11 Things You Need to Know About Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Knights of the Fallen Empire Expansion
BioWare turned heads at E3 with yet another gorgeous trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Its new expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, introduced us to a pair of force-sensitive brothers, one dressed in black, the other in white, who lead a powerful new faction in galactic battles.
After watching the trailer on repeat a few times, we chatted with BioWare about how this new expansion will play, how much it costs, and whether we can play it with friends. These are the 11 things you need to know before jumping back into BioWare's Star Wars MMO.
You must be a subscriber to Star Wars: The Old Republic to access the new expansion. If you subscribe early, you’ll gain early access to Knights of the Fallen Empire as well as in-game bonuses, including a new companion and vehicle. BioWare isn’t making this expansion accessible any other way -- not even as a standalone product. There’s a good reason for that...
New to Amazon Prime for July
It's not exactly a frequent occurrence, but it looks like Amazon Prime actually may outclass Netflix in the "new movie/TV offerings" department for July. As Netflix continues to focus heavily on its original content, of course.
Netflix in July: Bojack Horseman, Wet Hot American Prequel, More
But yeah, in July Amazon Prime's got '80s fare like Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, UHF, 48 HRS., and Dragonslayer. Plus, cult favorites like The Warriors and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove along with Oscar nominated films like Glory and Gandhi. And on the TV front there's The Newsroom, Glee, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, and the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra.
Wrestling Wrap Up: The Authority Crushes Brock Lesnar
I'd all but mentally tuned out of RAW Monday night by the time the final overlap segment rolled around. What was to be the big "Seth Rollins Apology" (following the Lesnar apology and the Kevin Owens apology - RAW IS SORRY!). I expected Brock to come back out but I really only thought we'd get a repeat of last week. The stare down.
Speaking of last week, the Wrap Up kinda/sorta got smothered under all the E3 coverage and happenings, so here it is. If you missed it and want to read it. I know, it's a week old now. Which in is fifty thousand million years in Internet time. It probably has references to Jurassic World and other lame old movies that old people watched back in the day.
Daily Deals: Fallout 4 Pip-Boy, Batman: Arkham Knight, Xbox One With A Free Game
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Xbox One Forza 6 Limited Edition 1TB Bundle
If you like racing games, big hard drives, and bright blue, you'll probably like the latest Xbox One 1TB bundle. It releases September 15th and is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition Now Available for a Limited Time
Throughout the week, the special edition of Fallout 4 containing a working Pip-Boy peripheral will be available at various retailers for a short time.
Bethesda announced this availability in their blog, claiming they were able to "squeeze some more Pip-Boys out of the factories" to meet fan demand.
Containing a funcional Pip-Boy, capsule case, a copy of Fallout 4, Robco Industries stand, Vault-Tec Perk Poster, and a Pip-Boy Pocket Guide, this special edition was announced during E3 2015 at Bethesda's press conference.
Xbox One’s Backwards Compatibility: So Far, So Good
Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature was one of the biggest surprises to come out of E3—so naturally, when I finally got back to the office after the show, I wanted to test it out.
To my surprise, it works exactly as described. (That's not a dig at Microsoft—I'm just accustomed to pre-release software that tends to be, well...pre-release software.) After logging into an account with Preview Program access, I popped a Mass Effect disc into my Xbox One and immediately got a prompt to download a roughly 7GB file. A little less than 10 minutes later, the Xbox 360 startup screen flashed across my TV; the Mass Effect main menu followed shortly after. My screen did black out between the boot animation’s fade-out and the BioWare logo’s appearance, but we are still in a Preview phase of this feature, so it's possible that may not be the final experience. I repeated the experiment with Viva Piñata, and that went smoothly as well.
The Evil Within’s New Update Does Away With Letterboxing
Playing The Evil Within through a letterboxed gameplay window is no longer necessary.
A new update to the survival horror game has introduced an new Full-Screen mode that does away with the thick black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, instead giving players the option to fill all of the empty screen space with a view of the game world.
The update has also rebalanced casual difficulty to allow players more ammo and a more forgiving health bar.
This patch is currently available on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4.
The last of The Evil Within's DLC recently released and took place from a unique perspective. Read IGN's review to learn more about it, and check out this week's Deals with Gold to purchase it at a discount.
Star Wars: Battlefront – I Slaughtered as Luke Skywalker
Let me get this out of the way up front: I am terrible at Star Wars: Battlefront. This isn’t surprising to me, as I’m generally awful at shooters as a whole. I spent the first portion of my E3 demo as a standard Rebel Soldier and I was constantly getting creamed.
I probably died 15 times in the first few minutes. It was disheartening, to say the least, but damn it, this was Star Wars, so I pressed on. I had taken my umpteenth blaster bolt to the face when the most amazing thing happened. I respawned in a tunnel a good distance from the battle and noticed a power-up icon to my left. I snagged it, and there he was in the bottom corner of my screen: Luke Skywalker himself, waiting for me to take over.
Watch the New Spidey Practicing His Spidey Moves
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today that Tom Holland will be the next Spider-Man, but in recent days the 19-year-old actor has already been showing off that he can do whatever a spider can.
Holland posted a series of acrobatic videos on his Instagram.
This Week’s Deals With Gold Discounts Fallout, Evolve, and More
A number of games have been discounted on both Xbox One and Xbox 360 this week for Xbox Live Gold members.
On Xbox One, The Crew, Evolve, and a bundle including Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood are among the games offered at a discount of 35-50 percent off the normal retail price.
Xbox 360 has a number of Bethesda offerings available for 60 percent off core game titles, including Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Dishonored, and The Evil Within. Additional DLC for Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Skyrim are also discounted. Those who aren't interested in post-apocalyptic or fantasy RPGs also have the option to save on Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, among others. Visit Major Nelson's Blog to learn more about each of the titles currently on sale.