The first phase of Watch Dogs 2’s seamless multiplayer is live on PS4 - Xbox to follow soon22/11/2016  Part of Watch Dogs 2’s online multiplayer can now be enjoyed by PlayStation 4 users after Ubisoft rolled out an update earlier this afternoon.
Here’s what features will be available to players via the in-game smartphone’s Multiplayer App:
Ubisoft will be keeping an eye on the stability of the newly activated multiplayer features, and if everything continues to run smoothly, will deploy the second and final phase of the seamless multiplayer experience. This includes:
Are you looking forward to the return of Watch Dogs 2’s seamless multiplayer? Let us know in the forums and the comments.  Survival adds a completely new mode, for agents looking for an extreme challenge.
Players will have to manage cold, disease, hunger and thirst on their way to the objective. Survival will mean finding warm clothes, crafting supplies and scavenging for food, water and medicine. Easier said than done when there are 23 other agents competing for limited resources. Take a look at the trailer below. Aside from the hostile environment, players will also have to deal with a new enemy. The Hunter is a swift, highly advanced foe who proudly displays the watches of the agents he's killed.
Survival will allow you to choose either PvP or PvE. In PvP, the Rogue mechanic does not apply, you can fight with or against other players in every corner of the map, including outside of the Dark Zone. PvP comes with additional risks and so players are granted a bonus multiplier to their total score as a reward. PvE offers a lighter game and players will be unable to attack other agents, even in the Dark Zone. The DLC goes live alongside free update 1.5, which will include a new world tier for all activities - world tier five - as well as 6 new high-end named gear pieces, 3 high-end named weapons and 12 new weapon types. Survival is part of the season pass or can be bought separately, and launches 22 November on Xbox One and PC. PS4 users can get in on the action from 20 December. Looking forward to the new game mode? Let us know in the forums or leave a comment below.  If you feel a little uneasy when it comes to public voting, fear not, this year's Golden Joystick Awards contained no nasty surprises, just a handful of worthy winners. Dark Souls 3, Overwatch and Pokemon Go were a few of the standout titles to receive praise.
2015's Ultimate Game of the Year, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, was once again honoured as its Blood and Wine DLC took the awards for Best Storytelling and Best Visual Design. Doug Cockle won Best Gaming Performance for his work as Geralt of Rivia, and developers CD Projekt Red won Studio of the Year.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Eiji Aonuma, the man behind the much loved The Legend of Zelda series. Despite winning such a prestigious award, Aonuma left his ego at the door, stating: “I am glad, honoured and really humbled to be awarded the Golden Joysticks 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. I say I’m humbled because when I heard about this award, I had to ask myself… “am I qualified to be accepting this myself as an individual, when the award belongs more to The Legend of Zelda series?” With this understanding I accept the award with pleasure on behalf of more that 1,000 creators, artists, engineers and composers who have worked on the series for more than 30 years.” In the individual console categories, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD won Nintendo Game of the Year, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took PlayStation Game of the Year, and Rise of the Tomb Raider was Xbox Game of the Year. 2016 marks the 20 year anniversary of Tomb Raider. Its iconic star, Lara Croft, was inducted into the Golden Joystick Awards Hall Of Fame. The full list of winners can be found below. Best Original Game in association with The Sun - Overwatch Best Storytelling - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Best Visual Design - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Best Audio in association with DTS - Fallout 4 Best Indie Game in association with Kotaku UK - Firewatch Gaming Personality of the Year in association with Guiness World Records - Sean Plott, Day (9) Best Multiplayer Game in association with PC Gamer Weekender - Overwatch Competitive Play of the Year in association with PC Gamer Pro - Coldzera's jumping AWP quad kill at MLG Columbus Best Gaming Moment in association with Absolute Radio - Play of the game in Overwatch YouTube - Upcoming Personality of the Year - Jesse Cox Studio of the Year in association with Edge - CD Projekt Red Innovation of the Year - Pokemon GO Lifetime Achievement Award - Eiji Aonuma Best Gaming Platform - Steam Best Gaming Performance - Doug Cockle Competitive Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer Pro - Overwatch Nintendo Game of the Year in association with Gamesmaster - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Playstation Game of the Year in association with OPM - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Xbox Game of the Year in association with OXM - Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer - Overwatch Handheld/Mobile Game of the Year in association with Digital Spy - Pokemon GO Breakthrough Award - Eric Barone - Stardew Valley Hall of Fame - Lara Croft Critics Choice Award - Titanfall 2 Most Wanted Game in association with Green Man Gaming - Mass Effect Andromeda Ultimate Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar+ - Dark Souls 3 If you think there's any other titles worthy of recognition, let us know over in the forums or leave a comment below.  The Rogue One inspired DLC will be available to Season Pass holders from 6 December, and EA and DICE are letting everyone try out the game’s previous expansions for free until 20 November.
The Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission will also be released on 6 December as a free download for anyone who owns both the PS4 version of Star Wars Battlefront and a PSVR, allowing players to “carry out an important mission for the Rebellion” from the perspective of a Rebel pilot.
Lastly, to celebrate the anniversary of Battlefront’s release last year, all players will earn quadruple score this weekend. Are you looking forward to Battlefront’s final expansion? Will you be taking part in the anniversary celebrations this weekend? Let us know in the comments or over in the forums. The Game Awards 2016 nominees revealed17/11/2016  The 2016 Game Awards are only two weeks away, celebrating some of the year’s best releases and the creative minds behind them.
Host and creator of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighly, revealed to Polygon that the show will feature more gameplay and less CGI when showing off games due to negative feedback following the release of No Man's Sky.
