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  • Tactical FPS World War 3 Had A Messy Early Access Launch

    World War 3, an online first-person shooter developed by The Farm 51, released in early access on October 19. The launch was not a smooth one, though, and the game continues to suffer from severe bugs and connectivity issues. The Farm 51 has continued to roll out patches for World War 3 to address its issues, and the developer has provided regular updates on the game’s situation via Twitter and Steam.

    “We’ve taken it upon ourselves to crush every bug you reported, to iron out every single wrinkle on the canvas of our game–all that to satisfy you and make our game stand out from the early access crowd as a polished, well-cared for and properly managed title,” The Farm 51 wrote in a Steam blog post. “Unfortunately our ranks are thin. Despite our dedication and resolve some technical issues prevent us from delivering what we want you to experience.”

    According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, The Farm 51 has implemented numerous patches over the three days following World War 3’s launch. The game remains fairly buggy however, and numerous players are still struggling to get into a match without being dropped.

    World War 3 is a tactics-based shooter that focuses on modern-day, realistic shooter combat. You aren’t able to perform near-superhuman feats, and you’re at a disadvantage if you choose to fight solo. Operating as a team is crucial for success. Multiplayer matches host up to 64 players at a time, and each team is forced to work together to both defend their position and overwhelm their opponents’. In Warzone mode, you’ll fight in massive Battlefield-like battles. Meanwhile, Recon mode is smaller and tasks players with securing “high-value targets in hostile territory.”

    World War 3 is available on PC in early access. The Farm 51 is considering bringing the game to consoles, but the team has not confirmed anything yet.

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  • You'll Need To Drop Nearly $9000 For Devil May Cry 5's Most Expensive Edition

    You'll Need To Drop Nearly $9000 For Devil May Cry 5's Most Expensive Edition

    Capcom has announced three fairly expensive Ultra Limited Edition bundles for Devil May Cry 5. For now, all three bundles are scheduled to release exclusively in Japan.

    The most expensive Ultra Limited Edition, according to Kotaku, costs 972,000 yen. With tax, that’s about $8,600 USD / 6,631 GBP. The bundle includes the game, interchangeable box art, and Dante’s leather jacket, stylized off what the character’s motion actor wore for the game.

    There’s a cheaper version of the Ultra Limited Edition that comes with Nero’s jacket instead and costs 810,000 yen, or about $7,176 USD / 5,533 GBP. You can buy the bundle with Nero’s jacket undamaged, like in previous games, or slightly ripped up like how it appears in DMC 5. The version of the bundle that comes with V’s jacket has the lowest price tag at 648,000 yen. That’s about $5,741 USD / 4,427 GBP.

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    If you don’t want to import the game from Japan, or simply wish to avoid dropping a few thousand dollars on a video game, Devil May Cry 5 has a cheaper Deluxe Edition. Only costing $70 USD, the Deluxe Edition includes three Devilbreaker weapons, live-action cutscenes, 12 music tracks from Devil May Cry 1-4, the Cavaliere motorcycle weapon for Dante, and other digital content.

    Devil May Cry 5 is the first mainline game in the series since 2008’s Devil May Cry 4. Both Dante and Nero return in DMC 5 as playable characters, and they’re joined by a strange newcomer named V. The story takes place several years after the events of DMC 4, with Nero setting up his own demon hunting agency and Dante and V working together to solve mysterious events happening around the world.

    Devil May Cry 5 releases for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on March 8, 2019.

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  • Destiny's Exotic Thunderlord Might Return In Destiny 2

    In Update 2.0.4, the most recent patch for Destiny 2, data miners discovered evidence that Thunderlord, an Exotic machine gun from the original Destiny, could be returning. Not only that, but players might be adventuring to the Cosmodrome, the opening area of the first game, to earn the weapon.

    According to Polygon, the data miners have discovered Feeding Frenzy, one of Thunderlord’s original perks, in Destiny 2’s database. The perk isn’t currently attached to any weapon in the game, which matches up with an earlier pattern established by Destiny 2’s Whisper of the Worm, an Exotic sniper rifle. Whisper of the Worm is a renamed variation of Destiny’s Black Spindle, a gun with an original perk called White Nail. The White Nail perk appeared in the data of Destiny 2’s Warmind expansion prior to Whisper of the Worm being added to the game.

    The data miners also found audio files that suggest a future Destiny 2 update might send players back to the Cosmodrome, further hinting Thunderlord is on its way to Destiny 2. Thunderlord is the first Destiny Exotic weapon ever revealed to the world, shown off during Destiny’s E3 2013 gameplay reveal demo. When Destiny launched, the mission was tweaked so that players wouldn’t earn such a powerful weapon right at the game’s start. However, these data mine leaks could be hinting that Destiny 2 will allow us to replay that mission as it happened back in 2013, and we’ll earn Thunderlord just like the Guardians did in that first demo.

