By Anonymous on Apr 18, 2015 12:01 am
 Next week GameSpot unveils three video features detailing everything you need to know about The Witcher 3. Featuring exclusive gameplay, candid Interviews and our early impressions from playing this impressive open world RPG.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 11:48 pm
Modders can certainly do some impressive things. Code tinkerer XVermillion got Baraka, Sindel, and Rain working in the Mortal Kombat X training mode. You can see those first two in the video above, and Rain below.. The trio have been Mortal Kombat staples for years, but as of right now they only appear in the campaign as opponents. XVermillion explained how he got the characters up and running in a Reddit post. There are other files you can change to get stuff like Rain's name under the health Bar but the only files I modded are in the "Assets" folder I believe; there should be 2 associated with Rain (Rain_A.xxx and another one I can't remember but you can just search the folder for Rain). Anyway, I backed up the files for Shinnok (the character I'm replacing) and renamed Rain's files to match those associated with Shinnok's 1st costume slot (CHAR_Shinnok_A.xxx and one other, the one that matches Rain's other one) and moved 'em to the folder and overwrote Shinnok's old files with the newly renamed Rain files. What you see is just me playing in training mode with what the game thinks is Shinnok but is using Rain's model and moveset.
Mortal Kombat already has plenty of freemium content and planned DLC packs, so it wouldn't be too surprising if Baraka, Rain, and Sindel were set to be released sometime down the line. If that's the case, XVermillion's mod explanations and videos well be hit with the same types of takedown notices as the Halo: Online modding project. Mortal Kombat X was released April 14th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on April 14. For more of our Mortal Kombat X coverage, you can check out our fatality guide. We also have a review in progress that we'll update over the next few days as we test out the game's online modes.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 11:43 pm
Divinity: Original SinToday's best deal comes from Newegg's eBay account, which is offering the Halo Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle with an extra controller and three months of Xbox Live Gold for $350. Also on eBay are deals for both PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold: a year of Live is $39, while a year of Plus is $40. If you buy Mortal Kombat X and a two-year membership to Gamers Club Unlocked (now only $30) at Best Buy, you'll get a $15 gift card. On top of that, you can save $5 off the $30 season pass by buying it with the game. Alternatively, you can save $20 by buying Mortal Kombat X and its season pass (or a $30 PSN card) at Target. Or you can pick it up for $50 on eBay. Target has Battlefield Hardline on sale for $40 on Xbox One and PC (the PS4 version is $50, for some reason). On top of that, you can save 30% by using a discount from Target Cartwheel in-store, bringing it down to $28, the lowest price yet. Below you'll find the rest of today's best deals divided by platform: PlayStation 4Amazon is offering an $80 bonus toward the purchase of certain PS4 bundles when you trade in eligible consoles and bundles (including Xbox 360 and PS3), giving you the chance to save anywhere from $150-$350. Groupon has manufacturer-refurbished PS4s for $330. Or, if you prefer to shop elsewhere, eBay also has seller-refurbished systems for $330. Buy any PS4 at Target, and you'll get the wired PlayStation Silver Headset for free. Amazon is offering a bundle with Mortal Kombat X and a blue DualShock 4 controller for $100. The next week of Sony's Spring Fever has begun, and it's primarily focused on the GTA series for PS3. PlayStation Plus members can get Grand Theft Auto III for $2.50, Grand Theft Auto IV for $5, or Grand Theft Auto V with $1.25 million in GTA Online cash for $30 (on PS3) or $60 (PS4). You can find the full lineup of the PSN games included in Spring Fever here. Other PS4 game deals: PlayStation Plus' free games for April include Tower of Guns, Killzone: Mercenary, and Dishonored, and are available now. Xbox OneGameStop has launched a new offer where you can get a new Xbox One for $225 when you trade in a select PS3 or Xbox 360. Best Buy will take $20 off the price of a one-year Xbox Live Gold membership when you buy any Xbox 360 or Xbox One. Get $50 in Xbox gift cards for $45 at Best Buy. Microsoft's latest Deals With Gold promotion is on, discounting a handful of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games. The Evil Within is $30 on both systems, while Xbox One's Defense Grid 2 is just $6.25, and the Metro Redux bundle is $24.75. You can check out all the deals here. Other Xbox One game deals: The free Games with Gold titles for April are available now and include Child of Light on Xbox One and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag on Xbox 360. 