Thank God it’s allegedly Friday! (Had to check—lockdown brain says every day is basically the same.) More escapism is clearly what’s required in our lives, which is why I’ve tapped a bunch of “full franchise” sales on PC. Xbox fans can also score a ton of value from a Borderlands and AC triple pack. Lastly, Deathloop is lurking around the corner and looks amazing, so take advantage of the cheap pre-order opportunity.
In this video DeVante highlights key moments from PlayStation’s September showcase including God of War Ragnarok’s gameplay reveal and the announcement of Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake.
Microsoft announced new controller firmware for Xbox Insiders that will bring Xbox Series X|S controller features to some older controllers.
Later in the video DeVante talks about Halo Infinite’s new collaboration with Rockstar Energy and what it could mean for the game.
When Halloween Kills debuts next month, it won’t just be in theaters. Universal has announced that the horror film will arrive on the Peacock streaming service the same day it is released theatrically (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Halloween Kills hits theaters on October 15, but if you subscribe to Peacock, you’ll be able to watch it at home. Peacock does not rent movies like Amazon Prime or have anything like the Premier Access tier offered by Disney+. In other words, as long as you subscribe to Peacock, you’ll be able to watch Halloween Kills immediately–more like Warner Bros.’ HBO Max model, minus the slate-wide release plan. Halloween, the first movie in this new David Gordon Green-directed trilogy, is not yet on the service. NBC Universal has not yet announced whether or not that film will be showing up.
Halloween Kills was originally scheduled to hit theaters on October 16, 2020, but was ultimately delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic to its new release date. Halloween Kills stars Jamie Lee Curtis, once again in the role of series protagonist Laurie Strode, alongside Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, and Anthony Michael Hall. Nick Castle returns as the masked murderer, credited as “The Shape.”
SPOILER WARNING: Be careful! No More Heroes 3 is a game filled with surprises, and sometimes boss fights don’t always go as expected. In other words, we recommend not reading the boss strategy until you’ve actually started fighting the boss to avoid spoiling some of the game’s best moments!
Oh, Henry! Travis’s sibling is back to cause problems yet again. Whatever will we do with the black-sheep brother? Well, since this is No More Heroes, there’s only one real solution–killing the hell out of him. For more guides, be sure to check out our No More Heroes 3 beginner’s tips.
How to Defeat Henry
Henry’s got a lot of bloodlust and a lot of range, even on his melee attacks. While having a long sword range sounds rough, it also means that the area where you can Perfect Dodge is significantly larger. Keep that in mind as you work to find a good opening.
Besides melee slashing combos, Henry has two ranged attacks: floating into the air and raining down five tracking dark energy orbs, and leaping high into the air to smash down on Travis with a spinning razor slash. You’ll need to dodge the latter attack at the last second to successfully evade, though guarding also works. He’s very vulnerable once he lands, so try and get some hits in.
After you get Henry down to 2/3rds life, his attacks will change, and his mobility will increase tremendously. He’ll be able to warp around the battlefield, attempting to catch Travis off-guard with a flurry of piercing strikes. Henry also gains a ranged attack: a series of three shockwaves he’ll send sliding across the ground at Travis. You can jump over these, but they come very fast, so you might not be able to leap all three. Instead, try to dodge or guard through them.
When Henry’s down to the last third of his lifebar, things start getting really nutty. He adds two new attacks, and they are both extremely potent. The first attack has Henry summoning rows of glowing green tendrils from the ground, which will then begin moving in a circular pattern. You’ll want to move to a space between these rows in order to avoid taking damage, then wait until they spread outwards to move in on Henry. For his other new technique, Henry’s twin blades will grow to massive length, and he will then sweep them together in a fan motion to cover a massive area. You can try to evade this by moving as far out of Henry’s range as possible, or–if that’s not an option–attempting to jump over them or blocking.
