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Bethesda offered players to try out Doom for free during E3 week. You could download the demo on the PlayStation Store and play the first level for free.

The demo was supposed to end last week, but due to popular demand, they are extending the demo for another week. Which means if you haven’t tried out Doom, go and get the demo now — it’s a pretty awesome game, especially if you’re into first person shooters.

Doom launched last month on the PS4, PC, and Xbox One and was well received by critics and gamers alike. It’s one of the best looking games on the PS4, and despite the superior image quality, it still manages to run at 1080p and 60 fps.

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Microsoft has just confirmed the Xbox One S, aka Xbox One Slim. And it’s pretty big news, as the console will retail for just $299, undercutting the PS4 by $50, and supporting 4K content as well.

The Xbox One S not only supports 4K videos from Netflix and Amazon, but has a built-in 4K Blu-ray player. This is big news, as standalone Blu-ray players cost around $200 themselves, meaning that a lot of people interested in 4K Blu-ray will probably step up to an Xbox One console.

The new console also has a 2TB harddrive, which is 4 times as much as the $350 PS4 version has.

It’ll be interesting to see how Sony responds to this. They’ve already said that they will not showcase the PS4.5 Neo at E3. The only other way to counter the Xbox One S will be a price cut, bringing the PS4 down to $299 or even less.

The new Xbox One launches in August worldwide.

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One of the main complaints about the original Watch Dogs was the lack of control and the brooding, serious tone set by protagonist Aiden Pierce. With the development of Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft is moving away from that seriousness and crafting a game that’s far more whimsical, fun, and free-form than the last.

Just a few moments ago, Ubisoft officially pulled the wraps off the game, giving us our first look at African-America hacker protagonist, Marcus Holloway. One of the first things the reveal video highlighted was the new parkour system. Ubiosoft’s motion capture this time allows Marcus to vault over cover and traverse the new setting of San Francisco in ways that Aiden couldn’t. The new motion capture also let the stunt actors play around with Marcus’ weapon of choice: a pool ball attached to a rope. As lame as that may sound (or cool depending on who you are), the video does the weapon far more justice. You can see Marcus effortlessly swing his weapon and incapacitate enemies without missing a beat. Overall, it looks really good.

Speaking of incapacitating, from the looks of it, players might be able to finish the game without killing anyone. Ubisoft mentioned that players can take a non-lethal approach to the game by using Marcus’ taser, but they didn’t exactly specify whether the tazer would be practical for every encounter.

Hacking has also been reworked, with players able to hack just about everything in the game. People, various vehicles, and certain equipment are hackable in Watch Dogs 2. The reveal video showed Marcus using early-game abilities to hack someone’s cell phone, causing them to look at it as a distraction as well as a later ability that increases the range, allowing Marcus to hack a wider area of people. Players can also use Marcus’ hacking abilities to take full control of Watch Dog 2’s various vehicles like cars, fork lifts, and little robots.

Finally, just like with The Division, Ubisoft is taking a seamless-world approach with Watch Dogs 2, although this one looks to be on a far smaller scale. Here, you can run into a friend, say hello to them, and invite them to join you on a romp through the city, causing mayhem or doing whatever you please.

Watch Dogs 2 will be available on the PS4 on November 15, 2016.

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