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• Nintendo Switch Could Get More Monster Hunter Games, But Not The One You Want

  29-06-2018 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is scheduled to come to Nintendo Switch on August 28, but everyone wants to know if 2018's critically acclaimed Monster Hunter World could have a future on the console as well. According to Siliconera, Capcom responded to the question in a Q&A session held after the company's 39th shareholders meeting.Turns out the answer is a resounding "no." Though disappointing, Capcom has its reasons. Monster Hunter World is literally too large a game for Nintendo Swit
  
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• Fortnite: Haunted Hills Treasure Map Location - Where To Find It (Week 9 Challenges)

  29-06-2018 23:53 via gamespot.com
  
  New challenges are now available in Epic Games' Fortnite: Battle Royale, including one that involves a treasure map in Haunted Hills. Season 4 has nearly concluded, but you still have time to take on challenges if you own the Battle Pass. Week 9 challenges are live across all platforms, providing a slate of seven more objectives for you to complete if you own the Season 4 Battle Pass on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, or mobile. Here's where to find the aforementioned treasure and how to com
  
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• Investors hopeful Mexico's Lopez Obrador will veer to the center

  29-06-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican assets are poised to strengthen even if leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins Sunday's presidential election, analysts say, on expectations he will govern from the center and as the uncertainty stemming from the race fades.Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, holds a roughly 20-point lead over his nearest rival ahead of the July 1 vote, according to the latest polls, putting him on track to become the first leftist Mexican presi
  
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• Fortnite Double XP Weekend Is Now Live

  29-06-2018 23:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic has flipped the "Double XP" switch on Fortnite, letting you speed up your level grinding for the weekend. The bonus period ends on Monday, July 2. This season, as long as you own a Battle Pass, your level corresponds directly to some exclusive skin upgrades, so any boost is worth your while. You can earn the Carbide skin at level 40 and the Omega skin at level 55, but to make them light up all snazzy, you'll need to hit 65 and the max cap of 80, respectively.This comes just as Epic delayed
  
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• Larry Nassar And Trainer Debbie Van Horn Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

  29-06-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Larry Nassar and former USA Gymnastics trainer Debbie Van Horn were charged
  
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• Biggest PC Games Releasing In 2019 And Beyond: Anthem, Cyberpunk 2077, Rage 2

  29-06-2018 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  There are a lot of PC games still to come before 2019. But next year is sure to bring a steady supply of games for the platform. Some of these games are sequels in some of the biggest gaming franchises, such as Rage 2 and Doom Eternal. Others are releases of games that are completely new IPs from the biggest developers, like Bioware's Anthem and From Software's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.Other games still are coming in 2019 due to delays, as is the case with Crackdown 3. The open-world action ga
  
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• The Democratic Socialists of America show their muscle in New York congressional upset

  29-06-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Ocasio-Cortez will be the first DSA member in Congress this century, but she isn’t the first candidate to score a dramatic upset with the help of the left-wing organization. And if they have their way, she won’t be the last.
  
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• Play EA's New Game For Free Right Now On PS4, Xbox One, and PC

  29-06-2018 23:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Between June 26 and July 30, you can play a trial version of EA's new game, Unravel 2, for free on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The demo comes with the game's first two levels and lets you play for up to 10 hours. Just make sure you remember to close out of the game between play sessions to stop the timer.Unravel 2 is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer starring Yarny, a red doll made from--you guessed it--yarn. This sequel adds a second doll that can be controlled by another player over local co-op. T
  
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• Biggest Games Confirmed For 2019 | Get Hyped With This Montage

  29-06-2018 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Anthem, Division 2, and Gears 5 are just some of the games confirmed for 2019 and here are even more. What games are you looking forward to?
  
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• Judge: Colorado Walmart triple killing case will go to trial

  29-06-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A man charged with killing three people at a crowded suburban Denver Walmart last fall fired seven shots in about 20 seconds near the entrance before walking out without saying anything, the lead investigator said Friday.
  
