Ni no Kuni 2: REVENANT KINGDOM Announced for PlayStation 4

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If you are a JRPG lover there is a title that will stick out as one of the most beautifully animated RPG’s of all time thanks to its anime-like appeal, but also a Studio Ghibli like feel that made JRPG enthusiasts hearts melt. As of today, BANDAI NAMCO America has announced that Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is in development by LEVEL-5 exclusively for PlayStation 4. The game will feature an all-new cast of once-more charming characters, a new storyline, and new innovative gameplay designs that will both delight as well as challenge fans of the previous title. Something Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch did very well.

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With its emotional storytelling, innovative gameplay, and breathtaking aesthetics, the original Ni no Kuni broke new ground in the RPG genre and became one of the most beloved and well-received games of 2013,” said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. “With Ni no Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM, the artistic visionaries behind the first game are back to take their creative vision of a grand adventure to even higher heights that are sure to delight video game fans.

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It is safe to assume that the game will be targeting a mid-to-late 2016 launch if not early 2017. Stay here as we wait for more information in regards to the game.


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Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

XSEED Games Launches Twitch.tv Channel

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Many of you may know the name XSEED Games since we’ve had the pleasure of working with them on a consistent basis over the years. Today XSEED Games has announced the launch of their Twitch.tv Channel. With the debut of their channel, XSEED Games has announced that they will be revealing the Earth Defense Force 4.1 Multiplayer within their debut stream. The video will showcase both new vehicles as well as new weapon classes in the stream that starts today at 3:00pm PST. The video will detail the Wing Diver, New Air Raider and more when it premiers in roughly 30 minutes from now.

More Official Information from XSEED Games:

XSEED Games, the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., is excited to announce the launch of its Twitch.tv Channel, which will go live at 3:00pm PST today, featuring Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair ahead of its December 8 launch. The stream will showcase multiplayer combat as soldiers battle against an all-out alien invasion.

As a bonus for “EDF” fans, extended-length videos were released for Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space and Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair with unedited, action-packed combat. The brave Fencer, Wing Diver, and Air Raider (new to Earth Defense Force 2) classes call in airstrikes, commandeer tanks, and operate giant robots to destroy monstrosities — including enormous arachnids, insects, and winged creatures.

Published by XSEED Games in North America, Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space for the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system and Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system will launch this December 8. These titles have been rated “T for Teen” and “M for Mature” by the ESRB, respectively. For more information about Earth Defense Force visit:http://www.theedfdeploys.com. The new XSEED Games Twitch.tv channel can be viewed starting at 3:00pm PST athttp://www.twitch.tv/xseed_games.

 


About the Writer:

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Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

“Return of the Patriarch” Content Now Available for Killing Floor 2

As you know not long ago, matter of a fact, a few days ago we published our preview for the upcoming “Return of the Patriarch” content that will has now landed on Steam as of now. Still on Steam Early Access for $29.99 (US), ₤19.99 (UK) and €26.99 (EU), Killing Floor 2 offers fans a chance to go into a full blown cooperative experience while taking out the fan favored boss “The Patriarch”. Known by many as the former CEO of Horizon Biotech as Kevin Clamely, fans will get to take him on as his new form “The Patriarch” a monstrosity that seeks nothing but vengeance.

 

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As always, with new content, the game will feature information for new additions, bug fixes and tunning through the  Official KILLING FLOOR 2 Game Group on Steam.

The brand new Return of the Patriarch Content Pack for KILLING FLOOR 2 includes the following:

  • New Boss – The Patriarch
  • 2 New Maps – Farmhouse and Black Forest
  • 1 New Perk – Gunslinger
  • 1 New Playable Character – Oisten Jaegerhorn
  • Zed-conomy and Trading Floor Store
  • Other New Features including server welcome screen, various bug fixes and improvements, steam mod and map workshop added and much more!

 

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The Tripwire team will also be showing off the PlayStation 4 version of KILLING FLOOR 2 for the first time ever at booths #1193 / #1194 during the PlayStation Experience in San Francisco, California on Saturday, December 5thand Sunday, December 6th. Will you be there? If so, let us know your thoughts about the console version if you’ve played the PC version.


About the Writer:

dustin_batgr_prof

Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

Ready to Save? We’ve Compiled the Best Black Friday Gaming Ads

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When it comes to Black Friday, the holidays and amazing sales, we’re going to try and have you covered the best we can. Why? Even as a team of journalists, we don’t make any money off B.A.T.G.R., but instead our every day jobs. So to us, saving money is a big deal as our member(s) spend hundreds to thousands a year on games, hardware and things such as TV’s in order for us to bring you the news we do. So this week? We’ve dug through the best video gaming deals we think you could enjoy and compiled them for you. So lets take a look below as we count down to the best deals with the last one being the one we felt as a team would be the best for your family gamers. So what have we done? Found the deals that seem the best and even linked each of the Black Friday Ads for you. Below we’ve listed the best deals we felt for each of the price ranges. While there are many more games and items to be listed, we couldn’t list all of them, but we have, as stated, linked to the Black Friday Ads for you to dig completely through.

