News:: The Silver Case is hardboiled and hard to follow, even on PS4

The Silver Case makes one hell of a first impression. It's jarring and obtuse, switching between clunky first-person exploration segments, long stretches of dialogue, and short spurts of full motion video at a moment's notice. Its story, too, is erratic and complicated as it switches between gruff-ass detectives chasing a serial killer and a chain-smoking reporter's investigation into the same man's troubled past.

Every part of The Silver Case speaks to the era in which it was first released. Though originally only available as a Japan-exclusive PlayStation title before the turn of the century, 2016 saw a translated and updated HD version of the game release on Steam. Now available for the first time on the PlayStation 4, The Silver Case's bizarre blend of visual novel storytelling and adventure game exploration is as perplexing as it is frustrating.

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News:: Watch the full trailer for Star Wars Battlefront II

If you're like me, your Twitter feed has been filled with a non-stop rush of all things Star Wars. We got a look at the poster for the new movie, its first trailer, the trailer for the final season of Star Wars Rebels, and today, EA pulled back the curtain on the full trailer for Star Wars Battlefront II.

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News:: 'Star Wars Battlefront II' invites you to the dark side in November

The winners write the history books.

When the second Death Star explodes over Endor in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance rejoices. It's a thrilling moment of victory after two hours of interstellar military adventuring: Forests full of weary Ewoks, droids and soldiers burst into cheers, throwing their arms in the air.

But what did members of the Galactic Empire do? How did the Imperial soldiers on Endor feel as they watched their dreams of a stable galaxy burst into flames, right in front of their eyes? What did they think as they watched their friends die?

This is where Star Wars: Battlefront II begins.

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News:: Easter weekend deals: 37% off Civilization VI, Xbox and PC spring sales

It's Easter weekend, but unlike Sunday's egg hunt, you won't need to search long and hard on the web for the best gaming deals. You just have to browse the giant list below of 143 gaming-related deals in a bullet point format. So much easier.

The winners of the overall best Easter gaming deals are the PC gamers thanks to giant PC Easter/Spring sale from multiple retailers. Rather than having to dig through each retailer and doing the mental gymnastics of comparing prices, we've listed the top deals in each sale below for you.

Otherwise, feel free to browse our complete breakdowns where you'll find: GMG' Easter Sale with the cheapest Civilization VI; Bundle Stars Easter Sale with the cheapest Bayonetta; GamersGate's Spring Sale with a new low on Rainbow Six Siege Complete; and finally GameStop's Spring Sale is rolling out the lowest price on Warhammer: Total War.

Console gamers are not completely left out this Easter Sale weekend. Those in search of a PS4 Pro can use a $30 off coupon at Jet, while the PS4 Slim can still be snagged for about $225. PSN is also running their popular Flash Sale, with slightly better than usual discounts this time around. On the Xbox One, you ought to be checking out Microsoft's Spring Sale with over one hundred games at massive discounts and dozens of new lows (ends April 17).

Top Easter Deals

Games

• Bayonetta Digital Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $16.14  (list price $20) <- Code: EASTER5
• Civilization VI (Steam) — $37.59  (list price $60) <- Code: EASTER

Console bundles

• PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB Console — $369  (list price $400) <- Code: SPRING15
• PlayStation 4 Slim Uncharted 4 500GB — $219.99  (list price $300) <- Code: SPRING15
• Xbox One S 500GB Minecraft Bundle — $214.95  (list price $300) <- Code: SPRING15

Recent Releases

• 04/11: Yooka-Laylee: Digital Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $42.49  (list price $50)
• 04/11: Yooka-Laylee (Steam) — $34.19  (list price $40)
• 03/24: Out of the Park Baseball 18 (Steam) — $32.29  (list price $40)
• 03/21: Mass Effect Andromeda (Origin) — $45.59  (list price $60)

Upcoming Releases

• 04/20: Syberia 3 Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $37.99  (list price $50)
• 04/20: Syberia 3 (Steam) — $30.39  (list price $40)
• 04/25: Dragon Quest Heroes II (Steam) — $44.64  (list price $60)
• 04/25: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 + Season Pass (Steam) — $36.57  (list price $50)
• 04/27: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Steam) — $48.44  (list price $60)
• 05/05: Prey (Steam) — $45.59  (list price $60)
• 05/23: Steel Division: Normandy 44 - Deluxe (Steam) — $47.30  (list price $60)
• 05/23: Steel Division: Normandy 44 (Steam) — $31.63  (list price $40)
• 05/23: Mirage: Arcane Warfare (Steam) — $24.29  (list price $30)
• 06/02: Tekken 7 (Steam) — $42.06  (list price $50)
• 06/06: The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — $48.44  (list price $60)
• 06/06: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood — $31.63  (list price $40)
• 08/22: Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Steam) — $45.59  (list price $60)

