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• Hiker Who Survived Being Lost in Montana Wilderness for Days Speaks Out

  19-08-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Sunday marks a week since Kaden Laga went missing in Montana. He and his wife Arden, who are expecting their first baby, were out visiting family when a normal hike turned into a search and rescue.
  
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• Death Stranding: Key Gameplay Takeaways From Gamescom -- Urinating, Crying Babies, And More

  19-08-2019 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima took to the stage at Geoff Keighly's Gamescom press conference to reveal more new footage of Death Stranding. While the story information we got was still vague, we're slowly getting more details about the way it plays. Hopefully we'll have an even clearer picture of Death Stranding by the time it comes out in November, but for now, we'll have to keep scratching our heads as we analyze and outline the scraps that Kojima feeds us.The Gamescom gameplay traile
  
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• Man pees in sink behind Starbucks counter and douses merchandise, Penn. cops say

  19-08-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Pennsylvania police are looking for a man suspected of peeing in a Starbucks sink and onto merchandise in the store.
  
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• US court convicts far-right members over clashes with leftists

  19-08-2019 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Two members of a far-right group were convicted Monday of brawling with anti-fascist demonstrators in New York, as tensions between white supremacists and leftists simmer in the United States.Maxwell Hare, 27, and John Kinsman, 39, members of the Proud Boys group, were found guilty of several counts of attempted assault and rioting by a Manhattan court.A jury decided the pair assaulted four members of Antifa, an anti-fascist group, who were protesting outside an event that Hare and Kinsman had a
  
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• Sequel To One Of 2016's Best Roguelike Games Announced At Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 23:46 via gamespot.com
  
  During Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2019, Everspace 2 was announced via a new trailer. The sequel to the beloved space roguelike seemingly improves upon the original game in several ways, but don't expect to be able to play it anytime soon.In the trailer, which can be watched below, several new ship designs are shown off. This time, the ships all seem to be different variations of the same craft, possibly suggesting that you may be building your spaceship off of the same design instead of thre
  
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• Customs & Border Patrol agent charged with murdering her husband, deputies say

  19-08-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A Customs and Border patrol agent in Palm Beach County was arrested on murder charges in connection to the death of her husband, a charging affidavit shows.Palm Beach County sheriff deputies charged Marcia Thompson, 39, with second-degree murder with a firearm after authorities say she intentionally shot her husband Terry, 52, with her service weapon nine times.
  
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• Check Your Email--You Might Have Free GameStop Store Credit If You Shopped At ThinkGeek

  19-08-2019 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been over a month since online retailer ThinkGeek closed its digital doors and moved its offerings over to GameStop's website. Now, longtime ThinkGeek shoppers who had saved up Geek Points (ThinkGeek's old program that let you earn points with purchases and redeem them for free stuff) can finally get some use out of them. According to deals site Cheap Ass Gamer, people are beginning to receive emails from GameStop with a reward certificate that can be used on games, hardware, collectibles,
  
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• Women 'absolutely terrified' of Donald Trump giving Afghanistan deal to the Taliban

  19-08-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration's haste to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan could risk the progress on Afghan women's rights since 2001: Our view
  
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• Johnson tells EU he wants Brexit deal but without backstop

  19-08-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote Monday to EU President Donald Tusk reaffirming his desire to conclude a Brexit deal as well as his opposition to the controversial "backstop" on Ireland.The so-called backstop is a mechanism that would keep the UK in EU customs arrangements to prevent a hard border between the British province of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state.Brussels says the backstop is needed as a fallback option to preserve the integrity of Europea
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein’s Will Leaves $577 Million to Mysterious Trust

  19-08-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSJeffrey Epstein signed his last will and testament on Aug. 8—two days before the 66-year-old sex-offender killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell.According to the document, which was first revealed by the New York Post, the mysterious money-manager left behind $577,672,654 in personal property.Epstein is giving all of his property to the “acting Trustees of The 1953 Trust,” though the members of the trust weren’t named in the document.The will names Epstein&rsquo
  
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• NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death

  19-08-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of "I can't breathe" gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force. Police Commissioner James O'Neill said he fired Daniel Pantaleo, who is white, based on a recent recommendation of a department disciplinary judge. O'Neill said he thought Pantaleo's use of the banned chokehold as h
  
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• Regime advance cuts off Turkish convoy in northwest Syria

  19-08-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Rebel-backer Turkey said its forces were targeted by an air strike, while the Syrian regime accused Turkish forces of backing "terrorists".The convoy had entered Idlib province before heading towards a key town where Russian-backed regime forces are waging a fierce battle to retake the area from jihadists and rebels.Turkey claimed an air strike hit its convoy, killing three civilians, though a war monitor said a Russian air raid took the lives of three rebels in the surrounding area.
  
