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• 7 potentially spoilery things we learnt about Star Trek Discovery season 2 at San Diego Comic Con

  20-07-2018 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  A new captain, a returning icon, and a surprise recovery?
  
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• $200 Resident Evil 2 Remake Collector's Edition Includes Leon Kennedy Figure, RPD Blueprints

  20-07-2018 23:46
  
  Revealed today at the Resident Evil panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Resident Evil 2 will be receiving a Collector's Edition in North America that includes a 12" Leon S. Kennedy figure, blueprints of the Racoon Police Department renovation, and more.
  For $199.99 USD / $239.99 CAD, the edition will be available exclusively at GameStop and EB Games and is currently available for preorder on Xbox One and available for preorder on PS4.
  According to the PlayStation Blog, the Resident Evil 2 Collector's
  
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• Battle Royale Games are Predicted to Make $20 Billion in 2019

  20-07-2018 23:35
  The battle royale mode has spiked in popularity over the past year and is now expected to make $20 billion in 2019, according to analysts at Business Insider.
  After it was reported that Fortnite passed the $1 billion mark from in-game purchases alone, the profits made from the battle royale genre are expected to increase approximately seven times their total in 2018, which is foreseen to be $2 billion for the current year.
  As more studios join the battle royale trend, those numbers are expected
  
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• Uncharted, Final Fantasy Actor Laura Bailey Joins Spider-Man PS4 as Mary Jane

  20-07-2018 23:14
  Uncharted and Final Fantasy actor Laura Bailey will voice Mary Jane in Spider-Man PS4.
  Insomniac creative director Bryan Intihar revealed the casting news on Twitter. Bailey has voiced Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and Lightning's sister Serah in the Final Fantasy XIII series.
  Bailey also portrays Gwen Stacy in Disney XD's new Spider-Man animated series, and some of her many other credits include Gears of War 4, The Last of Us: Part II, Street Fighter V, and Avengers
  
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• Watch Andrew Lincoln confirm The Walking Dead season 9 will be his last... and try not to cry

  20-07-2018 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  The actor took the opportunity at San Diego Comic Con to confirm he will exit The Walking Dead next season
  
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• PUBG Corp apologizes, removes offensive Japanese mask from game

  20-07-2018 22:59
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. has apologized for an in-game helmet design Korean and Chinese players deemed the design to be offensive....
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Melee's Best Mode Wasn't Even Multiplayer

  20-07-2018 22:22
  
  Super Smash Bros. Melee is an iconic game for a number of reasons. A house party staple, legions of fans across the world laud it as one of the most innovative multiplayer games ever created. It receives continuous tenure among the world's top eSports events and is one of the most action-packed and nostalgia-inducing gaming experiences Nintendo has ever created.
  But there’s one aspect of the game that I hold more dear than anything else, and it has nothing to do with wavedashing or edge-gu
  
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• Star Wars: The Clone Wars is getting a proper send-off after half a decade, and fans are pumped

  20-07-2018 22:19 via gamesradar.com
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• Don't Miss: Crafting the sound of No Man's Sky

  20-07-2018 22:15
  No Man's Sky sound designer Paul Weir breaks down how the game makes use of an innovative vocal modeling synthesizer plugin and a custom-built generative music system to create the soundtrack. ...
  
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• Get a job: RocketWerkz is hiring a Designer

  20-07-2018 22:13
  RocketWerkz is looking for someone to design gameplay systems, mechanics, and levels for its game Living Dark, in collaboration with the wider team. ...
  
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• James Gunn isn't directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 anymore - here's why

  20-07-2018 21:55 via gamesradar.com
  The director has reportedly been fired for some past controversial Twitter comments
  
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• Bandai Namco Amusement Lab Inc. established for VR arcade development

  20-07-2018 21:32
  Bandai Namco announces the establishment of its new subsidiary, Bandai Namco Amusement Lab Inc....
  