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• Last Chance: PS4's Free PS Plus Games For June Won't Be Free For Long

  29-06-2018 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  As June winds down to an end, PlayStation Plus members are running out of time to grab their free PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games for the month. July 2 is your last full day to grab your freebies, because the following day they'll go back to full price and be replaced by July's free PS Plus games.The PS Plus freebies this month are pretty fantastic. On PS4, you can grab XCOM 2, a strategy game that has you control a team of resistance fighters after an alien invasion of Earth. In GameSpot's XCOM 2 r
  
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• The Week's Best Gaming Deals: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC

  29-06-2018 23:08 via gamespot.com
  
  The Best Video Game Deals Of The Week
  We all love video games, and everyone loves a good deal. So when you combine those things, you end up with something we can all get behind. If you're looking for deals on video games, you've come to the right place. Let's take a moment to check in on the very best gaming deals that are available this week and see what kinds of savings we can find.Whether you play games on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, or PC, you'll likely find something you want to play av
  
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• Free PS4 Game This Weekend With PS Plus Membership

  29-06-2018 23:08 via gamespot.com
  
  If you have a PS4 and you're in the mood to shoot aliens, you're in luck: Destiny 2 is free this weekend for anyone with a PS4 and a PS Plus account. All you have to do is download this free demo and you can play the game between June 29 and July 2 without spending a dime.The demo comes with the full campaign, all game modes, and every piece of gear that's available in the base game. It doesn't have the Curse of Osiris or Warmind expansions, but that's to be expected. If you buy Destiny 2 after
  
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• Massive Bethesda Sale On Steam Right Now

  29-06-2018 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Steam's Summer Sale is such a massive event that you could miss out on some incredible savings if you don't dig around a bit. A notable chunk of the best games on sale come from Bethesda, a company that's going all out right now, with tons of deep discounts on its games on Steam. The Bethesda deals go up to 75% off, often on games that aren't all that old. Here are some of the highlights.For starters, the whole Fallout franchise is available at 50% off or more. You can get Fallout, Fallout 2, an
  
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• Maryland police were unaware of hostile tweets by murder suspect

  29-06-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Police, however, had known that the suspect, Jarrod Ramos, had posted threatening comments on his web page about the newspaper, which he had unsuccessfully sued for defamation in 2012.It is hard to keep up with them," Altomare said.Ramos had accused one of the Capital Gazette's newspapers, The Capital, of defamation for reporting on his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of harassing a female acquaintance online.
  
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• Bus full of campers overturns on NJ Turnpike in Cherry Hill

  29-06-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  A school bus carrying about two dozen children crashed and overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike. No serious injuries have been reported.
  
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• 'This Is a Moment of Great Urgency.' Former President Barack Obama Tries to Mobilize Democrats at Fundraiser Event

  29-06-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama re-emerged into the political scene at a DNC event, making subtle references to his disapproval of the current administration
  
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• Fortnite's New Playground Mode Is Still Down, But Testing Continues

  29-06-2018 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Update 4: Fortnite's Playground mode is still unavailable a day after it was set to return. Epic says progress is being made but it's trying to avoid rushing into pushing it up. "We're continuing testing on our matchmaking improvements and are still aiming to open the Playground LTM as soon as we're confident in our improvements," it said on Reddit. "Once we have confirmed that our testing was successful we will begin gradually rolling servers out to all regions and platforms until it's availabl
  
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• Vaccination critic placed on probation by medical board

  29-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California pediatrician and outspoken critic of mandatory vaccinations has been placed on probation for 35 months by the state's medical board.
  
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• Mueller: Flynn not ready to be sentenced yet in Russia probe

  29-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn is not ready to be sentenced yet, special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday in a one-page filing that suggests the former White House official is still cooperating with prosecutors.
  
