New modes and warriors join the epic crusade Ubisoft has launchedMarching Fire, a major update to online multiplayer battle titleFor Honor,bringing a glut of new content, characters, modes and balance tweaks to the sword-clashing title. Marching Firemixes both paid and free content in an attempt to reignite the flame within the community, much like howOperation: Healthturned around the fortunes of Ubisoft’s multiplayer success storyRainbow Six Siege. Marching Fireincludes an entirely new faction, The Wu-Lin, which brings with it four new characters to master....

There was a game here. It’s gone now Remember that voxelZeldabrowser game we told you about? The fan-made tribute crafted without Nintendo’s permission? The one all the game websites were talking about? Surely you know where I’m going with this, right? It took just a couple of days and a half a million players for Nintendo to issue its mighty copyright strike and – you’ve guessed it – now the game is no more....

A worthy successor to 9/9/99 and 11/07 September of 1999 was my favorite month in gaming. It was a date that lived in infamy, with the launch of the ill-fated Dreamcast, a console with arguably the best launch lineup of all time. But on its release date of 9/9/99 I wasn’t playing Sega’s new system — I was chipping away atFinal Fantasy VIII, which had released on the same day....

Sinister skin returns to Fortnite store The sinister Plague Doctor skin has returned to the in-game store of Epic Games’ juggernaut battle royale title,Fortnite. The purchasable costume has been conspicuous by its absence since January 2020, notably the same timeframe that saw the growing status of the global COVID-19 pandemic. As noted by Eurogamer, the “Scourge” and “Plague” skins have made frequent appearances in Fortnite’s rotational shop since their 2018 debut, available to purchase for 1500 V-Bucks each....

Introducing Hossin The scale ofPlanetSide 2was already pretty impressive. Three massive and unique continents ensured that thousands of players were vying for control of territories all over the place. Now, there’s a new continent in the mix. Sony Online Entertainment added Hossin toPlanetSide 2today, a swampland with low-hanging trees and boggy terrain. SOE states that the environment will change the way players have to approach combat, placing more emphasis on infantry units than ever before....

Wild I’ve been raiding inDestinysince the Vault of Glass dropped in the original and have played with some really ingenious people. Divining secrets and solutions is one of my favorite pastimes in gaming, and for the most part theDestinycommunity was ready to heed the call. Not this time, though, due in part to Bungie’s strange design methods. Earlier this week the Niobe Labs were opened, which promised rewards and glory for the team that opened it as they would, in addition to receiving rewards, gift everyone a new piece of content....

On a special bonus episode of Podtoid, Eat Sleep Play co-founder andTwisted Metalco-director David Jaffe chats with Jim Sterling about used games, online passes, and the strained relationship between publishers and consumers. Are gamers being treated like thieves? Is GameStop a villain? Will all this be rendered moot when digital distribution takes hold? It’s a fascinating discussion that provides a lot to think about for all concerned. If you care about videogame consumer issues, this is a podcast you’d do well to listen to!...

While Valve are being cagey about bringingLeft 4 Deadto the PlayStation 3, developer doublesix might have the cure for your undead blues. IGNhas information on a Smash TV-style title calledBurn Zombie Burn!that’s coming to the PlayStation Network early next year. The two-player game features six different arenas, three different characters to choose from, and — here’s the best part — zombies. Lots of them. Burn Zombie Burn!delivers on its title, allowing you to use fire as your secondary weapon, igniting the undead and then watching them go down in flames....

Rainbow Six Siege, the online multiplayer shooter game, is set to receive its latest update Y9S2.3. As part of maintenance, Ubisoft has announced that the servers will be offline from 6 a.m. PT onwards. TheRainbow Six Siegeservers are expected to be down for around 60 minutes during this downtime period. Greetings Operators,🛠 We’ll be performing an update on#RainbowSixSiegetoday from 09:00 EDT / 13:00 UTC to deploy Y9S2.3!🕑 Expected downtime: ~ 60 Minutes....

Some of you may have been fans ofGameLifeand would certainly recognize whoAndrew Rosenblumis. If you’re familiar with Rosenblum and the show, then this news may come as somewhat of a shock. According to Boston police reports, the GameLife host was picked up as a result of “an e-mail threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend and recreate the Virginia Tech bloodshed at her school.” Rosenblum allegedly wrote these words to the 19-year-old female target: “(I)’m gonna (expletive) bring a gun to your school and kill you and K (another female student) and everybody you love....

The next downloadable content pack forSaints Row: The Thirdmay very well be the first one I end up grabbing. “Gangstas in Space”is comingto all platforms this Tuesday for $6.99 (or free, if you happen to have a Season Pass). The add-on features new missions that revolve around the Saints’ movie and stars a new character, Jenny Jaros as Princess Kwilanna. Volition’s blog post isn’t particularly forthcoming with details, but if you’ve played throughThe Thirdalready, you should have an idea of what to expect from this....

All this negativity is just a phase With so many online multiplayer games such asHaloandCall of Dutybecoming successful franchises, console online gaming really took off this generation. In doing so, the demise of single-player games has become a hot topic for debate. Harvey Smith, creative designer of Bethesda’scritically acclaimedDishonored, believes all the negative talk that gets reported on is just a side effect of market expansion, and part of a cycle where we tend to focus on only new things....

(Fancy name for a bucket) It’s Friday, and in keeping with recent weeks, news has hit of another classic weapon returning to ink-em-upSplatoon 2later today. The Sloshing Machine was made available in the previous game some six months after launch, but budding squid kids will be able to get their hands on the mortar-like device tonight in America (7pm ET, 10pm PT) and early tomorrow morning (4am) in Europe. The news was announced on the game’s Japanese twitter feed, which is usually followed by a tweet from the Western division shortly thereafter....