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Star Wars: Battlefront II Pre-Order Bonuses

EA’s latest installment in the Battlefront franchise brings improvements across the board, most notably a proper single-player campaign and a revamped multiplayer. The campaign’s story is told from the perspective of the Imperials and picks up right at the end of The Return of the Jedi; it is centered around an elite squad commander Iden Versio, who vows revenge on the Rebels following the destruction of the second Death Star.

The multiplayer in Battlefront II spans the entire Star Wars timeline and includes playable heroes from the prequels as well as the new trilogy. The game retains the original reboot’s 20 vs 20 multiplayer mode, but expands it to include “galactic-scale” space combat, a feature that was much requested by the fans. There is also a split-screen co-op for two players, exclusive to the consoles.

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Call of Duty: WWII Pre-Order Bonuses

Developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision, Call of Duty: WWII returns to the series’ roots. Starting with the D-Day landing in Normandy, the players will step into the shoes of private Ronald “Red” Daniels of the US 1st Infantry Division, and battle through Europe in faithfully reproduced locations, experiencing the bonds of brotherhood between common men, and the unforgiving nature of the bloodiest war in history.

On top of the single-player campaign, Call of Duty: WW2 offers a standalone co-op featuring Nazi Zombies and adrenaline-filled gameplay. The game also has traditional multiplayer with “visceral, boots-on-the-ground combat”, according to the publisher. The virtual lobby from Advanced Warfare has been evolved into Headquarters, a social space which offers new ways to interact and socialize with online friends and the CoD community. Another new addition to the franchise is the narrative-driven War mode, which features asymmetric gameplay with unique objectives for each team.

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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a first-person shooter developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda. The game picks up right after the events in The New Order, and centers around returning protagonist BJ Blazkowicz igniting a revolution in the Nazi-ruled America with help from some new allies. The Freedom Chronicles DLC, the introductory part of which is included as a pre-order bonus, also allows you to play as other American freedom fighters. According to Bethesda, there’s new high-tech weaponry, improved dual wielding, and more brutal ways to take down your enemies.

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Raiden V: Director’s Cut

Raiden V: Director’s Cut is a vertical-scrolling shooter, or a shmup, where players take control of one of the three powerful aircraft (Azuma, Spirit of Dragon, or Moulin Rouge) and do combat against countless waves of enemies, upgrading their weapons along the way. Unlike the previous installments in the series, it names many real-world locations.

As Raiden V has already been released on Xbox One in the West back in 2016, this article is concerning specifically the upcoming release on PlayStation 4 and Steam.

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Destiny 2 Pre-Order Bonuses

Destiny 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter with RPG elements developed by Bungie and published by Activision. The sequel takes place one year after the events in the Destiny: Rise of Iron. The Red Legion of the Cabal, led by the towering commander Ghaul, has devastated the Last City and scattered its Guardians. The surviving heroes will need to venture into new worlds to discover powerful weapons and combat abilities, and rally to take back their home.

The game comes in several different editions: Standard, Expansion Pass Bundle, Digital Deluxe, Limited, and Collector’s. The contents of these are outlined below.

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Dead Alliance

Dead Alliance is a team-based multiplayer FPS developed by Psyop Games and IllFonic, and published by Maximum Games. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland roamed by hordes of zombies, it pits two teams of four players against each other in modes like Capture and Hold, King of the Hill, Free for All, Team Deathmatch, and even Zombie-MOBA. There is also a solo survival mode where the player has to survive increasing waves of the undead.

More than just a nuisance, the wandering zombies can be made to attack and distract the enemy players by using gadgets called zMods. Examples of these include the P.A.M. pheromone grenade, which turns the undead caught in its blast into your minions, and the Trailer, which attracts all nearby zombies to its location.

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Agents of Mayhem Pre-Order Bonuses

Agents of Mayhem is an open-world third-person shooter developed by Volition, the makers of Saints Row games. While Agents of Mayhem is not a direct sequel, it is set in the same universe and retains the series’ signature brand of irreverent humor.

Starring twelve agents with unique personalities and abilities, the game sends the players on a mission to thwart the schemes of supervillain organization LEGION in the futuristic city of Seoul. After picking three agents for their squad, players may switch between them on the fly; the squad can be further customized by equipping them with powerful gadgets.

