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It appears that the alpha test for The Division was extremely useful for Ubisoft, which has released a list of improvements made to the game found in this week’s beta test. “It’s hard to believe that it’s already been over a month since we last put our game in the hands of thousands of you during our Alpha. During these 3 days, we received countless valuable comments and suggestions and started working on them directly,” reads a post by community manager Natchai Stappers....

It sounds as though the upcoming Alone in the Dark reboot will be getting a playable teaser prologue from developer Pieces Interactive. We managed to get a few new pieces of info on the upcoming survival horror from the Gamescom show floor, including the fact the playable code there is intended to be released to the public at a later time. READ NOW: Everything we know about the Alone in the Dark reboot so far...

Polish fantasy author, Andrzej Sapkowski, has demanded $16 million from CD Projekt Red in copyright royalties after originally selling the rights for a fixed sum as he doubted Projekt’s success. The Witcher video games are based on a series of novels written by Andrzej Sapkowski. The games and the novels share the same characters and setting, but the stories are totally different from each other. Andrzej Sapkowski may be talented at writing, but his business skills leave something to be desired....

Batman, like most superheroes, doesn’t have the most stellar record when it comes to video games. It’s not as bad as Superman, but it’s not exactly a mouth-watering list. The Arkham games changed all that. Rocksteady’s trilogy – and Origins – are as high-quality as you could hope for, topped off by the fact they’re aimed at adults. What else deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence, though? VideoGamer picks its favourites....

Call of Duty: Vanguard is here, and it has transported players back in time to the World War Two era. There is a new single player campaign, multiplayer maps and modes, and a new zombies experience. Additionally, the title offers a range of new weapons and attachments for you to take to the battlefield. Having the option to equip up to ten attachments per weapon can make it difficult to decide on the best combination....

Everywhere you looked at PAX West this year was a new and exciting VR game on display. Games for PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift were all being demo’d at the show, and it’s a great opportunity for players who haven’t had much exposure to VR to try it out and see the latest and greatest. We spent a full day jumping from booth to booth try play all the new virtual reality games, and have collected a list of our favorites....

Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman is to helm Warner and DC Entertainment’s Dark Universe, otherwise known as Justice League Dark, reports Variety. Warner had no comment on the report. Variety’s sources note that Liman has also left Warner’s Channing Tatum Gambit movie, with the split said to be mutual. The DC ensemble film will feature John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Zatanna and Etrigan the Demon. There’s currently no casting details, and the film isn’t currently part of the DC Universe release schedule mapped out until 2020....

The Dark Pictures: Little Hope is just over two months away, and Bandai Namco has posted a second interview with one of the game’s actors. Will Poulter sat down to discuss the characters within the next Dark Pictures title and the story choices they make. Poulter portrays three full roles in Supermassive’s upcoming horror game, which all exist across different scenarios. Part one of the interview was posted last week....

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is tailor-made for cooperative shenanigans, but you can still play through the campaign on your Billy No Mates if you want to, the game’s director has confirmed. Mathias Karlson confirmed to AusGamers that it was important for players to have a choice between buddying up with mates or doing their best Jason Derulo impression.* ‘You can play through the entire story campaign into endgame and [then the] endgame [content], alone… [But] you can also do the same content [in] two, three, or four player co-op....

Key Points The First Computer Virus was written in-house.It wasn’t deployed with any malicious intent.It’s more of a security test than a virus.Its original name is Creeper. First Computer Virus History The First Computer Virus, Creeper, was named after a Scooby-Doo cartoon show character. Creeper was written in 1971 by BBN computer programmer Bob Thomas. BBN, Bold, Beranek, and Newman, now Raytheon BBN Technologies, developed packet switching networks for ARPANET....

Josh Williamson is doing incredible work with The Flash, and the depth and quality of his contributions to Flash lore aren’t really apparent on their face. It’s remarkable how a really good 70-issue run on a Justice League mainstay with his own TV show can seemingly fly under the radar, but that’s what it feels like we’ve seen from this book so far. There’s only really one arc in Williamson’s tenure on the book that’s played a big role in the post-Rebirth metanarrative of the DC Universe....

This The Last Kingdom review contains spoilers. The Last Kingdom Season 4 Episode 10 Our hero started this season with dreams of home and family, and ended it with neither. Crushing for him, but excellent for us. Uhtred and Bebbanburg are the will-they-won’t-they of The Last Kingdom. If they ever finally get together, it’s all over. There’s little drama in quiet contentment, and no entertainment in watching Uhtred grow fat and happy inside the walls of a fortress....

Today Nihon Falcom released the first trailer and a gallery of screenshots and artwork of its the upcoming JRPG by Nihon Falcom The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II – Crimson Sin. The trailer gives a small glimpse at the story and alongside the screenshots provides a look at several returning and new characters (more details were provided on the latest issue of Famitsu). Do keep in mind that if you have not played The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (which most of us haven’t, since it hasn’t been released in English), some of the content below could be considered including spoilers....

This The Purge review contains spoilers. The Purge Season 2 Episode 5 The concept of Purge tourism has always been an interesting idea, and one that hasn’t nearly been touched on enough in the Purge media universe. There was talk of Purge tourism, but there are nuts-and-bolts concerns that are addressed in this week’s cold opening, in which a Brazilian bride is planning an American Purge bridal shower trip with her six bridesmaids over her Maid of Honor’s objections....

This article contains Vinyl spoilers. For a spoiler-free review, click here. This is a continuing anthology and will be regularly updated. HBO dropped the needle on Vinyl on Valentine’s Day. Produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, Vinyl is set in the studios, radio stations and clubs of seventies New York. In this series, we will explore the sounds and sights of the time, lay some backstories on you and give some background on how it came down....

Life simulation series, The Sims is a truly ground-breaking franchise. With no primary objective or finite goals, the focus of the game is the human behind the Sim. Building your own community, sometimes composed of various iterations of yourself, was the game’s main objective. No competitions, no races, just living your best or worst life from the comfort of your own home. Naturally, the Sims 4 release has stirred up feelings of nostalgia for the OG players....

The Sims 4 fabricator and fabrication skill is part of The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle expansion pack, which released in June 2020. The expansion builds on the eco-friendly themes already present in Island Living, Tiny Living, and Laundry Day and places them front-and-centre. It’s also one of the biggest departures from tried-and-tested expansion formulas for The Sims 4 in recent years. With a lot of new features and no previous-gen version of the expansion to act as a touchstone, it’s easy for even experienced Sims players to feel like they’re starting from scratch learning completely new mechanics....

No man is an island, and no matter how much of a loner the White Wolf is, he’s still somewhat reliant on the many side characters of The Witcher series. From the first game to the third, Geralt of Rivia has proven that sometimes the world can be too much for him to handle alone; thankfully, he has friends and allies– and sometimes frenemies, who have somehow helped him through thick and thin....

The Witcher 3 world is huge, there’s no two ways about it. Only counting Novigrad, Velen, and Skellige, it was concluded to be around 136 square kilometers, which is at least 3.7 times bigger than GTA: San Andreas and 3.5 times bigger than Skyrim. This excludes more locations, such as White Orchard and Toussaint. So, how do you get from Point A to Point B without wasting a lot of time?...

Ahead of Street Fighter V’s launch next week, Capcom has released a full length CG trailer which takes the game’s free flowing animated look to another level. The video features animated sequences for all 16 characters from the initial roster and for those taking note will provide some insight into the roles they will play in the story. Street Fighter V launches February 16 for PS4 and PC. Source: Capcom