watching.
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedBrother battles brother in Star Wars: The Old Republic—Knights of the Fallen Empire, a free expansion pack coming later this year that promises a return to BioWare-style storytelling. Expect epic adventures, a new companion character and a website that says all of this and has since it accidentally leaked over the weekend.
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe New Need For Speed Has A Big Open World, Police Chases
Vroom-vroom. EA just showed off a bit of the new Need For Speed. It has a big open world (twice the size of Rivals), customization for those of you with gears where your gray matter’s supposed to go, and of course, police chases. Here’s what it’s all about: “Built around real world icons are five…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedMass Effect: Andromeda Announced
There’s a new Mass Effect. It’s Mass Effect: Andromeda, and it’s coming “holiday 2016.” What do we know about the game? Not much yet. Here’s the brief description BioWare’s given: While we aren’t ready to go into too many details just yet, as you saw in the trailer and can tell by the name, this…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedPlatinum Shows Off Its Fancy New Transformers Game
Leaked this weekend via website and retail listing, Platinum Games’ Transformers: Devastation is officially a real thing, and it looks just prime. A single-player beat-em up featuring five first generation Autobots versus some 30-plus Decepticon enemies, including the game’s massive namesake, Devastation will be coming to Xboxes, PlayStations and PCs later this year. It’s no…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2015 - Culture
Grand Theft Auto V is not $20 on Steam right now. Despite multiple misleading listings on GTA’s Steam franchise page (they’re for cash card bundles), it’s still at regular price. Suddenly last week’s GTA price shenanigans look less benign. [Update: The issue has been resolved. Valve says it was a “technical error.”] GTA V’s price…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
E3 2015: EA Press Conference Liveblog
Next up on the E3 Monday announcement-palooza lineup is Electronic Arts. Kirk and I will be your hosts for this press conference, lovers of text-based content and those who either can’t watch a livestream of the thing or just don’t want to. “`
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedWatch EA’s Press Conference Live, Right Here
Get ready for some red-hot EA Sports action, featuring all the games you’ve been craving: golf, soccer, football, and basketball. Also some Star Wars thing or whatever. Yep, it’s time for the EA press conference, which starts at 4pm ET. (Full schedule right here.) We’re expecting news on Battlefront, Mirror’s Edge, and maybe even the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedWatch Hideo Kojima’s Last Metal Gear Solid E3 Trailer Ever
Metal Gear Solid V will be Hideo Kojima’s last Metal Gear Solid game, as we’ve all come to accept by now. This is his last Metal Gear Solid E3 trailer. MGS V is, of course, coming out in September. Read more about the game in our hands-on preview
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedGears of War 4 Announced For Holiday 2016
We’ve known there was a new Gears of War coming for a while now, and it’s Gears 4. The game is coming “holiday” 2016. On stage, Microsoft called it Gears 4, but in the official press release, it’s Gears of War 4 The short demo featured two characters—one man, one woman—working their way through a…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft’s Holographic Minecraft Demo Is Stunning
Minecraft is a game we’ve seen countless times before. And yet! The virtual reality demo showcased by Microsoft today makes the game almost seem brand new. You can start a new world on any surface you’d like—as you can see in the GIF above. Magical. Here’s the full demo. The amazing stuff starts at the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedWait, It’s Pronounced Mo-Yang?
As part of a Minecraft presentation at today’s Xbox event, Mojang brand director Lydia Winters revealed the biggest megaton of all: Mo-jang is pronounced Mo-yang. My world has changed. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedRare Is Making A Pirate Game, And It Looks Rad
Rare calls it their most ambitious game yet: introducing Sea of Thieves, an Xbox One/PC game all about being a pirate. That means: sailing, ships, swashbuckling sea captains. The best parts of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, but playable with your friends, judging from the footage debuted today. Awesome! Some deets: You’ll have access to land…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedRise Of The Tomb Raider Has Some Serious Next-Gen Ice
Microsoft just showed off more of Rise of the Tomb Raider during their press conference, and damn, that ice. Things get dicey quick with Lara scaling a frozen-un-solid cliffside and nearly falling to her doooooooom. But Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a pretty shitty name for a game exclusively about Lara Croft falling…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Rare Collection Is Now Official
As we told you this morning, Microsoft is releasing a compilation of Rare games for Xbox One. It’s called Rare Replay and it’ll cost you just $30. For 30 games. Not bad! Here’s a list of every game: Atic Atac Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Banjo-Tooie Battletoads Battletoads Arcade Blast Corps Cobra Triangle Conker’s Bad…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015