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3-Months PlayStation Plus – 7.96
3-Months Xbox Live – 12.50
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Controllers – 39.99
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Dragon Age Inquisition Gold Edition – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Forza 6 – 34.99 – Xbox One
Fifa 16 – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Mortal Kombat X – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Splatoon – 24.99 – Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 24.99 – Nintendo 3DS
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Batman: Arkham Knight – 24.99 – Xbox One and Playstation 4
Bloodborne – 24.99 – PlayStation 4
Gears of War Ultimate Edition – 14.99 – Xbox One
Rare Replay – 14.99 – Xbox One
Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack – 39.99 – PlayStation 4 Version Only

Best Buy

Grand Theft Auto V – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Need for Speed – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 34.99 – Xbox One and
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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – 34.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Forza 6 – 34.99 – Xbox One
Splatoon – 34.99 – Wii U
Batman: Arkham Knight – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Mad Max – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Just Dance 2016 – 24.99 – Wii U
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited – 24.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Controllers – 39.99
Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Park – 39.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4 – Other Platforms Possible
Guitar Hero Live – 69.99 – Xbox One and PlayStation 4

While we would like to say Target’s Black Friday Ad is much different from the others, it’s not. If you wish, you can take a peek at it here. Below we saved the best for last when it comes to bundles.

Xbox One Consoles – 299.99 – 349.99 – Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection PlayStation 4 Bundle – 299.99 – Best Buy | Wal-Mart | Target
Wii U Console – 249.99 – Target
New Nintendo 3DS XL – 179.99 – Target

We hope this gives you a few ideas for that gamer or upcoming media person in your family! Let us know if there are other savings you wish to know about while we wait for GameStop to release their Black Friday and Cyber Monday ads. Will you settle for the Gamers Club Unlocked at Best Buy in order to save 20% off those amazing deals? Let us know who you settle for in order to complete your shopping and why.


About the Writer:

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Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

Fallout 4 Sales Approximately 12 Million Units Totaling Around $750 Million USD

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If you are like the millions of people around the world, Fallout 4 has become a huge part of your life and without a doubt the most played game across the three platforms it launched on. Since Fallout 4’s launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC players have ranted, raved, and even highly appraised the game. Many of these fans have also excitedly displayed their Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition’s, which sold out within hours of having been announced earlier this year.

With major retailers having informed Bethesda of the tremendous consumer interest in Fallout 4, with some having even noting that Bethesda’s latest titled is the most pre-ordered game of the year, quite easily topping Halo 5: Guardians and Call of Duty Black Ops III in sales. With such a large interest, Fallout 4 copies are having to be shipped to meet the consumer demand as many retailers are unable to keep up with sales.

Let alone has physical sales broken records, the digital sales have been following suit with Steam having noted that Fallout 4 is the most game played concurrently with over 470,000 players playing the game. The games companion app, Fallout Pip-Boy has become the most downloaded and accessed app according to the iTunes App Store. The game has also become the most viewed game since its launch according to Twitch.

We’re extremely proud of Todd Howard, Game Director at Bethesda Game Studios, and his experienced team of developers for their talent and dedication in creating this extraordinary game,” said Vlatko Andonov, President of Bethesda Softworks. “Fallout 4 is a masterpiece in game development and storytelling, providing fans hundreds of hours of fun as they explore and are challenged by this fascinating, beautifully crafted world.

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Fallout 4 has earned critical acclaim since the games announcement back in June. The title has also obtained over 160 awards at E3 2015 while also coveting the Award for Best of Show, which was voted on by a group of independent journalists from 39 of the industries leading media outlets that cover the video game industry.

Reviewers have noted for particular praise the game’s storytelling, its vast, detailed world, crafting systems, exploration, meaningful player choices, shooting mechanics, hours of gameplay, and most importantly, total freedom of action. Your choices, your world, you do what you want with it as The Wandered from Vault 111.

A huge thanks to our fans that’ve made this all possible,” said Todd Howard, Game Director on Fallout 4. “After four years of development, it’s not complete until our fans get to play it and make it their own. We can’t wait to hear about their adventures.

