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The Sims 4 Update 1.41 May 13 Patch Released, First of 2 Patches This Month

by Alex Co

May 13, 2021 1:50 pm in News

Developer Maxis has released The Sims 4 update 1.41 May 13 patch, and is the first patch of two title updates planned this month of May. This first one is considered the “smaller” patch, with the second one getting a bigger list of fixes.

Related Reading: EA: Battlefield and EA Sports Games Have Been Leaders in “Every Platform Generation Shift”

The Sims 4 Update 1.41 May 13 Patch Notes:

Note: for detailed explanations for each change, head on to the link that leads to EA’s Answers website.

The first one is going to be on the smaller side, but all good things come in small packages 🙂 Here’s the list of the top community concerns we’re investigating for the first game update:

The second update is due out later this month and will include the following fixes:

Happy creating and living, Sims people!

Source: EA

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EA Sports UFC 4 Update 11.00 May 13 Adds 2 Fighters, Visual Changes & More

by Alex Co

1:45 pm in News

EA Vancouver has released another hefty update to EA Sports UFC 4! The EA Sports UFC 4 update 11.00 May 13 patch adds two new fighters, an updated look to some of the fighters’ looks, and more.

EA Sports UFC 4 Update 11.00 May 13 Patch Notes:

New Fighters Added:

Dan Ige makes his entrance to the digital octagon this month. Currently, Ige is the 8th ranked Featherweight in the UFC. Ige sports a 4-star overall rating including 4-stars for grappling, striking, and health.

Veteran fighter Viviane Araújo makes her debut sporting a 4-star overall rating. As the 7th ranked Women’s Flyweight, she is lead by 4.5 stars in health and 4 stars for grappling and striking.

Check out the visual changes for champs, Israel Adesanya and Francis Ngannou below.

Major Updates:

Added 2 new fighters, Dan Ige and Viviane Araujo

Community Feedback:

Israel Adesanya and Francis Ngannou likenesses updated
Increased stamina cost and added miss and evasion stamina penalties to Collar Tie attempt
Yancy Medeiros no longer has the Bulldog perk listed twice

That’s about it for this patch. Once we get wind of the next one, we’ll let our readers know.

Source: EA

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Assassins Creed: Valhalla Wrath of the Druids DLC Trailer Unleashes a New Cult Adventure for the Game

by Tim Villasor

1:25 pm in News

Get ready to strike back for the glory of vikings and beyond in the world where Assassins and Templars reign, as Ubisoft reveals the Assassins Creed: Valhalla Wrath of the Druids DLC trailer — which unleashes a new cult adventure that players can look forward to in the game!

Here’s the trailer for the new DLC expansion that sees us journey back to 9th century Ireland and meeting a mystical cult!

As the twelfth major installment in the long running Assassins Creed franchise, Valhalla was released in November of last year for next gen and current gen consoles as well as PC. Here’s the overview if you haven’t managed to play this open-world stealth adventure game yet.

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, you are Eivor, a fierce Viking warrior raised on tales of battle and glory. Explore a dynamic and beautiful open world set against the brutal backdrop of England’s Dark Ages. Raid your enemies, grow your settlement, and build your political power in your quest to earn your place among the gods in Valhalla.

You can read our review of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla here to find out why this game is simply a must play experience for gamers worldwide.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s Wrath of the Druids expansion will become available with the game’s season pass starting May 13!

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EA: Battlefield and EA Sports Games Have Been Leaders in “Every Platform Generation Shift”

by Alex Co

12:52 pm in News

With Battlefield 2021 confirmed for the current-gen consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X), and last-gen, this scenario might be familiar to Battlefield 4 players who also saw the game released on both the PS3, Xbox 360, and PS4, Xbox One.

Related Reading: EA: Battlefield Will Lead Up to “Incredible Live Service for the Future”

According to EA (via the latest quarterly earnings report), the publisher’s EA Sports titles and the Battlefield franchise have been leaders in “every platform generation shift.”

