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Gaming Deals: $275 Wii U Bundle, $350 Assassin's Creed Xbox One + $50 Gift Card

By Chris Pereira on Jul 03, 2015 10:45 pm

Newegg is offering a $50 gift card with the Assassin's Creed Unity/Black Flag Xbox One system bundle, which sells for $350.

Best Buy is selling two Wii U bundles--one with Super Mario 3D World and Nintendo Land, and one with Splatoon and Nintendo Land--for $275 with a free PowerA "essentials kit." This comes in one of three colors (black, pink, or blue) and consists of things like spare styluses, a GamePad carrying case, and a "GamePad Glove to maintain a sure grasp and safeguard your controller during intense gameplay."

Amazon appears to have a new discount program for Prime members. At least a few games are currently included, such as Batman: Arkham Knight for $50 (Xbox One/PS4), The Elder Scrolls Online for $50 (Xbox One/PS4), and Splatoon for $53. You won't see the lower price until you add the item to your cart and proceed to checkout.

Project Cars is $50 at both Amazon (Xbox One/PS4) and Best Buy (Xbox One/PS4). Gamers Club Unlocked members can get it for $40 at Best Buy.

You can preorder Mad Max or Rory McIlroy PGA Tour through Dell and receive a $15 gift card.

Below you'll find the rest of today's best deals divided by platform.

PlayStation 4

Walmart continues to sell the Last of Us Remastered PS4 bundle with an extra controller or Battlefield Hardline for $399. Alternatively, you can add $10 to get The Witcher 3 or Mortal Kombat X in place of the controller/Hardline.

Buy J-Stars Victory VS+ at Best Buy and get Dragon Ball Xenoverse for $30.

This week's PlayStation Plus-exclusive deals on PSN include Toukiden: Kiwami for $42, Project Cars for $48, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round for $28, and more.

Other PS4 game deals:

  • Batman: Arkham Knight -- $50 (Costco)
  • Project Cars -- $50 (Amazon) / $50 (Best Buy)
  • Mortal Kombat X -- $41 (Amazon) / $41 (Walmart)
  • Bloodborne -- $40 (Amazon)
  • MLB 15: The Show -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Guilty Gear Xrd Sign -- $32.50 (Amazon) / $34 (Best Buy)
  • Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition -- $35 (Amazon)
  • Borderlands: The Handsome Collection -- $40 (Amazon) / $40 (GameStop)
  • Dead or Alive 5: Last Round -- $33.37 (Amazon)
  • Battlefield Hardline -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin -- $42 (Amazon) / $45 (Best Buy)
  • Resident Evil: Revelations 2 -- $28 (Amazon)
  • Far Cry 4 -- $24 (Amazon) / $30 (Target) / $20 (Ubisoft Store)
  • The Order: 1886 -- $29 (Amazon)
  • Final Fantasy Type-0 HD -- $39.53 (Amazon)
  • Rayman Legends -- $20 (Best Buy)
  • LittleBigPlanet 3 -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition -- $30 (Amazon) / $30 (Best Buy)
  • Final Fantasy XIV -- $25 (Amazon)
  • Evolve -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Grand Theft Auto V -- $49 (Amazon)
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare -- $32.50 (Amazon)
  • Dying Light -- $40 (Amazon) / $40 (Walmart)
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Alien: Isolation -- $22 (Amazon)
  • The Crew -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Destiny -- $35 (Amazon)
  • WWE 2K15 -- $35 (Amazon) / $30 (Target)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor -- $32 (Amazon)
  • Infamous: Second Son -- $29.54 (Amazon)
  • Watch Dogs -- $16 (Amazon)
  • Assassin's Creed: Unity -- $19 (Amazon)
  • Killzone: Shadow Fall -- $19 (Amazon)
  • The Last of Us Remastered -- $14.46 (Amazon)
  • NBA 2K15 -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Rocksmith 2014 with Cable -- $40 (GameStop)
  • The Evil Within -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Lego Marvel Super Heroes -- $15 (Amazon)
  • Disney Infinity 2.0 Toy Box Starter Pack -- $28 (Amazon)
  • Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heroes Starter Pack -- $35 (Amazon)
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts -- $19 (Amazon)

The free PlayStation Plus games for June are still available and include Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Skulls of the Shogun, and more. July's games, which were announced this week, should be available next week.

