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Battlefield-like shooter World War 3 back from the dead with a very promising update

July 14, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed 14 July 2021 16:22 GMT World War 3’s long-awaited overhaul has been in the works for over a year, and The Farm 51 is finally ready to show it off.World War 3, the indie shooter from Chernobylite developer The Farm 51, was one multiplayer shooter Battlefield fans were especially excited to play. The game replicates much of what Battlefield is known for, and, in the absence of a recent modern military Battlefield, many looked to WW3 to scratch the same itch.Watch on YouTubeUnfortunately, the game’s early access launch left many disappointed thanks to a host of bugs,…

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BattleCat is a Splinter Cell, The Division and Ghost Recon crossover FPS

June 8, 2021VG247

It looks like a new Ubisoft multiplayer shooter has leaked.BattleCat is said to be a new first-person shooter that combines elements of Splinter Cell, The Division, and Ghost Recon.Twitter user Zer0Bytes published a selection of images showing off the new, unannounced game over the weekend, though Ubisoft has moved quickly and managed to take down the images since.The images appear to show an internal document – seemingly meant for internal use – that describes a game called ‘BattleCat’, a first-person shooter set in the Tom Clancy universe that’s reportedly targeting consoles and PC (thanks, VGC). Bear in mind that may be…

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PlayStation 5’s Destruction AllStars will add online bots soon

May 30, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 30 May 2021 16:32 GMT Destruction AllStars, the multiplayer destruction derby PS5 exclusive, is adding online bots to the game in an effort to help players that aren’t finding enough opponents in matches.Lucid Games announced the new plans via an announcement on the game’s official Reddit page. The developer has been using Reddit to keep in touch with the game’s playerbase, and offered this new hint at future plans in a length dev blog update.“With a community the size of Destruction AllStars, spread out across the world we do have peak times and low times of player…

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Sylveon arrives in Pokemon Go today

May 25, 2021VG247

By Alex Donaldson 25 May 2021 12:34 GMT One of the most highly anticipated additions to the Pokemon Go Pokedex has finally arrived.Watch on YouTubePokemon Go trainers have something to be incredibly excited about today: Sylveon, the much anticipated Eevee Evolution, is finally available in the game. Sylveon is a fairy-type Pokemon first introduced in the sixth generation of traditional Pokemon games – and it’s a critter that particularly matters to a lot of players because it’s the eighth (and final) evolution of beloved first-generation Pokemon Eevee.Because Eevee is such an iconic Pokemon – in many ways second only to…

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Warzone developer Raven has now banned over 500,000 players

May 16, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 16 May 2021 15:40 GMT Raven Software has been swinging the banhammer once again, and now the total number of banned players in Warzone has risen above 500,000 – or half a million.Cheaters are nothing new to Warzone. Raven Software has been battling with hackers and cheaters pretty much since the game went live. Back in February, we heard the developer had kicked off over 300,000 accounts for cheating, and then in April we heard the studio lament hackers were “ruining some of the [studio’s] best work”.Over the weekend, in another attack against the constant stream of cheaters,…

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Cinematic survival shooter Abandoned coming to PS5 later this year

April 8, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Thursday, 8 April 2021 08:58 GMT Blue Box Game Studios has announced that its first-person survival shooter, Abandoned,  will be landing on the PlayStation 5 later this year.In a new post over on the PlayStation Blog, the Dutch developer explains the premise of the photo-realistic game and outlines what players can expect from the “cinematic, first-person horror survival shooter set in a highly detailed open world environment” that runs at 60fps in 4K.“The story is centred around Jason Longfield, who wakes up in a strange forest,” writes Hasan Kahraman, game director at Blue Box Game Studios. “Abandoned and not…

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Here’s your first look at Oro and Rival Schools’ Akira in Street Fighter 5

April 7, 2021VG247

We may not be getting a new rival schools game any time soon, but at least Akira Kazama is making her debut in Street Fighter 5 soon.If you’re a fan of punk-styled, apologetic biker fighters, then you’re in luck; Rival Schools’ Akira has finally been shown off in Capcom’s premier fighting game.We’ve known that Akira is coming to the game for a little while now, but the latest Capcom livestream showed off some gameplay for the character – and she looks great. Check out her first gameplay trailer below.Long-time fans of the series may note that she is rocking a…

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Capcom will have more Street Fighter 5 news in April

