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Warframeās big Fortuna expansion is due out later this week on PC, according to a press release by Digital Extremes. Strangely, the studio didnāt provide a specific date. The expansion adds the gameās largest open world area yet, a new faction, hoverboards, and lots of other stuff.
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Parent Wants Just Dance To Stop Asking Their Kid To Subscribe
In response to a complaint about Just Dance 2019ās Kids mode on the Switch mixing in songs that require a monthly subscription with the free ones, a spokesperson for Ubisoft said the publisher is currently working on solving the issue. Just Dance 2019 came out a couple weeks ago, and as with other recent entries…
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Warhawk and other PS3 games have had their server shutdowns delayed until January 31, 2019. The games were originally due to go offline late last month, even though in Warhawkās case, owners did not receive the promised 90 days notice. Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the extension.
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There Are Already Mods For Fallout 76 On PC, But They Might Not Last
While Fallout 76 isnāt officially out until next week, thereās already a small but growing modding community for the game congregating on Nexus Mods, a fan-run network of mods for PC games. The game is supposed to have full mod support sometime after it launches, but as usual, PC players arenāt waiting. Following the gameās…
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Esports
Eight Nations Face-Off In This Weekendās Overwatch World Cup
In Overwatch, as in soccer, thereās annual league play and international World Cups. This weekend belongs to the second. Before OWLās second season gets underway, teams from around the world will represent their nations at BlizzCon in the Overwatch World Cup. Itās one of the gameās most entertaining events for all the same reasons people…
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You Can Now Get Destiny 2 Free On PC
From today until November 18, Destiny 2 will be free for people on PC to download through Blizzardās Battle.net client, the company announced today at BlizzCon. The giveaway is to mark the gameās one year anniversary of first coming to PC. Obviously, this offer only applies to people who havenāt already purchased the game on…
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I Can’t Stop Kicking People To Death In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Iāve kicked so many people to death in Assassinās Creed Odyssey. Off hill tops, mountain ledges, and temple roofs. I canāt help myself. In this latest entrant in the stealth series about assassinating historical figures, stealth is no longer the most important skill, and assassination attacks no longer guarantee success. So Iāve fallen back on…
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Gritty Has A Child And It’s This Diablo III Amiibo
Diablo IIIās loot goblin is the latest creature to join the ranks of Nintendoās line of Amiibo toys. Heās equal parts cute and grotesque, and while I canāt imagine ever wanting to display him on my bookshelf, his potential treasure might be too much for the diehard Diablo grinder to ignore. The little red menace…
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Here’s What Fallout 76’s Real-Money Store Looks Like So Far
Bethesdaās open world MMO Fallout 76 is currently in beta on console and PC for those who pre-ordered the game. While you canāt spend actual money to purchase its in-game currency, called Atoms, players can now use the currency theyāve already collected from doing various in-game tasks to buy stuff from the shopās initial offering.…
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Fans Commiserate After Big Smash Bros. Leak Turns Out To Be Fake
Last week a Super Smash Bros. leak, known as the Grinch leak, sent the Smash community down a rabbit hole of rumor and speculation that ended up with fans divided into two camps, #teamreal and #teamfake, depending on whether they believed the leak would turn out to be legit. In its Direct today, Nintendo resolved…
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Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Two Final New Fighters, Ken And Incineroar
Nintendo has confirmed Super Smash Bros. Ultimateās final starting roster will be 74 fighters, with newly announced Ken from Street Fighter and Incineroar from Pokemon being the last two additions before the game comes out. Ken will be an echo fighter, meaning most of his moves and animations will mirror Ryuās. Heāll have unique attack…
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Smash Bros. Fans Are At War Over Whether The Latest Rumors Are True
Who else will star in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a game thatās already been announced to feature every previous Smash character along with a handful of newcomers? A brand new āleakāāone thatās completely unverified and in fact likely to be fakeāis polarizing the Smash community and has led to non-stop drama over the past week.…
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Smash Bros. Fan Creates 8-Player GameCube Controller Adapter
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a little over a month away, and many die hard fans are set on playing it with a GameCube controller. The retro hardwareās hold on Smash Bros. playersā imagination is so intense Nintendoās even started manufacturing them again. But the game features up to eight player local multiplayer, so one…
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Googleās Homepage Is Now A Clever Multiplayer Halloween Game
A day before Halloween, Google has reworked its logo into an online multiplayer game called The Great Ghoul Duel to help people get into the spirit of things. While the company has featured games on its homepage before, this is the first that actually lets you play against other random strangers around the world. I…
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Smash Bros. Characters Reimagined In Garfield’s Image
Someone has gone to great lengths to render the lasagna-obsessed cat as some of the Nintendo fighting game seriesā most iconic characters. Not content to stop there, artist Shawn Bowers also gave each of them perfect backstories. For example, thereās Nessfield. He plays sports and loves baseball. āHe did not have enough money for a…
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Prototype Wii Remote From The GameCube Era Sells At AuctionĀ
Over the weekend, an old Wiimote controller was sold at auction in Japan for 74,000 yen (approximately $660). Why so much? The device wasnāt just any old Wiimote, but one of the prototypes Nintendo originally created for the GameCube before the Wii had been released. The bundle, which sold on Thursday at Yahoo Auctions per…
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Esports
One Of Dota 2ās Newest Teams Has A Lot To Prove This Weekend
In its first major tournament since the annual International in August, competitive Dota 2 returns this weekend with a $300,000 event in Hamburg, Germany. Though Chinaās Team Aster came out on top of the group stage with only one loss, itās now hanging on for dear life in the lower bracket. The days and weeks…
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Esports
Counter-Strike Pro Banned For Cheating, Now Regrets Ever Playing The Game
Nikhil āforsakenā Kumawat is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who was caught cheating at a tournament last weekend. In a video that went viral, he was seen trying to close an aim-assist program open on his computer mid-match Now banned for five years from any Esports Integrity Coalition-affiliated tournaments, Kumawat says he regrets ever…
By Ethan Gach