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After a long delay, the digital vigilante has finally hit the streets of Chicago. Find out if Watch Dogs lives up to years of hype in our full review.

Some players may want to familiarize themselves with the world ahead of Watch Dogs’ release tomorrow and need all the resources they can get. With that in mind, this video guides viewers through the game’s map, courtesy of the YouTubers at…

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March was bursting with great games the whole way through. But, there can only be one winner for Game of the Month, and the game that triumphed was…

What does an Xbox One/PlayStation 4 game from acclaimed Borderlands developer Gearbox Software look like? It might not be long before we find out. Writing on Twitter recently, Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford teased that we might get to see one of the studio’s new projects as early as later this year.

“We’re working on next-gen. Platforms TBD,” Pitchford said to a fan who asked when the developer would show off an Xbox One game. “We’ll probably announce something later this year.”

During a panel at PAX Prime last year, Pitchford revealed that Gearbox Software was working on two new IPs for Xbox One/PS4 in addition to other unannounced projects. The studio confirmed in 2012 that Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 had been reimagined as a new IP, but that still leaves (at least) one more to be announced.

Borderlands 3 is not in development, Pitchford says, but Gearbox Software is collaborating with The Walking Dead developer Telltale Games on an adventure game called Tales from the Borderlands.

Next week in Boston, Mass. during PAX East 2014, Gearbox Software will hold its annual “Inside Gearbox Software” panel. As part of this presentation, Pitchford and other Gearbox Software executives and writers will “chat more about Borderlands and Homeworld!” Gearbox Software acquired the Homeworld IP from THQ during its bankruptcy auction.

Attendees can also expect to enjoy “all the great surprises” from Gearbox Software during the panel, to be held Sunday, April 13 starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT. GameSpot will be in attendance.

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Will open-world action game Watch Dogs run in 1080p on Xbox One and PlayStation 4? Fans want to know, but Ubisoft isn’t prepared to confirm just yet. Writing on Twitter today, creative director Jonathan Morin said “resolution [is] still being finalized on both PS4/Xbox One…”

Unconfirmed reports previously suggested that the PS4 version of Watch Dogs would run in 1080p while the Xbox One iteration would perform at something below that level. If this ends up being the case, it won’t be the first time a multiplatform title has been visually superior on Sony’s console.

Morin was, however, prepared to answer a question regarding Watch Dogs’ frame-rate. He said that the PS4 version’s frame-rate is currently “very stable/constant.” He didn’t say anything about the frame-rate for the Xbox One version of Watch Dogs.

Morin also revealed a smorgasbord of other Watch Dogs details through his Twitter account, the most interesting of which are listed below.

• “Normal” enemies will go down easily (2-3 bullets, or 1 in the case of a headshot).
• If you join invade someone else’s game, chases can last for 20-30 minutes if both players are highly skilled.
• There won’t be any microtransactions.
• Recommended PC specs are not yet finalized.
• Won’t feature “unnecessary gore” for takedowns. “Blood spatter is in there, but don’t expect heads blowing up.”

Watch Dogs launches May 27 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. The Wii U version, which is definitely not canceled, launches sometime later.

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EA has released a demo for its upcoming football/soccer World Cup tie-in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.

The demo allows you to play as Mexico, Brazil, USA, England, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or Ivory Coast in the game’s Kick Off mode. It weighs in at 1.7GB on PS3 and a slightly slimmer 1.66GB on Xbox 360, where you’ll be to be an Xbox Live Gold subscriber in order to get it.

The full game comes out for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on April 17, far in advance of the actual tournament which kicks off on June 12.

“With gameplay and game mode alterations that only the most hardened of subscribers ever recognise,” said GameSpot freelancer John Robertson in his recent preview of the title, “is EA justified in releasing tweaked editions of what is essentially the same game every annum?”

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