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If you’ve already discovered Far Cry 4‘s wonderful secret ending, you’ll probably be invested enough in the game to already know that, somewhere, out there, a second secret ending exists.

The game’s creative director, Alex Hutchinson, confirmed two weeks ago that GameSpot had discovered the game’s first secret ending, found just moments into the game, which allows players to reach the credits within about fifteen minutes.

But he also disclosed on his Twitter feed that the game contains what he describes is a “super secret” alternate ending that “creates a whole new mini-location”.

First of all; more games should do this.

Secondly, it looks like that second alternative ending has now been discovered, and it exists at the very end of the game. Major spoiler: After confronting Pagan, following the assault on his fortress, you’re given the option to shoot him or not. Should you decline, Pagan will sit with you and reveal more interesting details about his back-story and character. He’ll then fly off in a chopper.

Major spoiler: However, you can at this point launch a rocket at the helicopter, which, if struck, will crash nearby. That crash site, it is suspected, is the new mini-location that Hutchinson was referring to. Here, you can loot Pagan’s body to find, among other things, his prized gold pen.

However, it’s not absolutely certain that this is the secret alternative ending that Hutchinson was referring to. The developer has not explicitly stated on his Twitter feed that this is what he previously was referring to, and some gamers are continuing their search.

Check out the second secret ending in the video below, as discovered by the YouTuber xGarbett.

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Hardcore Dragon Age fans have gradually come to notice that the latest instalment in the series is not as talkative as expected.

Though the previous game in the series was packed with dialogue between the player and their trio of AI-controlled companions, in Dragon Age: Inquisition the talking is more tentative.

Due to discussions about the absence of chatter on various Dragon Age and EA forums, developer BioWare has discovered that this is likely due to an unknown glitch in the code. If the bug is found and remedied, companions will be far more conversational.

Now Allan Schumacher, a QA analyst at BioWare, is asking fans who have played the game for more than sixty hours to explain to him their experience and share their save files. The more people do this, the more likely it is that Schumacher can locate the source of the problem.

The community thread for messaging Schumacher is found on the BioWare website, though discussions have also spilled out to the EA Help Forum and Reddit.

Dragon Age: Inquisition shipped on November 18 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. GameSpot’s review was glowing, with critic Kevin VanOrd writing: “Dragon Age: Inquisition is a wonderful game and a lengthy pilgrimage to a magical world with vital thematic ties to one we already know”.

The EA-published game has also garnered favourable reviews among most critics.

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If you’re a GameSpot regular you’ve probably already seen our new comprehensive buyer’s guides for Xbox One and PS4 (promise I’ll stop plugging these!) but there is certainly one detail I missed in both.

To wit: Can the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One survive a fifteen-foot drop onto concrete?

Now, this absolutely isn’t the kind of test you should try at home. As WWE wrestler Mick Foley once famously demonstrated (“good god almighty!“), fifteen feet is a long, long way down.

Tech publication Wired dropped both Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles from waist height, and then from fifteen feet, to see if they can function after the impact.

Minor spoiler – only one survives. Watch the video above.

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Publisher Ubisoft has released a second patch for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 editions of its open-world FPS, Far Cry 4.

The latest update comes days after a similar patch was issued for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions, and a little over a week since Far Cry 4 shipped across Europe and the US.

Far Cry 4, which was developed for cross-gen platforms and PC, garnered generally favourable reviews from critics. GameSpot’s assessment, however, outlined reservations for the game.

GameSpot critic Kevin VanOrd wrote: “It’s when you circumvent Far Cry 4’s major thematic flaws, inconsistent missions, and incessant nagging that you find the game you came looking for, breathing easy and enjoying the mountains that rise in the distance and the valleys that stretch beneath you.”

The Xbox One and Xbox 360 patch notes, written by Ubisoft, can be found below.

• Fixed custom match stability issues
• Fixed progression page issues in Story missions.
• Fixed functionality issues in the shop menu
• Fixed few localization issues (cut-off text, subtitles)
• Fixed host migration random issues specific to coop
• Fixed aiming issues with machine gun weapon.
• Fixed Map Browser issues.
• Fixed some missing sound in radio calls.

Ubisoft added: “We are still working at improving your gaming experience and will keep you updated of upcoming patches in the near future.”

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Developer 343 Industries has released a new, 523MB patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection in a bid to squish the game’s multiplayer bugs.

The studio told fans that the latest patch resolves “a number of matchmaking issues, fixes various bugs related to UI and the party system, and also improves overall stability”. However, it explained that more work still needs to be done to eliminate all the matchmaking and multiplayer problems.

“While this update contains a variety of improvements, we continue to work on additional content updates that will be rolled out to address further issues that you have called out,” the studio wrote on its blog.

Since its launch two weeks ago, on November 11, The Master Chief Collection has been unable to connect players online smoothly or swiftly. Various patches, applied in a bid to improve the experience, have not resolved the issues, and in some instances have made matters worse.

Due to the emergence of numerous bugs and problems, Bonnie Ross, the executive in charge at 343 Industries, asked fans to accept her “heartfelt apologies” over the game’s persistent online problems.

