The Fax Fox: November 2018

Friday 30 November 2018

15 Confusing Things Stumping Players in Red Dead

It's only been a few days since the Red Dead Online Beta went live, and players already have a lot of questions. Like we did with Red Dead Redemption 2's most popular searches, we've collected a list of the most common problems Red Dead Online players are encountering by using a combination of data from traffic, searches, and comments. Here are the most wanted guides and topics RDO players are searching for, complete with links to guides. Don't worry, this page is spoiler free!

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What Counts for 100% Completion in Red Dead 2?

You don't need to actually do 100% of the activities in RDR2 to earn "100% Completion" status - but you will need to do all this.

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The Game Awards 2018: Where and When to Watch Live

The Game Awards 2018 takes place on December 6, and you'll be able to watch the event live, right here on IGN.

In addition to recognizing the best games of the year, The Game Awards has historically featured several big reveals. All of the major announcements are being kept under wraps, but we have a few ideas about what surprises this year's show might have in store.

We're covering the event live and will keep you updated with all of the winners and breaking news as it happens. While Rocksteady confirmed it's not making any announcements, we know the directors of Avengers 4 will be presenters at The Game Awards. Additionally, BioWare recently teased a Dragon Age announcement is coming soon, so it's possible we'll find out what's next for the fantasy RPG franchise at the event.

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GameStop Reports Third Quarter Loss of $488.6 Million, Increase in New Game Sales

GameStop has released its third quarter fiscal report, which ended on Nov. 3, showing an overall net income loss of $488.6 million.

The report included the recent sale of Spring Mobile – one of GameStop Corp's owned companies – which brought in approximately $700 million.

GameStop previously said they would, “pay off debts, fund share repurchases, reinvest in core video game and collectibles businesses to drive growth, or some combination of these options," with the funds from Spring Mobile.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Every Confirmed Stage

As its name suggests, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is meant as the definitive Smash experience. Every returning character and tons of newcomers join the ranks of Nintendo's legendary brawler, and almost all of the series' iconic stages.

Every confirmed stage for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will also have three variants, according to creator Masahiro Sakurai: the standard version with all obstacles and stage hazards intact, the flat "Omega" or "Final Destination" version, and a "Battlefield" version with three platforms hovering above a flat stage.

Below, you'll find a gallery of every confirmed stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which span several Nintendo and non-Nintendo properties.

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Fallout 76 Patch Notes: Increased Stash Storage, Improved Stability, Bug Fixes and More

Bethesda has released the full notes for Fallout 76 Patch 1.0.2.0, which will be coming December 4.

Released through Bethdesda.net, many of the details of this patch were previously revealed, though a lot of new information has been given, including specifics on bug fixes, rebalancing, general improvements and more. Patch 1.0.2.0 clocks in at 3 GB for consoles and 36MB for PC versions of the game. Additionally, Bethesda promised that a new patch would drop on December 11.

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Fortnite Account Merge Feature Delayed to 2019

Epic Games has pushed back Fortnite's account merge feature from November 2018 to "early next year."

Back in September, after Sony announced that the PS4 will now support cross-platform play for Fortnite, Epic followed up with news of an account merging solution for players who had created accounts on different platforms. Scheduled for a November roll-out, the studio has now stated that the feature will be pushed back to 2019 due to technical issues.

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Pokemon Go Is Finally Getting PVP Trainer Battles

Since its launch in July 2016, Pokemon Go has been a strictly PvE affair – but that's about to change.

On the game’s official Twitter account, Niantic confirmed that Trainer Battles are coming to the game soon, but didn’t provide additional details just yet.

Get prepared... Trainer Battles are coming soon to Pokémon GO❗ #GOBattle pic.twitter.com/AUWyhNGlT7

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) November 30, 2018

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Battlefield 5 Players Feel Like They're Dying Too Quickly, DICE Working on a Fix

DICE's core gameplay designer says changes are coming to both time-to-kill (TTK) and time-to-die (TTD).

Battlefield 5 launched last week, and players been vocal in their criticisms of TTD, saying that death currently feels too fast and frustrating with comparison to previous games in the series.

DICE core game designer, Florian Le Bihan, has tweeted that changes to both TTK and TTD are on the horizon. DICE has now posted about the issue and how it could be resolved on Reddit.

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One Artifact Card Currently Costs More Than the Game Itself

Unlike competing free-to-play card games like Gwent and Hearthstone, Valve's Artifact has a $20 up-front cost. However, that might not be the biggest purchase you make, as one of Artifact's cards costs more than the game itself.

Spotted by PC Gamer, Axe (at time of writing) is currently being sold on the Steam Community Market for a minimum of $21.71, with many players selling their cards at well above that price.

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18 Minutes of Just Cause 4 Running on PS4 Pro & Xbox One - IGN First

The island of Solís is a very pretty place – it's even prettier on the beefier current-gen consoles.

With that in mind, for our final IGN First drop on the game we've put together a few clips showing off Just Cause 4 on both PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Click the video above to see what you'll be getting on both.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he's be sasd to be saying goodbye to Just Cause 4 after covering it for a month, but it's out next week. Follow him on Twitter.

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Red Dead Online Review in Progress

The Red Dead Online experience is one that stretches from moments of patient player management that are barely distinguishable from Red Dead Redemption 2’s single-player component, to the complete chaos of PvP multiplayer in indiscriminate, close-quarters slaughter. It’s proven reliable and robust for me over the past two days, even with its beta caveat, and despite a few concerns I’ve had a lot of fun of fun returning to the Wild West and carving out a fresh identity for my new avatar.

In my first two days embedded in Rockstar’s sprawling shared world I’ve hunted game, harassed griefers, hijacked a train, and had no less than three haircuts. I’ve partnered with friends to take on traditional missions bookended with well-produced cutscenes, and stalked total strangers through a shrinking section of forest with just a handful of throwing knives in small-scale battles royale. I’ve warily quaffed beers with an unknown player in a Blackwater bar and been lassoed and towed behind another player’s horse for no apparent purpose.

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Thursday 29 November 2018

US Army Plans to Use Microsoft's HoloLens for Combat Missions, Training

Microsoft has won a "$480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training."

As reported by Bloomberg, this contract could lead to the US Army purchasing over 100,000 HoloLens headsets, intending to "increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy."