360 owners will be getting twice as many games as usual this month, with the third and fourth games now available. PCThe newest Humble Bundle features various EA games. You can pay anything to get games like Dragon Age: Origins, Peggle, and Dead Space 2, while beating the average sale price (currently $4.93) will also get you Dragon Age II, Mass Effect 2, and more. Best of all, 100 percent of the money can be sent to charity--EA isn't taking a dime. There's also a new Humble Weekly Bundle featuring strategy games. Paying any price will get you games like Skulls of the Shogun and Frozen Synapse Prime, while a $12 purchase will get you Endless Space: Emperor Edition and more. Green Man Gaming is currently offering discounts on orders for some of the year's biggest releases. You can get Grand Theft Auto V for $46.79, Batman: Arkham Knight for $43.79, Battlefield Hardline for $50, Magicka 2 for $11.24, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for $46.79, or Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward for $30. You can find all the discounts in Green Man Gaming's VIP page, for which you can sign up for free. You can get 20 percent off at Green Man Gaming with the code: SAVE20-APRILD-EALSON The original Syndicate is free on Origin. Other PC game deals: Wii UNintendo has kicked off the Super Spring Sale, discounting a variety of eShop games: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is $28, Pikmin 3 is $42, Golden Sun is $5.59, and more. If you don't mind a refurbished system, Nintendo's online store has a Wii U bundle with Nintendo Land for $200, or Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World for $225. 3DSNintendo's Super Spring Sale also includes 3DS games: Mario Kart 7 is $21, Tomodachi Life is $24.49, Kirby: Triple Deluxe is $24.49, and more. Walmart is offering a New 3DS XL bundle with Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and your choice of select Amiibo figurines for $230. Alternatively, the retailer has a New 3DS XL bundle with your choice of select games for $209. Eligible games include Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Code Name: Steam, and quite a few more. Get Pokemon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire and your choice of Groudon or Kyogre collectible figurine for $31 at Walmart. PS VitaAmazon is selling the Wi-Fi version of PlayStation Vita for $170. HardwareAmazon prices are accurate as of publishing, but can fluctuate occasionally throughout the day. GameSpot's gaming deals posts always highlight the best deals we can find regardless of retailer. We also occasionally use retailer affiliate links, which means that purchasing goods through those links helps support all the great content (including the deals posts) you find for free here on the site.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 11:00 pm
As promised, Electronic Arts and DICE released the first full-length trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront today at the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. The video--captured on PlayStation 4--is quite impressive, showing off planets such as Endor and Hoth, as well as speeder bikes, AT-ATs, and even the Millennium Falcon, all of which players can use in the game. For lots more on Battlefront, check out the first gameplay details and our extended preview. Battlefront launches November 17 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.       
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 10:45 pm
It's clear that the team here at GameSpot is filled with avid Star Wars fans (and those who aren't are just stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herders). The Star Wars Celebration has evoked strong feelings in us all, and to join in the jubilation, we've rounded up a collection of some of our favorite Star Wars features. Enjoy! Ever since The Empire Strikes Back's theatrical release, Star Wars games have been obsessed with re-creating the Battle of Hoth. Though the Rebel Alliance's tactical retreat from the icy planet may not be as iconic as the Death Star trench run, or Luke Skywalker's lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, the battle contains more than enough moments that could make for thrilling action. Whether you want to be a snowspeeder pilot tripping up Imperial walkers with harpoons and tow cables, a parka-clad private fighting the war on the ground, or the stoic commander of an AT-AT itself, the Battle of Hoth is the one Star Wars skirmish where all of those roles engage in the same place, at the same time. Can a single Star Wars game even capture this complexity, or does each one need to pick and choose which aspect of the battle to depict? Does the Battle of Hoth work best as a side-scroller, a rail shooter, or a multiplayer game? Find out.
 Memorable movie characters from that galaxy far, far away are as plentiful as womp rats on the desert world of Tatooine. But what about the best ones that only appear in video games? Star Wars games have a history of bringing to life awesome and iconic (although non-canonical) characters, so here's our list of the 15 greatest Star Wars characters that came from games. Featuring HK-47, Starkiller, Zaalbar aka "Big Z," and more.
The Force Awakens... in Los Santos? The folks at YouTube channel Powerlight-13 remade the epic Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens trailer using Grand Theft Auto V. Now we just have to wait for them to remake the new trailer.
 Speaking of awesome crossovers, Square Enix and Lucasfilm revealed new Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Stormtrooper figures designed by the Japanese game publisher. Feast your eyes on these epic Star Wars collectibles.
