Destiny: The Taken King Collector’s Edition Revealed
Destiny: The Taken King is getting a collector’s edition that’s exclusive to GameStop in the States.
The Taken King Collector's Edition comes with a wealth of content. Not only will players nab themselves a copy of the Destiny base game, but also both of the previous expansions – The Dark Below and House of Wolves. That’s in addition to the newly-announced Taken King DLC.
All of the above comes in a steelbook case alongside early access to a weapon pack and Cayde-6’s Intel Cache, which features the following:
- Modified Treasure Island Book with Intro Letter from Cayde-6
- Cayde-6’s Personal Notes and Illustrations
- Collection of Relics and Artifacts
There’s Even More to Cuphead Than You Think
Booming bass rattles my eardrums, and waiters flit to and fro with platters of practically unidentifiable hors d'oeuvres as I stare intently, mouth nearly agape, at the beauty of Cuphead. Amidst the noisy, over-crowded event space Microsoft has chosen for their annual E3 Showcase - a space I'm assured is quite "hip" - the very existence of Studio MDHR's old-timey side-scrolling arcade shooter seems impossible. And yet, there it is, with a perpetual crowd hunched over it while pairs of strangers play, die, and play again, unwilling to give up their controllers. I can't blame them. Heck, I was one of them.
Cuphead has a look that makes pretty much any organized set of words seem trite and empty. One look at it will make you angry at yourself for every time you described a game as "a playable cartoon." You wasted that phrase. I don't care which game you said it about, you wasted it. The fully hand-drawn look perfectly apes 30's era funnies (right down to the delightfully coarse film grain filter), and the animation is not only buttery smooth; it's relentless. Nothing is static, nothing ever stands still.
You’re Never Bored in Halo 5’s Warzone Multiplayer
Well, Halo 5: Guardians' new Warzone multiplayer mode certainly puts the "big" in Big Team Battle. With 24 players (divided into two teams of 12) plus a host of AI-controlled, neutrally evil Prometheans, you'll have no shortage of targets. And because there's always someone to shoot at, even if they're not human-controlled, you'll probably never get bored during a match. I sure didn't. And better yet, Warzone design director Kevin Franklin told me that you can expect Warzone-specific multiplayer maps.
When the contest begins, you'll need to take out a set number of Prometheans -- some familiar "faces" and some new ones as well. Scoring kills here will help you earn points that you can cash in either before respawning or at set REQ stations. Since you'll start out with a basic Assault Rifle/Magnum combo, it's in your best interest to quickly invest in a Covenant Carbine (mmm...) or something else to your liking. At one point, with a bit of currency burning a hole in my Spartan's MJOLNIR armor, I splurged on a rocket launcher and, well...it didn't end well for several members of the enemy blue team.
Media Player App Now Available on PS4
A new media player application is available now for the PS4, Sony has confirmed via PlayStation Blog. A Media Player icon will appear in the PS4 content area; all you need to do is select it and you’ll be able to begin the small download.
Sony explains the PS4 Media Player works with both home servers and via USB. Supported file formats and codecs are listed below.
MKV
- Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
- Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)
11 Facts About For Honor You Probably Don’t Know
Ubisoft Montreal’s For Honor is one of the biggest surprises from E3 2015 so far. It’s something brand new, it’s gorgeous, and it’s playable right now - what more could you want? Read IGN’s hands-on impressions to get the full scoop on how the game’s unique tri-directional attacking and blocking system works.
We had the opportunity to chat with Creative Director Jason Vandenberghe about the project and managed to get answers to a bunch of our burning questions:
- Although multiplayer is the only aspect of For Honor being shown off right now, the game will have a single-player campaign.
Why Ubisoft’s For Honor is One of the Best Surprises of E3
One of the big surprises of E3 2015 has been Ubisoft’s reveal of For Honor. Ubisoft Montreal’s 4v4 vikings/knights/samurai game provides the intense multiplayer competitiveness of a shooter with the melee finesse of third-person action game. It’s a weird thing understand from just seeing the footage that aired during Ubisoft’s Press Conference. Luckily, two of us went hands-on with 2016 game -- we both played as knights, the only type of character available at this preview event -- and lived to tell the story.
After you've read our impressions, check out 11 cool facts about From Honor that you might not know.
Female Footballer to Feature on FIFA 16 Cover in Australia
In a first for the franchise EA is inviting FIFA fans to vote for a local player they want to see on the cover of FIFA 16 in certain regions.
From June 16 to July 5, FIFA players can help decide who will join global cover athlete Lionel Messi on the cover of the game in Australia, France, Latin America, Mexico, and the UK. Each of the five participating regions have a number of eligible players to select from.
For the Australian cover the three candidates are currently competing in 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Steph Catley, who first represented her country in 2012 and is making her Matildas debut at the Women’s World Cup, Matildas vice-captain Kyah Simon, who represented Australia for the first time back in 2007, and AFC 2014 Women’s Player of the Year Katrina Gorry, who made her debut for Australia in 2012. Eligible players for the other territories should be revealed shortly.
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Has Me Pumped for Gears 4
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is almost exactly as I remember it. This, as you may imagine, was hardly a revelation. I am still terrible, it is still beautiful, and competitive multiplayer is still terrific.
Two matches of multiplayer was enough to remind me how much Gears of War has changed -- and how much I miss the way things were.
Check out some Gears of War: Ultimate Edition multiplayer gameplay
If Gears of War's HD update is missing anything, it's the refined controls from Gears of Wars: Judgment. The refinements to its combat are much more subtle. Cover is slightly less sticky than it used to be, but still sticky enough to underscore exactly how drastically the series has improved over the past decade. The over-the-shoulder aiming is adjusted just enough to make me miss every single Gnasher shot I tried to land. Every last one. Nobody in my matches pulled off the classic Gnasher trick of sending a sprinting foe splashing across the ground in a half-dozen pieces out of a roadie run. I thought i was going crazy. The Coalition's Rod Fergusson told me it was one of many minor tweaks to Ultimate Edition.
Every Announcement from Sony’s E3 2015 Press Conference
Sony used its E3 2015 conference to announce some games we haven't seen for years, revealed some exciting and unusual new titles, and gave us a stunning look at Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Below is everything you need to know.
The Last Guardian lives! Sony opened its press conference with 6 minutes of footage running on PlayStation 4. Fumito Ueda is still directing and it was given a 2016 release window, too.
Watch the gorgeous PS4 gameplay footage above.
Uncharted 4: Brand New Gameplay Revealed
Closing out Sony's E3 2015 press conference (and after a slightly cringe-inducing false start), a brand-new stretch of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End gameplay was demonstrated.
The action-heavy level saw series hero Nathan Drake reunited with his mentor Sully, who teamed up for a shootout in the crowded hillside market stalls of what appeared to be a South American city, before they both sped off in a downhill chase in a mud-covered jeep.
Drake displayed some brand new combat moves, including a spectacular flying punch that saw him knock an enemy down and catch their discarded gun in the one movement.
The world itself looks far more open than fans have come to expect from previous Uncharted games, and the level of environmental destruction appears to have been ratcheted up to new heights – particularly in the market stall section of the demo which saw almost everything splintering into pieces under a hail of bullets.