Over several years and games, Hurk Drubman Jr. has built a legacy within Ubisoft's Far Cry games as a dangerously stupid drunkard with a taste for adventure. In Far Cry 5, that history is given a brief moment to shine.
Sea of Thieves makes a good first impression with a gorgeous open ocean for you to explore and captivating sailing mechanics. But it's a trick that's short-lived, with its barebones content ringing at the door sooner than you can say Davy Jones.
With The X-Files back on TV, it looks like Mulder and Scully will be back in interactive action soon enough. No dammit, that doesn’t include that mobile game which goes in deep on hidden objects. Don’t mention that one.
Other than lag, disconnects and coming up against opponents who are just much better than you are, there are few things worse in multiplayer games than toxic and abusive players. It’s an issue that the industry has been trying to curb for forever – because a more inclusive, welcoming industry means more people playing games (and spending money on them).
Choice is the driving theme in Far Cry 5, a game which opts to venture out of its comfort zone while fine-tuning every aspect of what makes the series so great. It’s incredibly relevant, Montana is a gorgeous slice of new terrain that is fraught with peril and the road ahead that Far Cry Arcade represents is exciting to say the least. Simply put, the fifth chapter in Ubisoft’s series of madness, freedom and exploration is Far Cry perfected.
According to Deadline, Entertainment One/Mark Gordon has signed on to develop, produce and finance a TV series adaptation of Street Fighter, with Joey Ansah, Jacqueline Quella and Mark Wooding to produce. It’ll revolve around four of the eight original World Warriors; Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile.
Several months ago, production came to a grinding halt so that developer Nightdive Studios could go back to the drawing board for their remake of System Shock. Fortunately, it looks like that development is back on track
Crossplay We all know that cross platform play between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Fortnite’s Battle Royale is technically possible. Thanks to an accident, Epic managed to enable the feature before pulling it. Since then though, players have been asking for cross-platform play. Mostly, the blame for its lack of official support has been placed on Sony and their continued unwillingness to open up the cross-platform gates.
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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