Set in exotic Hope County, Montana, Far Cry 5 has already made quite a lot of noise for taking on a different locale than previous games. This time around, players are stuck deep in the cultist-held territory, with no lines of communication, and no roads out. The people in the city are terrified, worn down, or dead.
But as we find out in the newest trailer, not everyone is happy with the cultist takeover. Grace Armstrong, a mercenary, will provide some overlook with her long rifle, keeping an eye out for anyone who might sneak up on you. When you need a little more on-the-ground assistance, a cultist-hating dog named Boomer will lend a paw.
Another character seen in the previous teaser trailers for Far Cry 5, Nick Rye has been reluctantly outfitting his small plane with guns and armor. When the chips are stacked against you, he’ll swing through and help destroy the enemy, or at least cause a distraction. Finally, a friend comes crashing through in a semi, taking out a roadblock — a reminder of the co-op gameplay that’s finally making its way into the Far Cry series.
While it was clearly very scripted, the Ubisoft E3 press conference was the first chance to see actual gameplay from the newest title, bringing the world of Hope County, and its residents, into more detail than we’ve seen in previous cinematics. There’s a lot of promise in Far Cry 5, as Primal started to take the franchise into new areas, and moving the setting in the United States may help keep things fresh as it grows well past its adolescent stage.
Unfortunately, Ubisoft still hasn’t announced a release date for Fry Cry 5, and it’s still clearly early in the development cycle. Stay tuned with all of our E3 coverage to hear about the latest announcements and best games from the showfloor.
For years, Call of Duty’s campaign mode has used big, scripted set pieces to tell the overarching story amid all the adrenaline-pumping action. The 2023 Modern Warfare 3 tried to shake up the established formula by introducing a handful of short open combat missions, and I genuinely liked the idea, but the game's overall negative reception seeped into how those missions were received.
I feared the next iteration might abandon the idea because of the backlash, but I am glad it didn't. MW4’s “Stranded” mission uses the same approach, but instead of fragmenting it across the campaign, it puts it all in a single large-scale open-world mission.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.