Your Death Kick has proven to be extremely useful so far, and once again it will be your go-to attack to interrupt Henry’s deadlier skills in this fight. The reliable combination of Death Kick knockdown into Death Slow and Death Rain on a downed opponent will let you stack up a good chunk of damage and perhaps potentially get Henry into a stun state. Blocking is generally a better option here than in many of the previous battles, so put your guard up if you’re feeling pressured, and don’t forget you can use Death Force to knock Henry away for a bit of breathing room. Good luck putting this sibling rivalry to rest!
Developer Insomniac Games announced Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 during PlayStation’s September 2021 Showcase. The game is scheduled to release for PS5.
During the showcase, we also got a new trailer for Spider-Man 2. In it, we see both Peter Parker and Miles Morales working together as the two Spider-Men of New York while a narrator (who sounds an awful lot like Kraven the Hunter) asks if anyone will give him the challenge he desires. And then Venom appears, answering that they will provide that challenge.
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As suspected by fans, Spider-Man 2 takes place after the events of both Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. How much later remains to be seen, but we’ll likely learn more as we get closer to its scheduled launch date of 2023.
That 2023 launch window is a bit surprising. Even though that’s still a ways away, Insomniac has been releasing game after game at a breakneck pace. The studio released Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2018, both Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered in 2020, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in 2021. Plus, Insomniac revealed it’s also working on a Wolverine game. That’s a lot of games coming out really close together.
Gran Turismo 7 will launch on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on March 4, 2022.
Announced on the PlayStation Blog, the developers say the goal is to, “convey everything from the last 150 years of car and racing culture, whether you are a lifelong fan or discovering cars for the first time.” The devs also say legendary tracks from the series, including Trial Mountain and High-Speed Ring, will return in higher detail to match the PS5’s power.
There was also a new trailer at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, showing off dozens of gorgeous cars that will be featured in the game. We also got a brief look at the Livery Editor, customization, tracks, and more.
The game was previously pushed into 2022 due to pandemic-related production issues. It was originally announced with a trailer, but this is our first look at gameplay as you’ll see it while playing. A beta will seemingly arrive in the lead-up to launch.
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Halo Infinite‘s next multiplayer beta will begin on September 24, Microsoft has announced. And everyone who registers for the Halo Insider program by September 13 and completes their profile will get in. As such, be sure to sign up for Halo Insider now before you forget.
As announced previously, this multiplayer beta will be very different from the first one. Not only is 343 inviting more people to play, the beta will feature Big Team Battle and 4v4 Arena Slayer with human-on-human matches instead of exclusively against AI. The next beta will also have the content from the first one, including Weapon Drills and bot matches.
Community director Brian Jarrard also confirmed that a “training mode” will be available in the next Halo Infinite multiplayer test. He also urged people to sign up for Halo Insider and opt in to the Halo Infinite test to help stress-test the game’s servers before launch.
Definitely! Much bigger target this time, I’m hoping every eligible Insider gets invited (if millions more suddenly sing up maaaaybe not, but that’s a good problem to have)
“We need everyone’s help, let’s see how hard we can push our services and infrastructure so things will fall down during the preview instead of in December,” Jarrard said on Twitter.
Unless millions of people suddenly sign up for Halo Insider, you should expect to receive an invite if your Halo Insider profile is fully complete, Jarrard said.
After a year-long delay, Halo Infinite is scheduled for release on December 8 across PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. In a big shift for the series, the multiplayer element is completely free-to-play, supported by cosmetic microtransactions and a battle pass.
And ICYMI: Bots will be back (with some improvements), Academy will return some updates and the addition of “training mode”, and there will be a much bigger focus on Arena PVP this time including a new map and some objective modes. BTB is also on the menu! (2/3)
For now, we urgently need as many Insiders signed up and ready to go by Sept. 13 since it takes a fair amount of time to work through all the other steps on our side. We’ll have more info to come, stay tuned! Thank you 🙌 (3/3)
God of War: Ragnarok, the sequel to 2018’s God of War, finally got a gameplay trailer today, showing Kratos and Atreus bickering as ever, and of course slashing their way through enemy hordes.
