VR team sport game Echo Arena will be free for Oculus Rift owners, the dev announced during the Intel Conference this morning. The ten-player zero-G frisbee game, which is based on the studio’s single-player Lone Echo, joins Robo Recall on the list of free Rift pack-ins. The singleplayer game, Lone Echo, is available for pre-order on the Rift store, and both games will be out July 20. We’ll see more from Intel and Oculus during the PC Gaming Show, coming up at 10 am Pacific. You can watch the sh

As is the norm for Paradox Development Studio titles, Hearts of Iron 4 is getting a free update when Death or Dishonor, the second expansion, launches this Wednesday. Even if you decide not to pick up Death or Dishonor, which enhances several nations including Hungary and Austria, you’ll still be able to enjoy the free patch, titled Oak. With the launch imminent, Paradox has revealed exactly what’s changing. Rules show on war participant items when they have the capitulate icon up. Updated inter

Bizarro comedy adventure game Jazzpunk is getting a new edition and some DLC, three years after it launched on PC. Jazzpunk appeared on PC back in 2014, but Necrophone Games wasn’t able to add everything it had envisioned into the game. Extra bits, including a cyberpunk sequence, were added in the PS4 Director’s Cut last year, which will be available on PC on June 16. On top of the Director’s Cut, a slice of DLC, titled Flavour Nexus, will also be available. “As is the nature with comedy games,

The four factions of Total War: Warhammer 2 will be kicking off their war to end all wars on September 28, Creative Assembly and Sega announced today. Warhammer 2 adds the sprawling continent of the New World, where the four factions will fight each other in a race to take the power of the Vortex for themselves. Pre-ordering Warhammer 2 will net you a new race for the first game. Alongside the standard edition, there’s a fancy Serpent God Edition. The race pack for the first Warhammer will be av

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 gets a trailer, all future characters, maps, weapons, vehicles will be freeLots of free DLC planned. Co-op prison break game A Way Out announcedFrom the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Dishonored 2 is getting a standalone expansion called Death of the OutsiderWe finally get to kill Dishonored’s most irritating character. Fallout 4 VR coming to Vive in OctoberThe whole map is explorable. Super Lucky’s Tale announcedThe non-VR sequel to the Lucky’s Tale VR platfo

Respawn has a noble goal: putting more people inside massive, brawling mechs. In pursuit of this objective, Titanfall 2 now has a free trial, running until the end of the week. From now and until June 18, you’ll be able to duke it out as a pilot or a Titan to your heart’s content. Included in the free trial are two campaign missions, Pilot Gauntlet and The Beacon, as well as full access to the multiplayer. “When it comes down to it, that’s what Titanfall 2 deserves to be remembered for.”

On the other hand, further down on the page, the FAQ asks itself if this is a paid mods system. Most of the Creation Club content is created internally, some with external partners who have worked on our games, and some by external Creators. You purchase credits to spend on mods, but at the same time, it’s not a paid mods system? I think it’s a bit disingenuous to say Creation Club isn’t a paid mod system. Creation Club content is fully curated and compatible with the main game and official add-

Between a job listing months ago and a reddit ad that landed yesterday, it was a pretty safe bet that The Evil Within 2 was a real, in-development horror shooter, and not a twisted figment of our imaginations. Bethesda made it official at its E3 2017 presentation today, with an extended announcement trailer for The Evil Within 2 once again starring detective Sebastian Castellanos. The trailer indicates Sebastian’s still mucking around with the mind-bending project STEM and there are still horrib

After being heavily rumoured for at least a year, and hinted at last year’s E3, Bethesda has finally confirmed the sequel to its surprisingly-very-good 2014 Wolfenstein reboot. Dubbed Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, the follow-up is scheduled to release October 27 for PC. Set in America in 1961, the game is a direct sequel to The New Order, and despite BJ Blazkowicz’s efforts in that game the Nazi scourge as not been contained. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance

The Elder Scrolls: Legends is a seriously fun card game, but what plans Bethesda has for its future has always been a concern. During its E3 press conference, Bethesda unveiled that the second story expansion for Legends will see card-slingers traveling to Skyrim. If the Fall of the Dark Brotherhood expansion is anything to go by, we can expect this expansion to add around 25 missions and 40 new cards to The Elder Scrolls: Legends. That we don’t know—though if the trailer is anything to go by it

