Final Fantasy XIV will not be playable on PS3 for much longer. In the lead up to its server shutdown, Square Enix will make the game playable for free on the last-gen console.
When upcoming expansion pack Stormblood was announced last year, Square Enix revealed that it would phase out the PS3 version to focus on PS4 and PC. That end date is rapidly approaching, with the PS3 game set to cease operations on June 16, when Stormblood's early access period begins.
Starting this coming Monday, May 1, Square Enix will remove the subscription requirement from the PS3 version. This will allow subscribers on the platform to play for free until the shutdown.
If you have an account that spans multiple platforms, you won't gain subscription free access on PS4 or PC just because you own the game on PS3. The "free login campaign" only provides subscription-free access on PS3. You can read more about the rules here.
PS3 players interested in moving to the PS4 version can take advantage of an ongoing upgrade campaign. Running through the end of the year, PS3 players can pick up a free digital copy of the game for PS4. If your subscription has lapsed, you'll also receive 14 days of game time. Details on how to get your freebie are available on Square Enix's website.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Lucasfilm has confirmed the release dates for two of its upcoming--but still far-off--projects.
Star Wars: Episode IX will not occupy the same December period that the last several Star Wars movies have. Instead, it'll be released on May 24, 2019. The Colin Trevorrow-directed film does not yet have a title, and Lucasfilm simply described it as "clos[ing] out the third Star Wars trilogy."
Lucasfilm's other bit of news concerns Indiana Jones. The fifth film in the series launches on July 10, 2020, and will see the return of both star Harrison Ford and director Steven Spielberg. No further details were shared.
We'll have more on these movies as it's announced.
Lucasfilm isn't resting on its laurels in the meantime. This December marks the release of the next Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi (watch the recent trailer above), with a young Han Solo movie set to follow in May 2018.
4-25-17 update: This story has been updated to reflect new CPUs, GPUs, storage, motherboards, and more.
For the uninitiated, building a computer might sound as daunting as building a rocket ship, but assembling a PC is not rocket science. As a matter of fact, if you've ever put together a Lego set, then you've got the chops to build a basic PC. The more challenging part of the process is simply educating yourself on what parts to buy, but planning out your build is also arguably the most fun part. To help you enjoy this process, we've written this PC component shopping starter guide, and by the end of it, you'll be ready to hit the ground running to start building your own custom PC!
First things first:
Building a PC doesn't have to be expensive. If you plan to do most of your gaming at a resolution of 1080p (which is by far the most common gaming resolution today) and you only want to play less-demanding games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, or Hearthstone, you could spend as little as $400 on your PC. If you want to jump into the deep end to play games like The Witcher 3 at pupil-splitting 4K, then yes, that's where the multi-thousand dollar PCs can come into play. Of course, there's also a middle ground if you want to play demanding games, but aren't concerned with turning up all of the graphical bells and whistles. As we mentioned, there's a ton of flexibility here.
Generally speaking, you want to get the most bang for your buck. If you spend more money on a component, chances are you will get slightly better performance, but you'll be paying a high premium for it. Conversely, if you spend too little, you might end up making some compromises down the road, and might be better off with spending a few dollars more for a better long-term experience. Deciphering all of that may seem difficult, but we're here to walk you through it component-by-component.
Unless all you're planning on playing are non-graphically demanding indie games, we'd recommend a quad-core central processing unit (CPU). While the graphics processing unit (GPU) is often seen as the most important component of one's gaming rig, it is important to not overlook the value of having a good CPU. After all, the CPU is the brains of the operation, and if you go with a poor one, it will only serve to bottleneck your GPU. This means it will hinder your graphics card from going full speed, so to speak.
At the moment, Intel is ahead of the CPU performance curve against AMD. Intel's $350 quad-core Kaby Lake 7700K CPU is arguably the best (non-enthusiast) consumer quad-core CPU right now, and the company's $200 quad-core i5-7500 is a great bang for your buck gaming CPU.
There are great offerings from AMD, too. The company recently released its Ryzen 7 and 5 lines of CPUs. AMD's highest-end SKU, the 1800X, is an eight-core, 16-thread CPU that rivals Intel's eight-core i7 6900K in productivity workloads for roughly half the price. Intel's chips do seem to edge out AMD's processors when it comes to gaming, however.