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• With Fortnite Playground Issues Ongoing, 50v50 Replaces Another LTM

  29-06-2018 22:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Along with the sandbox-style Playground mode (which currently remains offline while Epic irons out issues that cropped up shortly after it launched), this week's Fortnite: Battle Royale update marked the start of another limited-time event, Final Fight Teams of 12. After receiving fan feedback, the developer has announced it is disabling Final Fight and replacing it with another iteration of the fan-favorite 50v50 mode. [Update: Following earlier issues that prevented its rollout, Epic announced
  
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• M. Night Shyamalan's New Movie Glass Gets First Poster

  29-06-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  M. Night Shyamalan has unveiled the first poster for his newest film, Glass. After directing The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and The Village all around the turn of the century, Shyamalan quickly became an acclaimed director before disappearing for a while. He popped back onto the scene with his breakout horror hit Split starring James McAvoy which came out in 2016.Fans of Unbreakable have been waiting almost two decades for a sequel, and now that Shyamalan's back in the game with a new hit under h
  
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• Man causes $500,000 worth of damage driving through San Angelo Walmart

  29-06-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  A man who allegedly drove his pick up truck through the front of a Walmart superstore is facing multiple charges, police said.Officers in the Texan city of San Angelo estimated that 19-year-old Caleb Wilson caused $500,000 (£379,000) as his Dodge Ram careered through the shop.When they checked to see if Wilson had left the scene, authorities said that Wilson sped towards them.
  
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• Fortnite Rocket Launch May Happen Saturday, Ahead Of Season 5

  29-06-2018 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  With Season 5 of Fortnite: Battle Royale on the horizon, Epic has begun dropping more and more hints that something major is about to happen in the game very soon. Ahead of the new season, which formally kicks off on July 12, players have begun to notice some ominous warning signs around the map, and a new in-game update confirms that some sort of big event will take place tomorrow, June 30.In Fortnite's New Updates section, Epic has teased that a launch of some kind is scheduled to happen in th
  
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• People are sending wire hangers to a senator who they think is too soft on protecting abortion rights

  29-06-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  People are sending a warning to a senator whose stance on protecting abortion rights isn't strong enough for them. On Wednesday, after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, Republican Senator Susan Collins said she views Roe v. Wade — the ruling that ensures nation-wide abortion access — as "settled law."  "It's clearly precedent," she said on Wednesday when asked about her stance on protecting abortion laws. "I always look for judges who respect p
  
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• Pres. Obama and Jon Stewart; different method, same message

  29-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Republicans have worked overtime to normalize Donald Trump's countless breaks in presidential tradition and his divisive rhetoric but Pres. Obama and Jon Stewart separately and in their own ways remind Americans not to normalize this behavior and to vote.
  
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• Pokemon Go's Popularity Hits Levels Not Seen Since Launch

  29-06-2018 22:14 via gamespot.com
  
  According to Superdata, the number of people actively playing Pokemon Go in May 2018 was pretty high. The only other time the numbers have been that elevated was during the summer Pokemon Go launched. During this uptick in player activity, Pokemon Go reportedly made $104 million (about £79 million).According to Eurogamer, Superdata initially had an exact number of players listed for May 2018--about 147 million people--but that number has since been removed from the report. We wouldn't be s
  
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• XXXTentacion Prepared Will, Leaving Everything to Family and Claiming He Has No Children

  29-06-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  The rapper was shot dead on June 18 in an apparent robbery.
  
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• Trump: 'Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked'

  29-06-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Amid a debate over what motivated the alleged gunman to carry out this week's deadly mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, President Trump took a break from his usual anti-media rhetoric to condemn the killings.
  
