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News The Division 2 Details Big Changes to Skills and Mods Ahead of the Game's Friday Update
Modding the mods
Developer Massive Entertainment has outlined a number of changes coming to The Division 2 in the game's next update. Dropping at the same time as the title's new world tier and stronghold, the incoming patch aims to make positive changes to skills, skill mods, and weapon mods. It'll also include some weapon balancing. For starters,...
News Ubisoft's Rabbids Invade For Honor for 24 Hour April Fools Event
Toilet brushes in hand
This has to be up there with the very best in-game April Fools events ever. Ubisoft's legion of Rabbids has invaded For Honor for a 24 hour event that sees them take the fight to the standard knights, samurai, and viking classes. Check them out in action in the tweet below. Just look at them all! Kitted out with their...
Review Space Junkies - Arena Shooters Have Met Their VR Match
Now it's time to get junky
You don’t need us to tell you that maintaining a consistent player base in multiplayer-only PlayStation VR games continues to be a struggle for any studio that claims to be up to the task. Some have lowered the barriers to entry by adopting free-to-play models or by opening the doors to non-VR players too, but the fact...
News The Division 2 Patch 1.7 Is Live on PS4, Fixes a Load of Bugs and Gameplay Issues
Taking back control
After a few hours of downtime earlier today, The Division 2 is back up and running alongside its latest update. Patch 1.7 can be downloaded on PlayStation 4 now, and it promises to fix a list of remaining bugs and pesky gameplay issues. You can find the full patch notes below: Performance Various improvements to reduce frame...
The revolution begins again
From gliding through the sandy deserts of Origins to basking in the ostentatious ancient Greek environments of Odyssey, the last few Assassin’s Creed instalments have not failed to astound players with their mind-blowing finesse. That said, regardless of how far the series has progressed (undoubtedly for the better),...
News Incoming The Division 2 Patch Aims to Fix Frame Rate Drops, Co-Op Scaling Issue
Stay safe, agent
Tomorrow (that's the 28th March), the latest patch for The Division 2 will be deploying on PlayStation 4. The primary goal of update 1.7 will be to address a number of remaining, high priority issues that some players may still be running into. This includes fixes for noticeable frame rate drops, bugged skill cooldowns, and broken...
News Ubisoft Dates Its E3 2019 Press Conference
Watch Dogs? Splinter Cell? More Creed?
Yes, Ubisoft will indeed be hosting its own press conference at E3 this year. Following on from Bethesda's announcement last week, Ubisoft's event will take place on the 10th June at 13:00 PT. That's 21:00 UK time -- decent enough timing for the Push Square crew. This means that, at the time of writing, we...
Take back D.C. from the Black Tusk
The Division 2 already has a lengthy and robust endgame, but it's going to get a whole lot bigger on 5th April when the first batch of post-launch content drops for free. This will include the unlock of the Tidal Basin Stronghold that players who have already reached the maximum gear score have been eagerly...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Latest Lost Tales of Greece Quest Is Live Now
A Friend Worth Dying For
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of those games that just never seems to stop giving. Its latest Lost Tales of Greece quest, titled 'A Friend Worth Dying For' is now live, free for all players. These quests have been good additions to the game so far, bringing some interesting little stories to the Greek world. This newest...
News Brawlhalla Adds Hellboy Characters in April
Hell yeah
Free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla will help to promote Lionsgate’s upcoming Hellboy movie with the addition of several new characters from the comic book adaptation. The eponymous anti-hero will be joined by Nimue, Gruagach, and Ben Daimio in April. There’s no other information in the press release, aside from the fact that the...
Review The Division 2 - With a Few Tweaks, This Could Be Something Special
Land of the free hit
The Division 2 is a good, solid looter shooter. At points, it's a fantastic looter shooter, but at the time of writing, it has just a handful of notable issues holding it back. Ideally, a game releases with no problems whatsoever, but in this age of live services, regular content updates, and feedback-based patches, expectations...
News The Division 2 Skill Bug Supposedly Fixed After Game Goes Down for Maintenance
That was fast, thankfully
Well, props to Massive Entertainment -- the developer has reportedly managed to fix The Division 2's most frustrating bug. Over the last couple of days, players have stumbled across an issue that basically makes skills unusable. You'd pop out a turret or drone or some other doohickey, and it'd almost immediately disappear...