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• US sued over Honduran man's suicide after family separation

  19-08-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A new lawsuit blames the Trump administration's family separations for the death by suicide of a Honduran father after being separated from his 3-year-old child.The widow of Marco Antonio Muñoz sued the U.S. government and South Texas' Starr County, which operated the local jail where he died.The Texas Civil Rights Project, which announced the lawsuit Monday, said it was the first known lawsuit that linked a person's suicide to the zero-tolerance policy enacted last spring and ended amid
  
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• FEC chair Ellen Weintraub on Trump claims: 'No evidence of rampant voter fraud in 2016'

  19-08-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  FEC chairwoman Ellen Weintraub said no one has found any evidence of "rampant voter fraud in 2016 or really in any previous election," despite assertions to that effect from President Donald Trump.
  
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• Mountain lion attacks Colorado hunter armed with just a pocket knife, officials say

  19-08-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A Colorado man was scouting spots to hunt elk earlier this month when he became prey himself, according to state wildlife officials.
  
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• Star Trek Picard: 10 Essential Data Episodes From The Next Generation

  19-08-2019 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's all the Data you'll need.The biggest shock from the Star Trek: Picard trailer was the cameo of Data.It left Trek fans with unanswered questions that we shouldn't expect answers to until the new show premieres in early 2020: Is this the real Data? Is it a hologram? Or perhaps it's B-4's body, coupled with Data's positronic brain?But if it is really is Data, then Star Trek: Picard will continue one of the greatest arcs in the Star Trek franchise's history: Data's never-ending quest to becom
  
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• Saudi-Led coalition attacks military targets in Houthi-controlled Sanaa: Saudi TV

  19-08-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched an attack on Monday on military targets in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthi movement, Saudi state TV reported.The Iran-aligned movement's Al-Masirah TV reported at least six airstrikes by the coalition in Sanaa and said the strikes were ongoing.
  
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• China plans to make Shenzhen a 'better place' than Hong Kong

  19-08-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  China's government has unveiled plans to boost the mainland city of Shenzhen and make it into what state media called a "better place" than neighbouring Hong Kong, following another huge pro-democracy rally in the semi-autonomous financial hub.Weeks of rallies, demonstrations, and occupations have plunged Hong Kong into crisis -- which Beijing is now framing as an opportunity for Shenzhen's development.On Monday, state-run media outlined a set of guidelines released by the central Chinese govern
  
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• Couple who ran a home for troubled boys charged with trafficking children, forced labor

  19-08-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A husband and wife who ran a home for troubled boys in Texas have been arrested a year after the home was raided and eight boys were removed, reports say.
  
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• Death Stranding - Official Gameplay Reveal | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Watch Norman Reedus pee on the grass and grow mushrooms. Yes, that's a thing in Death Stranding, headed to PS4 on November 8. Also Geoff Keighly is in this game--go figure.
  
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• All The Games Surprise-Released Today During Gamescom

  19-08-2019 22:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom officially opens its doors on August 20, but leading up to the show several publishers and platform-holders have already held events detailing their software lineups--and sometimes, surprise-releasing software. As a result, several new games are now available to download and play across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.You can check out a list of games that are available now below, and check out all of our Gamescom coverage for more news and hands-on impressions througho
  
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• Death Stranding Full Stage Presentation | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Hideo Kojima took to the Gamescom 2019 stage to introduce some new characters and gameplay for Death Stranding on PS4.
  
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• The Cycle Full Stage Presentation | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Learn all about Yager's new shooter and how it offers a new experience thanks to its "PvEvP" design.
  
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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Free PS4 Alpha Test Happening This Week

  19-08-2019 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom 2019 just kicked off and it's already full of high-profile announcements. During the Opening Night Live conference, it was announced that the PlayStation 4 alpha test for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will take place starting on August 23 and conclude on August 25. It'll be free for all PS4 players, even those without a PS Plus subscription.The alpha will only feature Gunfight, which is the new fast-paced 2v2 multiplayer mode for the game--five maps are also included in the test. We rece
  
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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Free PS4 Alpha Happening This Week

  19-08-2019 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom 2019 just kicked off and it's already full of high-profile announcements. During the Opening Night Live conference, it was announced that the PlayStation 4 alpha test for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will take place starting on August 23 and conclude on August 25. It'll be free for all PS4 players, even those without a PS Plus subscription.The alpha will only feature Gunfight, which is the new fast-paced 2v2 multiplayer mode for the game--five maps are also included in the test. We rece
  
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• Waiter shot dead by customer who waited too long for sandwich in France, witnesses say

  19-08-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The unidentified customer shot the waiter in the shoulder with a handgun. The restaurant is in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand.
  
