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GS News – COD: Black Ops 3 Getting “Realistic” Mode; New Far Cry Game Announced?

Star Wars Battlefront will not have microtransactions, Ubisoft’s next big game leaks, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will include a new difficulty.

Destiny Gets Microtransactions

Bungie is introducing microtransactions to its sci-fi shooter Destiny. Detailed on the Bungie website, players will be able to purchase new emotes using Silver, a new in-game currency which will be purchasable using real-world money via the console’s relevant store (so Xbox Live for Xbox consoles, and PSN store for PlayStation consoles). Returning NPC Tess […]

Star Wars Battlefront Dev Talks Breaking Canon and Balancing Overpowered Heroes

Star Wars: Battlefront has a beta coming up later this week, and we gave you our impressions of the game so far in the video below. But how did developer DICE decide the look of characters in the world? And how is the team working to make sure that this will be a fun (and […]

Expand – Check It Out

Mary talks about the relaxing atmosphere of Expand from her 4 hour playthrough.

Star Wars Rebels Could Feature More Characters from the Movies

With The Force Awakens arriving in cinemas in just over two months, and spinoff film Rogue One expected in a year, there is no shortage of big screen Star Wars on the way. Ahead of this, the animated TV series Star Wars: Rebels begins a second season next week, and now producer Simon Kinberg has […]

Nintendo Falls Out of Top 100 Global Brands List for First Time

Brand consultancy company Interbrand has posted its “Best Global Brands” report for 2015, and, for the first time since tracking began in 2001, Nintendo did not make the cut. Technology giants Apple and Google came out on top, in first and second place respectively, while Microsoft was 4th and Sony was 58th. Interband Japan CEO […]

Saving Space Bunnies in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Gameplay

In this space adventure couch co op two people are working together to man various parts of the ship (turrets, special cannons, thrusters and shields) to save space bunnies and warp back to safety before they take on too much damage. It’s a dangerous time in space, but together we can save bunnies.

PS4/Xbox One Evolve Ultimate Edition Revealed by Amazon

It looks like 2K Games is planning to re-release its 4v1 monster-hunting game Evolve with all of its DLC through an Ultimate Edition. Internet sleuth Wario64 has discovered PS4 and Xbox One Amazon product pages for an Evolve Ultimate Edition. The bundle will reportedly launch on November 3, priced at $60. For now, although this […]

The Story Behind Fortress, the Final Fantasy Game That Never Was

This is part one of a three-part story about Fortress, the canceled Final Fantasy XII spin-off that was in development with now-defunct studio Grin in the late 2000s. Come back to GameSpot tomorrow for a detailed breakdown of how Fortress played, including a complete look at the game’s storyboard and a rundown of its narrative. […]

If Square Enix Designed Batman as a Spartan Warrior, He Might Look Like This

After showing off its more traditional Batman redesign back in June, Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has now released more images of its dramatically different “Spartan Batman” figure. The Batman Timeless Spartan figure comes from the company’s Play Arts Kai variants line and depicts the Caped Crusader as if he were a spartan warrior, complete […]