News Fixing The Division 2's Disastrous Skill Cooldown Bug Is the Developer's 'Highest Priority'
But it doesn't want to rush
There's a major bug in The Division 2 right now that's seriously damaging the experience for many a player -- ourselves included. The issue causes skills to malfunction, essentially rendering them useless. Instead of throwing out a turret or deploying a drone and having them operate as expected for a set amount of time,...
Round Up The Division 2 PS4 Reviews Start Relatively Strong
First critics weigh in
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 has come in hot, and that means there aren’t really any reviews available right now. We’ve been busy playing the game and we’re enjoying it so far, but some critics have started to publish their own opinions on the title. Seeing as verdicts are in short supply, we figured we’d run a Round...
Hands On A Complete Package at Launch, The Division 2 Puts Its Looter Shooter Competition to Shame
Target acquired
The Division 2 is here, and while we haven't yet played enough to bring you a full review just yet, we can go ahead and say that we think the game's off to a great start. For this hands on article, we've got deputy editor Robert Ramsey and senior staff writer Liam Croft -- both of them well versed in the ways of looting and shooting...
Poll Have You Bought The Division 2?
All good, agent?
The Division 2 is officially out on PlayStation 4 today, but technically, it's been available for a few days due to the early access granted by the game's Ultimate and Gold editions. Still, we're here to ask the all-important question: have you nabbed a copy of The Division 2? Maybe you got one of the special editions early?...
News The Division 2's 1.03 Update Issues Mission and Weapon Fixes on PS4
Some massive support
The Division 2's latest update, patch 1.03, brings with it multiple fixes to issues concerning missions and weapons on PS4. As well as that, XP rewards for endgame activities have been better adjusted to scale to the player's level. Here are the full patch notes for the 1.03 update where the PS4 is concerned: Weapons We...
News The Division 2 PS4 Frame Rate Issues Plaguing Some Players, But There Is a Quick Fix
Thankfully
The Division 2 is now live on PlayStation 4 for those who bought the Gold or Ultimate edition of the game. By most accounts it's been a smooth early launch experience so far, but that's not to say everything's perfect. A number of reports on Reddit and social media claim that, on consoles, the game's frame rate can plummet while out in...
News The Division 2 Character Creation Looks Like a Huge Improvement Over the First Game
Sculpt that perfect face
The character creation system in The Division 2 seems quite in-depth, based on this video from the guys over at Arekkz Gaming. You'll be able to tweak a number of settings in order to sculpt an ideal mug for your agent, from eye spacing all the way to lip size and jaw structure. Needless to say, it's a huge improvement over...
News The Division 2's Trophy List Is Looking for the Most Iconic Agents
Going for the Platinum
If you're hoping to add The Division 2's Platinum Trophy to your virtual collection, you'll need to engage with and master almost everything the game has to offer. The loot shooter's Trophy list has popped up on Exophase a few days before the launch of the Gold Edition, and it's most certainly not one thats finishable in a...
News Physical Copies of The Division 2 Will Require a Gigantic 90GB Download
Full game is the same size
Remember the days when you could just pop a disc into your PlayStation and play it immediately? Those days are long gone, we're afraid, and this fresh information about The Division 2 is a grim reminder. Ubisoft has noted that those who purchase the game physically will be prompted to download an absolutely massive 90GB...
Blood on the sand
The third and final instalment in Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Legacy of the First Blade series, Episode 3: Bloodline ties everything together quite well. After Episode 2: Shadow Heritage ended with your hero controversially starting a family, this next chapter opens on a sweet note as your character attempts to live out a quieter...
News The Division 2 Gets One Heck of a Dramatic Launch Trailer
Plus guns and explosions, obvs
The Division 2's not far away at all, and so as we've come to expect, the Ubisoft marketing machine is really kicking into gear. The publisher's released the game's launch trailer, which opts for drama and a lot of bullets. Not to mention a few explosions, obviously. The Division 2's due out next week, on the 15th...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Final Legacy of the First Blade DLC Episode Is Out Now on PS4
But we're only really halfway through
Assassin's Creed Odyssey's prolific post-launch support continues today with the final episode in the Legacy of the First Blade saga. The DLC is set to wrap up the story of the Order of the Ancients and their assault on either Kassandra or Alexios, which ended on a pretty controversial plot point last time out...
News Old Ubisoft Uplay Points Start Expiring This Month, So Spend 'Em Now
Two year system kicks in soon
Uplay, Ubisoft's platform for player rewards, has been around for quite some time. Introduced in 2009 alongside Assassin's Creed 2, The current gist of the service is that if you play Ubisoft games and complete certain in-game feats, you're granted Uplay Points, and you can spend these points on various rewards. Usually...
