The Ubisoft Forward event has come and gone, and it brought a lot of big news about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs Legion, and Hyper Scape. Ubisoft also announced that its free-to-play 2D fighting game Brawlhalla is headed to mobile in August.The game will release on mobile devices on August 6. Those who pre-register for iOS or Android can get a free skin for when the game is released.Brawlhalla has been a huge success on console and PC, where it has "more than 40 million players" across Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The game supports cross-play on those platforms, and cross-play will also be available on mobile at release.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Despite releasing more than two years ago, Ubisoft's The Crew 2 is still revving up new content. Following the release of the major Summer in Hollywood expansion, Ubisoft announced even more plans to support the racing game as part of the Ubisoft Forward event on Sunday.Next up in the Summer in Hollywood schedule is the Beach DLC, which drops on July 15, and adds a number of summer-y vehicles like the Volkswagen Beetle and Bus. After that, Neon Battle is arriving on July 22, and it introduces the Tron-like Kawasaki Ninja H2 light rider edition motorcycle. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Breaking Bad actor Giancarlo Esposito and Anthony Gonzalez, who voiced Coco in the Pixar movie of the same name, are lending their talents to Ubisoft's Far Cry 6. After confirming the game during its Ubisoft Forward event, the company has now shared a behind-the-scenes video featuring Esposito and Gonzalez speaking about their characters and their experiences working on the project.Esposito plays Anton Castillo, the main villain of Far Cry 6, and Esposito calls him a very smart and manipulative person. Esposito also says you may not want to take what Anton says at face value, and he's known to lie as part of his excellent manipulation skills.Gonzalez plays Anton's son, Diego Castillo, and he talks about the process of getting into character and delivering a meaningful and impactful performance. Both Esposito and Gonzalez also take some time to speak about the challenging nature of working in motion-capture suits and playing make-believe as they are forced to imagine their surroundings.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As part of the Devolver Direct event, the publisher announced that its twisted take on battle royale, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, now finally has a release date--and it's very soon.Fall Guys is releasing on August 4, and a new trailer has also been released. Check it out below. In addition to providing another look at the colorful, whimsical game, the video confirms that pre-orders on Steam come with a special character--Gordon Freeman of Half-Life fame.Fall Guys will be released on August 4 for PS4 and PC, but there is no word yet on if the game will also come to Nintendo Switch or Xbox One.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It is no surprise, but CD Projekt Red has confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 has "no plans" to be on Xbox Game Pass. CDPR's Radek Grabowski confirmed this on Twitter recently."No Game Pass plans for Cyberpunk 2077," he said.Grabowski's tweet came in response to a Twitter thread about the possibility of Microsoft paying third-party developers a fee to launch their games on Xbox Game Pass to help promote the subscription service.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

New Releases highlights some of the hottest games coming soon, and this week has a double dose of invaded kingdoms with PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima and Nintendo Switch exclusive Paper Mario: The Origami King. The multiplatform crowd can try out Rocket Arena, and Death Stranding's PC port is here. Finally, those looking for a more zen experience can tend to their farms with Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town.Death Stranding -- July 14Available on: PCOur Death Stranding review is quite positive, and now PC gamers can experience Hideo Kojima's latest outing for themselves. It's the same story of deliveryman Sam Bridges trekking across a shattered United States, with a healthy dose of Kojima's signature story beats and zany cutscenes. The PC version also includes a new photo mode and crossover content with the Half-Life series, plus support for higher framerates and ultrawide monitors.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Assassin's Creed Valhalla will continue the trend of letting you pursue multiple romances throughout your adventure, but this time your options for lasting relationships have been expanded.In advance of Ubisoft Forward, GameSpot recently sat down with Valhalla narrative director Darby McDevitt, who explained how the Viking-themed sequel will still let you explore as many relationships as you wish. This time, however, you're able to engage with your partner in long-term relationships while also fostering multiple smaller ones on the side if you wish."There are definitely a couple of one-night-stands you can get involved in and they're fun in their own ways but there's also going to be some longer-term relationships," McDevitt explained. "A little of both. If you want to be monogamous and have a single, ongoing relationship with somebody, you can do that."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As part of the Ubisoft Forward event, the publisher confirmed more details about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, including its music. There will be a seven-song EP pulled from the game's soundtrack that will be released on Spotify and for purchase on iTunes later this year.The EP will feature original music from composers Jesper Kyd and Sarah Schachner, along with an original song by Einar Selvik. Selvik is the former drummer of the metal band Gorgoroth and current singer of the Nordic band Wardruna. Selvik worked with the History Channel on the show Vikings.Wardruna's music and stylings seem to be a perfect match for Valhalla, as you can tell from the band's latest music video below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Leyou, the parent company that owns a majority stake in Warframe developer Digital Extremes and Gears Tactics developer Splash Damage, is looking increasingly likely to be bought out by Tencent. On July 10, Leyou announced a trading halt, "pending the release of an announcement pursuant to the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers which constitutes inside information of the Company."Initially, rumors persisted that Sony was the likely buyer, but the Leyou board released another statement indicating that they were entering into an agreement with Tencent. "The Board announces that on 10 July 2020 (before trading hours), Mr. Yuk and the Company entered into an exclusivity agreement (the 'Privatization Exclusivity Agreement') with Tencent Mobility Limited (the 'Potential Acquiror'), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited," the announcement reads.This does not make the deal a definite thing, but it means that if Leyou sells within the next three months, it will be to Tencent. "There is no assurance that any negotiations mentioned in this announcement will either materialize or eventually be consummated and the negotiations may or may not lead to a possible acquisition and privatization of the Company," the statement clarifies.