But the fantasy of managing a college football team, which is arguably the crux of a simulator aimed at recreating the real-life experience in a digestible, digital format has always been Dynasty Mode. It’s the home of college football, and we’re quite eager to get started with it in College Football 27. That’s because EA seems to have gone beyond merely recruiting players to play games and then have you simulating seasons.

Things are different this time around, and the latest iteration of Dynasty Mode after two years of tweaks and modifications looks like it’s the real deal, with the entire experience coming close to managing an entire program. That includes managing expectations, dealing with spreading limited resources across the board, staffing challenges, negotiating NIL deals, facing the pressures that a coach would face, trying to retain players who would rather take their talents elsewhere, and establishing a team’s long-term identity one step at a time.

That’s a long list of things to do, but that’s precisely why we think this year’s iteration of Dynasty Mode might be the real main event in this year’s take on College Football. Join us as we take you through what’s made us so optimistic about it.

The Third Time’s The Charm

If CF 25 was the comeback after a very long hiatus for the franchise, CF 26 was a title that brought in a lot of refinements that proved quite popular. Based off of that trajectory and everything we’ve seen of CF 27 so far, it’s certainly looking like a big swing from EA, going past incremental improvements to present a bold, confident take on the sports sim that could easily find fame and glory thanks to what it’s bringing to the table.

EA is positioning College Football 27 as the third step in its rebuilt Dynasty roadmap, following the comeback foundation of 25 and the refinements of 26. And from what we’re seeing, it isn’t just about adding in new features and calling it a day. That would be too easy, and a potentially lazy solution to the vision it has presented. Its latest deep dive into Dynasty Mode showcases how it’s clearly being pitched as a deeper program-management experience rather than just another recruiting-and-season sim loop.

Instead, we’re looking at a program management mode that feels akin to what it would be like to manage an evolving landscape of players with many variables for us to control. Or at least, try as life attempts to wrest that very control out of our hands in a take on franchise management that’s bringing all of the chaos from the real world to our screens.

Where Road to Glory is about a single player and Ultimate Team puts you on a hamster wheel where you’re collecting players and grinding out levels, and Road to CFP is about simulating the competition, Dynasty brings all of that into one place, putting you right at the center of the broader fantasy of a college football simulator. It isn’t about a single season, but about building a lasting legacy within the framework of the game.

Athletic Director Expectations are the clearest example of that shift. Instead of treating every job like the same climb with different uniforms, CF 27 gives each program its own pressure points, patience level, and definition of success. A powerhouse could expect you to put them front and center of playoff runs, and perhaps not take too kindly to a decision to hold them back. A school that’s still trying to make a name for itself might give you a bit of breathing room as you try to help it get on the map. One job might hinge on rivalry wins, another on owning a recruiting pipeline, another on building an offensive or defensive identity, and another on keeping facilities or rankings at a required standard.

All of these parameters become part of an ever-changing landscape that you’re then expected to manage, just as a talented coach would have to do in the real world. A solid record may buy patience at one school and still feel like underachievement at another, depending on what the program believes it should be competing for. The new Dynasty isn’t just about winning, but doing so in a way that serves your school’s interests and expectations.

Of course, that can get chaotic without the game’s systems giving you a bit of control over the chaos. That’s where Dynasty Blueprint comes in, turning those expectations into an annual resource puzzle rather than just a list of objectives. You could choose to allocate a significant amount of funds to secure NIL rights for a recruit, or perhaps use that money to create facilities that secure your team’s long-term growth. You could also invest in staff to better support your team, or perhaps spend it all on ensuring a win-now season if that’s what your school really wants. Because Dynasty Points operate as a yearly, use-it-or-lose-it budget, the mode pushes you to make short-term calls instead of hoarding resources forever.

It’s about handling pressure, and handling it well enough to cement your own position within growing teams. And that’s just scratching the surface on systems that go a lot deeper.

A More Hands-On Approach

There’s a reason we mentioned NIL when talking about using your Dynasty Points as effectively as you can. In the real world, it’s a factor that gives players a fair bit of control over the trajectories of their football careers, and CF 27 is making that a factor of the experience by ensuring that the onus of retaining them or letting them move on to greener pastures is on you. Recruiting was already a major part of the experience in previous titles, and making retention become a factor makes things all the more authentic.

