Original Xbox backwards compatibility coming to Xbox One (opens in new tab) was one of the highlights of Microsoft’s press conference at E3 2017 (opens in new tab). But why is the company adding this feature and why now? Xbox head Phil Spencer explained one of the reasons in an …
Read More »The Last of Us 2, Starfield, inFamous 3, and the biggest games missing from E3 2017
“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” So sang Jodi Mitchell in 2002, her lyrics clearly alluding to video game trade show E3, and those missing-in-action games which linger over the convention like a haunted phantom. Year after year, without fail, …
Read More »Watch Star Wars Battlefront 2s Theed assault remade in the original Star Wars Battlefront 2
The E3 2017 trailer (opens in new tab) for Star Wars Battlefront 2 (opens in new tab) was impressive, sure, but it’s nothing that the original version can’t do! After all, the first game to be called Star Wars Battlefront 2 back in 2005 also featured massive multiplayer battles set …
Read More »Xbox One Avatars will support wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, pregnancy, unicorns, and a lot more
Remember Avatars, Xbox’s answer to the uber-popular Miis of yesteryear? Well, at E3 2017 (opens in new tab), Microsoft revealed that they’re coming back, and this time with a ton of expanded customization options. Revamped Avatars will launch on Xbox One this fall, and you can get a quick taste …
Read More »Nintendo Spotlight was a confident statement by a company sidestepping the bluster of E3
My first thought after Nintendo Spotlight was a simple one: that was odd. Not just because of the evil wedding planners or sinister spectral headwear, but because it was difficult to compute precisely how excited I was after watching it. The presentation was great – bright, enthusiastic, funny – and …
Read More »Meet Middle-earth: Shadow of Wars Blade of Galadriel, a Ring-Wraith hunting assassin and DLC star
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (opens in new tab) will once again star Talion and Celebrimbor, but its first DLC will let you take control of a new character with an interesting tie to the established lore: The Blade of Galadriel, an assassin sent to Mordor by the eponymous elven lady …
Read More »Timmy goes all Professor X (and properly talks!) in South Park: The Fractured But Whole
South Park fans have loved Timmy ever since he first appeared in the long, long ago of the year 2000. In the 17 years since his introduction, his vocabulary has been extremely limited – mostly, he just shouts his own name. But E3 2017 (opens in new tab) showed us …
Read More »Skull and Bones is Assassin’s Creed Black Flag without the Assassins. And it has sea shanties. And a GODDAMN Kraken!
Ubisoft stuck to tradition with its E3 2017 press conference this year, revealing a new IP that stole the show with its brilliance. Skull and Bones (opens in new tab) is a tactical action game, which doubles down on the compelling naval compete previously seen in titles from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s …
Read More »Quests, combat, and everything else thats changed in Assassins Creed Origins
Assassin’s Creed’s yearly entries were admirable, but by Unity it was clear that the formula had gotten a bit stale. The series took a year off to collect its bearings, and the result is the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Origins (opens in new tab), and the Egyptian setting isn’t the only …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront 2: Ive played the single-player campaign. Here are 8 reasons it was worth the wait
I’ll just get to the point. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (opens in new tab) has a single-player campaign this time around. It has massive scope, starting right at the end of Return of the Jedi, and telling an epic tale of What Happened Next from the perspective of the now-fallen …
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