Monthly Archives: March 2019
Shenmue III Preview: Still a One-Of-a-Kind Experience
“Can you open drawers and closets like in the old games?” I asked Yu Suzuki, the man behind the Shenmue series.
“Of course” he said. “It’s Shenmue, after all.”
That was the moment I realized that Shenmue III was going to be all I could have hoped for.
“Every time I hold the controller to play the game, it feels like a dream come true,” Shenmue III co-producer Cedric Biscay told me. Biscay was originally a fan of the Shenmue series himself, but as the CEO of Shibuya Productions, he was instrumental in helping Yu Suzuki’s YsNet fund development of the game, long before the crowdfunding campaign had made Suzuki over $7 million.
Halo 5 Gifts Players With ‘Last Slice’ Pizza Skin In Response to Fans’ Pizza Deliveries
UPDATE (3/17/2019): In response to the countless amounts of Pizza sent to 343 Industries due to "the outpouring of excitement over the news that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC," 343 has a gift for its fans in return.
All who play online today in Halo 5 will be rewarded with a pepperoni pizza skin to make all your guns just that much more delicious.
Check out the hilarious announcement below and log on to Halo 5 to collect your prize, the Last Slice skin!
People Have Opinions About Thor and Captain Marvel Meeting
For even more on the MCU, Avengers: Endgame, and Captain Marvel, check out our Endgame trailer breakdown, what we think all the red in that trailer might mean, or why we don't trust Tony and Nebula's presence on Earth!
Marvel Studios surprised us on Thursday with an all-new trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Endgame. Naturally, this has led to people going frame-by-frame to speculate and try to spot clues as to what we can expect in the epic follow-up to Infinity War, whether it's asking what those cool new suits are for, or theorizing whether or not Hawkeye is seen tutoring a young Kate Bishop.
BAFTA Games Nominations Announced
The nominations for 2019's BAFTAS have been revealed, and Sony Santa Monica Studio's God of War pulled ahead of its competition with the most nominations overall, having been nominated in seven categories.
God of War, IGN's Best Game of 2018, is closely followed by Red Dead Redemption 2, and Return of the Obra Dinn, both with six nominations each.
The winners will be announced on Thursday, April 4. The full list of nominations is below:
BAFTA 2019 Nominees for Best Game
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
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Devil May Cry 5 Gets Free Bloody Palace Mode in April
Devil May Cry 5 will officially receive the free Bloody Palace survival mode on April 1, 2019.
Bloody Palace pits players against hordes of enemies and bosses, which become increasingly more difficult as players race against time. As in the main game, players can assume the role of Dante, Nero or V in Bloody Palace and attempt to achieve the highest levels of stylish combat possible.
For more on Devil May Cry 5, check out our wiki to get help with all 12 secret missions, find out how to get SSS ranks, and take a look at a list of the game’s unlockables,
4 Sniper Elite Games Just Got Announced
Rebellion just announced a fifth mainline Sniper Elite game, a Sniper Elite VR title, Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition for Switch, and Sniper Elite V2 Remastered. That's a whole lot of new testicles to explode.
Announced in the developer/publisher's livestream by CEO Jason Kingsley, the games are in varying stages of development.
V2 Remastered is due for release on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch this year, and brings the original (and all its DLC) to modern platforms with enhanced visuals, including 4K resolution and HDR support. It also adds new playable characters, a photo mode, and expanded multiplayer.
Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition will also arrive on Switch this year, adding local wireless multiplayer and motion controls to the core package. Sniper Elite VR has no scheduled release date, but will see a full reveal later this year.
New Hearthstone Expansion Rise of Shadows Revealed
The latest Hearthstone expansion – Rise of Shadows - has just been revealed! Rise of Shadows will feature 135 new cards, and will launch on April 9 in North America and April 10 in Australia/New Zealand.
The set introduces the “League of E.V.I.L.”; a coalition of returning villains led by Arch-Thief Rafaam, and featuring King Togwaggle, Madam Lazul, Dr. Boom and Hagatha the Witch.
These familiar faces bring with them a number of new gameplay mechanics. Schemes, for instance, are spells that grow in power each turn they’re in your hand. So far we’ve only seen Hagatha’s Scheme, which is obviously a horrible top deck, but can be insanely powerful if given time to charge up.
Battlefield 5’s Firestorm Battle Royale Mode Release Date Announced
Battlefield 5’s long-awaited battle royale mode Firestorm will be added as a free update on March 25.
Firestorm will be a 64-player battle royale with the option to play solo or in squads of four, and will take place on a new map called Halvoy. EA says it’s “Battlefield’s biggest map ever,” roughly 10 times the size of Battlefield 5’s already huge Hamada map, and will have “expansive terrain that ranges from snow-covered mountains to open waterfronts and everything in between.”
A new cinematic reveal trailer gives us a first glimpse at that map and some of the other features of Firestorm, which includes airstrikes, vehicles, and destructible environments. You can watch that trailer above:
Avengers: Endgame Explaining the New White Suits
For even more on the MCU, Avengers: Endgame, and Captain Marvel, check out our Endgame trailer breakdown, what we think all the red in that trailer might mean, or why we don't trust Tony and Nebula's presence on Earth!
The new trailer for Avengers: Endgame has a whole lot of new details to chew on -- from what Hawkeye's Ronin costume reveals to whether we're getting teases of a Kate Bishop introduction -- but nothing has us more excited and more confused with those new Avengers: Endgame white suits. What's the deal with those things, and do they have anything to do with the Quantum Realm?