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E3 registration opens to fans next week
Great expotations.
Fan registration for this year's all-digital E3 opens on 3rd June via E3Expo.com, letting you sign up for access to the event's app and online hub.
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Frontier boss David Braben issues public apology for Elite Dangerous Odyssey woes
UPDATE: "I would like to thank you all for your patience and support."
UPDATE 24/5/21: Frontier Developments boss David Braben has issued a public apology for ongoing problems with Elite Dangerous Odyssey.
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Call of Duty: Warzone developer suggests they will tone down sun lens flare in Verdansk '84
Throwing shade.
A Call of Duty: Warzone developer has suggested they will tone down the sun lens flare in Verdansk '84 - the game's main map.
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Essential | Dorfromantik review - gentle elegance from a deceptively challenging village builder
Hexcellent.
Dorfromantik is still currently in early access, though as it stands its core features are intact and there's more than enough on offer for us to provide a full review.
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Respawn responds to complaints about the cost of cosmetics in Apex Legends
"Content creation costs."
Respawn has opened up about the cost of premium items in Apex Legends' in-game store.
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Leak comes from via the same retailer that outed that Sonic Colors remaster...
A French retailer has seemingly leaked an "EU version" of Sonic Collection for PlayStation 4.
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Twitch will introduce 350+ new tags next week to "give creators more choices"
The new tags are "related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more".
Twitch is introducing 350+ new community tags that will enable streamers not just to tag the content of the games they're playing, but also "who they are and what they [stand] for", too.
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Crytek teases Crysis 2 remaster
Be quiet, big boys don't Crysis.
Ten years after its original release, it looks like a Crysis 2 remaster is in development.
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Bungie has banned one of the first players to complete the refreshed Vault of Glass raid after their username appeared on the World's First Raid Report page.
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Sony disables LittleBigPlanet servers after offensive messages were displayed in-game
"We do not take these attacks lightly..."
Sony has disabled the LittleBigPlanet servers due to ongoing attacks.
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Watch Dogs: Legion on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X gets a 60fps performance mode on 1st June, Ubisoft has announced.
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Twitch launches new Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category
In response to "community and advertiser feedback".
Twitch has launched a new Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category in response to "community and advertiser feedback".
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Netflix reportedly wants to get into video games in a big way
Stranger things have happened.
Netflix is making significant moves into the video game industry, according to a new report.
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Feature | Paradox on the revival of its long-dormant society builder series in Victoria 3
Industrial evolution.
Fans have been waiting almost a decade for word on a new instalment in Paradox Interactive's much-loved society building series, Victoria, but that day has finally arrived with the announcement of Victoria 3. It's still early days for this newest entry in the sprawling Industrial-Revolution-era grand strategy series, but we recently had the opportunity to chat with Victoria 3's game director Martin Anward and game designer Mikael Andersson to find out a little more.
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Empire of Sin's new Make It Count expansion adding loan sharks, fixers, and more
Releasing alongside free The Precinct update.
Prohibition-era mobster strategy game Empire of Sin had a bit of a mixed reception at launch last year, but Romero Games has continued to improve the experience with much-needed bug fixes, AI improvements and more since then. Now, though, the developer says it's ready to turn its attention back to creating new content, and has announced a new premium expansion, Make It Count, alongside a new free update, known as The Precinct, for all players.
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Prison Architect's Second Chances expansion brings rehabilitation to the fore
Out on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC in June.
Incarceration sim Prison Architect is turning its thoughts from punishment to rehabilitation with arrival of its fifth expansion, Second Chances, which will be releasing onto PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch (while hopefully remaining on its best behaviour) in June.
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Crusader Kings 3's Royal Court expansion will let you field petitions from atop your throne
Arrives alongside massive free cultural overhaul.
Following the release of its smaller-scale Northern Lords DLC earlier this year, Paradox has announced Crusader Kings 3's first major expansion, The Royal Court, which will be lording over its subjects from atop its throne later this year.
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Sci-fi base-builder The Riftbreaker will launch on Xbox Game Pass
The way you mecha me feel.
Do you like weird alien planets? Do you like building bases? Do you like defending those bases from weird aliens? Well it sounds like The Riftbreaker has all of those things, and you'll be able to try it for yourself on Xbox Game Pass when it launches this autumn.
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Xbox dashboard Easter egg revealed after 20 years
And there's another still hidden, creator teases.
A neat little Easter egg for the original Xbox has been revealed via Kotaku, two decades after Microsoft's console first launched.
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You can unlock Mass Effect's Normandy SR1 as a frigate in No Man's Sky for a limited time
As part of current Expedition season.
Well here's something I wasn't expecting to write on a Friday afternoon (or, indeed, ever). Hello Games' effervescent space sim No Man's Sky is getting in on the big-brand crossover action, and you're currently able to unlock a little piece of BioWare's Mass Effect to treasure forever in-game in the form of your very own SSV Normandy SR1.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 VR mod launches in early access
Put your hands up.
A Red Dead Redemption 2 VR mod has launched in early access form.
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Feature | My favourite planet: Gradius
Core workout.
I'm not one for lore, I'm afraid to admit, as can be amply illustrated by the fact I've only just discovered that Gradius - a series close to my heart, and one that's taken the most from my wallet over the years in various forms - takes its name from the fictional planet its hero ship Vic Viper calls home. I was only dimly aware of the fact that ship was piloted by one James Burton - the name a combination plucked from Metallica, apparently in honour of James Hetfield and Cliff Burton. It seems I have much to learn.
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Respawn investigating fresh wave of DDoS attacks on Titanfall games
They see me Ronin, they hating.
The Titanfall games seem to be experiencing problems with DDoS attacks - again - and Respawn has announced it's investigating the latest wave.
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Raven didn't mention it gave Call of Duty: Warzone's Rebirth Island a fantastic lighting makeover
Verdansk '84 next?
Raven Software has done a great job in recent weeks with Call of Duty: Warzone patch notes. It's detailed changes and explained its thinking behind them. But one change it failed to mention that arrived as part of this week's mid-season three update was a lighting makeover for Rebirth Island.
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Clues over boos.
Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker.
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Long-lost Gears of War 3 PS3 build released
Fenix rising.
It's 2021, and Gears of War 3 has been released for PlayStation 3. Really. Sort of.
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Yes, I'm buying My Friend Peppa Pig
Chatter, chatter chatter.
There's a Peppa Pig game in the works!
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Destiny 2 will host an official crossplay beta next week
Strike together.
Destiny 2's first official taste of crossplay arrives next week, following its recent accidental switch-on then switch-off-again.
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Feature | What we've been playing
A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: Halo, an adventure that can only be enjoyed once, and an adventure that can thankfully be enjoyed twice.
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Overwatch 2 PvP is 5v5, Blizzard has said.
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