Historical Lows on Starfield, EA Sports FC 24, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and More!

Thank your own personal deity — possibly Liu Kang, Eternal God of Franchise Reboots — it's Friday! After a 10-year hiatus, Armored Core launches with a new entry today. Word is it's fire (of Rubicon). Not into 8/10 giant robot games? Slap a preorder down on Spidey 2, Starfield, or CoD Modern Warfare III. All of 'em are looking like pretty solid bets to me.

Welcome to a day of bargains and Armored Core VI embargo lifts. Mitch gave it an 8 here. Personally, I've played the hell out of it and have some thoughts as well. The TL;DR: without logging into the multi mode, you'll be hard pressed to milk the 50-60 hour estimate that's been getting around. That said, the combat feels great, and you can construct any svelte mech your heart desires. Be it an EVA unit knock-off. A Gundam. Or The Crushinator...

Over the last year, Xbox has been under one massive spotlight: a giant acquisition and court case, speculation about its upcoming AAA portfolio, Starfield on the horizon, questions around third-party game parity across both its consoles, Game Pass, and so much more. Naturally, we have tons of questions about all of this, and at gamescom 2023, we were finally able to get some answers from Xbox head Phil Spencer about almost everything.

If Ahsoka Season 1 has given you the Star Wars itch, I have the bacta (read: bargains) to soothe it. The critically acclaimed sequel to Fallen Order, Jedi Survivor, has fallen in price. Considerably. It's also a really good time to secure a cheaper PlayStation VR2 and strap it on your melon. Personally, I'm still in love with my launch edition. More of you need to experience its VR-y amazing delights.

It's launch day for the next chapter in Guild Wars 2 with the release of the newest expansion, Secrets of the Obscure on PC. This is the fourth expansion, but the first following the 10-year-long Elder Dragon Saga. You'll be able to take to the sky, explore new areas,  get your hands on a skyscale mount, and get more build customization options.

Basketball season is fast approaching, and so is a new opportunity to virtually get in on the action: NBA 2K24 New Gen. 2K shared preliminary information about the game in July but has just announced new details about September 8th's NBA 2K24, including adding a LeBron Era. This new mode follows LeBron James' 2010 journey of leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat and leads into the already existing Modern Era. NBA 2K23 also introduced the Magic vs. Bird Era, Jordan Era and Kobe Era to the game. 

Although Starfield won't be out before two weeks, a YouTuber has seemingly received a copy of the game's Constellation Edition early and has uploaded over 40 minutes of gameplay.

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 39 is now live on PC and Mac, with a series of changes and improvements that affect a number of features in the game, including promised quest and content improvements,  improved inventory stacking, PVP death notifications, new achievements, and a whole lot of fixes.

The Elder Scrolls Online Update 39 is now live on PC and Mac, with a series of changes and improvements that affect a number of features in the game, including promised quest and content improvements,  improved inventory stacking, PVP death notifications, new achievements, and a whole lot of fixes.

This week we say goodbye to one of our own, a myth, a legend: Riverdale is finally ending its legendary run after seven seasons. Riverdale went out like it lived: as a show few could comprehend while always being true to itself to the very end.

Great Boo's ghost. Is it that time of year again already? Somehow, we've ticked around to CoD Preorder o'clock again. Mind you, whether or not Modern Warfare III is worthy of the Price — as in Captain John — is still anybody's guess at this point. If you are keen, however, I do have the best bargains for it laid out below. It's the same deal on deals for Mortal Kombat 1, Starfield and many more.

If you're still exploring Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we have a quick reminder for you. It'll be especially useful for the fellow completionists out there, as it'll help you find all of those hiding Bubbulfrogs with ease.