March 29, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 29 March 2021 20:44 GMT On the back of the newly launched Season 5, Capcom is getting ready to announce more Street Fighter 5 news in a dedicated show in April.Earlier today, the Japanese publisher and developer announced the Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Spring Update livestream, which will debut on April 6 at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST.As per the announcement, this livestream will feature updates on the recently-rolled out Season V, and will provide updates on what we can expect from incoming downloadable content characters Rose and Oro, as well as…

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Six Days in Fallujah video shows off a procedurally generated battlefield

March 23, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 16:51 GMT A gameplay trailer for Six Days in Fallujah has been released.The Six Days in Fallujah video features US military veteran Sgt. Jason Kyle and the developers at Victura and Highwire Games walking you through the gameplay (via IGN).Alongside showing off gameplay, Highwire Games announced today the upcoming first-person tactical military shooter will feature technology built by the developer called Procedural Architecture, which “re-shapes the entire battlefield each time the game is played,” assembling entire buildings and city blocks procedurally.To simulate the “uncertainty and danger of urban combat,” Highwire and Victura invested…

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SWAT-like Ready or Not picked up by Team17, coming to Steam Early Access

March 22, 2021VG247

By Sherif Saed, Monday, 22 March 2021 14:07 GMT Team17 seems to have picked up a knack for publishing PC tactical shooters.Team17 has announced today that it’s going to be publishing Ready or Not, the tactical shooter from Void Interactive. Though a release date wasn’t announced today, the game is coming to Steam Early Access.Ready or Not was initially revealed four years ago with a brief, tech-focused trailer. The game promised to deliver a modern take on the classic SWAT games, offering tactical combat and a wide range of lethal and nonlethal tools in dealing with terrorist and hostage situations….

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It looks like Battlefield 6 might get revealed in May

March 21, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 21 March 2021 11:49 GMT It’s been suggested by an industry insider that Battlefield 6 might be in line for an official reveal from publisher Electronic Arts sometime in May.We’ve recently heard that EA moved Criterion off of its as-yet-untitled Need for Speed game in order to help EA DICE with Battlefield 6, and now it seems we’re due for an update on the anticipated FPS quite soon, too.As per a livestream GamesBeat’s Jeff Grub – a trusted sleuth and reliable source for information about publisher’s plans – Electronic Arts is targeting a May reveal ahead of some…

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Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy has leaked via the Microsoft Store

March 7, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 7 March 2021 13:09 GMT It looks like the most recent trilogy of Tomb Raider games is due for a release as one big collection if a new listing on the Microsoft Store is anything to go by.Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy has appeared on the Microsoft Store and promises a release date of March 18. The Trilogy includes Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider and also contains all the DLC that’s been released for the Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal games that’s been launched since 2013 (cheers, Resetera).“Tomb Raider:…

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Rust Console Edition teaser trailer released, closed beta coming later this month

March 1, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 1 March 2021 20:35 GMT Double Eleven has given us our first look at console version footage for Rust Console Edition, showing off the game we’ll be playing when the survival hit lands on PlayStation and Xbox later in 2021.Rust’s lead developer, Double Eleven, has shared the first footage of what the game will look like on console, following up on an announcement that was made about a non-PC version of the game way back at X019.Though we’ve heard precious little about the PS4 and Xbox One version of the game since it was revealed, it’s nice to see…

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GTA Online player claims to have figured out why the game loads so slow, offers fix

March 1, 2021VG247

A GTA Online modder has apparently been able to reduce loading times by up to 70% and has offered the fix to players wanting to cut down their own loading times, too.Modder T0ST has published an article digging into the infamously appalling loading times in GTA Online. After doing some research and writing a unique program to interact with the game files, T0ST managed to reduce loading times by as much as 70%.Turns out that the game doesn’t necessarily struggle to load thanks to its open-world nature, but because there’s a CPU bottleneck that will be most felt on low-…

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Watch Dogs Legion online multiplayer modes – finally – land in March

February 22, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 22 February 2021 17:25 GMT Watch Dogs Legion‘s delayed online multiplayer will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in March now that the developer has squashed all those troublesome bugs.Ubisoft has announced that the online mode for Watch Dogs Legion (which was delayed back in November 2020) will be available on March 9, and it will be free for all owners of the game via a free update on consoles and PC.The main sell of the update is four new modes that will allow you to wreak havoc across the game’s interpretation of London, and you’ll…

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