PSA: Titanfall Frontier’s Edge DLC out now
Respawn Entertainment has launched the “Frontier’s Edge” expansion DLC for the Xbox One and PC versions of its mech-blasting first-person shooter Titanfall, adding three new maps to its multiplayer modes. Frontier’s Edge introduces the “Dig Site,” “Export,” and “Haven” maps, and is bundled as part of Titanfall‘s Season Pass. The...
Far Cry 4, Assassin’s Creed: Unity pre-orders live on Steam
Ubisoft has made it a bit easier for fans to fork over their money by opening Steam pre-orders for two of the publisher’s biggest upcoming releases, Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Players will be rewarded for pre-ordering either game with a host of bonus content. A Far Cry...
Dead Rising sales still good, can’t save Capcom’s Q1
Capcom’s first quarter in the 2014 – 2015 fiscal year starts on a down note, with a 45.1 percent decrease in net sales compared with the previous year. Operating income is up 75.3 percent, while net income is down 7.5 percent year-over-year, Capcom says in its Q1 financial report. Capcom...
Joystiq Streams: Taking a hike through 1001 Spikes [UPDATE: Relive the stream!]
A theme has emerged on Joystiq Streams. Revisiting our recent tours through Secret Ponchos, Gods Will Be Watching, and Killzone Shadow Fall Intercept, it would appear that the Joystiq crew plays video games wherein we die a lot. Rather than try to sit back, reassess our skills, and try to...
Put down your tea and watch this Shadow of Mordor gameplay
We’re not sure why the narrator isn’t more excited in this video about the Wraith abilities in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Everything we’ve seen about this game makes us more and more stoked about it, so this guy’s mellow demeanor is a bit confusing. Maybe he just had some...
F1 series making last-gen pit stop ahead of 2015 upgrade
Codemasters announced the next entry in its annual F1 series is coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 17 in Europe and October 21 in North America. Then next year, the UK developer plans to release the series’ first entry on the latest consoles, a separate game that’s...
Check your mail, Evolve alpha invites are out in the wild
You may want to investigate your inbox for signs of evolution, because 2K announced it’s sent out invites for the Evolve alpha. According to images posted online, the alpha PC test will run this weekend between Friday, August 1 and Sunday, August 3. If you signed up but didn’t get...
Crytek co-op monster-blasting game Hunt switches studios
Homefront: The Revolution won’t be the only Crytek game changing hands, the German publisher/developer studio has revealed. Following up on today’s news that the Homefront IP had shifted to publisher Deep Silver, Crytek has announced that work on Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age will move from Crytek’s Austin studio...
Elite: Dangerous enters beta with major multiplayer fixes
Frontier Developments’ crowdfunded interstellar exploration game Elite: Dangerous has reached the beta stage, and now offers players a greater number of explorable areas and fully functional trading economies, among other significant improvements. Elite: Dangerous Beta 1 features 55 star systems, and marks the debut of the Viper heavy fighter and...
Pick your favorite The Evil Within case art, win a signed copy
Bethesda is polling fans to decide which alternate cover art should be bundled with Tango Gameworks’ upcoming survival horror game The Evil Within, and ten copies of the game signed by director Shinji Mikami are up for grabs as a voting incentive. Voters can pick between the “Asylum” exterior shot,...