Month: January 2018

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Xbox players can now find a new selection of game discounts on the Xbox Store. This week’s Xbox One and Xbox 360 Deals with Gold aren’t quite as extensive as last week’s, but they include a handful of noteworthy titles, particularly for the newer console.

As always, the majority of this week’s discounts are for Xbox One games, and unlike last week’s selection of deals, all of these are exclusive to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Battlefield 1 Revolution, which includes the base game and all of its available and forthcoming DLC, is $13.20 / £22; those who already own Battlefield 1 can purchase its Premium Pass for $15 / £12. Additionally, Battlefield 4 is $5 / £3.75, and the Battlefield Anniversary Bundle–which includes both Battlefield 1 and 4, along with their DLC expansions–is $50 / £45. Xbox One owners can also pick up the Battlefield 1 & Titanfall 2 Ultimate Bundle for $26.40 / £26.40.

Other Xbox One discounts include Star Wars Battlefront II ($36 / £36), Titanfall 2: Ultimate Edition ($13.20 / £11.55), Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition ($10 / £8.75) NBA Live 18: The One Edition ($7.50 / £8.75), Seasons After Fall ($5 / £4), Assault Android Cactus ($11.24 / £9), Spellspire ($5 / £4), and White Night ($4.95 / £4.62). Gold members can also get the Star Wars Battlefront II: Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition for $40 / £40.

Xbox 360 has a much slimmer lineup of discounts, and they are likewise all reserved for Gold subscribers. Two versions of Street Fighter IV are on sale this week: the standard game is $14 / £10.49, while Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition is $12 / £8. The Ultra Street Fighter IV update is also available for $7.49 / £6. The remaining deals include Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition ($3.74 / £2.49) and the Dark Elves add-on for Blood Bowl ($2.67 / £1.80).

All of the aforementioned discounts are only available this week and will expire at 3 AM PT / 6 AM ET on January 30. You can find the full list of this week’s Deals with Gold on Major Nelson’s blog.

Sony has announced God of War will launch for PlayStation 4 on April 20. The announcement was made on the PlayStation Blog, where a new trailer also made its debut. It focuses on Kratos as he grapples with trying to teach his son, Atreus, about restraint, responsibility, and consequence, which are all things Kratos learned the hard way in his previous life as a god-slayer.

Interestingly, his son isn’t aware that Kratos is a deity, and is starting to face the same struggle with power and rage that his father did. Of course, there’s also plenty of typical God of War eye candy on show, ranging from lush environments and sweeping vistas to towering monsters. Check it out above.

Also in the post, game director Cory Barlog detailed God of War’s various special editions, as well as pre-order bonuses. Anyone that puts their money down for the game ahead of its release at participating retailers will get three legendary skins for Kratos’s shield.

If you pre-order GameStop or EB Games, you’ll also get the “Luck of Ages XP Boost,” which grants +10 Luck and one Enchantment Slot. Luck increases the amount of experience and Hacksilver gained and lets you use abilities more often.

The Collector’s Edition is $130 USD/$170 CAD (European price not yet available), and includes a 9-inch statue of Kratos and Atreus, a steelbook case, 2-inch Huldra Brothers carvings, a cloth map, and an art piece on its own. It also features the Death’s Vow armor set, Exile’s Guardian shield, an issue of the God of War digital comic, a digital artbook, and a dynamic theme.

The Stone Mason Edition, meanwhile, features all the content mentioned above, as well as the Stone Mason’s ring, Mimir’s Head talking keychain, a 2-inch Horse and Troll carving, and the Defender of the Chosen in-game shield. It costs $150 USD/$130 CAD.

Finally, the Digital Deluxe Edition has the full game, digital artbook, digital comic, dynamic theme, Death’s Vow armor set, Exile’s Guardian Shield, and–for those that pre-order–a Kratos and Atreus physical pin. This version will cost $70 USD/$90 CAD

You can take a look at all the versions, and their contents, in the gallery above or learn more about them here.

Having carved a path through the Greek gods, this new God of War title takes Kratos to a land dominated by Nordic gods and monsters. As the trailer above indicates, it will be a more intimate story about Kratos and his son. The game is also going to be much longer than its predecessors, taking 25-35 hours to beat.

The Academy Awards are coming up in early March, and we’ve gotten a full list of nominations. While other awards shows, including the Golden Globes, can provide some insight into what to expect, there can still be surprises. There were some pleasant ones this year, such as nominations for Jordan Peele (Get Out) and Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) in the Best Director category. And then there’s The Boss Baby.

Yes, The Boss Baby, the film in which Alec Baldwin plays a talking baby known as The Boss, is now an Oscar-nominated movie. Particularly since this means the acclaimed Lego Batman Movie was snubbed by the category, a number of people online have reacted with some mixture of anger, confusion, and… optimism.

Above and below, you’ll find a sampling of Twitter’s more entertaining reactions to the news–stand by for Part 2 on the day after the Oscars, should Boss Baby pull out the surprising win. We’ve also rounded up a full list of nominations from the Academy Awards, with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water coming out on top at this stage with a total of 13. Get Out, Lady Bird, Darkest Hour, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri all had multiple nominations as well.

Sony has announced that God of War will be released for PS4 on April 20, 2018.

In a post on the PlayStation Blog, director Cory Barlog announced the date and called the date his “favorite release day of my entire career. If I live to be 100, I do not think I will be able to top this release day.”

The news comes alongside a new trailer featuring Kratos and his son Atreus along with new locations and insight into the game’s story.

“There has been a long journey just to reach this point, so it’s a little bittersweet to think that we are only a few months away from that journey finally coming to an end,” Barlog wrote. “While I am sad, I am also excited because it means everyone will get their hands on this crazy adventure we have been crafting for nearly five years!”

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