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• GameStop says Nintendo Switch sales doubled following E3

  05-07-2018 23:49
  Gamestop reports Nintendo Switch sales doubled in the week following E3. ...
  
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• We Happy Few dev on why the game changed from a survival sandbox to action-adventure

  05-07-2018 22:49 via gamesradar.com
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• PUBG Brings Back War Mode with New Rules

  05-07-2018 22:04
  As was previously promised, PUBG is bringing back War Mode with a few new twists. A post on PUBG's Steam page yesterday detailed how War Mode's return starts tonight at 7 p.m. PDT and runs through Sunday at 7 p.m. PDT.
  In its older iteration, War Mode took place on the Erangel map, but it will now be set on the recently released Sanhok map. The ante has also been upped: instead of three 10-man squads, War Mode will now feature five 10-man squads. War Mode matches are still set to take
  
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• Pokemon Go Confirms Celebi Is Coming Soon

  05-07-2018 21:53
  
  Celebi is coming to Pokemon Go soon.
  In a blog post celebrating the game’s second birthday, Niantic revealed that the Mythical Pokemon Celebi “will be available globally in the near future” via the game’s Special Research feature, but didn’t offer any other details for now.
  Separately, Niantic revealed that a special “Summer Style” Pikachu wearing a straw hat and sunglasses will be available in the game starting July 6 and will appear until July 31.Conti
  
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• Overwatch Fans are Trying to Decipher In-Game Barcodes

  05-07-2018 21:37
  Overwatch fans are attempting to decode a series of barcodes found on character skins and in-game items or environments.
  Reddit user Karahe posted an album of in-game barcodes they had found on characters like the new character Wrecking Ball, as well as a multitude of items like Summer Games loot boxes, Soldier 76’s gun, and plenty more.
  Some of the barcodes are more legible than others, such as Wrecking Ball’s. It’s not unlikely that at least some of the barcodes are just plac
  
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• Mario Kart Tracks Are Being Built in Fortnite's Playground Mode

  05-07-2018 21:34
  It was only a matter of time before Mario Kart inspired tracks started appearing in Fortnite's nearly limitless Playground mode.
  YouTube user Noahh was one of the first to build a racing track and use the recently brought back Shopping Carts to race with friends. The track was built over the edge of the map and in true Rainbow Road fashion, falling off the ledge would send you to your death.
  Reddit user JoshB_C constructed "Tilted Track," a winding track that goes in and out of the building
  
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• Fallout 76: 7 New Things We’ve Learned Since E3

  05-07-2018 19:32
  
  After announcing Fallout 76 in late May, Bethesda revealed tons of details about its online action-RPG during E3 2018. We learned it'll exist "entirely online," feature a real-time version of the series' signature V.A.T.S. system, and receive mod support sometime after launch. We also know it'll be released later this year on November 14.
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• Fortnite Leak Potentially Reveals First Look at Season 5 Battle Pass

  05-07-2018 19:02
  A new Fortnite leak has revealed the names of six new skydiving trails that will likely be part of the Season 5 Battle Pass.
  Filenames for six unannounced skydiving trails were discovered within the most recent patch files.
  Introduced at the start of Season 3, skydiving trails have only been released through the Battle Pass, so it's likely to follow that these six will be part of the Season 5 Battle Pass: Stars & StripesTPGlitchin'Vines
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• Far Cry 5 Gets Photo Mode In New Update

  05-07-2018 18:26
  Far Cry 5 will get a new photo mode with Title Update 8 coming later today.
  According to Ubisoft's official patch notes, the photo mode will be available in the main menu in solo gameplay modes following today's scheduled maintenance for all platforms.
  Ubisoft detailed the photo mode, confirming it extends to single-player DLC and Far Cry Arcade maps while playing in solo mode, and allows the player to adjust time of day, field of view, filters and alter character's facial expressions.
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• Watch almost 20 minutes of Anthem, including a boss fight against a freaky giant spider

  05-07-2018 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  A BioWare dev walks you through a full session of Anthem
  
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• New Xbox One System Update Offers FastStart, Grouping Games

  05-07-2018 17:58
  Microsoft is bringing a few new features to Xbox One with a system update today that includes FastStart and grouping games.
  FastStart was announced at E3 and is all about getting into Xbox One games quickly after starting a download. For instance, Microsoft said on Xbox Wire that FastStart "allows you to jump into your games twice as fast" by figuring out what parts of a game to download first.
  Meanwhile, Groups is part of Xbox One's Pins and basically sounds like folders. You can thro
  
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• My Hero One's Justice Release Date Revealed