News The Division 2 Open Beta Is Live on PS4
Last line of defence
The Division 2's open beta -- your last chance to play the game before its launch on the 15th March -- is now live on PS4. The beta is around 50GB, so you'll want to get it downloading sooner rather than later. It's live from today, Friday the 1st March, until Monday the 4th March. Much like the closed beta that took place last...
News The Division 2's Year 1 Content Is Free, But the Season Pass Supposedly Lets You Get It Early
Early access freebies
We may now know what the point of The Division 2 having a season pass is. Since the game was announced, Ubisoft has been reiterating that the first year of additional content will be totally free for all players. With this in mind, the existence of a season pass has seemed strange. If everything's free, why buy a season pass?...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Patch 1.14 Out Now on PS4, Adds New Game+, Increases Level Cap, More
Patch notes also released
Assassin's Creed Odyssey's substantial February update is finally here, adding New Game+ and much more to the open world title. Patch 1.14 is available to download now on PS4, weighing in at around 5.7GB. The patch notes are huge for this one, so we'll quickly go over the highlights. The aforementioned New Game+ lets you...
Welcome back, agent
Running from the 1st March to the 4th March, The Division 2's open beta should be a good indication of how the finished game's going to turn out when it launches on the 15th March. The closed beta was rather robust and, in our opinion, pretty enjoyable, so it should be worth a download if you're interested. Anyway, Ubisoft's...
Review Trials Rising - Addictive Vehicular Platforming with Some Issues
The rise and fall
What do you do when you practically perfect a franchise on your first attempt? That’s the dilemma that Helsinki-based developer RedLynx has faced for some time now, with Trials HD taking the world by storm on Xbox 360. Ten years later, the Finnish firm is still making egregiously addictive vehicular platformers – but how does...
News The Division 2 Details Its Hopefully Hefty Endgame Content
Raids, specialisations, and more
Looter shooters are all the rage right now with ANTHEM dropping imminently and The Division 2 due out next month, and so 'endgame' is a word that we're hearing more and more often. What's there to do after you've finished the main story? What's going to keep me playing for hundreds of hours? How good is the grind?...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey New Game Plus Arrives Next Week with Big February Patch
Finally
Replying to a fan on Twitter, Ubisoft has confirmed that the big February update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey will be arriving not this week, but next. There was some speculation that the next patch would release the week starting 18th February, but it ain't happening. The week starting 25th February is the one that you want to mark on your...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Is Free with 12 Month PS Plus Subscription for a Limited Time
A deal's a deal
It seems like Ubisoft is really pushing Rainbow Six: Siege at the moment. It's just come out of a free trial weekend, and it's rare the title is out of some kind of offer. Well, as announced today, Sony's bundling the tactical shooter with purchases of a PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription. As stated, you'll get the full game...
Review Far Cry: New Dawn - Yeah, It's Okay
Jesus take the wheel
It's a cliche, but Far Cry: New Dawn is the video game equivalent of popcorn. Bits of it taste great, but most of it is just there to be consumed, free of expectation. You shovel it into your mouth and admittedly it can be difficult to stop until the bag is empty, but you'll barely remember eating it once you've sat down and had...
News Ubisoft Will Release Three or Four Major Games Before March 2020
Keep 'em coming
Ubisoft is obviously a massive player in the video game business, but we'd argue it's one of the publishers that's really improved over the course of this generation. Watch Dogs 2, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Far Cry 5 were all well received, pushing their respective franchises in different directions or to new heights. That looks...
News Trials Rising Open Beta Backflips onto PS4 Next Week
Should be wheelie fun
The Trials games are always good for a laugh, aren't they? Ubisoft's fun 2D stunt racers have more or less perfected the one-more-go formula, and Trials Rising looks to continue that trend in typical style. If you fancy having a go, the latest entry in the series is entering an open beta test on PlayStation 4 next week...
A mercenary's work is never done
Ubisoft's support for Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been nothing short of phenomenal, and it's not stopping any time soon. The company has outlined what you can expect from the game in February, and honestly, it's sounding like a much bigger update than we were anticipating. The highlights include the arrival of the...
