Games
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Rainbow Six Siege Road to Six Invitational Returns With Limited-Time Mode “The Program”
After a series of teasers and leaks, Rainbow Six Siege’s upcoming Road to Six Invitational event has been officially unveiled. Just like last year, Ubisoft’s plan to hype up the Six Invitational event involves a weekend-only, limited-time mode called The Program. Check out the trailer below: The Program Starting January…
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Square Enix Announces Delays For Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Marvel’s Avengers
Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Marvel’s Avengers have been delayed. Square Enix, the publisher of both titles, announced today that the additional development time will go towards refining the games. Initially scheduled for release on March 3rd, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake will now launch on April 10th. Likewise, Marvel’s…
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Rainbow Six Siege Year 5 Pass Leaked, Six New Operators Confirmed
With the Six Invitational just weeks away, Rainbow Six Siege fans are eagerly waiting for information regarding the Year 5 pass. Ubisoft also promised a full-fledged Battle Pass, which is also nowhere to be seen. Although the developers haven’t revealed any official information, an accidental leak confirms the existence of…
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GTA 4 Pulled From Steam Because of Games for Windows Live, Rockstar Investigating Alternative Distribution Options
Earlier this week, Grand Theft Auto 4 entered the spotlight when it was removed from sale on Steam. Despite the game’s listing being visible on the platform, a purchase button was nowhere to be found. The incident left the gaming community wondering the exact reason for its removal. Now, developer…
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Rainbow Six Siege Finally Enables Clash After One Month Of Quarantine
Clash, a shield-bearing defender added to Rainbow Six Siege in Operation Grim Sky, is finally back in action. After being disabled in public matches due to a game-breaking bug one month ago, Ubisoft announced today that patch 4.2 re-enables the operator. “The Clash exploit is fixed with this patch and…
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Rainbow Six Quarantine Leak Provides Early Look at Gameplay Features
Announced at E3 last year, Rainbow Six Quarantine is an upcoming three-player, tactical co-op shooter. The game is set in the same universe as Rainbow Six Siege, and is based on the limited time Outbreak event that launched in Operation Chimera. Since its announcement, developer Ubisoft hasn’t revealed much about…
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Proceeds From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s ‘Outback’ Pack To Be Donated To Australian Wildfire Relief
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward announced today that it will help out Australian wildfire relief groups. Until January 31st, proceeds from all sales of the first-person shooter’s Australian-themed DLC will be donated. pic.twitter.com/2yCdwSeYSR — Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) January 11, 2020 Over the past few weeks, a number…
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Pokemon GO Adds Unova Region Pokemon, Trade Evolution
Pokemon GO, Niantic’s augmented reality mobile game, is in for a new batch of Pokemon. Since its release in 2016, the developer has regularly updated the game, with the latest patch bringing Unova region Pokemon and trade evolution. Trade Evolution Trade-induced evolution has been an iconic feature of the franchise,…
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Ubisoft, Bungie, Crytivo: How the Gaming Industry is Supporting Australia’s Wildfire Relief Efforts
The ongoing wildfire situation in Australia has caught the attention of the entire world. In an attempt to control the fires, donations from across the globe have started pouring in. Among many others, the gaming industry has contributed a large amount to wildfire relief efforts. It’s certainly a noble cause,…
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Back Up Your Save File Before Installing Monster Hunter World’s Latest Expansion
After several months of console exclusivity, Monster Hunter World’s new Iceborne expansion finally hit PC last night. Unfortunately, the new content update has seemingly resulted in the loss of save files for a number of players. While most players installed the new expansion without any hitches, it’s definitely worth backing…
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Apex Legends Grand Soirée Arcade Event Adds Seven Limited Time Modes, Includes Third-Person
Approaching the end of its third season, Apex Legends is planning to run a variety of limited time modes over a period of two weeks. The free-to-play battle royale’s Grand Soirée event kicks off on January 14th. Seven rotating game modes, each running for two days, will allow players to…
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Street Fighter 5 Fan Mod Fixes Major Netcode Bug, Took Just Two Days to Develop
Street Fighter 5, Capcom’s fighting game which launched in 2016, is infamous for its awful netcode. Since its beta years ago, a bug relating to the game’s handling of online play meant that one player would lag whilst the other would remain unaffected. This nasty bug has made the game…
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Resident Evil 3 Remake Nears Completion, Capcom Promises Zero Delays