Given that you only have a limited number of Dynasty Points to reflect your budgets, you’re going to be smarter with resources in smaller ones while having to manage high expectations on powerhouse programs. It makes retaining your best players as important as recruiting new ones, and it’s a great way to link factors like prestige, deal breakers and school strength in a way that’s both comprehensive and cohesive all at once. The new approach to NIL makes Dynasty less predictable, which is something the mode has needed.

Factor in facilities and staff, and the NIL system’s unpredictability gets amplified, its scope extending beyond your team’s potential on the field. Once again, it’s a showcase of how the entire management experience is more all-encompassing this time around as your facilities and staff become long-term investments that can shape your program’s identity while making coordinators matter a whole lot more. Program grades then become a part of the long-term loop, making rebuilds feel different from merely stepping in to take over a well-established program for a national contender.

Those differences are a welcome addition, and a fine way to ensure that the coaching carousel actually has an impact on how things go for you and your team. You’re not just grinding out levels, which was something we couldn’t help but notice in previous iterations, but building a resume that gives you as much negotiating power as your powerhouses. It’s an effective way of making successes or failures work both ways between players and a coach, tying job openings to school expectations in a way that gives you a lot of choices, but with enough tradeoffs to make those decisions feel as agonizing as they might be in the real world.

Of course, all of that feeds very well into the new Dynasty storytelling engine, that brings in dynamic weekly recaps, Heisman Watch updates alongside a fully animated ceremony, and so much more. They’re all great ways to give a season context and flavor while making you feel like your decisions and hard work actually matter, being as impactful to your team’s journey as they can be. If everything else we’ve talked about lets you manage numbers to achieve the best possible advantage, or perhaps even a compromise between your school’s expectations and your team’s potential, this is where the drama comes in, presenting it all in a way that gets you immersed in the spectacle and realism of it all.

It’s all shaping up to look like this could be the most personal take on College Football’s Dynasty Mode, and the Team Builder now bringing in customisable elements like unique backgrounds and signature accents is a great touch. It lets you imagine yourself in the thick of the action at a stadium, your personal attachment to a program you’ve built represented well in the atmosphere around the games you’re a part of.

Building Balance

You’re probably wondering if everything we’ve said so far makes things look like they’re too good to be true. Believe us when we tell you that the thought has crossed our mind. Ambitious changes like the ones we’ve been talking about so far come with a lot of risk. The new NIL systems could become an unending maelstrom that sucks in your limited budget leaving you at the mercy of a treacherous sea of unpredictability.

The Athletic Director systems could be seen as too random, running the risk of generating expectations that seem unfair thanks to how unrealistic they are perceived to be. The logic between the Coaching Carousel and recruitment and retention must land as perfectly as it can in order for it to be believable, holding up across multiple seasons in a way that makes sense to us all. There needs to be a balance, and it has to be one that holds up under the duress of multiple concurrent seasons for the entire simulation to work.

All of these are reasons to be wary of getting too invested in what’s coming before we get to try it out. But they’re also a great showcase of how EA hasn’t just added new things to Dynasty and called it a day. It’s evolving what the mode is supposed to be in the modern era of college football. If it manages to get things right, it could make Dynasty go from being just another mode to indulge yourself in, and become the one that defines the entire game.

We’re rooting for that to be the case, if only for the selfish reason that it would mean hours upon hours of entertainment. But hey, that’s what we’re all tuning in for, right?

Thankfully, we don’t have to wait too long to find out!

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But Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat seem to disagree, expressing regret over the studio being forced to price its latest offering as high as it is, with the bargaining power to do so being out of its hands, while the Steam Machine’s very purpose has also been a contributing factor. Speaking to Digital Foundry, the duo have now revealed that there is definitely an intent to bring the company’s console-PC hybrid to a lower price point, but that’s dependent on the lowering of hardware and storage prices, which might take a while.

Griffais pointed out that the high price is, in fact, counterproductive to the Steam Machine’s intended goal, arguing that a cheaper price point would work in its favor. Aldehayyat has also expressed similar sentiments, though that comes with a warning that things aren’t likely to improve in the near future.

