In a new interview with Engadget, DICE general manager Patrick Bach spoke–albeit briefly–about the destruction system for the developer’s upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront shooter. Bach said that, while destruction has been a hallmark of the developer’s Battlefield games, Battlefront will be different. “Star Wars, as an [intellectual property], is shaping what we’re doing,” he said. […]

1. Reimagined Star Wars action figures Square Enix, the famed publisher of the Final Fantasy franchise, has given several Star Wars characters their own spin for its Star Wars Play Arts Variant Figures set. 2. Boba Fett The bounty hunter who captured Han Solo is one of three character figurines revealed by the Japanese game […]

The definition between “DLC” and “Expansion Packs” has become so jumbled lately. What is the difference, and what should you be paying for?

The upcoming online shooter Dirty Bomb from developer Splash Damage is still in beta, but a few big additions are coming later this week: a new Merc design, a new mode, and a new map. If you’re unfamiliar with the game, you can read our impressions from last month. But in short, Dirty Bomb is […]

It’s been more than 25 years since the original Chip’s Challenge, an addicting tile-based puzzle game developed by Chuck Sommerville, was released back in 1989 for Windows 3.1 and Atari Lynx. But now the original, and its previously unreleased sequel, are coming to Steam–and soon. Nkidu Games, the publisher of Chip’s Challenge, announced today that […]

Today’s best deal comes from Best Buy, which is offering Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor for just $20 on all platforms. Amazon also has it for $20 on most platforms. Best Buy also has a nice deal on the Borderlands 2 PlayStation Vita bundle, offering it for just $170. On eBay, you can buy a year […]

Blizzard’s free-to-play online team brawler Heroes of the Storm launches on June 2nd.

In The Charnel House Trilogy, I found a box full of dirt and worms in a train compartment, where a groaning freak was protecting it. I understand what that box represents, but I’m perplexed by The Charnel House Trilogy itself, a side-scrolling, low-resolution, point-and-click adventure that depicts a series of unsettling images that never coalesce […]

Dark Souls II has suffered from a pretty terrible bug caused by the higher frame rate the game can hit on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and it’s still in the game today. Weapon durability in Dark Souls II is tied to frame rate, so getting 60 frames-per-second means weapons degrade much faster than […]

This week we get Killing Floor 2 for PC on early access, Dungeons 2, Shovel Knight comes to Playstation, Omega Quintet and Slow Down Bull.