Tomb Raider 2 arrived a year after the original game, a ludicrously short turnaround time by modern standards. 1998’s Tomb Raider entry, Tomb Raider 3, felt hopelessly crusty next to the likes of Metal Gear Solid and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In amping things up, however, Tomb Raider 2 shifted the fundamental balance of the play toward being far more combat-driven. The growing scale of these shootouts has resulted in increasingly protracted standoffs, culminating in the interminable

Tomb Raider 2 arrived a year after the original game, a ludicrously short turnaround time by modern standards. 1998’s Tomb Raider entry, Tomb Raider 3, felt hopelessly crusty next to the likes of Metal Gear Solid and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In amping things up, however, Tomb Raider 2 shifted the fundamental balance of the play toward being far more combat-driven. The growing scale of these shootouts has resulted in increasingly protracted standoffs, culminating in the interminable

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ new map is finally playable on public test servers. Now we can explore the map for ourselves. Dubbed Miramar, the map is smaller than the game’s original map, and features large open spaces and dense urban developments. Join us as we explore the biggest update to one of the year’s best games. You can watch it (again) in the embed above or directly at YouTube here.

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ new map is finally playable on public test servers. Now we can explore the map for ourselves. Dubbed Miramar, the map is smaller than the game’s original map, and features large open spaces and dense urban developments. Join us as we explore the biggest update to one of the year’s best games. You can watch it (again) in the embed above or directly at YouTube here.

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. It’s currently bugged, causing it to deal ludicrous damage in PvP, and isn’t set to be fixed until Dec. 12. Its exotic perk, Wraithmetal Mail, will grant Hunters a movement speed bonus and extra weapon handling after they dodge. However, Hunters already have Foetracer and other excellent PvP exotics to take. 44 Stand Asides are new exotic Titan boots in Curse of Osiris.

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, Polygon’s Owen Good joins co-host Charlie Hall to discuss his part of the review of Star Wars Battlefront 2, which you can read right here. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusi

We don’t have an accurate way to compare this sales information to Xbox One hardware, since Microsoft stopped sharing sales information back in 2015. The good news is that the Xbox One X proves that the fight between the two gaming giants is far from over. What Sony did rightThe PlayStation 4 is a game console that was more powerful than the Xbox One at launch while also selling at a lower price. The PlayStation VR looks fun, it’s affordable and it has a good software library. Microsoft has rele

The group stage of the Couter-Strike: Global Offensive Season 6 ESL Pro League Finals has come to an end and after two straight days of upsets, only two of the group favorites made it to the Bracket Stage of the tournament. Why you should watchFriday is all about the underdogs when it comes to the ESL Pro League Finals. The first match of the day will be between Fnatic and OpTic Gaming. The two highest ranked of the quarterfinals teams, at 12 and 16 respectively, these teams aren’t exactly power

The good news is that the first two Bayonetta games are coming to Nintendo Switch next year. The bad news, at least for those of us in North America, is that we’re apparently not getting the deluxe, “Non-Stop Climax Edition” of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 that Japan (and Europe) are getting. Nintendo is releasing a deluxe edition bundle of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 that not only includes those two games on Nintendo Switch game cards, it also includes a nice SteelBook case, 22 physical Verse cards

The good news is that the first two Bayonetta games are coming to Nintendo Switch next year. The bad news, at least for those of us in North America, is that we’re apparently not getting the deluxe, “Non-Stop Climax Edition” of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 that Japan (and Europe) are getting. Nintendo is releasing a deluxe edition bundle of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 that not only includes those two games on Nintendo Switch game cards, it also includes a nice SteelBook case, 22 physical Verse cards

When Soulcalibur 6 was revealed last night, it wasn’t immediately clear when the game was set in the fighting series’ timeline. That was definitely Soulcalibur mainstays Mitsurugi and Sophitia duking it out in the debut trailer, but considering how the series has toyed with the age of its characters, a young looking Mitsurugi wasn’t much to go on. Today, however, Bandai Namco confirmed that Soulcalibur 6 will go back to the beginning, saying that players will “revisit the events of the original

When Soulcalibur 6 was revealed last night, it wasn’t immediately clear when the game was set in the fighting series’ timeline. That was definitely Soulcalibur mainstays Mitsurugi and Sophitia duking it out in the debut trailer, but considering how the series has toyed with the age of its characters, a young looking Mitsurugi wasn’t much to go on. Today, however, Bandai Namco confirmed that Soulcalibur 6 will go back to the beginning, saying that players will “revisit the events of the original

This year’s edition of The Game Awards ran really long — combined with the half-hour pre-show, the whole thing lasted more than three hours. Here are the moments we’ll still be thinking about this time next year, when we’re gearing up for The Game Awards 2018. The issue is that we have absolutely zero clue as to what the video FromSoftware brought to The Game Awards’ pre-show means. pic.twitter.com/pERRB6BcmK — The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 8, 2017The Game Awards 2017: a decent time

While some watch The Game Awards to see what won Game of the Year, most of us are here for the game reveals. Check below for the full roundup of The Game Awards trailer reveals. Owlchemy Lab’s newest virtual reality title asks what happens when you stop going to work: vacation. It’s the follow-up title to the company’s successful virtual reality title Job Simulator. See our other coverage of the 2017 Game Awards below.

While some watch The Game Awards to see what won Game of the Year, most of us are here for the game reveals. Check below for the full roundup of The Game Awards trailer reveals. Owlchemy Lab’s newest virtual reality title asks what happens when you stop going to work: vacation. It’s the follow-up title to the company’s successful virtual reality title Job Simulator. See our other coverage of the 2017 Game Awards below.

Dreams, the ambitious game project from Media Molecule, showed of a lengthy trailer tonight at The Game Awards. It showed more of the game’s main character, as well as its unique content creation system. Media Molecule is best known for LittleBigPlanet, and Dreams is a likewise a game about creating. The trailer showed off elements of many different game genres, all of which can be built by players using its proprietary in-game tools. The main character appears to be a man in a three-piece suit

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, the multiplayer survival shooter that has dominated both Steam and Twitch throughout 2017, is coming out of Early Access on Dec. 20, fulfilling promises from its developer that it would reach full release status before the end of the year. It’s called Miramar, and it was shown in motion for the first time Thursday night during The Game Awards. Miramar is supposedly smaller than Erangel, Battlegrounds’ original map. Miramar is rolling out to the Battlegrounds public

The first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the highly anticipated sequel to 2015’s Jurassic World, is here and stars cute, cuddly baby dinosaurs. The trailer gives us our first insight into what Fallen Kingdom will be about; up until now, neither the studio nor director J.A. We knew that Pratt would be returning to play the ex-military dinosaur trainer, Grady, and Bryce Dallas Howard would reprise her role as the Jurassic World theme park manager, Claire Dearing. Colin Trevorrow, who

The first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the highly anticipated sequel to 2015’s Jurassic World, is here and stars cute, cuddly baby dinosaurs. The trailer gives us our first insight into what Fallen Kingdom will be about; up until now, neither the studio nor director J.A. We knew that Pratt would be returning to play the ex-military dinosaur trainer, Grady, and Bryce Dallas Howard would reprise her role as the Jurassic World theme park manager, Claire Dearing. Colin Trevorrow, who

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aimé showed off a trailer for Bayonetta 3 at The Game Awards tonight, moments after announcing that the first two games would be coming to the Nintendo Switch as well. Bayonetta 3 is a Nintendo Switch exclusive, with no announced release date. You can view the trailer above, although don’t expect much in the way of details or insights about the upcoming game. The game could be early in development, but knowing that it’s officially coming to the Nintendo Switch is sure to g