    Bungie has not revealed whether or not any of this is true, although some players believe that if the Cosmodrome mission and Thunderlord weapon are coming to Destiny 2, it will be a part of the Festival of the Lost, a limited-time Halloween-themed event currently going on right now. As part of the event, on October 30, you’ll have access to a new quest line where you can track down Master Ives’ killers. Bungie has remained rather coy on what these quests are, simply stating in a blog post that there will be “powerful” rewards.

    Destiny 2 is available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Festival of the Lost continues until November 6 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 6 PM BST.

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  • Four More Games Get Xbox One X-Enhanced

    Microsoft has announced four Xbox One backwards compatible games have been X-enhanced. This means that these Xbox 360 titles run at a higher resolution and nine times the original pixel count on an Xbox One X.

    All four games–Portal: Still Alive, Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead, and Left 4 Dead 2–are developed by Valve. When all is said and done, it’s technically five games, as Half Life 2: The Orange Box is a combined collection of Half-Life 2, Portal: Still Alive, and Team Fortress 2. You can buy the games digitally from the Xbox Store or use the original Xbox 360 discs. The addition of these four games brings the number of Xbox One backwards compatible X-enhanced titles to 21, a list that also includes games like Red Dead Redemption and Skate 3.

    First releasing in 2007–as part of Valve’s The Orange Box bundle–Portal: Still Alive is a 3D puzzle platformer that focuses on a battle of wits between the silent protagonist Chell and the psychopathic A.I. antagonist GLaDOS. Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 have had long-standing effects on the video game industry, such as the former playing a huge part in the success of Steam’s launch and the latter inspiring titles like Overwatch. The Left 4 Dead series temporarily revitalized interest in zombie video games with campaigns centered around teamwork-based first-person shooter combat and a multiplayer horde mode.

    Starting today, four more Xbox One Backward Compatibility titles will be enhanced for Xbox One X. Enjoy playing Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Portal: Still Alive, Left 4 Dead, and Left 4 Dead 2 with enhanced visuals and higher resolutions on Xbox One X https://t.co/7q7myPS0gC pic.twitter.com/bdUjeDvnhG

    — Larry Hryb (@majornelson) October 18, 2018

    All of these games have received near perfect scores on GameSpot for their impressive gameplay and well written stories. In our Portal: Still Alive review, we gave the game a 9/10. In our Half-Life 2 review, we gave the game a 9.2/10. In our Team Fortress 2 review, we gave the game an 8/10. In our reviews for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, we gave the former an 8.5/10 and the latter a 9/10.

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  • A Message from the Game Pass Team

    I know for certain I’ve written this before, but the Xbox Insider Team is committed to bringing your ideas and feedback to life. The Xbox Ideas website is one of the most recent methods for gathering your insight and ideas for brand new features or important iterations on existing features. We’ve seen a lot of great requests here, but we’re always looking for more. In fact, we’ve even got a quick message from Jiunwei, an Engineering Lead for Game Pass, who wants to hear from you on how to grow Xbox Game Pass on console and mobile:

    “The Game Pass team is always eager to hear from our subscribers and get their ideas on how we can make Game Pass even better! The Xbox Idea Drive has been very useful in giving us ideas on what to work on next. It also helps validate many of the things we’re already working on! So, when we announce the ‘next big thing,’ we’ll have confidence that our customers are going to be genuinely excited for it!” – Jiunwei, Xbox Game Pass Engineering Lead

    If you have some time this week, why not check out the Xbox Game Pass Idea Drive? Jiunwei and the Xbox Game Pass team are keeping an eye on the forum (and our subreddit!) so let them know how they can continue improving upon Xbox Game Pass!

    See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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  • Spider-Man Tops U.S. Game Sales for September

    The September 2018 NPD results are in, and Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4 was the month’s best-selling game in the United States.

    Though topping the month is impressive enough, NPD notes that it has quickly become the third best-selling game year-to-date across all platforms, behind fellow PS4 exclusive God of War at number two and Far Cry 5 at number one.

    Spider-Man also netted the biggest launch month in dollar sales for any Playstation exclusive in history, and generated the highest dollar sales during its launch compared to any game this year, achieving launch sales that are 37 percent higher than the combined launch month sales of every other Spider-Man game released since the NPD began tracking game sales in 1995.

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  • We’ve Got the Answers to Your Burning Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. Questions

    With the launch of the highly anticipated Fallout 76 nearly upon us, the development team at Bethesda Game Studios has decided to open the doors to their vault early, in an effort to test their servers and squash some bugs of the non-radioactive variety. If you want to be one of those pushing Fallout 76 to its limits, the Break-It Early Test Application (or B.E.T.A., since no one’s better than Bethesda when it comes to acronyms) is the perfect place to get started. Kicking off today, the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. offers players the chance to explore the wasteland of West Virginia several weeks before the game’s official launch on November 14. We understand you might have some questions about the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A., so we’re going to do our best to answer them here.

    When does the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A begin?

    The Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. begins first on Xbox One on Tuesday, October 23.

    How long can I play the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. for?