“Obviously, we would love to be able to make the Steam Machine more affordable and reach more people, but I don’t want to promise to people that it’s coming soon. I wouldn’t say that this is something that’s going to resolve very soon. It’s obviously hard for us to predict the future, but we’re not optimistic it’s going to happen any time soon.”

Well, all we can do is try and hold out hope that the Steam Machine manages to weather this storm and become what it was meant to be at some point. In the meantime, reservations ended on June 25th, with Valve shipping the first batch out on June 29th.

Sidetrack Games has just come out with an announcement on Steam, confirming that the popular heist-based co-op stealth title is getting an engine upgrade that will modernize it for current-gen hardware and make everything it has to offer even better in the process. It’s been a while, but you might remember that we found a lot to like about this one back in the day, and the news that it’s getting a fresh lease of life is definitely welcome.

What will the upgrade entail? Well, it includes support for 64-bit systems, for starters. Aside from that, it’s leaving DirectX 9 behind in favor of DirectX 11, reducing the file size to around 32 GB whilst improving load times on SSDs, bringing 6-character lobby codes, and more changes that Sidetrack’s staying mum about until June 30th.

That’s because it’s hosting an open beta on Steam till the end of July to iron out potential bugs and ensure that the game does what it does best without any unforeseen problems. If only that had been the case with its sequel, but it is what it is. We must say that the timing on this one is pretty great, as the wait for more information isn’t too long. Expect to hear more from us about this one pretty soon.

The news comes from a report by Game File, which has drawn on information from a notice to the Washington State Employment Security Department from Sony. Of course, that number doesn’t account for employees from locations outside of Washington, but it’s quite a grim situation, affecting people across various teams, like art, technical departments, audio and sound, engineering, production, integrated support, and system design.

Several impacted employees were folks working on Destiny 2, thanks to a recent statement from Herman Hulst himself, while rumors of Justin Truman stepping down are becoming increasingly true. Additionally, there is speculation that Jason Jones, one of the studio’s co-founders, might also be impacted, since one of the reported layoffs is the company’s Chief Vision Officer. Jones is known for keeping a low profile, but he did appear in a video promoting Destiny 2, where the title is attributed to him.

We’re keeping a close eye on this one, and as much as we hate to be the bearers of bad news, you can be sure that we’ll tell you more as soon as possible. Of course, Marathon, despite also suffering some layoffs, will continue, with its next major update planned for July 21st and Season 3 hitting on September 22nd.

Well, Quarter Up’s latest showcase of The Immortal, ahead of his June 30th debut alongside Universa as the first two DLC characters, is a showcase of how the team’s inspired by a very faithful recreation of Mark’s coming-of-age story. Of course, the man of the hour came of age so long ago he’s probably forgotten what it felt like, thanks to being killed by Omni-Man and his subsequent resurrection.

But he sure remembers how to give his opponents a righteous beat-down, with a bunch of mix-ups, launchers, an aerial triple dash, and a Berserker state that takes his combo potential to new heights. The showcase has us pretty excited to take control, since he packs some serious firepower and his anger at the injustice meted out makes him somewhat of a loose cannon, but the developer’s made that work in his favor. He’s powerful, cunning, and a very versatile fighter if you can master all of his moves.

Don’t believe us? You can see him in action for yourself, and catch how the team has snuck in a few references to the show.

But there are so many other little touches that have gone under the radar, and we think they’re equally important to the experience given how they could change things up from the game we remember from back in the day. We’re here to tell you all about them, so let’s get started.

1. Reworked Playas

Remember those little islands and beaches that you could stop by in the original game? Well, they’re called playas in Spanish, and we remember them as red herrings in the original experience, being nothing more than ways to get off your ship and explore them only to find that all they had to offer was the view.

Well, they’re going to be a source of new rewards and unique encounters, giving you more reasons to stop by at every bit of land you see. It’s a nice touch that makes each piece of land have more purpose, and it’s sure to add a bit of nuance to exploring the world with the Jackdaw.