The name TIE Fight might immediately bring to mind the space combat game series, but it also serves as the title of the exceptional fan film featured above. Now to convince Disney to revamp the TIE Fighter series with this stylish mashup of Macross, RoboTech, and Star Wars.
The 1,200 pound Star Wars: Battle Pod arcade machine, which was created by Lucasfilm, Disney Interactive, and Bandai Namco, lets players experience iconic moments from the original Star Wars trilogy, including flying an X-wing in the Death Star trench run, a Snowspeeder in the Battle of Hoth, and a speeder bike through the forests of Endor. See how this gargantuan game came to be.
 Sandbox game Minecraft now has a downloadable Star Wars skin pack that's exclusive to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. The Star Wars DLC skin pack contains 55 skins from the Star Wars movies Episode IV through to Episode VI, including character skins for Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Yoda. Take a look at the full list of Star Wars skins you could be roaming the world in.
 Great games for those who don't really consider the prequels, and everything they spawned, to be, well, Star Wars. Here's the full gallery of great Star Wars games that original trilogy fans will love.
 Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, and more are now available on the DRM-free digital distribution platform. Here's the full list of games currently available via GOG.com.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 10:36 pm
In the cavernous halls of Star Wars Celebration, amidst the countless cosplayers and merch peddlers and chipper attendees, there is a circular room. Inside this room is a small amphitheatre modeled after the white briefing room on Home One, the rebel command ship from Return of the Jedi. You might recognize it as the place Admiral Ackbar hosts all his pals when they come over to plot, or you might tell me that the ship is a Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (and until some recent Googling, I would've thought you were making that up). Or you might not know it all. Even if you count yourself among that latter group of people, you'd have no trouble following what I saw in that small room: the first gameplay demo for Star Wars Battlefront. Though Battlefront is a series with some history set in a universe positively bursting with history, the first scenes of Battlefront in action didn't rely much on referencing the past. Even if you haven't seen a battle on the forest moon of Endor before, it was easy to follow the progression from skirmishes on the fringe of a battlefield, to firefights fought between elevated terrain and pitched positions, to lopsided clashes as lumbering vehicles crashed through the undergrowth and sent soldiers scrambling. This wasn't the debut of a bold new direction or innovative new features; this was Battlefront reintroducing itself to the world.  So let's get the familiar out of the way first. Battlefront is, on a broad level, Battlefield set in the Star Wars universe. The player starts as an infantry soldier on the Rebel or Imperial side, fighting in one of the iconic locations from the movies. In this early demo, the forest was looking particularly lush. There was eye-catching texture detail everywhere, from the trunks of the redwood trees to the ferns covering the forest floor. My eyes were even drawn to the fallen needles that covered logs long since fallen to the ground. It was immediately impressive, and I found myself noticing environmental details throughout the demo; light caught in a babbling brook, shade and sun varying with the density of the trees. This slice of a pre alpha PlayStation 4 build of Battlefront was certainly a looker. The demo followed a rebel soldier walking through the forest en route to where the fighting was fiercest. Over the next few minutes, the camera changed on the fly between first- and third-person views, an ability that Battlefront veterans will no doubt appreciate. Given that this session was scripted and pre-recorded, there were more than a few happy circumstances when the player happened to come upon an enemy patrol after walking the right path through the right stand of trees. But though the demo was linear, the level design seemed varied enough to allow for surprises. Trees varied in density from tight copses to scattered glades, and the uneven ground created ridges and valleys that could be used to gain an advantage. Bunkers seemed to offer shelter below ground, while rope bridges and wooden platforms suspended above the forest floor created elevated spaces whose normal trade-off of height for exposure was disrupted by the sheer amount of trees on the map. A broad stream served as the encounter zone for the vehicles on the map and also raised the question: what exactly is the point of a speeder bike in a battle that is underway in a specific area? It's hard not to picture people just joyriding in those scout vehicles until they smash into a tree. Which I obviously want to do. Speeder bikes, AT-STs (the gunboxes on two legs), and an AT-AT (the gunbox on four legs) were the vehicles shown in action during the demo. Light arms fire from the soldiers damaged the AT-STs, and in the trailer, a rebel rocket launcher polished one off in a jiffy. Vehicles in Battlefront are meant to be powerful weapons issued as a reward for exceptional or sustained performance, weapons that can turn the tide of battle. This doesn't mean they will, of course, and the rebels battering an AT-ST with sustained fire from the cover of the trees proved to be its undoing. The AT-AT, however, required a tougher takedown, one that was delivered from on high, eventually. At first, the lumbering war machine stomped up the streambed, blasting rebels with powerful