Every year, Ubisoft gives away a game or two through its uPlay service. The downside of that is having to use uPlay, but that’s a minor inconvenience for free games. Right now, you can grab one of Ubisoft's best games, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, for nothing.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the latest sports club to welcome esports into their embrace. The top ranking German club has welcomed German FIFA player Marvin ‘M4RV’ Hintz, continuing a growing trend of sports and esports integration.
SK Gaming have defeated FaZe, a team lead by Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen, in the grand finals of the ESL Proleague Season 6. This adds yet another trophy to SK Gaming’s almost packed trophy case as the team who’ve been dominant for the past two years continue to impress crowds.
From Nintendo rewriting how we play games with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, publishers unleashing risky new projects and an increase in the diversity we see on the screen, 2017 simply felt…special. Here’s a look at the best of the best, that 2017 had to offer.
With next year’s release of Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, the game finally seems like the series entry it was meant to be. Not only is it getting a branching Arcade mode that spans the Street Fighter canon, complete with 200 different endings, but it’s also getting a healthy dose of new characters in Season 3 – who have been revealed by the Arcade Edition’s new opening cinematic.
Sony is bringing back MediEvil in a continuation of their celebration of past dormant exclusives. And it might just be the first of its kind in 2018.
Yesterday, Capcom revealed the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – which brings 12 Street fighter arcade games to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC in May next year.
Over time people change, and their tastes change along with them. The things you liked, or the things that defined you when the PlayStation Network launched in March 2006 may no longer be the sort of thing that tickles you in the year of our loot box 2017. Users have been begging to change PSN names for what seems like forever, but Sony’s hand-waved or explained the possibility away - but that feature may be coming.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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