“We have not delivered the experience you deserve,” Ross said.

“I personally apologize for this on behalf of us all at 343 Industries. Our team is committed to working around the clock until these issues are resolved.”

Patch notes, written by 343 Industries, can be found below.

Matchmaking

• Made improvements to the way the matchmaking system handles player matching

• Made improvements to the team selection process to improve team balancing

• Made an update to the party system to improve searching with parties (2+ players)

• Made further improvements to how matchmaking progress is communicated to the player

• Made an update to ensure that players do not enter a non-joinable state after searching for a match

• Made an update to ensure that the “Game Session” UI does not persist after leaving a matchmaking lobby

• Resolved a variety of incorrectly displayed matchmaking prompts

• Improved matchmaking roster presentation during team creation phase to remove roster flickering

• Corrected a “connecting to host” message that incorrectly displayed during the matchmaking searching phase

• Made an update to ensure that FFA players do not appear as if they are on the red team in the pre-game lobby

Party, Lobby, and Custom Games

• Made an update to ensure that custom game settings persist between matches

• Made an update to ensure that player’s player emblems load correctly when returning to lobby

• Made an update to improve nameplate and emblem display

• Improved the display of emblems in the “Games Session Details” screen

• Made improvements to parties to ensure that parties are merged when the host joins another player and “brings party”

• Made an update to improve party stability after completing a matchmaking game

• Made an update to ensure that players are joinable after playing a matchmaking game

Stability

• Made a variety of updates to improve UI stability

• Resolved stability issues that occurred while viewing medals in “Player Details”

• Made an update to prevent stability issues caused by controller disconnects

• Made an update to improve post-game-carnage-report stability

• Made an update to address in-game stability for Halo 2

• Improved matchmaking stability while searching with parties (2+ players)

• Addressed a crash that could occur after searching in the Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble playlist

• Resolved a variety of miscellaneous stability issues to improve overall performance

Achievements

• Made an update to ensure that the “Zealot” achievement is unlockable

We have more information on Achievements and the LASO playlists here. As mentioned earlier this week, we have additional updates on the way in an effort to further improve your experience with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. We thank you for your continued feedback, patience, and support.

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Metal Gear architect Hideo Kojima will reveal the next edition of Metal Gear Online at a games event in December.

Little is known of the multiplayer-focused game, nor whether it will be sold standalone or come packaged with Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, but Kojima is expected to reveal early details of the project at The Video Game Awards 2014.

Geoff Keighley, a games broadcaster who produces the new game awards show, revealed on Twitter that Kojima will provide a “world premier” of the new game. It’s not clear whether this will come in the form of a gameplay demo or a trailer, though games award shows tend to opt for the latter.

The first iteration of Metal Gear Online was released in 2008, bundled with the PlayStation 3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. More than one million players registered for the game, though by 2012, publisher Konami decided to shut down its servers.

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is expected to ship in 2015. The game’s prologue, Ground Zeroes, shipped on cross-gen consoles this year and divided critics.

The Video Game Awards 2014 will take place on Friday, December 5 in Las Vegas–which is the night before Sony’s PlayStation Experience community event. It will be streamed on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC.

(Video above: Metal Gear Online, 2008)

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Sony is aiming to increase sales in its videogame division by 25 percent over the next three years, with plans bring it to “as much as 1.6 trillion yen ($13.6 billion.)” According to Reuters (via gamesindustry), Sony executives discussed the need to increase margins as opposed to market share at its investors’ conference recently.

The company intends to cut back on its TV and mobile phone products in order to save costs, instead looking to its PlayStation 4 and image sensor products to generate a surge in revenue over the next three years. Sony said that this would be helped by users purchasing personalized TV, video and music distribution services.

Recently-appointed chief of Sony’s mobile division Hiroki Totoki said, “We’re not aiming for size or market share but better profits.”

The PlayStation 4 was released over a year ago and has shipped more than 13.5 million systems worldwide since launch. In the US, PS4 hardware sales have generated more revenue for Sony than any other new platform. The company suffered a reported loss of $806 million last quarter, which was better than investors feared.

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It looks like the next project from God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe is coming to PlayStation and could be announced next week at the PlayStation Experience event in Las Vegas.

The teaser video above from Sony shows a link to this website, bartletjones.com/haunted/, which is in reference to Jaffe’s new game studio, The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency.

The video hosted on the website shows a creepy and bizarre trailer titled “Haunted.” Jaffe appears in the video, though he’s not his normal self. Check out the video to see what I’m talking about.

The Haunted trailer certainly suggests Jaffe’s game will be a horror title, but this isn’t the case, he says.

You might also not want to read too far into the content of the Haunted video, Jaffe says.

According to the Bartlet Jones LinkedIn page, the studio’s first game is an action title based on a new IP.

PlayStation Experience takes place December 6-7 in Las Vegas, which is one day after the inaugural Video Game Awards. GameSpot will be reporting live from Sin City for the duration of the weekend.

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