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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Will Star Chloe

Despite being a fan favorite, Chloe Frazer was completely absent during Uncharted 4. What happened to Chloe after Drake’s Deception? Looks like we’re finally getting an answer that exact question. Announced today during the Playstation Experience event, here’s your first look at a new, standalone adventure with the women of Uncharted, Chloe and Nadine. Looks…

A Closer Look At Dishonored 2’s Best Level

Dishonored 2 lives and dies by its level design. Tricky guard patrols and magical abilities don’t mean much without a good playground to sneak around in. Luckily, the game has one of the best levels in recent memory: the transforming Clockwork Mansion. Playing as either Corvo or Emily, the player is tasked with disposing of…

Ubisoft says Watch Dogs 2‘s seamless multiplayer modes will finally be fully live in the game at 11:30am ET today. The publisher had held them back from launch last week for technical reason and has been rolling them out gradually. According to Ubisoft, the additional options for seamless multiplayer that are being turned on allow…

The Division’s New Survival Mode Is Intense

The $15 “Survival” expansion to 2016’s second most-intense emotional rollercoaster, The Division, seems to be a very good addition to the game. Emphasis on “seems to be,” because I can only extend so much praise to a clever but brutal game mode that keeps killing me. These are first impressions from a guy just trying…

Titanfall 2‘s First Free DLC Drops On November 30th

Respawn Entertainment has outlined their plans for Titanfall 2‘s first multiplayer DLC. ‘Angel City’s Most Wanted’ adds a fan favorite map and an in game store. The DLC will be released on November 30th. It is the first of many free DLC coming to the game. Respawn Entertainment has promised that all of their multiplayer…

Pre-Order Loophole Allows Bogus User Ratings And Reviews To Proliferate On Xbox One And PS4 Stores

People who pre-order games digitally on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been earning themselves an unadvertised and easily abused perk: the ability to rate, and sometimes review, video games that they have yet to play and aren’t even out yet. As a result, both online stores are full of star-ratings for games that haven’t…

A Tribute To Titanfall 2‘s Saddest Robot

Titanfall 2 is an exciting romp full of amazing guns and giant mechs. But it also harbors a tragic tale of deprivation, theft, and heartbreak. This is the story of a sad little robot who just wanted to do their job. Having rendezvoused with a unit of militia troops, our ever-generic protagonist Jack Cooper and…

The Last Guardian gets a new cinematic trailer and creative director Fumito Ueda shares some final thoughts on the game before its release next month. He considers Virtua Fighter a big influence on The Last Guardian, and says his hope is that the player “feels the existence of Trico,” by the end of the game.

Dishonored 2 Players Are Already Beating The Game Without Getting Spotted Or Using Powers

Dishonored 2 is plenty challenging. Adding in special conditions makes things trickier. No kills, no detection. No abilities. Only a select number of players are pulling off these daring playthroughs. Very few members of the community have gotten the trophies or achievements for the game’s hardest tasks. Only about 2% of players have managed to…

Dishonored 2 is getting a few additional modes soon. Bethesda has outlined plansto bring a new game plus mode as well as custom difficulty modes to the game. The features will be released in a free update in the near future.

The expansions are coming! The Division’s intriguing Survival expansion is hitting PC and Xbox One on Nov. 22, later on PS4. The final expansion for Star Wars Battlefront will be out on Dec 6 for season pass holders, later for everyone else. It’s set on maps based on the upcoming Star Wars Rogue One movie.

Battlefield 1’s New Mode Fills The Map With Fog, And It’s Chaos

Battlefield 1 has received new game modes in time for the week long Battlefest. The best is Fog of War, a match type that provides a tense experience by keeping things a little more up close and personal. Longtime fans will appreciate the additions and changes that have come as part of Battlefield 1‘s latests…

The Division’s Last Patch Removed A Crying Character Because Players Found Her Annoying

The lengthy notes detailing the changes in The Division’s big 1.4 patch last month did not mention the removal of a computer-controlled character who sobbed incessantly. But 1.4 removed her from the Ubisoft game, by popular request. “Feedback from the community was that players found the weeping ‘annoying,’ so she was removed,” a Ubisoft spokesperson…

Sony’s cable replacement service, PlayStation Vue, is now available for Apple TV. Owners of 4th generation Apple TV units can now access their subscription directly from the device. A seven-day free trial is available at the PlayStation Vue website.

Video Game Heroes Inspire Me To Make The World Better

I’ve made no secret of my current dismay with affairs in the real world. I initially turned to games as solace. In games, I could be the hero of a battlefield, a daring assassin, or run in endless fields. Video games can be a place for escape, but they can also help us find the…

A Closer Look At Battlefield 1‘s Historical Accuracy

Fans curious about the history behind Battlefield 1’s stories are in for a treat. YouTube channel Games of History released a longform video essay discussing the game in full. They talk about the truth and lies found throughout the game’s exciting campaign. Griffiths is pretty quick to take the game to task for various historical…

Watch Dogs 2 Marriage Proposal Takes A Tragic Turn

Non player characters can lead pretty dramatic lives. One couple from Watch Dogs 2 manages to go from being the happiest people ever to raging fisticuffs in record time. Brandon C captured the moment on YouTube. A young man proposes to his lover in a very picturesque scene. It’s so heartwarming that protagonist Marcus just…

In its first four days on sale in Japan, the PlayStation 4 Pro sold 65,194 units in Japan. Famitsu adds that during that same week (November 7 to November 13), Sony sold 28,318 consoles for a estimated total of 93,512 PS4s, Pros and all. 

The Moment That Makes Morrowind A Masterpiece

Skyrim: Special Edition is a mess. It’sfull of glitches, and even if the base game offers interesting stories, the remaster misses the mark. The Elder Scrolls can do much better. In fact, it already has. Let’s take a look at the series at its best. Let’s talk about Morrowind People often praise Morrowind for intricate…

Dishonored 2 : The Kotaku Review

Dishonored 2 is a depressing slog of bodies and misery. It is confusing and jumbled, full of half formed ideas, and ready to break at the slightest touch. But, in spite of itself, it works. Dishonored established a strong if unrefined take on first person stealth in 2012. Players were able to topple foes in…