PS4 Pro's The Last of Us Issues Ironed Out in New Patch, But It's Not All Perfect

A new update was recently released for The Last of Us Remastered. While its patch notes on the system don't go into any specifics, it makes some changes when playing on a PS4 Pro. The end result is positive if you're playing on a 4K TV, but maybe not so positive for 1080p players. Back in November, Digital Foundry reported that some games were running worse on the Pro than the standard PS4. Among the culprits was The Last of Us, which saw improved visual quality on Pro at the expense of framerate dips not present when playing on a PS4. Worse...

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Rainbow Six Siege Getting Bartlett University Bonus Map for Free; Operation Red Crow Out Now

Rainbow Six Siege will be getting a bonus map for free in its upcoming 5.2 patch. The shooter has only just received its big 5.0 update--including the Operation Red Crow DLC--but players can look forward to playing Bartlett University, which is coming soon. Bartlett University was a bonus map seen in the Situations single-player mode--unlocked when players completed all other Situations--and has been highly requested by fans to be placed into the game's standard multiplayer modes. The news that it will be introduced to multiplayer playlists...

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Paragon’s latest Hero, Crunch, now available

Epic's new MOBA Paragon has received an all new character, Crunch. The melee-focused warrior packs a mean punch, with a unique combo system and hard-hitting abilities that will allow players to fluidly chain a furious flurry of blows. Paragon is a third-person MOBA currently in development by Gears Of War developer Epic games. The game is currently in open beta and is free to play, so players can download and jump into the beta at any time....

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Dead Space Dev's Star Wars Game Is Not "Star Wars Uncharted," Coming in 2018

Amy Hennig shares some new details. Uncharted veteran Amy Hennig is heading up development on the new Star Wars game that is currently in production at Dead Space and Battlefield Hardline studio Visceral Games. In a new interview with Glixel, Hennig stressed that the game will not be "Star Wars Uncharted." The report says the game may be "spiritually similar" to Uncharted, but it will also be its own thing. As the site points out, Uncharted...

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Nioh Allows Players to Prioritize Resolution or Frame Rate

Nioh, Team Ninja's samurai-style answer to Dark Souls, is quickly approaching its February 9 release date in North America. The team released an alpha version earlier this year, followed by a beta that incorporated fan feedback. With the final version on track to hit its target release date, we now have a few more details about the game's various display modes. Surprisingly, Nioh takes a page out of the PC gaming handbook and offers numerous...

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Battlefield 1 Starts Strong, as EA Talks Remasters, Teases Action Game and Titanfall's Future

EA had an "excellent quarter" overall, though it ended up posting a $38 million loss. During an earnings call that followed the publication of this report, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said the new action game from Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond is "three or four years out." This is the y's "gigantic," Assassin's-Creed-style action game that EA talked about before. It's in development at Motive Studios in Canada. He also said during...

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Samsung Doesn't Love GTA 5 Mod That Replaces Bombs With Galaxy Note 7s

Samsung has forced a video of the GTA 5 mod offline. Grand Theft Auto V saw the addition of a new user-created mod earlier this month, when one player replaced the game's sticky explosives with Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. Now, the electronics company has issued a DMCA takedown against a YouTube video that featured the mod (via The Verge). The mod is a pretty simple one. You throw the Note 7, and it explodes. This is a joke on the phone, which has been the focus of some attention for its tendency to catch fire and blow up. Samsung issued...

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Improve your winrate in Overwatch's ranked mode

More wins, less salt. Ranking up in Overwatch’s competitive scene can be difficult, especially if you’re trying to coordinate your efforts with random players. It can be utterly infuriating when a game based purely on team synergy feels like a solo experience, and even being placed within a decent team can feel like an uphill struggle. While Overwatch’s competitive play can have its frustrating lows, it’s the exhilarating highs that keep...

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Battlefield 1 Intro Cinematics Show Life Before and During the War

The intro cinematics set up two of Battlefield 1's single-player missions. Battlefield 1's single-player campaign will consist of five War Stories, and we got our first look at one of these stories' intro cinematic this past weekend at TwitchCon. You can watch it below. The video contains two scenes. The first kicks off the "Through Mud and Blood" campaign, which puts you in the shoes of a tank crew member. The cinematic shows the driver character, sitting in a luxurious car presumably before the war. It then flashes forward or backward...

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Graphics card comparison: which offers the best bang for your buck?

Getting the most out of your next graphics card upgrade. Our guide to the best graphics cards for gaming is broken up into categories. If money's no object, the Nvidia GTX 1080 is today's no-brainer pick. It runs circles around the AMD RX 480! Then again, the RX 480 costs less than half the GTX 1080—they were never meant to compete in the first place. But without those categories, which card is actually the better value for your dollar? As...

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