If you go back to the history of our industry, every time we were able to deliver high fidelity, more meaningfully immersive products as a result of increased processing powered platform transitions, we’ve been able to grow the market dramatically. And sports and games like Battlefield have been leaders on that every platform generation shift. And we’re excited by the fact our entire EA SPORTS portfolio and Battlefield will be developed specifically around features for next-gen players. – Andrew Wilson, EA CEO

In the same earnings report, another EA exec said that the Battlefield 2021 reveal trailer will “really blow people away” after seeing it.

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition Crashing on Xbox Due to Headsets, Here’s a Workaround Fix

by James Lara

12:15 pm in News

Mass Effect Legendary Edition has officially launched today in some regions, and while fans prepare themselves for this epic three game journey, they should know that there appears to be a Mass Effect Legendary Edition crashing bug going on, at least for Xbox players.

As with all games, it seems that the Mass Effect Legendary Edition has quite a bit of launch day issues. More notably, there are reports of the game crashing instantly upon boot from multiple Reddit users.

Mass Effect Crashes Everytime at Main Menu.
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For those of you whose Mass Effect LE is crashing
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XSX crash caused by Xbox Wireless Headset
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EA has acknowledged the issue, and states that they are working with Microsoft to get a post-launch update out as soon as possible. In the meantime, similar to the user’s workaround above, the company has provided a step-by-step guide on how you can avoid the crashes and use your headset. In quick, just don’t have your headset hooked up when booting and selecting which Mass Effect to play.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Crash Bug Workaround (Xbox One and Xbox Serties)

1. Ensure your wireless headset is turned off
2: Launch Mass Effect Legendary Edition from the dashboard.
3: Once you are at the launcher screen with the game, choose Mass Effect 1, 2 or 3.
(don’t turn on your headset yet, we’re nearly there)
4. Once you are at the title screen for either Mass Effect 1, 2 or 3 you can now turn on your headset, and you will be able to play with audio working as normal.

Note: If you return to the launcher for selecting ME 1, 2 or 3, at any time while your wireless headset is conneced, the game will close out and return you to the Xbox dashboard.

Stay tuned to our review of Mass Effect Legendary Edition which should hi the site soon!

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Latest Borderlands 3 May 13 Hotfix Update Rolled Out

by Alex Co

11:38 am in News

Gearbox Software is rolling out (or has rolled out depending on which platform) the latest Borderlands 3 May 13 hotfix update, which requires no download.. This is for the True Trials event announced yesterday, and for weapon adjustments.

Latest Borderlands 3 May 13 Hotfix Update Patch Notes:

Today’s changes to Borderlands 3 activate the True Trials event for the Trial of Survival and adjust various pieces of gear. During this event, the Trial of Survival boss has received a HUGE boost to its health and the damage it will be dishing out to players. This mini-event cannot be turned off, so new players beware!

As a reminder, Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine will be moving to a new location on Thursdays at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET and is activated with a hotfix. This week’s gear has a special appearance of a piece of gear from the first Borderlands 3 add-on. As a reminder, players are unable to equip an add-on’s gear if they do not yet own the add-on it comes from.

These changes will be live on all platforms by 12:00 PM PT. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that reads, “Hotfixes Applied!” If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.

Activating the True Trial of Survival event, which will be active until May 20 at 8:59 AM PT

As a reward, the boss will be dropping two Legendary weapons. Each drop has a chance of being either The Lob or the Lucky 7 from the Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot add-on (Note: You must own the Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot add-on to be able to equip its gear).

In addition, the chest at the end of the Trial of Survival will be full of Legendaries regardless of how quickly you completed it or how many objectives you scored!