PC Game Deals

GMG Easter Sale
Use Code: EASTER

• Civilization VI Digital Deluxe (Steam) — $46.82  (list price $80)
• Resident Evil 7 (Steam) — $35.14  (list price $60)
• No Man's Sky (Steam) — $29.25  (list price $60)
• Whale Shark Cash Card ($3,500,000 - PC) — $27.35  (list price $50)
• Hitman: The Complete First Season (Steam) — $24.29  (list price $60)
• Conan Exiles (Steam) — $19.54  (list price $30)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition — $19.54  (list price $50)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (Steam) — $19.54  (list price $60)
• XCOM 2 (Steam) — $19.54  (list price $60)
• DiRT Rally (Steam) — $18.80  (list price $60)
• Mafia III (Steam) — $15.47  (list price $60)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Steam) — $14.52  (list price $60)
• Just Cause 3 (Steam) — $12.15  (list price $60)
• Great White Shark Cash Card ($1,250,000 - PC) — $11.67  (list price $20)
• Killing Floor 2 (Steam) — $11.67  (list price $30)
• Rocket League (Steam) — $10.99  (list price $20)
• H1Z1: King of the Kill (Steam) — $10.25  (list price $20)
• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (Steam) — $9.49  (list price $30)
• Homefront: The Revolution (Steam) — $7.87  (list price $40)
• Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition (Steam) — $6.24  (list price $30)
• Thief (Steam) — $6.24  (list price $30)
• Blackguards 2 (Steam) — $5.50  (list price $35)
• Metro Redux Bundle (Steam) — $4.74  (list price $30)
• Mad Max (Steam) — $4.07  (list price $20)
• Risen 3: Titan Lords Complete Edition (Steam) — $4.07  (list price $20)
• Life is Strange: Complete Season - Episodes 1-5 (Steam) — $4.07  (list price $20)

Bundle Stars Easter Sale
Use Code: EASTER5

• Bayonetta Digital Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $16.14  (list price $20)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Steam) — $48.44  (list price $60)
• Endless Space 2 Digital Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $29.73  (list price $37)
• Endless Space 2 (Steam) — $23.73  (list price $30)
• Redout: Enhanced Edition (Steam) — $16.62  (list price $35)
• Atari Vault (Steam) — $7.59  (list price $20)
• This Is the Police (Steam) — $7.12  (list price $15)
• The Flame In The Flood (Steam) — $7.12  (list price $15)
• Kholat (Steam) — $4.74  (list price $20)

GamersGate Spring Sale

• Rainbow Six Siege Complete Edition (Uplay) — $55.47  (list price $90)
• For Honor Deluxe Edition (Uplay) — $51.79  (list price $70)
• Rainbow Six Siege Gold Edition Year 2 (Uplay) — $47.03  (list price $70)
• For Honor (Uplay) — $46.05  (list price $60)
• The Division Gold Edition (Uplay) — $33.84  (list price $90)
• Steep (Uplay) — $28.20  (list price $60)
• The Division (Uplay) — $23.12  (list price $50)
• The Division Season Pass (Uplay) — $18.50  (list price $40)
• Rainbow Six: Siege (Uplay) — $18.50  (list price $40)
• Splinter Cell Blacklist (Uplay) — $9.38  (list price $30)
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Deluxe Edition (Uplay) — $7.85  (list price $25)
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Uplay) — $3.19  (list price $10)
• Splinter Cell (Uplay) — $3.12  (list price $10)

GameStop Spring Sale

• Overwatch - Origins Edition — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Battlefield 1 Standard Edition (Origin) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Total War: Warhammer (Steam) — $29.99  (list price $60)
• The Sims 4: City Living (Origin) — $24.99  (list price $40)
• The Sims 4 (Origin) — $24.99  (list price $40)
• The Sims 4 Get Together (Origin) — $24.99  (list price $40)
• Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (PC DVD) — $19.99  (list price $30)
• BioShock: The Collection (Steam) — $19.80  (list price $60)
• Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition (Steam) — $14.98  (list price $60)
• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Steam) — $13.20  (list price $40)
• Total War: Attila (Steam) — $11.24  (list price $45)
• Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition (Steam) — $10  (list price $40)
• World of Warcraft — $9.99  (list price $20)
• Company of Heroes: Complete Pack (Steam) — $7.49  (list price $30)
• Valkyria Chronicles (Steam) — $4.99  (list price $20)
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II (Steam) — $4.99  (list price $20)
• The Typing of the Dead: Overkill (Steam) — $4.99  (list price $20)