2. Brand New Lines From Matt Ryan

If you’re like us, you’ve probably played Black Flag more than once and loved every second of it. However, the side effect of that is that you probably know each of Edward’s lines before he even gets to say them thanks to what a memorable character he is.

But Matt Ryan has since told the lot of us that he’s recorded new lines for Edward this time around. He’s the original voice actor for our favorite video game pirate, and his return is a fine addition from a production perspective, and a great way to add authenticity to the remake.

3. The Shanties Are Not The Only New Music

We’ve talked a lot about how we’re looking forward to breaking into a song with our crew as we patrol the seas looking for our next mark. But we’re equally excited to hear the new track from Woodkid, a reimagining of “Leave her Johnny, Leave Her” that’s bringing his signature style to the popular song.

It’s supposed to mark Edward’s return, and is quite a good choice considering the pirate-turned-Assassin’s complicated personal life.

4. The Main Campaign Is Playable Offline After a One-Time Connection

You’re going to have to be online to download or install Resynced, but the entire campaign can be played offline if you so choose once the initial setup is out of the way. That’s very welcome for those of us who prefer to play offline, or people whose consoles or PCs might be placed where the internet is spotty, which could lead to frequent interruptions if things don’t go according to plan.

Well, that’s not the case with this one, and you can sail, pillage, plunder, and of course, indulge Edward’s kind-hearted noble side as much as you’d like.

5. Achievements Are Completionist-Friendly

We’re pretty stoked to score that Platinum on Resynced, and the good news is that none of the achievements (or Trophies, if you’re working with PlayStation’s terminology) are missable. Moreover, they’re not tied to the game’s difficulty and of course, are entirely obtainable offline. It’s good news for all you pirates who want to leave no corner of the Caribbean unexplored and is excellent from a quality-of-life perspective as well.

6. Special Goodies On The Collector’s Edition

Although the Collector’s Edition of Resynced is sold out at the time of writing, it’s worth looking out for since it comes with a very accurate figurine of Edward, a steelbook with exclusive artwork, a cloth map of the game’s world, sheet music for its Shanties in case you want to try them out on your instrument of choice, a metal insignia for you to wear if Assassin pride is your thing, and a leather logbook that’s been designed to resemble the one Edward uses to keep track of his travels.

That’s quite a bit of loot for a pirate, and we’d love to have that brooch to wear while we’re out and about to show any Templars out there that we’re not to be trifled with.

7. Movement Has More Momentum-Preserving Details

A new Parkour system is great and all, but it wouldn’t have been as cool if it wasn’t backed up by animations and speed boosts that allow you to sustain your forward momentum when chasing down a target or one of those runaway song sheets for new Shanties. Edward recovers faster from a drop, for starters, while he also gets a small burst of speed when he mantles after a wall run. Landing rolls are also a part of the deal, allowing you to smoothly transition from a jump into a quick jaunt.

These are all changes that could help the new traversal mechanics land well, and also make the moment-to-moment gameplay feel more fluid as a result.

8. Disable Advanced Parkour

Change is always a good thing unless it’s in a video game whose controls you’ve committed to muscle memory. If the new Parkour system keeps throwing you off, you’re probably going to be happy to know that you can disable it altogether, keeping the original game’s animations and movement to let you enjoy a more familiar experience.

That’s not really a downgrade either, as that one was quite adept at making Edward feel more agile than anyone else in the Caribbean, and in line with what we knew the Assassins were capable of back when Black Flag first hit the shelves.

9. Climbable Flora In Jungles

We already know that cities get ziplines to help make getting around them easier, and we’ve previously commented on what a welcome addition that is. But a lot of Edward’s time on land is spent in dense jungles as he hunts down either treasures or Templars when he isn’t deftly piloting the Jackdaw across the open seas.

Well, there’s going to be flora that helps make those forays into the wilderness a whole lot smoother, allowing you to keep the same momentum you’d have in a more urban setting even when you’re far away from civilization. Wow, they really thought of everything with this one, didn’t they?

10. Observe Does Not Replace Eagle Vision

If you were worried that the new Observe mechanic is going to either replace Edward’s Eagle Vision or make it redundant, we’re happy to tell you that it isn’t the case. You’re still going to be able to sense your enemies’ presence when you’re hidden away in a haystack or around a corner, tagging them through walls.