Addressed a reported issue that was sometimes causing the Magnificent to occasionally lose its buff

WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS

Hellfire

Increased weapon damage

TK’s Wave

Increased projectile speed
Increased weapon damage

Crossroad

Increased weapon damage

Narp

Increased mag size

Polybius

Increased weapon damage

Malak’s Bane

Increased weapon damage

Bekah

Increased weapon damage

Lyuda

Increased mag size

Enjoy the event, vault hunters!

Source: Borderlands

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E3 2021 Digital Event Plans Announced, Online Portal and App Plans Revealed

by Tim Villasor

11:27 am in News

If you’re attending the annual video game showcase spectacle that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo then you’re in luck, as E3 2021’s digital event plans have been announced — with an online portal and app plans revealed to help users attend at the comfort of their own homes or workplace!

As the global pandemic continues to be a present problem that bars any live event gatherings from happening, E3 is adopting the digital approach and has laid out their plans via press release which you can read below.

“From the moment we decided to host E3 virtually, we’ve been focused on providing an interactive experience for fans around the globe that goes beyond the typical livestream,” said Stanley Pierre-Louis, President & CEO of the ESA. “The result is a bespoke online portal and app that will allow fans, media and industry professionals to have an E3 experience designed to run parallel to the four-day broadcast, laying the foundation for interactive E3 elements to continue beyond this year’s all-virtual show.”

Registration for access to the online E3 portal will be free and begin later this month.

Beginning on June 12, the public version of the online portal will give access to:

Exhibitor Booths – Featuring special events, VOD content and articles, exhibitor booths will act as hubs within the portal for key announcements and game information tied to each exhibitor
Lounges – Online gathering spots for all E3 attendees
Forums – Special boards for focused online discussion and sharing among attendees
Leaderboards – Gamified show elements that can be collected and displayed, encouraging fans to interact in as many ways as possible
Profile Creation – All attendees can create their own unique profiles within the portal and app, which can be customized

Online booths, activities, press cons, and other exciting announcements can be found in the official E3 website.

E3 2021 will be running from June 12 to June 15, and Big names such as Sega, Square Enix, Bandai and more will participate as you can read about here.

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Remnant From the Ashes Update 1.23 May 13 Fires Out for Next-Gen Upgrade

by Alex Co

10:34 am in News

Gunfire Games has released the Remnant From the Ashes update 1.23 May 13 patch, and this is a free upgrade to current-gen with some enhancements! Check out the full details below.

Remnant From the Ashes Update 1.23 May 13 Patch Notes:

Check out the trailer and official details below.

Perfect World Entertainment and Gunfire Games announced today that Remnant: From the Ashes has received a free major upgrade patch that harnesses the power of new-generation console tech to dramatically improve the game’s visual fidelity and performance. With this upgrade, players can now experience the hit survival action shooter in 4K resolution at 30fps on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X, and achieve 60fps (up from 30fps) at 1080p resolution on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X/S. The patch also improves loading times so players can explore the Remnant universe faster than before.

That’s about it. There’s no new content, or any tweaks made, but if you haven’t played the game yet, it’s definitely worth checking out at a better resolution and whatnot.

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GTA Online Weekly Update May 13, 2021

by Alex Co

10:18 am in News

It’s Thursday, and Rockstar Games has released the GTA Online weekly update May 13, 2021 activities and discounts refresh! Check out the summary and highlghts below.

GTA Online Weekly Update May 13, 2021:

Double GTA$ and RP on Special Vehicle Work and Business Battles
Triple GTA$ and RP on Target Assault Races all week long
A free White Vom Feur Hoodie for logging in
A free Galaxy livery for the Anti-Aircraft Trailer for players Rank 100 and above (to be received within 72 hours of logging in after May 24th)
The Declasse Drift Yosemite is this week’s top prize at the Lucky Wheel
50% off Executive Offices and their Upgrades & Modifications
50% off Mk II Ammo
Weaponized Vehicle Discounts: 40% off the Anti-Aircraft Trailer, Benefactor Turreted Limo, Jobuilt Phantom Wedge, Karin Technical Aqua and HVY Menacer, plus 30% off the BF Dune FAV, Vapid Caracara, and Bravado Gauntlet Hellfire
Prime Gaming Bonuses: Players who connect their Social Club account with Prime Gaming will get the Kosatka Submarine’s Sonar Station for free, alongside a GTA$200K bonus for playing any time this week
New Prime Gaming Discounts: 80% off the Ocelot Jugular and Enus Stafford, plus 35% off the Veto Modern
And ongoing Triple GTA$ and RP on Motor Wars until June 2nd

