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Halo Infinite update fixes Big Team Battle issues and makes some adjustments

February 3, 2022VG247

Hopefully, today’s update make things a bit better. 343 Industries has released an update for Halo Infinite which addresses issues with Big Team Battle (BTB) and makes other changes. There have been problems with BTB since launch. The issue has to do with matchmaking, causing players to face continual queue times. A hotfix released last month was supposed to help matters, but it didn’t “quite get the job done.” With today’s update, players should find full matches quicker and more consistently. The update also makes it so Scorpion Tanks and Wraiths will appear more frequently on BTB maps, also, Fireteam…

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Star Wars: Squadrons is free to play on Steam for the next two days

January 29, 2022VG247

You read the headline right. For the next two days on Steam, you can play Star Wars: Squadrons for free. And, if you like what you play, you can pick it up on sale until February 3 for 70% off at $11.99. In the game, you will step into the cockpits of starfighters from both the New Republic and Imperial fleets. You can modify your starfighter, and adjust the composition of your squadron to suit varying playstyles as you complete tactical objectives across known and never-before-seen battlefields. You can take control of starfighters such as the X-wing and TIE fighter,…

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition comes to EA Play today

January 6, 2022VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Hello, Commander Shepard. Get ready to relive the legend of Commander Shepard with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition through EA Play. Bioware’s sci-fi RPG series is now available through the service, remastered, and in lovely 4K UHD. Available to all EA Play members, you can start playing the game through the Play List, and enjoy all it has to offer what with the visual enhancements, technical improvements and gameplay adjustments. If you have never played a Mass Effect game, you…

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Mass Effect TV series “nearing a deal” at Amazon

November 25, 2021VG247

Save 35% on a VG247 yearly subscription this Black Friday! If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Amazon Studios is nearing a deal to develop a Mass Effect TV series based on BioWare’s iconic RPG series. It looks like Commander Shepard is soon going to have a favourite TV on the Citadel. According to a new report, Amazon Studios is “nearing a deal” to develop a Mass Effect TV series based on BioWare’s iconic role-playing series. In case Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, and Wheel of Time…

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New Mass Effect teaser image hints at the return of the Geth

November 8, 2021VG247

BioWare has revealed a new teaser for the next Mass Effect game that seems to hint at the return of an alien species from the original trilogy; the Geth. It’s been a quiet N7 day, but at least developer Bioware offered us something on the day that all Mass Effect fans hold dear: another look at something new from the upcoming game. It’s been nearly a year since we first saw a teaser for the next chapter in the Mass Effect universe, which was shown off originally during The Game Awards 2020. Next to nothing is known and about the…

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Starfield video introduces you to the game’s Settled Systems

October 20, 2021VG247

The video also reveals three factions. Bethesda has released a new video for Starfield which discusses the game’s Settled Systems. In the video, design director Emil Pagliarulo also provides fresh details on the game’s factions. Two of the largest are the United Colonies and the Freestar Collective, and then there’s the Constellation, with whom you will begin your journey in Starfield as an explorer of the galaxy. Starfield is like many other Bethesda games in such that you will be able to create any character you want and freely explore the game world. Three locations have previously been revealed and…

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The Invincible teaser gives us a look at the upcoming sci-fi thriller where your choices have consequences

October 15, 2021VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Make the correct choices. Indie developer Starward Industries has a really neat-looking sci-fi thriller in the works called The Invincible, which is set in a retro-future timeline. Today, we get a new look at it. Announced last year, in this first-person game, you play as a scientist who wakes up on the hostile planet Regis III and takes off on a mission to find your spaceship’s missing crew. While searching for your comrades, you will discover there are “terrifying secrets”…

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Apex Legends is getting a new character, Seer, soon

July 19, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 19 July 2021 16:38 GMT EA and Respawn Entertainment have pushed out a surprise new trailer showing off the upcoming playable legend, Seer, ahead of his in-game arrival in August.Today, publisher EA and developer Respawn released a new Lore trailer featuring the next Legend to enter the Apex Games, Seer. The character bears a moth motif and seems to have some mysterious connection to the world of the Apex.Watch on YouTube“A bad omen cast a shadow over Obi’s birth: will his light survive and emerge from the darkness?” reads the blurb. How foreboding.You can check out the new…

