Team 17 revealed information on a new class system being implemented for the upcomingWorms Reloaded, expected to hit PCs and consoles later this year. Players will be able to build their four-man teams using worms with classes including Soldier, Scout, Heavy and Scientist. The Soldier worm is same annelid we’ve always had, while the faster Scout can cover more ground and presents a smaller target but deals and soaks less damage....
Beat by Microsoft The Xbox One doesn’t come packaged with a headset. Nor can you use your existing, likely expensive headset, apparently. At least not until Microsoft comes up with a fix. “The Wireless Controller has been redesigned to allow for higher data transfer speed between the controller and the console,”a Microsoft representative told GameInformer. “This also required creating a new expansion port design for headsets and future controller add-on devices which is different from a standard audio plug input....
Big deals from system to games The clock has struck past midnight in Eastern Time and you know what that means:ThanksgivingBlack Friday deals! Sure the retailers are bucking trend and closing on Turkey Day – but the online retailers are available as always. Microsoft Store haslaunched theirBlack Friday sale and with it some of the best Xbox One S deals for the season. Below you’ll find the Xbox One S discounted by $50 across the board, a free game of your choice, plus an extra bonus incentive of a $25 Microsoft Store gift code on top for good measure....
Bonus costumes and such Yakuza 0is really great. It may possibly be the bestYakuzagame released in the West thus far, but there was one strange omission: unlockable costumes. In some of the previousYakuzatitles, beating the game allowed you to select costumes for Premium Adventure Mode and change the look of Kiryu and his pals.Yakuza 5actually broke that trend, opting to have the costumes relegated to DLC, but Sega wisely bundled them with the Western release in 2015....
PC and Nintendo Switch cross-save feature delayed WithHadesabout to hit its coveted 1.0 milestone on PC – and the Nintendo Switch version right around the corner with a “fall 2020” window – Supergiant has announced a change to cross-save support. Save data transfers are still a part of the plan, butHadeswon’t offer cross-saves until after 1.0. As explained in a tweet today, the studio “encountered some setbacks in the final testing of this feature....
From LEGO Dimensions The reveal ofLEGO Dimensionsearlier this year was kind of bizarre. How can Traveller’s Tales get all those different licenses?Jurassic Park,Scooby Doo,Batman, andPortal 2? It’s like every kid’s toy chest in video game form. It turns out thePortallicense comes with not only the Lego likenesses of Chell, a turret, and the Weighted Companion Cube. It also comes with a brand new Jonathan Coulton song, performed by the homicidal AI GLaDOS herself....
The rich historical worlds and rewarding stealth gameplay sequences from theAssassin’s Creedgames are immensely satisfying, and have given the franchise continuing appeal for more than 17 years. If you like the shadowy lore and iconic parkour from this series, then you’ll also enjoy the ten books for fans ofAssassin’s Creedthat we’ve gathered together in this list. Each title either tells the story of a fascinating fantasy assassin or explores the history behind the franchise’s most iconic settings and characters....
Gotham City Impostorsis due to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow, but the downloadable content is already online for you to browse. Shockingly, there are overone hundred itemsto peruse and buy, all of them being superficial character customization pieces. The prices range from 80 to 320 Microsoft Points, although according to Monolith, the costume pieces are unlockable for free in the game itself. So, you’re actually paying the game extra money for the chance to play less of it, which … doesn’t seem like a sound purchasing decision....
Keep ’em coming Disney has added a number of games to Steam today and while many of them are movie tie-ins and not particularly great ones at that,there’s some good stuff in here. Notably,Split/Second, a racing game with action set pieces (warning: the annoying SecuROM DRM attached) andPURE, the quad-bike equivalent ofSSX. If this is a sign of things to come — namely, the LucasArts collection winding up on Steam and/or GOG....
Half-Lifewas initially released in November 1998 and has shaped the games industry as we know it in many ways. While it’s been extensively remastered by fans and has dozens of mods or side stories to play, there was still a version no one could access. That is, until now. LambdaGeneration, one of the largest Valve game communities,recently announcedthat a pre-gold build ofHalf-Lifeis finally available for anyone to download and play. The build is from October 1998, which is just a month before the full game’s actual launch....
You could read all the time management books in the world and all that knowledge and effort would simply be rendered null and void in the face of moreKeflingsaction. Adding insult to injury,A World of Keflingswill be getting ‘It Came From Outer Space’ DLC on Xbox Live Arcade, which will add an alien-themed kingdom to the game. From the sounds of it we’ll be getting an entirely new environment thanks with a new economy and new buildings that come with it, effectively costing you yet another 4-8 hours of your life....
Genshin Impacthas a new web event that tasks players with crafting their own perfumes. There are several ingredients to work with, and only a few combinations produce valid results. For the usual free Primogem rewards, you’ll want to log into Fragrant Fantasy daily and use those guesses wisely. Here are all of the valid fragrance combinations in theGenshin ImpactFragrant Fantasy web event so you can earn your Primogems with minimal effort....
Riot Games rotates the competitive map pool inValorantevery Episode to ensure variety and a constant change in meta. Here are all the maps in the current rotation. Right now,Episode 9 Act 1is underway, and the new season also introduced the 11th map inValorant, Abyss. It was added to the competitive map pool after a week of its release. During these map pool changes, Riot reworks certain sites of maps they take out....