Discounts

Looking to put that white collar on and make some morally questionable power plays in sky-high conference rooms? Snap up an Executive Office and customize it to your exacting specifications — you will save 50% on the brick and mortar and all its upgrades, modifications, and renovations if you do it this week.

As for street-level crime: don’t get caught lacking in a firefight — stock up by visiting the Weapons Workshop inside your Mobile Operations Center, Avenger, or any other upgrade compatible installation to refill your Mk II ammo, half off all week.

Once you’re stocked up, you might be in the market for a new vehicle. Think bigger, heavier, with machine-guns built right in. If that got you salivating, there’s a range of weaponized vehicles on sale, below.

Weaponized Vehicles:

Anti-Aircraft Trailer — 40% off
Benefactor Turreted Limo — 40% off
Jobuilt Phantom Wedge — 40% off
Karin Technical Aqua — 40% off
BF Dune FAV — 30% off
Vapid Caracara — 30% off
Bravado Gauntlet Hellfire — 30% off
HVY Menacer — 40% off

That’s it for this week!

Tags: GTA Online Rockstar Games

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Cosmic Red DualSense Controller More Expensive Than Standard Price, Release Date Revealed

by James Lara

9:59 am in News

Earlier today, Sony announced two new DualSense color variants that are set for release next month. While details on their exact dates and pricing weren’t given, it seems that the official pre-order pages have gone live, revealing those exact specifications, and it’s confirmed that the Cosmic Red DualSense controller costs a bit more than your standard priced controllers.

For those planning on getting their hands on either (or both) new DualSense controller colors, you’ll be excited to learn that they will be launching on June 11. What’s more, the prices have also been revealed with the Midnight Black controller costing the same MSRP ($69.99) as the white DualSense and the Cosmic Red DualSense controller being a bit more with a $74.99 price tag.

Outside of having different colors, these controllers function exactly the same (as far as we know) as the standard launch controllers. It is possible that the company has improved some of the components, such as the sticks to fix the drift issues from before, but this is yet to be known.

About the DualSense Controller

Bring gaming worlds to life

Feel your in-game actions and environment simulated through haptic feedback.**
Experience varying force and tension at your fingertips with adaptive triggers.**

Find your voice, share your passion

Chat online through the built-in microphone.***
Connect a headset directly via the 3.5mm jack.
Switch voice capture on and off using the dedicated mute button.
Record and broadcast your epic gaming moments with the create button.**

A gaming icon in your hands

Enjoy a comfortable, evolved design with an iconic layout and enhanced sticks.
Charge and play with a built-in battery and USB Type-C****.
Intuitively interact with select games using the integrated motion sensor.
Hear higher-fidelity* sound effects through the built-in speaker in supported games.

Additionally, Sony has also released some new images of the controller, which you can find below.

Cosmic Red DualSense Controller Images

Midnight Black DualSense Controller Images

Both variants will be available at retailers starting June 11.

Are you willing to pay a bit more to get the red one? Does this confirm that other color variants will cost a bit more in the future, too?

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New DualSense Controller Colors Revealed, and Available Next Month

by Alex Co

9:47 am in News

As expected, Sony has announced two new DualSense controller colors today, and they will be available starting next month!

Helping add a lot more color to your white PS5 and DualSense are the “Cosmic Red” and “Midnight Black” color variants! Check out the trailer for both below.

Availability date will vary depending on location, so check your local retailer (online or otherwise) to see when it’s available.

