Overwatch 2 players will have to pay $15 for permanent access to the PvE story missions in the upcoming sixth season, Invasion.
Blizzard wrote in a blog post published today that the $15 price tag is attached to the Invasion Bundle, which will launch alongside the upcoming season of the same name. Purchasing the Invasion Bundle will also give you 1,000 Overwatch Coins, which usually cost $10, and the Sojourn Legendary Skin.
The most expensive bundle to come out of Overwatch 2: Invasion is the Ultimate Invasion Bundle, which will run you $40. Getting that bundle in addition to the regular Invasion Bundle will net you another 1,000 OW Coins, Legendary skins for Cassidy and Kiriko, and the Null Sector Premium Battle Pass with 20 Tier...
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A brand new Prince of Persia was fully revealed at this year’s Ubisoft Forward, and it’s quite literally in a different dimension to the beloved Sands of Time games. Made by the folks behind Rayman, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a 2D game that revisits the series’ platformer roots.
To find out more about this unexpected return we spoke to three developers from Ubisoft Montpellier, who told us how they’re relaunching Prince of Persia as an anime-inspired Metroidvania.
“At Ubsioft Montpellier we have the experience of 2D games on Rayman, of course,” says world director Christophe Pic about the decision to go back to two dimensions for The Lost Crown. “So first of all it was [that] we had the experience, for us it was natural to...
Capcom has revealed that Dragon's Dogma 2's map will be four times that of the original game.
Shared during a deep dive as part of the 2023 Capcom Showcase, game director Hideaki Itsuno revealed more on the game's mechanics as highlighted in a recent trailer.
Built in the RE Engine, players will engage with action RPG fighting across the sprawling, medieval open world that promises a high graphical fidelity.
Alongside revealing Dragon's Dogma 2's map size, Capcom confirmed the sequel would be a single player game but would feel like a cooperative experience thanks to Pawns: the NPC characters that fight alongside the player.
Itsuno also shared some of Dragon's Dogma 2's almost Dungeons and Dragons-like mechanics, where players can...
Capcom showed of a new Exoprimal trailer during its Showcase today, outlining new features, new characters, and more. Capcom also briefly showed off the post-launch roadmap, as well as announcing a new beta beginning June 16.
During the trailer, we had our first introduction to Dr. Synes, the developer of the Exosuits. It's not clear what role Dr. Synes plays in the overall game. We also got a look at the "Stratovater," a new map based on a space elevator linking Earth to space. The Stratovater has the game's signature dinosaur battles, the ones we all initially thought were the sign of a new Dinocrisis game when we first saw it last year.
Capcom used the Stratovater level to introduce a new type of dinosaur enemy, a mutated and...
Capcom has announced Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, due out early 2024 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy includes the 4th, 5th, and 6th mainline Ace Attorney games from Capcom’s courtroom battle series.
“Join Apollo on his journey to bring order to the courts and bring an end to the dark age of the law!” reads the game description.
Languages include Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney launched first on Nintendo DS in 2007, before coming out on mobile and, most recently, on Nintendo 3DS in 2017.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies first came out on Nintendo 3DS in 2013 before...
The Capcom Showcase 2023 is a wrap, and the publisher shared new details on Dragon's Dogma 2, Pragmata, Ace Attorney, and more. Read on to learn everything announced at today's Capcom Showcase 2023.
Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets Gameplay Deep Dive Trailer
Dragon's Dogma 2 got a gameplay trailer at today's showcase, showing off the large, wide fantasy world players will explore. We learned about the new Pawn system, where NPC characters will fight the game's giant beasts alongside you. Capcom also said the world is four times the size of the original, and that the gameplay is designed for players to creatively tackle combat in whatever way they can think of. The game is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.
Pragmata Delayed Indefinitely...
Capcom has announced another delay for Pragmata at its showcase today... but at least the way they revealed it was pretty adorable.
While showing a new look at the upcoming sci-fi third-person game, it showed a piece of paper that had 2022 and 2023 scratched out, and then "very sorry :("
At the end of Pragmata's time, Capcom posted a further statement apologizing for the delay, saying that it's with a "heavy heart" that they must postpone it once again.
"Our team is currently hard at work making the best game that we possibly can, but we need more time," the statement went on. "We will continue to do our best to ensure that the final product is one that is worthy of your patience."
This is only the latest delay for Pragmata...
Happy Summer of Gaming! In this special SoG episode of Podcast Unlocked, Ryan McCaffrey, Stella Chung, Destin Legarie, and Kat Bailey discuss their favorite reveals and surprises from the Xbox Showcase and the Starfield Direct. Xbox came out firing on all cylinders with some hot new reveals from their best studios. From Starfield to Clockwork Revolution and FINALLY a first look at Fable, there's a lot to cover, and it's all just icing on the cake! This show was recorded live, immediately after the Showcase. Enjoy!