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2K has soft-launched an unannounced mobile game called XCOM Legends

July 18, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 18 July 2021 12:47 GMT Out of nowhere, 2K has launched XCOM Legends – a previously unannounced mobile game that is now available in early access for some territories.The game is developed by Iridium Starfish, a Californian studio that is linked to Take-Two Interactive Software, the parent company of 2K, according to Eurogamer.“We are constantly exploring and testing new experiences to offer our fans the best entertainment and value,” 2K said in a statement to the site. “Iridium Starfish has soft-launched XCOM Legends in limited territories, but we have no further information to share at this time.”Check out…

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Check out the latest System Shock remake teaser trailer here

July 4, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 4 July 2021 20:29 GMT Nightdive has released a new trailer for the System Shock remake, and it’s a seven-minute-long deep dive into the game and its iconic world.“How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?” asks the new lengthy trailer, which takes us through the research section of the Citadel Station in the game. If you’ve wondered what this long-in-development game looks like in terms of its exploration and its combat, you’re going to want to wrap your eyes around this.Nightdive is giving the game a full makeover, bringing all-new HD visuals, updated controls, revamped hacking,…

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Halo Infinite’s first Season will be called ‘Heroes of Reach’

June 27, 2021VG247

343 Industries has explained a little bit more about how Halo Infinite‘s free-to-play multiplayer will work and announced some Reach-themed content is coming to the game.Earlier this month, Microsoft and 343 Industries finally lifted the lid on Halo Infinite’s free-to-player multiplayer, and detailed how the shooter’s always-accessible battle passes will work.Now as players around the world chomp at the bit waiting for new information, head of creative Joseph Staten has taken to Halo Waypoint to dish out some more information.“At the center of our plans is a goal to deeply root your multiplayer character in the larger Halo universe and give them a…

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Death Stranding Director’s Cut has been rated for PS5

June 22, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 22 June 2021 11:06 GMT The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has classified Death Stranding Director’s Cut for PS5 – and only PS5.Back at E3 2021, Kojima Productions confirmed that Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is indeed real and a full reveal for the game is just ‘weeks away’.Now, we’ve seen evidence backing that up, with the ESRB’s classification suggesting the game is close to launching – and maybe coming exclusively to PS5.Usually, if a game is going to arrive on multiple platforms, we’d see that noted in the ESRB listing. With this one, however, that has not been the case; it’s only listed…

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Halo Infinite multiplayer looks like everything I want – I couldn’t be more excited

June 17, 2021VG247

The delay of Halo Infinite might have been painful last year, but from the multiplayer showing at E3, it’ll have been worth the extra wait – regardless of how the campaign shakes out.Watch on YouTubeAs always after the madness of E3, I’ve taken some time over the last few days to reflect on what I saw this E3 – and the more I think about the show, the more I’m left absolutely desperate to get my hands on one particular game – the Halo Infinite multiplayer.I, like many, was a Halo multiplayer obsessive in the 2000s. I remember hooking my…

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Here’s when you can play Biomutant in your region today

May 25, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 25 May 2021 10:19 GMT Biomutant arrives later today, and if you’re still interested in the game after yesterday’s divisive reviews, we’ve got the information on when you’ll be able to play it.If you’ve got a hankering for an open-world, post-apocalyptic RPG with a martial arts-based combat system and a suite of crating options on top of that, you’re probably going to enjoy Biomutant.Even though the reviews weren’t that encouraging, and our own impressions found it lacklustre, the game still seems to be succeeding in finding a little niche for itself amongst the global gaming community.So, if…

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Take a look at the Guilty Gear Strive story trailer here

May 17, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 17 May 2021 20:42 GMT Bandai Namco and Arc System Works have revealed the Guilty Gear Strive story trailer today, ahead of the game’s launch in June.Fighting games stories are typically off-the-wall, hyperactive nonsense – and any Guilty Gear veteran will tell you this series is no different.Still, players typically only want an excuse to see electric match-ups, take a tour of all the stages, and have a reason to go all-out with their chosen characters when it comes to single-player modes in fighting games… and it looks like the eighth mainline installment in the series is…

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