Here are a few choice words from the Sony design team on the new DualSense controller colors:

“Our goal is to always find designs that will surprise and entice our fans, and these new colors are the result of an extensive selection process. We wanted the new controller colors to complement each other, as well as the original DualSense wireless controller and PS5 console, so we designed the colors around the theme of ‘galaxy’ as it felt like a natural progression from the original PS5 and accessories designs.”

– Leo Cardoso

“Both Midnight Black and Cosmic Red feature a subtle blue hue, that produces unique shades of red and black. A blue hue is also present in the original DualSense wireless controller colors, so all three colors complement each other nicely. The controller’s button colors and detailing has been tailored to complement the new colors as well.

We hope these new additions will bring further joy and excitement to our fans’ gaming experience.”
– Satoshi Aoyagi

In other PlayStation news, Sony has confirmed that it’s working on 25 new PS5 games, with almost half of them being based on new IPs.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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MLB The Show Update 1.06 May 13 Swings Out for Fixes

by Alex Co

8:25 am in News

Following this week’s rather big MLB The Show 21 title update, SIE San Diego Studio has released the new MLB The Show 21 update 1.06 May 13 patch that brings in a few more fixes to the baseball sim. Head on for the full patch notes below.

MLB The Show Update 1.06 May 13 Patch Notes:

Here’s what the studio had to say regarding today’s update:

Game Update 6 & server restart @ 4 AM PT on 5/13/21 please complete all games prior to that time.
This is a small update that fixes a few issues causing missing skin textures, clipping helmets, and a crash in Road to the Show.

Yep, that’s about it, as one might expect, it’s not a big patch given we just got a beefier one a few days ago.

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Fall Guys Update 1.23 May 13 Patch Stumbles Out for Season 4.5

by Alex Co

6:43 am in News

Mediatonic has rolled out the Fall Guys update 1.23 May 13 patch for Season 4.5! There are two new rounds, fixes, round variations and more! Head on for the complete list of changes in the patch notes.

Fall Guys Update 1.23 May 13 Patch Notes:

Two New Rounds

The Slimescraper – To reach the summit, intrepid beans will have to outrun the slime and master multiple floors of mayhem in this spiritual successor to Slime Climb.
Button Bashers – It’s 1v1! Players are split into duelling pairs across multiple mini-arenas; most points at the end of the timer wins!

Fresh Round Variations

55 additional variations across 12 Rounds, including low-gravity variants of Hex-a-gone and Thin Ice!

Features

Custom Lobbies (known previously as Private Lobbies) are now open to everyone, with an improved experience! You can start games with as few as four players, and PC and PS4 players can play together.
PC and PS4 players can now matchmake together in all game modes! (Cross-platform parties are not possible yet)
New Player Reporting feature for if you spot potential cheaters. We’ll never act solely on reports (reports help us with cross referencing) and we’ll never ban anyone for grabbing or using in-game mechanics in a normal fashion.
Improved latency when grabbing objects or mantling. Things should be much more responsive now
In-game visual indicator to show connection quality to help troubleshoot issues. Wondering if you disconnected? Wonder no more!

Fixes and Improvements

Numerous improvements to de-sync, physics, and related issues. We will continue to update these issues, so please continue to report them.
Snow will now display on Season 3 rounds for PC players!
Fixed Fall Guys having too much throwing power with objects like basketballs, pegwins, eggs, and batteries.

