Sony will offer Heavy Rain and Absolver as freebies to PlayStation Plus subscribers in July 2018, the company announced Wednesday. Only the PS4 version will be part of next month’s PlayStation Plus lineup along with Absolver, the multiplayer fighting game from Sloclap. Unlike in some months, the July list of PlayStation Plus games isn’t a complete wash for owners of Sony’s older platforms. PlayStation Vita owners can pick up Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, the final chapter of Spike Chunsoft’s b

The final big patch of Fortnite Season 4 has arrived, and it’s probably the most anticipated of the entire season. Dual Pistols are here and they might just be strongBattle Royale’s newest weapon is the dual pistols, and it looks like it might be a solid option in close range. Unlike other pistols in the game, the dual pistols will use medium ammo and will not benefit from first shot accuracy. Building mode has gotten a few changesPatch v4.5 has made a few changes to building, and the response f

The halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are now a little less lonely in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery — the game’s latest update allows players to own pets. Hogwarts Mystery is a free-to-play game governed by an energy mechanic, and owning a pet helps out with that: When a pet wakes up, it will provide you with an energy boost. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, which is developed and published by Jam City as part of Warner Bros.’ Portkey Games label, launched in late April on Andr

The most hotly anticipated Fortnite Limited Time Mode ever is finally here, but it may not work exactly the way you think. The game mode, for the most part, will work like every other game mode in Fortnite. Just like every other Limited Time Mode, you will invite your squad into your party, then queue up for the mode. Unlike every other mode in Fortnite, Friendly fire is turned on in Playground and thankfully, if (when?) The good news is, gathering is 10 times faster than in normal games, so it

To complete the catalyst once it drops, you’ll need to get 150 Void kills, 150 Solar kills, and 150 Arc kills. Catalysts from Crucible matchesCrucible catalysts are dropped into your inventory after you complete a Crucible match. Graviton LanceTo complete the catalyst once it drops, you’ll need to get 500 kills and 1,000 kills with the Cosmology perk. SunshotTo complete the catalyst once it drops, you’ll need to get 500 kills and 1,000 kills with the Sun Blast Perk. The easiest way to farm these

Surprisingly, the ending of “Bao” has proved to be one of the more controversial ones in Pixar’s long history of animated shorts. Moments later, it becomes clear that her relationship with the bao is reflecting another in her life: that of her and her son. My Chinese mother used to send me back to college with a cooler full of frozen dumplings. Before I even saw “Bao,” I had a Chinese friend message me from the theater about the emotional punch. Searching for reactions to “Bao” on social media u

Griffin is a new esports organization that joined the LCK for the first time this split. Before the summer of 2018, the team was at best a peripheral team in the Korean League of Legends scene. So, how did Griffin go from what should have been a middle of the road team to an undefeated 6-0 record in LCK and a sweep of KING-ZONE? So far, in his 10 games in the LCK, Jeong has won all but one and put up an almost unbelievable 14.1 KDA, averaging almost five kills a game. Now, that team’s former mem

Life Is Strange 2 remains shrouded in mystery, but Dontnod’s free, downloadable prequel-of-sorts, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, gives us our first taste of what we might expect from the sequel. And even with its brief running time, differing perspective and vague conclusion, Captain Spirit suggests that the next Life Is Strange game will be even more gorgeous and fantastical than before. [Warning: Full details about the plot of Captain Spirit are below. Those are the most defining fa

He’s collaborated with famous YouTubers, including beauty vlogger James Charles, and lives in Los Angeles, working on YouTube videos full-time. “You have to make sure you have an identity that isn’t just YouTube,” Pierce told a crowd of people during VidCon’s “Growing Up Online” panel. “The hard part about growing up online is that you’re growing up trying to get approval for a character you’re playing. A large portion of that info comes from YouTube videos and Twitch streams, according to secur

We won’t take the violent and surreal Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough personally — after goofing on the art of in-game commentary, the spoof quickly goes off the rails, a mini Matrix for the Twitch age. Final Deployment 4 begins as a kind of Gears of War-esque shooter. Without killing the joke, Kelly delves deeper and deeper into the what-if scenario of life as an on-camera game personality. The ending is like watching 2001: A Space Odyssey as seen through the hazy eyes of a 24-hour