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LawBreakers

LawBreakers is a multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Boss Key Productions, for whom this will be their first release. While originally planned as a free-to-play title, it will now be getting a paid release on PlayStation 4 and Steam, with the standard “Core Edition” being priced at $29.99.

The game features eight “gravity-defying” maps optimized for fast-paced, omni-directional combat. There is a total of 18 characters, each with their own unique abilities, with more likely to come post launch. Players can choose from five game modes, such as Overcharge (capture-and-escort) and Turf War (zone control), which veterans of class-based shooters will find familiar.

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Fortnite

Fortnite is a co-op survival game developed by People Can Fly and Epic Games, and published by Gearbox. After an apocalypse that made 98% of the world’s population vanish and unleashed hordes of monsters, the remaining Heroes have to band together and scavenge for items, build shelter, and craft weapons and traps to survive.

Fortnite will go free-to-play in 2018, but this article is concerning the Early Access period starting July 25, for which you have to purchase one of the digital Founder’s Packs to play (Standard, Deluxe, Super Deluxe, or Limited). Pre-ordering any of these also grants you some bonuses, as detailed after the jump.

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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a tactical online FPS set during the Vietnam War. Developed by Antimatter Games and Tripwire Interactive, the game is a sequel to the 2013 Rising Storm, a standalone expansion for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad which was received positively by gamers and critics alike. It features elements similar to other multiplayer first-person shooters, such as classes and player-controlled aircraft, as well as innovative additions such as tunnels which add another layer of strategy.

RS2: Vietnam boasts authentic weaponry and large, open maps with asymmetrical gameplay. The largest multiplayer mode, Territory, supports up to 64 players in massive battles between US and Vietnamese forces.

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Farpoint VR

Farpoint is a VR shooter developed by Impulse Gear for the PSVR headset. Stranded in an inhospitable alien world, the player will have to search for survivors and a way home.

As expected of a first-person shooter, the game has a good variety of weapons, from charged plasma rifles to a railgun, as well as plenty of hostile alien life to use them on. In addition to single player experience, Farpoint also offers a co-op mode for two players. It does require an active PS Plus membership.

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Prey Pre-Order Bonuses

Prey is an upcoming first-person shooter developed by Arkane Studios (known for their work on the Dishonored franchise) and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game takes place in a space station Talos I, where research on an alien species called Typhon is performed until the non-terrestrials escape containment, slaughtering most of the crew members.

The player steps into the shoes of Morgan Yu, a high-ranking executive at the TranStar Corporation, who has to brave the isolated space station overrun with hostile aliens. Fortunately, Yu is armed with more than just weapons; he is also capable of using various alien powers learned from studying the Typhon.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Pre-Order Bonuses

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is a first-person tactical shooter developed and published by CI Games. It is the first installment in the series to boast an AAA-tier budget, resulting in a game that is much larger in scale, with an open world that can be freely explored by players when not on the main mission. Players may use different approaches to complete missions, such as stealthy melee kills or sniping enemies from distance. There is also a safehouse where weapons can be modified, and supplies replenished.

The main character of Ghost Warrior 3 is Jon North, an American Marine on a mission in the war-torn republic of Georgia. While he is there on orders and working to prevent the country from collapsing into chaos, Jon also has a personal vendetta to pursue.

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Starblood Arena VR

Starblood Arena is a PlayStation VR game where players pilot deadly spaceships in fast-paced arena combat. Each of the nine ships has its own loadout and playstyle, and further weapon and auxiliary modifications can be unlocked by progressing through the matches. The game offers single player Carnage deathmatches, Team Carnage deathmatches, and Invaders co-op modes, with PS Plus membership required for multiplayer.

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Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition Pre-Order Bonuses

Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition is a remastered version of the 2011 title Bulletstorm, which was released on last-gen consoles. The remake brings updated models, environments, and animations, with smoother framerates and 4K support on PS4 Pro and PC. It includes all DLC from the original, as well as new content such as Overkill campaign mode and new Echo maps.

Bulletstorm is known for its liberal use of profanities and crass humor reminiscent of the Duke Nukem franchise. The game rewards creative, over-the-top kills with currency used to purchase weapons, ammo, and upgrades at dropkits scattered throughout the planet. With its fast-paced gameplay and mindless violence, Bulletstorm has been called a throwback to the straightforward and unpretentious old-school FPS games.