Squads

Fixed incorrectly eliminating the winning Squad in Royal Fumble
Fixed eliminated Squads incorrectly qualifying into the next Round
After tying a Round, Squads will not be randomly eliminated, but instead will all qualify into the next Round
Fixed the ‘Top X Qualify’ number mismatching the Qualified Squads in the Qualification screen
Fixed solo victory animation displaying when winning a Squads Show for some players

Store

Fixed the Featured Store only showing “Coming Soon” for players who have the game open whilst Store refreshes

Wall Guys

Improvement to being able to mantle the blocks even if you are experiencing high ping

Door Dash

Players will no longer be able to climb above the doors and jump out of the Round

Power Trip

Fixed batteries flying out of hands when players run into each other whilst both holding batteries
Fixed Fall Guy being unable to climb a ramp when carrying a battery

Localisation Fixes

[Portuguese] Murder by Numbers’ colour and ‘Glitch’ emote
[Korean] ‘BSOD’ and ‘Game On’ colours
[Japanese + Korean] ‘U.F.G.’ and ‘F.G.I.B.’ costumes
[Multiple] Various pieces of text in Show Selector menu
[Multiple] Various pieces of text in Kudos store

Cosmetics and Animations

Fixed the lack of SFX when performing ‘Hanging guy’ and ‘Plinth Catch’ victory animations
Gato Roboto and Virtual Gato Roboto had the visuals on their shoulders fixed.
Fixed upper issues with Fishtank and Deep Diver costumes
Fixed small gap at waist for Little Leaguer and Pitcher Perfect costumes
Fixed incorrect clipping on The Wimp costume when performing animations
Fixed incorrect versions of the Devolver DLC costumes being shown in Team Rounds

Source: Reddit

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground Showcases Playable Factions in Three Trailers

by Tim Villasor

May 12, 2021 8:45 pm in News

Prepare to battle and choose which side you want to be on in the world of Warhammer, as Focus Home Interactive and Gasket Games have released new videos for Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground — which showcases the playable factions of the game in three trailers!

Check out the first faction in Stormcast Eternals here!

If you want to go dark and evil, the Nighthaunt faction is here for you!

Finally, here’s the last faction in the Maggotkin!

Here’s the details on these three playable factions via press release!

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground, the action-packed, turn-based strategy game developed by Gasket Games and published by Focus Home Interactive based on Games Workshop’s iconic IP, has released three new trailers showcasing the game’s different playable factions. In this dark-fantasy universe where immortal knights ride heavenly stardrakes to eradicate Death across the realms, you’ll choose between the stalwart Stormcast Eternals, ghoulish Nighthaunt, and putrescent Maggotkin. Lead your highly customizable forces in combat, unlocking devastating new units, weapons and skills across three solo campaigns and multiplayer.

The Eternals, Storm Ground’s sturdiest warriors, are worthy of their name. Banding together in tight formations around their hero allows them to withstand tons of damage and shine in long battles.

Nighthaunts, on the other hand, are much more fragile, relying on debuffs to weaken their enemies and summoning units to overwhelm them.

Last, but not least, the Maggotkin compensate their generally sluggish movement with an unrivaled ability to control the battlefield, turning hex tiles into dangerous hazard zones that inflict debilitating effects on the toughest of enemies with ease.

Speaking of the Warhammer universe, check out the new gameplay trailer for the FPS game spin-off Necromunda: Hired Gun here.

Source: Warhammer: Age of Sigmar

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EA: People Will Be “Really Blown Away” by Battlefield 2021 Reveal Trailer; Looks Great on Every Platform

by Alex Co

6:28 pm in News

While the Battlefield 2021 reveal is now set for sometime in June, EA seems very confident that it will deliver on the hype — at least according to an EA executive.

At EA’s quarterly financials report, EA Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen commented that he saw the Battlefield 2021 reveal trailer last week, and while he can’t talk about it just yet, he mentions that people will be “really blown away” by what they see.

I’d love to tell you what I said when I saw the trailer last week, but I would – I can’t because it would get censored, but it’s just to emphasize Andrew’s point, I think people are going to be really blown away. And I’ll tell you on gen-five, it is even more spectacular, but it will be great on either console, but it’s going to be very exciting, I think.