Bethesda revealed at its pre-E3 event tonight that a new Dishonored 2 standalone expansion called Death of the Outsider is coming this September, featuring the return of Daud and Billie Lurk. The former leader and second-in-command of the notorious group of assassins known as the Whalers are reuniting for one last job, and it’s their biggest one yet: They’re going to kill the Outsider. In Death of the Outsider, players will take on the role of Billie, one of Dunwall’s most notorious assassins, w

BJ Blazkowicz, the once meatheaded but now quite nuanced star of the Wolfenstein series, is going to be a champion in Quake Champions. The video embedded below shows a little bit of that, while also touting some of the game’s esports credentials and adding three new maps to the beta. According to the YouTube description: “First, we’re introducing Wolfenstein’s leading man, BJ Blazkowicz, as a new Champion! The E3 2017 update also adds 3 new maps, the brand-new Tri-bolt weapon, and a host of new

In addition to Doom’s first foray into VR, at E3 today Bethesda announced a date for the previously announced Fallout 4 VR. “Revealed during the Bethesda E3 2017 Showcase, Fallout 4 VR will be available on PC for the HTC Vive,” the description for the trailer above states. “With the power of VR, you’ll be able to get up-close-and-personal with the dangers of a post-apocalyptic world as you fight for survival. – Fallout 4 VR isn’t just a jaunt through the Wasteland, it’s the entire game. Update:

Bethesda just confirmed the existence of Doom VFR at its E3 2017 press conference. As the name kinda implies, it’s Doom’s first proper foray into virtual reality (though I’ve no idea what the “F” in VFR stands for, maybe frolicking?) No firm details or even a release window has been announced as yet, though we do know it’s coming to “PlayStation VR and Vive” – so probably not Oculus, given Zenimax’s history with that company. we’ll update this story when we learn more. In the meantime, here’s th

The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti, which I is apparently now being called just The Artful Escape, is a game about “great expectations, famous folk singers, lingering shadows, space Gods, hallucinogens, individuality, reptile shops, and wild imaginations.” The description that accompanied the trailer isn’t a whole lot clearer, saying only, “The Artful Escape is about a teenage musician who embarks on a multidimensional adventure to inspire his stage persona.” Shaun took a look at The Artful E

In a brief trailer at the Microsoft E3 show, Code Vein was confirmed for a PC release, indirectly at least. It wasn’t until the official trailer went up on Bandai Namco’s YouTube channel that PC was listed as an official platform. “Code Vein is coming to PS4, XB1 and PC in 2018! At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. For the latest in Anime, keep it locked on PC Gamer.

Bethesda continues the E3 presentations well into Sunday night (or Monday morning, for many of you), with its press conference that will certainly give us a look at Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (which looks like it’ll be out on October 27). We may also get a look at a sequel to The Evil Within, and there’s been a few thin rumors about a space game. To watch Bethesda’s press conference, tune in to Twitch at 9 pm Pacific. You can check out the schedule for the rest of E3 right here. And don’t f

It looks like Lucky’s getting another shot at proving he has some real platforming chops, as Microsoft debuted the trailer for a new game, Super Lucky’s Tale, at its E3 press conference today. Surprisingly, Lucky is leaving VR behind for his next game, which is coming to both Xbox and PC. You can definitely see what Lucky’s Tale gains by not running in VR, this time: there’s a lot more going on in most scenes in the trailer above, with expressively animated characters, some moody lighting and mo

It did, however, finally drop a release date of August 2. Tacoma takes place in the year 2088, in the aftermath of a disaster aboard a high-tech space station. “Six crewmembers lived and worked on space station Tacoma, forming relationships, experiencing love and loss, and facing crisis together,” the Steam listing states. “Discover not just what happened to these people, but what makes them who they are, through your role as an interactive investigator. The story is told through a series of ful

The defining feature of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was the evolving rivalries you’d develop between rival orc chieftains on your quest for vengeance. Shadow of War however, makes the nemesis system work both ways: Not only will your actions create dynamic rivalries, but also create dynamic allies who aid you in battle. For a more comprehensive look into Shadow of War, read James’ preview from last month. In Shadow of War, that same ability is greatly expanded, allowing you to turn orcs into