Battlefield 5, teased in an elaborate Easter egg in Battlefield 1 and confirmed a week ago, will get its showcase reveal this afternoon at 4 p.m. Battlefield 5 will be set in World War II, focusing on “the unseen locations” of that conflict. The game is going to launch Oct. 19 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One, with early access for EA Access (Xbox One) and Origin Access (PC) subscribers beginning Oct. 16. A teaser video from last week seemed to suggest the series was going to World War

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Battlefield 5 won’t offer the premium pass that was sold alongside Battlefield 1, as EA and DICE want to keep the community unified by playing the same content. The lack of premium pass means that the entire community will be going on the same journey across the same content at the same time, giving EA and DICE another layer of control over the player experience. Battlefield 5 is expected to launch simultaneously on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. An early trial of the game will be avail

Battlefield 5’s debut trailer, which publisher Electronic Arts premiered during a livestreamed reveal event today, confirms that the military first-person shooter franchise is heading back to World War II. Developer EA DICE is focusing on “the unseen locations” of the Second World War, senior producer Andreas Morell said during the stream. It will be the first full Battlefield game set during the Second World War since 2009’s Battlefield 1943, although the opening mission of 2010’s Battlefield:

Battlefield 5 will offer players a new character customization system called The Company, EA DICE announced today during the game’s live reveal. The characters in every player’s Company will be different, unique in their own ways and built by each player’s own hands. The customization will offer all manner of options, including race, gender, face, face paint, jackets, pants, helmets and hats. A player’s Company will span across all game modes. Rather than letting players apply a single, catch-al

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is getting a new vendor mount. The Reigns of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur is a giant brontosaurus with a portable auction house on its back — a first for World of Warcraft. But this new mount will cost players a cool five million gold, which has a real-world value of $475. But five million gold is quite a price to pay, even for the kings of the World of Warcraft economy. For example, the Reigns of the Grand Expedition Yak vendor mount — which comes with a ve

Battlefield 5 was revealed today during a special livestreamed event by developer EA DICE and publisher Electronic Arts. Asked for comment, an EA spokesperson told Polygon that there will not be loot boxes in Battlefield 5. Battlefield 5 will completely divorce gameplay progression from cosmetic unlocks. Gameplay unlocks will only be available to be earned through play, while cosmetic items will have no gameplay effects. The spokesperson also told Polygon that cosmetic items will be available fo

Here’s everything you need to know about Combined Arms and Grand Operations. It creates dynamic objectives and narratives in order to constantly keep that cooperative experience feeling fresh and challenging.”Grand OperationsBuilding on the success of the asymmetrical Operations mode from Battlefield 1, Battlefield 5 will introduce Grand Operations. Key to the game mode, and Battlefield 5 as a whole, will be the concept of attrition. In Grand Operations, a fourth day can trigger if there’s a dra

Each character will have a designated class, pulled from the four traditional Battlefield roles of assault, engineer/pilot, support and medic. New game modesDICE confirmed that Battlefield 5 will retain Battlefield 1’s “war stories” model for its single-player campaign. In addition to the traditional multiplayer sandbox warfare that the series is known for, Battlefield 5 will introduce two new modes. Related Battlefield 5 trailer takes the series to World War IIEnhanced squad mechanicsIn Battlef

But before the giant Cabal takes a real swing at you, you’ll need to take out three of his warships. Destroying the war ships is broken up into three phases that we’ll repeat and add to in the official Val Ca’uor boss fight. The floaters and the odd-plate-holder-out should cover the backs of the arming plate holders. Standing on all three arming plates is the only way to open this door. Similar to the Statue Gardens, there are three platforms that fire white flames, each above a arming plate doo

Disney wants to give Star Wars devotees a chance to experience their own Westworld-style immersion into the franchise’s universe, but probably with far less AI hosts seeking revenge against visitors. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is Disney’s new immersive park, and it’s set to open in summer 2019. The Disneyland version will open first next summer, followed by a Disney World expansion in the company’s Florida park later that fall. The company is also working on a fully immersive Star Wars hotel that

Picross games are wonderful. More specifically, which free picross game is the best? Behind the relaxing music and the lovely color scheme is a very solid mobile puzzle game. The controls feel good even when you get to the large puzzles, and the multiple game modes are a neat addition to a picross game. Or did I forget about a great free picross game?

Today marks the release of Doctor Strange #390, the finale of Donny Cates’s popular run on the title. But you don’t have to be familiar with Cates’s Doctor Strange to enjoy the best part of the issue: Two pages in which Spider-Man gets to talk to an actual spider. Broadly, Doctor Strange #390 is all about providing emotional closure to Steven Strange and his supporting cast, including his former apprentice, Zelma Stanton. But peppered in-between all that is some consistent comic relief from your

The Nintendo Switch continues to sell very well, and there’s no indication that the hardware will get a price drop anytime soon. But a new bundle released in Japan seems to be aimed at houses that already own one Switch, and could also be attractive for people who only want a portable system and don’t care about hooking it up to a television. This new version of the hardware costs 24,980 yen, which translates to about $227, and excludes the dock, the Joy-Con grip, the HDMI cable and even the AC

RuneScape Classic, the original version of the game released by developer Jagex in 2001, is shutting down. RuneScape Classic is the name of Jagex’s classic fantasy MMORPG that many people cite as their first foray into online gaming. A sequel to the game was released in 2004, and that’s when Jagex made the decision to rename RuneScape into RuneScape Classic. “With advancements in technology helping to further support both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, our tools are no longer compatible wit

The next PlayStation console isn’t close to release, according to PlayStation CEO John Kodera. “We will use the next three years to prepare the next step, to crouch down so that we can jump higher in the future,” Kodera said, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. This follows news that Sony will no longer produce physical PlayStation Vita games, an indication that the dedicated portable may not see much future support from the company. Sony had also experimented with offering certain games on

Sea of Thieves fans have been aching for content, and the upcoming Hungering Deep expansion promises to deliver the first of three announced DLC packs. The Hungering Deep will hit on May 29th, and it will be followed by Cursed Sails, Forsaken Shores and weekly events. A new campaign: We now know that the Hungering Deep has a story campaign with the first real “character” of the game, centered around a quest to uncover the secrets of the Hungering Deep. Hungering Deep tattoos and scars will be av

Sea of Thieves fans have been aching for content, and the upcoming Hungering Deep expansion promises to deliver the first of three announced DLC packs. The Hungering Deep will hit on May 29th, and it will be followed by Cursed Sails, Forsaken Shores and weekly events. A new campaign: We now know that the Hungering Deep has a story campaign with the first real “character” of the game, centered around a quest to uncover the secrets of the Hungering Deep. Weekly events incoming: The Sea of Thieves

What do you get when you combine Transformers director Michael Bay, Green Lantern actor Ryan Reynolds and the writers of the Deadpool films? A Netflix original movie. Not much is known about the movie other than its title — Six Underground — and the fact that Reynolds is starring in it. It’s a busy time for Reynolds, Reese and Wernick, who are coming off strong reviews for Deadpool 2. Most critics are applauding what Reese, Wernick, Reynolds and director David Leitch accomplished, though it’s no

Writer Damon Lindelof has confirmed that HBO’s upcoming television adaptation of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons graphic novel Watchmen will be set in the present day — and it won’t be a direct adaptation of the comic’s original story. But for folks anticipating what an HBO series based on Watchmen could look like in 2018 or 2019, Lindelof also shared some salient details on where the Watchmen writers room is looking. “We have no desire to ‘adapt’ the twelve issues Mr. Moore and Mr. Gibbons crea