Surviv.io began as a concept for an endless battle game in October of 2017. The start was simple and basic, where players could only play solo rounds with no sound. Ergo, you never heard anyone coming to slaughter your character. However, the game has grown exponentially since then, with patches to add sound, duo or […]
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The PlayStation Plus free titles and Xbox Live Games with Gold have been announced for June 2018. It’s time to pit the collections against each other to see which console comes out on top with June’s offerings. Welcome to PS Plus vs Games with Gold!
Let’s take a look at the contestants. First up, the PS Plus Instant Game Collection.
Next, here are the Xbox Games with Gold that you can grab on Microsoft’s platform next month.
Sony heads up the PlayStation Plus lineup for June with one of the best and most difficult strategy games of all time. XCOM 2 is a notoriously punishing game, but is the kind of tactical experience other studios only wish they could replicate. The only thing holding XCOM 2 back when we reviewed it was a messy technical presentation, but the game is so good, it managed to shine right through any the occasional frame stutters and long loading times. There have been some massive expansions released to XCOM 2 that make it almost an entirely new game, so if you like what you play, you can extend your experience.
Trials Fusion is a fun game that’s easy to pick up and play in short bursts, but has a pretty sharp learning curve to nail some of the mot difficult courses. It’s a side-scrolling, platformer, stunt-racing game, again with few games that can truly compete with its particular style. The ability to quickly start and restart a level means that those short bursts can turn into hours and hours of trying to perfect a single track. Trials also has a number of expansions, so you can challenge yourself with near countless (alright, they can be counted, whatever) courses.
On the PS3 side, we’ve got two games this month. We really enjoyed Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier when we reviewed it back in 2012, but it will be interesting to see how well the game has aged over the last six years. A lot of other shooters have come out in that time and it may not hold up like it used to. Zombie Driver HD is another 2012 game with middling scores at best, so it really feels like yet another consolation prize, rather than any real reason to subscribe to PS Plus.
For the Vita, Sony is offering Atomic Ninjas and Squares. Neither have amazing reviews, but if you’ve still got a Vita that you play regularly and are looking for a couple of games to add to your collection, these are both definitely games that can be played on a Vita. Once again, with titles like these, it makes complete sense as to why Sony would be discontinuing Vita and PS3 support for the Plus Instant Game Collection next March. Sony’s basically dropped support for these platforms from Plus already.
None of the games are cross-platform this month, so that means you get your two PS4 games, two PS3 games, and two Vita games. If you’re only after what’s available on the PS4, XCOM 2 and Trials Fusion are your games for the month.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia is the headliner for June’s Games with Gold, and with how much Microsoft has been releasing Assassin’s Creed games on this platform, I’d be willing to bet they have a pretty strong deal with Ubisoft to put them all out there. Unfortunately the Chronicles side games for the series were never all that great, so this isn’t a massive inclusion for the month. I’m sure players will have fun playing it, but it’s not the same as adding one of the better received mainline games.
The next major entry is an odd one, considering it is a free-to-play MOBA. Smite: Gold Bundle allegedly has a $99 value, and as far as we can tell will simply be a bunch of premium items in the game to help kickstart and get people playing the free-to-play title. PlayStation Plus had a similar promotion back in December, but it was an extra bonus rather than one of the free games up for grabs. For this month’s Games with Gold, the Smite bundle takes the place of one of the Xbox One games.
Perhaps pairing with the announcement of the upcoming Team Sonic Racing, one of the Xbox 360 backwards compatible games this month is Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. it was a well received arcade kart-racer that was full of nostalgia and classic Sega characters. I’m actually more excited to see this old Xbox 360 game on the list than either of the main Xbox One entries.
The final Xbox 360 backwards compatible game for June is LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues. While it might have marked a low point in LEGO games overall, it should still be a fun little adventure to go back to now that Xbox One owners have the opportunity to play it for free.
All four Games with Gold June games are playable on the Xbox One.
