The news comes straight from source, with Ubisoft Montreal narrative director Darby McDevitt explaining that both the male and female protagonists for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be equally canonical. McDevitt originally shared details of Valhalla’s female protagonist, Eivor, on Twitter. Check out the tweet below. Shortly after McDevitt introduced Cecilie Stenspil, the voice actress for Eivor, a curious fan responded to the tweet. “But who is canon, the female side or male side?...

If you are unfamiliar with Bugsnax, in it you play as an investigative journalist exploring Snaktooth Island. The island is home to the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures called, Bugsnax. You will be tasked with discovering, hunting, and capturing all 100 creatures while also “tracking down” and reuniting the island’s inhabitants. With the upcoming expansion, you’ll need to master new mechanics like the Shrink Spice, which can cut the giant Bugsnax down to a catchable size....

Earlier this week, game developer Infinity Ward confirmed it has issued over 70,000 bans worldwide as part of its “zero tolerance” policy against users employing cheat tactics. “We’ve now issued over 70,000 bans worldwide to protect #Warzone from cheaters,” the studio said in a tweet. “We’re continuing to deploy dedicated security updates and work continues on improving in-game reporting. We’ll share more details soon. We are watching. We have zero tolerance for cheaters....

Call of Duty: Warzone is a special kind of battle royale. It innovates and introduces new mechanics, sure, but the way it takes down and repurposes core battle royale tenets is what makes it interesting. For better or worse, those same ideas also end up stripping it of much of the depth found in Blackout, Apex Legends and PUBG. I’ve always considered battle royale to be a game of two halves....

Call of Duty: Warzone kicked off Season 3 with a two part in-game nuke event that saw the battle royale mode’s original map completely destroyed, before everyone was sent back in time. 1984, the current setting of Warzone, ties the mode’s narrative with that of Black Ops Cold War. It also introduces a new (older) version of Verdansk, one that imagines how the place would have looked like back then....

For those looking to break into the hidden wine room in Warzone Pacific, we’ve written up this guide on how to find wine bottles, what you do with wine bottles on Fortune’s Keep, and the wine bottle secret room and its rewards. How to find wine bottles on Fortune’s Keep? You can find wine bottles spread across the buildings around the Keep POI, as well as within the Keep itself....

Activision enlisted the help of rapper and Pimp My Ride host, Xzibit, to promote a new cosmetic pack for Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare. The vehicle skin pack has actually been available for a couple of weeks, but got a nice bump this week thanks to Xzibi’s new ad. The Plunder Pack comes with gold and caviar skins for every vehicle in the game. This includes the SUV, tac rover, truck, ATV, helicopter and even the attack vehicles in Ground War....

Inside, a spec op in a skull mask kicks a corpse onto its back to identify the uniform. “Price, something’s wrong in Verdansk,” Ghost reports via his radio. “They’re targeting their own. We need to find out why.” A month after Warzone’s surprise launch, nobody’s any closer to finding out. Add to that a clutch of other mysteries raised by Ghost’s report: who are They? Why are the SAS involved?...

The studio announced on Twitter it had made the difficult decision to cancel April’s EVE Fanfest 2020 over growing concerns surrounding the coronavirus. “In light of the recent and ongoing global developments surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we have taken the decision to cancel this year’s Fanfest event in Reykjavik, Iceland,” reads the official announcement (thanks, Massively). “We feel absolutely compelled to follow the most responsible course of action and prioritize the safety and well-being of our attendees, our staff and of course the general Icelandic public....

Cyberpunk 2077 developer/publisher CD Projekt called for an emergency press conference to discuss the news of Cyberpunk 2077’s delay to September. During the call, an investor asked if this delay means the game’s development team will be required to crunch. “To some degree, yes – to be honest,” Adam Kicinski, joint-CEO replied. “We try to limit crunch as much as possible, but it is the final stage. We try to be reasonable in this regard, but yes....

