Hajime Isayama’s blockbuster manga about a world beset by giant, naked, human-eating monstrosities is a hit not just in its native Japan, but around the world. Now Western creators are giving Attack on Titan its due with a new anthology from Kodansha—and you can read one of its best tales right here.
The Symmetra revamp is now live on Overwatch’s PTR. In other news, we all live in hell now, but at least the weather’s alright.
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Does anyone still go to the store? Because I do. For example, I somehow lost my mini-HDMI cable and with Black Friday coming up, I'd need to use as many panels as possible. You might ask why would a robot need a screen but listen, that's a story for another time. Now I could do Amazon one-day shipping but the local courier Amazon uses is the worst thing ever, so alas I was forced into picking up a cable at Best Buy (because there's generally traffic around Fry's Electronics).
Anyway, did I mention that there's a Toys"R"Us gift card deal going on thanks to Black Friday? You can pick up $100 worth for $85. That's a pretty hot deal, especially if you need to rely on a physical location for your gaming needs.
Toys"R"Us Black Friday Gift Card Deal
Note: There are about 500~600 units left as of writing.
Very little surprised me in 2016, at least not in the way Kathy Rain did. It was an exceptional adventure game, a genuine 9/10, accessible for both new players and veterans alike. Even now, it's my personal GOTY. Sadly, that doesn't translate into amazing sales. I'm not a marketing guy, so I couldn't tell you why, only that it was disappointing to say the least.
Well, at least now it's getting a second wind on mobile/tablet. I don't want to sound like a cheap shill, but it's a good fit with better exposure. Kathy Rain is a fairly intimate adventure, one you can easily play in short sessions, and without getting bogged down in complex puzzles.
I've already said enough about why Kathy Rain is an excellent thriller, but if you're into adventure games, well-plotted mysteries, or just strong female characters without the cynical pandering, then it's an absolute must buy.
Ride along with the kick-ass amateur sleuth on November 23, for the measly price of $4.99. C'mon, she deserves that elusive success.
Kathy Rain rides into Android and iOS on November 23rd [Raw Fury Games]
People who pre-order games digitally on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been earning themselves an unadvertised and easily abused perk: the ability to rate, and sometimes review, video games that they have yet to play and aren’t even out yet. As a result, both online stores are full of star-ratings for games that…
Saints Row IV just added Steam Workshop support. Already, you can download a guitar the shoots fire and some clothes that (sadly) don’t shoot fire. Why now, though? Because Saints Row IV wasn’t originally created with mods in mind, so devs worked in their spare time to make this possible. Very cool of them!
In an announcement today, Mojang has indicated that a large number of long-awaited changes are coming to the console editions of Minecraft, bringing consoles a whole lot closer to the Java edition.
As someone who had a lot of early success with Symmetra in Overwatch but eventually felt forced into taking more generally valued roles like Mercy or Lúcio, I have been eager to hear specifics about Blizzard's promised rework of the shield-granting, teleporter-laying support character. And here they are, as detailed by game director Jeff Kaplan in this 12-minute developer update.
A patch is available now for testing on the PC version's PTR ahead of a wider release, and with it, Symmetra has become less of a "situational" pick. For starters, she's gained a new ultimate ability, one that allows her to build a shield generator that gives off area-of-affect shielding to teammates without needing line of sight. After filling her ultimate meter, you'll simply be able to toggle between choosing this new buildable item and the existing teleporter ultimate. That's a big deal for last-point defense.
Instead of manually placing shields on teammates one by one, which wasn't fun and often led to a "panicked rush" at the start of rounds, Symmetra has a photon barrier ability as a replacement. It's similar to Winston's barrier, except it's an elliptical projectile that moves along a trajectory. If that sounds like encouragement for Symmetra players to be even more aggressive and bold, I'm inclined to agree, and I'm frightened knowing how skilled some people already are with her. Yikes!