News Far Cry: New Dawn PS4 Launch Trailer Is Pretty in Pink
All the colours
Far Cry: New Dawn releases tomorrow on PlayStation 4, and according to this new trailer, it's obsessed with the colour pink. Flowers, smoke trails, the sky, weapons, vehicles -- the colour is in every shot in the above video. It's clear that this latest entry in the series won't be taking itself too seriously. We're all for games...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Celebrates Successful Three Years with Free Weekend on PS4
See what all the fuss is about
The success of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is pretty staggering. Releasing at the very end of 2015, the tactical shooter has remained popular ever since, and now boasts over 40 million players across platforms. This is largely thanks to Ubisoft's constant updates and a trickle of new content, keeping the experience...
Round Up Far Cry: New Dawn PS4 Reviews Reveal a Familiar Adventure with a Few New Tricks
It's a new dawn
The embargo has just been lifted on Far Cry: New Dawn, the nuclear-flavoured sequel to Far Cry 5. The colourful post-apocalypse arrives with a bang, garnering largely positive reviews from all the usual suspects, with some lower scores in the mix too. By the sound of it, New Dawn is mostly business as usual when it comes to this...
News The Division 2's Open Beta Will Unlock Legendary Loot in March
Try before you buy
As already awkwardly outed earlier in the week, The Division 2 will get an open beta from 1st March through 4th March, meaning that everyone will get a chance to try out Ubisoft’s latest and (hopefully) greatest loot shooter – no purchase necessary. It’s unclear what content the server stress test will include, but it’s...
Poll What Did You Think of The Division 2 Beta?
Agents unite
The private beta for The Division 2 has now come and gone, and we're here, as always, to ask the obvious. We were left quite impressed by the beta (you can read our hands on feature here), and the reactions that we've seen around the web have seemed pretty positive. With the full game due out in just over a month, we just have to ask:...
Hands On The Division 2 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Rock Solid Looter Shooter
The usual
Massive Entertainment learned a lot from The Division. The game had a rocky first few months after its launch back in 2016, and it was clear that the developer had work to do. Fortunately, it was able to make positive changes across the board, gradually transforming the title into a truly addictive and well made looter shooter. And it...
News The Division 2 Open Beta Accidentally Outed by Massive Entertainment Dev
Oopsie daisy
In case you weren't aware, Ubisoft hosted a private beta for The Division 2 over the weekend, which came to a close a couple of hours ago. You could only get in if you received a code from either pre-ordering the game or specifically signing up, so not everyone was able to join in. As with most beta tests, it suffered from a few bugs,...
Giveaway Enter the Dark Zone with the Chance to Loot a Code for The Division 2 Private Beta
Sign up now
As you may be aware, Ubisoft is currently hosting a private beta test for its fast approaching looter shooter, The Division 2. Access is usually granted via pre-orders or sign-ups on the official site, but today, we're happy to present you with another way to enter the Dark Zone. There are 3,000 The Division 2 private beta codes up for...
News The Division 2 Beta Patch 2.01 Out Now on PS4, Fixes Delta Error
Tango yankee
If you've been playing The Division 2 private beta, you may have run into something called a 'delta-3' error. When this pops up, you get kicked from the current game and dumped back to the beta's main menu. It's basically been the biggest issue with the test so far. Thankfully, Ubisoft has worked quickly to fix it. Patch 2.01 is...
News Extended Play Sessions and Game Invites Could Crash the Division 2 Beta, Says Ubisoft
Careful out there
The private beta test for The Division 2 gets started today, allowing a selection of players to go hands on with Ubisoft's looter shooter sequel ahead of launch. However, as is always the risk with betas, a couple of fairly big bugs have flared up already, and the publisher has advised ways to work around them
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey New Game Plus Details Being Shared Next Week
The odyssey begins again
Details on Assassin's Creed Odyssey's highly anticipated New Game Plus mode will be shared next week, Ubisoft has confirmed. In a reply to a fan query, the publisher says that it'll be dropping more information in the game's monthly update video for February, and on the official website. Again, both are set to be published...
News Trials Rising Takes You on a World Tour with Expansion Pass
From America to Antarctica
Trials Rising launches on 26th February, but as with all Ubisoft games these days, the release date is just the beginning of the journey. Available on day one will be an Expansion Pass, which promises two major add-on packs through 2020. There’ll also be regular seasonal updates, adding various cosmetic items and content...
News Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered March Release Date Announced
The American Revolution returns
Assassin's Creed III Remastered finally has a release date. The remaster was announced not too long after Assassin's Creed Odyssey was revealed, with Ubisoft confirming that it would be available as part of Odyssey's season pass. That's still the case, but you'll also be able to buy it separately. You can relive the...