Xbox One

Walmart is selling the Halo Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle with a free second controller $349. You also get a free copy of Watch Dogs or Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, or you can pay a bit more to replace it with Need for Speed: Rivals - Complete Edition ($5), Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ($20), or Batman: Arkham Knight ($30).

Get a free copy of Assassin's Creed: Unity with the purchase of the Halo Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle at the Microsoft Store. That same deal is available with the $399 1 TB model Xbox One that's now on sale with the new controller and a copy of Master Chief Collection.

You can buy a year of Xbox Live Gold on eBay for $36.

Microsoft's latest Deals With Gold promotion is on, discounting a handful of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, such as Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare for $6.60, Tower of Guns for $9, and Peggle 2: Magical Masters Edition for $5. You can check out all the deals here.

The first episode of Telltale's Game of Thrones series is free on Xbox Live.

Other Xbox One game deals:

July's free Games With Gold games are now available and include Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

PC

The latest Humble Bundle focused on the Borderlands series, which offers the games and their respective DLC on the cheap, has only a few days left.

The new Humble Weekly Bundle features games with women as main characters; you can get games like Trine 2, Hack 'n' Slash, and Sunset for cheap.

GOG has a weekend sale bringing games in the Worms, Capitalism, and Guilt Gear series (among others) under $3 each.

Green Man Gaming has a sale on EA games, bringing Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Sims 4, and Battlefield Hardline down to $36 each, as well as the Mass Effect Trilogy down to $12.

Get 23 percent off your purchase at Green Man Gaming using the promo code GET23P-ERCENT-OFFGMG.

Ultima VIII: Gold Edition is free on Origin.

Other PC game deals:

  • Grand Theft Auto V -- $46 (GMG)
  • Wasteland 2 -- $27 (GMG)
  • Anno 2070 -- $7.49 (Steam)
  • Broforce -- $10 (Steam)
  • Out There Somewhere -- $0.19 (Steam)
  • Dust: An Elysian Tail -- $3 (Steam)
  • Developer Alliance Bundle -- $1.49 (Steam)
  • The Sims 4 -- $49 (Amazon) / $40 (Best Buy)
  • Crysis 3 -- $6 (GMG)
  • Battlefield 4 -- $10 (GMG)
  • World of Warcraft -- $10 (Best Buy)
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor -- $40 (Best Buy)
  • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty -- $10 (Best Buy)
  • StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm -- $10 (Best Buy)
  • Batman: Arkham Origins -- $12 (Amazon)
  • Diablo III -- $30 (Amazon) / $20 (Best Buy)
  • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls -- $20 (Amazon) / $20 (Best Buy)
  • StarCraft II: Battle Chest -- $35 (Amazon) / $24 (Best Buy)
  • Tropico 5 -- $24 (Amazon)
  • Dying Light -- $48 (Amazon) / $48 (Walmart)
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth -- $18 (Amazon)
  • Battlefield Hardline -- $33 (Amazon)
  • Assassin's Creed Rogue -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Evolve -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Watch Dogs -- $8 (Amazon) / $12 (Best Buy)
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag -- $16.44 (Amazon)
  • The Lego Movie Video Game -- $20 (Amazon)

Wii U

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.

  • Bayonetta 2 -- $45 (Amazon) / $45 (GameStop)
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker -- $32.60 (Amazon) / $32.60 (Walmart)
  • ZombiU -- $9 (Best Buy)
  • Rayman Legends -- $17 (Walmart)
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut -- $14 (Amazon)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U -- $57 (Amazon) / $54 (Walmart)
  • Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two -- $11.29 (Amazon)
  • Hyrule Warriors -- $49 (Amazon)
  • Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition -- $14.39 (Amazon)
  • Watch Dogs -- $18 (Amazon)
  • Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed -- $20.65 (Amazon)
  • Scribblenauts Unlimited -- $16 (Amazon)
  • Transformers Prime: The Game -- $12 (Amazon)

3DS

Walmart is offering a New 3DS XL bundle with Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and your choice of select Amiibo figurines for $219.

Alternatively, the retailer has a New 3DS XL bundle with your choice of select games and a Pokemon figurine for $229. Eligible games include Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Super Smash Bros., The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, and quite a few more.

Target is offering a buy one, get one 50 percent off deal on several 3DS games: Mario Kart 7 ($30), New Super Mario Bros. 2 ($29.49), Super Smash Bros. ($40), and Super Mario 3D Land ($30).

