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Hole Punch Ubisoft Montreal has officially launchedRainbow Six Siege’sfirst season of Year 5.Operation: Void Edge, which is available to download now on all platforms, not only brings two exciting new operators, but also a small selection of seemingly innocuous, but very important, gameplay tweaks. New Attacker Iana is a Norwegian tech specialist who is taking time out from her literalgalacticduties for a bit of down-to-earth head-popping. This new 2 Speed 2 Armour agent is equipped with a fully controllable hologram replication of herself, which can be sent dashing into danger for some full-body recon work....

After apreliminary play-in roundwith twoMadden NFL 13cover choices from each NFL team, the results are in: the bracket you see above contains the people’s top 32 picks for sports gaming’s most storied cover. you’re able to cast your votes in Round One right now atESPN.com/MaddenVote. Each round lasts for one week, with a recap of the previous round coming every Wednesday at 5 PM EDT on ESPN’sSportsNation. Starting at 9 AM EDT tomorrow, March 22, fans can set up their own voting brackets on theMadden NFLFacebook page, vying for prizes such as copies ofMadden NFL 13and Super Bowl tickets....

Monster World is clearly the standout It has been a long while since Microsoft’s “Games with Gold” problem had such a lackluster month. While I wouldn’t single out any game in this selection as bad, you likely already own each of these titles. What are the chances that there is anyone on this planet that hasn’t already playedLEGO Star Wars III, for instance? If you haven’t, though, you’ll be happy to know that 2011’sLEGO Star Warsentry is up for grabs this month....

Meanwhile, the west gets a digital-only release Devil May Cry 4: Special Editionlooks pretty damn amazing, and with multiple new playable characters, a huge step above the original release. Japan will be able to celebrate with a little extra style on June 18, as they’re getting a premium “Pizza Box” edition of the game. Fans know that pizza is a rather big part of the classicDevil May Cryseries, and the box will also come with a soundtrack CD, extra costume codes, an art book, and three game covers....

Ain’t no trick We’re knee-deep in October, and already people are starting to feel those creepy Halloween vibes. Such is the case withSplatoon 2hosts Pearl and Marina, who are set to do battle once again in the Nintendo Switch shooter. Nintendo has announced the coming of another classic splatfest, which will see the community duke it out over the Halloween tradition of “Trick or Treat.” Of course, the mischievous Pearl will be standing firmly in the corner of Team Trick, while her more happy-go-lucky pal Marina will captain Team Treat....

KOF XIV is last EVO 2017’s download is complete, and peak numbers have been recorded for all of the main stage finals streams. How did they do? Well let’s take a look. Note that all this data isjustfrom Twitch. Street Fighter Vis on top (no surprise as it’s the main event) with 179,072, followed byTekken 7(145,667),SmashWii U (143,008),Smash Melee(128,121),BlazBlue: Central Fiction(97,605),Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3(84,952),Injustice 2(45,557),Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2(38,518 – I wish more people watched this as it’s the best fighter at EVO), andKing of Fighters XIV(32,760)....

Deus Ex: Human Revolutiondid really well for Square Enix, and that helped their pocket book. The company says that they more than doubled profits in the six month period ending September 30. I’m glad to hear that this fantastic game sold over 2 million units worldwide in its first month. Of course, Deus Ex can’t take all the credit for those doubled profits. Square Enix president Yoichi Wada said there was also growth in their web, social and mobile divisions....

In North America, even! I’ve only played oneTalesgame, and it wasTales of Symphoniafor the GameCube. It seemed to have just what I wanted, engaging combat and likeable characters in an appropriately insane JRPG plot. Though really, I didn’t much care for Colette; I’m more of a Raine person myself. Anyway, the game quickly became one of my favorites of the system and I’ll still bring it up to this day if given the opportunity....

The anime adaptation of the famed webcomicThe Beginning After the End, commonly shortened asTBATE, gets an official release date. The anime’s pilot episode will air on April 2, joining the roster for the Spring 2025 anime season. The announcement came with a brand-new trailer, showcasing the anime’s art style. The trailer also previews “KINGSBLOOD” by KALA, which will be the anime’s opening theme. In addition, additional cast members were revealed: About The Beginning After the End The anime adaptation ofThe Beginning After the Endwasfirst announced in October last year....

Online harassement, live and on stage! [Image courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association/Jessica Palopoli] “When the Bay Area announced [the play] was going to get workshopped last summer, the Tweet announcing it included ‘hashtag Gamergate,’ so immediately that made it to Reddit and I was heading into work when all of the sudden I had 40 Twitter notifications,” playwright Walt McGough explained to me the afternoon after his most recent play,Non-Player Character, wrapped up its debut run at the Children’s Creativity Museum theater in San Francisco....

I’ve known more than a few wounded veterans in my day, both family and friends. If there’s one thing I have taken away from their experience, it’s that dealing with the US Veterans Administration can be almost as annoying as a war itself. At least wars end (or, at least, they did in the good old days). But can you imagine how difficult life would be for the veterans of the Locust War?...

Check out everything Destructoid did today What’s that? You’re happy because WayForward is finally bringing the originalShantaeto the Virtual Console? You were never able to play the Game Boy Color classic because you missed out on its limited run and didn’t want to pay the exorbitant prices on eBay? I feel for you guys. I… Oh… what’sthat!? Is that my complete-in-box copy ofShantae? Suck it, losers! BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!...

Man yells about cloud Microsoft has been pushing the “infinite power of the cloud” hard with its Xbox One, perhaps partially to make up for the technological advantage held by Sony’s PS4 specs, or maybe just for the sake of buzzwords. If they repeat the “infinite power of the cloud” enough times, maybe it will stick. Still,talking about the practicality and actualityof the Xbox Live Cloud is Jon Shiring ofRespawn, the team behindTitanfall(Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC)....