Month: March 2018

Rainbow Six Siege has evolved repeatedly over its two-and-a-bit-year life, and as it heads into its third year of DLC it’s about to change again. Operation Chimera is nearly upon us–as is the new Outbreak co-op mode–bringing two new Operators and more. In addition, lots of the game’s Operators are going free for those who purchase the Standard Edition or above, so you’ll soon have many more characters to choose from.

With that in mind, you might be wondering who to play as. For those still new to Siege or planning to pick it up soon, check out our guide on the best Operators for Rainbow Six Siege beginners. For the best Operators for advanced players, meanwhile, you’re already in the right place.

Of course, you’ll likely have your own opinions and we’d love to hear them in the comments below. For more info on Rainbow Six Siege, including our time with the game-changing Chimera expansion, check out our coverage on GameSpot.

The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 4 and one of the most highly anticipated categories is Best Director. The five directors and their films are incredibly varied, and you can watch our video above to see Mike, Greg, and Ryan debate just which director deserves the award this year. The five nominees for Best Director are:

• Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan
• Get Out – Jordan Peele
• Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
• Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro

The 90th Academy Awards are being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The red carpet kicks off at 5 PM ET, with the ceremony itself beginning at 8 PM ET. To watch the show live, tune into ABC. The awards will also be streaming on services like Sling, YouTube TV, DirecTV, and PlayStation Vue. The ceremony will also stream live on ABC Go and the ABC app.

Before the ceremony, you can also use this guide to find out where to watch every movie up for an Oscar this year, along with each of the nominees. And be sure watch the GameSpot Universe crew discuss who should win the award for Best Picture. If you miss watching the Oscars live, the telecast will also be available on demand from ABC and Hulu the day after the ceremony.

While Far Cry 5 is a lot of fun in solo play, the game’s expanded online gameplay is likely where most players will spend their time. Co-op play is where Ubisoft’s next open-world game really shines, and after the game’s tutorial mission, the entirety of your time through Hope County can be played online with a friend. Whether it’s diving into several stunt-driving missions, base-raiding, taking down some of the key members of Eden’s Gate, or hunting animals, you can do it with a friend.

In the above video, Aaron Sampson and I got to play through Far Cry 5’s opening and experience the early hours in the open world. During that time, we took part in the many activities that Hope County has to offer. But we wanted to go a bit further, so we took some time to test all sorts of stunts and features associated with co-op, and whether it could all work in ways that most players will expect.

We put together a series of tests to see how much you can push co-op play, and how the game world reacts to the presence of an additional player in-game. Things we tested include how far you and your co-op buddy can stray from one another, if the game will get harder with another player added into the mix, and what sort of progress the guest player gets to keep after leaving the session. Many of these tests required some quick-thinking and some trial-and-error, but we had fun putting it all together for you. Check out which of these hot-topics were were successes and failures.

For more info about Far Cry 5, be sure to check out our interview with lead writer Drew Holmes and lead actor Greg Bryk about the making of the game, along with some videos about some more deadly allies you can find–hint: it’s a bear.

The Academy Awards are this weekend, and while there are tons of categories celebrating interesting performances and achievements in film, one category hovers above them all: Best Picture. There are nine very different films up for Best Picture this year. Watch our video above to see Greg, Mike, and Chastity share their picks for which films they think do, and don’t, deserve the crown. The nine Best Picture nominees are:

• Call Me by Your Name
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Dunkirk
• Darkest Hour
• Get Out
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Lady Bird

The 90th Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 4 and are being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The red carpet kicks off at 5 PM ET, with the ceremony itself beginning at 8 PM ET. To watch the show live, tune into ABC. The awards will also be streaming on services like Sling, YouTube TV, DirecTV, and PlayStation Vue. The ceremony will also stream live on ABC Go and the ABC app.

Before the ceremony, you can also use this guide to find out where to watch every movie up for an Oscar this year, along with each of the nominees. And be sure watch the GameSpot Universe crew discuss who should win the award for Best Director. If you miss watching the Oscars live, the telecast will also be available on demand from ABC and Hulu the day after the ceremony.

H1Z1 was in early access for quite some time (starting in 2015) and went through many phases with its survival mode and battle royale mode. But the game recently launched with an official 1.0 version along with a brand new game mode called Auto Royale. Up to 120 players are grouped into teams of four that are stuck to a car for the entire match; there’s one driver and three shooters with health, weapon, and gadgets scattered across the map. In true battle royale fashion, players are forced into ever-shrinking zones by a deadly circle until one team emerges victorious. We happened to be that team (just once).

In the video above, you can watch us find varying degrees of success and get to grips with all the game’s quirks and features, but ultimately win it all. Throughout our time playing H1Z1’s Auto Royale, we saw what the new mode had to offer as oil slicks, smoke screens, and land mines kept us on our toes. Ramps litter the map which cars can boost through to snag pickups, escape pursuing enemy cars, or just have a good time.

For more on H1Z1, you can read through our story on the game’s full release and new Auto Royale mode. H1Z1 is a PC exclusive available on Steam; console versions were planned but development went on hiatus back in 2016. For more on battle royale games, you can check out our comparison of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite: Battle Royale.