This week's eShop sale includes the Phoenix Wright games; you can get Dual Destinies for $17 or the Ace Attorney Trilogy for $22.49.

  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3D -- $30 (Amazon) / $30 (Best Buy)
  • Persona Q: The Wild Cards Premium Edition -- $45 (Amazon)
  • Mario Party: Island Tour -- $24 (Amazon) / $24 (Best Buy)
  • Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance -- $20 (Walmart)
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - Record Breaker -- $39 (Amazon)
  • Pokemon Alpha Sapphire -- $30 with bonus figure (Walmart)
  • Pokemon Omega Ruby -- $30 with bonus figure (Walmart)
  • Pokemon Y -- $30 (Amazon)
  • Steel Diver -- $8 (Best Buy)
  • Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate -- $11 (Walmart)
  • Scribblenauts Unlimited -- $8 (Best Buy)
  • Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion -- $12.55 (Amazon)
  • Code Name: Steam -- $25 (Amazon) / $25 (Best Buy)
  • Crosswords Plus -- $6 (Best Buy)
  • Lego Marvel Super Heroes -- $15 (Amazon)
  • Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars -- $22 (Amazon)
  • Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed -- $23 (Amazon)
  • Hometown Story -- $15 (Amazon)

PlayStation Vita

The Borderlands 2 Vita system bundle is $170 at Best Buy.

The PlayStation TV is available for $40 GameStop.

There's a sale on Atlus games on the PlayStation Store this week, discounting primarily Vita and PS3 games. These include Persona 4 Golden for $15, Persona 3 Portable for $10, Persona 2: Innocent Sin for $10, and more.

  • God of War Collection -- $20 (Amazon)
  • Persona 4: Golden -- $20 (Amazon)
  • Gravity Rush -- $19 (Amazon)
  • Freedom Wars -- $15 (Amazon) / $15 (Best Buy)
  • The Wolf Among Us -- $13.39 (Amazon) / $15 (Best Buy)
  • Borderlands 2 -- $20 (Amazon) / $20 (Best Buy)
  • The Walking Dead: Season Two -- $15 (Best Buy)
  • Mind Zero -- $31 (Amazon)
  • Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed -- $18 (Amazon)
  • Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd -- $21.62 (Amazon)
  • Xblaze Code: Embryo -- $20 (Amazon)
  • Arcana Heart 3: Love Max -- $26 (Amazon)
  • Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars -- $21.45 (Amazon)
  • Resistance: Burning Skies -- $5 (Best Buy)
  • Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational -- $10.49 (Amazon)
  • 16GB Memory Card -- $30 (Amazon)
  • 32GB Memory Card -- $67.32 (Amazon)

Hardware

  • Insignia 3DS/3DS XL/New 3DS XL/2DS Starter Kit -- $18 (Best Buy)
  • PlayStation 4 Camera -- $45 (Amazon) / $45 (Walmart)
  • Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Gaming Mouse -- $40 (Amazon)
  • Logitech G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse -- $60 (Amazon) / $80 with $40 Steam gift card (Best Buy)
  • Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse -- $55 (Amazon)
  • Logitech G700s Gaming Mouse -- $61 (Amazon)
  • Logitech G910 Orion Spark Mechanical Keyboard -- $180 with $50 Steam gift card (Best Buy)
  • Logitech G430 Over-the-Ear Headset -- $80 with $40 Steam gift card (Best Buy)
  • Wireless Xbox 360 Controller for Windows -- $43 (Amazon)
  • Wired Xbox 360 Controller for Windows -- $28 (Amazon)
  • Black Xbox One Wireless Controller -- $49 (Amazon)
  • Wave Blue DualShock 4 -- $44 (Amazon) / $44 (Walmart)
  • PlayStation Silver Wired Stereo Headset -- $26 (Amazon)
  • PlayStation Gold Wireless Stereo Headset -- $80 (Best Buy)
  • Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22 Amplified Universal Gaming Headset -- $58.41 (Amazon)
  • Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 -- $88 (Amazon)

Amazon 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.


Bungie Reveals What's in Destiny The Taken King DLC

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 10:03 pm

Bungie has published a list of everything included in Destiny's next expansion, The Taken King, when it is deployed on September 15.

