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Microsoft and developer Crystal Dynamics officially announce the release date for Rise of the Tomb Raider’s forthcoming expansion materials for this month. According to Microsoft and Crystal Dynamics, Rise of The Tomb Raider’s newest add-on entitled Cold Darkness Awakened is set to be available on March 29, 2016 for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. For those unaware, this will be third and final expansion to be released for the action-adventure game starring Lara Croft, following December 2015’s Endurance Mode, and January 2016’s story DLC Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch....

The video game community is still rife with guides, easter eggs, and picturesque screenshots from Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. But before the dust settles, rumors have already begun to surface regarding the studio’s next title in the franchise, and it could arrive as early as next year. According to various reports by publications, as well as French streamer and YouTuber xj0nathan, speculations speak of a next-gen Assassin’s Creed title - which is rumored to release in 2022 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S....

A YouTube channel dedicated to broadcasting footage from a professional military training compound in the Donetsk People’s Republic has deleted a video featuring sponsored ads from War Thunder and Crossout publisher Gaijin Entertainment. A recent report from the Ukrainian military portal is likely the cause of the video’s removal. Said report draws attention to the fact that ads for War Thunder were attached to a lengthy clip posted by Крупнокалиберный Переполох, which can roughly be translated to “Heavy-Caliber Turmoil....

Our quick take Samsung BD-D6900 - 4.0 / 5 Smart Hub TV takedown To recap You’re paying for style as much as you are for convenience, but for those after a 3D Blu-ray disc player and a Freeview HD set-top box, Samsung’s BD-D6900 offers a tempting all-in-one solution, albeit one without PVR functions. Strapped with slick Smart Hub online content hub that includes BBC iPlayer, a swish Freeview HD interface and excellent 2D and 3D Blu-ray, nothing should stop owners of a Samsung LED TV pairing it up with the BD-D6900

The news that Kingdom Hearts Union X is shutting down comes as fairly mixed news to fans of the series, both as an indication of finally closing the book on this section of the story, as well as the end of the franchise’s most substantial multiplayer content. For players that have continued to support the game up until Square Enix announced the server shutdown, raid bosses like the Savage Spider will be hugely missed....

The Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 has provided some more details about season 3 of Star Trek Discovery. They include confirmation that the crew did in fact time jump as well as details of a new show regular, played by David Ajala. Season 2 ended with a skeleton crew, including Burnham, making a jump which saw them appear to become lost in time and space. Alex Kurtzman, executive producer for the show, confirmed that they did in fact take a “radical jump 1000 years in the future....

Brooklyn’s own web-slinger, Miles Morales, is returning to the Spider-Verse in a new limited series of comics. The series follows a recent wave of popularity for the Marvel Ultimate Universe’s version of Spider Man caused by the runaway critical and popular success of the Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse film last year. The new comic series, simply titled Spider-Verse, was announced at San Diego Comic Con International(SDCC) 2019. The limited run of six issues will be authored by Jed Mackay and will feature the artwork of Juan Frigerim Arthur Adams, Stuart Immonen, Stacey Lee as well as others not announced at SDCC....

After three years, Sea of Thieves has introduced a new seasonal format that sees players attempt to complete a series of increasingly difficult trials to earn in-game rewards. There is plenty to unlock for everyone, with even more for Pirate Legends, but those that purchase the Season Pass will unlock more on top of that. There are four Experienced Trials of the Sea, that ask you to things that might not so easily fit into other categories....

The third Tall Tale in Sea of Thieves has players chasing down second-hand stories in search of the truth behind them. After being told a list of names that might be able to piece together the Shroudbreaker at the end of the second Tall Tale in the Shores of Gold Arc, you’ll have a number of Tall Tales available, but the next one of the list is the Legendary Storyteller....

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice offers players a hardcore experience, as they struggle to defeat the myriad of bosses in the game such as the Chained Ogre or the Lady Butterfly. But this experience is locked at 60 frames per second, so many may feel like they aren’t getting exactly what they want. Now, however, a modder by the name of jackfuste has created a mod that unlocks the frame rate for the PC version of the game....

It’s summer 2011 and Arwel W Jones is causing a commotion in the Brecon Beacons. Cars overtake his forklift along the narrow country road, puzzling at the sight of a living room wall travelling solo past hedgerows and moorland. The wall belongs to Irene Adler, sometime adversary/paramour of Sherlock Holmes. It’s on its way to stand behind Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver in the series two opener of Sherlock, to help to tell their story and to make them look good....

