This week, Austin is the biggest traitor of all time, in that he recently purchased an Xbox One Elite as well as an iPhone 6s. Strangely, he doesn’t hate himself, he’s actually angrier it took so long. Well, you live and you learn, I guess.

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What are we playing?

Austin

 

• Firewatch

• Fallout: New Vegas

• Dying Light

• LEGO Marvel’s Avengers

• Hitman Beta

• Homefront: The Revolution Beta

• Mad Max

• Rise of the Tomb Raider

• Oxenfree

 

Chris

 

• Dying Light: The Following

• #IDARB

• LEGO Marvel’s Avengers

 

#SupportGoodGames

 

• Rise of the Tomb Raider

• Description: Featuring epic, high-octane action moments set in the most beautifully hostile environments on earth, Rise of the Tomb Raider delivers a cinematic survival action adventure where you will join Lara Croft on her first tomb raiding expedition.

• Platforms: Xbox One & PC

• Time to 100%: 33 hours

• Achievement Guide

• Pricing: $59.99 on Xbox One Games Store and Steam

 

What news is important this week?

• NECA Toys Director says Sony is “bringing Crash Bandicoot back”

 

• Doom might be 13 hours long

 

• More Nintendo Selects are on the way, according to a Canadian gaming retailer

 

• Destiny’s sequel is coming next year, with another expansion planned for this year

 

• Expect to see a lot of Ubisoft startup screens in Q1 2017
• No Assassin’s Creed this year
• Here’s your next batch of Xbox One Backwards Compatibility titles

 

• Quantum Break Pre-Order details, Windows 10 version, Xbox One bundle unveiled

• Titanfall sequel may be releasing in Winter 2016

• Rocket League is coming to Xbox One this week

 

• GameTrailers is no more

What have we put up this week?

Videos

The Vertical Slice

 

• Unravel Official Trailer

• Siralim Announce Trailer

• Neverwinter: Underdark Official Gameplay Trailer

• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Trailer #7

• MOP: Operation Cleanup Gameplay Trailer

• Level 22 Trailer

• Firewatch Reveal Trailer

• Dying Light: The Following — Reveal Trailer

• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Announcement Trailer US

• Arslan: The Warriors of Legend Launch Trailer

• Street Fighter V Full-Length CG Trailer

• Dark Souls III Opening Cinematic

• Hitman Beta Launch Trailer

 

Austin

 

• Deadpool Review

 

Chris

Articles

The Vertical Slice

• New Releases for the week of 2/9/2016

Austin

• Those backwards compatible games that were “released” this week were a result of a mix-up
• Fear not, Deep Down is still happening

 

• Hitman’s beta gets a launch date and some more juicy details

• Firewatch Review

 

Chris

 

• The Walking Dead: Michonne Release Date Revealed

 

What games are worth picking up this week?

 

• Rocket League (Xbox One)

• Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (Xbox One via EA Access, PC via Origin Access)

• Street Fighter V (PlayStation 4 & PC)

 

What social networks can you find us on?

• @VertSliceTweets
• @AustinBelzer
• @Heazie
• Vertical Slice
• podcast@theverticalslice.com
• @austinbelzer
• BladedTech
• BladedTechPS
• BladedTech
• The BladedTech Show
• The Vertical Slice
• VerticalSliceLIVE
• Heazie
• Heazie
• Heazie_USA
• Zombie Heazie

Who or what is worth checking out this week?

 

• Deadpool

• Marvel’s Jessica Jones