Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality is available both through Steam and the Oculus store for $30. The game is playable with either the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift (Oculus Touch is required) and mashes up the popular series with elements of Job Simulator. Like that game, it was developed by Owlchemy Labs.
It's somewhat difficult to describe what you actually do, as the trailer above attests. You'll shoot at aliens, turn knobs, and throw things as you solve puzzles and do what Rick asks of you.
Amid the release of AMD's new RX 500 series of video cards--which includes the budget-friendly RX 550--Nvidia reportedly plans to top off the GeForce 10 series with the cheap GT 1030. The new card will use the same Pascal architecture as the rest of Nvidia's 10 series.
According to Guru3D, the GT 1030 will be equipped with 512 shader processors and could use the GP107 core used in the GTX 1050 or an unreleased GP108 core. It's also said to be available sometime next month. And while a price has not been set for the card, it will compete with the RX 550, which can be found around $80. Nvidia is also rumored to release slightly faster version of the GT 1030, called the GT 1040.
These budget-level graphics cards are aimed to be a substantial upgrade over integrated graphics processors (IGP). While you won't be maxing out any modern games with the RX 550 and the upcoming GT 1030, they're designed to be sufficient for running less demanding but popular games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, and even Overwatch.
DC Comics revealed six new titles at a press conference at C2E2 today. These titles will fall under the banner "Dark Matter" and will begin to debut this summer.
It kicks off with Dark Knights: Metal in August. Former Batman creative team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo reunite for this book, which will set the tone and world for the other series. The new banner will focus on what the publisher called Masterclass artists working with newer writers. It will "bring the sense of craft into storytelling," explained DC co-publisher Jim Lee during a press conference on Thursday morning.
The publisher wants to expand its universe and reach a new audience. co-publisher of DC Dan Didio explained that "It's a starting point for characters. It's a starting point for stories. We gotta keep building. We gotta keep introducing people to the DCU." The Dark Matter banner will exist alongside the regular DC Universe, and the issues will cost $3. Variant covers for the books will not be released.
Below is the list of upcoming books under the Dark Matter label.
September:
Sideways by Dan DiDio, Justin Jordan, and Kenneth Rocafort. A teenager comes into contact with dark matter and gains the ability to teleport through the dark dimension.
October:
Immortal Men by James Tynion IV and Jim Lee. Five siblings who were born at the beginning of time recruit the elite to stop Armageddon. This will be a horror series.
Damage by Robert Venditti and Tony S. Daniel. Ethan Avery is cursed with the ability to unleash a monster for one hour at a time.
December:
The Silencer by Dan Abnett with art by John Romita Jr. This book follows an assassin who moves to the suburbs for a normal life. Romita Jr. described the book as John Wick without the tragedy.
New Challengers by Scott Snyder and Andy Kubert. An adventure book in the vein of the classic DC series Challengers of the Unknown.
Below, you'll find character designs for the upcoming books.
Didio claimed that the real winners for this new banner are the fans. They want to have that same burst of creative energy that the publisher had when Jack Kirby introduced elements like Fourth World and Kamandi to DC back in the early '70s. Romita Jr. said that they have to keep trying new ideas, explaining that they can't remain stagnant. There needs to be some fearlessness when creating new ideas.
If you already own any of these, they should show up automatically in the My Games and Apps section of your Xbox One. If you don't, you can pick them up from the Xbox Store through the links below.
[Updated April 20 with Contra, RoboBLitz, Golf: Tee It Up, Gin Rummy, and 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures]
The Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature, introduced in November 2015, lets you play Xbox 360 games on the new console. But what games are available? We've now rounded them all up--and we'll continue to update this post as new games are made available.
With so many graphics cards out on the market from both AMD and Nvidia, figuring out which GPU best suits your needs can be difficult. We're here to help steer you in the right direction. We've rounded up our reviews of all the modern graphics card below and have ordered them by performance.
We tested reference cards from AMD and Nvidia whenever possible, and included GPU specification charts below.