To conduct an accurate apples-to-apples comparison of core count, they should be kept in the same family. A quad-core Intel CPU will most likely be better than a dual-core Intel CPU, but an octo-core AMD CPU won't necessarily be better than a quad-core Intel CPU, for instance. Perhaps to muddle things up a little more, an octo-core Intel CPU might not be better than a quad-core Intel CPU for gaming, considering most games aren't optimized for anything above four cores. In some cases, opting for a CPU with more than four cores is not only a waste of money for gaming, but can result in poorer performance. Take for instance Intel's $1,000 5960X CPU. This is a great processor for gaming and a dream chip for productivity tasks. The CPU might have eight cores, but it carries a base frequency (speed) of 3GHz, which is slower than the base frequency of the 4.2GHz quad-core i7-7700K, which retails for $350. Why does the exuberantly more expensive octo-core CPU run at a lower frequency than the cheaper part? When you have to squeeze twice as many cores into the CPU die, you essentially have to make some compromises when it comes to power and heat.
Technically speaking, the highest-end CPU currently out on the market is Intel's $1,700 Broadwell-E 6950X, which is a 10-core CPU within Intel's enthusiast Broadwell line of processors. Intel's enthusiast chips, designated with an E at the end of the SKU, are typically tailored for prosumers and come with more than four cores. The aforementioned $350 7700K is typically marginally faster than the 6950X in games, but the 10-core CPU generally beats the Kaby Lake processor in productivity tasks where more cores can be leveraged.
If you can't decide between two CPUs, a good online resource is CPUboss.com. The website allows you to compare the specs of any two processors and will provide a score for each CPU. The site also provides comparison benchmarks.
Another thing you may want to pay attention to is if the CPU is "unlocked." Unlocked CPUs allow you to overclock them for "free" performance. While pretty much all AMD CPUs made today are unlocked and overclockable, in the Intel world, generally only the more expensive "K" or "E" SKUs can be overclocked. While CPU overclocking is very common, every CPU is going to have its own overclocking limit (even with CPUs in the same SKU!). While overclocking isn't necessary, if you did want to overclock your CPU, you'll want to get an "aftermarket" cooler so that you can crank up the heat a little more. We'll talk more about coolers later.
Graphics Card
Provided you have a good enough CPU, your graphics card is going to be the single biggest component affecting your gaming performance. Essentially, the GPU should be the most expensive component of your gaming build.
This isn't to say that you should break the bank to get a graphics card. We also want to dispel a myth that you'll need to upgrade your GPU every year or every other year, just because new graphics cards come out at that cadence. A video card that you buy today will not magically get slower in the future (if anything, it may even slightly improve with driver updates). As a matter of fact, the GeForce 8800 GTX, which came out a decade ago, can still play the overwhelming majority of modern games out today with playable frame rates. You just won't be able to crank up the graphical bells and whistles as high as you might like.
What graphics card should you get, though? That really depends on your budget and desires.
We've put together a simple video which lays out all the new graphics cards and explains how they compare to each other within the performance spectrum. If you'd rather have it in written form, here you go:
If you want to max out most of your games at 1080p (the most common gaming resolution) with consistent frame rates above 30 FPS, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon RX 480, and RX 570 will do the job. They are also baseline GPUs for VR. The more powerful GeForce GTX 980, 1060, and Radeon RX 580 graphics cards are great for 1080p gaming as well, but they are also competent cards for handling the more demanding 1440p resolution. For better performance at 1440p, you'll want a GTX 1070 or R9 Fury X. If you want to go all in and try your hand at 4K, we'd recommend going with at least GTX 1080, but to be honest, 2160p is extremely taxing on hardware; you'll likely want a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which is the fastest graphics card geared towards gaming on the market.
If you don't need to game with your settings maxed out, a GTX 1050 Ti or a RX 470 are great bang-for-the-buck cards for your medium-to-high settings needs. For systems solely focused on non-graphically demanding games like League of Legends, Dota 2, and CS:GO (which are among the most popular PC games today), more affordable options like the GTX 1050 or GTX 1050 Ti will do fine.