There are also tweaks to her sentry turrets. Symmetra is able to instantly place all six at the start of the match and then stock up to six turrets (rather than just three) for later use on a slightly-faster-than-before cooldown. Additionally, her teleporter has better survivability overall and the range on her primary fire is a little bit extended. Again, I am excited and scared for her new role in the meta.
The last feature mentioned in the video sounds terrific. At the end of a match, you'll be able to hit a new stay-with-group vote button to party up with your teammates and hopefully carry your hot streak into the next game. There have definitely been times when I wished such an option existed.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and XCOM 2 are both down to their Black Friday prices already, joining the previously-mentioned Overwatch and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection.
Built for speed and not exploration, racing games like Mario Kart like to keep players confined to a set track. Since developers always know what the player will be looking at, it’s easier to hide things away, until a YouTuber like Shesez starts using camera tricks to explore beyond track borders.
You can already stream Xbox One games to your PC. But what if you'd rather not make it patently obvious that you're playing Gears of War? You're in luck. Microsoft and Oculus are launching an app that, as promised, will let you send Xbox One games to an Oculus Rift headset attached to a Windows 10 PC. The software, which arrives December 12th, won't magically turn your favorite titles into virtual reality experiences. Instead, you're getting a Netflix-style virtual screen. This is more for private gameplay (say, to prevent your kids from seeing gore) or giving yourself a larger screen than you can fit in your den.
Via: The Verge
Source: Xbox Wire
In a bizarre (and pro-consumer) move, Rayman Legends for Xbox 360 is now backward compatible on Xbox One. While the game received a native Xbox One version in recent years, I guess Ubisoft and Microsoft are trying to gain some goodwill by not forcing people to double dip on a game they already own. That is pretty admirable, though I think anyone with an inkling of interest in Legends probably bought the current-gen version.
Burnout Paradise was announced as part of the Games with Gold program for next month, but anyone with a digital or retail copy can enjoy the game today on their Xbox One. Disney Interactive's Pure is also now available for play, even though no digital copy exists. Suddenly, those two dollar GameStop discs are going to be worth something.
Sara Is Missing is a horror game that takes place entirely on a stranger’s phone. While it never strays too far from horror clichés, it still manages to be pretty frightening, and takes full advantage of its limited format.
We'll get a taste of season three of Telltale's The Walking Dead before the year is over.
This five-episode run is dubbed "A New Frontier" and will first pick up on December 20, a little later than expected, across the studio's usual long list of platforms (current- and last-gen consoles, PC, mobile). And before that date, Telltale will host an "extended first look" at The Game Awards on December 1.
If you've played any of the prior seasons of The Walking Dead and are wondering if that's Clementine up there, yes, yes it most certainly is. But she won't be the only character we'll end up worrying about:
"When family is all you have left... how far will you go to protect it? Four years after society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier? As Javier, a young man determined to find the family taken from him, you meet a young girl who has experienced her own unimaginable loss. Her name is Clementine, and your fates are bound together in a story where every choice you make could be your last."
Telltale's The Walking Dead is back. Season three, A New Frontier, is set to premiere worldwide on December 20th across PC, PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, iOS and Android. Keep in mind that this is the first of five total episodes, the rest of which are set to hit throughout 2017. For Xbox One and PS4, the complete game, including access to all episodes as they come out, will be available as a boxed product starting on February 7th.
There is about a 1 in 4,000 chance a unique color variant of a Pokémon will appear in a random encounter, making “shiny Pokémon” the rarest type of monster you can capture. Some people have played Pokémon for decades and have never seen a shiny. Here’s how you can beat those odds and get a shiny in Sun and Moon.
Here's an offer you can't refuse, and it isn't because Gandhi's forces are just chilling at the border. You know, relocating his forces. No big deal.
One of the best Civilization VI deals for the Black Friday season has just appeared on Green Man Gaming. If you don't want to wait for GameStop's Black Friday deal of $40 (plus tax), this is as good as it gets without having to deal with an out-of-stock notice.
