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• Rainbow Six Siege's Year 8 Season 1 is coming - here's what's new

  19-02-2023 21:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege's Year 8 Season 1 - called Operation Commanding Force - will include a new map, Operator, an "immersive reload update", and an attempt to "address players using mouse and keyboard on consoles".Ubisoft also revealed further "anti-toxicity measures" that it hopes will make its community feel safer, too, as well as new challenges to welcome new players, too.But let's start with the new Operator, Brava. Described as "an invaluable new Attacker equipped with the Kludge Drone gadget"
  
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• Lego copyright strikes YouTubers covering that leaked Zelda lego set

  19-02-2023 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Speculation that a new Zelda-themed Lego set is on the way increased today after reports came in that Lego had been issuing copyright strikes on videos that contain details about the "confidential unreleased" set. Images of the unannounced set - which appears to feature the Deku Tree - leaked online alongside a Lord of the Rings Rivendale set, which, of course, later turned out to be real.
  Hey @ZeldaUniverse and anyone else who covered the The Great Deku Tree lego set - take down your video
  
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• A motherlode of MTG March of the Machine spoilers just dropped

  19-02-2023 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  New cards for MTG March of the Machine have just dropped, showing off a wealth of new cards, five unique Commander decks, and artwork from the upcoming launch.Ahead of the April 21 release date of MTG March of the Machine, publisher Wizards of the Coast has shown off more than 20 new cards for the finale of its Phyrexia storyline that began wrapping up with Phyrexia: All Will Be One. (A story which has claimed more than a few fan-favorite heroes so far.) You can see all of these reveals below, i
  
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• Valheim is finally coming to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox Game Pass next month

  19-02-2023 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valheim is coming to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox Game Pass next month.We knew that Valheim was targeting a spring release on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, and – crucially – crossplay will be fully supported between all platforms, but now we have a date: March 14, 2023.We even have a new teaser trailer to mark the event, too – you check it out below: Even though the fan-favorite sandbox survival game is already available on PC Game Pass, this'll be the game's first voyage onto
  
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• Diablo 4 beta tests are coming to all platforms next month

  19-02-2023 14:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's beta test will kick off next month.We had an inkling that Diablo 4's open beta start date was due to be unveiled "soon", and now it's been confirmed that the beta early access test will run from March 17-19 for pre-orderers. An open beta will also run March 24-26, too.Interestingly, director Joe Shely told IGN that there'll be no time limit – players can play all the way up to level 25, and experience pretty much everything available in the game's prologue and opening act in the
  
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• Tencent scraps VR hardware plans

  19-02-2023 11:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chinese megacorp Tencent has apparently scrapped plans to enter the VR market. Reuters reports that Tencent - which is the world's largest video game publisher in terms of revenue - is set to "cut costs and headcount" at its "extended reality" XR unit, which only launched last year. It currently employs around 300 people.Anonymous sources suggest that the delay in hitting a profit - in this case, internal forecasting reckons Tencent's system would not be profitable until 2027 - and a lack o
  
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