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Rocket League Season 4 adds new modes and a new car, launches tomorrow

August 10, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 10 August 2021 20:09 GMT Rocket League Season 4 launches later this week on every platform you can play the game on, and it’s bringing a fair amount of new content with it.Rocket League developer Psyonix has finally announced the release date for Season 4 of Rocket League. The new Season is due to go live on August 11 (tomorrow). In terms of the Rocket League Season 4 start time, we tend to see it go live around 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 4PM BST. That’s just a rough guide, though.As has beome standard for the game since…

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Embracer Group has acquired the maker of Deep Rock Galactic, Huntdown, and six other studios

August 5, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 5 August 2021 12:26 GMT Embracer Group is expanding its studio portfolio further with eight new teams.Embracer Group, the parent company of THQ Nordic, Koch Media, and many other publishers and developers, has announced today the acquisition of eight established studios. The teams will fall under Embracer’s various arms, bringing the group’s total size to over 8,000 employees.Watch on YouTubeWithin the premium games space, Coffee Stain will now own Deep Rock Galactic developer Ghost Ship, and Huntdown maker Easy Trigger. Koch Media, through its subsidiary Vertigo Games, has acquired VR developer Forcefield. Koch is also now the…

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Pokemon Go Fifth Anniversary: Collection challenge, Research, and their rewards

July 7, 2021VG247

Pokemon Go continues to celebrate its 5th anniversary, this time with a new collection challenge and a bunch of limited time field research missions.The new fifth anniversary collection and field research pair nicely with other celebratory elements of the game for this milestone including the return of jump-start research and the debut of a new form of flying Pikachu with balloons. While all this stuff is running, much else about Pokemon continues to tick along in the background, including the current field research missions and egg hatches. On this page, we explain the Fifth Anniversary Collection and its rewards, plus…

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Animal Crossing New Horizons Bug Off Tourney – Trophies, Prizes, and Rewards

June 25, 2021VG247

The Bug-Off tourney in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a four times yearly event, which sees friendly chameleon Flick presiding over a carnival of creepy-crawly catching taking place on your island.The event works similarly to C.J.’s fishing tourneys. However, the Bug-Off takes place once a month throughout the summer (June-September in the northern hemisphere), instead of quarterly like the fish.Watch on YouTubeFlick is in charge of the event, where you’ll be tasked with catching a lot of bugs for his collection. Participation is free for the first try, but every subsequent try will cost you 500 Bells, so maybe think…

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A Dragon Age 4 alpha file has been uncovered on the PlayStation Store

June 23, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 23 June 2021 12:36 GMT A Dragon Age 4 alpha file has been discovered on the PlayStation Store thanks to the efforts of a dataminer combing through Sony’s database.Twitter user PlayStation Game Size – an account usually dedicated to cataloging game updates and file sizes – managed to uncover the mysterious file on the PlayStation Store, and its existence points to something happening at the EA Play Live event that’s cracking off in July (thanks, GamesRadar).The tweet, embedded below, suggests that the store may be updated with something in July – whether that’s some sort of vertical slice demo, a trailer or…

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Shin Megami Tensei 5 coming to Nintendo Switch in November – report

June 6, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 6 June 2021 12:27 GMT Shin Megami Tensei 5 release date and gameplay details have leaked, with new information suggesting that the game will be landing on Nintendo Switch later this year.The Japanese website for the Nintendo Switch-exclusive RPG from Atlus apparently listed a November 11 release date for the fifth title in the highly-acclaimed cult franchise, before it was taken down (thanks, PersonaCentral).Shin Megami Tensei 5 was announced back in January 2017, and we’ve heard precious little about the RPG since then. At least we know we’re getting an English translation of the game, though.Watch on YouTubeIf…

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Biomutant’s first update to address dialogue, narrator, difficulty and combat

May 31, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 31 May 2021 15:16 GMT The first big patch for Biomutant is currently in the works.Biomutant developer Experiment 101 has revealed that it’s already working on the game’s first major update. The main goal of this one is to address some of the feedback from players who played the game at launch.Watch on YouTubeIn a series of Tweets, the developer specifically addressed dialogue pacing, the game’s overly verbose narrator, general difficulty, and even options like the ability to turn off depth of field and motion blur. The patch will also bring a tuning pass to enemy damage/health,…

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Remnant: From the Ashes free upgrade coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

