If you’ve missed your chance to try out The Division during the last closed beta period, then you’re in luck, because Ubisoft just announced that The Division will have an open beta that anyone can join. To do so, all you have to do is wait until February 16, at which point you can pre-download the beta from your platform’s ...
Read More »Ubisoft states that the PC version of The Division will NOT be “held back”
In a statement that serves only to reignite the good old PC vs. consoles war, an unnamed Ubisoft developer stated that the PC version of The Division had to be kept “in check with consoles because it would kind of be unfair just to push it so far away from them.” Putting aside the fact that you can’t really test the ...
Read More »The Division beta impressions: It’s like Destiny, but with matchmaking!
When most people see a game title with the Tom Clancy name attached to it, they usually equate it to a fairly realistic, modern combat shooter with some gadgets thrown in to give it that extra “near future” feeling. The Division on the other hand, carries the Tom Clancy brand, but deviates from most of the other Tom Clancy games ...
Read More »Rooster Teeth’s Lazer Team breaks more records; over $1 million in ticket pre-sales
(To read a review of Lazer Team, click here.) Rooster Teeth’s first full length movie, Lazer Team, was already breaking all kinds of records before it came out by raising almost $2.5 million in crowdfunding. Less than 24 hours after it reached theaters, Lazer Team broke even more records by reaching over $1 million in pre-sale tickets. According to a ...
Read More »Lazer Team review: A better superhero movie than The Avengers?
In the span of 19 months, a lot can change. You can pick up a new hobby and become fairly proficient at it, a game can receive so many updates and DLCs that it can go from being an average game to the greatest thing ever, and in Rooster Teeth’s case, they can take a mere concept and turn it into ...
Read More »Halo 2-era BR returning to Halo 5: Guardians in Infinity’s Armory January update
If you’ve missed the Halo 2 era BR and its firing pattern, then you won’t have to wait much longer until you can get your hands on it again in Halo 5: Guardians. In the upcoming Infinity’s Armory update, scheduled for release by the end of January, the Halo 2 era BR makes its return in both Warzone and Forge. ...
Read More »Is Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 good? Impressions from the open beta
(Skip to the end for an abbreviated version) When the first Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare was announced at E3 2013, it can be safely assumed that most people had a reaction that was a mix of delightful surprise and healthy skepticism. After all, it’s a game that is based on a tower defense mobile game that, upon cursory inspection, ...
Read More »Xbox Live Gold members get to try EA Access for a week, with more than 10 free games
From January 19 to January 24, Xbox One owners who have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription have an opportunity to play more than 10 games for free. This includes games like Titanfall, Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 4, Madden 25, FIFA 15, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare (which will also let you transfer your unlocked characters over to Plants vs. Zombies Garden ...
Read More »Can Bungie sustain Destiny’s (alleged) 10 year plan?
Many years and one generation of consoles ago, a developer called Bungie set out on one of the most ambitious projects of all time. Though people were anxious, they had faith that Bungie would bring about a new franchise that would last for years, the same way that Halo has become one of the biggest gaming franchises ever. And at ...
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online gets a calendar outlining future updates
There’s few things that irk players more than not knowing what might happen next in MMO games, and ZeniMax seems fairly aware of that. To that end, they released a calendar of sorts for The Elder Scrolls Online, detailing what kind of updates you can expect to see in the game in 2016. Social updates inbound Among the changes coming to the ...
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