While the U.S. Army and Israeli military have been running training programs with Microsoft HoloLens, these next steps would prepare them in use for live combat.

While the Army will be using HoloLens devices, they will obviously be different than the consumer-grade products as they will look to "incorporate night vision and thermal sensing, measure vital signs like breathing and “readiness,” monitor for concussions and offer hearing protection."

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BioWare Teases Dragon Age Announcement

BioWare General Manager Casey Hudson teased a Dragon Age announcement in a recent post on BioWare's official blog.

"If you’ve been following these blogs, or myself and Mark Darrah on Twitter, you know we’re also working on some secret Dragon Age stuff,” said Hudson. "Dragon Age is an incredibly important franchise in our studio, and we’re excited to continue its legacy. Look for more on this in the coming month (though I won’t tell you where to look…)."

While "Dragon Age stuff" doesn't necessarily mean BioWare is gearing up to announce the next entry in the role-playing franchise, the timing of this news is interesting. It’s possible this announcement could come during The Game Awards, which airs on December 6.

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Underworld Ascendant Review

I had finally done it. After several hours of navigating bugs and glitches, surviving enemies whose AI seemed to ping-pong between omniscient and ludicrously stupid, and maze-like level design, I had reached the end of an area of Underworld Ascendant that had given me considerable trouble. I actually paused, allowed myself to feel that relief and euphoria one gets when they never have to look at something terrible again. The portal to the exit was before me. I stepped forward.

...And fell through the floor, as the geometry of the Stygian Abyss decided arbitrarily to render itself ethereal. The Ascendant, Underworld’s protagonist, plummeted into some sort of netherscape that forced a reset to escape, and, thanks to Underworld Ascendant’s ludicrous save system, all progress in the level in question was lost. An entire night spent meticulously poking around, exploring, fighting, and sneaking was rendered moot by something beyond my control.

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5 Predictions for the 2018 Game Awards

The Game Awards airs live on Thursday, December 6 (watch it live on IGN starting at 6pm PT/9pm ET). Over the years, host and executive producer Geoff Keighley has built the event into not only a celebration of the gaming year coming to a close but a look ahead at the one to come. With that, we’ve got a few predictions on what announcements may be in store for us at the last major gaming event of 2018.

Yeah, Reggie just downplayed anything happening anytime soon with Nintendo’s third pillar. But the fact of the matter is that they’ve probably got something to show by now, even if it’s just a CG trailer. And Keighley has a knack of getting major exclusives out of Nintendo. Look no further than 2014, when he scored a video of Miyamoto running around Hyrule from a Nintendo conference room. As someone who does this for a living, I can assure you, getting that is no easy task. Or take last year, when Zelda’s Master Cycle was revealed at The Game Awards. Point is, I think Reggie is playing coy, and Metroid is coming out to play – in some form – at this year’s event.

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Fortnite Leak Points to Destruction of Tilted Towers

A datamine may have revealed the next area of Fortnite's map to be affected by story developments. @FNLeak tweeted an alleged bit of Fortnite code that points to the destruction of Tilted Towers.

"The game files now include the explicit mention of destroying Tilted Towers!" FNLeak tweeted Tuesday. The leaker continued: "These lines of text have to do with bots that are configurable in some manner to attack things."

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Fortnite Blamed for Video Game Addiction in Kids Who Need Digital Rehab

Epic Games' battle royale shooter is getting more flak for allegedly contributing to video game addiction in kids.

Fortnite has come under fire once again for having a detrimental effect on younger players. A child psychologist claims that there has been a marked increase in kids attending counseling on account of video game addiction, which may or may not be tied to the uptake of players since the game's launch.

“This game is like heroin,” said British behavioural specialist, Lorrine Marer, whose work involves dealing with children suffering from video game addiction. “Once you are hooked, it’s hard to get unhooked."

Bloomberg reports on a number of parents and professionals recounting their experiences on Twitter that include a 17-year old playing for 12 hours a day and falling asleep in class, to over half of certain groups of kids getting counseled for video game addiction at a handful of camps in North Carolina playing the game to excess.

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Sakurai Reveals Why Kirby Was the Only One to Survive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World of Light Attack

Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby and director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, has revealed why Kirby was the only character to survive the attack on our beloved characters in Ultimate's World of Light story mode.

Speaking to Famitsu, via Source Gaming, Sakurai explained why, of all the 74 characters in Smash's roster, Kirby was the only one to survive the in the first cinematic of World of Light.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Day One Patch to Fix Replay System

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will receive a patch on launch day in order to fix issues with its game replay system.

In an interview with Famitsu, via ComicBook, game director Masahiro Sakurai said that the patch would be necessary for anyone purchasing the physical version of the game, while those downloading the digital version would have it included with their initial installation automatically.

According to Sakurai, the patch prevents replays from "going off-track," and noted that you can save your replays as videos and keep them on your system indefinitely, if you have enough storage space.

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Fallout 76's $200 Power Armor Edition Shipped With Bag of Cheaper Quality Than Promised

Bethesda shipped Fallout 76's Power Edition with a cheap nylon bag instead of the promised canvas.

The Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition included a number of goodies for players to enjoy, from a wearable T-51b helmet to a canvas West Tek duffel bag, but - as we discovered in our unboxing video - the duffel that was shipped was a cheap nylon replacement, and players who dropped $200 on it aren't happy. They're even less ecstatic with Bethesda's response, which has been to offer $5 of in-game currency to make up for it.

There's a whole thread full of disgruntled customers on Reddit, via Kotaku. Twitter user LanternCupcake is amongst the many ticked off players, and contacted Bethesda to get answers.

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Wednesday 28 November 2018

5 Things Fallout 5 Can Learn From Fallout 76

Fallout 76 is Bethesda Game Studios’ first foray into multiplayer for the popular series. Unfortunately, its launch has drawn tepid responses, to put it mildly.

But what it has undoubtedly succeeded in doing is generating even more anticipation for a new single-player Fallout game, and while 76 may not have stuck its landing, it does have a few ideas worth carrying forward—and some lessons that should definitely be taken to heart.

Here are five things Fallout 5 can learn from Fallout 76.