    During the B.E.T.A. one of Bethesda’s primary goals is to stress test and break the game. As such, the servers will not be running 24/7; instead, they’ll be online during targeted timeframes.

    On any given day the game might be up for anywhere between four to eight hours. Focusing as many players as we can into these windows is their prime objective. Then fix what they need to fix and do it again and again from the start of B.E.T.A. until a few days before launch.

    Follow their official @Fallout and @bethesdastudios handles on Twitter as well as the Bethesda.net forums and the Bethesda.net Status Page to learn when servers will be online.

    Who gets to take part in the B.E.T.A.?

    The B.E.T.A. can only be accessed by players who pre-ordered Fallout 76 from participating retailers. If you didn’t pre-order, you’re out of luck. If you want to pre-order now to get into the B.E.T.A., head over to the Microsoft Store!

    If I pre-ordered Fallout 76, how do I get into the B.E.T.A.?

    Console players who pre-ordered Fallout 76 digitally on console via the Microsoft Store will automatically be able to access the B.E.T.A. once it’s live on their respective platforms. You can search for “Fallout 76 beta” once it’s available on the Microsoft Store to download it.

    If you pre-ordered Fallout 76 via participating physical or digital retailers, you will receive a code on or with your physical or digital receipt. if you play on console this code is not your actual B.E.T.A. code. To receive your B.E.T.A. code, please follow these steps:

    1. Create a free Bethesda.net account. If you already have an account, proceed to step two.
    2. Log into your account and redeem the code that came with your receipt to entitle your Bethesda.net account to the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.
    3. Your B.E.T.A. code will be made available on this account page once the B.E.T.A. is live on your respective platform (October 23 for Xbox One)
    4. Redeem your B.E.T.A. code on your console to participate

    Do I need Xbox Live Gold to play the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.?

    Yes, you do need a subscription to Xbox Live Gold if you want to play the B.E.T.A.

    What about a Bethesda.net account? Will I need one of those to play the B.E.T.A?

    You sure do! You can sign up for an account here, or sign up directly in the game from your Xbox One.

    Storage space is at a premium on my Xbox One. How big is the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.?

    The B.E.T.A. will be approximately 45GB in size. Trust us, it’s worth deleting stuff to make room.

    Will I need to download the full game again at launch if I’ve already downloaded the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.?

    Yes, you’ll need to download the game again on November 14, even if you downloaded and played the B.E.T.A.

    Can I stream the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. once it’s live? Pretty please?

    Yes, you can definitely stream the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A., take in-game screenshots, tell your friends, post on social media, or dress up as your created character for Halloween.

    What should I do if I encounter a bug and want to tell the fine folks at Bethesda?

    There are a number of places where you can provide feedback to the team, and they encourage you to do so as often as possible. You can share your feedback:

    On Twitter

    On Facebook

    On the Game’s Official Forums

    Is the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. the full game? Where can I go? What can I do?

    Yes, the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. includes the full game, meaning you can go anywhere you’d like and do anything you want. In fact, the folks at Bethesda encourage it!

    Will the progress I make in the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. carry over to the full game when it releases on November 14? What about achievements?

    Bethesda’s current plan is that the progress you make in the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. will carry over to the final game. However, any achievements you earn progress toward during the B.E.T.A. will not unlock until the final game releases on November 14.

    We hope this answers any questions you’ve got regarding the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. See you in the wasteland, Vault Dwellers!

    See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Review

    When something comes along that as thoroughly exceeds my expectations in so many areas as Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, it reminds me why I got into video games in the first place. Far, far from a mere single player afterthought slapped onto a multiplayer collectible card game, CD Projekt Red has given us a sweeping, complex, emotional story with memorable characters, excellent voice acting, and varied, exciting card battles all along the way.

    I was most blown away by the writing. Set just before the Witcher RPG trilogy during the Second Nilfgaard War, you take on the role of the dauntless, dynamic, many-layered Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia. Every step of her journey is complicated by an overwhelming enemy, abundant political intrigue, and the kind of gut-twisting, no-right-answer moral choices the Witcher series has become known for. Are you willing to sacrifice your personal honor to preserve your basic, human decency? Are you willing to do what’s best for your soldiers at the expense of a possibly instrumental alliance? This tale recognizes no distinction between good and evil – only tough, emotional, imperfect compromises that stuck with me hours after I’d made them.

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  • The Top 25 Modern PC Games

    If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. List last updated October 23, 2018. 

    When we look back at the last 10 years, we see continuing proof that the PC is the most diverse gaming platform ever created. Picking our top 25 best and most memorable experiences from that time was a huge challenge, but IGN’s panel of experts — including James Duggan, Chloi Rad, Miranda Sanchez, Tom Marks, and Dan Stapleton, and Brandin Tyrrel — have compiled a list that represents our collective thoughts on the decade’s highlights.

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  • Fallout 76: When and How to Access the Beta

    The first date and time for the Fallout 76 Beta is here – see how you can join the fun.

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