May 8, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 8 May 2021 16:20 GMT Gunfire Games has announced a free update for Remnant: From the Ashes is coming next week.On May 13, a free upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S will be released for Remnant: From the Ashes players.Watch on YouTubeYou will be able to choose between 4K resolution at 30 frames per second on PS5 and Xbox Series X.On Xbox Series S it will run in 1080p at 60 frames per second. You can also choose this option for PS5 and Xbox Series X.Also on May 13, Xbox PC Game Pass members will be…

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Blizzard lost around 2 million players during the last financial quarter

May 5, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 5 May 2021 20:36 GMT In Activision Blizzard’s financial report last night, it was revealed that Blizzard’s revenue grew 7% year-over-year (yoy), but that player numbers were down.According to the report, WoW Classic and World of Warcraft Shadowlands helped drive revenue with Hearthstone providing some help too.Watch on YouTubeGoing by the player figures, noted by Massively OP, it appears Blizzard has lost 2 million players across its games since Activision Blizzard released its Q4 2020 results.At last count, there were 29 million active users in Q4 2020. That number has dropped to 27 million for Q1 2021.Massively…

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Dragon Quest Builders 2, Red Dead Online, Outlast 2 and more coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

May 3, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 3 May 2021 14:34 GMT Microsoft has revealed a whole bunch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass over the course of May.The Xbox Game Pass new releases for May kick off with Dragon Quest Builders 2 (which was actually confirmed last week following a leak. The game is coming to PC and console Game Pass on May 4.Watch on YouTubeFIFA 21‘s May 6 release on EA Play also means the game will be available in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass on the same day.Horror game Outlast 2 also arrives on May 6 for…

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Dragon Age 4 concept art teases the Grey Wardens

May 1, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 1 May 2021 19:58 GMT Bioware has teased Dragon Age 4 again with some more concept art.This time around, the concept art for Dragon Age 4 depicts a Grey Warden.Watch on YouTubeThe Grey Wardens are an Order of warriors dedicated to fighting darkspawn and have been “instrumental” in defeating each Blight making them very important to the world’s survival.In development for a few years, and after initially being teased at The Game Awards back in 2018, the game was revealed properly during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020.Pieces of concept art were also shown in the artbook BioWare: Stores and Secrets…

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GIVEAWAY! 4,000 Steam Early Access keys for PvPvE shooter Scavengers

April 28, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 28 April 2021 17:25 GMT Scavengers launches today in Steam Early Access, and you may not have to wait for a key.Scavengers, the new shooter from former Halo developers, is finally available. Scavengers is among a new breed of games mixing PvE and PvP in a single match.Watch on YouTubeIt’s a third-person shooter for three-player squads where your goal is to gather intel, survive the cold, clear out enemy camps, fight bosses, and occasionally duke it out with other players trying to do the same thing. PvP is an optional part of the game, meaning you can…

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Judgment lands on new-gen consoles and Stadia, mysterious announcement coming May 7

April 24, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 24 April 2021 18:40 GMT Judgment is out on PS5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X/S, and some sort of game-related announcement is coming on May 7.The Yakuza spin-off Judgment is now available on new-gen consoles and Stadia. This is an upgraded version of the original release.Watch on YouTubeJudgment was made by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, known for the Yakuza series, and was launched exclusively for PlayStation 4 in Japan back in December 2018, ahead of a global release in June 2019.This edition of the game comes with improved visuals, runs at 60fps, features faster load times, and…

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Koei Tecmo Steam sale features discounts for Nioh 2 and Attack on Titan 2

April 23, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 23 April 2021 17:10 GMT Koei Tecmo is having a Steam sale, and it features the first-ever discount for Nioh 2.During the sale, which is going on until April 26, you can grab Nioh 2 for 20% off at $39.99.Watch on YouTubeNioh: Complete Edition is also on sale for 70% off, so it will set you back $14.99.Attack on Titan 2 is 30% off, so it will run you $41.99 instead of $59.99. Attack on Titan / A.O.T. Wings of Freedom can be purchased for $35.99, which is 40% off.There’s also Dead or Alive 6, Atelier Ryza 2: Lost…

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Warzone Season 3 changes to include Roze Skin update, Sykov nerf

April 17, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley 17 April 2021 19:22 GMT Raven Software has provided information on some changes coming to Call of Duty: Warzone with Season 3.Plenty of changes are coming soon to Call of: Duty Warzone when Season 3 drops and these include an update to the Roze Skin, and a nerf will be applied to the Sykov weapon (thanks, Charlie Intel).Watch on YouTubeA balance update will also be applied to weapons such as the Tac Rifle Charlie, M16, and FFAR 1.There will be a fix for MW weapon perks and sniper glint as well as a change into how you…

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