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Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order releases this Friday, November 15, 2019. Originally revealed to be heading to PS4, Xbox One, and PC through EA's online store, Origin, the publisher has recently revealed EA games are heading back to Steam. This makes Jedi Fallen Order the first new EA game on Valve's online store in six years, this is exciting for those of us who like having all their PC games in one digital library.Jedi Fallen Order comes from Respawn Entertainment, known for the Titanfall series and, more recently, Apex Legends. Despite Respawn's prowess with multiplayer games, the Star Wars game is entirely single-player, and has no microtransactions. The story takes place after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and follows a young Padawan named Cal Kestis (played by Gotham actor Cameron Monaghan) who is on the run from the Empire and its Inquisitors after Order 66 was issued, directing all Jedi to be hunted down and killed. Cal is working on completing his Jedi training … [Read more...] about Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Launch Guide: What You Need To Know About Pre-Orders And Special Editions

By Tyler Fischer - November 11, 2019 11:14 am EST Share 0 Comments 0 Earlier this month, Blizzard finally revealed Diablo 4 for the PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, there's still no word of when the game will release, however, details about the title have been slowly but surely surfacing. Included in these new details is word of a contentious gameplay feature. More specifically, Blizzard has confirmed that will not be playable offline, and always requires and Internet connection. In other words, it's an always-online game, and according to Blizzard this is because the game features a shared open world. That said, given the portable nature of the Nintendo Switch, it seems this won't be a game you want to pick up on the system if you're always required to be home or somewhere with an good Internet connection to play it. While Diablo 4 will require a constant Internet connection, you can play it by yourself in addition to co-op. So, it's … [Read more...] about Diablo 4 Confirms Unpopular Feature

Coming from the co-creator of the Halo series, Marcus Lehto, Disintegration is a new type of FPS that blends traditional multiplayer gameplay with the PvE experience. First revealed at E3 2019, we saw our first look at gameplay during the Opening Night Live stream at Gamescom 2019. The developers from V1 Interactive showed off what to expect from the new multiplayer FPS. According to the creators, Disintegration will have a full single-player campaign focusing on a variety of different characters--including the grav-cycle pilot Roamer--along with a comprehensive multiplayer mode.In the trailer, we got to see brief glimpses of the 5v5 multiplayer matches, which seems to blend traditional multiplayer with PvE elements. Following the debut of the trailer, game creator Lehto took to the stage to talk about their focus on creating an FPS that has elements from his previous work on Halo, while also putting a new spin on the formula. From the gameplay we saw, it looks as though the game will … [Read more...] about Halo Co-Creator Shows Off Disintegration, A New Team-Based Multiplayer Game

This week brings us Gamescom, one of the biggest video game conventions in the world. Ahead of the expo, Microsoft, Google, and Nintendo have all presented with their own livestreams chock full of game announcements and reveals. But the biggest press conference-style itself was a sort of formal kickoff ceremony hosted by Geoff Keighley called Gamescom: Opening Night Live.Keighley had been teasing announcements through Twitter in preparation for the big event, and the live presentation brought us news on Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Disintegration, Need for Speed Heat, the Gears 5 campaign, Predator, Death Stranding, and much more.If you missed the Opening Night Live stream, you can also watch a replay of the entire broadcast below. We've also rounded up all the biggest news and announcements to help get you up to speed. Be sure to also check out our Nintendo Indie World, Microsoft Inside Xbox, and Google Stadia Connect recaps for all the most noteworthy news from … [Read more...] about Gamescom Opening Night Live Recap: All The Big News And Game Announcements

Looking back on online games can be a little grim. While single-player games and couch co-op titles are eternal, an online game is far more ephemeral. Servers can go down and games can be shuttered once they fall out of popularity. Countless promising games have been taken away as their player base fell, or entered maintenance mode in favor of other titles. In 2019, there’s a fantastic smorgasbord of online games to choose from, each offering its own experience. Want to be a teenage ghost hunter, or a fearsome pirate? How about a cowboy, a criminal, or a space explorer? That’s not to mention all of the first-person shooters. There’s a cornucopia of choice to be had. It wasn’t easy getting here, though, and we lost some very good games along the way. Even titles that have endured aren’t the same title as they were at launch. Like the Ship of Theseus, they’ve reinvented themselves for so long that there’s almost nothing of the original left. … [Read more...] about The decade when online video games changed everything