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• Epic Explains Rough First Week of Fortnite Summer Skirmish 'Did Not Go As Planned'

  20-07-2018 21:21
  
  Epic has addressed many of the problems that plagued the first week and kickoff of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish event, stating "it did not go as planned."
  A postmortem of the event was published where Epic addressed the incredible amounts of lag that forced the event to end after four of a total ten planned matches.
  "We believe that there are number of factors that caused the poor server conditions during this event," said Epic. "This includes the number of players still aliv
  
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• Eat Like a Vault Dweller With These Official Fallout Recipes

  20-07-2018 21:17
  Have you ever wanted to curl up by the fire with a hot bowl of BlamCo Mac & Cheese? Or cool off after battling a horde of raiders with a tall, cold Nuka Cola float?
  Those Fallout-inspired food items are now a reality, and you can make them on your own by following these preview recipes from the upcoming Fallout: The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook.
  Take a look at these recipes and then tell me with a straight face you aren't looking forward to wandering the wastelands of the future just a
  
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• Overwatch's Sombra Changes Aren't Nerfs – They're Buffs

  20-07-2018 21:11
  Last month, Blizzard said it was considering some big changes to Overwatch's Sombra. Despite the fact that these changes would grant Sombra infinite invisibility and teleporting abilities, some fans actually saw the proposed Sombra alterations as nerfs since she would lose some of her speed boost and would no longer be able to interact with payloads while invisible.
  But speaking with VG247, Overwatch Lead Designer Geoff Goodman said that the buffs would outweigh the nerfs.
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• Splatoon 2 Octoling Amiibo 3-Pack Gets a Release Date

  20-07-2018 21:03
  The 3-Pack of the Splatoon 2 Octoling Amiibo officially has a release date.
  Announced by Nintendo of America on Twitter, the bundle is coming December 7. It comes with an Octoling Boy, an Octoling Girl and an Octopus Amiibo. The 3-pack costs $35 US.
  Interestingly, Nintendo had previously announced a release date of November 9 for the 3-Pack in Japan and Europe, so the US will have to wait just a bit longer for these figures.
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• Stardew Valley Multiplayer Gets Release Date for PC

  20-07-2018 20:57
  Stardew Valley's full multiplayer update will launch on Aug. 1 for PC, Mac, and Linux, developer ConcernedApe announced on Friday.
  Multiplayer mode was originally only available as a beta, which will close down when the full update comes next month.
  In a conversation on Twitter, ConcernedApe said the update will have no significant changes to the current beta. It will hold features such as collaborating with other players on one another's farms, living in their own cabins on others' farmlands, a
  
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• George R. R. Martin's Nightflyers looks like a cross between Interstellar and Alien - watch the trailer

  20-07-2018 20:48 via gamesradar.com
  The new series from the creator of Game of Thrones is far from the world of Westeros
  
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• The challenge of designing Overwatch maps when players can get 'literally everywhere'

  20-07-2018 20:45
  In an interview with VG 24/7, Overwatch lead designer Geoff Goodman looks back to early conversations he had with the team about designing future-proof levels. ...
  
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• Voldo Is Back In This Soulcalibur VI Trailer, Still A Weirdo

  20-07-2018 20:40
  Voldo is as associated with Soulcalibur as Sophitia or Mitsurugi, with his dancing blade style and overall weirdness attracting people to Soul Edge arcade machines since 1995. Now the Italian bodyguard is coming to Soulcalibur VI, much like he did every single other Soulcalibur title, to the surprise of no one but the delight of many.Check out this video of Voldo in action.The new design puts a mask on the back of Voldo's head, making him even more off-putting than ever. Soulcalibur VI launches
  
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• Doctor Who Christmas special confirmed, first look at the new sonic screwdriver, and more from San Diego Comic Con

  20-07-2018 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  Plus, new trailer, episode run, and everything else revealed in its Hall H panel
  
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• Chat with the lead developer of Sleep Tight at 3PM EDT

  20-07-2018 19:21
  We're talking to the lead developer of Sleep Tight starting at 3PM EDT. ...
  
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• P.K. Subban And The Art Of The Hit Demonstrated In New NHL 19 Collision Trailer

  20-07-2018 19:15
  Everybody loves to see the big hits, especially when they're delivered by Nashville Predators defenseman and NHL 19 cover star P.K. Subban, but the game is also employing more subtle physical contact due to a new collision system.The limbs of the target, their tension, and how prepared they are for contact produces different kinds of effects.But the trailer can also be enjoyed if you just want to see Subban lighting people up and talking about his craft.For more on
  
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• Learn how Osmo found success with mixed-reality educational games at XRDC

  20-07-2018 19:07
  At XRDC this October, designer Tony Aube speaks frankly about some of Osmo's early game prototypes and why they failed, as well as what decisions helped the mixed-reality edugame platform succeed. ...
  