It’s Past Time to Recreate Creation

While Fallout 76 looks spectacular in some places—especially when the lighting and atmosphere really click—the Creation Engine’s technical limitations were conspicuous in Fallout 4 back in 2015. In 2018, they’re inexcusable. Fallout 76’s performance is hindered by frequent stutters, game crashes, and launch consoles struggling to maintain a reasonable framerate—not to mention the lack of a field-of-view slider. It’s a shame the Creation Engine is known for these issues, and not as an efficient design platform both Bethesda and modders expertly use to build bigger, better worlds. The next Fallout game is unlikely to use a new engine, but we can at least hope Bethesda is willing to go to whatever lengths are necessary to bring Creation up to par.

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Rumors of Rocksteady's Superman Game Circle Back Ahead of the Game Awards

A new listing appeared on Game System Requirements with the title of Superman: World's Finest and the developer listed as Rocksteady Studios.

The listing was noticed by a user on ResetEra who searched on Game System Requirements' website for currently rumored games to compare credibility, such as GTA VI, Half Life 3, and Bloodborne 2 – with none of them being listed.

Game System Requirements details required specs for PC games, and the user pointed out the Terms of Use and FAQ on the website make it difficult for just anyone to post a random game or rumor. A Devil May Cry 5 listing also appeared on the website last spring, approximately one month prior to the game's official announcement.

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PlayStation Plus Free Games for December 2018 Revealed

Sony has revealed the full lineup of free games PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive in December though the PlayStation Blog, and the list includes an atmospheric horror game, an over-the-top action-racer, and more.

This month’s PlayStation Plus lineup includes:

Soma (PS4)
Onrush (PS4)
Steredenn (PS3)
Steinsgate (PS3)
Iconoclasts (PS Vita, Cross Buy with PS4)
Papers, Please (PS Vita)

On PlayStation 4, subscribers will get Soma, an exploration-based horror game created by Amnesia studio Fictional Games. It combines monsters and crude machines to create a departure from the developer's previous work.

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Just Cause 4's Army of Chaos: Supply Drops - IGN First

Just Cause 4 might still be about freeing an oppressed country through the medium of explosions, but exactly how you're freeing it has changed since the last game. Welcome to the Army of Chaos.

In this miniseries, we've been running through the game's new systems for taking back regions across the nation of Solís, how you'll do that (spoiler, there's are lots of loud noises), and what you'll get in return.

And, for the final part, we get to the good stuff – your prizes for all that hard, violent work...

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he has enjoyed teaching you to be a violent freedom fighter. Follow him on Twitter.

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9 Things Artifact Doesn't Tell You

Artifact isn’t a hard game to pick-up and play, but it is a complex one. As a card game with three lanes, five heroes, and even an item shop, there’s a lot of intricacies that aren’t explained in it it’s fairly surface-level tutorial. Here are nine important things Artifact doesn’t tell you:

Signature Cards

An Artifact decks must have a minimum of 40 cards, but 15 of those cards are determined by the five heroes you pick. Every hero automatically adds three copies of its unique signature card to your deck, which can’t be added any other way. That means if you see Zeus in an enemy line-up, you know Thunder God’s Wrath is in their deck – it also means that if he isn’t, you don’t have to worry about that particular card at all.

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Guacamelee! 2 Gets Switch, Xbox One Release Dates

Drinkbox Studios has announced that Guacamelee! 2 will be released on Switch Dec. 10 and Xbox One in January 2019, reports Gematsu.

Switch owners can pre-order Guacamelee! 2 right now at a 10% discount. Any Switch owners who also own Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition will receive a deeper 30% discount by pre-ordering.

As was announced yesterday, Guacamelee! 2's first DLC pack, Tree Enimigos, is also now available to be purchased on PlayStation 4 for $2.99 USD. That pack will also be released on Switch and Xbox One as soon as Guacamelee! 2 is available on those respective platforms.

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Nintendo Switch Became the Best-Selling Nintendo Console in U.S. History During a Thanksgiving Weekend

Nintendo has high expectations for the Switch this holiday season, predicting sales totals that some viewed as overly ambitious. The company wants the system to hit 20 million units sold this fiscal year, and it helped get closer to that number with a huge Thanksgiving weekend.

Over the five-day period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday this year, the Nintendo Switch set a record for best-selling Nintendo console in history over that period, and it had its best week ever in the United States.

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Red Dead Online's Gold Bars Could Take up to 8 Hours to Earn

Red Dead Online players have worked out how long it takes to earn gold bars - and they're not ecstatic about it.

The Red Dead Online beta has started rolling out, with owners of the Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition able to jump in first. Although microtransactions aren't live just yet, Rockstar has confirmed that players will be able to buy gold bars at the in-game store. If you don't fancy reaching for your wallet, one gold bar could take you up to 8 hours to earn.

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Fortnite Mobile Now Supports 60fps on Newest iPhones

Epic Games has announced that owners of the newest iPhones can now enjoy Fortnite at 60fps, while Android users are still capped at 30fps.

Fortnite update 6.31 dropped yesterday, but it seems that an important note for mobile users was missed. Epic PR guy, Nick Chester, hopped onto Twitter to spread the good word, tweeting that owners of the "iPhone XS/XS-Max/ XR" can now play at 60fps.

Unfortunately for iPhone X users, Chester added that the option isn't available.

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Tuesday 27 November 2018

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Dark Souls Heroes Get Epic Vinyl Figures

Looking for a "gud" gift for that Dark Souls fanatic in your life? Look no further than Fangamer's Heroes of Lordran figurines!

Series one features Solaire, Oscar, and Siegmeyer. Each vinyl figure stands around four inches tall, and they'll run you $29 each, or $69 for all three.

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Bethesda Responds to Fallout 76 Complaints, Reveals Upcoming Changes and Bug Fixes

After Fallout 76 players have felt unheard in the recent weeks, Bethesda has responded to the complaints on Reddit, with a full article publishing at a later time on their website.

Bethesda admitted to being too silent and non-communicative with the Fallout community, and said they are focusing on being more transparent from now on.

"We know you’re frustrated and angry at the state of things right now, whether it’s the issues you’re running into in the game, or the lack of communication about fixes, updates, or news. To be clear, this account is run by us, Bethesda Game Studios community team."

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Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode Launches on Netflix

Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic point-and-click adventure game from the recently shuttered Telltale Games, has launched on Netflix.

