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Although Battleborn may not have sold up to Take-Two’s expectations, developer Gearbox Software is not backing away from the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC shooter. Today, October 13, the game receives a lot of new content, enough to make today the biggest day ever for post-launch DLC.

First up, Battleborn gets its first story operation, Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion, while a new competitive mode in Face-Off has also been introduced.

“Since Battleborn’s launch, we’ve striven to improve and expand the game with free characters, maps, broadcaster tools, and many other updates, continuing the promise we made of developing free content post-launch for our community,” publisher 2K said in a statement. “We continue to deliver on that promise with today’s release of Face-Off, an exciting new free competitive multiplayer mode that will test the skills of both PVE and PVP players alike.”

A multi-phase 5v5 mode, Face-Off sees players hunting down Varelsi. Players will collect their masks deposit them near the center of the map to earn points. This won’t be a walk in the park, however, as the opposing side will try to kill you and steal the masks for themselves. The first team to 500 points wins. You can read more about the Face-Off mode, which is free, in this blog post.

As for the story chapter, Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion is included with the $20 Battleborn season pass or can be purchased for $5 on its own. It “tells the story of Attikus and what motivated him to fight in the Thrall uprising through the slums of the planet, Tempest.”

Players can also expect new skins, taunts, and opportunities to earn more Faction Commander Packs. 2K said the new story operation is “highly replayable” in part because the dialogue, enemies, and objectives will be different depending on how you play. Players are also encouraged to replay the mission, as they can unlock more skins, titles, taunts, and lore details every time, 2K said.

You can read more about Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion here.

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The latest trailer for the upcoming Star Wars spinoff Rogue One has landed. The movie opens in December and this new trailer delivers plenty of action and drama. Check it out below:

Rogue One is set before the original Star Wars, and focuses upon a group of mercenaries who are hired to capture the plans to the Death Star. It is directed by Godzilla‘s Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, and Mads Mikkelsen.

The film underwent extensive reshoots this summer, with Bourne writer Tony Gilroy brought into assist Edwards. Earlier this week, Jones and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy downplayed the significance of the reshoots, both stressing that it was entirely normal for a film of Rogue One‘s scale.

“Obviously when you come to the edit, you see the film come together and you think, ‘Actually, we could do this better, and this would make more sense if we did this,’” Jones told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve done it so many times. I mean, you wouldn’t just give your first draft on this story, would you?”

Rogue One hits theaters on December 16, 2016.

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Steam Link, the device that allows PC games from Valve’s Steam platform to be played TVs through a network connection, will be integrated into future Samsung TVs. The announcement was made during the Steam Dev Days conference and reported by Steam Spy on Twitter.

The integration effectively removes the need purchase a seperate piece of hardware and connect it to a TV using a HDMI cable. Naturally, you’ll still need a PC powerful enough of to run the games you want to play, as well as a good internet connection to stream those games to the TV.

You’ll also need a controller to play the games, such as Valve’s own Steam Controller, which launched on November 10 and was priced at $49.99. It features the traditional four face buttons, as well as dual trackpads that are designed to emulate the precision of a mouse.

Neither Valve nor Samsung have said when TVs with Steam Link integration will be available.

During Steam Dev Days, Valve also revealed it is working on a new controller for the Vive virtual reality headset. Details on the new features it will introduced haven’t been revealed yet, but images posted on Twitter indicate there could be better hand tracking.

Sony previously made a similar move by building its PlayStation Now game streaming service into its TVs and select Samsung smart TVs. Since then, PlayStation Now has become available on PC through browsers and supports the DualShock 4 controller.

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Valve is working on a new controller for Vive, the virtual reality headset it developed in partnership with Taiwanese tech company HTC. The controllers were shown at the Steam Dev Days conference. Although the event wasn’t open to the public, developers in attendance Tweeted pictures of the new controller.

As of yet, there aren’t many details on what new features the controller will deliver, but based on images it seems that users will able to open their hands without dropping it.

Presumably, the controllers will be able to track when this is happening and replicate hand movements and finger articulation with greater accuracy. However, this has not been officially confirmed by Valve and is speculation on our part.

Speaking to Kotaku, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said it is “gathering feedback on the design prototype at this point.” Asked about release dates, pricing, and whether those that have the original Vive controllers will get a discount on the new ones, Valve said it will “have more details soon.”

Vive’s controllers was what distinguished it from the Oculus Rift headset. The controllers and two base stations allow software to track your movement over a maximum area of 15 square feet and, in GameSpot’s Vive review, were described as “a big step up from traditional gamepads when it comes to playing in VR.”

“Vive’s strongest selling point is how it marries freedom of movement and intuitive controls with a capable headset,” said Peter Brown. “Where Rift feels like a VR headset built for mainstream consumption, Vive caters to the hardcore crowd that will stop at nothing to get the best VR experience.”

Oculus, meanwhile, is set to launch its Touch controllers on December 6. Preorders for the Touch opened on October 10 and those interested will have to purchase yours before the end of October 27 to keep their priority status. People who preorder get two free games: VR Sports Challenge and The Unspoken.

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