Here’s the list of this year’s categories and nominees: Game of the Year
Best Studio/Game Direction
Best Narrative Best Music/Sound Design
Best Performance
Games for Impact Award ● 1979 Revolution ● Block’Hood ● Orwell ● Sea Hero Quest ● That Dragon, Cancer Best Independent Game ● Firewatch ● Hyper Light Drifter ● Inside ● Stardew Valley ● The Witness Best Mobile/Handheld Game ● Clash Royale ● Fire Emblem Fates ● Monster Hunter Generations ● Pokémon Go ● Severed Best VR Game ● Batman: Arkham VR ● Eve Valkyrie ● Job Simulator ● Rez Infinite ● Thumper Best Action Game ● Battlefield 1 ● Doom ● Gears of War 4 ● Overwatch ● Titanfall 2 Best Action Adventure Game ● Dishonored 2 ● HITMAN ● Hyper Light Drifter ● Ratchet & Clank ● Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Best Role Playing Game ● Dark Souls 3 ● Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ● The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine ● World of Warcraft: Legion ● Xenoblade Chronicles X Best Fighting Game ● Killer Instinct Season 3 ● King of Fighters XIV ● Pokken Tournament ● Street Fighter V Best Family Game ● Dragon Quest Builders ● Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens ● Pokémon Go ● Ratchet & Clank ● Skylanders: Imaginators Best Strategy Game ● Civilization VI ● Fire Emblem Fates ● The Banner Saga 2 ● Total War: Warhammer ● XCOM 2 Best Sports/Racing Game ● Fifa 17 ● Forza Horizon 3 ● MLB The Show 16 ● NBA 2K17 ● Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 Best Multiplayer Game ● Battlefield 1 ● Gears of War 4 ● Overcooked ● Overwatch ● Rainbow Six Siege ● Titanfall 2 Most Anticipated Game (Fan's Choice) ● God of War ● Horizon: Zero Dawn ● Mass Effect: Andromeda ● Red Dead Redemption 2 ● The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild There are also categories for best eSports team and personality, as well as best YouTube personality, which you can check out on the official website should they be of interest. Do you agree with the list of nominees? Is there a title you feel has been overlooked? Let us know in the forums and comments.  Ronimo Games have released a massive update for Awesomenauts on Steam, redesigning the game’s UI and introducing “AAA style matchmaking”.
A persistent party system has also been introduced, meaning it’s now easier for groups of friends to play together, and the new re-join system allows accidentally disconnected players to jump straight back into the action.
Ronimo is aiming to implement more features in the near future, starting with a spectator mode next month and a level editor with full Steam Workshop integration, which will arrive sometime next year. When we asked whether console players will be benefitting from the Rise of Galactron update, Ronimo gave us this reply: “As for consoles, for now we are sticking with the respective networking solutions provided by Microsoft and Sony. Therefore, it also doesn't make sense to port over the new UI flow either,” said Jasper Koning, Game Designer and Co-founder of Ronimo Games. “Of course we'll keep evaluating if our current direction makes sense, given the circumstances and our available manpower. But given those, I don't see it happening in the foreseeable future.” So, it looks like Xbox and PlayStation users will be missing out on Galactron’s improvements, at least for the time being. Share your thoughts on Awesomenauts’ Rise of Galactron update with us over in the forums, or in the comments below.  The final update of Rainbow Six Siege’s first season goes live tomorrow, adding two new operators from Japan’s special forces, as well as the new Skyscraper map.
The video below highlights the two operator’s key abilities. Arriving alongside the content are something called Elite sets:
“The Elite sets, a new customisation series, will be available for the first time with the release of Operation Red Crow. Each set will include a matching uniform and headgear, an operator card, a charm, an operator name and a signature victory animation. The first Operators to receive the honors are Kapkan, Sledge and Thermite.” The second season of additional content will begin in February 2017 and will feature a “similar structure as the first year”. More information about next year’s post launch support will be unveiled during the Six Invitational event, which also takes place next February. Share your thoughts on Siege’s latest update with us over in the forums or in the comments below.  THQ Nordic today confirmed the remaster of the original Darksiders game will be their first ever 4K title on console. PC users will also be able to experience the remaster in glorious 4K resolution.
Darksiders Warmastered Edition features doubled texture resolutions and rendering improvements, as well as 60fps gameplay for all platforms bar the Wii U, which will run the game at 30fps.
Are you looking forward to the remaster? Let us know in the forums or in the comments below.  PC, Mac and PlayStation 4 users will be able to download and enjoy ZeniMax Online Studios' Tamriel based MMO for free from tomorrow as part of an extended Free Play Weekend, which ends on Sunday 20 November.
PlayStation Plus is not required during the free trial, which kicks off just after midnight, while PC/Mac users will have access to it from 6pm tomorrow via Steam.
Here’s what will be available during the Free Play Weekend:
Anyone taking part in the free weekend will also be eligible to register for the game’s Trip of a Lifetime competition, which offers players the chance to win an Elder Scrolls inspired holiday. To celebrate the free weekend, Bethesda will be offering PlayStation 4 users discounts on Crown Packs and on copies of ESO, including the recently released Gold Edition, which comes bundled with the four major DLC packs, up until 24 November. A similar sale will also be available through Steam until 28 November. Lastly, Bethesda have promised that information on an Xbox One Free Play Weekend will be released “soon”. Will you be giving ESO a try this week? Let us know in the forums or comment below.  Ghost Town Games have announced some new DLC for their couch co-op title Overcooked, which recently picked up the award for Best Debut Game at the 2016 TIGA Game Industry Awards.
The DLC adds new chef outfits and features “challenging new kitchens set in an exotic jungle world”. Take a look at the video below for a glimpse of the new DLC’s features. The complete list of additional content included in The Lost Morsel is as follows:
Overcooked Gourmet Edition will also be available in the U.S as of today. Share your thoughts on The Lost Morsel DLC with us over in the forums or in the comments below. |
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