Subscribe on any of your favorite podcast feeds, to our YouTube channel, or grab an MP3 of this week's episode. For more awesome content, check out my brand-new interview with Todd Howard, who discussed the realization of...
Payday 3 is set to release for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 21. This latest installment of this co-op shooter series has you coming out of retirement to play a masked criminal as you and your friends stage high-stakes heists. It’s available for preorder a handful of editions, including a collector’s edition, at the usual retailers (see it at Amazon). Below, we have full details about what comes in each edition, how much it costs, and more.
Payday 3 Collector’s Edition
PS5
Get it at Best Buy - $129.99
Get it at Amazon - SOLD OUT
Xbox Series X|S
Get it at Best Buy - $129.99
Get it at Amazon - SOLD OUT
The collector’s edition comes with the base game, plus the following digital and physical items:
Physical Items...
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to release for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on December 7. It’s a first-person action-adventure game that’s set on the planet of Pandora, as seen in the Avatar movies. You play as a Na’vi who grew up in the clutches of the RDA, being trained in their militaristic ways. Now you’re free, and it’s time to fight back. The game is available to preorder in a handful of editions (see it on Amazon). Below, you’ll find details about what comes in each one, how much they cost, and where they’re available.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Standard Edition)
PS5
Get it at Amazon - $69.99
Get it at Best Buy - $69.99
Get it at PS Store (digital) - $69.99
Xbox
Get it at Amazon - $69.99
Get it at Best Buy -...
Assassin's Creed is headed into VR, with a new look at Assassin's Creed Nexus today showing the first-ever first-person VR parkour and assassination for the franchise. But while some AAA franchises dip their toes into VR with spin-offs, demo experiences, or other smaller-scale projects, Ubisoft is reassuring players that Assassin's Creed: Nexus is a full-fledged Assassin's Creed game.
We sat down with creative director David Votypka to talk about Assassin's Creed: Nexus, which we learned today has an unusual story structure. It's split between three protagonists we've met in previous games: Ezio, Kassandra, and Connor, and ties their stories together through a player-insert protagonist looking for a hidden artifact that each may have...
Those waiting for more details on Ubisoft's long-delayed Skull and Bones may have been hoping for more from the Ubisoft Summer Forward presentation today, but hey, we did get a good sea shanty.
Oh, and there was also the news of a closed beta from Aug. 25-28, along with a short look at the game that showed off some pirate vibes. You can watch it below.
The catchy sea shanty, performed by Home Free, did set a good tone, harkening back to the ones in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, which is fitting because Skull and Bones was originally developed as an expansion for that game. But you'd be forgiven if you've forgotten that detail, because it really has been awhile since Skull and Bones was announced.
It was first revealed alllll the...
We got a closer look at Assassin’s Creed: Mirage today during Ubisoft Forward, and long-time fans of the franchise will recognize the numerous ways in which it recalls the original Assassin’s Creed’s setting, formula, and tone. But in some respects, Mirage is also an opportunity for Ubisoft to make improvements to old ways of doing things – and one of the most important elements it aims to improve upon is representation.
Over the years, the original Assassin’s Creed has faced some criticism over certain aspects of its representation of Middle Eastern culture and people. For example, the game includes no significant female characters, and voice actor Philip Shahbaz plays main character Altair with an American accent (which he dropped...
The Ubisoft Forward 2023 is a wrap, and Ubisoft showed off a lot of its plans for the rest of 2023 and beyond. From a huge gameplay chunk of Star Wars Outlaws, to a release date for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, to updates on a trio of Assassin's Creed titles, Ubisoft packed a lot into this presentation. Read on to learn everything announced at the Ubisoft Forward 2023.
Star Wars Outlaws Gets 10-minute Gameplay Showcase
Star Wars Outlaws was announced as part of yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase, but Ubisoft waited for its own presentation to share the first look at gameplay. Outlaws is in development at Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft is calling it the first open world Star Wars game.
The gameplay showcase showed off combat...
Ubisoft’s new 2D Prince of Persia, The Lost Crown, is not a prequel, sequel, or any kind of spin-off of the beloved Sands of Time trilogy. We’ll still be seeing some ideas from those games, though, including the iconic time powers that rewound the clock. However, it won’t be you who can use those abilities; they’re reserved for the story’s villain.
“We are toying with the time theme, and this is not a prequel,” said Mounir Radi, Game Director on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, in an interview with IGN. “Of course, we use ideas and signatures because as a developer, when we begin to think about this new chapter - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - it was very important to try to twist with all these things. So something like simple...
