Games
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Overwatch Will Require a Full Reinstall After Its Next Patch
Overwatch’s next “major” patch will require players to do a full reinstall of the client, says Blizzard in today’s announcement. Blizzard didn’t go into much detail about why this update is needed, but they claim that “some pretty fundamental changes to the game client” is the reason. “The number of back-end changes we’re…
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Rainbow Six Siege’s ‘Fortress’ is the First Map “heavily associated with an Operator”
Following an accidental reveal by Ubisoft Thailand yesterday, the new ‘Fortress’ map for Rainbow Six Siege has now been officially revealed. Though we caught a glimpse of the map in the initial announcement of Operation Wind Bastion, Ubisoft has given us a complete tour of the map in today’s reveal video,…
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Denuvo Research Claims Unnamed “major sports title” Lost $21m in Revenue Because of Piracy
Denuvo, the infamous video game anti-piracy software provider, was acquired by Irdeto earlier this year in January. In a statement posted on Irdeto’s website, the software company shared research results which claim game piracy caused a potential loss of $21 million for an unnamed AAA sports title in the two…
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Anthem Will Feature Mass Effect N7 Armor
Following N7 Day yesteday, it’s been confirmed that Bioware will add the N7 soldier armor from the Mass Effect series into Anthem. Lead producer of Anthem and previous Mass Effect games Michael Gamble confirmed that the N7 soldier armor will be included in the upcoming online multiplayer role-playing game. They…
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Crackdown 3 Required Hardware Specifications Revealed, Gamers With Low Specs Rejoice
Xbox owners have been waiting for Crackdown 3 for quite long. It was originally slated to release in 2017 but was then shifted for a 2018 release, but that didn’t happen as well and now we are expecting the game in 2019. Although users won’t mind the delays if the…
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H1Z1 Battle Pass Season Two has Launched
H1Z1, the free-to-play battle royale by Daybreak Games, introduced the battle pass back in August. Following a short maintenance, season two of the battle pass is now live, adding 75 tiers of unlock-able cosmetics. H1Z1’s battle pass offers three reward lines: Free, Premium, and PlayStation Plus. All players can progress…
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Ring of Elysium Adds New Characters and Gadget Skins With ‘Adventurer Pass’
Ring of Elysium, Tencent’s snow-themed battle royale with hang gliding and snowboarding, will be getting its own tiered progression system for cosmetics called the Adventurer Pass. Releasing on November 8th, the first season of the Adventurer Pass offers new content in the form of gadget skins, new characters, and all…
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What’s New in the Surprise 500MB Update for The Witcher 3
A small update for PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt landed last night. At the time, no patch notes for the update were shared, which made fans wonder what exactly was added or changed. After a confused fan posted about the 500MB update on Reddit, a CD Projekt…
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Rainbow Six Siege Operation Wind Bastion Takes Players to the Kingdom of Morocco
As we near the end of Grim Sky, Ubisoft has officially announced the fourth season of the third year of Rainbow Six Siege. Operation Wind Bastion will introduce two new operators from the Moroccan Special Forces, the GIGR (Groupe d’Intervention de La Gendarmerie Royale). Alongside the new operators, a brand new map that “represents the…
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Square Enix and Battalion 1944 Developer Bulkhead Interactive Developing a “New and Exciting First Person Shooter”
Today, Square Enix bought a 20% stake in Bulkhead Interactive, the studio behind Battalion 1944 and The Turing Test. Reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the Derby-based studio is set to develop a new first-person shooter IP for Square Enix. Currently in early access, the multiplayer first-person shooter Battalion 1944 is being developed…
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A Day in the Life of a Red Dead Redemption 2 NPC
Red Dead Redemption 2 has been released for the consoles, and it’s one of the most polished games of 2018. As you’ve probably seen from the clips flying around, the game is highly detailed and has lots of unique features. Following the launch, curious fans began wondering how the non-player…
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Diablo 2 Producer Addresses Diablo Immortal Controversy
Following the Diablo Immortals reveal at Blizzcon, fans responded with harsh comments as this was not the Diablo game they were expecting. Mark Kern, an ex-Blizzard employee who served as the producer of Diablo 2, discussed the situation on Twitter. Kern says that gamers are not to blame for this…
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Chinese Rainbow Six Siege Players Respond to Censorship Changes