If you're instead more concerned with having as much power as you can get in a small package, AMD's Nano is a great graphics card, which will allow you to build a compact, but relatively powerful PC.
AMD vs Nvidia: Once you've figured out your GPU price range, the next logical question to ask yourself is, "Do I go with Nvidia or AMD?" As it stands right now, each vendor has their strengths and weaknesses, but the hardware community generally gives Nvidia the nod over AMD for better and more consistent driver updates. Nvidia also currently enjoys a lead in the performance-per-watt architecture category (that is to say, the company is able to deliver greater performance with less power). For you, this means that Nvidia cards are generally able to run cooler and quieter. Nvidia also offers a strong suite of features like GeForce Experience, which allows you to quickly enable optimal playable game settings, and Nvidia ShadowPlay, which allows you to easily capture in-game video. AMD is generally seen as offering a slightly better dollar-to-performance ratio, meaning, you get a pretty good bang-for-the-buck if performance is what you seek. Of course, graphics cards are always evolving and comparisons are going to vary on a situational basis. Like the iOS vs Android debate, both sides are going to have their fervent fanboys and pitchforks. Luckily for you, both companies make great graphics cards and you can't really go too wrong either way.
But how do you recognize what makes a great graphics card? There are a couple things to look for. Both Nvidia and AMD use parallel processing cores for their GPUs. Nvidia refers to its cores as "CUDA" cores and AMD calls its cores "stream processors." The higher amount is generally a tell-tale sign of a card's quality. Like what we said about CPU core count, however, you can only compare numbers within the same family. This means you can't compare CUDA cores against stream processors and vice versa. You should also look at a card's base and boost clocks, which generally dictates the frequency, or speed, at which a card runs.
The amount of video RAM (VRAM) a card has is generally another tell-tale sign of a card's quality. Again, the more you have, the better the card. Since VRAM, or the frame buffer (as it's also commonly known), is responsible for loading a game's textures, the higher the resolution you're gaming at, the more textures it has to push. The VRAM therefore indirectly dictates what resolution each card should run at. Generally speaking, 2-4GB of VRAM is good for gaming at 1080p (HD), 4-8GB of VRAM is good for 1440p gaming (Ultra HD), and you'll want 6 or more GB of VRAM to effectively game at 3840x2160 (4K).
Like CPUboss.com, if you can't decide between two GPUs, there is a similar website for graphics cards appropriately titled, GPUboss.com. Again, the site allows you to compare the specs between both devices, gives you a score for each, and provides comparison benchmarks.
RAM
8GB is the bare minimum that we'd recommend for a respectable gaming PC and you shouldn't feel the need to go out and buy expensive RAM sticks. If you like to open up multiple tabs using Google Chrome or would like to do video editing/production work on the side, it's not a bad idea to opt for 16GB. In terms of RAM speed, getting 1600MHz and above is going to be fine for your gaming needs. RAM speed matters more if you're running on your CPU's integrated graphics, but since you'll be using a discrete desktop GPU, this won't concern you. We'd also advise you to get your RAM running in dual-channel mode as opposed to single channel. This means that for a total of 8GB of RAM, we recommend going with two 4GB sticks of RAM, as opposed to one 8GB stick. The reason for this is that it offers greater memory bandwidth. When you're shopping, make sure that you get the right RAM for your motherboard. DDR4 is the newest consumer RAM standard, but if you're getting a slightly older motherboard, chances are you might need DDR3 RAM at this point.
Motherboard
You'll want to shop for you motherboard, or mobo, after you've determined which CPU you're going with, since every single motherboard is going to support different CPU sockets. For instance, if you're going to go with Intel's i5-7500 CPU, which uses the LGA 1151 socket, you'll want to get a motherboard that supports that socket. Current Intel sockets include the aforementioned LGA 1151 and LGA-2011 V3, the latter of which is more of an enthusiast mobo socket. AM4 is AMD's newest socket and is designed to work with the company's Ryzen CPUs. If you plan on overclocking a Ryzen CPU, make sure your motherboard is equipped with an X370, B350, or X300 chipset. In case you're concerned about socket compatibility, you can use PCPartPicker.com to put together your build online. The website will inform you of any incompatibility issues here.