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• This Is What The Witcher 3 Looks Like On Switch

  19-08-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Jake Dekker spent two hours with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on the Nintendo Switch. Here's how it holds up on Nintendo's portable console.
  
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• The Witcher 3 Nintendo Switch Handheld Gameplay

  19-08-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's five minutes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition running on the Nintendo Switch in handheld mode.In this video we visit Toussaint, Velen, and Skellige.
  
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• Mom held as sex slave for month after she and baby kidnapped from driveway, NC cops say

  19-08-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The man tased her, sexually assaulted her and held her at gunpoint, according to police.
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate: Get 2 Months For $2

  19-08-2019 21:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft first announced Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at E3 2019, and it's been ramping up its offerings for the subscription ever since. Game Pass Ultimate combines Xbox Live Gold, a service that gets you free monthly games and exclusive discounts, with Game Pass for both Xbox One and PC, which grants you unlimited access to a huge library of games, with new games added regularly. While generally priced at $15 a month, Microsoft is offering a limited-time promotion that lets new subscribers claim t
  
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• California high school students filmed giving Nazi salutes and singing Nazi war song

  19-08-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A group of around a dozen Orange County, California high school students were filmed giving Nazi salutes at a sports award ceremony.
  
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• WWE King Of The Ring Predictions And Brackets

  19-08-2019 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  After years of not being used, WWE has decided to bring back the King of the Ring tournament. This is a four-round, 16-person event taking place over multiple evenings. The first round of the event will take place on the August 19 episode of Raw, with Round 2 happening on August 20's Smackdown Live.This is a tournament that has created plenty of major moments for WWE superstars, including when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin won the 1996 King of the Ring and gave his famous "Austin 3:16" speech after
  
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• Predator: Hunting Grounds Full Stage Presentation | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  The team that brought you Friday the 13th: The Game is the force behind the PS4 exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds.
  
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• US tests medium-range cruise missile after exiting INF treaty

  19-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Defense Department on Monday announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after tearing up the Cold War-era pact with Russia eliminating that class of nuclear-capable weapons."The test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted its target after more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) of flight," the Pentagon said in a statement.While the missile was described as "conventionally configured," meaning not nuclear-equipped, the launch was
  
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• 'Ticking time bomb': Violence surges amid guard shortage, lockdown at Mississippi prison

  19-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  As a lockdown at this Mississippi prison enters its seventh month, violence is rampant. It's "not a sustainable situation," ACLU official says. Others agree.
  
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• Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star 'like Pac-man'

  19-08-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  For the first time, scientists have detected a black hole devouring a neutron star, according to a report released Monday.
  
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• Planned Parenthood Refuses Title X Funding in Response to Trump Administration Restrictions

  19-08-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Planned Parenthood will refuse all Title X funding rather than comply with the Trump administration's restrictions governing the discussion of abortion at clinics that participate in the program, the group announced Monday.Planned Parenthood decided to abandon Title X, which accounts for roughly 15 percent of its overall federal funding each year, in response to a Trump administration rule barring clinics that participate in the program from referring women to abortion providers.“When you
  
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• PlayStation Surprise Releases Erica, A New PS4 Live-Action Interactive Thriller

  19-08-2019 21:38 via gamespot.com
  
  During the Opening Night Live stream from Gamescom 2019, PlayStation released a new trailer for Erica, a live-action interactive thriller for PS4. Erica focuses on the story of the titular main character, who goes on a journey of self-discovery while trying to solve the mystery behind her father's death. Playable with a PS4 controller or with the Erica app--available on iOS and Android--you'll be able to solve puzzles with touch-sensitive mechanics and make choices that will alter the flow of th
  
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• Visa critical of India's move towards no-fee debit card transactions

  19-08-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Global card payments group Visais critical of the Indiangovernment's decision to boost adoption of electronic payments by requiring banks and card payment networks to offer no-fee debit card transactions, a senior Visa executive said.Last month, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that businesses with annual turnover of 500 million rupees will not have to pay a merchant discount rate on debit card and other digital modes of transactions, excluding credit cards.The discount rate is p
  
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• Pentagon conducts 1st test of previously banned missile

  19-08-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon said.The Trump administration has said it remains interested in useful arms control but questions Moscow's willingness to adhere to its treaty commitments.The Pentagon said it tested a modified ground-launched version of a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile, which was launched from San Nicolas Island and accurately struck
  
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• Rape victim facing 40 years in prison after suffering stillbirth is cleared by court

  19-08-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A rape victim who faced up to 40 years in prison after she suffered a stillbirth has been cleared at retrial.Evelyn Hernández was sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide by a court in El Salvador in July 2017. She was prosecuted under the Central American country's strict abortion laws.
  
