Month: June 2019

In a recent interview, Ubisoft Montreal hinted at their plans for bringing Rainbow Six Siege to next gen, and how it will do so without asking fans to segregate or stump up a load of cash.

Rainbow Six Siege might be the greatest long-term success story in all of the games as service genre. Although not the biggest or the most profitable, Siege touts a large and extremely dedicated fanbase thanks to a near constant stream of updates, and a public desire from Ubisoft Montreal to keep adding content until the game has 100 playable characters. It’s been around for so long and got so much better, we even re-reviewed it.

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Hey, guess what? E3 2019 is NEXT WEEK! Can you feel the excitement in the air? It’s palpable. Since we live in an exciting future world where information is readily available, you can watch E3 content online at websites like this one. Better still, you can watch it on a television instead of a laptop or smartphone, making the E3 experience almost as large as life.

Samsung 4K TVs are on sale at Walmart right now, in many different sizes and styles. You can prepare yourself for any future E3 4K gaming announcements by future-proofing your TV resolution now, when they’re on sale. But for the most part, these 4K UHD TVs are best for watching movies in glorious ultra-high definition. Let’s get down with the 4K deals:

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In the world of gaming peripherals, nothing screams “cool” like a barrage of rainbow colors burning your retinas throughout a midnight session of League or Apex. Looking to take RGB lighting to the next level, ROCCAT revisited its ambidextrous Kova mouse and said, “No, we can do better than basic LED lighting.” ROCCAT upgraded the mouse with the company’s new AIMO lighting system and raised the retail price from the Kova’s $49.99 to the Kova AIMO’s $59.99. So, what is AIMO, and does it live up to Roccat’s hype? Is this the gaming mouse you need to win friends through functionality and influence people with dazzling spectacle?

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This is now the second time I’ve played Control, the single-player, third-person action-adventure from Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break developer Remedy. My first test drive (which you can also watch below) convinced me of Control’s fundamentals – namely, that shooting things and using the director’s telekinetic powers felt really fantastic – and so in my second go-round, I was looking for the same level of polish and appeal in the rest of the experience. Remedy’s never given reason to doubt the Finnish studio, and Control doesn’t seem like it will end the studio’s run of quality offerings anytime soon.

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Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are taking their creative talents to Netflix to develop an all-new animated series based on the Magic: The Gathering franchise.

Per Netflix, “The Russos will oversee the creation of an all-new storyline and expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers, which are Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains as they contend with stakes larger than any one world can hold.”

Henry Gilroy (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Jose Molina (Agent Carter) will serve as co-showrunners on the series. For a first look at the show, check out the teaser image below:

Photo courtesy of Netflix.

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A Pokemon Go-style Dragon Quest title is in the works for Japan. Dragon Quest Walk was announced today in a Square Enix press conference.

The game is launching this year for iOS and Android. A closed beta test will begin on June 11 for a limited number of users. Right now, Dragon Quest Walk appears to be confirmed only for Japan.

The game’s official website, translated by Gematsu, states that in Dragon Quest walk, “everyday life becomes an adventure.” You can visit landmarks in the real word to unlock quests, while players can also build a room and decorate it with items they unlock by playing the game.

According to Gematsu, series executive producer Yuu Miyake said during the briefing that Dragon Quest Walk may have some connection to the unannounced Dragon Quest XII in some capacity. “By the way, about Dragon Quest XII, which I’m sure is on everyone’s mind–[Yuji] Horii and I are currently making preparations on series developments that will connect to XII. I think it’s still too early, but we would like announce it in some form, so please wait a little while longer.”

Industry analyst Dr. Serkan Toto says Dragon Quest Walk appears to be a “shameless clone” of Niantic’s Pokemon Go. Presumably in response to the game’s announcement, Square Enix’s stock price is up by more than 5 percent in Japan.

Pokemon Go, which uses AR to blend the real and virtual worlds, was released in July 2016 and it became a global phenomenon that continues to be very popular to this day. Niantic followed up Pokemon Go with another similar game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Another Pokemon Go-style game, Minecraft Earth, is also in development.

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