In addition to sockets, you should also pay attention to chipsets, which will usually dictate what ports and features your motherboard will support. For instance, Intel's latest high-end consumer Z270 chipset for the company's Kaby Lake processors support overclocking, up to 10 USB 3.0 ports, and up to 24 PCI Express lanes.
We'd generally avoid getting an older motherboard that supports an outdated socket, since older boards are no longer supported, you won't be able to slot newer, upcoming CPUs into them. You may also miss out on more modern features like USB type-C connectivity or even USB 3.0 support, if you go back far enough.
Once you've figured out what kind of socket your motherboard will need, the next big thing to decide is the motherboard's size. Mobos generally come in four form factors. From smallest to largest there is: Mini-ITX, MicroATX, ATX, and Extended ATX. If you go with a small Mini-ITX board, you can get a small, portable Mini-ITX case to go along with it. If you're going to go with a large Extended ATX motherboard, you're probably going to need a big full tower case to house it. Going with an Extended ATX motherboard is likely going to give you the most features and ports, but it will generally be more expensive and you won't be able to squeeze it into a small chassis. Going with Mini-ITX, however, limits you to one video card, and just two RAM slots. The other two options cater somewhere in between. So it's up to you to decide what you want to go for.
Some things to consider when looking for a motherboard would be: Does it support Crossfire/SLI for two or more graphics cards. How many PCIe slots does it have? (This will determine how many video cards you can slot into it) Does it have the ports that I want? Does it come with WiFi? Does it offer Bluetooth? There's a bunch of other little details about motherboards, but these are some of the big-picture things to look at.
Case
Arguably the most important thing to look for in a case is its size. It roughly follows the same size guidelines as motherboards. Meaning, Mini-ITX chassis are for Mini-ITX boards, Micro-Towers are good for Micro-ATX boards, Mid-Towers pair well with ATX boards, and full-towers are designed for Extended-ATX mobos. Another thing to look out for is, well, looks. Yes, you can get a cheap case if you're on a budget, and it will do the job, but the case is the shell of your hot rod. It should ideally look sexy. Yes, that's a little shallow, but it's okay to "treat yo self" every now and then. Thankfully, you don't need to spend a ton to get a nice looking case. Take for instance the Fractal Designs R5 pictured here. At around $110, the mid-tower offers a sexy, yet minimalist design that isn't outlandishly expensive.
Aside from the aesthetics, you'll want to make sure the case can fit all of your components. We're not just talking about the motherboard here. If you're going to be getting a bulky aftermarket cooler, a giant video card, or a large power supply, for instance, you'll want to make sure those parts will fit in that case. The case will often give you height or GPU-length info, but in case it gets too confusing, using a website like PCPartPicker, which informs you of incompatibility issues, can help you solve the problem.
Other things to look for in your case is to ask yourself: Does it have any cable management options to keep the innards of your PC tidy? Does it include any fans? Does it offer good airflow with vents at the top and back/sides? Does it include dust filters?
Cooler
Unless you're buying an enthusiast CPU from Intel, most CPUs will come with a stock cooler. If you don't plan to overclock, then sticking with these included coolers is fine. If you did want to overclock a little however, you'll want to get a more efficient aftermarket cooler. If you didn't want to spend too much for one, Cooler Master's Hyper 212 Evo is a great bang for the buck air cooler you can get for around $30. If you wanted to be a little more aggressive with overclocking, it's a good idea to step up to a closed-loop water cooler. These coolers use liquid to more effectively dissipate heat. The most common closed-loop coolers will come in either single-rad or double-rad forms. The most important thing you'll want to look for here is to see if the cooler will fit your case. Another thing to look out for is the size of the cooler's fans. Most cases will support 120mm fans, but some cases will also support 140mm fans. Generally speaking, because larger 140mm fans are able to move more air with less effort (due to their larger blades), you don't need to crank up the rpms as high to achieve optimal cooling. Experientially, this can save your ears from any leafblower-like noises. There are plenty of good closed-loop liquid coolers out there, but a good single-radiator 120mm cooler is the Corsair H80i, and a good 140mm cooler is the NZXT Kraken X42. There are also great double-rad versions of both (the Corsair H100i and NZXT X62, respectively). If you wanted even better cooling performance and flashier aesthetics, you'll want to look into installing a custom-loop cooler, but these are much harder to install, and we'd only recommend them for more seasoned PC building vets.