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the launch of next-generation consoles coming up later this year, Microsoft and Sony are ushering in the next era of gaming. The companies are taking slightly different approaches. Sony has said it plans to release PS5-exclusive titles right out of the gate, while Microsoft has spoken time and again about not doing this with the Xbox Series X, and instead launching titles across its family of devices.Xbox boss Phil Spencer told GI.biz that he's so passionate about this because he wants to make Microsoft's games available to people no matter what device they have. Forcing people to buy new hardware is against what the spirit of gaming is all about, Spencer said."As a player you are the centre of our strategy," Spencer said. "Our device is not the centre of our strategy, our game is not the centre of the strategy. We want to enable you to play the games you want to play, with the friends you want to play with, on any device. On TV, the Xbox console is going to be the best way to play console games."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Assassin's Creed series has always been filled with side quests to complete alongside the main storyline, and these have grown especially prominent in the recent role-playing games like Origins and Odyssey. For Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, however, Ubisoft has completely changed its approach to side quests. In fact, they aren’t really in the game at all.Speaking to GameSpot just before Ubisoft Forward, narrative director Darby McDevitt explained that “world events” are included in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but the traditional side quest is “almost nonexistent.” There are longer story arcs to complete as part of the main questline, but extra activities you complete will happen more spontaneously and won’t necessarily be quests you have to seek out.This approach was chosen to fit the narrative, as the protagonist Eivor arrives in England as an invader rather than a native. Having quest-givers left and right would not make sense, as you’re still actively trying to make alliances.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Giancarlo Esposito, perhaps best known for his role as the villainous Gus Fring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is playing the villain in Far Cry 6. The first trailer introduces his character, Anton Castillo, and gives us a look at how his relationship with his son will play into the game's plot. In an interview with Variety, below, Esposito (sporting an excellent, scraggly beard) dives into the character of Anton Castillo, and what makes him tick. He talks about the character's past, and how he's trying to prove that he's a better leader than his father, a previous president of the game's fictional setting of Yara, was. "He may not be the dictator his father was," Esposito says.He reveals that the character is a former child soldier, who was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" but was unable to ascend as a ruler until his father was unseated by revolutionaries. He talks about his beliefs, and there's some clear parallels between Castillo and the former leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro. "When you get in bed with America, things change," Esposito says. "But does Anton want that for his own country? I don't think so."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While E3 2020 did not happen this year, there has been plenty of video game news this summer. The news train chugged along this week with Ubisoft Forward, and next up is the next part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest with an announcement about Death Stranding.Hideo Kojima and artist Yoji Shinkawa from Kojima Productions will speak to Keighley on July 13 for a chat about the PC edition, which releases on July 14. Kojima and Shinkawa will have a "special conversation" with Kojima about the game, according to a promo, but no further details were divulged.Just Announced: Tomorrow morning at 9 am ET / 6 am PT, @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN and Yoji Shinkawa from @KojiPro2015_EN will join @geoffkeighley for a special conversation about Death Stranding PC version. Watch at https://t.co/1ZwAhZ66ie #SummerGameFest pic.twitter.com/wqYPHb084r — Summer Game Fest (@summergamefest) July 12, 2020Death Stranding was originally due to launch on June 2 on Steam, the Epic Game Store, and retail, but the release was delayed due to the shift to a work-from-home setup because of COVID-19.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Weird West, the immersive sim from the co-creators of Prey and Dishonored, got a short-but-sweet new look during the Devolver Digital stream. In the three-minute presentation, creative director Raphael Colantonio walked us through the basics of how the game works and the multiple ways you can outsmart and outflank your enemies.The game features five heroes with interlocking narratives that shift as you make your way through the game. As Colantonio explained, your actions will have permanent consequences for your companions. You can revive and keep playing, but if your companion fell in combat and you didn't revive them before you were taken down, they're gone for good.To deal with the weird western enemies, you can employ a number of different playstyles--from a classic guns-blazing forward attactk to laying traps and using stealth. The presentation also explained how the game relies on a mixture of scripted and dynamic events to create authored moments that still leave a lot of flexibility.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

[Update: A full trailer for the game appears to have also leaked ahead of the Ubisoft Forward event. It features pre-rendered visuals.]One of Ubisoft's big reveals for its Ubisoft Forward event has already leaked, and now the company has produced a brief teaser for Far Cry 6 with a look at its big star. The short clip shows Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito smoking a cigarette, with a short message that we'll see more to come at the event. We wouldn't want to make Gustavo Fring angry, particulalry if he has a box cutter close at hand.The leak revealed that Esposito will appear in Far Cry 6, which is supported by this tweet coming from the official Far Cry account. Far Cry 6 will take place in a tropical paradise called Yara, ruled over by the despotic Anton Castillo and his son Diego. Esposito appears likely to be playing Castillo.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com