Revealed at today’s PlayStation Showcase event, it looks like a much more beautiful continuation of where the last game left off. It also gave us a look at both Thor and Freya, the game’s main antagonists. Mjölnir made an appearance, as well as enemies teleporting in via the Bifröst.
As discussed in the PlayStation after show, this version of Thor is much different from the one most people have grown used to from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is a much more burly, hedonistic version of the hero, closer to the original Norse legend than Chris Hemsworth’s hunky Australian.
Ragnarok is set a few years after the first game, and will deal with following the mystery of Atreus’ heritage.
After being announced last year with a short teaser that gave us basically no information about the game–or even its official, final title–God of War: Ragnarok was featured during Thursday’s PlayStation Showcase event with a new trailer. The new look at the game showed Kratos and Atreus venturing through the frozen lands of Fimbulwinter, the deadly winter ahead of the end of the world. It sounds like their goal is to locate the Norse god of war, Tyr.
The trailer also showed a whole bunch of returning characters from 2018’s God of War, as well as some new threats–including Thor, the god of Thunder, who looks like he’ll stand as an antagonist to Kratos and Atreus. There’s also the interpersonal relationship between Kratos and Atreus, who’s hoping to find out more about his identity as Loki following the events of God of War.
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After the showcase, Sony Santa Monica also revealed that God of War 2018’s director, Cory Barlog, isn’t the director of God of War: Ragnarok. Instead, Eric Williams, who formerly worked as God of War’s combat and systems designer and who has worked on every game in the series, is taking on the director role. Barlog, who appeared on Sony’s after-showcase stream, said that he thought it was good for God of War to get a “fresh perspective” for each game, but didn’t reveal what else he might be working on.
Sony Santa Monica also said that this will be the end of the “Norse series” for God of War, suggesting that Kratos could find himself in other settings (and other mythologies) in the future.
The story of Atreus and Kratos’ relationship as father and son was essential to the last God of War, and while the two found common ground in that game, they’re butting heads in this trailer. Atreus’ journey to find out more about his identity is apparently bringing him into more direct conflict with the gods of Asgard, but there’s another ticking clock: Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world. Atreus seems to think it might be possible to stop it, but Kratos seems reluctant to get involved and potentially risk his son’s safety.
We saw some other interesting tidbits in the trailer, including some big fights with huge creatures, what seem like some new powers for Atreus as he grows into his godly identity, and the spooky threats of Thor. Sony Santa Monica revealed that Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy) is playing the role of Thor, and Richard Schiff (The Good Doctor, The West Wing) will play Norse god Odin.
Returning from the last game are Freya, who looks like she’s still pretty angry about what happened in the last game, Mimir, the severed head who offered advice and comedic relief last time out, and Brok and Sindri, the two Dwarven brothers who crafted armor for Kratos.
God of War: Ragnarok will be releasing on both PS4 and PS5. Originally planned for a 2021 release, the game is now arriving in 2022, just like Horizon: Forbidden West.
One of the biggest announcements at the PlayStation Showcase event is a remaster of Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy for PS5 and PC. Called the Legacy of Thieves Collection, it bundles together the two games with a fresh coat of paint.
This marks the first time that the Uncharted series will make its way to PC, and the game joins a growing list of PlayStation first-party titles available for PC players. Details are scant right now about the extent of the remaster, but the reveal trailer certainly looks good. Chances are that it’ll include some of the graphical bells and whistles that the PS5 and PC are capable of rendering, such as ray tracing and faster load times.
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While Uncharted 4 focuses on series protagonist Nathan Drake, The Lost Legacy is a smaller-scale spinoff game built on the same tech but featuring Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross as main characters. The original PS4 version is sold as a standalone title (currently on sale for $10 on the PlayStation Store).
PlayStation announced that the Uncharted 4/Lost Legacy remaster bundle will launch in early 2022. The PC version is being developed by Iron Galaxy and, according to the PlayStation Blog, will release “shortly after the PS5 version,” although no further specifics were shared for either version or what kind of improvements to expect.
