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In its ongoing war against Google and Apple, Fortnite maker Epic Games has thrown its biggest punch yet: a new direct-purchase option on mobile devices that circumvents payments through Apple’s and Google’s app stores. Epic announced Thursday a price drop for all V-Bucks, Fortnite’s real-money currency. The company calls this change the Fortnite Mega Drop, and the new prices — […]
Read moreNBA 2K21 will get a free demo Aug. 24 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and with it, players can try out the overhauled “Pro Stick,” the right thumbstick commands that for the past decade have done everything from take shots to juke, fake, and add razzle dazzle to one’s dribble moves. Mike Wang, Visual Concepts’ gameplay director […]
Read moreFall Guys: Ultimate Knockout exploded upon release, with seemingly everyone in the gaming world playing or talking about it. That’s a feel-good story if I’ve ever seen one, except for the fact its popularity meant the game’s servers buckled under the pressure. Server issues continued through launch week, but now that things have settled, developer Mediatonic is thanking players for […]
Read moreIt’s been a tough week for anyone loading up Red Dead Online on consoles recently, thanks to a patch that seemingly destabilized every part of the game. Rockstar has now decided to undo the patch entirely, rolling back the MMO to its previous state. Prior to Thursday, Red Dead Online players had to download an update that made all NPCs […]
Read moreOn Monday, Naughty Dog updated the PlayStation Trophies for The Last of Us Part 2, revealing some new modes coming to the game: permadeath options and the return of the original game’s Grounded mode. In The Last of Us, Naughty Dog added the hyper-difficult Grounded mode after launch. This mode triples enemy damage, removes Listen Mode (the tool that helps […]
Read moreA Suicide Squad game from Batman Arkham series developer Rocksteady is in development, with a full announcement coming in two weeks. The studio teased the announcement in a movie poster-style tweet on Friday morning, showing Superman in the crosshairs of the super-villain squad. More will be shared on Aug. 22, Rocksteady said. The teaser confirms rumors earlier this summer that […]
Read moreOctodad: Dadliest Catch developer Young Horses debuted a gameplay trailer for its impossibly cute upcoming game, Bugsnax, on Thursday. Turns out, there’s more to the game than simply a catchy tune — it sounds like you’ll play a rogue journalist checking out the mysterious and food-filled world. It’s our first extended look at the game since it was announced on […]
Read moreWhen Final Fantasy VII Remake launched in April, it included some DLC that could only be unlocked in the US–and only by players with a penchant for a certain chocolate bar. The game’s somewhat infamous Butterfingers DLC could only be redeemed by purchasing chocolate bars, and fans found that they had to buy a lot of them to get everything. […]
Read moreIf you’ve ever wanted to take somebody out by telling a crow to scratch at their face, you can now do exactly that in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. As part of the season five update, players will be able to use the “Nevermore” execution, which launches a crow at the enemy player. The crow then scratches the ever-loving hell […]
Read moreStreet Fighter 5 is getting five new characters, four of which were announced on Wednesday as part of Capcom’s summer update for its flagship fighting game. Season 5 for Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition will bring back Dan Hibiki, Rose, and Oro from past Street Fighter games, as well as introduce Akira from Capcom’s Rival Schools series. Dan, who debuted […]
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