SSD
As far as we're concerned, an SSD for a gaming PC is a must. We'd recommend getting a 240GB SSD or greater. If that's too much for your budget, you can opt for a 120GB SSD for at least the operating system. Having an SSD for your OS will allow you to boot up your PC super fast. We're talking under 15 seconds here.
The new hotness in super-fast storage is Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) drives. They come in two form factors. Intel's 750 PCIe SSD requires a PCIe slot, whereas Samsung's 960 Pro requires an M.2 slot. While these drives are insanely fast, you will be paying a premium for them. For reference, Samsung's 960 Evo NVMe SSD is up to five times as fast as traditional 2.5-inch SATA-based SSDs, but cost about twice as much.
Intel has also recently released an NVMe drive that's based on the company's new 3D XPoint architecture. Geared toward data centers, Intel calls its drive the DC P4800X SSD. While you can purchase the SSD, it only works with Intel's latest 7th generation Kaby Lake CPUs and costs a whopping $1,520 for 375GB of storage.
Intel also recently launched its Optane Memory caching drive; it, too, is based on 3D XPoint technology and can dramatically boost the speed of hard disk drives (HDD). While it's no replacement for having an SSD, it comes highly recommended if you're going to use a standalone HDD as your primary drive. Like the aforementioned DC P4800X drive, Optane Memory requires a seventh generation Intel CPU and a 200-series motherboard that has an M.2 slot.
Hard Drive
While we love SSDs, unless you're going to shell out for something like Samsung's 2TB 850 Pro SSD, which costs roughly a grand, chances are you're also going to want cheaper mechanical hard drives for your mass storage needs. Depending on how many games you play, your needs are going to be different, but we'd recommend getting at least a 1TB hard disc drive (HDD). Just make sure it's a 7,200rpm one, which is the standard HDD speed nowadays. Don't feel the need to opt for anything faster, either, as your SSD is meant to do the heavy lifting when it comes to speed. If you're trying to be economical, a good thing to look out for is price per GB. Also, unless you have a super tiny case, you could always add a secondary hard drive later.
Power Supply
Now that you've picked all your components, you've got to get a power supply unit (PSU) that offers enough juice to power everything. To make your life easier, there are online power supply calculators that will tell you how much wattage you'll need upon plugging in the components you plan to use. Generally speaking, it's a good idea to give yourself a 100-watt power buffer, in case of a power spike or the weather goes awry. You may also want to give yourself a bigger buffer if you think you're eventually going to want to add a second graphics card to your rig. It's also a good idea to get a good power supply made by a reputable PSU manufacturer, since you don't want any of your components getting damaged in the event that a shady power supply keels over. Some reputable power supply vendors include Corsair, EVGA, Seasonic, Enermax, Lepa, Silverstone, and Antec among others. If that's too much to remember, just make sure to get a PSU that's rated "80 PLUS" or better (This means that it's 80 plus percent efficient on any load that is above 20 percent).
Another thing to consider with purchasing a power supply is deciding between modular or non-modular. Non-modular power supplies have all the wires and cables dangling out the back of the PSU, whereas modular power supplies allow you to pull out any unnecessary cables you don't need for your build. If you're a neat freak, you may want to opt for the modular PSU, as it allows you to free your PC from clutter (which in turn can slightly assist with airflow). The downside to modular power supplies is that you have to keep track of where you left all the extra cables in the event that you needed them at a later date.
In news that seems well-suited to April 1, Doritos and Marvel have announced a partnership that will see the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2-branded bags of Doritos that come equipped with a cassette-style music player.
Yeah.
