Summary The Ubisoft open-world formula has had a pretty rocky history. Making its big first debut withFar Cry 3, Ubisoft’s then-refined open-world formula broke new ground for the genre. An intuitive yet highly addicting loop,Far Cry 3had players take down enemy camps to unlock new parts of the map, complete side activities to receive resources, and craft new gear using newly unlocked materials. Almost universally praised at the time,Far Cry 3’s formulahas since been run into the ground repeatedly by Ubisoft, with it being used for many open-world games under its banner, including the recently releasedAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora....

The third major expansion for Turtle Rock Studio’s co-op FPSBack 4 Bloodwill begin rolling out shortly and will come loaded with goodies, including the new “River of Blood” content and a litany of tweaks and bug fixes. When hype for the game was being drummed up prior to release, the zombie shooter was touted as aspiritual successor to the belovedLeft 4 Deadseries, which sort of made sense given that some of the team that worked on the Valve games were also working onB4Band there were similarities in gameplay....

It’s not a particularly controversial statement to say that the tone ofBattlefield 2042is at least somewhat inconsistent with the rest of the series. Just compare the grim and gritty atmosphere ofBattlefield 1to the over-the-top spectacle of theBattlefield 2042trailers. Fans were more than a little baffled bythe leaked Santa Claus skinearlier this month. However, it seems that wasn’t the end ofBattlefield 2042’sholiday-themed content. Today, the Battlefield Bulletin Twitter account announced that the new Attack of the Elves mode is live now in theBattlefieldPortal....

Mobile platformers have always had ahard time dealing with touchscreen controls. For a long time, it looked like this genre just could not work on mobile devices. Clever design and streamlined gameplay eventually proved the opposite. Many mobile platformers use the touch screen so well to rival atraditional gamepad. RELATED:The Best Mobile Strategy Games Games likeSonic CD ClassicandMario Runare proof that platformers belong on mobile platforms as much as any other genre....

Summary TheFire Emblemseriesis known, in part, for the bonds its heroes share. One of the major ties a hero can have in any series entry is with their parents (birth or surrogate), whose deaths can become a major motivating factors for the hero in taking up arms against their enemy. However, some heroes have parents who fight alongside them in their army of choice. This becomes especially common inFire Emblem:AwakeningandFates, which introduce child units as a standard in-game mechanic....

Summary Water-type Pokemonare just an absolute joy. With their usual blue color schemes or aquatic tendencies, the Water types tip the scales and stand apart as more than “just some fish.“Since there are so many out there, a full ocean of options, boiling it down to just a few is a hard feat. That said, certain Pokemon naturally float to the top, rising so far above the competition that they make their rivals almost obsolete in the process....

Summary Each time the player levels up a character by finishing a battle inGranblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, they’ll earn a certain amount of Rupies that can be spent on either an alternate outfit, or on acquiring some brand-new weapons. While this doesallow a character to bring a new sword, axe, or bow into a fight, the weapons themselves don’t deal any extra damage or have any special buffs of their own....

In 2019, Infinity Ward and Activision released theCall of Duty: Modern Warfarereboot and brought the beloved sub-franchise back in a big way. The 2019Call of Dutygame came out swinging with a brand-new engine, the return of fan-favorite characters, and a commitment to classic boots-on-the-ground gameplay. There’s been a great deal of hype for the 2022Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2thanks to the positive buzz generated by the 2019 game, but unfortunately,Modern Warfare 2fails to live up to its predecessor, with the most disappointing part of the package being the single-player campaign....

Summary NewDaredevil: Born Againdetails about Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin may have been revealed due to a possible leak. Netflix’sDaredevilseries was a huge success, and fans were thrilled to see Charlie Cox’s return inSpider-Man: No Way Homeand appear inShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Most fans are excited about the new series coming to Disney Plus. Still, recent details about the upcoming show revealed that Elden Henson’s Foggy Nelson andDeborah Ann Woll’s Karen Pagewill not return, which has upset many fans of the original Netflix series....

On the evening ofUndertale’s sixth anniversary, creator Toby Fox and his friends at Fangamer hosted a celebratory stream. Over the course of about four hours, the crew played through Toby’s most recent game,Deltarune Chapter 1, which is a month shy of being three years old. At the end,Deltarune Chapter 2was finally given a release date, and it was only two days after the September 15 stream. Even better, it was confirmed that this second chapter could also be played as a free standalone chapter like the first, though it is assumed that the player is familiar with its opening installment....

WhileDestiny 2players still have one more bunker to unlock as part of the Season of the Worthy, others are trying to figure out what the endgame of this quarter’s content will be. Now, a datamine of the game’s files has offered some insight into where thepartnership with Rasputinis going. Within the Destiny Tracker there is a faction reputation bar for The Warmind that is independent of anything currently going on with the bunkers in Season of the Worthy....

Sometimes when developers like Capcom decide to focus on megahit titles likeResident Evil Villageinstead of following up on the dull roar ofDino Crisisfans begging for a remake, it can be the fans that can get progress made. One recent fan project has now taken the first step towards seeing what aDino Crisisremake could look like, though it likely won’t lead to a full fan-made project for the game as a whole....

Vivienne is a powerfulmageyou recruit inDragon Age: Inquisition.Despite being a mage though, she is against the mage rebellion. She is quite different from the rest of the inner circle in that she is high class and never totally puts down her walls around the Inquisitor. RELATED:Dragon Age Companions: The D&D Moral Alignments Of The Main Characters Her character, next to Sera and Solas, is one of the more disliked companions of the game....