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August 09, 2016
No Man's Sky has finally launched this week and critics are giving it tons of praise. The new game features a procedurally generated universe unlike any other we've seen before. Imagine the scale of Minecraft, which is just a single world, and then put it to a scale that matches the scale of the actual universe.No Man's Sky features a number of sci-fi based gameplay element. Players are given control of a spaceship and they are given the option to travel the universe to collect resources, upgrade their spaceship and get into combat both in space and on the surface of each and every planet.
No Man's Sky is a multiplayer game in the sense that every player connects to the game online and every player is within the same server. The opportunity to see another player is there, but the chances of this are so ridiculously slim that it may as well not happen. There are so many planets that the chance of finding a player is apparently less than 1%.
Instead of seeing other
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August 07, 2016
Doom has finally received its first DLC release. The new DLC pack is available for $15 and includes a number of new features such as new maps. The DLC is also available as part of the $40 season pass.
The release did come as bit of a surprise. We’re excited to see that ID Software are still working on releasing new content for Doom, both in terms of free content patches and paid DLC.
The newly released DLC pack includes the following:
- New map: Cataclysm
- New map: Offering
- New map: Ritual
- New weapon: UAC EMG pistol
- New item: Kinetic Mine
- New demon:the Harvester
- New armor and taunts, including robotic sets and a golf club-swinging taunt
In most cases the new maps are locked out to those who hold the DLC pack. However, if you party up with a player that owns the DLC pack you’ll be able to play the new maps even if you do not own the DLC yourself. This gives friends an option to party up and try out the new maps
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July 17, 2016
A new Fallout 4 update that was previously available on the PC version of Fallout 4 has now made it's way to the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. Whilst the new update doesn't add any major new content, it does change a few things and does include an extra very subtle feature.
The feature a lot of people are talking about is the Codsworth name update - with this, an additional 300 names have been added to Codsworth's vocabulary.
To see the update content, view the information provided below.
New Features:
+ ExitSave - Exiting to the Main Menu or Desktop (PC only) will create an ExitSave. During next play session, the ExitSave will delete itself after you load it. The Exitsave works in all difficulty levels including Survival.
+ New add-on-specific icons in Workshop mode.
+ More than 300 new player names added to Codsworth's vocabulary.
+ Support for upcoming add-ons.Fixes:
+ General stability and performance improvements.
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June 30, 2016
2K Games has announced that a new BioShock collection will be coming soon. The collection will feature the previous BioShock games and all related DLC packs. As you can imagine, the title for the collection is simply "BioShock: The Collection."
2K Games made the announcement with an announcement trailer, which has been posted to their Youtube channel. If you've played the BioShock games then the trailer is certain to send chills down your spine. It may be surprising, but it's been nine years since the first BioShock title. Nine years!
2K Games has described the collection as being a $59.99 bundle with other $100 worth of content. Obviously this is taking the full game digital retail prices into consideration, and not the far cheaper price of a used physical copy.
All three games have been remastered for Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4 with help from Blind Squirrel Games. Below, the content from each three games in the collection has been listed. On top of the full games
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June 22, 2016
The Bespin update for Star Wars Battlefront has been talked about quite a lot already but there's no need to talk about it anymore because it has finally been released.
The new expansion, which is part of the season pass for Star Wars Battlefront, includes 5 new maps, two new heroes, new weapons and new star cards. The new expansion also adds a game mode which has been suitably named Sabotage. A description for the Sabotage game mode has been provided below.
"The Empire are using Tibanna Gas Generators to power their tractor beams, preventing Rebel transports from escaping Cloud City. The Rebels must blow up the generators and defend their extraction point. The Empire must stop the Rebels and hunt them down."
Whilst the new Bespin expansion content has been added to season pass holders, there has been a new patch alongside the update that brings some changes to all players. Firstly, the new patch has increased the level cap from 60 to 70. Players can also unlock new
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June 09, 2016
The EA Play event will take the place of EA's usual booth at E3 this year. At the event, visitors will get the chance to play a number of upcoming games for free. All of the games on the list are pretty exciting upcoming titles so there's a lot to get hyped up for.