In the wake of questions about the inherent value of a DLC package that will cost $40 (and £40), Bungie has claimed in its latest blog post that "we plan to prove that The Taken King is more than DLC--it's a game."

A list of content included in the DLC, as written by Bungie, is pasted below.

  • New story missions and an array of sidequests that conspire to tell the story of our battle to defend our Solar System against Oryx and his Taken army
  • New narrative driven by cinematic cutscenes starring an engaging cast of characters
  • New Exotic Weapons, Exotic Armor, and Exotic Questlines
  • The Dreadnaught, a full new destination, with unique secrets, rituals, and treasures to uncover
  • A new breed of enemy combatants, The Taken, armed with new abilities and weapons
  • An increased Level Cap, and new ways for your Guardian to grow more powerful
  • The most substantial injection of new, unique, and redesigned weapons, armor, and talents to date
  • New subclasses with all new Supers and abilities
  • New cooperative Strikes with unique and dynamic new Boss battles
  • Redesigned and reimagined Strikes – Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III – are now overrun by the Taken
  • New Crucible multiplayer maps with new Crucible modes, including the previously revealed Rift and Mayhem
  • And, of course, last but not least, our biggest six-player Raid yet.

While these promises regarding content have been made now, Bungie says in the weeks ahead it will also discus "a range of topics that we know are important to you, including weapon rebalancing, economy improvements, an overhauled quest experience, bounty enhancements, faction allegiances, end game content, and more."


Batman: Arkham Knight's First DLC Gets Release Date and Price

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 09:20 pm

Batman: Arkham Knight's first story-based DLC has been given a July 14 release date by Warner Bros, with the publisher also explaining how the expansion will focus on the Batgirl character.

The add-on, entitled Batgirl: A Matter of Family, will cost $6.99 in North America and £5.80 in the UK. Those who purchased an Arkham Knight season pass will not have to pay an additional fee.

Warner Bros has only announced plans for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions of the expansion, and has not discussed a PC version.

This omission comes in the wake of a punishing two weeks for the publisher, and the game's developer Rocksteady, with a litany of bugs discovered in the PC version. After apologising and announcing its intention to build a patch to fix the numerous problems, Warner decided to pull the title from Steam.

Most recently, Warner Bros was accused to have known about Arkham Knight's PC Problems "for months", however these claims--purportedly from internal QA employees--are not proven.

Set prior to the events in the first game in Rocksteady's Batman trilogy, this add-on will place Batgirl in a new location with multiple missions, side quests, and secrets. Featured within the game is a new hacking feature, as well as Dual Play functionality with Robin.


Reddit Protest Triggers r/Gaming Blackout

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 08:48 pm

The sudden and unexplained dismissal of a popular Reddit employee has prompted a blackout across the sprawling discussion board website.

Popular subreddit pages, such as r/Gaming, r/IAmA, r/funny, r/books, r/science, r/music, and r/history, have all been taken private by their moderators in a deliberate message of solidarity to the site's management.

Most of Reddit's biggest message boards have been taken private, effectively shutting them down

Game-specific subreddits, such as those for Fallout 4, Destiny, and Grand Theft Auto 5, are affected by the blackout.

At the heart of the issue is the dismissal of the employee u/chooter, who was known internally as Victoria, without explanation.

As explained elsewhere on Reddit, the chain of blackouts began with the one that Victoria moderated, r/IAmA. Other moderators of the famous Q&A page, which has been used by the likes of Barack Obama and Sean Bean, said that Victoria's dismissal was not communicated properly.

A notice on the site explains: "The mods of /r/IAmA had just found out that without prior warning, /u/chooter, or Victoria, had been released from her position at Reddit. They felt that they, along with the other subreddits that host AMAs, should have been warned beforehand, if only so that they could have someone or something in place to handle the transition. /u/karmanaut went on to say that many of the mods affected by this do not believe that the admins understand how heavily /u/chooter was relied upon to allow AMAs to go smoothly."

As of June, Reddit was said to have amassed 36 million user accounts.


Nintendo's PlayStation, the Holy Grail of Game Memorabilia, Has Been Found

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 07:52 pm

An extraordinarily rare prototype of the SNES-CD console, which was created as part of a failed partnership between Nintendo and Sony some 25 years ago, has been discovered.