A few days ago, Ubisoft announced upcoming ‘aesthetic changes’ to Rainbow Six Siege as they prepare it for release in China. As we all know, the Chinese government has strict rules regarding the portrayal of violence or mature content in video games, which is why some maps in the first-person…
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Battlefield 5 Map Voting Between Rounds Won’t be Available at Launch
The ability to vote for maps after the end of a round, a feature seen in Battlefield 1, will not be available at Battlefield 5’s launch. In a recent weekly debrief post, global community manager Dan Mitre listed the upcoming blogs, articles, and videos regarding Battlefield 5. Responding to the question…
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Diablo 4 Might be in Development, Blizzard Confirms Undergoing Work on Multiple Diablo Projects
Following the announcement of ‘Diablo Immortals’, Blizzard received a lot of negative feedback. For sure, this was not the Diablo game that fans were expecting, but there is still hope as Blizzard has confirmed that other Diablo titles are in the works. During an interview with Polygon, Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham…
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Red Dead Online Leak Reveals Horse Racing and Dueling Modes
Red Dead Online, the multiplayer mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, will be launching as a public beta soon. Although no official release date has been shared yet, a few leaks have popped up which give us an idea of what to expect from Red Dead Online. Discovered by RockstarIntel,…
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Blizzcon Attendee Asks Blizzard if Diablo Immortals is an ‘April Fool’s Joke’ During Q&A
At Blizzcon 2018, Blizzard announced ‘Diablo Immortals’, an action RPG experience for mobile. Needless to say, fans were unhappy, but one Blizzcon attendee conferred with 4Chan before lining up at the Q&A panel to ask a very odd question. Once he was presented with the opportunity, an individual simply known…
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Ubisoft Removing Violence, Gambling, and Explicit Content from Maps in Rainbow Six Siege
Whilst preparing to expand Rainbow Six Siege into Asian territories, Ubisoft has announced some ‘aesthetic changes’ that will come into effect starting next season. The adjustments will be made to the game’s environment and will not affect gameplay, the developers claim. Instead of releasing and maintaining two separate versions for…
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Battlefield 5 Developers Discuss the Lengthy Process of Map Development
Following the official reveal of the Battlefield 5 multiplayer maps, the developers at DICE sat down to discuss the demanding development of the maps featured in the game. According to the developers, the map development process requires lots of playtesting and can sometimes take years to fully develop even a…
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Doom 2 ‘Total Chaos’ Mod is a Brilliant Survival Horror Experience
Modders of the PC gaming community never cease to amaze: a new mod for Doom 2 re-imagines the game as a survival horror experience. The ‘Total Chaos’ mod is a total conversion mod running on the GZDoom source port that took 6 years to develop. Set on a remote island…
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Game Site Apologizes for Red Dead Redemption 2 Leaks, Donates £1m to Charities
Earlier this year in February, UK video game website Trusted Reviews published an article which revealed confidential details about Red Dead Redemption 2. The source documents were “unsubstantiated”, and as a result of sharing confidential information, Trusted Reviews issued an apology today and has agreed to donate £1m to charities. The…
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Dozens of Fallout 76 Perk Cards Revealed by Dataminers
Shortly after the launch of the Fallout 76 beta, dataminers got to work and dug up lots of perk cards, complete with their names, abilities, and levels. Currently, there are over 50 unique perk cards, but some of them might be leftovers from Fallout 4. It is likely that at least…
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This War of Mine: The Last Broadcast DLC Launches November 14th
11 Bit Studios will be celebrating the 4 year anniversary of This War of Mine by releasing the second episode of the game’s ‘Stores’ series named ‘The Last Broadcast’. For this DLC, the developers took on the help of Meg Jayanth, writer 80 Days. “As a radio-operator broadcasting in a…
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Full Fledged Practice Range Confirmed for Battlefield 5, Tides of War Detailed
The Practice Range, also known as the Test Range, is a game mode that was introduced in Battlefield 4. Although the game mode wasn’t included in some Battlefield titles, EA has confirmed that the practice range will make a return in Battlefield 5. In addition to the announcement, EA has…
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Classic Hack and Slash MediEvil PlayStation 4 Remake Gets First Gameplay Trailer
Sony’s Halloween surprise gift for its fans is the first gameplay trailer of the remake of a classic hack and slash action game called MediEvil. First released in 1988 for the original PlayStation, a remake of the game for the PlayStation 4 is due for release next year. Here’s the…