Available to stream now, the first three episodes of the season are up and running, and the final two episodes will be coming December 5. The original first season of Minecraft: Story Mode ran for eight episodes, with the second season consisting of five episodes.

The Netflix version of the game begins with a short explanation on how to play it through the streaming service - all decisions come down to two choices for the viewer/player, and can be input using any remote or computer with directional and select functions.

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Destiny 2: Black Armory Mini-Expansion Detailed

Bungie unveiled details about Destiny 2's first mini-expansion, Black Armory on Tuesday. Details can be seen in the video below.

Black Armory will be made available to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC players on Dec. 4, bringing with it new exotic items and the ability for players to increase their power levels. Story-wise, the mini-expansion sees the titular Black Armory's Ada-1 tasking players with reigniting four special weapon forges that were lost during the Golden Age.

As part of this quest line, players in groups of up to three can band together in the new Lost Forges activity in pursuit of one of Black Armory's new weapons. Players will first need to collect a number of materials and then place them into the forge, which will trigger waves of enemy attacks.

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Red Dead Online Beta Launches Today, Includes Battle Royale Mode

The first Read Dead Online beta has launched, with those who own the Red Dead Redemption 2: Ultimate Edition being the first eligible players to join the beta.

Details of what Red Dead Online will entail has finally been revealed by Rockstar, and one thing they are pushing already is player feedback so they can continually improve the experience. The beta period will include additions and updates as time goes on, and is meant to be a mode that has the ability to expand.

In Red Dead Online, players will be able to do everything from riding around with friends in a Posse and setting up camp together to completing co-op story-based missions or competing against one another. Just like in the solo game, exploring the world to assist strangers – or to go up against them – will be a common activity, as well as hunting, fishing, Free Roam challenges, and more.

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Fortnite Surpasses 200 Million Players

Fortnite now has more than 200 million players, making it among the most-played games in the history of the medium.

The new statistic, which comes from Bloomberg, represents a 60 percent increase in players since Epic Games shared information back in June. The following month, Epic Games was valued at up to $8 billion, and a new investment deal made back in October valued the company at nearly twice that number.

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Guacamelee! 2: New Character Skins and Challenge Level Enter the Fray

Guacamelee! 2 is available now on PlayStation 4 and PC, and is receiving two new DLC packs over the next couple of weeks featuring additional playable character skins as well as a new challenge level.

Revealed through the PlayStation Blog, Guacamelee! 2 will add the Three Enemigos character pack for $3 tomorrow, which gives you the chance to play as the bosses El Muñeco, Uay Pek, and Jaguar Javier instead of hero Juan. The characters are designed to change how you approach the game as a whole, with their own strengths and weaknesses, and come with additional trophies.

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December 2018 Games With Gold Features Dragon Age, Never Alone

Microsoft has revealed December 2018's Xbox Games With Gold.

Headlining the roster is BioWare’s 2011 fantasy RPG, Dragon Age 2. Also coming to Games With Gold next month is Never Alone, the side-scrolling adventure game from 2014 developed in partnership with the Alaskan native community. The other two games for December are the original Xbox's Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Xbox One's first-person puzzle game, Qube 2.

Here’s when each title will be available for Games With Gold subscribers next month:

Qube 2: Dec. 1 - 31 (Xbox One)
Dragon Age 2: Dec. 1 - 15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One via backward compatibility)
Never Alone: Dec. 16 - Jan. 15 (Xbox One)
Continue reading…

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Nintendo Gets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pirates Banned from YouTube

Nintendo has responded to widespread Super Smash Bros. Ultimate piracy by issuing copyright strikes resulting in multiple YouTube takedowns and bans, according to reports from USGamer and Newsweek.

YouTube channels Dystifyzer and Crunchii were banned entirely from the platform after being hit with a number of copyright strikes by Nintendo. The channels had been spreading leaked tracks from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's soundtrack and reached YouTube's three-strike threshold that results in full terminations of channels and accounts associated with the strikes.

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Fortnite Item Gifting Now Live for a Limited Time

Fortnite will be adding the long-requested option to send gifts to your friends with the release of the 6.31 update, but only for a limited time.

Announced by The Fortnite Team, item gifting will be available on all platforms for one week following the update, except for iOS devices because "Apple's policies prohibit it."

Sending a gift to a friend is as simple as choosing an item in the Item Shop and selecting "Buy As A Gift."

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The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame Announced for 2019

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame for PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC. It will arrive digitally and in stores on all platforms on Feb. 26, 2019, except for the Switch retail version which will follow on March 26, 2019.

"The alien monster invaders have left Bricksburg in ruins," reads the game's official description. "It is now up to Emmet and a host of heroic characters to go beyond their world and save their friends from the strange inhabitants of the Systar System. Journey into outer space, discover new worlds, and test your Master Building skills."

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Sea of Thieves' Shrouded Spoils Content Update Adds Fog, Explosive 'Mega-Keg', and More

Sea of Thieves fourth free major content update, Shrouded Spoils, will add Fog, an explosive Mega-keg, six new skeleton forts, expanded customization options, and much more.

Arriving tomorrow, November 28, Shrouded Spoils' Fog will be an emergent threat that will impair visibility and potentially hide threats from unprepared captains.

New Merchant Alliance items, including the Mega-keg, Crate of Ancient Bone Dust, and Mermaid Statue Gems will be available to find, as well as the previously mentioned six new skeleton forts which will increase the total number of forts to nine.

As for customization, players will have new options for cannons, the wheel, and the capstan, with a limited time cosmetic ship and set - the Wailing Barnacle - also being available.

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PlayStation Classic Review

One of the earliest marketing slogans for Sony’s first video game console was “Don’t underestimate the power of PlayStation.” It’s now 24 years later and it’s the power of nostalgia that can’t be undervalued, particularly when you first turn on the PlayStation Classic and are instantly teleported back more than two decades by the iconic Sony Computer Entertainment splash screen and sweeping synth sound. Unfortunately, this nostalgic jolt doesn’t last past scrolling through the short menu of just 20 included games, as this adorable miniature version of the most popular gaming console of the ‘90s lacks too many big names to truly live up to the ‘Classic’ label.

