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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Epic has become one of the most important game developers in the world on the success of Fortnite, which is available on PC, consoles, and mobile. Epic CEO Tim Sweeny has railed against the 30 percent cut of revenue developers

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 20:37 GMT Marvel’s Avengers is coming to PC, and you will want to know if your system will run it. The minimum and recommended specs for Marvel’s Avengers have been announced ahead of the game’s PC beta. The PC version of the game offers an optional 30GB high-resolution

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Mixed news today out of Microsoft. First, the company has confirmed that the Xbox Series X is formally launching in November, with support for thousands of games. The reason Microsoft can make this kind of claim is due to backward-compatibility

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:59 GMT Microsoft has confirmed Xbox Series X will launch in November, but there still isn’t a date. This is the second time Microsoft has revealed a November launch for the console, as the company’s CFO Amy Hood confirmed Xbox Series X was still on track to launch during the month.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. To date, all of Microsoft’s communications regarding upcoming consoles have focused on one product — the Xbox Series X. Normally, a “Series” contains more than one product, but Microsoft has continually communicated that the XSX is what there is. We

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has sold over 2 million copies in just one week – and 60 million jellybeans have fallen over in the process. The news comes from a tweet published by the official Devolver Digital Twitter account, which you can check out below. The incredible team @Mediatonic and the super chill @FallGuysGame community

Teachers in Poznań, Poland have discovered a way to safely teach classes during the pandemic by implementing lessons into Half-Life: Alyx. According to a recent report published Upload VR, Poland made online education mandatory on March 25. Just five days later, the first of six two-hour seminars taught via Half-Life: Alyx was made available to students

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Complaints about the Apple App Store are as old as the App Store itself, but that doesn’t make the latest development any more aggravating for gamers. Despite extensive beta testing, it looks like Microsoft will be unable to launch its

Tango Gameworks founder and CEO Shinji Mikami recently made an incredibly important announcement: You can pet the dog in Ghostwire: Tokyo. The news comes from the brand new Ghostwire: Tokyo PS5 trailer shown at QuakeCon earlier today. Check out the video below. [embedded content] “I’m Shinji Mikami from Tango Gameworks,” says Mikami at the beginning of the

A teaser for Call of Duty 2020 – or Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War – recently appeared to a player in the middle of a Warzone match. Footage of the teaser was shared online by a Twitter user who goes by the handle NutterButterAF. Check it out below – the Call of Duty

By Cian Maher, Thursday, 6 August 2020 22:03 GMT According to today’s State of Play, iconic indie game Braid is coming to PS4 in early 2021. Developed by Jonathan Blow, Braid is a puzzle-based platformer where you need to manipulate time in order to progress through levels. The game employs a unique rewind mechanic in

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There have been a lot of questions raised about compatibility as Microsoft and Sony lay out their respective plans for the transition from the current console generation to the next-gen hardware currently prepping for release. Various software developers and publishers

I’ve played hundreds of hours of The Witcher 3, read A Song Ice and Fire at least two times through, saw Longclaw in both, and never for a second thought to connect them. It wasn’t until I saw it on Reddit that I finally realized: Geralt of Rivia can get Longclaw! Or at least a

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony is gearing up for its big PlayStation 5 launch later this year, and part of the plan is apparently to market some of its TVs a “Ready for PlayStation 5.” Just a few days after Sony made that proclamation,

Larian Studios recently announced that Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t launch this month as planned, but we’ll be getting more information on the game on August 18. Larian made the announcement on Twitter, stating that it won’t be releasing Baldur’s Gate 3 in Early Access this month as intended. Check out the tweet below. Good news

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Good reliability data is both highly prized in computing and frustratingly difficult to come by. Occasionally, a third party firm like SquareTrade will publish its own figures but these reports are few and far between. It’s effectively impossible to track

By Cian Maher, Monday, 3 August 2020 20:02 GMT The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 5 gameplay trailer was recently posted online, offering players an idea of what to expect when the new season kicks off later this week. You can check out the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 5 trailer for yourself

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Developer 343 Studios has confirmed that the upcoming Xbox Series X launch title, Halo Infinite, will support multiplayer for free and will support 120fps play. Halo is for everyone. We can confirm #HaloInfinite multiplayer will be free-to-play and will support

It looks and sounds completely impractical, but giants in Skyrim have gotten remarkably good at riding dragons. I saw a post on Reddit this afternoon and thought, “sure, that person probably has one too many mods installed and is being served with a glitch.” But then I did some digging and realized that it wasn’t

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 1 August 2020 20:55 GMT Season Pass 4 will launch for Tekken 7 this fall, Bandai Namco has announced. With the Tekken 7 Season pass 4 you can also expect battle balance updates with new character moves. It also includes online play enhancements for a better “online experience” (thanks, Siliconera). Characters

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 31 July 2020 20:33 GMT Grounded is a hit with players. Grounded, the new survival adventure game from Obsidian Entertainment has seen over one million players since it entered early access. The game was made available through Xbox Game Preview with Xbox Game Pass and Steam Early Access this week on July 28.

By Stephany Nunneley, Thursday, 30 July 2020 20:42 GMT Your free games this week on the Epic Games Store are 20XX, Barony, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. All three titles will be free to download and keep through the Epic Games Store until August 6. 20XX is a roguelike action platformer that features co-op.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Virtual reality hasn’t exploded in popularity as many expected it would when Oculus revived the dead medium, but it is still growing. Most VR games are designed from the ground up for VR, but a few mainstream titles that are

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony and Microsoft have made it very clear that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are focused on eliminating load times. To date, most of the discussion has focused on getting rid of long in-game transition scenes. Game developers

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Konami has been making games for decades, but now it’s making gaming PCs. Konami Amusement, a subsidiary of Konami Holdings, is now accepting orders for its new line of Arespear gaming PCs. The company expects to begin shipments for the

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 20:42 GMT Frostpunk’s final DLC, On the Edge, will be released August 20. On the Edge is the final content drop included with the Frostpunk Season Pass and is set after the Great Storm. In it, the expedition is sent from New London with a special assignment. Here’s

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 21:04 GMT Pokemon Go players spent lots of money during the game’s Pokemon Go fest 2020 last weekend. According to Sensor Tower estimates, during Pokemon Go Fest 2020, players spent  $8.9 million on July 25 and $8.6 million on July 25 (thanks, GI.biz). The $8.9 million spent on

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Porting Doom to various devices has become an art over the years. From calculators to printers, the first level of “Knee Deep in the Dead” tends to show up in a lot of places. This is the first time, at

By Cian Maher, Monday, 27 July 2020 20:50 GMT If you’re an avid Persona fan who was hoping for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers to release in The West, you’re in luck. The news comes from Persona Central, who spotted an interesting listing in Koei Tecmo’s financial reports for the first quarter of the

By Cian Maher, Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:22 GMT If you tuned in to the Xbox event earlier this week, you probably saw the new Crossfire X gameplay trailer – but did you know the song in said trailer was a sad cover of “X Gon’ Give it to Ya”? It’s not immediately noticeable. However,