For many, Fallout 4 reminds them why Bethesda Game Studios stands among all developers with its elite status. With each of the last three titles developed from the studio, each of them have earned a consensus of “Game of the Year” winners and rank with some of the highest-scoring titles within the industry. Fallout 4 follows up to the 2008 ‘Game of the Year’ winner, Fallout 3 and stands among the best with their most recent release since 2011’s ‘Game of the Year’ winner, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Fallout 4 is now available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

The Long Awaited Killing Floor 2 on PS4 to Premier at PlayStation Experience 2015

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You’ve probably read our hands-on impressions in part 1 and part 2 about the games most recent DLC – Incinerate ‘n Detonate Pack that is available through Steam’s Steam Early Access launch this past April. In turn the Tripwire team will be debuting the PlayStation 4 version of Killing Floor 2 at the PlayStation Experience in December in San Francisco, California.

If you plan on attending the event now will be your chance to meet key team members from Tripwire while they will be going hands-on at their booth on the show floor, showing off their hit co-op sci-fi zombie slaying game on consoles for the first time ever. This is definitely something that fans should look forward to for those attending the conference.

DETAILS:
What: Play KILLING FLOOR 2 on PS4 at the PlayStation Experience

Who: Tripwire Interactive (Creators of the KILLING FLOOR and Red Orchestra franchises) 

When: Saturday, December 5th from 10AM – 10PM | Sunday, December 6th from 10AM – 6PM 

Where: Booth #2130 / #2131
Moscone West Convention Center
800 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103

Tripwire Team Members in Attendance:

o   Alan Wilson – Owner/Vice President, Tripwire Interactive
o   Bill Munk – Owner/Creative Director, Tripwire Interactive
o   David Hensley – Owner/Art Director, Tripwire Interactive
o   Mike Schmitt – Senior Marketing Manager, Tripwire Interactive
o   Jared Creasy – Community Manager, Tripwire Interactive

We hope you get to see them there and stay tuned for our review of the PC version.


About the Writer:

dustin_batgr_prof

Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

Life is Strange Gets a Limited Edition

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Life is Strange has been one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time from developer DONTNOD (Remember Me), which became one of the most successful episodic titles of all time. This title is set to launch January 19th, 2016 for North America and landing on January 22nd, 2016 for PAL territories.

“The response to Life is Strange really has blown us away,” explained Luc Baghadoust, producer at DONTNOD Entertainment, “to be able to share that experience with our fans in a traditional boxed format is something we’re really excited about and the decision to include the extra items for the Limited Edition is a direct response to fan requests.”

If you are waiting to get your hands on this Limited Edition here’s what you can expect to obtain:
-32-Page Art Book (Physical)
-Commentary in-game
-32-Track Soundtrack featuring 14 licensed tracks and 8 tracks from Jonathan Morali (composer).

Full Track List:

1. Syd Matters – ‘To All Of You’
2. José González – ‘Crosses’
3. Angus & Julia Stone – ‘Santa Monica Dream’
4. Sparklehorse – ‘Piano Fire’
5. alt-J – ‘Something Good’
6. Local Natives – ‘Mt. Washington’
7. Bright Eyes ‘Lua’
8. Mogwai – ‘Kids Will Be Skeletons’
9. Amanda Palmer – ‘In My Mind’ (feat. Brian Viglione)
10. Message To Bears ‘Mountains’
11. Breton – ‘Got Well Soon’
12. Mud Flow – ‘The Sense of Me’
13. Foals – ‘Spanish Sahara’
14. Syd Matters – ‘Obstacles’

Original Score by Jonathan Morali
15. Jonathan Morali – ‘Golden Hour’
16. Jonathan Morali – ‘The Storm’
17. Jonathan Morali – ‘Blackwell Academy’
18. Jonathan Morali – ‘Kate’
19. Jonathan Morali – ‘Timeless’
20. Jonathan Morali – ‘Timelines’
21. Jonathan Morali – ‘Night Walk’
22. Jonathan Morali – ‘Max & Chloe’

Stay tuned for our review and unboxing of the Limited Edition.


About the Writer:

dustin_batgr_prof

Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

Wait, B.A.T.G.R. Where’s Your Call of Duty Black Ops III Review and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Review?

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When working on processing what games we will review, we have to sit down as a team and discuss the games we wish to review, we feel we need to review and ultimately what titles get to go through the review process. Unfortunately for some games we do cut them out of our list of titles to review while others manage to slip in and make the review priority list.

This year you may notice we have a lot of absence regarding big name triple-a titles and even titles that aren’t as big. Before I continue on I must stress to you the readers that we are 100% unfunded by any company. We don’t have any paying backers willing to throw a few dollars our way to ensure that we can process reviews, afford to quit our jobs to focus solely on this project or even prioritize our time away from other things to guarantee their product will be reviewed. While we are lucky to work with as many studios and publishers as we do we don’t always get the opportunity to review the games we would like to or even afford them since a lot of our hardware, games and accessories are actually paid for by us through our every day jobs. While we would have loved to review Call of Duty Black Ops III, Rise of the Tomb Raider and even Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – we don’t have the money nor were we given the opportunity to by the publishers.