That’s not to say there aren’t some heavy hitters in the 20 games included on the PlayStation Classic roster, and certainly such a short list could never be absolutely definitive when culled down from the thousands of games that were released over the system’s six-year lifespan. But a lineup of ‘classic’ PlayStation games without a Gran Turismo, Tomb Raider, Wipeout, or Crash Bandicoot, to name a few of the most glaring omissions, makes for a compilation that feels decidedly incomplete and not really reflective of the system at its best, particularly at its relatively high price point ($99.99USD/£89.99GBP/$149.95AUD). It’s basically the gaming equivalent of getting front row seats at a Guns ‘n’ Roses concert and having the band not play anything off Appetite for Destruction.

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Fortnite 6.31 Patch Notes: Legendary Pump Shotgun Added

Fortnite's latest patch adds the Legendary Pump Shotgun and the Team Rumble LTM.

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Monday 26 November 2018

Darksiders III Review

We haven’t seen many games like Darksiders III in the past decade or so. It’s a third-person action game that isn’t afraid to grind your progress to a halt for an hour or more until you figure out how to beat a seemingly-impossible boss. It doesn’t seem to aspire to match the visual polish of this year’s biggest blockbusters, and its design philosophy completely disregards all the hand-holding and coddling that has become the norm outside of Dark Souls and its brethren. But the combat is satisfying – and, you know, maybe not every game needs to be a giant open world with a million things to collect and a never-ending supply of side quests. Darksiders III fits comfortably in that spot.

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Sunday 25 November 2018

Same Same But Different: Red Dead Redemption 2 vs The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

What’s wonderful about video games is that different games – and teams – can tackle the same concepts and ideas in fundamentally different ways. Take The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2. Two wildly different games in most respects, but in some ways they’ve incorporated very similar ideas into their respective open worlds. Both games offer incredibly rich destinations, dense with systems and content, but little direct explanation. These are games that want players to discover how they work and the things that are possible on their own. Importantly, however, beyond their core ambitions, both games also put an emphasis on a number of other, more specific things – the importance of horses as transport and companions, changing clothes according to climate, hunting and gathering as core gameplay elements, dynamic weather and day/night cycles, and so on.

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Pokemon Let's Go: Every Master Trainer Location

Find every Master Trainer with this guide, complete with screenshots.

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Don't Miss Any Pokemon With Our Let's Go Walkthrough

Our guide includes every Pokemon you can catch everywhere in Kanto.

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Saturday 24 November 2018

Spyro 2 Guide: Every Talisman, Gem and Orb

Check out our giant walkthrough for the second Spyro, complete with images and video.

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Fallout 76 Interactive Map: Locations, Power Armor, Bobbleheads, and More

Plan your trip through Appalachia in Fallout 76 with our interactive map, featuring locations, power armor, collectibles and much more.

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14 Best Modern Metroidvanias

‘Metroidvania’ has become a buzzword in recent years, most often appearing as a bullet point in indie game descriptions. As the name suggests, it describes a game whose design borrows ideas from the likes of Castlevania and Metroid; its challenging, exploration-based, and progression throughout is based on acquiring items or upgrades to access new areas.

Because many of the best examples of Metroidvanias pair it with elements of other games – most often roguelikes and RPGs – it’s sometimes difficult to define exactly what a Metroidvania is. For this list, we’re sticking to the basics while casting a somewhat wide net.

Listed below are some of the very best modern Metroidvania games currently available.

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Gunslingers Wanted: Red Dead 2 Wiki Editing Contest

We are running a contest for our awesome wiki contributors.

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Friday 23 November 2018

Shenmue 3 Crowdfunding Closed at Over $7 Million

Shenmue 3 has ended its crowdfunding campaign by raising a grand total of $7,179,510 USD through the help of 81,087 backers.

Announced in an update on Kickstarter, this amount was achieved above and beyond its original Kickstarter campaign, which raised $6,333,295 after setting a goal of just $2 million.

When the Kickstarter ended back in 2015, it became the most funded game ever on the crowdfunding site.

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Thursday 22 November 2018

Indie Favorites Get Rad New Collectibles

A few years ago, you'd be hard-pressed to find official collectibles for indie games, but thankfully, times have changed.

Our pals over at Fangamer have teamed up with the studios behind some of our favorite recent indie games to produce some gorgeous collectible figures based on Night In The Woods and Hyper Light Drifter.

The Night In The Woods vinyl figures are up for pre-order now at $25 a pop, or $119 for all five, and are expected to ship in late December. The titular Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter is $24, and is available now.

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Fortnite Week 9 Challenges - Carnival Clown Boards Map and Locations

Week 9 brings on a new challenge involving scoring 10 or more at different Carnival Clown Board locations.

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Wednesday 21 November 2018

|PS4| First Run On Blood Of The Dead Map | Voyage EE Tomorrow | Social: @TheFaxFox

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No Man's Sky Visions Update Adds More Colorful Worlds, New Lifeforms

No Man's Sky's next update, called Visions, will be released tomorrow, November 22, Hello Games announced today.

The free update introduces a variety of new content to the ever-evolving No Man's Sky universe, including all-new worlds and lifeforms. New worlds contain new secrets, such as ancient bones that can be unearthed and strange artifacts that can be "displayed as trophies in your planetary base." Meanwhile, new "predatory fauna" and "deadly flora" add an extra layer of danger to exploration.

With the introduction of new worlds, Hello Games is also promising greater variety among planets. A broader color palette allows for "new shades of sky, grass, and water," according to the developer, as well as the introduction of rainbows as a new weather effect.

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Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft Reverses Planned Changes for Chinese Market

Ubisoft recently censored certain visual elements in Rainbow Six Siege in order to comply with rules in certain Asian territories. These changes were applied to all versions of the game, but following player backlash, the company has reversed course.

The visual changes that were introduced affected everything from icons to the multiplayer environments. Knife symbols used for melee kills became fists. A skull face was covered with a mask. Blood was removed from a wall. Even slot machines in a bar were pulled, leaving the counter blank.

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Magikarp and Wailord Team Up to Create Pokémon's Biggest Card Ever

In the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Wailord-EX has held the record for the largest Basic Pokémon with a whopping 250 HP, but now the massive whale Pokémon is breaking its own record with a little help from Magikarp. IGN is excited to reveal Magikarp & Wailord GX, a brand new Tag Team Pokémon-GX with an astonishing 300 HP.

Check it out:

Image Credit: The Pokemon Company.

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Tuesday 20 November 2018

Pokemon Let's Go: How to Unlock Surf, Fly, and Other Secret Techniques

Surf is now Sea Skim and Fly is now Sky Dash, but they serve the same purpose they did in Yellow. Meaning, they're still incredibly useful!

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Warframe Review - Switch Update

There aren’t many games that make me feel as cool as Warframe does when I’m bullet-jumping through the air at breakneck speeds. While this free-to-play co-op shooter has wildly outgrown its original “space ninja” reputation since it first came out in 2013 – adding open-world areas, deep story missions, and even a hoverboard with a Tony Hawk-style scoring system – it’s the way it makes everything you do feel fast, powerful, and just plain awesome that keeps me coming back to its almost-endless well of loot.

Warframe is a dense game – a tangled ball of yarn made up of almost six years of updates, additions, system reworks, and content drops. Its different bits and pieces overlap and twist together in a way that can make it overwhelming to even think about trying to untangle it all, but it also means that there’s an almost inconceivable amount of deep and often extremely entertaining content to discover once you do.

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CD Projekt Red Teases Hacking Mechanisms in Cyberpunk 2077

Though developer CD Projekt Red has been quiet on the hacking mechanisms in Cyberpunk 2077, a social media interaction has revealed a bit of what we can expect from the full game.

As reported by PlayStation Lifestyle, Reddit user bboymurchant posted a conversation he had with the official Cyberpunk 2077 Facebook account. He asked how hacking works in the game.

"Netrunning will definitely be an important part of the game, but I can’t tell you much about it,” the account replied. "What I can say is that, gameplay-wise, you’ll be able to hack systems to help you during missions, open doors, distract enemies, etc. You’ll also be able to gain knowledge that you will use to your advantage -- locations of interesting places and so on."

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Telltale: 14 Major Developments Since the Studio's Closure

Last updated on 11/19.

On September 21, renowned narrative-driven game studio Telltale Games initiated a "majority studio closure" by laying off the vast majority of its staff. Soon after, CEO Pete Hawley announced a team of 25 employees would remain on board to "fulfill the company's obligations to its board and partners." While Telltale hasn't officially commented on the specifics of those obligations, reports indicated the remaining team was set to complete development on Minecraft: Story Mode for Netflix. However, according to former Telltale narrative designer Rachel Noel on Twitter, those remaining employees have now been laid off as well.

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Rocket League: 4K Support Coming Soon to Xbox One X

Update: Xbox One X support is coming to Rocket League on December 3, developer Psyonix announced today.

According to a blog post, the update will allow Xbox One X players to experience Rocket League "in native 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, complete with HDR."

Original story follows.

Rocket League is getting a host of updates this spring, with Xbox One X support and more coming later this year.

Psyonix is currently planning to bring the February update to all platforms on February 7, which includes distribution of Competitive Season 6 rewards and the start of Competitive Season 7.

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Civilization 6: Gathering Storm Expansion Announced

2K and Firaxis Games have announced Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, the game’s second expansion pack, is coming to PC on February 14, 2019.

The expansion introduces "an active planet where geology and climatology present unique new challenges,” as well as the World Congress, a diplomatic victory option, new engineering projects, a future era for Technology and Civics trees, nine new leaders from eight new civilizations, a variety of new units, districts, wonders, buildings, and more.

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Voice Actor Claims Mortal Kombat 11 Is on the Way

A new Mortal Kombat project, possibly Mortal Kombat 11, is in the works, according to a pair of tweets by Spanish-language voice actor José Eduardo Garza Escudero.

First reported by Game Informer, Escudero says he had originally been tapped by localization company Pink Noise Studios to be the Spanish language voice of Mortal Kombat characters Kung Lao and Reptile in a new game. Pink Noise, however, ultimately removed Escudero from the roles, and the actor took to Twitter to talk about it.

"Well finally I confirm that the 'professionals' of Pink Noise decided to remove my characters from Mortal Kombat 11," reads a Google translation of Escudero's tweet. "How sad that a company that wanted a lot ends up making decisions that affect both you, the consumers. Goodbye Kung Lao and Reptile."

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Square Enix Has Completed Development on Kingdom Hearts 3

At long last, Square Enix has finished development on Kingdom Hearts 3, the publisher announced on Twitter today.

"I'm proud to unveil an extended version of the trailer that's been playing in NA cinemas. And guess what? We've wrapped up development of Kingdom Hearts 3!" reads a tweet Square attributed to Director Tetsuya Nomura. "If you haven't had the chance yet, now would be a good time to prep by playing 1.5+2.5 & 2.8. See you next month!"

The trailer Nomura mentioned can be seen above. In it, Kingdom Hearts 3 protagonists Sora, Donald, Goofy, and more can be seen teaming up and facing off against various Disney heroes and villains from movies like Frozen and Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Nintendo Will Sell 63 Amiibo in One Package in Japan

Japanese Super Smash Bros. players looking to build up their Amiibo collections will have a new option next month, as Amazon Japan is planning to sell a box set featuring all 63 Smash Bros. figures.

Spotted by the fan site Japanese Nintendo, the "Dairantou Smash Bros. Series 63 Amiibo Set" will be available on Amazon Japan beginning December 7.

It not only contains every Super Smash Bros. character released for the Wii U and 3DS versions, but also the newly announced Ridley, Inkling, King K Rool and Piranha Plant. Only 50 sets will be produced, and a special poster will also included.

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Monday 19 November 2018

Scrubs Actor Says Epic 'Jacked' His Dance for Emote

Scrubs actor Donald Faison's "Poison" dance has become a popular emote in Fortnite, but Faison isn't entirely psyched that Epic Games used his moves in the game.

Speaking at a Scrubs cast reunion panel at Vulture Festival 2018, Faison, who played Turk on the show, was asked to perform the dance. He declined, telling those interested to just play Fortnite because they "jacked that s**t".

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence pointed out that the emote is taken from a screen capture, meaning it is exactly the same dance. You can see just how accurate the in-game version is in a side-by-side comparison by YouTuber A_Rival Planetskill

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Smash Ultimate: Everything You Need to Know About Story Mode

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch features a single-player mode called World of Light, which is all about collecting “spirits” to power up your roster of characters. The mode amounts to a series of challenges that reward you with spirits so you can, in turn, collect more spirits that can be upgraded and help you conquer bigger and tougher challenges. It’s an admittedly addictive system filled to the brim with delightful fan service, and while I didn’t finish my playtime thinking this will be the mode I pour the most hours into, it was a fun way to test my skills as a Smash player.

How Challenges Work

Challenges are primarily how you collect spirits, so completing Challenges will be what you spend most of your time doing in World of Light. Difficulty can vary wildly, so to give yourself the best shot at success you’re encouraged to read the prep screen and go in with the proper spirits equipped. (See us take on five Challenges in the video below.)

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Sunday 18 November 2018

Fallout 76: Where to Find Power Armor Locations Early

Get your first suit of Power Armor in Fallout 76 by checking out these confirmed locations!

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Pokemon: Let's Go Candy Guide

Learn how you can farm the candy you need to buff your Pokemon's stats in this Pokemon: Let's Go wiki.

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Saturday 17 November 2018

How to Get a HUGE Inventory in Fallout 76

Constantly encumbered by hoarding everything you see in Fallout 76? Check out our tips to keep the weight of your junk down.

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Pokemon’s Most Powerful, Valuable Competitive Card Just Got a Whole Lot Easier to Obtain

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If there’s one card in the current competitive Pokemon scene that could be agreed upon as the most powerful of them all, it would be Tapu Lele-GX. Though it might not look like much to the uninitiated, the combination of its Supporter-searching ability, dependable colorless-energy attack, and lack of weakness make it so strong that it’s a must-have for virtually every deck. Most players use at least one copy, but it’s not uncommon to see multiple copies in a deck. The 2018 Pokemon TCG World Champion used three in his deck. It’s just that good.

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Fallout 76: How to Join the Brotherhood of Steel

One of the iconic factions of Fallout is hiding in Appalachia, we can show you how to join their ranks.

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Friday 16 November 2018

How to Change Pikachu and Eevee's Hair in Pokemon: Let's Go

Give your partner Pokemon a goofy or stylish hairdo with this Pokemon: Let's Go guide.

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Thursday 15 November 2018

Sony PlayStation Will Skip E3 in 2019

For the first time in 24 years, Sony and PlayStation will not appear at E3 in 2019.

As reported by Game Informer, Sony and PlayStation will instead be "exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019."

“As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community," Sony said in a statement to Game Informer. "PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can’t wait to share our plans with you.”

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Every Red Dead 2 Reference in South Park

Never ones to shy away from a hot pop culture moment, the writers of South Park made Red Dead Redemption 2 the barrel end of the joke on both last week's episode, titled, "Time to Get Cereal" and then the part 2 follow-up this week, called "Nobody Got Cereal?"

These episodes are notable not just for Red Dead 2's inclusion, but also the return of Al Gore (who's become a bowler in the South Park universe since losing the 2000 presidential election) and ManBearPig, the exactly-what-it-sounds-like demon that Gore warned South Park about back in Season 10.

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3 Ways Fallout 76 Rewrites Its Own Lore

Fallout 76 takes place 25 years after the bombs fell, giving you a glimpse of the freshly nuked world before it was eroded by centuries of radiation and scavenger raids. Despite the game-changing addition of multiplayer, fans of the Fallout series may still find a familiar charm and ghoulish intrigue in 76’s post-apocalyptic West Virginia – including many revelations about where it fits into the franchise’s story.

But not everything is as lore-obsessed Fallout fans expected.

Here are some ways Fallout 76 retcons, rewrites, and outright cheats its history.

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Nintendo: Metroid Prime 4 Is 'Well in Development'

Nearly a year and a half since Metroid Prime 4's E3 2017 announcement, Nintendo still isn't ready to show the game off or announce a release window.

But Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime says fans shouldn't take that as any cause for concern over its development, echoing what he told IGN about Metroid Prime 4 at E3 2018.

"Internally, we have expectations about when

is going to be released," Fils-Aime told Mashable in a new interview. "We haven't announced it, but yeah, the game is well in development."

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The Arkham Knight to Make His DC Comics Debut

2019 marks the 80th anniversary of Batman's debut, and DC has big plans for the Dark Knight. Among those plans is a major new storyline that will officially induct the Arkham Knight character into the main DC Comics continuity.

DC will be mirroring the approach taken for Superman's 80th anniversary earlier this year, with the publisher releasing the oversized anniversary special Detective Comics #1000 and a hardcover collection called Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman.

Art by Jim Lee et al. (DC Entertainment)

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Why BioShock's Splicers Had to Seem Sympathetic

The first few times players encounter a splicer in BioShock, it’s one of the scariest and weirdest moments in modern gaming. For Joe Fielder, who helped design the high-flying world of BioShock Infinite, it wasn’t just a chance to create an intimidating enemy type, it was a chance to humanize one of gaming’s most iconic factions, and he learned how to do it at the hands of BioShock director Ken Levine himself.

“I'd done a pass on

, and

and another one of the writers, Drew Holmes, gave me feedback,” Fielder said on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered. “Ken opened up his playbook on how he came about writing the Splicers and some of the influences: Requiem for a Dream, other things like that,

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PlayStation's Best-Selling Games, DualShock Colors and More Revealed

Today marks five years since Sony launched the PlayStation 4, and the company took the opportunity to release some sales info and to announce a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 bundle.

In a PlayStation Blog post, Senior Vice President of PlayStation Worldwide Marketing Eric Lempel revealed Sony has sold more than 86.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles and 777.9 million pieces of software to date. Lempel also shared PlayStation 4's five best-selling games (in alphabetical order):

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Call of Duty: WW2
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The U.S. Army Turns to Esports as It Fails to Meet Its Recruitment Targets

The U.S. Army is getting into the world of eSports after failing to meet its recruitment target for the first time in more than 10 years.

The hope is that the move to eSports will help the Army connect with young people, after falling short of its 76,500 target by 6.500 recruits, reports Stars and Stripes. The U.S. Army is also putting together a "functional fitness" team to compete in CrossFit events that will serve the same purpose.

A Tekken tournament has already been scheduled, and going by the titles listed on the online application form, it looks like there are plans to form teams for Fortnite, PUBG, Overwatch, FIFA, League of Legends, Call of Duty, Madden, and NBA 2K.

