Today, Microsoft announced during their latest Inside Xbox reveal that they’d be bringing another six titles to the ever-growing list of Backwards Compatible games. Specifically, Fable II, Fable III, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and Ninja Gaiden 2 are the six games in question, and what fantastic games they are. … Read more
It has been rumored for some time, and although everyone knew the rumors were true, Microsoft has officially announced the Disc-less Xbox One S and confirmed that it will be releasing on Tuesday 7th May. The console itself looks exactly the same as the standard Xbox One S but with the disc tray missing. When … Read more
This may be a coincidence (although I doubt it), but on the same day that Sony released some initial details about their next console, Microsoft has confirmed the date and time of their E3 briefing, presumably because they don’t want to be upstaged. The date and time in question will be 9pm GMT/4pm ET/1pm PT … Read more
Storm Rising—the next chapter of Overwatch’s Archives event—starts tomorrow, and to get players in the mood Blizzard has released a new trailer for the mode. Storm Rising will introduce a new PvE event based around a four-player squad heading to Cuba to try and track down an Omnic called Maximilien, who just so happens to … Read more
Respawn has confirmed that their upcoming Star Wars game, Jedi: Fallen Order, will be single-player only and will feature NO microtransations, and yes this includes loot boxes. Speaking at the Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago, Zach Zampella said “It’s a single-player story game”, “No multiplayer,” and he finished off by saying “No microtransactions. It’s … Read more
DICE has announced that you can now play Duos in Battlefield V’s battle royale mode, Firestorm, for this weekend only. As you could probably gather by that news, you could previously only play Firestorm in either solo or squads of four, so the addition of Duos is sure to be well-received by players. It’s sometimes … Read more
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice managed to reach the two million copies sold worldwide mark in less than ten days, Activision has announced. Not one to brag, Activision also pointed out that Sekiro has earned a “Must-Play” status on Metacritic (which only one percent of all games achieve each year, don’t you know) and has a … Read more
Celeste’s upcoming free DLC is “on the home stretch”, but it won’t arrive this month, it has been announced. That announcement comes by way of a tweet from the official Celeste account, which confirmed that while the DLC—which is titled Chapter 9: Farewell—won’t arrive in April, it “won’t be much longer”. The tweet also noted … Read more
The critically acclaimed city-building survival game developed by 11 Bit Studios is making its way to Xbox One and PS4 “this summer“. If you haven’t played Frostpunk before then don’t expect a rosey city builder like: Cities Skylines or Sim City; unlike these games, survival elements are built into Frostpunk, which makes things more difficult … Read more
IO Interactive has given players a glimpse at the road ahead for Hitman 2 in 2019, and it includes new locations, missions, and more. There will be another new Sniper Map called The Prison which will release in Fall, while new locations called The Bank and The Resort will release in Summer and Fall respectively. … Read more