Even if you can't make it down to the EA Play Event yourself, there’s no doubt that a lot of juicy information will come from EA's booth and will make its way onto the internet. We're talking gameplay from Battlefield 1, NHL 17, NFL 17, FIFA 17 and even Titanfall 2.
All of the sports games are yearly releases so there's nothing too exciting there, although we are interested to see what changes will be made and what new content will be added this year round. Battlefield 1 is definitely exciting to see - we can't wait to see some gameplay. Titanfall 2 is perhaps the wild card here - we haven't yet seen any promotional material for the game and it is set for release later in 2016.
It'll be interesting to see
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June 02, 2016
A new patch for Uncharted 4 has been released which addresses some changes to the multiplayer portion of the game.
Firstly a number of weapons have been balanced throughout the multiplayer game. The weapons balances include changes to mines, the Jackal, the Mettle M-30, the Aegis 9mm, the Spezzotia 12 Gauge and the MP34a.
For the mines, players can now only place down two at once. Before the latest update, players were allowed to place down three at once. The Jackal and the Mettle M-30 have had their fire rate increased to give them a bit of an improvement. On the other side of the fence the Aegis 9mm has had it's fire rate and effective damage range decreased. The Spezzotti 12 Gauge on the other hand has had it's headshot damage multiplier increased so it should now be easier to get those headshot kills with it. Finally, the MP34a has had its ammo capacity reduced to 90 from 120.
In other news, prices for some items have changed. For example, the One-User Booster chest
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May 17, 2016
$10 for a season pass is on the cheap side of things but after Warner Bros. announcement, it's clear that the pass for Lego Star Wars 7 is worth picking up if you're into the game. The image shown above includes all of the information about the season pass if you want a quick look.
Firstly, the season pass will add five new playable characters to the game. These characters will be part of the Jedi Character Pack which will be available as part of the season pass. Apparently the pack will include a variety of members of the Jedi Order as well as a few vehicles. This pack should include Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kit Fisto, Luminara Unduli, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, Saesee Tiin, Shaak Ti, the full size Jedi Interceptor, and the micro-figure Jedi Interceptor.
The season pass will also include three new level packs which should include details of episode 7 from differing perspectives to what we saw on the big screen. In one mission, for example, we get to play as Kylo Ren during
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May 14, 2016
You may have been hoping to see Mass Effect Andromeda release this year but unfortunately Bioware has had to push back the release date. Whilst this delay may come as bad news to some, it is ultimately for the better and it'll ensure that when the gigantic open universe game gets a release it will be more featured packed, more fine tuned and more diverse.
Bioware announced the game delay in a new blog post. Whilst the main announcement in the blog post is about the delay, the blog also talks about the future of Mass Effect Andromeda and it's current stage in development.
Firstly, Mass Effect Andromeda has been delayed to 'early 2017.' Whether we get this in the first quarter or second quarter of 2017 hasn't been mentioned, but we highly expect it to be the first quarter.
Secondly, Bioware goes on to mention some of the things to expect from Andromeda. We have listed the highlights below.
+ More Freedom: One of our biggest ambitions is to give players an unprecedented
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May 11, 2016
If you've seen the new Battlefield 1 trailer then you'll know that there are a lot of gamers out there getting excited right about now. Although the trailer is the only official content we have from DICE at this point in time, we do have some information to share from an interview Gamespot had with Lars Gustavsson, DICE's design director.
In the interview, a few questions were asked. Although Gustavsson was vague with his answers and kept a lot of information up his sleeve, there were a few bits and piece worth mentioning. Because of the shift in time zone, pretty much everything will have to be worked from the ground up in terms of weapons and vehicles. As a result, it's easy to worry that the Battlefield dev team might not put as many weapons and vehicles as one may hope.
Fortunately it sounds as if the vehicle choice in Battlefield 1 will be plentiful. In his interview, Gustavsson mentioned that "There's a plenitude of vehicle types." We didn't get much information about