With just a few more days to go before Batman: Arkham Knight‘s release next week, developer Rocksteady Studios is pushing out a day-one patch that includes various improvements and fixes for the action game. According to online reports, the patch weighs in at 3.5GB. And per a PlayStation Lifestyle report, the patch will offer the […]

The companion app for Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter The Division, which developer Massive Entertainment previously referred to as “really meaningful,” has been canceled. A Massive Entertainment representative confirmed the news with IGN, saying the app was scrapped because it “created an imbalance” that negatively affected gameplay. The Division’s companion app was going to allow for simultaneous […]

It was the most explosive choose-your-own adventure game I’ve ever played. At E3 2015, I joined my fellow CBS employees from Giant Bomb in chatting with representatives from Avalanche Studios about the upcoming Just Cause 3. Rather than play the game for us, producer Omar Shakir and crew led us through a series of videos […]

It Takes Place in Snowy Siberia The sequel to Tomb Raider will mainly be set in Eastern Europe, after the search for the mythical city Kitezh leads Lara Croft to Siberia. (Photo credit: Crystal Dynamics) It's Not a Prequel Rise of the Tomb Raider is set to take place one year after the dangerous events […]

E3 is over; how did Nintendo do? Click through the images here for all the highlights, biggest games, and areas of improvement for Nintendo. Highlights: Star Fox Zero is being Co-developed with Platinum Games Nintendo and Platinum Games are some of the best Japanese developers around, so it's very exciting to hear that the two […]

E3 is over; let's review Sony's showing. With E3 coming to a close it's time to sit back and cast judgement on the big three. Overall, Sony had a great show. Despite the fact that it had very little to get excited about in 2015, the company dropped some serious megatons. Our assessment of its […]

E3 is over; let's review Microsoft's showing. Click through the images here for all the highlights, biggest games, and areas of improvement for Microsoft. Highlights: Xbox One Backward Compatibility Microsoft may have had the biggest news–across all companies–this week with its announcement of backwards compatibility for the Xbox One. Yes, the initial lineup of supported […]

When developer Bungie announced Destiny’s next expansion, The Taken King, I was skeptical of its story. I was not particularly impressed with the narrative in the base game. But I was able to go hands-on with the first mission in The Taken King, and I came away believing that Bungie is pushing hard to make […]

The Xbox One may be trailing behind the PlayStation 4 in the current-generation sales race, but Microsoft has high hopes for its console this holiday. Speaking with GameSpot this week at E3 2015, Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg said a string of blockbuster exclusive games and new backward compatibility functionality will lead to a “massive migration” […]

Microsoft did not talk about its motion-sensing Xbox peripheral Kinect during the company’s E3 briefing this week or at all during the show itself. Some fans might be wondering how committed Microsoft is to the technology considering it didn’t take any time to talk about it at the year’s biggest gaming show. But now, Xbox […]