While these charts will provide you with a ton of detail on every video card, if you don't understand GPU jargon, we explain what each graphics card is capable of in laymen's terms below.
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is currently the best gaming graphics card that money can buy. The GPU is geared for 4K (3840x2160p) and should be able to max out the most graphically-demanding games at that resolution with playable frame rates. You may want to lower some graphical settings like anti-aliasing if you want to hit 60FPS and above for the most taxing games at 4K, however.
From our GeForce GTX 1080 Ti review: "The GTX 1080 Ti shattered nearly every benchmark I threw at it while being a very quiet card. At $699, it isn't cheap, but it's still a great value given the performance.
If you told me last year that we'd get a card this fast by now, I would have called you crazy. As I noted in my GTX 1080 review in 2016, I thought it wouldn't be until Nvidia's Volta GPU micro-architecture that we'd get a card that could truly handle 4K this well. The GTX 1080 Ti proved me wrong. It's that good."
Price: $699.99
GeForce GTX 1080
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1080 is a high-end GPU that serves as a good entry point for 4K gaming. It will be able to handle most games at 3840x2160p, but may struggle to max out the most taxing titles with smooth, consistent frame rates. Alternatively, it's also a viable GPU for maxing out graphically demanding games at 1440p with high refresh rate panels.
From our GeForce GTX 1080 review: "It easily gives the $1,000 Maxwell-based Titan X a run for its money. At 4K, where it's really able to flex its muscles, it can be 70 percent faster than its predecessor, which is insane when you consider that the GTX 980 is still a fantastic GPU."
Price: $499
GeForce GTX 1070
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1070 is an upper mid-range GPU that can handle moderately taxing games at 4K, but it really excels more as a fantastic card for maxing out games at 1440p on high refresh rate panels. It's also slightly faster than 2015's $1,000 Titan X graphics card.
From our GeForce GTX 1070 review: "If you were tallying the wins between the GTX 1070 and the Titan X in my suite of benchmarks, then you'll know that the 1070 beat the Titan X in all of the benchmarks with the exception of one test, where it was just one percent behind. Not only is this within the statistical margin of error, but it was a test done at 1080p with both cards averaging over 140 FPS. Like the Titan X and GTX 1080 before it, the GTX 1070 is overkill for 1080p gaming, unless you're running a really high refresh rate monitor. Also like the GTX 1080, it will be able to max out all 1440p games with playable framerates as well, though it won't achieve above 60 average FPS for the most taxing games. It's also a viable card if you want to dip your feet into 4K, but, again, it won't be able to max out the most graphically demanding games there.
...Sure, the GTX 1070 makes some concessions against the GTX 1080, but, for the most part, it performs admirably where it counts."
Price: $399
AMD Radeon RX 580
What it's good for: The RX 580 is essentially an overclocked RX 480. It's a great mid-tier GPU for maxing out games at 1080p. In a benchmark battle, it's really competitive with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060 and can also handle most games at 1440p.
The RX 580 comes in either 4GB or 8GB variants. We'd suggest sticking with a 4GB model, which start out at $199, if you plan on gaming at 1080p. If you plan on gaming at higher resolutions, we recommend an 8GB version, which you can find for around $230.
From our AMD Radeon RX 580 review: "Sapphire's slightly overclocked RX 580 trades blows with Nvidia's slightly more expensive GTX 1060. According to our benchmark data, it's really too close to declare a definitive winner. One downside to the RX 580 is that it consumes a lot of power for a mid-range card."
GeForce GTX 1060
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1060 is a highly recommended mid-range card for those who game with a high refresh rate 1080p monitor, which is the most popular gaming resolution. It can also handle many moderately-taxing games at 1440p with playable frame rates and is also a VR-capable card.
From our GeForce GTX 1060 review: "While Nvidia is marketing the GeForce GTX 1060 as a capable graphics card to run 1080p games maxed out, it can also handle many 1440p games well. According to my numbers, the $300 graphics card runs 1.6 percent faster than the GTX 980--which is a card that you'll still find online for roughly $100 more. While it isn't always faster than the GTX 980, my tests do validate Nvidia's assertions that the two cards are generally comparable."