With each new World of Warcraft expansion, some previous expansion features get left behind, and the transition from Legion to Battle for Azeroth is no exception. Blizzard announced today the official list of content that will be unachievable once the pre-patch for Battle for Azeroth hits sometime in the next month or so. Thankfully, Blizzard has offered a new system to help power up players before this content is completely sunset. While we’re currently unsure of the exact date for the Battle f

That’s Lumines, a classic game series that began on the PlayStation Portable in 2004. Lumines Remastered is a collection of over 40 skins from the history of the series — none of them are new, sadly — and all the basic game modes you’d want. Or you can just try to survive a set series of skins, or a random mix. It seems strange to hope for DLC, but the price of Lumines Remastered is fair for the content included, but I would gladly pay for extra packs of skins. Lumines Remastered is a welcome di

Oceanic survival game Raft is one of the biggest Steam hits of the year. Last month, a paid version of the game was launched on Steam, where it currently sells for $19.99. Raft is a first-person survival-crafting game set on a raft, bobbing about on the ocean. In survival mode, raft occupants use a hook to collect passing debris, like plastic, wood and palm fronds. These items form the basic crafting units that are used to build survival items, so I can eat, drink and rest.

The new trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator has all the markings of a cheesy, traditional action movie, including this exquisite line: “Come and get us, motherfucker.”The trailer almost feels anachronistic. It certainly looks like a 2018 movie technologically, but the dialogue seems ripped right out of the 1980s, arguably one of the best periods for the modern action movie. Black’s The Predator is a reinvention of the original 1987 movie, and will focus on a group of smarter, genetically-enha

Ten world record holders are on the schedule for the next 24 hours of Summer Games Done Quick (noon today until noon Wednesday). Other runs of note:At 9:44 p.m., Mr_Shasta runs Metroid Samus Returns (Any%). As always, Summer Games Done Quick is a round-the-clock affair, so you may have missed something overnight. For that, we recommend checking out the continually updated VOD thread at r/speedrun and the official Games Done Quick channel at YouTube. Summer Games Done Quick 2018 benefits Doctors

Nintendo Labo was already a fun toy if you stuck to the software and pieces that came in the package, but Nintendo has increased the value of the Labo Variety Kit by patching Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with support for the motorcycle handlebars Toy-Con. This means that you can turn your existing Labo construction into a portable, arcade-style controller and play Mario Kart by twisting the throttle, turning the handlebars and leaning into turns. Labo’s limited racing game that was included with the pack

NBA Live 19’s cover athlete is Joel Embiid, the young superstar center for the Philadelphia 76ers, publisher Electronic Arts announced tonight during the 2018 NBA Awards. Embiid will be one of the NBA stars that NBA Live 19 players can pick up in The One, the game’s career mode, which debuted in NBA Live 18. EA announced during EA Play earlier this month that it plans to release NBA Live 19 Sept. 7 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That puts it ahead of the other EA Sports titles scheduled for the

You probably already have friends who play Pokémon Go, or whom you’ve actually met through playing the game. From there, you can either input someone’s Trainer Code or copy and share your own. A Trainer Code is similar to Nintendo’s Friend Code system. The data shown include their buddy Pokémon, trainer level and “total activities,” which refers to how many battles they’ve won, the distance they’ve traveled and the number of Pokémon they’ve caught. We’re sure that Niantic will continue to flesh

Sea of Thieves is a game that will continue to live (or eventually die) based on its content plan throughout the next year. Developer Rare recently debuted the limited-time The Hungering Deep expansion, with the next two expansions set to hit during July and September. The yelling trumpet, along with the Hungering Deep campaign, have led to an overall far friendlier ocean. The base game of Sea of Thieves was all about skeleton forts, questing, and constant PVP with other pirates. The Hungering D

I made it my mission to romance Kyra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Romance and dialogue trees are new features for an Assassin’s Creed game. In a role-playing game like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, one can generally expect to play with a meandering focus. But to achieve maximum emotional impact, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s romances will have to connect to the main character’s arc in meaningful ways. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey comes out on Oct. 5, 2018, and we’ll have more coverage of the game, romantic