Twitch stripped Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek of his verified partner badge and his channel stopped showing up in the site’s search after the popular streamer and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro announced yesterday that he was leaving the platform for Mixer.
In a vacuum, those two things wouldn’t necessarily mean much because a dormant channel doesn’t need to be promoted in…
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…
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…
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 the most brutal scenes I have ever seen in a video game.
When I saw (but didn’t play) a couple of scenes during a preview…
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…
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 created a first-person shooter military simulation that conveys what it’s like to fight in distant and close wars in 2019, with…
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…
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 longer for them.
Gods and Monsters, a cartoony action-adventure game set in Greek mythology by the makers of Assassin’s…