Never-before-seen images offer the first ever close-ups of the machine, now yellowed with age, which combines the form factor of the SNES along with the branding of PlayStation.

The console is so rare that its specific design features, such as a horizontal volume slider at the front and an assortment of outputs at the back, were not public knowledge. There are several other known prototypes of the SNES-CD, each with different variations on its design, which likely means that the version pictured below is the only in existence.

Click on the thumbnails below to view the images in full-screen

The console is historically significant because it represents the brief partnership between Nintendo and Sony prior to its intense rivalry that still exists today.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in 1991, Sony showcased its Nintendo-endorsed vision for a SNES-CD, which it branded with a "PlayStation" logo. Nintendo shocked Sony, however, by suddenly announcing--at the same show--that it would be partnering with electronics firm Phillips instead.

Incensed and embarrassed, the Sony executive Ken Kutaragi began to internally lobby the company to fund plans to build a console without Nintendo's support. The outcome of that plan, also called the PlayStation, brought about a tectonic power-shift in the games business.

This prototype model was found by the son of a businessman who had ties with a former Sony executive, believed to be Olafur Olafsson, who was the chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment in 1991.

The son, who is only known by his online handle 'Dnldbld', first published the images on Reddit, and then on Assembler Games. He says that he will try to find the power supply for the prototype and boot the system up for the first time.


Mad Catz Warns of "Substantial" Doubts About Survival

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 06:23 pm

Mad Catz, the prominent peripherals company that has been designing arcade sticks and other esoteric accessories since 1989, could soon face the prospect of closure if its income does not increase significantly.

In late June, the corporation offered a warning to investors, explaining that it had failed to meet a monthly target that had been implemented as a failsafe by its credit lender, Wells Fargo.

Because Mad Catz was unable to generate as much money as Wells Fargo had asked, the bank was given the option to call in its loan. Had this occurred, Mad Catz may not have been able to continue as a going concern.

However, on June 23, Well Fargo waived Mad Catz' violation, and entered into a new agreement with the corporation that will carry on until July 31, 2016.

But Mad Catz, which has been losing money for three years straight since 2011, said it requires "significant contributions from anticipated sales of products related to the Rock Band 4 video game."

Mad Catz is co-publishing the Harmonix-developed title. The company also manufactures arcade boards for Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V.

It added that the uncertainty surrounding Rock Band 4's sales, along with a number of other factors, "raise substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern."

Speaking to Game Informer, Mad Catz claims that it has overcome a major hurdle by securing a new line of credit. Initially the company will be loaned $20 million, which could increase to $35 million from September in order to ship Rock Band 4.

Karen McGinnis, chief financial officer at the company, claimed that part of the reason it needed to issue a credit warning was because of the necessity to use unequivocal language in financial documents. She claims that the reality of the situation is far more nuanced and positive.

For the financial year that ended in March 2015, Mad Catz posted a net income of $4.7 million. Representatives for the corporation were unavailable at the time of going to press.


Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Craze Knocks Retailer Pre-Order Page Offline

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 04:17 pm

Fallout 4 fans across the UK have been gripped by a fever of interest in the coveted Pip-Boy edition, with a surge of traffic knocking one retailer's pre-order page offline.

On Friday morning, the British retailer GAME announced that it would open pre-orders for the £100 Pip-Boy bundle, which packages a copy of Fallout 4 along with real-life replica of the game's famous personal computer. In the UK, GAME has won rights to be the exclusive retailer of this deluxe edition.

However, the moment when it was scheduled to go live, GAME's Pip-Boy pre-order page could not be accessed due to high traffic affecting its servers.

The retailer explained on Twitter: "Due to increased number of dwellers trying to access Vault 111 we are experiencing some issues. Please bear with us."

At the time of going to press, the website's Pip-Boy pre-order page has remained inaccessible.

Earlier in the week, one inventive Fallout 4 fan created his own custom Pip-Boy edition using a 3D printer and a hand-assembled circuit.

Fallout 4 launches on November 10 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Check out a few images of the Pip-Boy and its companion app below.

Click image to view in full screen


EA at War With Star Wars Battlefront Video Leaks

By Rob Crossley on Jul 03, 2015 03:41 pm

Electronic Arts is removing a swarm of online videos revealing key gameplay details of its biggest game of the year, Star Wars Battlefront.