June is a tough month. Sony arguably has the best single game on the list with XCOM 2, and Trials Fusion isn’t a shabby addition. Where they falter is in the PS3 and Vita selection, none of which are cross-compatible with the PS4. For PS4 owners, that means only two games this month, though the two games in question are great additions to anyone’s collection. PS3 and Vita owners get left with a few consolation prizes once again, a trend that will probably continue until March 2019 ends support for them.
Microsoft has more range with their four total games playable on Xbox One, but the addition of a premium pack fro a free-to-play MOBA is an odd choice to take up one of those coveted slots. The Xbox games certainly aren’t bad by any means, but of all the games I would choose to play, XCOM 2 and Trials Fusion would beat out any of the four games on Microsoft’s list.
The PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection is regularly dragged down by the “mandatory” and low-effort entries to the PS3 and Vita sections, which takes away from the highlights of the obviously better PS4 offerings. Microsoft also shot themselves in the foot by using a full game slot to offer a free-to-play game bonus pack, rather than shuffling it off as a side bonus like Sony has done in the past. Despite this, Sony just managed to eke out a victory this month with two great and unique PS4 titles that are better than anything Microsoft is offering.
Wondering how July’s lineups will fare next to one another? Come back next month when we pit the newly announced free games lineups against one another in PS Plus vs Games with Gold. Do you agree with our verdict? Which lineup do you think is better?
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Mark Zuckerberg has testified before Congress and the European Parliament and now Russia is calling for the Facebook CEO to address its politicians as well. The Moscow Times reports that Senator Anton Belyakov suggested the invite, who, pointing to P...Dengeki has published a lengthy Fate/Extella Link trailer that thoroughly shows the game’s 8-player online multiplayer mode, which is exclusively available on the PlayStation 4 version. In this 15-minute long trailer, the first 4 minutes are used to explain the multiplayer team battle system, and the rest shows two rounds of Dengeki’s staff team trying to duke it out against Marvelous’ staff team in the online team battle mode.
The multiplayer team battle mode in Fate/Extella Link will put players in two groups of four. The main objective of this mode is to gain more points for your team by occupying a designated area that rotates as time passes on while defeating enemy players and making sure they do not obstruct the area.
There is an exclusive feature in this online mode, which is the Class Tower system. These towers will appear somewhere on the map, and they have a class that will only allow Servants with the corresponding class to attack and occupy them. For example, a Saber Class Tower can only be conquered by Saber-class Servants like Artoria Pendragon, Nero Claudius, or Charlemagne. A conquered Class Tower will give buffs to the owning team, but anyone in the opposing team will then be able to destroy it afterward.
Fate/Extella Link will be released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita first in Japan on June 7, which is a week after this article. Don’t forget to check out the Japanese launch live stream which will be held the day before. Meanwhile, the English localization will be released later in the West this Winter.
[Source: Dengeki]
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Xiaomi may have already released the Mi Mix 2S earlier this year, but it's actually kept its true 2018 flagship, the Mi 8, for marking its eight anniversary -- hence the jump from last year's "Mi 6." As announced in Shenzhen today, the new handset st...Koei Tecmo Games has released a new title update patch for Dynasty Warriors 9 which brings the game up to version 1.10. You can read the official patch notes right below:
Koei Tecmo has been actively upgrading Dynasty Warriors 9 with title update patches ever since it has been released worldwide in February. The previous update to version 1.09 was done on the same day they released the Additional Weapons Pack DLC which added weapons familiar to certain characters: Claws for Zhang He, Fencing Sword & Hook for Xu Shu, and Emei Piercers for Wang Yi.
However, we believe this won’t be the end of it. Koei Tecmo is still planning to release one more DLC pack that’s included in the Dynasty Warriors 9 season pass in the coming months. With that DLC, the four new unique NPCs that currently appear in this game—Yuan Shu, Hua Xiong, Dong Bai, and Xiahouji—will be made into playable characters.
[Source: Koei Tecmo]
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