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Jaguar's 'first' all-electric hypercar exists only on your PS4

October 25, 2019

Jaguar has unveiled its first-ever electric hypercar. There’s just one catch: for the moment, it will only exist inside of Gran Turismo Sport. The all-wheel-drive Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé draws inspiration from the company’s past race vehicles, including the C-type and D-type. In-game, the Vision’s three virtual motors will produce a combined output of 750kW…

GamesBeat Decides 129: Ubisoft and Last of Us: Part II delays

October 25, 2019

Somehow, October is almost over already. With 2019 barreling toward its demise, the GamesBeat Decides podcast is here to think for you so you can focus on finishing some games. On this week’s episode, reviews editor Mike Minotti talks more about Luigi’s Mansion 3. PC…

The DeanBeat: Coming to terms with brutality in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

October 25, 2019

Everybody has a line. We all draw it in different ways. That’s the theme of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this year’s first-person combat game from the Infinity Ward studio and big publisher Activision. But it’s also my own reaction from playing it, which has some of…

Why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has torture, child combat, and shooting unarmed women

October 25, 2019

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has some of the most difficult scenes I have ever seen in a video game. When I saw a couple of the scenes during a preview in May, I felt like they went too far. The violence made me more than uncomfortable. Now that I’ve played the full game (here is my full review), I would add another scene: the waterboarding of a freedom fighter by Russian captors. Taken by…

Watch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s most gut-wrenching scenes

October 25, 2019

You can’t unsee some of the brutal scenes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this year’s first-person combat game from Infinity Ward and Activision. If you don’t want to see them or even get a mental picture of them, stop right here. Infinity Ward’s leaders have said…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review — disturbing and thoughtful

October 25, 2019

To say that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is provocative is an understatement. It makes you think about a lot of things, including how much violence a video game should have. For the 16th installment of the Call of Duty franchise, Activision’s Infinity Ward studio has…

Twitch star Shroud follows Ninja to Microsoft's Mixer

October 24, 2019

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins surprised many when he left Twitch to stream full time on Microsoft’s Mixer platform. Now another major streamer is making the same leap: Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek. Same shroud. New home.https://t.co/eZV2GBBSsY pic.twitter.com/AHaajkjees — Michael Grzesiek (@shroud) October 24, 2019 A former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro…

Ubisoft lowers financial targets after soft Ghost Recon: Breakpoint launch, major game delays

October 24, 2019

Ubisoft announced today that it is lowering financial targets for fiscal 2019-2020, now expecting net bookings of $1.6 billion. It also pushing back the release dates of some of its big upcoming releases. The publisher is making the adjustment following the launch of Ghost…

Ubisoft delays multiple titles, including Watch Dogs Legion

October 24, 2019

Today, Ubisoft announced that it’s delaying Gods and Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs Legion into its fiscal 2020–2021 year. That means that these games could all be released sometime between April 2020 and March 2021, so we’ll be waiting a bit…

Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch

October 24, 2019

The streaming wars are heating up: corporate content giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are all playing their positions, strengthening their value propositions. The sheer number of upcoming streaming services available — HBO Max, Disney+, Peacock, etc. — and the bundling that’s beginning to happen (think: Verizon subscribers getting Disney+) are making it feel, more than ever, like…