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Hammer Time During yesterday’s Nacon Connect presentation, the publisher revealed that Eko Interactive’s hack ‘n’ slash titleWarhammer: Chaosbanewill be making the leap to the next-gen, receiving a port on both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X platforms. Already available on PS4, PC, and Xbox One,Warhammer: Chaosbaneallows up to four players to choose from a selection of five distinct classes, (Soldier, Dwarf, Dwarf Engineer, High Elf, and Wood Elf), before charging into violent battle with the forces of Chaos....

Multiplayer campaign and more Whatever you think you know about theCall of Dutyfranchise is about to change. As a series that is often criticized for offering more of the same,Black Opsdeveloper Treyarch has made every attempt to alter that mindset with its most ambitious project to date,Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Last week, I visited with the developer at its Santa Monica headquarters as it unveiled a game that has been in development for three years, but has been a lifetime in the making....

Friendships are torn Fire Emblem Engagedoes the unthinkable: taking your emblem rings away. Each one of these essential items contains a legendary hero, like Marth and Roy, that can assist your squad members with their powerful weapons, skills, and attacks. Thankfully, you can get your rings back inFire Emblem Engage,but be warned, it will require a lot of patience.Expect spoilersfor Chapter 10 and afterward down below. Exact moments when you get the rings back in Fire Emblem Engage The overall goal ofFire Emblem Engageis to gather all 12 rings and stop the evil Fell Dragon from corrupting the world and taking over others....

For a game about shooting thugs and enforcing the law using violence,RoboCop: Rogue Cityhas quite a few places to stick your experience. But where’s the best place to start? You get a skill point every 1000 experience points, and there are eight separate skills to level up. Skill points are tough to come by at the beginning of the game, so you have to make the most of them. Here’s the thing: it comes down to preference....

Change up the look of your physical copy One of the perks of physical game ownership is being able to display your shiny new box on a shelf amongst your game collection. And if the base box art ofXenoblade Chronicles 3isn’t fitting in, or you’d just like some options, a new MyNintendo reward has you covered. Over on theMyNintendo page, a collection of three alternative box arts forXenoblade Chronicles 3is available now....

Here’s the link to claim it If you’re anything like me, you’re looking toget weirdwithBugsnaxafter blowing throughDemon’s Souls,Miles Morales, andAstro’s Playroomas your first PS5 games. I’ve got it all mapped out. The funky first-person adventure game has elements ofPokémon SnapandViva Piñatathat speak to me, and while I was always planning to get around to playing it eventually,Bugsnaxhas moved up to Spot #4 thanks to its inclusion in PlayStation Plus. You can and should grab it now at no extra cost....

Uh, come again? [Update: In a strange turn of events, DICE isnow sayingGrand Operationswillbe in at launch.] Conquest may be a mainstay inBattlefield, but I was really looking forward to Grand Operations, the new-for-Battlefield Vmode that spans multiple objectives across multiple in-game days. It was the highlight of theclosed alpha, and it’s disappointing to hear that it won’t make it in time for launch. In a blog post, DICE confirmed that Grand Operations,Battlefield V‘s “ultimate multiplayer experience,” will be out “shortly after launch....

Given how cold it’s been, I could use some summer right now Whenever there is a Nintendo Direct, it always pays to hop over to the Japanese YouTube channel afterward to check out some of the games that didn’t make it into the English-speaking shows. Sometimes, the Japanese Nintendo Direct will have previews of games that eventually release worldwide. During yesterday’s show, there were a couple of games in it that didn’t show up in the western versions, including a new entry in theMy Summer Vacationseries....

After the lengthy rigmarole that was Initiation 2, we can use a break. Luckily, the next chapter, Initiation 3: Haunting, is one of the breeziest inAlan Wake 2— but we’re providing a walkthrough just in case you don’t want to miss a thing. Initiation 3: Haunting walkthrough and guide forAlan Wake 2 The good news on that is there really isn’t much to miss. There is one Echo collectible, though most of the chapter consists of you holding forward on a controller or keyboard....

Here’s a short look at gameplay Whether we’re talking movies or games, theAlienseries has had plenty of highs and lows over the decades.Alien: Isolation, a tricky survival horror game from The Creative Assembly, falls in the former camp. We haven’t seen much of the elusive Nintendo Switch version since its Nintendo Direct reveal, but here it is again, just in time to catch the Halloween spirit. The Switch port is still happening....

Band of bros. Battlefield 1has a campaign…I guess. I’ve never been one to associate theBattlefieldseries with single-player, even withBad Companybeing eight years old. To me, the series has excelled at multiplayer; the basic concept is just so rife with possibilities for online combat. The player count has also been a big plus. EA and DICE are determined to make gamers embrace a campaign mode inBattlefieldand have released a video of pure gameplay footage....

Shinji Mikami’s survival horror finale! Bethesda has just announced a brand new survival horror from theResident Eviloverlord, Shinji Mikami. Said to be his final game, Mikami’s new title isThe Evil Within, a game that promises to be a true survival horror experience — none of that watered down crap. IGN has the exclusive announcement trailer, which you can watch above. Funny,we were just talking abouthow Bethesda finds success where other companies say none can be had....

Polish to English Internet translators aren’t great, so bear with us here. Techland recently held an event in Poland for the launch ofCall of Juarez: Bound in Blood. At the event the developerreportedly announcedthree bits of downloadable content for the game: two for the multiplayer and one for the campaign. Our tipster, who happens to work for Polish gaming Web site Polygamia.pl, notes that Techland said the arrival of the downloadable content would be “soon” and available via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Store....