Resident Evil 3, Capcom’s remake of the 1999 survival horror game, is due for release later this year. The game was announced just last month, and has been given a release date of April 20th. With only a few months to go till launch, developer Capcom has confirmed that development…
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Battlefield V Players on Linux Are Getting Permanently Banned
Battlefield V, EA’s first-person shooter game that launched last year, is only available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Microsoft Windows. However, enthusiastic Linux users have found a way to run the game on the open source operating system. Unfortunately, EA doesn’t think this is acceptable behavior, and…
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Escape From Tarkov Won’t Add Playable Female Characters Because it Requires a “Huge Amount of Work”
Battlestate Games, the studio behind the hardcore realistic first-person shooter Escape From Tarkov, has recently come under fire from fans over a controversial issue. For the second time since the game’s release, the developer is being criticized over the topic of playable female characters. Back in 2016, a controversy arose…
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Destiny 2 on Google Stadia Loses Half its Playerbase One Month After Launch
Not long ago, Google’s cloud-based streaming service Stadia attempted to reshape cloud gaming when it launched in November last year. The ambitious project allowed users to play a variety of games by simply using a reliable Internet connection. The cloud streaming service took off with over a dozen titles, including…
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World’s First 360Hz Monitor Announced – But What Games Can Achieve Stable 360 FPS?
Just before CES 2020 later this week, Nvidia and Asus have announced a new monitor capable of running at a record-breaking 360Hz. In addition to an extremely high refresh rate, the new 24.5 inch 1080p display uses G-Sync to provide a tear-free and smooth experience for competitive gamers. Until now,…
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Leaked Images Provide First Look At New PlayStation 5 Controller
With the next generation of PlayStation arriving at the end of this year, the gaming community has already begun speculating. Although Sony didn’t share detailed information in its initial announcement, it didn’t take long for leaked images of the PlayStation 5 dev kit to pop up on the Internet. Weeks…
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How Riot Games Manipulated Memes to Avoid Backlash When Announcing Controversial Games
Over the past few years, the gaming industry has evolved into one of the biggest in the world. With hundreds of new titles coming out every year, game development studios have to take a big risk when announcing games of uncommon genres. A prominent example of this is Diablo Immortal,…
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Bethesda Shares Screenshots of Fallout 76’s Upcoming Watoga Underground, Double XP Weekend Incoming
Fallout 76, Bethesda’s latest installment in the post-apocalyptic role-playing game series, will soon receive a hefty update. Initially scheduled for launch in Fall 2019, the Wastelanders update was pushed back to early 2020. The massive update will add new content in the form of human NPCs, more items, activities, and…
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Stalker 2 Will Use Unreal Engine, Might Launch As Epic Games Store Exclusive
Stalker 2, the sequel to the 2007 survival horror first-person shooter, was first announced over a decade ago. The game was initially slated for release in 2012, but a series of complications led to the studio shutting down and the project being shelved. Years later, GSC Game World was revived…
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Epic Games Store’s Freebies Continue With Two Darksiders Games, Steep
In celebration of the holiday season, Fortnite developer Epic Games decided to hand out free games to every user on its digital store. For twelve consecutive days starting December 19th, the Epic Games Store gave away one free game every day. Although the holiday season is now over, the generous…
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The Witcher 3 Sets New All Time Peak of 100K Concurrent Players
Recently, Netflix’s The Witcher TV series turned heads with its debut on December 20th. The first season of the show had a much larger impact than anticipated. Not long after its release, CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher action role-playing games saw a huge boost to their player count. The surge…
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Escape from Tarkov Update Brings New Guns For Players Along With More Weapon Mods
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore survival shooter game with realistic elements. The game is still in heavy development, with the devs adding more content as they inch towards a full release. A new content update was dropped recently, giving players new guns and equipments. This also included some major…
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Battlefield V Developer Discusses Complexities of Adding Helicopters To Multiplayer
Battlefield V’s Firestorm is a 64-player game mode set on the largest map the series has ever seen. Similar to other battle royale modes, Firestorm featured looting, driving, and a shrinking play area. The mode added a lot of new things to the series, and some of them were so…