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• Annapolis gunman wanted to 'kill as many as possible'

  29-06-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  The 38-year-old gunman who carried out a deadly assault on a newspaper office in Annapolis had barricaded a back door hoping to "kill as many" as he could, authorities said Friday, confirming he pursued a years-long vendetta against the paper.Police said the suspect -- identified as Maryland resident Jarrod Ramos -- used a legally purchased pump-action shotgun in an onslaught that left five employees of the Capital Gazette dead, and two others wounded on Thursday.A judge ordered Ramos held witho
  
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• Xbox One Free Games With Gold For July 2018 Revealed

  29-06-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  July is fast approaching, which means Xbox Live Gold subscribers will soon get a new batch of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games to download for free. Microsoft has pulled the curtain back on July's offerings. The titles that will be available at various times throughout the next month include the Xbox One games Assault Android Cactus and Death Squared and the Xbox 360 games Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction. Thanks to backwards compatibility, those Xbox 360 ti
  
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• With Fortnite Playground Issues Continuing, Epic Replaces Another Limited-Time Mode

  29-06-2018 21:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Along with the sandbox-style Playground mode (which currently remains offline while Epic irons out issues that cropped up shortly after it launched), this week's Fortnite: Battle Royale update marked the start of another limited-time event, Final Fight Teams of 12. After receiving fan feedback, the developer has announced it is disabling Final Fight and replacing it with another iteration of the fan-favorite 50v50 mode. [Update: Following earlier issues that prevented its rollout, Epic announced
  
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• Fortnite Week 9: Haunted Hills Treasure Map Location - Where To Find It

  29-06-2018 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games' uber-popular Fortnite: Battle Royale's Season 4 is nearly over, but there's still time to take on the current batch of challenges. Week 9 challenges are now live across all platforms, providing a slate of seven more objectives for you to complete if you own the Season 4 Battle Pass on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, or mobile. That includes yet another treasure map to hunt down and follow--here's where to find it and how to get your hands on the treasure, as well as what to do ab
  
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• Steam Summer Sale 2018: Best Games For $20 Or Less

  29-06-2018 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Steam's Summer Sale for 2018 is live and ongoing. Valve recently launched the annual promotion, which takes the form of the Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale. You likely already know the basics of what to expect: It offers significant discounts on countless games. That spans everything from big-budget, triple-A games to lesser-known (but nonetheless excellent) indie games. According to Valve, there are more than 10,000 on sale. So many options can make it downright overwhelming to browse Steam's
  
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• Oakland girl at center of brain death debate has died after surgery

  29-06-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  A family member says Jahi McMath, the Oakland girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death, has died after surgery.
  
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• The coming war over Trump's next Supreme Court nominee

  29-06-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Wednesday, pro-choice and civil rights organizations across the country started preparing for a fight.
  
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• 22 Scary Movies Every True Horror Fan Needs To Watch

  29-06-2018 21:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Every decade has its share of great horror movies, and the very best have become true cinematic classics that are every bit as important as more "prestigious" films. From Bride of Frankenstein, Psycho, and Night of the Living Dead to Halloween, The Exorcist, and The Shining, these are movies which even the most casual horror fan knows, and they continue to influence the genre today. But what are the other films that true horror fans need to have seen? Everyone has their favorites, but we've gat
  
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• School Bus Overturns on Jersey Turnpike

  29-06-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  A school bus carrying several children crashed and overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike. No serious injuries have been reported. (June 29)
  
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• New Game Release Dates Of 2019: Resident Evil 2, Anthem, Kingdom Hearts 3

  29-06-2018 21:32 via gamespot.com
  
  We may be only in the middle of 2018, but there's already an exciting roster of games releasing in 2019. Highly-anticipated games like Anthem, Days Gone, and Kingdom Hearts III make up only a small number of what's ahead. And that's not to mention the all the big games recently revealed at E3, like Resident Evil 2 Remake, Gears 5, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which we can't wait to get our hands on. To help you keep track of all the games coming out next year, we've compiled a list of all the
  
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• Fortnite's Rocket May Launch Tomorrow, Ahead Of Season 5

  29-06-2018 21:31 via gamespot.com
  
  With Season 5 of Fortnite: Battle Royale on the horizon, Epic has begun dropping more and more hints that something major is about to happen in the game very soon. Ahead of the new season, which formally kicks off on July 12, players have begun to notice some ominous warning signs around the map, and a new in-game update confirms that some sort of big event will take place tomorrow, June 30.In Fortnite's New Updates section, Epic has teased that a launch of some kind is scheduled to happen in th
  
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• 7 Deals on Amazon You Don't Need to Wait for Prime Day For

  29-06-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  There are some seriously good discounts on Amazon ahead of its big 24-hour sale event.
  
