Unfortunately, the wait for Rainbow Six Siege's  Blood Orchid update will be longer than expected. In addition to a new release date, Ubisoft today shared more details about Blood Orchid's three Operators.

While we've already seen teases for the two Hong Kong characters, the third Operator has remained a mystery. A post on  Ubisoft's blog today provides us with the first official details on the character, who is named Ela. She's a member of Poland's counter-terrorism unit, GROM, and serves as a Defender. She has Grzmot mines that can stick to any surface and detonate when they detect nearby movement. They don't deal damage, but they do disorient and stun enemies. (When she's downed, she can detonate one on her, too.) She's also equipped with a new pistol as a secondary weapon to go along with shotgun and SMG options as primary options. The specific models were not shared.


As for the other two new Operators, the blog post confirms the previously leaked details on their gadgets. Ying is an Attacker who carries a Candela, which are spheres that launch blinding flash charges into the air when deployed; Ying is immune to the effect thanks to special glasses she wears. Candelas can be tossed or rolled like a grenade--you can even cook them, though doing so causes them to take longer before actually detonating. Alternatively, they can be attached to a breachable surface so that they go through and detonate on the other side.

Lesion is a Defender who uses Gu mines, which are cloaked and thus invisible to anyone but Lesion (and IQ's gadget). When stepped on, they inject poison into an enemy that distorts their version and deals damage. Affected enemies can follow an on-screen indicator to pull the needle out and end the effects sooner, but doing so leaves them vulnerable to attack. Lesion can have as many as seven mines deployed at a time, though these are acquired over time; he doesn't start out a match with a full helping. He can also see indicators for all of the traps from anywhere on the map, letting him know when one is triggered.

Along with a  new map called Theme Park, these characters represent the bulk of Blood Orchid's new content. The map will be free at launch for all players, while Year 2 season pass owners will get all three characters; everyone else will be able to purchase them with in-game currency later.  More details are expected during a stream this weekend, with a  full release now tentatively planned for September 5.


 https://www.gamespot.com/ .. /1100-6452766/


Enjoy the free Siege weekend

Well, actually tomorrow but I wanted to make the thread.

sh*t looked trash till this trailer dropped. Still not worth 60 tho

Inmates is a stunningly created, story-driven, atmospheric visual novel in which you must find out the truth behind your confinement and uncover the dark secrets of the run-down prison you find yourself in. Delve deep into your psyche while trying to stay sane, in this most disturbing of horror games.

 http://store.steampowered .. om/app/634120/

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your nation through four distinctive eras. Face new challenges on the international stage and always keep the needs of your people in mind.

In Tropico 6 you manage extensive archipelagos, build bridges to connect your islands and use new means of transportation and infrastructure for the first time in the series. Send your Tropicans on raids to steal the wonders of the world, including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Customize your palace at will and give election speeches from your balcony, to win the favour of your subjects.

With Tropico 6, your favourite dictator sim returns for Windows PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2018.

 http://store.steampowered .. om/app/492720/

Nvidia confirmed last week that the PC version of Destiny 2 will support 4K resolutions, uncapped framerates, 21:9 monitors, and "a full suite of adjustable graphics settings." Today at Gamescom, it announced that the game will also support SLI and HDR displays, and that HDR support will actually be live for the upcoming PC beta test.

The importance of HDR support might be debatable, as we covered in our July rundown of the new tech, but if you've got the right display unit, it "enables higher peak brightness for stunning, vivid visuals, with bold saturated colors; tremendous contrast for richer, more natural dark scenes; and a wide gamut of colors close to what you experience on the highest-quality digital cinema screens," Nvidia said. "In the context of Destiny 2's sci-fi setting, you'll experience a dazzling display of color, brightness and contrast that was previously impossible to render, further improving your experience."

SLI, short for Scalable Link Interface, is a system that enables the use of multiple GPUs in a single PC—which, as you can imagine, can gives games that support it a significant performance kick. Nvidia also announced that a Game Ready driver for the Destiny 2 PC beta is in the works and will be rolled out on August 24, four days ahead of the early access beta launch (or five days, if you haven't preordered).

Destiny 2 on the PC is still a good distance away—it won't be out until October 24—but the console versions (without HDR support, I feel obligated to note) will be out on September 6.

 http://www.pcgamer.com/de .. -hdr-displays/

 https://www.xfinity.com/callofduty



Beta codes for anyone with an Xfinity Account

Just seeing if anyone was hip to this or watching it. Got it going at work now

Microsoft is working hard to meet demand for the Xbox One X during the Holidays, after the "overwhelming" initial response from the fans.

A couple of days ago, during its pre-Gamescom live show, Microsoft opened pre-orders for the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition, and today DualShockers had a chat with Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg about the companyÂ’s expectations for the console.

Greenberg explained that, while Microsoft doesnÂ’t know what kind of share of Xbox One family sales will be taken by Xbox One X consoles, theyÂ’re really trying to manufacture as many as they possibly can.

The response to the console has been “overwhelming,” with stock at several top retailers selling out right away in many countries.

According to Greenberg, the Xbox One X is MicrosoftÂ’s flagship and premium product, but they donÂ’t want people to forget the benefits of the whole Xbox family, including the fact that all games and accessories work on both Xbox One S and Xbox One X, full backward compatibility of over 400 Xbox 360 games, and three generation of titles available to play with the addition of original Xbox games.

The company is “really proud” of the Xbox One S, and they expect to continue selling “a lot” of the standard model, but they know that core gamers are going to want the very best, and alongside the benefits of more power and more memory, and a lot of them are going to choose Xbox One X.

That being said, Greenberg would “not be surprised” if the Xbox One S kept selling more units than the Xbox One X, but Microsoft is working hard to meet demand for the premium console.

Greenberg also explained that with full compatibility with the Xbox One family, remasters, and over 100 titles updated for the new console (actually, Greenberg mentioned that the list already climbed to 118), Microsoft is “really trying to overdeliver” on value for the fans that are making an investment for an Xbox One X, and they hope that those fans will feel the same about it.

Of course, you should stay tuned for the full interview, coming soon on DualShockers.

 http://www.dualshockers.c .. ming-response/

Microsoft's eighth generation home console, the Xbox One, has surpassed 30 million units sold worldwide, according to our estimates. You can view the sales figure at the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart.

The Xbox One reached the milestone for the week ending June 10, 2017. The console sold 92,014 units to bring its lifetime sales to 30,075,137 units. There have also been 194,218,035 games sold for the Xbox One at retail.

Breaking down the sales by region, the Xbox One has sold best in the US with 16,999,459 units sold (57%), compared to 8,090,445 units sold in Europe (27%) and 79,941 units sold in Japan (0.3%). Looking more closely at Europe, the console has sold an estimated 3,756,215 units in the UK, 969,201 units in Germany, and 1,122,434 units in France.

Looking at the software sales for the Xbox One: three games have sold more than five million units; 27 games have sold more than two million units; and 56 games have sold more than one million units.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is the top selling Xbox One game at retail with an estimated 7.33 million units. Grand Theft Auto V has sold 6.74 million units and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has sold 5.29 million units.

Halo 5: Guardians is the best-selling first-party game with sales of 4.80 million units, followed by Minecraft with sales of 3.98 million units. Halo: The Master Chief Collection has sold 3.39 million units, Gears of War 4 has sold 3.03 million units and Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.43 million units.

 http://www.vgchartz.com/a .. its-worldwide/

 http://store.steampowered .. p/22350/BRINK/

Mei tho