All snipers, all the time Sniper rifles only, decreased health, specialisations based around single shot combat and no secondary weapon options? Yes, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has a new team based multiplayer mode and it’s all about fast reactions and unforgiving competition. The new mode,One Shot, features five different classes that all come with the Mors bolt action sniper rifle and no secondary weapon choices. While each of the five classes has differing non combat items to balance how they’re used, at the core you are only likely to get one shot at your enemy....

Plantronics showed off their new line of gaming headsets at CES 2012 and we had a chance to take them for a spin this week. They worked it out so that I could jump into a live game ofCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveand get my ass kicked. My excuse for dying so often was that I was focused on properly evaluating the headset for Destructoid. No one believed that crap. My first takeaway was that the Gamecom 780 are quite comfortable....

Now you can click for a one time fee Anyone hoping thatClicker Heroes 2would come out for free might be surprised to read this. For the upcoming sequel, developer Playsaurus is dropping the free-to-play model in favor of a one time purchase. A lot of that comes down to ethical reasons and how Playsaurus doesn’t want to feed into the addictive nature that video games can possess. In along blog post, Fragsworth (one of the developer’s behind the game), states, “We really don’t like making money off players who are in denial of their addiction....

Win it, because you can no longer buy it Super Rare Games wasn’t kidding when they named their company — as it turns out, if you don’t produce a ton of copies of a game, it does become quite rare! That’s exactly what happened with their release ofShelter Generationsfor the Switch, which has gone from “rare” to “damn I can’t even buy it anymore.” So, how’s about you just win one, instead?...

Indie card battler coming west this September Sacred Tears Trueis setting sail for western shores this autumn, Nyu Media announced today. Developed by Japanese indie studioAlphaNuts,Sacred Tears Trueis a card battle JRPG comprised of 48 standalone episodes with a unified story arc. The tale follows a pair of private investigators that find themselves moonlighting for the local thieves guild in their pursuit of adventure. The project features an original score from composers Hiroyuki Ojima (Accel World,When They Cry) and Shimotsuki Haruka (Ace Attorney Orchestral Performance), and visuals fromShichinin no Bukiyaartist Takashi Konno....

[For hisBloggers Wantedessay response, SephirothX dreams of a world in which the past rules the present and future. Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Get writing!–Mr Andy Dixon] Pardon the misleading title; I’m not actually going to discuss anythingBack to the Futurerelated. I used the name referencing the last great trilogy that’s not been perverted by the 21st century because it seemed fitting for what I want to talk about: the past, and how it can be relevant to the present and future....

The Finesse Express Evolution is now live inEA FC 25, and you can complete it to upgrade one of your attacking items in Ultimate Team. The latest evolution costs 30,000 coins to unlock, so it’s certainly on the cheaper side of things. That said, the boosts offered by the upgrades look phenomenal at first glance, so let’s check out the best candidates for the evolution. EA FC 25 Finesse Express Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for the Finesse Express Evolution inEA FC 25....

Mesa like dis EA’s Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about Star Wars games during a presentation on Tuesday, and he made it clear they don’t want to make a movie game. Jorgensen said, “We’ve done movie games over the years and we wanted to make sure that we weren’t doing a movie game, i.e., game based on the movie.” Jorgensen went on to say that we can expect to start seeing Star Wars games in 2015 and 2016 from DICE, Visceral Games, and BioWare....

The push and pull of good intentions and capitalism Evolvewaspeddling pre-order bonusesbefore its publisher had even shown off what the game looked like. A year later, we have a better idea what type of experienceEvolvewill offer when it releases next month. However, concerns regarding its business strategy linger. Months ago, Turtle Rock Studios co-founder Chris Ashton made headlines whendiscussing the developer’s plans for DLC. He stated the game was built “from the ground up” for add-on content, something he claimedEvolvewould support “more so than any game ever before....

For now, we have Mori-san’s BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on Switch Arc System Works is holding a press event in the US this week, and I had the opportunity to speak with Toshimichi Mori (Producer andBlazBlueseries creator), and Daisuke Ishiwatari (Director and Designer ofGuilty Gear) regarding the future of their franchises. While the former is already helming a game on the Switch (BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle),Guilty Gearhasn’t shown any signs of crossing over to Nintendo systems in earnest — outside of a few sporadic Wii and DS releases a decade ago....

Also the game hit ’20 million players worldwide’ We know thatFinal Fantasy XIV‘s upcoming 5.3 patch is out on August 11, but now we have a little more info on what it actually entails. According to a new trailer from Square Enix, the game will of course include new main scenario quests (MSQ), as well as an expanded free trial (up to level 60), more hardcore weapon enhancement questlines (technically in later patch 5....

HOLY F*#KBALLS! If you’ve been catching any ofRed vs. Blueduring the past couple of years, you’ll have noticed that the boys at Rooster Teeth have stepped up their game big time. No longer restricting themselves to basic machinima techniques, they’ve started hiring animators to craft wholly original action sequences not possible withHalo‘s in-game engine. One of the Rooster Teeth animators, Shane Newville, has applied his skills towards a project celebrating the 25th anniversary ofMega Man....

Star Ocean: The Second Story Radds a Unique Spot system to the original version, and these sometimes-hidden locations reward items, experience, and other goodies upon discovery. There are 36 Unique Spots in total, with a few easy to miss along the journey. If you’re combing the world map to no avail, fear not. We’ve got a guide below for how to find all of the Unique Spots inStar Ocean: The Second Story R....