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This year’s Call of Duty will be a collaborative effort between Treyarch and Raven Software, publisher Activision Blizzard announced during today’s earnings call. This confirms a Kotaku report from last year, in which sources indicated the Call of Duty for 2020 would be a Cold War-based Black Ops 5

Carrion‘s Switch Icon Is Less Horrible Now

Phobia Game Studio’s Carrion is a cool little game in which players terrorize scientists as a hideous tentacled monster. It used to have a Switch game icon that looked like a grotesque body opening. Now its icon looks like mutant lobsters at play. It’s a definite improvement. The biggest improvement to the Carrion Switch icon…

It looks like cars are coming to Fortnite tomorrow, based on severaltweets from the Fortnite Twitter account. Players have been looking forward to them for a while.

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Valorant’s second “Act” is set to begin this week. Today, Riot announced that Act II will kick off on August 4. It will include a new agent, Killjoy, a battle pass, colorful “Glitchpop” skins, and a much-requested deathmatch mode.

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Arc System Works has announced that Guilty Gear Strive will be on PlayStation 5 and Steam as well as PlayStation 4. The new trailer also shows off returning character Leo Whitefang and newcomer Nagoriyuki. Strive will be available in spring 2021.

Kenji Matsubara, Sega President & Chief Publishing Officer, has resigned. According to the official release, his resignation is “for personal reasons.” Matsubara assumed his current role in April 2020. Previously, he was president and CEO of Tecmo Koei.

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Frostpunk’s final expansion, On The Edge, comes to PCs August 20. It will have a new map, new mechanics, and “new methods to divide or unite people.”

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Koei Tecmo is finally talking about a western release for Persona 5 Scramble The company’s most recent fiscal report mentions that a localized version of the “musou” game is being planned for the United States and Europe. No further details were provided.

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Color Japan the way you want to. Artist Surudenise, whom I follow on Twitter, depicts Japan with a Sailor Moonesque colors. Surudenise is self-publishing a coloring book, allowing you to bring your own palette to the streets of Japan. The book, titled Daydreaming in Japan, is out July 30. More on the artist’s site

Cute Anime Character Used In Thailand’s Democracy Protests

Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have been calling for the government’s dissolution. They’ve even roped in the cute Japanese character Hamtaro to help out. The current premier Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former army general, is viewed as closely supporting the country’s military-backed royalist government. Last week, over three thousand people joined the protests, which are led by…

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After Leaks And A Tweet From Epic, Fortnite Players Are Still Waiting For Drivable Cars

Fortnite players have been looking forward to drivable vehicles since they were teased at the start of Season 3. Rumors suggested we’d see them this week, but development studio Epic has now said it will be a few more weeks before they’ll appear. Players are speculating what that will mean for the rest of Season…

Tetris Effect is getting a new multiplayer version. Tetris Effect: Connected is the original audiovisual trance explosion, but with new co-op and competitive modes. Connected will launch on Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Series X later this year, but it’ll come to other platforms as a free Tetris Effect update in summer 2021.