All we can do is be thankful for your time taken to read about the products we do cover as well as the titles we are fortunate enough to review when we do and we hope to see more of your feedback and support in the future.

-Dustin Murphy, President and Founder of Blast Away the Game Review

Overwatch is Officially Headed to New Gen Consoles, PC, and is Not Free to Play

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You may have heard not long ago the brilliant minds over at Blizzard Entertainment had ditched their previous title only known as “Project Titan”. In doing so they decided to leave some of the PvP elements very alive and with that we’ve gotten to see a spectacular take on the FPS genre. This take is one of the most anticipated things to get ready to hit the FPS genre.

With blizzards well known rather highly stylized team-based mechanics, Blizzard gives us their take on a very near-future Earth. One that will pit players in intense multiplayer shootouts using a diverse cast of characters that range from heroes to scientists, oddities, mercs with guns, and even scientists in this epic globe-spanning conflict that seeks to tear the world apart. Well we think so anyways.

With its bold cast of characters that host amazingly unique abilities, players will fight across familiar locales, teleport around enemies, jump on top of hoverbuses in London, and even dive find themselves battling it out through the bazaars in Egypt (Diablo anyone?).

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But how many heroes will you get to see blowing up terrains, throwing out unique abilities, and even executing impossible maneuvers? 21 characters to be exact. Each of them coming with their own abilities, mastery levels, and even their unique spin on having a personality. Tired of playing one character? That’s fine! Switch it up mid-match in order to bring the pain to enemy teams from going from the mysterious ninja Genji to the teleporting former British test pilot Tracer in order to teleport, drop bombs on enemies, and even reverse time to get her out of horrible situations.

Overwatch will pit teams of six players against each other in objective-based locales set around the world. Each of them putting iconic players into the light while fights move from streets, to rooftops, to open skies and even locations never seen before while each team fights over distinct mission objectives in order to win.

Want to experience it? Good, Blizzard has set up eight locales that are playable at BlizzCon 2015 with plenty more to come.

Overwatch has officially been announced for the Microsoft Xbox One, Sony PlayStation 4, and PC in 2016. The game will cost 59.99 USD according to GameStop’s placeholder on their website. As for MAC users? Blizzard has stated that the game will not be launching on the platform at this time.


About the Writer:

dustin_batgr_prof

Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege to Feature Premium Content – Post-Launch Plans Announced

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With the new Rainbow Six entry being one of the most anticipated games of 2015 as it prepares for its launch on December 1st, 2015, Rainbow Six Siege has been under quite a bit of scrutiny since the developers at Ubisoft have announced the games plan to be an online only title. Following in footsteps of recently launched titles such as Destiny, The Crew, and Need for Speed, which all require a constant online element; Rainbow Six Siege isn’t straying too far from that curve ahead of its launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

With Rainbow Six being a franchise that sees games every so few years, Ubisoft’s development teams have released an outline of what the future for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will see through its lifespan clear into next year’s holiday season. In the video below, you will find Ubisoft’s developers behind Rainbow Six discussing the outlined plans. For those that don’t feel like watching, but prefer to read? Feel free to scroll past the video for more information behind plans for the game.

While many of you that are reading are probably not strangers to FPS titles that are highly competitive, it won’t be unusual for us to see regular patches that will bring in gameplay balancing, feature improvements, detailed patch notes, and small additions to the game that may not already be present at release. Ubisoft has also announced that the team will be a dedicated group of about eighty members who will constantly be looking into fan feedback via forums, social media, etc, while they are monitoring gameplay statistics, and ensure that your experience is the best that it can be when the game comes up to launch. Let alone will these team members doing their duties just mentioned, but they will also be assisting in bringing forth events, competitions, and more as major content expansions for 2016 prepare to launch. These new content expansions will include new maps, operators, modes, and weapons at no additional cost.

So what exactly do these content expansions include during their seasons? Each of these will include one map, two new operators, each with unique gadgets, and a new primary as well as new secondary weapons for players to choose from. These will also feature new modes, cosmetic items and last, but not least, new in-game events that will be released during the year. While maps and modes will be readily available to all players, the new operators and weapon skins will be unlocked through using Renown, which is earned through matches, gameplay time, or even with R6 Credits (real-money currency). Just note that the stuff that requires R6 Credits? Those are cosmetic only and won’t affect your gameplay, so don’t sweat bullets there, unless that changes.

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Want to know more about how these credits and Renown work? Head on over to the official Ubisoft Blog and find out now! Stay tuned for our upcoming review for Rainbow Six Siege post-launch.


About the Writer:

dustin_batgr_prof

Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on TwitterGoogle+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.