On Thursday, a select number of fans were invited to try an alpha build of DICE's major Star Wars shooter, and were asked in the end-user agreement to not publish videos of the game online. However, scores of players have ignored this proviso, and have published footage revealing in-game single-player and multiplayer.

In turn, EA has assembled a takedown team to remove these videos across various sites such as Vimeo, Daily Motion, and YouTube.

Three videos that have yet to be taken down, at the time of going to press, can be found below. One shows single-player survival gameplay, and another two show a Walker Assault battle on Hoth. The likelihood that both videos will be removed soon is high.

The video leaks come after players had begun sharing details of the alpha build online.

Fresh information about the game--which re-enacts key battles from Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI--was first published on the forum NeoGAF. The website lists a range of weapons and vehicles that appears to be accessible to players under certain conditions.

From the files contained within the alpha download, weapons available in-game include the E11, A280, DH17, DL44, DLT19, DLT20a, EE3, Rocket Launcher, SE14c, and the T21. Some weapons may be locked to special characters, such as the EE3, which is likely tied to Boba Fett.

None of the data should be considered as a guarantee of the content that will appear in the final game, which ships on November 17.

Vehicles, meanwhile, include the T-65 X-wing, the Tie Fighter, Lambda Shuttle, Y-wing, Tie-Bomber, Corellian Corvette, Nebulon B Frigate, Imperial Star Destroyer, Mon Calamari Capital Ship Home One, AT-ST, AT-AT, Tie Interceptor, 74-Z Speeder Bike.

Among other notes taken from the alpha files, it appears that players will have a range of emote animations to select, such as an SOS signal, as well as a standard applause.

Storm Troopers, meanwhile, might be able to be customised and tweaked, though this has not been confirmed.

Meanwhile, the Tatooine map has both midday and dawn versions.

Star Wars Battlefront has been pitched by EA as its most important game release of 2015.

In a recent interview with GameSpot, DICE general manager Patrick Bach discussed the pressure of fan expectations placed on the studio.

"You want Battlefront to be as good as the films, which means that if we don't do that, players will be very upset. They will be very clear about that fact," he said.


Facebook's Zuckerberg: VR is "the Next Major Computing and Communication Platform"

By Alex Newhouse on Jul 03, 2015 04:51 am

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset had a big presence at E3 this year, and Oculus VR recently announced its retail iteration and its controllers. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Oculus' parent company Facebook, said that the Rift is only the beginning of VR tech. He claims that virtual reality will grow to be a huge part of everyday communication.

In a Q and A on Facebook, Zuckerberg took a question about his views of how the world will look in 10 years. In response, he stated that Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR came about because he is convinced that VR will change the way we talk and compute.

"We're working on VR because I think it's the next major computing and communication platform after phones," he said. "In the future we'll probably still carry phones in our pockets, but I think we'll also have glasses on our faces that can help us out throughout the day and give us the ability to share our experiences with those we love in completely immersive and new ways that aren't possible today."

Additionally, Zuckerberg talked about his company's research into artificial intelligence, mentioning how Facebook is focusing on language and image interpretation to make personalized internet experiences more possible and more effective.

Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion back in March 2014. Oculus recently announced that the Rift will launch in the first quarter of 2016, and you can read all about Oculus' pre-E3 announcements here.


Here's Why Your Destiny-Themed Red Bull Code Might Not Work

By Alex Newhouse on Jul 03, 2015 04:29 am

Recently, publisher Activision announced a Destiny promotion in conjunction with Red Bull. Specially marked cans of Red Bull have codes which unlock an XP boost and an exclusive quest in the upcoming Taken King expansion. The cans went on sale yesterday, but if you go out and buy one right now, it's quite possible the code has already been used.

It was discovered today that the codes on the Red Bulls are very easy to guess, and subsequently a significant number of people on the internet entered and claimed codes that they had made up. These codes are linked to cans of Red Bull, so dozens of codes on different cans are being used up.

One Neogaf user has already reported buying a can with an invalid code, and instances of this will almost certainly increase in the coming days.

The Red Bull-Destiny promo site has been sluggish and, sometimes, inaccessible throughout the day, most likely a result of the high volume of fans trying to redeem a code without buying a drink.

Developer Bungie and Activision have yet to comment on this occurrence. Earlier today, Destiny was affected by a PlayStation Network problem, although the problems have since been resolved.