In a Vlog uploaded earlier this month, Shirley Curry AKA Skyrim Grandma announced that she will be scaling back her upload schedule for the sake of her health. “I know I shouldn’t let these things stress me out but they do” begins Shirley, the 82-year-old content creator and famous Skyrim player has had enough of the mean spirited and condescending comments left on her videos. In an effort to lower her stress level, Shirley will be changing her upload schedule....

Sonos Move vs Sonos Roam: What’s the difference? Our quick take Sonos Move - 5.0 / 5 Design IP56 water- and dust-resistant design Capacitive touch controls Integrated handle Measures: 240 x 160 x 126mm Weighs: 3kg Hardware & Specs Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy AirPlay 2 support 45W power Features Automatic Trueplay Alexa and Google voice control Sound and performance Two Class-D digital amplifiers, tweeter and mid-woofer 10 hours battery life Replaceable battery To recap There are other great portable Bluetooth speakers out there - including Sonos’ own Roam that is far smaller and better designed for constant portability - but there are none quite like the Sonos Move in terms of sound output and features, especially not for those already invested in the Sonos system....

It’s almost become a universal expectation that with the release of a significant software update, there are bound to be numerous bugs that crop up among the many improvements. As such, when the highly anticipated PlayStation 4 update 2.0 released last week, many prepared for the worst. Of the issues that reared their ugly heads, one of the most prevalent had to do with the recently rebranded “Rest Mode.” Acting as an evolution of the console’s existing low-power state that allowed users to charge their controllers and install updates without keeping the device running at full capacity, Sony rebranded the feature as Rest Mode with the new update, better illustrating its use....

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan noted that the PlayStation team does not currently intend to offer new game releases as a day one addition to their subscription services. “For us, having a catalogue of games is not something that defines a platform,” says Ryan. “Our pitch, as you’ve heard, is ‘new games, great games.’ We have had this conversation before — we are not going to go down the road of putting new releases titles into a subscription model....

Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Design Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Display Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Camera Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Hardware Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Software Sony Xperia X Compact vs Z5 Compact vs Z3 Compact: Conclusion Sony Xperia X Compact: It’s Compact, Jim, but not as we know it Sony Xperia XZ hands on: Sticking to what it knows Sony adds two more notches to its X Series bed post with Xperia XZ and X Compact

Our quick take Sony ZD9 4K TV - 5.0 / 5 Sony ZD9 4K HDR TV review: Bettering the competition Sony KD-65ZD9BU TV review: Android TV limitations Sony ZD9 4K HDR TV review: Setup Sony ZD9 4K TV review: HDR peaks Sony KD-65ZD9 review: It does 3D too Sony ZD9 review: Content, what content? Sony ZD9 TV review: Slim on the sound To recap It’s a long way from affordable, but if LG’s ultra-slim OLED options aren’t on your radar and you want the ultra bright peaks that high dynamic range content can offer then, hands down, the ZD9 is the HDR master....

Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4 featured plenty of great wisecracks from the webslinger, but none came close to the ongoing Spider-Cop joke. However, fans of Marvel’s Spider-Man have discovered that the Spider-Cop gag was originally going to go a bit further. Within the code for the game, fans have discovered a major unused asset in the form of a wearable Spider-Cop suit. Reddit user AstroDunce posted a video of the suit in a T-pose, and the detail on the costume shows that it was finished and ready to go despite never actually releasing....

So, you’re one of the fortunate ones who have managed to acquire a PlayStation 5, and now you need games. Not just any game, but a beautiful game that will display the console’s 4K graphics abilities in glorious detail. You’ll be glad to know video game developer Infuse Studio and publisher Merge Games recently announced the digital release for Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition, with the physical release currently scheduled for December 4....

The eternal war regarding the love of condiments is returning to an old battlefield, as Splatoon 2 is bringing back the Mayo vs. Ketchup Splatfest as a bonus event, even though the Splatfests were meant to have ended in 2019. Splatfests were events that originated with the original Splatoon, where players would choose between two different sides and battle against teams of people who picked the other choice. The Splatfests included wars between cake and ice cream, vampires and werewolves, and squid and octopus....