TheMass Effect 3controversy will never end, but lately, I’ve been doing a good job of ignoring any emails on the subject that appear in my inbox. I see M-A-S… I don’t need to read the rest of the subject line. It’s straight into the trash bin with you. But when Mega64 comes along to deliver the FINAL word on the topic, I stop and pay attention. The boys have imagined a world in which EA and BioWare have gone above and beyond to deliver exactly what the fans have been clamoring for....

[Twirls mustache passive-aggressively] Jay-Z’s gonna be pissed.Brooklyn goes hard, but not as far as Ubisoft’s nextTom Clancygame is concerned. In fact, it doesn’t go at all. In an interview withThe Examiner, developer Massive Entertainment reveals that the borough of Brooklyn won’t be inThe Division. This is notable because the game’s E3 2013 unveiling showed footage set in Brooklyn. That never made the final cut. Instead, the entirety ofThe Divisionwill take place in Midtown Manhattan....

[Image byPolarcartoons] When younger industry folks tell Nintendo to stop making consoles or to port their older games to iOS, it’s sort of like if Daniel Tosh were to tell Bill Murray how to tell a joke. Tosh may mean well, and he probably even knows a thing or two about appealing to today’s youth, but if you were Bill Murray, would you be able to sincerely take advice from Tosh?...

Just shapes in the dark Noctis a top-down survival game with a killer hook. Set in the ruins of earth after some kind ofPitch Black-like doomsday event, the actionis viewed from a grainy thermal camera far removed from danger. You play the part of a survivor on the ground trying to eek out another day of life, raging against the oppressive shroud of darkness and giant bugs that have claimed the world, but you see it all from the impassive perspective of a listlessly drifting military drone....

Blue Team is back It’s reassuring to know that I can still feel something while watching aHalocinematic. This scene leads into Blue Team, the second mission ofHalo 5: Guardians, which sees Master Chief and his crew clear out an ONI research facility overtaken by a rogue Covenant faction. I have to admit, that was exciting. The music. It has to be the music.

WhenHorizon Forbidden Westlaunched, Sony embarked on an environmentalist project to match the game’s themes. Recently, we got an update concerning what the project has achieved. Aloy’s Forest is part of Sony’s commitment to the UN’s Playing for the Planet alliance which seeks to plant 1 million trees in conjunction with the gaming industry. The gaming industry has overshot this goal, and by 2022, 2.5 million trees had been planted globally....

At next month’s Sega Fes event in Japan, the Persona team will be hosting a stage event and live-stream to promote the brand’s upcoming dancing titles and anime series. The showcase will features interviews with guests, including members of the respective game’s development teams and voice actors. There will also be musical performances fromPersona 5’svocalist Lyn Inaizumi. The event is expected to feature news and video from rhythm action gamesPersona 3: Dancing Moon NightandPersona 5: Dancing Star Nightand the anime adaptation ofPersona 5....

Pet Simulator 99has released their new Pet Games update and it is packed with exciting changes and new features. You will participate in the Pet Games event, which lets you compete in mini-games against 50 players. you’re able to earn Pet Games Tokens and use them to unlock titanic and huge pets. This update also brings a whole new Event World, exclusive pets, and some awesome rewards for your leaderboard rank....

Nice Pocket Mortysis a fun little, if grindyPokemon clone for mobile devices — one that I gladly played for a bit before I put it out to pasture in my “legacy” iOS folder. But it’s getting back in the limelight this week compliments of the creators of Rick and Morty, who are partnering up with the developer to help with hurricane relief for Puerto Rico. All you have to do is buy any IAP within the (base free) game, and the proceeds will go to a relief fund....

Play nice Could you get down with some rallycross? I could get down with some rallycross. That’s the latest focal point in the long promotional build up to Slightly Mad Studios’ “late 2017” launch forProject CARS 2. The accompanying trailer shows cars like the Honda Civic Coupe, Ford Focus RS RX, and Mini Countryman RX tearing it up across dirt- and snow-covered tracks. Speaking of, Bandai Namco says to expect “scanned real-world rallycross tracks including US-based DirtFish and Daytona, Lånkebanen in Norway, and the track where it all began half-a-century ago — Lydden Hill in the UK....

Number 1 with several bullets I’ve been playing with Red Hood off and on for the past few weeks sincehis releaseand he’s… odd. I still can’t figure him out. I can’t tell if he’s an amazing character, or a dud. I can’t even tell if he’s supposed to be played like a zoner, a rushdown monster, or something in-between. And that makes me pretty excited for the future ofInjustice 2‘s DLC characters....

Woaaaaah my head’s spinning! What do you imagine a decentSonic the Hedgehogfilm would look like? Fully animated, being able to properly utilise the many colourful and fantastic locations the games are known for? Maybe even a feature-length version of the frankly pretty brilliantSonic BoomTV show? Because no matter what you think, I can almost guarantee you that you’re not thinking of a live action-meets-animated mashup. That’d be a silly idea, right?...

Konami announced as part of the Playstation State of Play Stream that a new entry of theSilent Hillseries,Silent Hill: The Short Message,not only existsbut also is available now for free. Silent Hill: The Short Messagehas you play as Anita, a woman who finds herself in a desolate apartment block after following messages from her friend, Maya. The trailer appears to demonstrate themes of bullying and suicide, which sounds prettySilent Hillto me....