Star Wars Outlaws review round-up – all the scores for Ubisoft's latest open-world adventure

Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws is finally out later this week, but the reviews are already in for the Red Dead Redemption-esque game, leaving just one question: how is it? Well, it depends on who you ask, as while most reviews are generally favourable, it’s sitting pretty much all over the spectrum of review scores. Jim landed on the higher end for us at VG247, giving the game 4/5 stars in his review, which you can check out here. While Jim did make it clear that Star Wars Outlaws won’t win many Game of the Year awards due to a mixture of reasons, it still manages to capture a very particular Star Wars vibe that helps you feel young again – and it helps that the game looks great too.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Still, Jim…

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World of Warcraft: The War Within leveling change proves controversial among well-geared players diving into new content

A sudden update to World of Warcraft: The War Within’s leveling experience has left the community torn, as it drastically impacts the amount of power characters decked out with gear from previous expansions have while making the journey from level 70-80.The reason for this change is clear. Characters coming in with full sets of high-level gear from old content were absolutely flying through leveling mobs without in a matter of seconds, totally stripping the leveling process of any challenge. This impacted group content too, as higher level characters in a party with lower level characters decked out in old-content gear would find themselves out DPS’d courtesy of power balancing. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Okay so what are the two sides of the…

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If you're expecting Daredevil: Born Again to be an easy watch, don't, because the Disney Plus series will feature 'some of the most brutal action' the MCU has ever had

The original Netflix version of Daredevil had plenty of violence, but it sounds like Marvel is upping the ante for the upcoming Disney Plus series.A big point of appeal of Netflix’s Daredevil was the action and violence, in particular because it was attempting to be a lot more grounded than most of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe was offering at the time. Marvel Studios was trying to appeal to a broader audience, so Daredevil and the other Netflix Marvel shows tried to be their edgier cousin. But speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel’s head of streaming, television, and animation at Marvel Studios tried to make it clear that Daredevil: Born Again will be quite a “brutal” watch.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “I’ll tell you, some of the most …

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