The Observe mechanic is here to assist you with identifying important points of interest or people, and is designed to function alongside Eagle Vision to ensure that nothing slips past one of the Brotherhood’s most prolific and cunning Assassins.

11. Edward’s Classic Tools Still Have Specific Uses

We really liked Edward’s versatility when he was trying to infiltrate enemy strongholds, and nothing’s changed on that front. He’s still got his Smoke Bombs, which you can drop to get some free assassinations when the numbers aren’t on your side, or to make a quick getaway when you think that thinning the herd from stealth is a better strategy.

Additionally, Sleep and Berserk darts are also a part of your toolkit, letting you manipulate enemy patrols or take out a lone guard who’s between you and your objective. We’ve been fans of the blowpipe for years now, and we’re glad to see them returning in all their glory in the remake. Oh, and Edward can toggle his hood on and off depending on the situation, a detail that we really liked in Valhalla and one that’s very welcome in Resynced.

12. An Expensive Option For A Quick Escape

Aside from Smoke Bombs obscuring your escape, another way to gain some distance from pursuing foes is to throw money on the ground. However, you might want to use that only as a last resort since you drop 10 Reales every time you do so, which might seem like a small amount but quickly adds up if that’s your preferred method of causing mayhem to hide your escape route.

It also comes with a bit of a cooldown, so it isn’t the safest way to make your enemies lose sight of you in a crowd but it’s certainly handy to have in a pinch.

13. Walls, Grounded Enemies, And Weapon-Specific Heavy Attacks Matter More

Walls can become deadly killing surfaces if you manage to get one of your foes pinned down, giving you an opportunity for a brutal finisher. The same applies to enemies who you manage to knock off their feet with the new sweep kick, or ones who happen to be near an explosion you cause. Aside from that, heavy attacks come with different animations and hit boxes based on your weapon of choice. Rapiers, for instance, come with piercing stabs, while cutlasses come with a sweeping slash capable of hitting multiple enemies and pistol-swords fire off two shots that you can use to target two different enemies with.

Speaking of shots, Edward’s pistols can be deadly once you’re progressed enough, allowing you to show off your Gun Kata skills with style and deadly precision.

14. Soldiers Coordinate Attacks

The enemy AI in the original Black Flag might have been a tad dull in comparison to what’s on offer in Resynced. The remake could have you fighting to fend off multiple enemies as they now attack together instead of hanging back to watch you skewer their fellow comrades. Look out for moments like these, as you’re going to have to parry consecutive attacks before launching a counterattack that lets you regain the advantage in a fight.

15. The PC Version Uses Denuvo

On PC, Resynced uses Denuvo Anti-tamper and requires an official account. The Steam version also lists a five-machine-per-day activation limit, though the main campaign can still be played offline after the initial setup, and you’re probably not even going to remember that it’s running in the background.

And there you have it, lads. There’s a lot to like about Resynced outside of all the flagship features that are being pushed as highlights of the new experience that the developer is offering us this time around. We’re excited to steer the Jackdaw into all kinds of trouble, and even more so when we think about how many of you fellow pirate-Assassins are embarking on the journey with us.

We’re eager to chase storms, take on forts, transform our ship from a modest brig into the scourge of the high seas, discover new islands and the treasures they hold, board ships, and generally lose ourselves in a gameplay loop that brought the best of what the Caribbean had to offer. Resynced is more than a normal remake. It’s an opportunity to bring a fresh new take on one of the most naturally exploreable worlds that the franchise has given us, with a new engine, dynamic weather, new content, and more to spice up the experience.

It’s a chance to remind people about what made Assassin’s Creed so popular in the first place. Let’s examine why.

The Allure of The Sea

One of Black Flag’s best features was its ability to simulate life on the high seas as a crew of folks who treated the law as a set of guidelines rather than hard and fast rules. You were encouraged to make your mark on the places you visited, and the story just happened to unfold along the way. Saw a ship that was carrying some much-needed resources for your own vessel’s next upgrade on the horizon? Or a fort guarding a route to a hidden cove or jungle path that you really wanted to explore? Well, it was time to take up battle positions and let your cannons loose!