Console Game Deals

Microsoft Store Xbox One Titles

• Battlefield 1 Ultimate Edition — $77.99  (list price $130)
• For Honor — $44.99  (list price $60)
• Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Titanfall 2 (Xbox One) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Xbox One) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Battlefield 1 — $35.99  (list price $60)
• Watch Dogs 2 — $30  (list price $60)
• Bioshock: The Collection — $30  (list price $60)
• Assetto Corsa (Xbox One) — $29.99  (list price $50)
• Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection — $29.99  (list price $50)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided — $18  (list price $60)
• Just Cause 3 — $15  (list price $60)
• ARK: Survival Evolved — $14  (list price $35)
• Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition — $12  (list price $30)
• Dishonored: Definitive Edition — $10  (list price $20)
• Payday 2: Crimewave Edition — $10  (list price $20)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited — $9.90  (list price $30)
• Minecraft: Story Mode - Complete Season — $8  (list price $20)
• Mighty No. 9 — $8  (list price $20)
• The Walking Dead: Complete First Season — $7.50  (list price $20)
• Wolfenstein: The New Order — $6.60  (list price $20)
• Metro Redux Bundle — $6  (list price $30)
• Tales From The Borderlands Complete Season — $6  (list price $20)
• Thief — $5  (list price $20)
• Murdered: Soul Suspect — $5  (list price $20)
• Life is Strange: Complete Season — $5  (list price $20)

More console picks

• NieR: Automata (PS4) — $49.99  (list price $60)
• Nioh (PS4) — $39.99  (list price $60)
• Eagle Flight (PSVR) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Driveclub VR (PS4 VR) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Super Mario Maker (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Bioshock: The Collection (PS4, Xbox One) — $29.99  (list price $60)
• Pokemon Moon (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Mario Party Star Rush (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Pokemon Sun (Nintendo 3DS) — $29.99  (list price $40)
• Titanfall 2 Deluxe Edition (Xbox One, PS4) — $24.99  (list price $40)
• Bayonetta 2 (Wii U) — $24.97  (list price $30)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo 3DS) — $19.99  (list price $40)
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo 3DS) — $19.99  (list price $30)
• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4) — $19.99  (list price $30)
• Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo 3DS) — $19.99  (list price $40)
• Werewolves Within (PS4 VR) — $19.99  (list price $30)
• The Elder Scrolls Online Gold Edition (PS4, Xbox One) — $19.99  (list price $60)
• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (PS4 VR) — $9.99  (list price $20)

Laptop Deals

• Lenovo Yoga 720 i7-7700HQ, 8GB, 256GB SSD, GTX 1050M, Touch — $1,149.99  (list price $1,260)
• Lenovo Y700-15 i7-6700HQ, 16GB, 1TB + 512GB SSD, GTX 960M, 4K — $1,119  (list price $1,700)
• Dell i7-6500U, 16GB, 2TB, Radeon R5 M335, 1080p — $799  (list price $1,099)
• HP Pavilion 15t Power Laptop i5-7300HQ, GTX 1050, 6GB — $649.99  (list price $850)

HDTV Deals

• Vizio M55-D0 55-inch 4K Smart Ultra HDTV + $250 eGift Card — $699.99  (list price $1,000)
• Vizio E55-D0 55-inch 1080p Smart LED HDTV + $150 eGift Card — $449.99  (list price $570)
• Bolva 55BL00H7 55-inch 4K Ultra HDTV — $377.36  (list price $900)
• LG 55LF6000 55-inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Refurbished) — $329  (list price $448)
• Hisense 50H7C 50-inch 4K Ultra HD Smart TV — $329  (list price $448)
• RCA RLDED5098 50-inch 4K Ultra HDTV — $289.99  (list price $320)

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News:: Remake history this summer with the next Fate game

Have you ever wished your free-to-play mobile diversions committed more historical heresies in pursuit of the almighty cute? Well, too bad, because now Fate/Grand Order is coming to English-language phones and pads near you.

In an announcement at Sakuracon event in Seattle, Aniplex of America revealed that they'd be helping port the game to English, and release it on iOS and Android this summer. The game itself takes place in the Fate universe, where omnipotent magical forces trawl time and space for the heroes and villains of the past and future, only to redesign them as pretty girls and boys because of reasons. I don't know. I watched an anime episode they put out to promote the story, but it wasn't very good. 

But hey, where else can you participate in a brawl between King Arthur, Emperor Nero, or Sir Francis Drake, all redrawn as cute anime girls? Also, apparently in this game Thomas Edison is a spandex-clad, lion-headed superhero, and Charles Babbage is a steampunk mecha, so there's that.

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News:: The Morning After: Weekend Edition

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the weekend! We have news on the Microsoft Windows zero-days that weren't, and a teaser trailer for the next Star Wars movie.

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