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• Disintegration Full Stage Presentation | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Learn about Disintegration's story campaign and multiplayer on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
  
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• Get A Great PC Graphics Card $120 Off With 2 Free Games

  19-08-2019 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Whenever new hardware releases, especially the latest PC graphics card, I tend to fight myself over it--adding it to my cart, removing it from my cart, adding it back again. Eventually, I lose (I always lose), but if you're more sensible than me and have waited for the right deal, then this one from Best Buy is a good option.GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2070$680 ($800) | $480 ($600)See the RTX 2080 at Best Buy See the RTX 2070 at Best BuyThe RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 Founders Editions are on sale for $1
  
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• The Co-Creator Of Halo Shows Off Disintegration, A New Team-Based Multiplayer Game

  19-08-2019 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Coming from the co-creator of the Halo series, Marcus Lehto, Disintegration is a new type of FPS that blends traditional multiplayer gameplay with the PvE experience. First revealed at E3 2019, we saw our first look at gameplay during the Opening Night Live stream at Gamescom 2019. The developers from V1 Interactive showed off what to expect from the new multiplayer FPS. According to the creators, Disintegration will have a full single-player campaign focusing on a variety of different character
  
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• Sony Buys Spider-Man, Ratchet And Clank Dev Insomniac

  19-08-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has added another acclaimed studio to its development family. The company announced today that it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developer behind the Ratchet and Clank series and, most recently, PS4's critically acclaimed Marvel's Spider-Man."Big news: Insomniac Games is joining PlayStation's Worldwide Studios!" the official PlayStation Twitter account announced. "We are honored and thrilled to join forces with this legendary developer."Big news: @InsomniacGames is joining PlayStation&rs
  
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• Sony Acquires Insomniac Games

  19-08-2019 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has added another acclaimed studio to its development family. Ahead of Gamescom 2019, the company announced today that it has acquired Insomniac Games, the developer behind the Ratchet and Clank series and, most recently, PS4's critically acclaimed Marvel's Spider-Man."Big news: Insomniac Games is joining PlayStation's Worldwide Studios!" the official PlayStation Twitter account announced. "We are honored and thrilled to join forces with this legendary developer."Big news: @InsomniacGames i
  
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• Death Stranding New Gameplay Takes The Piss At Gamescom

  19-08-2019 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  At Gamescom Opening Night Live, Hideo Kojima appeared on stage to debut the first gameplay footage for Death Stranding. In the brief segment, we saw Norman Reedus' character exploring the environment and making a special delivery.First, Reedus' character Sam stood up in the middle of a hilly field, and after making a menu selection he urinated on some plants. (The camera strategically kept focused on Sam's back, and they demonstrated how you cannot swing it around to see his front.) Somehow, tha
  
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• Need For Speed Heat First Look At Gameplay | Gamescom 2019

  19-08-2019 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Need For Speed: Heat comes to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 8, but EA talked about its story mode and online multiplayer during the Gamescom 2019 opening night.
  
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• The Witcher 3 Switch Version Release Date Announced, Coming In October

  19-08-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom 2019 kicked off with the Opening Night Live conference hosted by Geoff Keighley, and one of the many announcements made during the presentation was the release date for the Nintendo Switch version of CD Projekt Red's critically acclaimed RPG. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition is coming to Switch on October 15, 2019.We recently got our hands on with the Switch version of the game; you can watch our gameplay clip which showcases it running in handheld mode. You can also check ou
  
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• The Witcher 3 Switch Port Release Date Announced, Coming In October

  19-08-2019 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Gamescom 2019 kicked off with the Opening Night Live conference hosted by Geoff Keighley, and one of the many announcements made during the presentation was the release date for the Nintendo Switch version of CD Projekt Red's critically acclaimed RPG. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition is coming to Switch on October 15, 2019.A new trailer was shown off as well, which you can watch above. Visual compromises have to be made of course, but this is the complete game along with its two full
  
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