Uncharted 4 Sold 2.7 Million Units in Its First Week
Unsurprisingly, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End debuted to massive success when it launched earlier in May.
Naughty Dog's highly anticipated action-adventure title sold over 2.7 million units worldwide. In North America, the game's sales made Uncharted 4 the "fastest-selling PlayStation 4 first party title to-date."
The worldwide sell-through data for both physical and digital copies includes sales as of May 16.
"Millions of fans around the world have already joined Nathan Drake on his final treasure hunt," reads a post on the PlayStation blog. "A huge congratulations goes out to Naughty Dog for an incredible feat."
6 Tips for Total War Newbies Braving Total War: Warhammer
If you’re excited to command a cavalcade of spectral riders, or to fire a goblin from a giant catapult but are totally clueless about Total War, we have you covered, thanks to these six handy hints for Total War newbies.
The Troop Deployment phase of each skirmish can be considered the calm before the storm. Use this time to scope out the lay of the land and deploy your troops in a starting formation, placing your units in tactical locations in order to maximise their potential.
Dwarves are one of the many factions available to players.
Oculus Rift Anti-Piracy Update Allows for Even More Piracy
An Oculus Rift security update seen by many to be a response to Revive - the mod that allows players to play Oculus-exclusive games on the HTC Vive VR headset - has backfired, allowing for full-scale game piracy.
Talking to Motherboard, Revive's secretive developer, Libre VR explained that the update - which now includes a pre-game launch check to see if an Oculus is being used to play - actually allows for the entire security check to be bypassed.
Huge Fallout 4 Fan Mod Will Be Bigger than Far Harbor
Fallout 4 expansion Far Harbor released last week, and became Bethesda's largest ever piece of DLC. However, an upcoming fan project will be even bigger.
According to VG24/7, Fallout Cascadia will be a mod which takes players to Seattle a few decades after the events of the main game. It has been in production for six months, and is being made by a team of 18.
More information about the project can be found on the mod's Tumblr page. "The scale of this project is a land area that is just a bit smaller than Fallout 3, but more quests and locations than Fallout 4’s Far Harbor DLC," reads the description.
EA / Origin Access Members Can Play Mirror’s Edge 5 Days Early
A trial of Mirror's Edge Catalyst is coming to subscribers of EA Access and Origin Access.
Catalyst is due for release on June 7, however you can play a six hour trial early from June 2 if you're signed up to one of EA's subscription services.
EA trials have often been 10 hours long before, so it can be assumed this shorter trial is to prevent you from finishing the game before it's out.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst has been delayed a couple of times now, with the original release date being February 23.
The Talos Principle Sequel Confirmed
Croteam has announced a sequel to The Talos Principle.
Rather than an official press release on a blog or website, Croteam’s Alen Ladavac confirmed the news to attendees at the recent Nordic Game Conference.
Yes, "Talos Principle 2 is going to happen" confirmed by @AlenL @Croteam on stage @NordicGame 2016! pic.twitter.com/lAMXaMJk4s
— Damir Đurović (@DamirDurovic) May 20, 2016
Blizzard Artist Turns Child’s Overwatch Fan Art Into Concept Art
In one of the classier moves in recent gaming history, Blizzard artist Roman Kenney has taken a young Overwatch fan's character drawing and given it the full concept art treatment. As spotted by Kotaku, Shane Hickey wrote to the Overwatch Twitter account about his daughter's home-made character, Birst, asking for the Blizzard team's thoughts.
@PlayOverwatch hi team! my daughter created a new character.Her name is birst. She'd love to know your thoughts pic.twitter.com/b31YWUPqSs
Someone Guessed a Big Game of Thrones Reveal Three Years Ago
Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones: Season 6 episode "The Door" below.
This week's episode of Game of Thrones brought with it a pivotal moment for Hodor (Kristian Nairn), revealing the meaning behind the character's name.
A writer from VentrellaQuest met George R.R. Martin at a fan convention in 2013 and shared his theory with the author regarding the meaning behind Hodor's name, which, believe it or not, turned out to be correct.
During last night's episode—read IGN's review of "The Door" here—Hodor is killed when protecting Bran from a horde of White Walkers, and he had just one job in keeping them away: to "hold the door."
Preacher: Is Jesse Custer Going on a Hero’s Journey?
Spoilers for Preacher's pilot episode continue below. Make sure to check out IGN's review of the series premiere.
Now that Jesse Custer has his new great power, what is he going to do with it?
While the arrival of Jesse's new ability might seem like the start of a traditional hero's journey, that's not the story Preacher is telling. As star Dominic Cooper told me, "I don’t know that it’s a hero's journey. I think that’s why it’s so clever. It’s under the guise of a hero’s journey."
As Jesse now stands, he intends to do good by the town of Annville. The question is what he decides to do when he realizes the full extent of his ability.
GoT Showrunners Break Down Major White Walker Revelation
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones' fifth episode, "The Door," continue below. For more insight into this episode, check out more details on that Hodor reveal.
Game of Thrones' showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss packed a lot of content into "The Door's" hour-long running time. Still, in an episode filled with many key moments and insights, it's easy to argue that the biggest game-changing bit of information was that the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers.