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A dataminer believes they know the dates, and order, that Apex Legends' mysterious new bunkers will become accessible.
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There's a secret message hidden on the Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X
Thank you! Merci! Dekujeme!
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted a secret message hidden in plain sight on the newly released Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X edition.
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Destiny 2 gets its first Fortnite-style live event today
UPDATE: Crash landing.
UPDATE: Destiny 2's first live event has now completed.
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Digital Foundry | BioShock: The Collection for Switch - classic games get a solid remaster
All titles tested in both docked and portable modes.
We've already taken a look at BioShock: The Collection's upgrades for PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X, and while the sense is that the code isn't quite where it should be right now for those platforms, the same can't be said of the recent Switch release. Virtuos Games has delivered an excellent collection that makes nips and tucks in all of the right places, with all three games in the pack looking good and running well.
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EA extends free Madden Xbox Series X upgrade window
Interception.
EA has extended the availability of its free Xbox Series X upgrade for this year's Madden game - and presumably FIFA 21.
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Sky will broadcast crowd noises from FIFA when the Premier League returns
You're not singing any more.
Sky Sports will use team-specific crowd noise from FIFA when the Premier League returns.
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P.T. remade in Half-Life: Alyx is as terrifying as you'd expect
Silent thrills.
Someone has remade P.T. in Half-Life: Alyx and it's as terrifying as you'd expect.
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People are downloading and playing a five-year-old build of Dead Island 2.
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Steam Game Festival delayed, Valve yet to issue statement on Black Lives Matter movement
Devs in the dark.
Valve has delayed its Steam Game Festival event without explanation.
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EA Play Live 2020 delayed a week
"We're moving our time to come together in play."
EA has delayed its EA Play Live 2020 event by a week amid ongoing protests across the globe against systemic racism and police brutality.
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This year's Summer Games Done Quick charity speedrunning event will be online-only
Broadcasting from 16th-23rd August.
This year's Summer Games Done Quick charity speed-running event will be an online-only affair, organisers have announced.
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Feature | My friend and his Pokémon save file
Inner narratives.
I haven't seen a Japanese friend of mine in well over a decade. Family is a complicated business, time has moved on, and circumstances have changed. I find I think about him regularly.
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Black Lives Matter indie game bundle has already raised over £43,000 on itch.io
All proceeds split between Black Lives Matter and National Bail Fund Network.
A new indie game bundle raising money to provide financial support to Black Lives Matter has already raised over $55,000 USD (£43,000), just two days after launching on itch.io.
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Amazon's team-based shooter Crucible "retiring" two of its three modes
To "refine the design of core systems without...compromises".
Crucible, Amazon's recently launched free-to-play team-based shooter, will be "retiring" two of its three modes "for the foreseeable future".
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PUBG is having a free weekend on Steam right now
And there's 50% off too.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, PUBG Corporation's genre-defining battle royale experience, is free-to-play this weekend on Steam.
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Sea of Thieves is currently running a slightly mind-boggling array of limited-time events
Get new emotes, cosmetics, and more.
Sea of Thieves has finally cast off the shackles of Windows Store exclusivity on PC and is now available on Steam - and to usher in this new era of piracy on the seas, Rare is currently running a slightly unwieldy array of special events and limited-time challenges.
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Finally, we know what Mortal Kombat supervillain Shao Kahn looks like under all that armour
Scaled back.
Mortal Kombat fans know Shao Kahn as the big bad hammer-wielding brute behind all that is evil across the various realms. But what Mortal Kombat fans did not know up until quite recently was what he looked like under his iconic armour.
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Wave of EA games hit Steam, including Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition
Hawking their wares.
EA has released a wave of its games on Steam - and promised more are to come.
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Sony fined £1.9m by Australian court over PlayStation refund policy
Credit where credit is due.
Sony has been slapped with a £1.9m fine by Australian authorities over its PlayStation refund policy.
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Pokémon has released a Looney Tunes-inspired short
Mimikyu classic era of cartoons.
The Pokémon Company has released a short episode inspired by the classic era of American animation, and it's well worth a watch.
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Activision Blizzard shareholders urged to vote against boss Bobby Kotick's bonuses
Average employee pay less than one third of 1% of his earnings.
Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard, is paid too much. That's the advice the company's own shareholders are being given ahead of a proposal to award the CEO another year of big bonuses.
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Joe Kucan returns as Kane 25 years after he first played the Command & Conquer villain
Nod of approval.
Kane lives! 25 years after he first played the Brotherhood of Nod boss in real-time strategy game Command & Conquer, Joe Kucan has reprised his role to mark today's release of Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone now have in-game Black Lives Matter message
"Our community is hurting."
Infinity Ward has inserted a Black Lives Matter message into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone.
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Interview | "There are games that are just comfort food. This is not one of those"
Neil Druckmann on love, hate and The Last of Us Part 2.
It's nearly here. Seven years after The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's sequel is almost upon us. We've spent several hours with the game, analysed its staggering tech and here, ahead of our The Last of Us Part 2 review which will be landing on June 12th at 8.01am BST, is the first part of an interview with director Neil Druckmann (a word of reassurance, too - this is spoiler free, and we'll be delving more into story details with Druckmann at a later date).
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Feature | The Double-A Team: Puyo Puyo Tetris takes puzzling beyond the infinite
"This mode is not like any other."
The big question around any new handheld is always: what's going to be the new Tetris? For the DS, I'm tempted to say Tetris was Zoo Keeper. For the PSP, Tetris was definitely Lumines, a game that, on a good day, is arguably even better than Tetris in the first place. The Switch? The Switch is such an idiosyncratic console, so strange and yet so familiar. It makes sense, really, that the Switch's Tetris was Tetris.
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Infinity Ward pledges to crackdown on racism in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
"We know we have more to do."
Developer Infinity Ward has pledged to "do a better job" at cracking down on racist content generated by players in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
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Pac-Man Championship Edition is getting an NES-inspired demake on Switch
Japan-only for now.
Pac-Man Championship Edition - Bandai Namco's wonderful reimagining of the arcade classic - is getting a retro redo, courtesy of an official NES-style demake that's heading to Switch soon.
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Co-operative cuisine-'em-up Overcooked is free on the Epic Store
100 percent oeuf.
Overcooked, developer Ghost Town Games's chaotic, co-op-focussed cook-'em-up, is currently free on the Epic Games Store.
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Two-headed dog simulator Phogs delayed
Ruff patch.
Dual dog head puzzle game Phogs will no longer launch this month, publisher Coatsink has said.
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Slay the Spire, probably the best game in the world ever, is finally coming to iOS and Android devices. It's due this month on iOS and on Android at some point in the future.
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