Zelda DLC: Every New Armor Sidequest in the Champions' Ballad

There's new armor and gear to find in the Champions' Ballad DLC - see where to find them all.

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Zelda DLC: Find Ganon's Hidden Armor

Dress up like Phantom Ganon by locating new armor chests in the Champions' Ballad DLC for Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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PUBG: Xbox One vs PC Differences

There are a few important changes that PC players should be aware of before firing up PlayerUknown's Battlegrounds on Xbox One.

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The Metro: Exodus Trailers and the Problem with "Vertical Slices"

So that trailer for Metro Exodus at the Game Awards was pretty great, right? The sweeping shots of a snowed-in ruined Russian city, the flicking of a flare dancing on the wall of a pitch black tunnel—it all made for a post apocalyptic vision that was as beautiful as it was sad.

Too bad it feels as though it came from a different game than the footage we saw in E3's Metro Exodus reveal trailer, which was an orgy of visual delights that seemed like a revolution in graphical prowess. In June's trailer, the icicles sparkled in the dim light, subtly revealing the ghosts of nearby objects behind them. In comparison, the icicles in the Games Awards trailer looked more like frosting oozing from a cake. The June trailer has camera shifts that moved between intricate cobwebs, dandelion stems, and little pebbles that tumble off a cliff while the player gets chased by a mutated bear. The Games Award trailer, though, is far less ambitious. It'd be wrong to call it ugly, but the differences between the two trailers were vast enough to lead us to call it one of the show's "losers." So what the hell happened?

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GTA Online: How to Unlock the Red Dead Revolver

You'll need to do some creative treasure hunting to unlock this weapon from Red Dead Redemption 2 and earn bonuses in both that and GTA Online.

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Overwatch Heroes Kick Each Other in the Bricks

Welcome back to Brick Battles, our stop-motion animated series that brings your favorite video game worlds to life. Each episode is made in conjunction with the talented folks at Digital Wizard Studios, and for this first season it's all about Blizzard's popular hero shooter, Overwatch.

In Episode 5, the Overwatch heroes take turns sneaking up on each other and use ultimate punishments on their most sensitive weapons. Watch "Kicked in the Bricks" in the video player above.

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Fallout 4 VR Review

Walking through the ruins of Boston in Fallout 4 VR is a sobering experience that makes the post-nuclear world feel that much more real. Fallout 4 clearly wasn't built for this, as the troublesome Pip Boy menu system demonstrates all too well, but you can get around and defend yourself well enough that if you love Fallout and have a high-end PC and an HTC Vive, it's hard to say no to.

Given the sky-high system requirements of a GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD FX 8350, it's not all that surprising that Fallout 4 looks pretty respectable in VR. Far fewer knobs had to be turned to their lowest setting here than in Skyrim VR on the PlayStation 4, and while Fallout 4 was never a cutting-edge game when it comes to graphics, character models, textures, and draw distances are only a little bit below where I remembered them. I did have a few stutters on hardware above the requirements (a GTX 1080), but those appear to be limited to certain areas – such as Vault 111, which doesn't make the best first impression. But it soon smoothed out, and for the most part played as expected.

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