As reported by Billboard, this is only meant to resemble a cassette player, though it does really play music. By plugging in headphones, you can listen to the movie's full soundtrack, with songs from Fleetwood Mac and George Harrison, among others. David Hasselhoff has a song on there as well, which somehow feels appropriate.
Based on the image above from Billboard, the bag will be available in at least the standard Nacho Cheese flavor, as Doritos has seemingly decided to forgo the superiority of Spicy Nacho.
These special bags won't be available in stores, instead being sold on Amazon while supplies last. A price was not shared, but you'll be glad to hear the bag can be recharged so that you aren't limited to a single battery's worth of listening sessions.
The bags go on sale here this Friday, April 28. On May 5, Doritos will host events in New York and Los Angeles where fans can win one of these bags.
[Updated April 25 with TimeShift, Assault Heroes 2, and Commanders: Attack of the Genos]
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.
Because every detail of this year's Call of Duty apparently has to be leaked before it's officially announced, we've now learned the reported details of Call of Duty: WWII's special edition.
It's dubbed the Pro Edition, according to marketing materials from GameStop shared on Twitter by user Bernie Highroller (via Charlie Intel). The image shows that this version comes with the game itself, a steelbook case, and a season pass--our first confirmation that WWII will have one, as expected.
The three games are now playable on Xbox One. If you own digital copies of any of the three, you'll find them in your Ready to Download list or you can simply pop the disc in to play TimeShift.
Alternatively, you can buy them new on Xbox.com or through the console itself. Assault Heroes 2 and Commanders: Attack each cost US $5 / £3.39 / AU $5, while TimeShift will set you back US $30 / £20 / AU $30.
During an interview to promote Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Saldana said that she had finished her scenes for Infinity War, and would return to shoot something she referred to as Gauntlet later in the year. Check out the video below:
The Infinity Gauntlet was the title of a Marvel comic book crossover event that ran in 1991. It saw the evil Thanos battle many of Marvel's greatest heroes using the power of the Infinity Stones embedded in the ornate glove of the title.
Feige recently suggested that the Marvel Cinematic Universe might go through some big changes after Avengers 4. "As we get to Infinity War there will be a sense of a climax," he said. "By the time we're at the untitled Avengers 4, 22 movies will have encompassed the first three phases of the MCU. And what happens after that will be very different. I don't know if it's Phase 4, it might be a new thing."
Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on May 4, 2018, while Avengers 4 is due on May 3, 2019. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrives next week.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, the latest in CI Games' shooter franchise, attempts to drive the series forward with the addition of an open world as well as a graphical boost provided by a generational jump over its PS3/Xbox 360 predecessors.
The game has also come under scrutiny for its lengthy loading times, which can reach up to five minutes on PlayStation 4 and have not been improved by the game's day one patch. Our critic, Richard Wakeling, experienced similar load times while playing the game for review, in which he awarded the game a 5/10.
He said the title has a "plethora of nagging glitches and technical problems" and stated they "make Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 difficult to recommend."
You can read more in our full Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 review or take a look at a selection of other verdicts below. Alternatively, you can check out GameSpot sister site Metacritic.
Game: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Developer: CI Games
Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release: Out now
Price: US $60 / £50 / AU $100
GameSpot -- 5/10
"Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 feels like a B-tier, budget-priced game. Even the predictable, profanity-laden story is reminiscent of the type of gritty B-movies Steven Seagal is known for. There's certainly merit to its accomplished sniping mechanics, especially when missions hone in on the planning and precise execution that makes playing as a sharpshooter so thrilling. Yet it falters whenever it veers away from its strengths, and the plethora of nagging glitches and technical problems are a persistent nuisance that make Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 difficult to recommend." -- Richard Wakeling [Full review]
Eurogamer -- No score
"Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 places care and attention into its gorgeous locations and robust missions and, most importantly, into the minutiae of the sniping experience. Unfortunately, it never quite delivers on its premise, and the pieces never come together as a cohesive whole. There's a lot to recommend here, but glitches, poorly polished areas and atrocious writing ensure this one shoots well wide of its mark." -- Jake Tucker [Full review]
Trusted Reviews -- 2/5
"Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 offers some of the most satisfying sniping you can imagine, but everything outside of that just feels too drab and lacklustre to truly make it standout." -- Simon Miller [Full review]
The Sixth Axis -- 6/10
"The relatively unique Georgian setting and the brewing civil war are all but set aside for a by the numbers story of revenge and betrayal, while Jon isn't a very likeable protagonist. The various bugs and crashes also need to be addressed in future patches, as they can ruin the experience. Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 has the sniping down to a tee, which should be expected with the number of years CI has been working on the series, but the surrounding package could be better." -- Aran Suddi [Full review]
Following closed alpha and beta tests, an open beta is now underway for Games of Glory, letting players on both PC and PS4 give the game a try.