Perhaps there was a whale that you were really interested in hunting, or a storm that you could either try to avoid or sail right through like the reckless pirate you were encouraged to be. Edward was a focal point for all of this and more; his own nature blended seamlessly with the gameplay loop to make the whole adventure feel like it was a world that you were meant to engage with.

The detours you took along the path to becoming one of the Assassin Brotherhood’s finest warriors were a part of the journey, not a distraction from your goals. And that lent Black Flag a kind of beauty that we worried the franchise had left behind. It’s also why we think Resynced brings more than upgraded graphics to the table. It’s also bringing better open-world streaming, improved sailing, better weather systems, and more environmental detail while removing the friction between land and sea that was an unfortunate side effect of hardware limitations when the original game hit the shelves. There’s also the fact that enemy ships now have factional alliances and feuds, which could be a new layer that immediately makes sailing the seas more treacherous for everybody involved, as opposed to the Jackdaw drawing the fire of every other ship in the vicinity.

The absence of that friction is what we’re most excited about, as the Caribbean isn’t just going to look sharper, but feel more alive and responsive as a result. We’re expecting that setting sail could lead to more chaos on turbulent waters, and we’re all for it. The reduction in interruptions is going to make an already immersive world feel more convincing as a result.

The Pirate Versus The Viking

It’s a good time to compare Resynced to Valhalla, another Assassin’s Creed title that featured a protagonist who wasn’t really an Assassin, and who also viewed the laws of the land as ones that could be twisted to serve nobler purposes. Eivor’s romp through England was a ginormous undertaking, coming with tons of ambition as the first title in the franchise to make use of current-gen systems, and finding success in the effort.

It brought conflicts to the table, alongside having to navigate fragile alliances that rooted Eivor in the political landscape of England just as much as the Order of the Ancients. The game was framed around its advanced RPG mechanics, but that came with a pitfall: progression felt tied to exploration. You visited a new region, made a few friends, collected some gear, and resolved things before moving on to another one.

In perfect contrast, Black Flag and Resynced, by extension, are less tied to conquering new regions and more about chasing a horizon that always has something new to offer. You’re going to have to beef up to take on dangerous threats, yes, but it’s also entirely possible to have a jolly good time just soaking in the atmosphere and the sense of discovery that abhors a more checklist-based approach.

Where Valhalla was framed around visiting new places because an icon indicated there was something that was clearly demarcated by its color, Resynced brings back an approach that continues to be fresh even among modern games that are obsessed with scale, leveraging multiple systems, and the sheer volume of content they offer. That’s not to say that these things aren’t a part of Edward’s journey, but they’re spread out so well, and arranged in a way that makes engaging with them feel more natural.

It’s more about chasing something that caught your eye, and using the world map as a way to reach new discoveries instead of that very map telling you where to go and what you can expect to find there. There’s an air of mystery that pervades the Caribbean, and it was absent in England thanks to an approach that was enjoyable, but certainly not as immersive.

The best example of this is the new dynamic weather system. The sea in Black Flag wasn’t just an empty space you had to navigate between missions, acting as a sort of connecting thread between the story and exploration. Resynced has the opportunity to make it come alive with water cycles, lightning, waterspouts, and hazards to present a modernized ocean experience. We’ve already seen how the Anvil Engine made the weather a crucial part of the experience in Shadows. We’ve all dived into ice from viewpoints during our time in Japan, after all. In our case, it was on purpose just to see if the developer had been paying attention.

But modernization does come with risks.

A Balance Between Risks And Rewards

We’re being cautious about how better stealth, less frustrating mission designs, improved sailing and navigation, and quality-of-life improvements could change Black Flag in ways that take away something from the original experience by making things too easy. It’s a matter of the added convenience weakening the adventure.

However, when you consider how these features all work to present a world that’s free of stealth-focused course corrections, elements that strayed pretty close to live-service territory, a general air of franchise fatigue, and massive RPG worlds, Resynced is an opportunity for a return to what worked before all of the above came into play. It’s a chance to show players who might not have engaged with the franchise before Origins how things were done back in the day, and the way in which the franchise had been a pillar for the developer’s success.

