A Raid may be Destiny at its most Destiniest, but I’ve loved me a good ol-fashioned strike. It’s the middle-ground between the longform structure of a Raid and the more open exploration of the sandbox activities of Destiny. A quick jaunt into an environment fraught with peril and the bullet-spongiest of bosses around. Destiny 2 has a brand new Strike featuring just those elements in the form of the Inverted Spire.
The setup for Countdown in Destiny 2 is easy enough: Like every other mode on offer the action is restrained to 4v4, respawns are limited and you have only one life to give when said revives are spent. The objective? Activate a charge and defend it for around half a minute or defend said charge and defuse any that have been activated. It’s simple, fast and furious. Which is why Countdown is so much damn fun to play.
For many players, Destiny 2 is their first taste of Bungie’s space epic. They’re going to be greener than a Fallen with their first blaster cannon. This is the point where Destiny needs to sell itself once again,with an opening level that shows off what makes the game so great: A sense of scale, overwhelming odds and the general badassery of being a Guardian. Destiny 2’s opening level does just that.
Battle Chasers, a fantasy steampunk series of comic books with the publishing schedule of James Cameron’s Avatar’s sequels. Battle Chasers would eventually cease printing after nine issues and a prelude, a pity really because the series had potential. A combination of all things arcaney and steamy, it wore its RPG influences proudly on its giant oversized gloves. It was fun, brief and colourful. But far from dead, as THQ Nordic has grand plans for the franchise.
Ubisoft's latest shooter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, is just a few short weeks away from launch. Matty got to play the game a few weeks earlier however. Here are his impressions.
Watch Dogs 2 is fixing many of the issues the first game plagued eager fans with, but there's still a hint of the old every now and then.
We got our hands on Injustice 2,and I decided to teach Marco how to REALLY play a fighting game. Here's what we thought of it.
Mfia 3 Executive Producer, Andy Wilson, explains how Hanger 13's debut title wants players to think a little more than your average open-world game.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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