Games of Glory is a sort of MOBA/shooter hybrid that is played from an isometric perspective with free-aiming--you won't be relying on any auto-aim. Notably, it features cross-play, allowing those on both platforms to play with and against each other.
We don't know how long it will be in beta, but don't expect to pay for Games of Glory once it's officially released, as it's a free-to-play game. It's supported through microtransactions that unlock playable characters and cosmetic items. These characters are spread across five classes; you can see some of them in the gallery above.
Grand Theft Auto V's latest update has arrived, bringing the new Tiny Racers mode to GTA Online.
First announced last week, Tiny Racers is a modified version of stunt races that places the camera overhead in the style of the earlier GTA games. Races are limited to four players, and those who fall too far behind are blown up. There are also power-ups scattered along the track, ranging from rockets to special vehicles.
Tiny Racers serves as this week's bonus event, handing out double RP and GTA$ for a limited time.
An alternative way to rack up the in-game cash right now is to simply log in to GTA Online between today and Sunday, May 1. Players on PS4, Xbox One, and PC will receive what Rockstar calls a "tax rebate." This will come in the form of a $425,000 deposit that will be made to your Maze Bank account at some point in May.
Capcom has announced Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite will launch on September 19 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The release date was confirmed alongside the debut of eight new characters and a story trailer unmasking the big bad villain the heroes will battle against.
Joining the game from the Marvel side are Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Rocket Raccoon. From Capcom's roster of iconic characters, it's Chun-Li, Strider Hiryu, and Chris Redfield stepping into the fray. These characters unite to bring down Marvel villain Ultron, who is also a playable character.
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As depicted in the trailer above, Ultron has aligned himself with Sigma from the Mega Man X series. Together, the duo have combined and brought together the Capcom and Marvel universes to unleash a cybernetic virus that will allow them to seize control of both. The inter-universe battle between good and evil will be explored in a new cinematic story mode.
"For the first time in franchise history, the Marvel and Capcom universes collide in a visually stunning and immersive cinematic Story Mode, as heroes and villains battle together to save their merged worlds from a sinister new threat, Ultron Sigma," Capcom explains in a press release.
"A combination of the robotic foes known as Ultron from the Marvel Universe and Sigma from the Capcom Universe, this psychotic villain is obsessed with infecting all organic life with a cybernetic virus. History's greatest gathering of warriors must now unite to fight back against Ultron Sigma and save their newly formed world."
Two new stages have also been announced: Avengers Tower and Throne Room. You can get glimpses at them in the screenshots below.
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Capcom has also detailed a number of different versions of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite that will be available when the game launches in September. Along with the Standard Edition is the $90 Deluxe Edition, which includes "the main game and 2017 Character Pass, featuring all six additional post launch characters including Sigma, the main antagonist from the Mega Man X series."
The Collector's Edition, meanwhile, will be available for the PS4 and Xbox One versions and features "four premium character dioramas of Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Mega Man X, and Chun-Li, a case filled with six Infinity Stone replicas, as well as SteelBook packaging that contains the Deluxe Edition of the game." It will retail for $199.99.
In North America, those that preorder any version of the game will get the Warrior Thor and Evil Ryu costumes. Preorders for the Deluxe Edition in North America will get those two costumes, in addition to Gladiator Hulk and Command Mission X outfits. No information on preorder bonuses in other regions has been revealed.
Aaron and Erick check out the open world of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3.
Tune in as Rob and Mike check out the new DLC a Glitch in the Frontier for Titanfall 2.
We'll be waiting for a while still.
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