Price: $299
AMD Radeon RX 570
What it's good for: The RX 570 is essentially an overclocked version of 2016's RX 470. This makes it roughly as fast as AMD's older, but more premium tier RX 480. Like the RX 480 before it, the card is a fantastic GPU for 1080p gaming, especially since it starts at a base price of $169. It will also be able to handle most games at 1440p with playable frame rates.
From our AMD Radeon RX 570 review: "The RX 570 will be able to run most games at 1440p with playable frame rates. You will most likely want to turn some settings down in the more graphically demanding games, however."
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a budget card that's geared for playing the most popular games at 1080p with high-to-very high settings.
From our EVGA GTX 1050 Ti Review: "EVGA's GTX 1050 Ti offers a great value"
Price: $149.99
GeForce GTX 1050
What it's good for: The GeForce GTX 1050 is a slightly slower version of the GTX 1050 Ti. The card is geared for running popular titles like Rocket League and Overwatch at 1080p, though it can run graphically demanding games like The Witcher 3 if you're willing to turn down some settings. It's a super cheap, good bang-for-the-buck 1080p option.
From our MSI GTX 1050 review: The card is capable of handling most games at 1080p with respectable settings and frame rates."
While there's still a lot we don't know about it, we've now learned that the new project from Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Desilets is no longer episodic.
Desilets shared the news about Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey today at the Reboot Develop conference, GamesIndustry.biz reports. "It's a third-person adventure game set 10 million years ago," he explained. "Before it was episodic, and that changed the pace, but the content is the same. It's a bigger game, a bigger world. It was hour to hour; now it's open and I let the player tell their own stories. There are systems talking to each other, not me taking players by the hand. You'll create the story of your own ancestors, and maybe it will be different than what science claims."
Coinciding with this news, developer Panache Digital Games released a teaser trailer (above) for Ancestors. It opens with a Charles Darwin quote before showing brief glimpses of the game's setting of Africa 10 million years ago.
"Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third person action-adventure survival game," the accompanying description states. "The player will relive the early story of mankind with a documentary twist. Humanity is one idea away from evolution or extinction."
Capcom has revealed even more DLC for Street Fighter V with a new line of work-themed costumes for three characters.
With this DLC, Alex puts on a firefighter outfit, R. Mika dresses up like a cheerleader, and Chun-Li wears business attire. You can check out all three, along with concept art for each, in the gallery below.
These costumes don't come cheap: they'll be priced at $4/€4 each when they're released on April 25. They join the previously announced school costumes for Juri, Chun-Li, and Ryu, all of which carry the same price.
Also arriving on April 25 alongside those six costumes is the revived Thailand stage. It, too, is priced at $4/€4, though you'll alternatively have the option of spending 70,000 Fight Money to acquire it.
More substantial updates were expected later this month in the form of balance changes and a new DLC character. Those were recently delayed, as Capcom plans to host a second beta test for its revamped Capcom Fighters Network. Both the balance tweaks and new character are tied to that update and can't be released until it's ready for launch. They are currently without an official release date.
Many years have passed since the last arcade-style basketball game came out for home consoles, but it's a niche that NBA Playgrounds is hoping to fill. Gameplay videos of the in-development title have shown its ridiculously proportioned characters, an official NBA license, and high-flying aerial stunts. And now, we also know the complete character roster.