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI for Switch

When I first reviewed Civilization VI back in 2016, here's what I had to say about it as I awarded it a score of 9.4 (for amazing) and nominated it for game of the year:

"Civilization VI will go down in history as the most fully-featured launch version in the series. Many of those are smartly revamped versions of Civ classics, but it finds its own identity with great new ideas like spread-out cities, customizeable governments, research boosts, and leader agendas. And even though the AI has some improving to do, it can put up enough of a fight to make world domination a challenge."

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Fortnite Week 8 Challenges - Fish Trophy Locations and Clay Pigeon Map

Week 8 brings forth a new challenge involving dancing in front of different fish trophy locations.

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Wednesday 14 November 2018

[PC] PokéOne Beta: A Free Pokemon MMORPG - 24hr Stream: 950/1000 Followers - Social: @TheFaxFox 🧡

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Ray Tracing for Nvidia RTX Cards Has Finally Arrived in Battlefield 5

Gamers who plunked down a wad of cash for a shiny new Nvidia RTX GPU have been waiting patiently for the card's next-gen features to arrive in games, and today for the first time some of these features are now available in Battlefield 5. If you have an RTX card and your system meets the minimum requirements, you can now experience ray traced reflections in Battlefield, accessible via the Advanced graphics settings of the game.

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From Game Journalist to Game Developer: What It’s Like

In the world of video games, it’s not uncommon to see a large amount of career shifting. Game designers turn into business executives, video editors become award-winning actors, and sometimes journalists become game developers themselves.

That’s exactly what happened to Joe Fielder, who worked at GameSpot as an editor throughout the 90’s. On this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, Fielder spoke with host Ryan McCaffrey on how the transition from journalist to developer panned out in a successful career helping to design games like BioShock Infinite and the new Underworld Ascendant.

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Just Cause 4: Showcasing Every Extreme Weather Type - IGN First

Mother Nature, clearly unhappy at being shown up for a while, has turned up in Just Cause to make our hulking human weaponry look like BB guns loaded with rabbit turds.

Yes, the weather is quite possibly the most dangerous thing in Just Cause 4, with Avalanche introducing four extreme variants to the open world. In our latest IGN First drop, we introduce you to every type, where you'll find them, and how exactly they'll lead to Rico's untimely death.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he's now frightened of thundersnow after looking it up. Follow him on Twitter.

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How Eevee Evolved Into a Pokemon Sensation

Pikachu is the mascot for the Pokemon franchise, so there’s little wonder why the electric mouse is featured on one version of the upcoming Pokemon: Let’s Go games for Nintendo Switch. The other version features Eevee, a Pokemon that has never been used as a selling point for an entire game, but that’s no reason to think Eevee doesn’t belong on the cover. Eevee has been a fan-favorite since its inception and has gone on to become one of the most beloved Pokemon in the series.

Pokemon: Let’s Go is modeled after 1998’s Pokémon Yellow Version for GameBoy, where the player starts off with a Pikachu while the player’s rival gets an Eevee. That’s one reason Pokemon: Let’s Go game director Junichi Masuda said he chose Eevee for this starring role – there’s a precedent for these two going head-to-head early on in the franchise.

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Xbox Game Pass Gets Pre-Loading

Xbox Game Pass subscribers now have the ability to pre-load/pre-install games so they're playable as soon as they're released.

"One of the biggest asks we’ve had for

was to allow pre-load (pre-install) so you can download and be ready the second launch happens," Xbox Program Management Corporate Vice President Mike Ybarra tweeted yesterday. "It’s available now – and starts with Crackdown 3 on Xbox and Windows."

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THQ Nordic Has 35 Unannounced Games in Development

Gaming publisher THQ Nordic has several big-name titles on the way, including Darksiders III and Metro Exodus, but the company hasn't played its whole hand just yet. In fact, it has 35 unannounced games currently in development.

During a Q3 financial report on November 14, THQ Nordic founder and CEO Lars Wingefors shared that 55 total games were being produced by the end of the most recent quarter, of which only 20 have been revealed thus far.

THQ Nordic has also continued its recent spree of buying up developers by acquiring Coffee Stain Studios (Goat Simulator) and Bugbear Entertainment (Wreckfest).

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NFL Star Killed in Fortnite By Someone Wearing His Own Jersey

Like many professional athletes, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes plays Fortnite. Thanks to Epic Games' new partnership with the NFL, Mahomes and other NFL players can encounter people wearing their jerseys on the battlefield. It already happened for Mahomes, who was killed by someone wearing his No. 15 Chiefs jersey.

Mahomes posted about the bizarre encounter on Twitter.

Yesterday i played fortnite for the first time in a while and someone killed me with my jersey on.. don’t know how i feel about it...

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Pokemon Go Dev's Harry Potter Game Gets New Logo, Now Coming in 2019

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite – the upcoming game from Pokemon Go developers Niantic – has been pushed back to a 2019 release window and gotten a fresh logo.

Pottermore posted the image, pointing out that the three wands at its centre belong to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger:

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Fallout 76: Where to Find Power Armor

Get your first suit of Power Armor in Fallout 76 by checking out these confirmed locations!

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[PS4] Destiny 2 Power Leveling - 24 Hour Charity Stream: 943/1000 Followers - Social: @TheFaxFox 🧡

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Where to Preorder Pokemon: Let's Go and Poke Ball Plus

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If you want to preorder the Poke Ball Plus, have I got some good news for you. You can preorder the Poke Ball Plus right now, but perhaps even better, you can preorder Poke Ball Plus bundles with either Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee or Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu.

Every Poke Ball Plus has a Mew living inside of it, so you can start your Pokemon: Let's Go journey with a desirable Pokemon.

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The Game Awards 2018 Nominations Announced, God of War and RDR2 Hold Most Nominations

Nominees for The Game Awards 2018 have been announced across 30 categories. Marvel's Spider-Man, God of War, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are all up for Game of The Year, along with being nominated for other categories, including Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, and Best Action/Adventure Game.

God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 are tied for the most nominations for 2018, standing at a total of seven. Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Monster Hunter: World and the indie Celeste are also nominated for Game of the Year.

The full nominations and their respective categories can be seen below:

Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
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