It’s been 13 years since we last had a brand new Prince of Persia game, and during that long, long wait you may have wished that you could turn back the sands of time and return to an era when the series was in full swing. That’s sort of what Ubisoft has done with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, but rather than revisiting the early 2000s 3D action-platforming it has rewound the clock over three decades, back to the series’ 2D roots.
Much like the original Prince of Persia from 1989, The Lost Crown is a side-scrolling adventure in which you must avoid deadly platforming traps as you journey through ninth-century Persia in the hunt for missing royalty. Spikes line corridor floors, murderous pendulums swing across your path, platforms...
Ubisoft just showed off an extended look at gameplay from its upcoming Assassin's Creed entry, Assassin's Creed: Mirage, highlighting the ways in which its stealth-focused gameplay is a return to the franchise's assassination roots.
The presentation focused on the classic elements of Assassin's Creed present in Mirage that are highly reminicent of the early games, noting that players should always feel there is a discreet or sneaky way to eliminate their targets. Main character Basim's arsenal includes the hidden blade, a sword, a dagger, smoke bombs, blow darts, and throwing knives, which can be upgraded in various ways.
Direct combat, Ubisoft says, should be a "back-up solution" when stealth has failed and there are no other...
At today's Ubisoft Forward event, we got a look at Assassin's Creed's first venture into VR, Assassin's Creed: Nexus. Along with a glimpse of first-person assassination gameplay, we also learned details about the game's three-pronged story featuring familiar Assassin's Creed characters Ezio, Kassandra, and Connor.
Assassin's Creed: Nexus is a new Assassin's Creed adventure being developed for the Meta Quest 2, and incorporates familiar assassination gameplay from previous games, but in first-person VR. Players will be able to use weapons such as the hidden blade, sword, smoke bombs, bow, and others by physically going through the motions of using them.
Aside from combat, Nexus will also allow players to perform stealth gameplay and...
xDefiant officially has a release date. Ubisoft announced during today's Ubisoft Forward event that it will be releasing later this summer. It also confirmed another open beta to, which will be available June 21 to June 23 across PS5, Xbox, and PC
In addition to the open beta, Ubisoft talked about the Year 1 roadmap, confirming there will be 14 maps, 5 factions, and 24 maps. The Year 1 content schedule will include 4 new factions, 12 new weapons, and new maps.
"That's one new map every month," Ubisoft said.
We had an opportunity to try out xDefiant during a recent closed beta and we found that it is much more fun than before. Originally released back in 2021, xDefiant is a team-based shooter with a variety of classes and factions...
Ubisoft has shared the first real look at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, a first-person adventure game where players take on the role of a Na’vi trained by the RDA. Ubisoft’s Avatar game will be released on December 7, 2023.
Along with a new trailer that finally shares details about Avatar’s story, Ubisoft shared a gameplay breakdown that gives insight into Frontier of Pandora’s world. The first-person shooter will star a Na’vi who was taken and raised by the RDA and trained to fight against her own people.
After the RDA leaves Pandora, the unnamed Na’vi rediscovers her homeworld and reconnects with her Na’vi heritage, learning Na’vi weapons and survival skills, and honing them for when the RDA inevitably returns to Pandora.
Far Cry...
CD Projekt is finally adding vehicular combat to Cyberpunk 2077 in the Phantom Liberty expansion.
Fans on Reddit first noticed that a screenshot showed protagonist V riding a motorbike while firing a pistol at a car that was firing back aplenty, and CD Projekt has now confirmed to IGN that full vehicular combat is on the way.
While the screenshot is advertising Phantom Liberty, the vehicular combat is likely coming in its accompanying patch, version 1.7, that will be available to everyone who owns the game. Phantom Liberty is confirmed to launch on September 26 but CD Projekt Red hasn't given a specific release date for version 1.7, though confirmed it will come no earlier than September 9.
"Together with Phantom Liberty we’re...
If you watched the Xbox Games Showcase event yesterday, you might have noticed the t-shirt Phil Spencer was wearing was a print of the box art for Hexen: Beyond Heretic, a 90s fantasy FPS shooter. While many wondered if Spencer was teasing an impending announcement, sadly, those suspicions are not true.
Well, so he says.
In an interview with Polygon, Spencer insisted he was not teasing a revival for the game. "That wasn't me trying to pre-announce it," Spencer said. "But it was me recognizing the importance of some of the games in our portfolio."
Spencer went on to explain a bit more about how Hexen was a game he "loved", noting how the shirt was more for nostalgia with no hidden underlying meaning beyond that.
"So for me, wearing...
Horses, announced as part of IGN Summer of Gaming, has one of the weirdest (and potentially NSFW) trailers you’ll see.
In the horror game you play a summer farm worker responsible for taking care of the animals. But, it turns out, not is all that it seems.