Playgrounds is being developed by Saber Interactive--one of the studios behind the Halo: The Master Chief Collection and a co-developer of the upcoming Quake Champions. An arcade-y basketball is a very different development direction to take for the development team, but it seems to have the full support of the NBA, and the game will include a roster of current and historic NBA superstars. Here's the full list:
Aaron Gordon
Al Horford
Al Jefferson
Alex English
Allen Iverson
Alonzo Mourning
Andre Drummond
Andrew Wiggins
Anfernee Hardaway
Anthony Davis
Ben McLemore
Ben Simmons
Bill Laimbeer
Bill Russell
Bill Walton
Billy Cunningham
Blake Griffin
Bradley Beal
Brandon Ingram
Brook Lopez
Buddy Hield
CJ McCollum
Carmelo Anthony
Chandler Parsons
Chauncey Billups
Chris Bosh
Chris Mullin
Chris Paul
Chris Webber
Clyde Drexler
Damian Lillard
Danilo Gallinari
Danny Ainge
David Robinson
DeAndre Jordan
DeMar DeRozan
DeMarcus Cousins
DeMarre Carroll
Dell Curry
Derrick Rose
Dikembe Mutombo
Dirk Nowitzki
Dominique Wilkins
Dragan Bender
Draymond Green
Dwight Howard
Dwyane Wade
Elfrid Payton
Emmanuel Mudiay
Enes Kanter
Eric Bledsoe
Evan Turner
Frank Kaminsky
George Gervin
George Hill
George Mikan
Goran Dragic
Gordon Hayward
Grant Hill
Greg Monroe
Hakeem Olajuwon
Harrison Barnes
Hassan Whiteside
Ian Mahinmi
Jabari Parker
Jahlil Okafor
Jakob Poeltl
Jamal Crawford
Jamal Murray
James Harden
James Worthy
Jason Kidd
Jaylen Brown
Jeff Teague
Jeremy Lin
Jimmy Butler
Joel Embiid
John Stockton
John Wall
Jonas Valanciunas
Jordan Clarkson
Jrue Holiday
Karl Anthony Towns
Karl Malone
Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Durant
Kevin Johnson
Kevin Love
Kris Dunn
Kris Humphries
Kristaps Porzingis
Kyle Lowry
Kyrie Irving
LaMarcus Aldridge
Larry Johnson
LeBron James
Luis Scola
Luol Deng
Magic Johnson
Marc Gasol
Marcus Morris
Marcus Smart
Marquese Chriss
Mason Plumlee
Matt Barnes
Maurice Cheeks
Michael Beasley
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Mike Conley Jr.
Mitch Richmond
Monta Ellis
Nenê
Nerlens Noel
Nicolas Batum
Nikola Jokic
Nikola Vucevic
Oscar Robertson
Otto Porter Jr.
Patrick Beverley
Patrick Ewing
Pau Gasol
Paul George
Paul Millsap
Paul Westphal
Rajon Rondo
Ray Allen
Reggie Jackson
Ricky Rubio
Robert Parish
Roy Hibbert
Rudy Gay
Rudy Gobert
Russell Westbrook
Scottie Pippen
Shaquille O'Neal
Shawn Kemp
Shawn Marion
Spud Webb
Stephen Curry
Steven Adams
Thon Maker
Tim Hardaway
Trey Burke
Ty Lawson
Tyreke Evans
Victor Oladipo
Vince Carter
Walt Frazier
Willis Reed
Wilt Chamberlain
Zach LaVine
Zach Randolph
You can see a sampling of how a few of those characters will be portrayed in the gallery above. NBA Playgrounds is currently scheduled to release digitally for Xbox One, PS4, and PC sometime in May for $20.
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Nintendo Switch owners looking for something new to play have a pair of new options this week on the eShop.
New today is yet another ACA Neo Geo release. This one is Fatal Fury, the classic 1991 fighting game from SNK. Like the other ACA games on Switch, such as Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown IV, it's priced at $8 (£6.29).
Fatal Fury follows a more significant eShop release on Tuesday, when Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap debuted for $20 (£18). Wonder Boy was one of quite a few remasters that launched this week, though it was the only one to come to Switch (at least for now). As our review states, it's still a strong game, maintaining the original's classic gameplay while offering an optional new visual style that looks absolutely fantastic.
Switch's next big release comes on April 28, when Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrives. This enhanced port of the Wii U game packs in new characters and an expanded Battle mode, among other things. For more on that, check out GameSpot's Mario Kart 8 Deluxe review and review roundup.