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Mass Effect: Andromeda Pre-Order Bonuses

Mass Effect: Andromeda puts the player into the shoes of Ryder, a Pathfinder tasked with finding new worlds to colonize and ensure the survival of humanity. The game starts with the main character arriving in the titular Andromeda galaxy after a six hundred year long cryosleep. Representatives of other major Milky Way civilizations are also making the journey on their own Ark ships, and Andromeda itself is home to at least two new alien races: the warlike Khet and the mysterious Remnant.

Andromeda retains most of the gameplay elements seen in the previous Mass Effect installments. Nexus, the Flagship of the fleet, serves as a Citadel-esque central hub, whereas Ryder can explore the new galaxy on Tempest, the successor of Normandy. Guns and biotics, the dialogue wheel, romance sub-plots, and multiplayer co-op all make a reappearance. In a departure from the original trilogy, however, Mass Effect: Andromeda is open-world and features a classless character advancement system, allowing the player to freely mix-and-match different abilities.

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands Pre-Order Bonuses

Ghost Recon: Wildlands is an open-world, third-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Paris. Set in Bolivia, the game puts the player in the shoes of an elite special forces operative tasked with destroying Santa Blanca, a massive drug cartel that is plunging the country into chaos. It is said to be one of the largest open world games from the company yet, featuring diverse South American landscapes ranging from mountains and deserts to rainforests.

The game has 100 missions which can be completed in any order and using different approaches such as stealthy infiltration, long-range sniping, or frontal assault. The player can tackle them with the assistance of an AI squad or alongside their friends; Wildlands supports up to four-player co-op with seamless drop-in, drop-out play. There is a large variety of vehicles (motorcycles, quad bikes, helicopters, etc.) used during missions as well as free roam.

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Sniper Elite 4 Pre-Order Bonuses

Sniper Elite 4 is a tactical shooter from English studio Rebellion Developments. It plays much like its predecessors, with a third-person, over-the-shoulder perspective except when sniping. The series’ signature X-Ray Kill Cam has been expanded to also include Shrapnel and Melee kills. Tagging enemies through the binoculars now provide short biographies, making the kills more personal. The AI is also improved, and killing an officer, for example, will have a larger effect on the enemy army.

The game takes place in 1943 Italy, with protagonist Karl Fairburne once again returning to fight the Axis forces. The maps are larger and have more verticality, including diverse locations like coastal towns and mountainous forests.

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Watch Dogs 2 Pre-Order Bonuses

Watch Dogs 2 is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. The sequel features a new protagonist – a young hacker named Marcus Holloway – and takes place in a fictionalized version of San Francisco Bay Area.

Through the citywide ctOS system, Marcus can hack anything from vehicles to smartphones, and more. He is also equipped with tools like the quadcopter drone which can be used for scouting and remote hacking. The game supports different playstyles titled Stealth, Aggressor, and Trickster, and offers according items and upgrades for each.

Multiplayer is also making a return in the sequel, and it is more seamless than before. Players can meet up without leaving their single-player experience and cooperate to accomplish missions together, using basic emotes for communication. Besides the co-op, there also are separate, competitive multiplayer modes.

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Pre-Order Bonuses

Infinite Warfare is the thirteenth main installment in the first-person shooter series Call of Duty. It is developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows.

The upcoming game is a lot more futuristic than its predecessors: it takes place in a distant future where humans have colonized the solar system, and centers around a conflict between Earth-based United Nations Space Alliance and the Settlement Defense Front, insurgents who seek to control the off-world outposts. Players will step into the shoes of Captain Reyes and take command of Retribution, a massive warship which serves as base-of-operations while journeying through the solar system.

New gameplay mechanics in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare include aerial warfare with a space-capable jet-fighter Jackal, and zero-gravity environments which require the use of grappling hooks and thrusters to navigate. In addition to the campaign, which promises “unforgettable characters and rich emotional arcs”, Infinite Warfare will offer several competitive multiplayer modes and a co-op Zombie mode with its own story. Despite the obvious sci-fi themes, the developers claim they’re going for a “realistic, plausible near-future story” (source).

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