STACK #140 Jun 2016

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uncharted 4: a thief's end

What do you give a gamer that has everything? Uncharted 4: A Thief's End . If you're a PS4 owner, this is undoubtedly the release you've been most eager to play since it was announced way back in 2013. If you don't own a PS4, this game is a valid reason for buying one. Having worked on Uncharted for ten years, developer Naughty Dog has decided to move on from the

TWEET of the MONTH "Damn... that Battlefield trailer... colour me hyped" @ Neil_Druckmann, creative director at Naughty Dog

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franchise, declaring that A Thief's End will their last game in the endearing series; of course, that doesn't mean another studio in the Sony stable won't be offered the chance to pick it up. A Thief's End is high adventure, incorporating shooting, puzzle solving and some of the best writing you can expect to find in a video game. This is in part due to the appointment of The Last of Us writers Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, who were brought on board to direct the game when longtime franchise scribe Amy Hennig left to join Visceral Games. The result is a well-paced, character-driven narrative blending history with mythology and cinema with video games in a rambunctious bout of cavalierism. There are twists and turns at every corner, keeping the gamer invested in the characters and events right up to its bombastic conclusion. If only we could get one of these a year.

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Michael Fassbender had never played any of the Assassin's Creed games before he began working on the film based on the franchise. You can find Homer Simpson's work desk in Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition , covered in doughnuts. There's an easter egg in DOOM that pays homage to Skyrim – a skeleton wearing an Iron Helmet with an arrow embedded in his knee.

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1 overwatch (Xo/ps4/pc) 2 uncharted 4: a thief's end (ps4) 3 doom (ps4/xo/pc) 4 battleborn (Xo/ps4/pc) 5 call of duty: black ops iii (Xo/360/ ps4/ps3/pc) 6 dark souls iii (Xo/ ps4/pc) 7 tom clancy's the division (xo/ps4/pc) 8 grand theft auto v (Xo/360/ps4/ps3/pc) 9 nba 2k16 (Xo/360/ps4/ps3) 10 ratchet & clank (ps4)

VIDEO GAME HISTORY – JUNE Date: 1991 The world's first introduction to the infamous blue hedgehog, Sonic, in 16-bit and 8-bit forms. Date: 2011 The follow-up to the hit Infamous , Infamous 2 , is released. Announced the previous year, Infamous 2 is a PS3 exclusive, and is a return to the Karma- based, good vs. bad system of the original.

1 Pokemon Sun and Moon 2 Battlefield 1 3 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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