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• Defiance 2050 developer Trion Worlds lays off 15 staff

  20-07-2018 19:03
  Trion Worlds, known for multiplayer online games like Rift and ArcheAge, has laid off 15 developers, seemingly across multiple disciplines....
  
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• Birthday Event Announced for Fortnite's One Year Anniversary

  20-07-2018 18:29
  Fortnite is celebrating its one year anniversary with a special prizes and an in-game event on July 24.
  The Battle Bus in the Battle Royale mode is getting a birthday makeover and a new set of Birthday Challenges allowing you to to unlock special anniversary items: Deal 1,000 damage to opponents to unlock the Fortnite Birthday! Emoticon.Dance at different birthday cakes to unlock the Happy Birthday! Spray.Play 14 matches to unlock 5,000 XP.
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• Press F to pay respects: Fortnite players want to thank the bus driver before jumping in Battle Royale

  20-07-2018 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  There's an online petition and everything, because of course there is
  
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• Fortnite birthday event officially happening, complete with new challenges, rewards, and a whole load of sprinkles

  20-07-2018 17:50 via gamesradar.com
  Time to don that birthday suit
  
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• Black Ops 4 Zombies mode gets a new trailer, special edition, and lore dump during SDCC 2018

  20-07-2018 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  More Zombies mode details than you can shake a severed limb at
  
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• Valve bans over 90,000 Steam accounts in one week

  20-07-2018 17:07
  Valve has its sights firmly set on cheating Steam players, with the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system banning over 90,000 accounts this week....
  
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• 10 copies of Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers to be won

  20-07-2018 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  Becky Chambers' debut The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced us to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, a realm of dazzling space adventure
  
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• 10 signed copies of The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield to be won

  20-07-2018 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  SFX's very own features editor Nick Setchfield has his debut novel The War in the Dark released this week
  
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• The Developers Behind Spec Ops: The Line announce Multiplayer Shooter, The Cycle

  20-07-2018 16:32
  In 2011, Yager Development made waves with the dark, provocative shooter Spec Ops: The Line before changing gears to focus on a space ship combat simulator called Dreadnought. Now the studio is going back to shooters with the multiplayer-focused FPS The Cycle.The Cycle takes place on an alien world called Fortuna III "full of fortune, alien life, and other players looking to take its riches." The goal of The Cycle is not to rack up as many kills as possible in a single 20-minute match but inste
  
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• Keywords acquires Canadian developer Snowed in Studios

  20-07-2018 16:07
  International game service provider Keywords has acquired Ottawa-based developer Snowed In Studios for an undisclosed fee. ...
  
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• Understanding the human cost of creating No Man's Sky

  20-07-2018 15:51
  "I remember getting a death threat about the fact that there were butterflies in our original trailer, but there weren't any butterflies in the launch game."...
  
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• Blog: Kickstarter and tabletop games in 2018 - A mid-year update

  20-07-2018 15:32
  Market intelligence expert Thomas Bidaux offers a mid-year update on the state of tabletop games on Kickstarter. ...
  
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• Half-Life 2 writer surprised by former colleague’s decision to publish ‘fanfic’ vision for Half-Life 3

  20-07-2018 14:35 via gamesradar.com
  Bossa Studios' Chet Faliszek on ex-colleague Marc Laidlaw's decision to share a plot outline for Half-Life 3 - and why he won't speak out on history's most-anticipated sequel
  
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• Clementine May Have Hit The End Of The Road In The Newest Walking Dead Trailer

  20-07-2018 13:40
  The Walking Dead is the series that put Telltale on the map and it's wrapping up with the fourth and final season later this year. At Comic Con, Telltale released a teaser for what you can expect from Clementine's last adventure.Clementine has been living in the zombie apocalypse ever since Lee rescued her from her treehouse. Now a guardian herself, the hardened survivor has to protect AJ while keeping herself alive. The final season of The Walking Dead begins with episode one on August 14 on Pl
  
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• For Honor: Ubisoft Compensates Players for DDoS Attack

  20-07-2018 13:23
  For Honor players will receive in-game compensation following a DDoS attack that took place last week.
  Ubisoft has announced that all For Honor players will receive 1000 Steel, two Scavenger Crates, and a 10 XP boost following a DDoS attack that resulted in server and latency issues.
  Earlier this week, the studio tweeted that it was "monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games," adding that the attacks were focused on its "games connect
  