salvos from its cannons. With some quick maneuvering and unerring focus, the player found a small communications box on a hillside and, after holding down the square button for a short amount of time, radioed in a bombing run from a couple of Y-wings overhead. Some tense moments later, during which the player made a flashy run through the AT-AT's towering, stomping legs for our viewing pleasure, and the beast was blown to bits. The deveopers have said you'll be able to pilot AT-ATs, but in this case, I wonder. There was only a narrow stream going through the forest; the broad icy plains of Hoth this was not. Would it really be fun to drive the AT-AT down a narrow corridor, hemmed in by trees? Or perhaps you are simply manning the turret while the vehicle walks an appointed path, and bailing out at the last moment? The answer might be found in the name of a new mode: Walker Battle. These are the largest conflicts in Battlefront, hosting a maximum of 40 players, and the name implies that the walker is the focal point of the conflict. Perhaps the Imperial team has to accrue enough points to spawn the walker, and then escort it for a short while so it can use its heavy ordnance to destroy a rebel outpost? The developers are still holding back a lot of details about Battlefront's modes, including how many there are, what they will be, what air battles will look like, and what interplay there will be between air and ground forces.  They did, however, clarify that Battlefront will not be an online-only multiplayer game. So-called Missions will be playable not only solo, but also in two-player cooperative mode, both online and in offline splitscreen. Missions sound like more-directed experiences that take place within the settings of the multiplayer maps. Again, the devs were short on details about progression, length, and how many missions will be available, but it's good to know there will be options for offline play. Sticking with the two-player theme, developer DICE also talked about the partner system, which is a kind of reimagining of the squad system from the Battlefield series. Players will be able to choose a partner in battle (just one), and will always be able to see that partner on their mini-map, as well as spawn on their location. Furthermore, there will be some kind of inventory sharing between partners, allowing a player with more unlocks to share them with a less-experienced ally, or for two players to mix and match their kits so they form a complementary fighting force. There was a neat moment in the trailer that demonstrated this, with one partner popping a shield to protect them from AT-ST fire, and the other jetpacking up out of the shield to kill the AT-ST with a rocket launcher. There will likely be XP bonuses from fighting alongside your partner, given the amount of +XP indicators that popped up during the demo for killing an enemy, killing a nemesis, earning killstreak bonus, doing vehicle damage, and so on. Will this incentive be enough for you to get up the guts to ask someone to dance? One more note about loadouts: there are no classes in Battlefront, so it'll be up to you how you want to kit out your soldier. Presumably there will be some preset loadout options or a basic array of gear that everyone can choose from, but there will also be some kind of progression system in place. Though our demo only showed playable human characters, the trailer gave us glimpses of a few other races that will like be playable, in the Battlefront tradition. There will also be hero characters returning, and the end of the demo saw two players effortlessly killed off by a force choke and lightsaber swipe from Lord Vader himself. With Boba Fett in the trailer and the Millenium Falcon mentioned by the developers, there are certainly more heroes yet to be announced.  The return of Battlefront is slated for November 17th of this year, with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC the target platforms. That's about a month before the movie is set to launch, and indeed, the tie-in announcements have already begun. A free map for the Battle of Jakku, a pivotal battle that follows the events of Return of the Jedi and features heavily in The Force Awakens, will be made available for all Battlefront players on December 8th, while those who pre-order the game will get access on December 1st. It's easy to see why they'd want to strengthen the connection between the new game and the new film, but the Battlefront I saw is one more interested in connecting with Battlefronts' past. It focused heavily on the original trilogy, so I saw a lot of the familiar building blocks that have defined the Battlefront series since its inception. What I saw looked good, albeit scripted to put its best foot forward and light on detail about how this Battlefront is branching out. What remains to be seen is how this Battlefront will fare when it comes to doing what Battlefront games have done best: making the player feel like a heroic soldier, an ace pilot, or a powerful Jedi during the chaos of a battle waged a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 07:04 am
 It comes as no surprise that GTAV looks amazing running at 4K resolution and at 60 frames per second. Let's compare it to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One anyways.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 06:49 am
 We've already reviewed the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto V, which we found to be stunning. Now that the PC version is out, there's an entirely new way to experience GTA V, with another bump in visuals, but also new controls and a surprise video editing feature.
By Anonymous on Apr 17, 2015 04:37 am
 Mewtwo takes on Lucario and Pikachu.
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