Its modernization doesn’t take away from the simplicity of having a pirate aboard his ship, and a world that has a sea full of troubles that calls to you, making you go off course in ways that feel organic and natural, instead of forced. It could turn out to be the Assassin’s Creed game we’ve been wanting for a while, and one that we deserve for sticking with the franchise through thick and thin, building on the forward momentum that Naoe and Yasuke set up for it. That Black Tides’ mission could be a bridge that lets us get back to being Assassins first, and RPG characters second.

It isn’t merely nostalgia for an era of gaming that many believed was now lost to Davy Jones’s locker. It’s the possibility of getting to play (or replay) an Assassin’s Creed game that made exploring the world feel like a natural extension of its protagonist’s rise to infamy, and his eventual transformation into a man who looked beyond his own interests.

Like Edward, who went in search of fame and fortune only to find a higher calling, Resynced could be a game that builds on its own fame to become something more, and in the process be a signal fire for the future of Assassin’s Creed. It could become a beacon for future titles, being a template for what makes a title built around ancient civilizations and a never-ending war feel like it’s still fun to play, and actually enjoyable to engage with.

Well, with only weeks to go before we get to find out, we’re going to be on our decks and at the wheel of our ships, just waiting for the winds to hit our sails before we embark on an adventure that’s both nostalgically appealing and mechanically fascinating. And of course, you can bet we’re going to sing along to those shanties at the top of our voices when we do.

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Nevertheless, there’s no denying that this hack and slasher was a fun one, and if you’re among those who can’t get enough of it, the new Romeo’s Updated, Man update is bringing a bunch of new costumes and a Photo Mode to let you capture them in all their glory. There are a couple of Hotline Miami ones to look forward to, which you can access via the Costume Change feature found in Romeo’s room on the Space-Time ship.

Three different masks are also available, as are variations of the FBI Space-Time Battle Suit, Tiger Jacket, Demon Jacket, and Caliban County Sheriff Uniform. You can snap all of them via the Photo Mode, which is easily accessible from the pause menu. If you’ve been holding off on giving this one a shot, you’re going to want to take advantage of a generous 20% discount on Steam or grab the new Hotline Miami bundle for 10% off. If you’re playing it on the Xbox Series or PS5, know that similar sales are hitting their respective storefronts pretty soon, so do keep an eye out.

That’s a milestone to be proud of, and Bloober Team is certainly basking in what is sure to be a very satisfying win after that excellent Silent Hill 2 remake. Of course, the team is already looking ahead, teasing the beginnings of a franchise in a statement from Piotr Bableno, its CEO.

“We did not doubt that this moment would come, as the game was extremely warmly received by reviewers and players. We achieved break-even of Cronos in 9 months, which we consider a success, given the huge scale of this venture. Building new brands is much more difficult than it was a few years ago. In this difficult time, we have managed to create the foundations for something that has a chance to become one of the key IPs in our portfolio.”

We’re definitely stoked and waiting for Lazarus, the game’s first DLC, to drop sometime this Fall. If you weren’t keeping up with this one, the DLC takes you back to The Warden’s early days as The Pathfinder, pitting him against challenges that are sure to test his unique skills as he searches for an Essence that clearly means something to him. That’s an interesting premise in a world where The Travellers have been chasing down the very same Essences in the face of overwhelming odds that have often threatened to overwhelm them.

We can’t wait to see what comes next, though, and you can be sure that we’ll provide all the updates as soon as Bloober Team lets us know more.

There’s a catch, though. The studio is taking its time to get things right, so don’t hold your breath for a single-player mode as far as this year’s concerned. It’s currently slated for a Spring 2027 release, although there’s still a lot of exciting stuff coming in the next few months. There’s that Ranked mode that’s due alongside Voice Chat, both of which could add some flavor to the game and individual matches.

Season 1 is bringing a massive update to the game in August, too, so there’s definitely a lot of mileage on the table for the average player. Of course, the developer is also working on gameplay balance and tuning, bug fixes, and even adding three brand new players on July 3rd. The entire roadmap for the next couple of months is below if you can’t wait to find out what’s next.

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