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• No Man's Sky to Begin Weekly Updates

  20-07-2018 13:03
  Following the release of the No Man's Sky NEXT update, Hello Games will introduce weekly updates to the game, with a focus on community challenges.
  The updates will take the form of events or missions, with item rewards offered for those who take part in them. As creator Sean Murray described it to IGN, "this is not a loot box thing, it's not a microtransaction thing, it's 100% free". The first weekly update is currently expected to launch a week after NEXT's release on July 24.
  The emphasis see
  
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• 28 Changes Coming to No Man's Sky with NEXT

  20-07-2018 13:00
  No Man’s Sky is getting its first major update in a year, and it adds a lot to the cosmic exploration experience. Hello Games has already revealed the headline additions coming in the NEXT update, with a very clear focus on responding to players desires. Multiplayer, upgraded base-building, character customisation - it's essentially a wishlist drawn from comments sections internet-wide.
  But after getting our hands on the upcoming version of the game and talking to creator Sean Murray, we s
  
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• Death Stranding will launch in early 2019, according to an Amazon listing… wait, what?

  20-07-2018 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  Amazon's release date for the game is questionable, but it does line up with Kojima’s teased launch window…
  
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• "It was one of the best meetings I’ve ever had" – Aquaman’s Jason Momoa reveals how close he was to becoming an MCU villain

  20-07-2018 11:22 via gamesradar.com
  Playing a potential Captain America villain was just one of several incredible comic book opportunities for the actor
  
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• Ant-Man and the Wasp director says if the original was a heist movie, the sequel is a road trip

  20-07-2018 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  Sequel puts more emphasis on the city of San Francisco
  
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• Breaking down the complex anatomy of a stealth encounter

  20-07-2018 10:11
  Triple-A game designer Travis Hoffstetter draws from his experience in creating Tomb Raider, Battlefield Hardline and Visceral's recently-cancelled Star Wars game to formulate a philosophy for stealth design....
  
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• Blog: The anatomy of a stealth encounter

  20-07-2018 10:11
  The following breaks down some of the lessons I learned working on three games that encourage stealth gameplay and keep it feeling fresh and exciting. ...
  
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• How Ghostbusters World Is Trying to Be More than Just a Pokemon Go Reskin

  20-07-2018 05:14
  Ghostbusters World isn’t trying to hide what it is -- which is pretty much Pokemon Go-stbusters when you get right down to it -- but it’s also trying to be a lot more than just a simple reskin. I got a chance to play it at San Diego Comic-Con today, and was impressed by how much it is trying to stand on its own.
  The core is undeniably similar: you explore an AR map of your actual surroundings, tapping on different types of ghosts wandering around to battle them with your proton pack
  
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• Spider-Man PS4 Devs Reveal More About Silver Sable, Velocity Suit, and That Big Twist

  20-07-2018 04:12
  This year's Comic-Con has already been a successful one for anybody eager to learn more about the Playstation 4-exclusive Spider-Man game. Between the new story trailer featuring mercenary Silver Sable, the debut of Spider-Man's Velocity suit and the reveal of a Spider-Man-branded Playstation 4 Pro bundle, there's already been a lot to take in at the show.
  We had a chance to speak with Insomniac's Creative Director Bryan Intihar and Marvel Games' Executive Creative Director Bill Rosemann at the
  
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• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets Breath of the Wild Free Update

  20-07-2018 03:29
  Nintendo just announced an update which will allow you to play as Champion’s Tunic Link riding the Master Cycle Zero, introduced in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Champion's Ballard DLC.
  The update, available now, will also introduce the Ancient Tires and the Paraglider parts - check them out in action in the trailer below.
  It's an addition that's come full circle, as Nintendo borrowed Mario Kart 8 assets to build the Master Cycle Zero.
  In more Mario Kart news, Nintendo jus
  
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• Torch Man Lights Up The Night Sky In A New Mega Man 11 Trailer

  20-07-2018 02:20
  Only you can prevent forest fires, but when they happen, only Mega Man can destroy them. Introducing Torch Man, the newest fire boss to series with a long legacy of fire bosses.Torch Man is, well, a giant walking robot torch in a forest stage. The clip of his boss fight shows his powered up Gear state, which lights him aflame as he speeds up and throws out fire projectiles like there's no tomorrow. Check out the footage below.Mega Man 11 releases on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on Oct
  
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