The 27% off discount spans the Digital Deluxe Edition too, which is technically at 28% off now that it's been dropped to $57.59. If you're a die-hard Civ VI fan, the extra content/map from the Deluxe isn't a bad deal either.
Black Friday Deals for Civilization VI
As a side note, besides GameStop's deal, there is also a Best Buy deal of $45 on Black Friday. If you have GCU, you should definitely consider waiting for Best Buy's deal as that'll tack on another 20% off.
This deal is set to expire on November 29, but we've seen digital titles "sell out" before (at their sales price) and at times publishers may intervene and end a sale early too, so apologies in advance if you're reading this days later and missed the deals.
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VR is for living out our dreams with no real consequences. And if your dream is to be an enormous, city-destroying monster, you’re in luck: King Kaiju is here.
VR is for living out our dreams with no real consequences. And if your dream is to be an enormous, city-destroying monster, you’re in luck: King Kaiju is here.
Looks like GameStop has an abundance of stock on a game nobody really wants. Either that, or it really needs stock of better games, because a new trade offer can net you Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare for one dollar. This deal, which runs on November 22 and 23, also extends to the Legacy Edition, otherwise known as the version with a good game included, but that obviously raises the price a bit.
The offer is to trade a single game and get the standard edition of Infinite Warfare for one Washington. Not content to only sell the standard version, the offer also extends to the Legacy and Legacy Pro Editions. A single game and $21 will get you the Legacy Edition or $61 will get you the Legacy Pro Edition.
So if you really want to get Modern Warfare Remastered on the cheap before the end of 2016, this seems to be your best bet. I don't think many people are going to care about getting the season pass, so I doubt the Legacy Pro Edition will sell out. Then again, extra zombie maps for the base price of the game and Call of Duty 4 sounds decent.
Oddly, there is no mention of platform. I know this probably applies to both Xbox One and PS4, but I'd really like to get the PC version of Modern Warfare Remastered for $21. That would be super nice.
Two full Borderlands games, remastered in 1080p, with all DLC included, for $15. That’s what you call value. This is the price we were expecting to see on Black Friday, so there’s no need to wait.
Watch Dogs 2's seamless multiplayer was broken at launch, but some of the features have been brought online today for Playstation 4, with availability for Xbox One soon to follow. Should the update run smoothly “additional elements” to the multiplayer will be phased in, Ubisoft noted in a statement this morning.
For a little while now, Blizzard’s acknowledged that Symmetra is too much of a situational hero. Now they’re doing something about that.
The final Minecraft: Console Edition update of the year is also its largest. The Holiday Update will land in late December, bringing the Elytra (wings that allow players to glide), Amplified Terrain, End Cities, the Dragon's Breath potion ingredient and more features to PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Vita and Wii U. This means that the console versions will be nearly on par with the PC edition, Microsoft promises.
Source: Mojang
Hopefully, there is a special someone (or at least a someone you’re obligated to buy holiday gifts for) in your life that is into board games. If so, don’t buy them board games! Buy them cool stuff that helps them store or organise their board games, they’ll like that better.
For once, the most exciting part of Xbox's Games with Gold comes not from a new release but from a very old release. It's the Xbox 360 and not the Xbox One that's the star of the show.
Xbox has announced December's Games with Gold, and 2008's Burnout Paradise is free and backward compatible next month. This is particularly notable because Burnout Paradise is largely considered to be one of the best open-world racing games of all-time, and it has been one of the most oft-requested backward compatible additions since the program's reveal at E3 2015.
While it's Criterion's Classic that's in the driver's seat, there are some really good games riding shotgun. On Xbox One, Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition is free the entire month of December. Outlast joins in from December 16 through January 15. On the Xbox 360 side of things, Outland is free the first half of the month, and then Burnout Paradise takes the wheel for the second half.
Xbox Live Games With Gold For December 2016 [Major Nelson]
