Battlefield Hardline, Electronic Arts’ latest entry in its flagship shooter series, has held first place in the UK all-format games charts for the fourth week running.
This was achieved despite a 56 percent week-on-week decrease in sales, although all games featured in the top ten had performed worse than the week before it. The UK’s lack of new releases will be to Warner Bros’ advantage, as the publisher prepares for the release of Mortal Kombat X on Tuesday.
As detailed across a series of articles on ESO’s support website, some of ESO’s computer players are eligible to buy a digital copy on console for $20 (€14.99 or £12.99). To do so, you need to have purchased and registered a PC/Mac copy by no later than June 30, 2014. If you did that, you have from now through May 9 to visit ESO’s PC/Mac store and purchase the discounted version, which is available under the long-winded name of “The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for Console with account copy.”
Buying this will get you a full digital copy on your choice of Xbox One or PS4, no different from the version you’d be able to buy from the respective consoles’ online stores for $60. Once you’ve purchased this, you’ll receive a key and instructions via email sometime ahead of the console game’s launch on June 9.
Also as part of this process, your account will be copied to the console version. It’s important to note that your account will literally be copied–it isn’t simply being moved, meaning you’ll be able to continue playing on computer after your account is copied. However, your progress between the two platforms (or three, if you pay to be transferred to both consoles) will be separate from one another after the copy occurs, a date for which has not been set.
The transfer will bring your characters to consoles along with their gold, inventories, and bank inventories, but a number of things will be left behind:
Crowns
Mail
Guilds
Friends
Ignore list
Trading house
Raid leaderboards status
AvA leaderboard status
Deleted Items
Deleted Characters
There’s no word on whether console transfers will be made available for those who have bought ESO since the end of last June.
ESO: Tamriel Unlimited marks the game’s long-awaited console debut. It won’t require a subscription fee (outside of Xbox Live Gold), as has been the case with the computer version since March, but it will offer an optional subscription and other ways to keep spending money on it.
Wildfire is a 2D stealth game from a small four-man team, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the more interesting takes on sneaking around that I’ve seen in a while.
Bloodborne (and Dark Souls/Demon’s Souls) will make you feel like a million different emotions, most of them different forms of frustration. But what about when you’re successful? I’d argue that’s a little different. During my time playing From Software games I’ve taken down my fair share of bosses, and I’ve managed to isolate the five distinct types of euphoria that come with that success.
When you first heard the words “free to play” and “Halo 3 engine”, you might have dismissed that weird Russia-only Halo shooter for the PC. You might also have been a little too hasty.
It was funny seeing a Simpsons x Akira crossover, but those two series didn’t really fit. Doom, on the other hand, in this very cool image by jnkboy, slots alongside the classic manga just nicely.
Indie game Crawl is adding a secret new boss character: Valve managing director Gabe Newell.
Developer Powerhoof recently revealed the new addition to the game, which has been in early access on Steam since last year, with an animated GIF showing off Newell (below). Because this was seen by much of the world on April Fools’ day, this was presumed by many to be a joke. In fact, it isn’t, as designer Barney Cumming has clarified that the blog post announcement was actually posted on April 2 in Melbourne, Australia.
Cumming described the addition of Newell to the game as having “been at the top of my list since the very start.” If all goes according to plan, he’d be added in Crawl’s next update.
However, Powerhoof evidently didn’t ask either Newell or Valve for permission to use the former’s likeness; it was only after it began attracting the attention of the media that Cumming emailed Newell for the thumbs up.
In the email, which Cumming shared on Powerhoof’s blog, he presents the case for adding Newell. This includes the fact that he would be Crawl’s most powerful character, an exchange of pictures so that Cumming’s likeness can be used in Valve’s games, and an offer to get the developers of Crossy Road to add Newell’s favorite animal to the game. Cumming also argues, “The transformation implies your more recent bearded look is actually your Super Saiyan form.”
Oh, and he says “please.”
“I always got the impression Gabe would be cool with stuff like this, but when a big company is involved who knows what kind of crazy reasons they’ll have, so at least I can say I tried!” Cumming said of the email.
Newell has yet to respond, at least publicly, nor has Valve responded to GameSpot’s request for comment.
Crawl is a multiplayer dungeon crawler where one player assumes the role of the hero while others control traps and monsters. At this point, its multiplayer is limited to local play only, though online support is described as “a possibility.”
The Masters, one of the most high-profile events in all of golf,will notappear in this year’s Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. That was tough news to hear for fans of the sport who wanted to virtually walk the hallowed grounds of Augusta National and compete for a Green Jacket.
But golf video game fans can enjoy a Masters-style experience through The Golf Club, an unlicensed golf game developed by HB Studios.
Using the game’s course creator tool, dedicated gamer Craig LeVasseur created his own version of Augusta National, calling it “Magnolia National.” The course, available for all to play for free, is a pretty faithful recreation of Augusta National.
While there’s no Jim Nantz on the call or the iconic Masters theme music, Magnolia National does feature Augusta’s famous holes and surroundings, including Amen Corner. Check out the video above and some images in the gallery below for a closer look.
You can find Magnolia National in The Golf Club today by selecting “All Courses” and then searching for “Magnolia.” The course is available on all platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