This information comes via NeoGaf, but since use of the codes is technically a form of theft, we're not providing a direct link. We'll update this story with any comments from Activision, Bungie, or Red Bull when they become available.


Yup, We're Getting Two Versions of Fire Emblem: Fates in the West

By Chris Pereira on Jul 03, 2015 01:17 am

As with the game's Japanese release, it appears there will be two separate physical releases of Fire Emblem: Fates in the United States.

Following a reference to "two versions" of the game in a press release Nintendo sent out in June, listings for Conquest and Birthright versions of Fates are now live on Amazon. Both list a placeholder release date of December 31, 2016 and a price of $40.

As we already knew, Fates consists of two distinct, complete stories, each telling the side of one of two warring factions. Whichever side you choose to play as, you'll still interact with some of the same characters and see the same major events, but the way you play and the manner in which your story unfolds will be different.

In Japan, where the game has been available since last week, a bundle is available that includes both versions of the game. Alternatively, you can choose to buy one and then purchase the other as a DLC campaign. We've followed up with Nintendo of America to find out if it plans to offer a similar set of options to players, and will report back with anything we learn.

Fates, which was formerly referred to as Fire Emblem If, received its new name during Nintendo's E3 presentation. It offers the same style of turn-based gameplay as its predecessor, Fire Emblem: Awakening, but offers some new wrinkles, such as a lack of weapon durability and a new difficulty. The game is officially due out in North America and Europe at some point in 2016.


PS4 Service Alert Issued, Destiny Affected [UPDATE]

By Eddie Makuch on Jul 03, 2015 12:52 am

[UPDATE] According to Sony's official PlayStation Network status page, all services are back up and running.

The original story is below.

Sony has issued a PlayStation Network service alert, informing PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 owners that they may have trouble launching games and more.

"You may be experiencing issues related to launching games, applications, and/or social features such as trophies, messaging, or friends list," Sony wrote in an update posted to its website at 12:10 PM PDT / 3:10 PM EDT. "We appreciate your patience while we address this."

One affected game is Bungie's Destiny. Specifically, players are having trouble connecting to the game, which is a critical issue for such an online-heavy game.

According to the PSN support site, other features such as PlayStation Video and the PlayStation Store are also experiencing issues at the moment.

We'll continue to monitor this situation and update this story accordingly. Are you experiencing any PlayStation Network issues right now? Let us know in the comments.


Major Team Fortress 2 Update Brings New Challenges, Guns, and Maps

By Chris Pereira on Jul 03, 2015 12:38 am

Valve has detailed a significant new update for Team Fortress 2, which consists of both free and premium content.

The part of the update you have to pay for is the Gun Mettle campaign. This is a roughly three-month event during which you're assigned various contracts--described as "skill-based challenges"--that offer various rewards upon completion. Example contracts include killing an airborne enemy using a Soldier secondary weapon, living through 1000 damage in one life as the Heavy, or killing an enemy with a reflected projectile using the Pyro.

The rewards aren't just typical weapons: Each is one-of-a-kind. Valve says that every weapon has a "uniquely placed paint job" that will make it at least "a little different" from those that other players will get their hands on. There are various levels of rarity, but no matter which one you end up with, you won't have a competitive advantage; what sets these weapons apart is purely a matter of looks.

Participating in the campaign requires the purchase of a $6 campaign pass. Buying this puts a Contract Coin in your inventory, a non-tradable item that tracks your progress and certain stats over the course of the campaign. This is more fully detailed in an FAQ on the TF2 website.

In addition to all of this, there's a good deal of new content for those who don't wish to pay. Valve is releasing a new map, Powerhouse, which it says is the first three-point Control Point map. In addition to this, a trio of new community-developed maps are coming to the game, with the makers of these getting a cut from sales of campaign passes.

There are also new taunts, achievements, and the ability to exchange your weapon for one dropped by deceased players (provided it can be wielded by your current class). Previously, the only time you could alter your equipped weapons is when you respawn.

Alongside all of the new content, a number of gameplay changes have been made. This includes tweaks to many of the game's classes (perhaps most notably, the Spy and Engineer) and the addition of a new feature that allows you to inspect the look of your weapon when wielding one of the new decorated items from the Gun Mettle campaign.

The Gun Mettle update, as all of this is called, is due out today on Steam. More details are available on the TF2 website, where you'll also find a new comic.


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