Before it shifted to a traditional third-person perspective and became one of the biggest franchises in gaming, Grand Theft Auto featured a top-down camera view. Rockstar is bringing that back with Tiny Racers, a new take on the game's stunt races that forces an overhead perspective a la GTA and GTA 2.
Details are still scant; we know it's arriving on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 25, but we otherwise have no information beyond what's seen in the trailer above.
While we wait for that, Rockstar is offering one-day bonuses in GTA Online to mark today's 4/20 date. Today only, weed farm business and business upgrades are 50% off, and profits derived from weed sales will net 50% more money. Additionally, if you head over to LS Customs, the green tire smoke upgrade can be purchased for half price.
The latest Warhammer 40,000 game, Dawn of War III, is nearly upon us. The title is a follow-up to 2009's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, itself a sequel to the 2004 original, and it aims to combine the best bits of those two games and add in some larger-scale action in the form of super-sized units. But is it successful?
Well, with its April 27 launch just a few days away, reviews have started to go live for Relic Entertainment's RTS title. In GameSpot's review, critic Daniel Starkey said the game "builds and maintains an organic tension that yields huge pay-offs ... there's nothing else quite like it." Read more in our full Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III review, or watch some gameplay here. If you want to try it for yourself, meanwhile, you can try the open beta starting April 21.
For a wider view on Dawn of War III's critical reception, you can take a look at our roundup below, or check out GameSpot sister site Metacritic.
Game: Dawn of War III
Developer: Relic Entertainment
Platform: PC
Release: April 27
Price: $60 / £40
GameSpot -- 8/10
"An odd chimera of its forebears, there's a lot in this fast-paced RTS that's a little bit off. Parts of the interface don't work sometimes, inter-match army management is half-baked, and the micromanagement needed to use the game's signature hero units effectively doesn't jibe with the extensive base-building you'll need to support them. But those problems fall away when you're in the heat of battle. Dawn of War III builds and maintains an organic tension that yields huge pay-offs, and there's nothing else quite like it." -- Daniel Starkey [Full review]
PCGamesN -- 8/10
"This is the most conventional RTS in an historically unconventional series. While this fact alone may divide players, its quality of presentation and polished mechanics mean that, as it inevitably expands with more content, Dawn of War III may yet become the champion of a genre that remains stubbornly resistant to evolution." -- Robert Zak [Full review]
Polygon -- 8/10
"Dawn of War 3 makes an admirable attempt to nudge forward a genre that has struggled in recent years to progress. The addition of Elites offers intriguing and complex challenges for those who are prepared to put in the necessary practice. Relic has obviously thought long and hard about how real-time strategy might best be improved--even if true evolution seems out of the game's grasp." -- Colin Campbell [Full review]
PC Gamer -- No score (review in progress)
"If I were to pass judgement on it now, I'd call Dawn of War III flawed but fun. The flashy animations might chase away Warhammer fans who can't bear the thought of guy in terminator armour flipping into battle. There's certainly fun here, though, and I'll be back with a fuller review explaining whether that means it represents a new dawn for the real-time strategy genre as a whole." -- Leif Johnson [Full review in progress]
GOG today launches DRM-free versions of the two most recent Saints Row games, and to celebrate, it's giving away an earlier title for free.
Over the next two days, you can add Saints Row 2 to your library for free. This is a DRM-free version of the game, meaning you don't have to use GOG or its Steam-esque Galaxy client in order to play it. Simply claim it on GOG's website before the deadline--this Saturday, April 22, at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET/11 AM GMT--and it's yours to keep forever.
As for the new releases, both Saints Row IV: Game of the Century Edition and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (a standalone expansion to Saints Row IV) are now available through GOG, marking the first time they've been offered DRM-free. Both games are 75% off right now, dropping their prices to $5 (£3.79) and $3.74 (£2.79), respectively.
If you already own Saints Row games on Steam but want DRM-free copies, you can use the GOG Connect feature to import them to your GOG library. This applies to Saints Row 2, The Third, IV, and Gat Out of Hell. The process leaves your Steam copies intact but allows you to also download the games from GOG, sans DRM.
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