  05-07-2018 17:10
  Bandai Namco has announced that My Hero One's Justice will arrive October 26 in North America and Europe.
  Known as My Hero Academia: One Justice in Japan, the fighting game got a name change for its upcoming western release. Bandai Namco added that pre-ordering My Hero One's Justice will include Endeavor as a free bonus playable character.
  The fighting game features fan-favorite characters, like Tokoyami, Jiro, Shota Aizawa and Hero Killer Stain. For more, check out IGN's E3 hands-on preview wit
  
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• Hollow Knight Has Sold More Than 1 Million Copies on PC

  05-07-2018 16:10
  Hollow Knight has apparently been quite the success for developer Team Cherry. Speaking with Kotaku, co-director Ari Gibson revealed the Metroidvania game surpassed 1 million sales on PC after launching just over a year ago.
  "Hollow Knight's success has in large part been driven bymany fans on PC, with the game having now sold over 1 million copies for Windows, Mac,Linux (crossing that mark justday before the Nintendo Switch launch)," said Gibson, referring to Hollow Knight's June 12 Switch rele
  
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• 10 (Unintentionally) Terrifying Video Games

  05-07-2018 16:00
  
  Video games can be plenty scary. I’ve thrown my controller in the air and screamed with unadulterated terror at survival-horror jump scares and felt my guts twist at the powerful manipulation of psychological terror in the hands of gaming’s storytelling masters. Games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and PT all contain the stuff nightmares are made of.
  But sometimes, games are scary not so much by design as by accident. Here are 10 games from well outside the horror genre that succee
  
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• Assassin's Creed: New Tech Could Allow Multiple Time Periods

  05-07-2018 15:44
  Assassin's Creed is famous for sending players throughout time and around the world to visit everywhere from Ancient Egypt to Colonial America, but each game's open-world segments have been contained to a single time and place. That, however, could be set to change.
  In an interview for the Ubisoft blog, Ubisoft Canada's executive vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud said future technologies could enable the developer to create an Assassin's Creed that drops in on different time periods. Oth
  
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• Sea of Thieves: New Item Is a Lovely Banjo-Kazooie Reference

  05-07-2018 14:56
  
  Sea of Thieves is celebrating Banjo-Kazooie's 20th anniversary with a new figurehead item.
  As detailed in the game's latest patch notes, The Bird and Bear Figurehead is a subtle nod to the classic platforming franchise. It's a wood-carved brown bear along with an avian blue and red shield, and it costs 1,998 gold.
  The figurehead will only be available in July, and you can purchase it from the shipwright at all outposts.The Bird and Bear Figurehead, via Sea of Thieves website.
  
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• Todd Howard: Fallout 76 Doesn't Indicate the Future of Bethesda Games

  05-07-2018 14:53
  Bethesda Game Studios head, Todd Howard, recently spoke with GamesIndustry.biz about the fear that the online-only Fallout 76 may indicate a shift away from the single-player games Bethesda is so beloved for.
  "It doesn't mark the future," Howard begins. "Corporately we've done a mix; people forget sometimes. Elder Scrolls Online is one of the biggest online games in the world, we have Fallout Shelter which we keep updating and Elder Scrolls: Legends."
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• Darwin Project is your next free Battle Royale game, but this time it's exclusive to Xbox One

  05-07-2018 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  With Darwin Project, the Xbox One gets its own free battle royale game to rival H1Z1 on PS4
  
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• Dead Island 2 is still in the works, and Deep Silver has released a mobile spin-off to keep you waiting

  05-07-2018 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  Dead Island’s free mobile spin-off, Survivors, is… surprisingly good (even if it’s not Dead Island 2)
  
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• The Ant-Man and the Wasp post-credits scene reveals where they were during Avengers: Infinity War - find out here

  05-07-2018 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  Why they couldn’t stop Thanos: revealed
  
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• Battle Royale FPS Fear the Wolves Entering Steam Early Access July 18

  05-07-2018 12:00
  The upcoming Battle Royale FPS Fear the Wolves will enter Steam Early Access on July 18.
  Fear the Wolves is being developed by Vostok Games - developers of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series  - and published by Focus Home Interactive. It combines last-man-standing gameplay in a radiation-ravaged Chernobyl with PVE elements like radiation, mutants, and a dynamic weather system, alongside unique endgame extraction mechanics and exploration possibilities thanks to special protective gear.
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• How the Persona Series Succeeds by Casting the Player as a Sympathetic Ear

  05-07-2018 02:30
  
  Caution! Spoilers for Persona 5 ahoy!
  One of the standout things about the Persona series is the way it celebrates the power of friendship.
  Yes, each instalment has its own unique thematic thread. Persona 3, for example, dealt with kids confronting their mortality, while Persona 4 highlighted the importance of accepting who you are, even the bits you don't like and, more recently, Persona 5 asked if it was possible to redeem evil people by forcibly changing their hearts and whether it'd be ethic
  
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