Charles Randall, a former Ubisoft developer who worked on the first Assassin’s Creed as AI lead, detailed the story in a Twitter thread over the weekend. “the CEO’s kid played it,” Randall’s thread begins with tongue firmly in cheek. While Randall later says he can’t be sure that’s actually what kicked things off, the dev team did receive strangely sudden feedback on the game less than a week before it was scheduled to launch....

The dates were revealed via the coming soon section of the Xbox Game Pass app and corroborated by Game Pass Counter. For Honor: Marching Fire Edition will arrive on June 1 to PC via the Ubisoft Connect app, the cloud, and console versions will be upgraded to the Marching Fire Edition. Assassin’s Creed Origins will arrive June 7 for cloud, console, and PC through the Ubisoft Connect app. The Marching Fire Edition of For Honor contains the Marching Fire Expansion and the base game allowing you to play through 16 heroes....

This week’s free games are ready for the taking through the Epic Games Store, and the big one this week is the rather great Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Alongside it is is Faeria, a card game with a living board. Full of strategic card battles, you will be tasked with building your deck, shaping the battlefield, and fight to win. It can be played solo but features cooperative missions. Next week, the free game will be exploration title InnerSpace, starting February 27....

Valhalla is set in 873 during the Viking invasion of Britain. As with previous instalments in the series, the game serves as a kind of walking murder tour of an interesting period in world history, with cameos from figures like Alfred the Great and Ceowulf II. Dark age nerds will find a lot to love here. You play as Elvior, a Viking leader looking to settle his/her people in this strange and hostile new country, battling angry Christians and nebulous ancient forces away....

With Charles the Fat isolated from his family and advisors, this is the most opportune time to install Count Odo on the throne. Or, in a more curious turn of events, do you think that Charles can be redeemed? Here’s what happens if you choose each path, so you can pick the best ending for your playthrough. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Siege of Paris Best Ending | Should you kill or spare Charles?...

Warner Bros. Games and Turtle Rock Studios released details on the upcoming beta for Back 4 Blood, which will feature a new PvP mode and more campaign content as it launches starting August 5. They also launched the latest trailer for the game. The newest aspect of Back 4 Blood’s open beta is the PvP mode, dubbed “Swarm”, which will pit two squads of four facing off in a best-of-three series swapping between the infected Ridden and the human Cleaners....

Included in Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access are 8 Races and 6 Classes, but it also features Subraces, Subclasses and a Background story to choose from. You will also choose your skills and abilities at an early stage. While this isn’t going to completely define your Baldur’s Gate 3 experience, it will be the beginnings of how the world reacts to your character and set you on certain paths as you explore the world of Baldur’s Gate....

Larian made the announcement on Twitter, stating that it won’t be releasing Baldur’s Gate 3 in Early Access this month as intended. Check out the tweet below. “Good news and bad news,” the tweet reads. “Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t hit August, but it’s just around the corner. We’ll be announcing the release date, as well as big news on the Panel From Hell alongside Geoff Keighley, Swen Vincke, and the Larian crew....

Update 0.2.2’s most interesting addition is nerfing the excessive weapon bloom, which made it so shots don’t land where you aim. It also makes the PP-29 SMG - the weapon everyone defaulted to in order to get around bloom - less effective at range by upping its vertical recoil. Another important fix in today’s update is one resolving the bug that prevented players from being revived when they die next to a wall or geometry....

In the latest look at the game, the video showed our heroine meeting with journalist Luka and another Umbra Witch, Jeanne, who have “overcome their past histories with her.” Throughout the Bayonetta series, she’s gone from fighting for herself to fighting for others, and now she is fighting for the world. To help her along the way, the new feisty witch-in-training Viola and her feline demon, Cheshire, join in on the action....

If you’re a Final Fantasy fan, today is a joyous occasion. Or it should be, anyway. It’s the day of release of the first titles in the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series, highly-anticipated and sorely-needed re-releases of the first six titles in the series. These are beloved 2D classics that have been remastered and reissued before, but with extremely mixed results. Fans have been hoping for perfect, definitive versions. A dark cloud hangs over this release, however - Square Enix’s past treatment of re-releases of its classic games....

As the entry-level product, the Oculus caters for those who want a portable, all-in-one experience that doesn’t require a high-end PC or laptop to play games. This is a great way to enjoy VR at the lowest prices. Their current model, the Quest 2, comes in either a 128GB or 256GB configuration, giving you the choice between saving some extra dough, or being able to load up even more games quicker than ever....

This is according to Blizzard president Mike Ybarra who told the LA Times the firm wants to return to a live event. “We previously announced we’re taking a pause on BlizzCon while we reimagine it for the future but do want to return to a live event that enables us to celebrate the community,” said Ybarra (thanks, GI.biz). “We recently hired a new leader of BlizzCon, April McKee, who is hard at work on that plan....

The official statement confirms that Burnout Paradise Remastered will be released for Nintendo Switch on June 19, 2020. If you’re planning on purchasing it, you can now access the official pre-order page. Burnout Paradise Remastered was initially announced for Switch during a Nintendo Direct back in March, but the release date was only confirmed today. The original announcement featured a range of details about what the Switch port had in store for 2018’s remaster of the iconic racing game....

If you’re just kickstarting your Call of Duty career in Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer mode, then you may be wondering how you can rank up quickly and access the high-level weapons and equipment as soon as possible. You may even want to achieve Prestige so you can enter the Season Levelling system and reap the rewards. In this guide, we’re going to give you some pointers so you can streamline your multiplayer approach in Black Ops Cold War, and earn as much XP as possible during your precious playtime....

Season Two of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War finds Adler being taken hostage, and you will head to Southeast Asia for a rescue mission and to stop Naga from distributing Nova 6 gas. With the season comes four new maps, new weapons, and more including the Zombies Outbreak experience. Interconnected with the Dark Aether storyline, Outbreak tasks you with objective-based play across the largest multiplayer maps in Black Ops Cold War....

As promised over the weekend, Infinity Ward as added the mode to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Alongside 3v3 Gunfight, the playlist has been updated with Shoot House 24/7 is back, which replaces Shipment 24/7. Gun Game has been added to the Quick Play Filter, and the “Same Day Delivery” playlist features Cranked and Drop Zone. The developer has yet to release the update which will bring more custom loadouts to the game, but the team is working on it, as was confirmed over the weekend....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s first big update in about a month released overnight. Patch 1.13 added a crossbow, new loadout slots and made a few fixes. Shortly after downloading the patch, players ran into a strange error when launching the game. “Your data is corrupt or didn’t download properly,” the error message reads. “You must reset your rank and unlocks to continue.” The prompt offered players Yes and No choices, but many were afraid to do anything so as not to risk causing more problems....

As such, we’ve created this guide on where to find buried treasure on Fortune’s Keep, where to find shovels, and how to actually go about digging up the buried treasure in Warzone Pacific. Where to find a shovel Where to find buried treasure Warzone Season 4 - Where to find a shovel Before you even start your journey to find buried treasure, you’ll first need to acquire a shovel. These special items are hidden across the map in a variety of POIs....

Tracker.gg is a network that builds statistics trackers sites for many of today’s top shooters. With the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone, the site expanded its already impressive Modern Warfare portal with a new section dedicated to Warzone. By simply entering your platform/Activision name, the Warzone page will bring up detailed statistics about your performance in both Battle Royale and Plunder. You’ll be able to see all your games, and even pull up a roster of all the other players in each round, including their own performance during it....