Warriors Orochi 4 Revealed, Coming to the West in 2018

KOEI Tecmo has teased the next game in the Warriors Orochi series, Warriors Orochi 4. The title was unveiled during the Omega Force 20th Anniversary event in Japan.

Warriors Orochi 4 was shown in Japan as Musou Orochi 3 due to a numbering change in the series, but the teaser was quickly followed by a localised trailer for the West courtesy of KOEI Tecmo America.

Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered Review

When Assassin’s Creed: Rogue came out on Xbox 360 and PS3 back in November 2014, I thought it was an interesting installment in the series from a story perspective but found it frustratingly dated in other aspects, and ultimately awarded it a 6.8. Here’s what I said back then:

“Rogue has the most interesting story of any recent Assassin’s Creed game. It’s fascinated by its own history, and introduces a level of ambiguity which changes how we look at the formerly simple conflict between Assassins and Templars. So it’s all the more disappointing there’s so little to do while the story is being told; the upgrade economy’s pointless and most of the tasks are quite trivial. Story aside, so much of Rogue feels redundant, repetitive, and ultimately in need of reinvention.”

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IGN Happy Hour: Far Cry 5 Special

IGN’s Tristan Ogilvie and Luke Reilly sat down with Dan Hay, Far Cry 5 creative director and executive producer for the franchise, to get the skinny on how the team at Ubisoft Montreal has brought Far Cry 5 to life. Dan speaks at length about the motivations for selecting Montana as a new Far Cry frontier, dives into the team’s work on making the world feel truly authentic, and chats about cults, cows, and circus bears named Cheeseburger. Additionally, Tristan grills him about James Bond and Luke asks him about how many inappropriately-shaped ponds we might find in the final game. Download it now!

Download the IGN Happy Hour: Far Cry 5 Special – Audio Version (32.8Mb)

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The Walking Dead Rebounds with an Action-Packed Rick vs. Negan Episode

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

Honestly, the only thing that spoiled this episode, “The Key,” a little bit, was the fact that we all knew neither Rick or Negan was dying. Despite their ferocious fight – that included Rick swinging a FREAKIN’ FLAMING BARBED WIRE BAT! – no one was going down.

No, that type of big moment is happening in the season finale and honestly, the fact that we kind of figured that back at the very start of the season has worked to hurt and hinder this run maybe more than anything else – the idea that nothing will truly get resolved until Episode 16.

That being said, the Negan/Rick confrontation this week – though further showcasing just how inept Rick is at trying to kill Negan – was pretty damn fun. Mostly because, well, we’ve seen Rick get the crap knocked out of him countless times but it’s a rare thing to watch Negan get tested physically. It’s happened a few times, but this was the most extended sequence and the most dire. It’s a slight shame that the middle part of it turned into an extended whistling-in-the-dark conversation between the two of them, since a lot of what they said was a rehash, but the upside here was that Negan learned about the Scavengers all being dead.

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