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• Biggest Xbox One Games Releasing In 2019 And Beyond: Gears 5, Anthem

  29-06-2018 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  All The Games
  There are plenty of new and exciting games to play on Xbox One this year, but what about next year? In this feature we're rounding up all the Xbox One games that are launching next year or later. And there are more than a few exciting games releasing too. At a glance, these include titles like BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem, Rage 2 from Bethesda, Ubisoft's ambitious pirate game Skull & Bones, and the gorgeous-looking platformer sequel Ori and the Will of the Wisps. The Xb
  
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• California park slaying probe looks back to 7 past shootings

  29-06-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a camper at a popular California wilderness park last week will look for links to seven past shootings in the area dating back to 2016, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Friday.
  
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• Huge Final Fantasy Sale On Steam Right Now

  29-06-2018 21:25 via gamespot.com
  
  As part of the Steam Summer Sale that's going on now, the whole Final Fantasy franchise is available at a nice discount. In fact, nearly every game is half off, making this an excellent time to fill out your Steam library with some of the most popular and highly regarded RPGs of all time. Just make sure you buy the ones you want before July 5, when the sale ends.The first two Final Fantasy games aren't on Steam, but entries III-VI are all on sale for $8 each, including the belated sequel Final F
  
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• Biggest Games Releasing In 2019 And Beyond: Kingdom Hearts 3, Cyberpunk 2077, And More

  29-06-2018 21:25 via gamespot.com
  
  The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
  A lot of highly-anticipated games are coming out this year, but not all of them. As the great singer-songwriter Tom Petty said, the waiting is the hardest part. Many of the most exciting games are due out in 2019 or later, so we're rounding them up in this feature for your reference.Here you can learn more about BioWare's ambitious new multiplayer game Anthem, the zombie game Days Gone from Sony, and Ubisoft's pirate game Skull & Bones. While waiting for games
  
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• Biggest PS4 Games Coming In 2019 And Beyond: The Last Of Us 2, Cyberpunk 2077, And More

  29-06-2018 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Every PS4 Game Coming In 2019 And Beyond
  While there's a bunch of PS4 games coming out in 2018, there are plenty releasing next year and beyond. The current year often yields several highly-anticipated games, but there's always something further off that has us even more excited. Based on how 2019 and beyond's roster is stacking up, there's already whole lot we can't wait to play. In this feature, we're going to take a look at all the biggest games that we know are coming to Sony's flagship cons
  
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• Monster Hunter: World Summer Twilight Fest Offers New Quests And Limited-Time Bounties

  29-06-2018 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Capcom announced Monster Hunter: World's Summer Twilight Fest will start July 13. The summer event brings a few new surprises to the action RPG.Every previous event quest will once again be available to play during Summer Twilight Fest, and a few new exclusive quests will be added too. Bonuses will be available each day for players who log in. You'll want to log in every day too, as Summer Twilight Fest's exclusive bounties will only be available for a limited time.The event will also offer a fe
  
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• Elon Musk Admits He’s Evil, Will Cause Massive Loss for the Greater Good

  29-06-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  He compared himself to the MCU's Thanos, natch.
  
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• Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls 4, And Vermintide 2 Join Xbox One's Games Pass In July

  29-06-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Independence Day just got a little sweeter for Games Pass subscribers. A whole new batch of Xbox One and backwards compatible Xbox 360 titles are dropping in July, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, which released in March this year, and Fallout 3.Last month we saw Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls Online join the service, which already includes tons of other Xbox hits ranging from Halo 5 to Gears of War 4. Xbox confirmed this year all of its first-party titles rele
  
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• Worried Guatemalan mom waits in US for a daughter taken away

  29-06-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — She came to the U.S. to help her family and ended up having it torn apart instead.
  
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