Expect “unsettling” mysteries to solve as you follow the “cryptic” rules of the farmer. It’s up to you to explore the depths of the farm, although it sounds like terrors await.
Fused with the gameplay are live action intermissions between each of the 14 days over which Horses takes place. The idea is to survive the fortnight on the farm: “Withstand 14 days of spiraling dread as the twisted reality of the farm unfolds.”
Horses, directed by Andrea Lucco Borlera and developed by...
Arkane Austin has released Redfall’s first big patch, but the promised 60fps performance mode is not part of it.
“Building a play space this large has been humbling to say the least,” the studio said. “We recognize that we still have work to do, and we plan to address as much as we can, as quickly as we can.”
Microsoft was heavily criticised for showing its PC and Xbox exclusive running at 60fps ahead of launch then, less than a month before the game came out, announcing the co-op vampire shooter would arrive locked at 30fps on Xbox Series X and S, with a 60fps performance mode to be patched in later.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer then personally apologised for the failure of Redfall, which was widely panned upon launch. Spencer said in a...
One of the silliest upcoming games out there, Squirrel With a Gun, has a new trailer and it's... surprisingly dramatic, actually?
The new look at the game - which is about, well, a squirrel with a gun - opens with a short cinematic of an agent tripping and dropping his firearm right in front of the titular rodent, which clearly ignites some kind of bloodlust in him. The rest of the trailer shows more gameplay, soundtracked with an original song that seems to take inspiration from James Bond themes (yes, really).
As the song puts it, "now you've been warned about the squirrel with a gun." You can watch the latest look at the indie game below.
It's quite the step up from Squirrel With a Gun's first trailer, which showed some much...
Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Star Wars, Cyberpunk 2077, and other major subreddits are going dark in protest against Reddit's API price changes affecting third-party apps.
While visiting these subreddits previously would allow users to peruse all the usual conversations surrounding new reveals, highly contested topics, and so on, the Xbox, Nintendo, and PS5 pages are now blank.
Some of these subreddits are going private, meaning only invited members can access them (but no new members will be accepted), while others are closed off altogether. Some, like the Star Wars and Cyberpunk subreddits, are currently still available but won't be soon, either temporarily or indefinitely.
The wave of subreddits going dark comes as a result of a...
Capcom has launched the Capcom Town website to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
It features playable retro games, development documents, and countless callbacks to the company’s rich history.
Since its founding on June 11 1983, Capcom has gone on to create some of the most beloved, iconic, and formative franchises in video game history, including the Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter series.
The newly-created website lets you click around a delightfully-animated metropolis made up of a colourful range of districts highlighting famous locations and scenes from Capcom’s history. Jill Valentine can be seen chased through the streets by Nemesis, while characters from Capcom’s SonSon series can be seen drifting above the...
Madden NFL 24 is set to release on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on August 18. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is the cover athlete this year, and nearly every mode is getting some kind of update. The game will be available in a couple of editions, and is already up for preorder at the usual smattering of retailers. The best (and only) deal is at Best Buy, where preordering gets you a free $15 gift card. Read on to see what comes in each edition, how much it costs, and more.
Madden NFL 24 (Standard Edition)
PS5
Get it at Amazon - $69.99
Get it at Best Buy - $69.99 (free $15 gift card)
Get it at GameStop - $69.99
Get it at Walmart - $69.99
Get it at PS Store (digital) - $69.99
PS4
Get it at Amazon - $69.99
Get...
CD Projekt has updated Cyberpunk 2077's PC system requirements ahead of the release of the hefty Phantom Liberty expansion.
Revealing the changes on Steam, CD Projekt Red said the changes are designed to be more up to date (given the expansion is launching nearly three years after the base game) and target a resolution output of either 1080p or 4k.
While the Phantom Liberty expansion is a paid DLC players don't need to buy, it will come alongside a significant patch to version 1.7 that overhauls a lot of the base game's mechanics and therefore means the PC version will become more demanding.
This is made clear in CD Projekt Red's decision to only support SSDs going forward. "One of the changes is the choice to stop supporting HDDs...
Capcom has released Street Fighter 6’s first battle pass, dubbed Early Summer Vibes.
The pass is available from June 12 to July 2, and, as is standard with Battle Passes, has both a free and premium track. The premium track costs 250 Fighter Coins, which amounts to $4.99 / £3.99.
Rewards include avatar gear, an emote, new music, and various menu cosmetics. There’s even access to retro Capcom game Legendary Wings to play from the virtual arcade cabinets in the Battle Hub.
The free track grants Fighter Rentals for use when the Street Fighter 6 DLC characters eventually come out, new profile titles and an emote for use in the Battle Hub.
The premium track lets you earn 250 Fighter Coins back by reaching level 30, which will hopefully...