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If it was at all unclear before, Sony’s presentation at E3 2014 should have made everyone aware that the company is putting a major emphasis on early access and exclusive content for the PlayStation consoles. Disney Infinity and Destiny are only two of the many multi-platform games that will reward PS3 and PS4 owners will a little bit of extra content for playing on a Sony machine at launch. During E3, Sony confirmed that the next chapter in Rocksteady’s Batman franchise would also have some exclusive content for PS4 owners and the first details on that content are now available....

Although the point and click adventure genre doesn’t get as much love as it once used to, it has seen a renaissance as of late. Games like Jazzpunk and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter have done well to bring point-and-clicks to the forefront, but it’s really Double Fine’s Broken Age that has garnered most of the attention. However, while praise for Broken Age’s first act has been almost overwhelmingly positive, fans are still waiting for the arrival of the second act....

A few months ago, CCP Games finally opened up access to their EVE Online tie-in FPS, DUST 514, to a large audience. The closed beta was made up of both gamers who received an invite and anyone who purchased the Mercenary Pack on the PlayStation Store. We spent dozens of hours over the course of the beta exploring New Eden on foot for the first time, and we were mostly pleased with the results....

It seems that every game developer with blockbuster aspirations these days must include some form of cooperative gameplay or multiplayer. The trend is unquestionably a good sign for those who prefer to enjoy a game experience with friends online, but designing a standalone campaign that captures the spirit of the single-player while still crafting a unique experience is not easy. Ubisoft has added a 4-player co-op campaign to Far Cry 3, complete with unique protagonists and a plot apparently unrelated to that of the singleplayer....

As promised, Rockstar Games is ready to release their new Capture mode for Grand Theft Auto Online. The mode will be added to the game via free update, which will also include some minor changes to the multiplayer experience. Capture, for those that don’t know, is Grand Theft Auto Online’s riff on the traditional Capture the Flag mode, and it comes in four different flavors. Each provide a different dynamic to the “grab this item and do something with it” objective, but they aren’t particular original sub-modes either....

As promised, a new update for Grand Theft Auto Online has been released; this one intended to fix players’ missing progression and item problems. Players that boot up their copy of Grand Theft Auto 5 will be automatically prompted to download the update. We first caught word of the update over the weekend alongside the promise that the GTA Online Stimulus Package would finally be rolled out to players. And so, with the update arriving right on schedule, it’s safe to assume the money shouldn’t be far behind....

Although the LEGO games are oftentimes overlooked because of their annual release schedule, those who do regularly turn out for TT Games’ titles know that each packs a ton of content. Most overtly, each LEGO game offers a diverse selection of playable characters that, depending on the property, run the gamut from widely-known to extremely obscure. To that end, Warner Bros. has released two new behind-the-scenes videos for their latest LEGO release, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, to give fans a better sense of this year’s game’s design....

In the past few months, Driveclub was hit with server troubles at launch, Need for Speed: No Limits charged players for gas and Forza Horizon 2’s Storm Island DLC caused crashes. That’s why many racing fans have been looking forward to Project Cars, with developer Slightly Mad Studios aiming to deliver “the most authentic, beautiful, intense, and technically-advanced racing game on the planet” that “includes the largest track roster of any recent racing game”....

Some might say that earning the title of “craziest” anything isn’t something to be coveted - but we’d bet the developers of Saints Row 4 would politely disagree. With their last outing proving their sense of humor is a rare thing in today’s gaming industry, the stakes are being raised significantly. Taking players from a gang leader to the President of the United States, and replacing rival gangs with alien invaders, Volition is set to release a truly ridiculous adventure....

Konami’s decision to release the P.T. demo for Silent Hills without the series’ Konami’s name attached to it until certain conditions were met was probably a wise one. After multitudes of floundering sequels, prequels, and spin-offs, many fans had given up hope that the Silent Hill series would ever yield the same psychological terror that the original Konami titles had induced. Fans of the survival horror genre were immediately enthused over the P....

South Park: Stick of Truth was generally heralded as a success, staying truthful to the crass and crazy nature that fans love so much about the show. Even so, between numerous setbacks, delays, switching publishers, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone swearing off video games forever, the future looked bleak for a sequel. South Park fans can now rejoice, as a new South Park RPG is in the works under Ubisoft San Francisco....

Surprising? Not exactly. Disappointing? Absolutely. After what seems like years (and actually was) of waiting for the StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm ’expansion,’ industry analysts are now predicting that the launch won’t be arriving in 2012 after all. The predictions aren’t based on pessimism, but the amount of time that Blizzard tends to put into testing prior to public release. StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is obviously much more than a simple expansion, with the developers having promised a full game’s worth of content in each of the three versions....

It hasn’t been an easy path for Thief’s upcoming reboot thus far, but given the tradition and love for the franchise, it’s hard to think the developers didn’t expect it. Even if development hasn’t been smooth sailing to this point, they aren’t letting that shake them from their course (not that we can see, at least). As satisfying as stealth and thievery can be (in a digital realm, of course) Eidos Montreal knows they’ll need a top-notch story driving players forward to attract the audience they hope to....

The classic isometric brawler genre may have seemed a thing of the past, but recent reinventions - Bastion among the best - have proven that an old school presentation can still hold something genuinely new. Supergiant Games has returned to offer yet another inspired experience in Transistor, with a new launch trailer setting up the premise, the heroine, and the blend of art styles which look to make this indie project one to watch....

Fans are still enjoying the recent release of Persona 5 Royal and many are looking forward to the rumored reveal of Persona 6. The Persona franchise, or Shin Megami Tensei as it is sometimes known, is an RPG series that sees the main character and their party members utilizing demons during each battle to help them fight. These demons are known as personas and you can collect them from battles to add to your team, as well as merging them to create new ones....

The first Pokémon games were the Pokémon Red and Green versions launched on the Nintendo Game Boy in 1996. The games started in Japan, spreading like wildfire in North America soon after. Pokémon craze is something that may never go away. While new games like Pokémon Sword and Shield are breaking ground in narrative and combat design, remakes are enhancing nostalgic classics. There have been several remakes, including Fire Red, Leaf Green, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire....

Anytime a video game franchise exists long enough, it is bound to undergo some changes. However, the ten franchises listed below strayed further from their roots than most other series. This does not mean they are any worse than their inception, though many veteran fans often take such radical changes negatively. At the end of the day, however, even those who decry an intellectual property differing too much from its origins can always go back to play the classics they fell in love with....

Earlier this month, Def Jam Recordings stoked the flames of speculation when it tweeted about the possibility of a new Def Jam game. The fighting game series pits hip-hop celebrities and musicians against one another as they use the crowd and the environment to unleash epic beatdowns against their industry rivals. A new Def Jam game hasn’t been released in over a decade, and so many were excited at the thought that it could make a comeback....

As with most Sims games, The Sims 4 is a mainly PC game that is filled to the brim with all sorts of content. However, EA also does this cute little thing where they’ll continually leave things out of the base game in order to sell it to you later as an expansion. Dawwww isn’t that sweet? While this is the normal awful EA business model, it certainly does get the wheels turning as to what else could be added into the game through expansions....

From the thud of Thor’s hammer to the clank of Captain America’s shield, moderate gamers might assume Marvel’s Avengers is a straightforward action role-playing brawler. To their credit, there’s nothing to dislike about waving enemies around like ragdolls with the Hulk or delivering a perfect helicopter attack with Kamala Khan’s flailing arms. But when Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix are involved in a game, one can be certain that there’s more than just mashing buttons to achieve greatness....