There’s no firm release date yet for the next Battlefield game’s reveal trailer, but EA has mentioned that it’s the “relaunch” of the franchise, and will be available on both last-gen, and current-gen platforms.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Update for May 12 Drops for Hotfix #11

by Alex Co

5:10 pm in News

Larian Studios has released the Baldur’s Gate 3 update for today, May 12, and this is called Hotfix #11! This includes a small list of fixes which you can check below.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Update May 12 Hotfix 11 Patch Notes:

Today’s small hot-fix focuses on solving some bugs & crashes getting in the way of your adventures.Each time you play the game, you help us to find these sorts of issues and your support tickets, Forum and Reddit posts help us narrow down issues, too. Thank you for being with us through Early Access, it means the world to us.

We will be back soon with a larger community update, that goes into some detail about how we process & parse feedback and data we get through talking with you, and the telemetry we have in the game. ‘Til then, sit tight!

Changelist:

Fixed a crash when stepping out of running water

Fixed a rare crash related to animation states

Fixed a crash when party members use jump to follow

Fixed behaviour scripting causing crashes when starting a dialog fails

Fixed thread safety issue in Physx

That’s about it.

Source: Steam

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Scarlet Nexus Demo Arrives First on Xbox Series X, New Gameplay Video Released

by Tim Villasor

5:07 pm in News

Ready yourselves for an action RPG game experience like no other, as Bandai Namco Entertainment have announced that the Scarlet Nexus demo is coming and arrives first on Xbox Series X — with a new gameplay video released to help promote the upcoming game!

Courtesy of Game Informer, here’s the new gameplay footage that teases how the game will play!

As announced at the official Twitter page of the game, Xbox Series X|S players will get a first taste of Scarlet Nexus with the demo coming first to Microsoft’s next gen system!

『Demo Sequence Initiated』

Are you ready, OSF Cadets? Prepare to take the lead and fight the Others when the #SCARLETNEXUS demo arrives.

Play it first on Xbox Series X|S, coming soon. pic.twitter.com/iQeC4tkMjw

— Scarlet Nexus (@scarlet_nexus) May 12, 2021

Here’s the official story synopsis for Scarlet Nexus via the game’s official website.

In the far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changed the world as we knew it.

As humanity entered this new era, deranged mutants known as Others began to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. Highly resistant to conventional attack methods, extreme measures needed to be taken to battle the overwhelming threat and preserve humanity.

Those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psionics, were our only chance to fight the onslaught from above.

Since then, psionics have been scouted for their talents and recruited to the Other Suppression Force (OSF), humanity’s last line of defense.

Featuring a dual story, begin your adventure with either Yuito Sumeragi, an energetic recruit from a prestigious political family or Kasane Randall, the mysterious scout whose power and skill has gained great notoriety among the OSF.

As their different experiences interweave with each other, it is only then that you will reveal the full story and unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities in SCARLET NEXUS.

Last time we reported on Scarlet Nexus, the game revealed its release date to be June 21, and that’s more than a month away!

Scarlet Nexus will be released for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on June 24.

Source: Scarlet Nexus website

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Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster Joins Game Pass Tomorrow

by James Lara

2:54 pm in News

As confirmed on the official Xbox Game Pass account, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will be joining the Xbox Game Pass lineup tomorrow.

Taking to Twitter today, the Xbox Game Pass official account tweeted out the following message:

Translate for good news:

VEHYM VYHDYCO Q | Q-2 RT NASYCDANAT EC YJYEMYPMA DUSUNNUF

— Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) May 12, 2021

“Translate for good news: VEHYM VYHDYCO Q | Q-2 RT NASYCDANAT EC YJYEMYPMA DUSUNNUF”

For those unaware by what language this is, this belongs to the Al Bhed, a tribe that was featured in both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. When ran through an Al Bhed translator, the message reads as:

“FINAL FANTASY X | X-2 HD REMASTERED IS AVAILABLE TOMORROW”

There you have it folks, Square Enix is dropping the HD Remaster collection tomorrow as part of the Xbox Game Pass service.