It is no secret at this point that Cyberpunk 2077 is a bit of a disaster on PS4 and Xbox One. CD Projekt Red never showed the game running on base consoles, and fans anticipated the worse. No one, however, was ready for just how unfinished the game is on these consoles, even keeping in mind its current state on next-gen and PC. Cyberpunk 2077 suffers major framerate issues on PS4 and Xbox One, to say nothing of all the other rendering and visual bugs, some of which are present on other platforms....

The embargo lifted yesterday on Riot Games’ shooter Valorant, and we have some new gameplay for you today. This video from Arekkz features a full match on the Haven map with the character Phoenix. Phoenix is one of eight confirmed characters and uses the fire-ability flashbang. His defensive ability is a wall of fire that causes damage to enemies and it can be used to cut off a line of sight....

The Aqua Shift Special Edition Xbox Wireless Controller has been announced by Microsoft, and it’s to be made available starting August 31. Featuring a color-shifting blue shimmer, the prismatic color moves across the controller, making it look as though it is “coming to life in your hands.” Not only does the controller feature a new color, but it also sports rubberized side grips with a unique dual-color swirl on every unit....

The PlayStation Plus games for May are Cities: Skylines and Farming Simulator 19. Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game where you are tasked with maintaining various elements of the city such as “budget, health, traffic, employment, and pollution levels.” Farming Simulator 19, another simulation title, tasks you with driving really cool farm machinery and harvesting crops. You can even tend to animals on your farm and ride a horse....

Before we talk about what’s left of the original soundtrack, let’s compare some of the original levels including the Warehouse and School to screenshots from the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. The opening Warehouse level with Tony Hawk himself. Smash the windows into the adjoining section, grind the helicopter blades and watch it crash through the ceiling. Kareem Campbell making a grab with all that beautiful scenery in the background....

With the release of Call of Duty: Warzone’s recent mid-season patch, players discovered that activating four UAVs at the same time scrambles the radar of everyone in the game. This is effectively a Counter UAV in Call of Duty lingo, but Infinity Ward looks to be introducing it as an option outright in Buy Stations. Reddit user TwitterWWE had their Buy menu glitched to show the Counter UAV as a purchasable item - priced $4,500, which is $500 more than a standard UAV....

For returning players, you’ll get to experience the classic FPS titles with brand new graphical features, but with all of the same strategic sandbox gameplay you know and love. For new players, there’s never been a better time to jump into the world of Crysis. Crysis Trilogy Remastered preserves the gameplay experience while offering an all-in-one package that will give many modern shooters a run for their money. Whether you’re playing on a high-end PC, next-gen console or Nintendo Switch device, Crysis Remastered Trilogy features bespoke updates to the core games, making it the best way to play Crysis, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3....

While the very top of the charts are populated by games like New World, Valheim, and Naraka: Bladepoint that generate revenue continuously even after someone starts the game, Cyberpunk managed to make the Silver section of the Top 100 top sellers by revenue, a fact made more impressive by the fact that, unlike something like New World, it’s a one-and-done sale. The Silver section also plays host to Resident Evil Village and Age of Empires 4, both games that had good reputations out the gate....

Around 25 minutes of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay recently graced our screens. The footage was edited to show several moments from the game’s opening, which cover some of the different origin stories, and demonstrate one of the game’s best mechanics: the Braindance. The Braindance is essentially Cyberpunk 2077’s version of Gerlat’s Witcher vision in The Witcher games, except on a grander scale. As an investigative tool, it allows players to relive a past moment in someone else’s life and presents it in a timeline where they can pause and look around the scene for clues....

Cyberpunk 2077 has received a new patch focused on fixing some issue and hopefully bringing it a step closer to stability. It’s hard to escape news about Cyberpunk 2077 at the moment. What should have been the biggest game launch of the year has turned to ash as the game’s bugs, especially on last-gen consoles, have dominated the discourse. It got so bad that now Sony and Microsoft are offering refunds for the game....