Watch Dogs 2 Trailer Showcases Its Free-Roam Pedigree The Publisher of Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft have released a new tantalizing teaser for their next cyber-punk, tech fest installment to one of the most anticipated games of this year. As you probably already have gathered, Watch dogs 2 is set in the sprawling, bustling and expansive concrete jungle known ...
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Review:Fighting for honor – Ubisoft new monster
Developed by Ubisoft, For Honor is due to release by February of next year. The game captures what no other video game melee combat can; the detailing of the weapons, the type of attacks and the sound effects. The effects are crystal clear, the “clang” sound when two metals clash, the dodge when you move away from the attack, and ...
Read More »The winners and losers of E3 2016
Year after year, dozens upon dozens of developers and publishers converge upon the Los Angeles Convention Center to show off their upcoming projects at E3. Naturally, this means that there are always some presentations that get everyone excited about an upcoming game or piece of hardware, and some presentations that leave the audience unimpressed. E3 2016 was no different, especially ...
Read More »Ubisoft E3 2016 Recap
The Ubisoft E3 2016 press conference was held today, and it was quite interesting. Aisha Tyler came back, there were dancing animals, and there were quite a few cool games and announcements. Check out our coverage of everything that went down at Ubisoft E3 2016 below: 3:56pm – The show has begun! 3:56pm – 4:00pm – Insane awkwardness. I feel sorry for ...
Read More »Is The Division’s Incursion poorly made?
Before The Division was released, it was speculated that even though there would not be any traditional raids, additional endgame content in the form of Incursions would function as the rough equivalent to raids. As it turns out, that speculation is more or less correct, as the release of The Division’s first Incursion has proven. However, it appears as though ...
Read More »What to expect in The Division’s Incursion update
On April 12th, The Division will receive some fresh, new content in the form of Incursions, alongside some new sets of armor, new ways to get Phoenix Credits, and some new features that is intended to improve your experience in the game. It should be noted however that this new gear will not make your existing gear obsolete. Instead, it ...
Read More »The Devil’s Advocate: The Division will suffer from the same problems that Destiny has
Regardless of whether you spent one hour or a hundred hours (or even simply watched a Let’s Play) in The Division, it is hard to deny that it is a game that successfully brought together two very popular genres: stat-heavy RPGs and pseudo-realistic third person shooters. To it’s credit, The Division is a well made game overall. But even the most ...
Read More »Is The Division’s endgame already in trouble?
If there is one lesson that Role Playing Games had to learn the hard way, it’s that a good RPG has to have some kind of endgame content to encourage you to keep playing the game, even if you already got the best loot possible and such. The Division is no different, and to that end, it features multiple endgame ...
Read More »A battle of semantics: Ubisoft says The Division will have “no microtransactions”
Following the update to The Division’s Ubisoft Club rewards page that led to some (reasonable) concerns over whether or not The Division will be “pay to win”, Ubisoft’s Community Manager, natchai, stated that “There will be no microtransactions, and definitely no P2W” on Twitter. Normally, this would mean that the case is closed, the mystery is solved, and everyone can go ...
Read More »Pay to win coming to The Division? Concerns over “Phoenix Credits” in Uplay shop
Like most RPGs, The Division has a currency system that lets you get progressively better gear from vendors, offering an alternative to human sacrifices to the Random Number Generator god for good loot. On paper, that sounds fine and dandy in that it guarantees that those who are dedicated to playing the game will be rewarded, even if they are ...
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