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Marvel’s Spider-Man Game Of The Year Edition Announced

Confirming a retailer leak, Sony and Insomniac have announced a Game of the Year Edition for Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4. The Spider-Man GOTY Edition includes all three episodes of the City That Never Sleeps DLC, and it’s available in stores and digitally starting today for $40.

The special edition comes almost one year from the game’s original release date of September 7. Spider-Man enjoyed a positive critical reception, including in GameSpot’s Spider-Man review. Edmond Tran praised its emotionally charged story, web-slinging, and dynamic combat. The three DLC episodes continue the story after the main events of the game, as Spidey and his ally Black Cat deal with the villain Hammerhead.

Marvel’s Spider-Man was a huge success for both Sony and Insomniac, and has now become Insomniac’s last game as an independent developer. Possibly due in part to Spider-Man’s massive (and PS4-exclusive) success, Sony recently acquired Insomniac Games. It also appeared as one of GameSpot’s Best Games of 2018.

“Marvel’s Spider-Man isn’t just one of our favorite PS4 games of 2018, it’s one of the best titles to come out this year,” wrote Jordan Ramee. “Between the traversal mechanics, acrobatic combat, and story about a young man trying to shoulder a city’s worth of responsibility, Insomniac’s newest game captures the essence of what it’s like to be Spider-Man.”

Telltale Games Is Being Revived as a New Company

Telltale Games is being revived as a new company following the purchase of all its assets, including the back-catalog rights to licensed properties The Wolf Among Us and Batman, by LCG Entertainment.

As reported by Polygon, this new Telltale Games is being run by Jamie Ottilie and Brian Waddle. Ottilie was the founder and CEO of Galaxy Pest Control, which worked with such licensed properties as Duck Dynasty and Power Rangers, while Waddle had previously ran sales and marketing for the Havok game engine.

Ottilie confirmed that “some workers from the original Telltale Games will be offered freelance roles, with full-time positions possible in the future.”

Battlefield V Players And Developers Are Confused Over Game’s Roadmap

Confusion over Battlefield V’s content roadmap seems to have spilled over into the development team, where designers are “frustrated” by inaccurate chapter roadmaps promising in-game vehicles and gear that don’t yet exist.

A Reddit thread asked DICE to elaborate on when fans could expect the vehicles and gadgets advertised in a previously-released chapter rewards image, but that hadn’t yet dropped. Battlefield community manager Jeff Braddock replied admitting that the game’s roadmap is currently in flux.

Where to Preorder the Yakuza Remastered Physical Edition

One of the biggest surprises out of Gamescom 2019 was the announcement of the Yakuza Remastered Collection, an updated release of Yakuzas 3, 4 and 5. In fact, Yakuza 3 was made available digitally at the same time the announcement was made, meaning you can revisit, or play for the first time, right now on PS4.

If you want to wait until February and get your hands on the Day 1 physical edition, you can preorder your right now and ensure you get all the Yakuza-y goodness on February 11.

ViewSonic XG350R-C Curved Gaming Monitor Review

The ViewSonic XG350R-C is an ultrawide 35-inch curved FreeSync gaming monitor that offers up a 3,440 x 1,440 resolution, 100Hz refresh rate, and a 3ms response time. With its huge size, ultrawide 21:9 aspect ratio, and 1800R curvature, the panel fills your peripheral vision to make games look and feel immersive. It also adds in tech to reduce motion blur and offers minor HDR support.

The ViewSonic XG350R-C (See it on Amazon / See it on Amazon UK) is big and bold, but does it do enough to unseat the Asus ROG Swift PG348Q as our favorite curved gaming monitor?

Classic 16-bit Disney Games Aladdin, Lion King Returning to Stores

The re-release collection featuring of Disney’s Aladdin and The Lion King has been confirmed. Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King (a mouthful of a name!) will be getting boxed retail versions for consoles in addition to digital versions.

Previously rumoured for release, we now have concrete details, including the trailer above, screenshots and box art (check out the slideshow down the page). Physical releases on Switch, Xbox and PS4 are planned. Here’s the Switch box art:

Borderlands 3 Preorder Bonus: Get $10 Credit with Amazon Prime

Borderlands 3 is almost here; it releases for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 13. The game will mark the return of many characters from the previous installments (including Tales from the Borderlands), like Lilith, Mordecai, Brick, Tiny Tina, Moxxi, Claptrap, Vaughn, Rhys, and more. It will take place on multiple worlds rather than just Pandora. And to mollify anyone worried it might stray from its loot-shooter roots, Gearbox also says the game will contain over a billion guns.

If you’re ready to preorder Borderlands 3, you’ll want to know what editions are available, what preorder bonuses to expect, and where you can buy it. We have you covered below.

Preorder Borderlands 3 Standard Edition

Steam’s Business Model Is “Unrealistic,” Ubisoft Executive Says

Ubisoft executive Chris Early, who is the VP for partnerships and revenue at the Assassin’s Creed company, has spoken up to share his thoughts on Steam. Speaking to The New York Times, Early said the company’s business model, as it stands today, is unworkable.

“It’s unrealistic, the current business model they have. It doesn’t reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution,” he said.

It’s not completely clear what part of Steam’s business model Early is speaking about. It may be in reference to the revenue split that Steam offers. Steam typically keeps 30 percent of game sales, with 70 percent going to developers/publishers. By contrast, the Epic Games Store offers much more to the people who make games; on the Epic Games Store, 88 percent of revenue goes back to developers.

Given Early’s comments, it’s not hard to understand why Ubisoft elected to release The Division 2–one of the company’s biggest games of 2019–on the Epic Games Store instead of Steam. The Division 2 was also released on Ubisoft’s own Uplay store, and sales of the game there grew 10X after the decision to bypass Steam.

It’s not clear if Ubisoft will have a strict “no Steam” policy with its future releases. One of the company’s major upcoming games, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, will also not be sold on Steam.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is also quoted in the story, and he spoke about how game stores are known to “extract an enormous portion of game industry profits.” As such, they are “ripe for disruption,” he said

Super Meat Boy developer Tommy Refenes is quoted as well. He talked about how he believes the video game business needs better systems for buying and selling games. “The only way we’ll get it is if companies with tons of money are innovating and trying to outdo each other,” he said.

The full story is fascinating and well worth a read.

For what it’s worth, Epic has stated it will change its policy of chasing exclusives if Valve reduces the cut it takes from game sales on Steam.

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