About the remasters –

FINAL FANTASY X tells the story of a star blitzball player, Tidus, who journeys with a young and beautiful summoner named Yuna on her quest to save the world of Spira from an endless cycle of destruction wrought by the colossal menace Sin.

FINAL FANTASY X-2 returns to the world of Spira two years after the beginning of the Eternal Calm. Having been shown a mysterious but familiar image in a sphere, Yuna becomes a Sphere Hunter and along with her companions Rikku and Paine, embarks on a quest around the world to find the answers to the mystery within.

Based on the international versions of the games that were previously only released in Japan and Europe, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster brings these timeless classics forward to the current generation of fans, old and new alike.

Key Features:

Characters, monsters, and environments have been fine-tuned to HD detail, providing a richer, deeper FINAL FANTASY visual experience.
Other features in the PC version include remastered/rearranged BGM,
International Edition content,
Auto-save and 5 game boosters including high speed and no encounter modes.

Not a bad offering if we say so ourselves, one that we highly recommend any Final Fantasy fans to give a try if they haven’t already.

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Apex Legends: Respawn Has Been Able to Grow “Every Metric,” Out to “Protect Players” Says EA

by Alex Co

2:48 pm in News

Given how much love Respawn Entertaainment has given to Apex Legends, it’s not that surprising that it’s a major success. Not only is it raking in the big bucks for EA, but it also has blasted through their data, too.

In EA’s latest earnings report, EA was asked about the success of Apex Legends, and the publisher answered that it has grown in “every metric” the company has.

Alexia Quadrani (JP Morgan) Hi, thank you. Can you elaborate on the success, the tremendous success you’ve seen in Apex Legends? I mean is it a core group of players playing the game more and more season after season? Or have you notably expanded the player bases well?

Andrew Wilson (EA CEO): I would say as we look at the data on Apex Legends, we have seen from season to season, what the Apex Legends team have been able to do is grow pretty much every meaningful metric around the business. The amount of players, the amount of time players spend, the amount of connections players have in the game, the amount of touch point the players have and of course revenue generation from that growing player base. I think as we project forward, what they have done from the very beginning is ensure that they always protect the gaming community, but they’re very close and listen to the gaming community offering what that community wants, the day to day retention is off the charts for free to play game and that’s why we are confident in projecting future growth around both the existing base and then of course Apex Mobile.

In the same report, EA mentioned that life-to-date, Apex Legends has earned over $1B in revenue foor the publisher.

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Sony Has 25 First-Party PS5 Games in Development, 10 Are New IPs

by Tim Villasor

1:54 pm in News

Six months after it was released to the world despite setbacks in supply and the global pandemic, Sony has 25 first-party PS5 games in development — as 10 are new IPs and industry veterans and developers saying that there is a lot of potential to be mined from the next generation console.

Speaking to Wired, Ember Lab founder and Kena: Edge of Spirit developer Josh Grier spoke on how Sony asked them to make their game available to both PS4 and PS5 users, while also noting just how much potential the next generation system has.

“Our groundwork was on the PS4,” says Josh Grier. “But looking at game two, focusing on taking advantage of the SSD and building mechanics and tools around that, will be really fun. I know for sure we haven’t fully taken advantage of how actually fast it is—we were getting a lot of benefits of it being just out-of-the-box better. But I think you can push it even more.”

Promising that the PS5 would be a revolutionary device in itself that continues to evolve, PlayStation Chief Architect Mark Cerny also spoke about his conversations with developers and how he welcomes the feedback from them to help better improve the system.

“The conversations can be very contentious,” he says. “I actively seek out the people who will have strong opinions, who clearly lay out all the issues they’re having with the hardware, so that we can get busy thinking about how we can address those in the future.”

With more than a dozen first party titles in active development for the system, there’s going to be some pretty interesting games to look forward to that are exclusive to PlayStation in the future.

While there’s plenty of potential to look forward to with the PS5, system shortages will likely continue to next year.

Source: Wired

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