Figure out which art pieces are real and which are forgeries

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Where do you find this glowing green stuff?

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Remember Lies of P, the Dark Souls clone announced earlier this year that’s based on the classic Pinocchio fairy tale from 1883? Here’s proof it wasn’t a collective fever dream.

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Sega hasn’t officially announced the name of 2022’s modern Sonic game yet Sonic Frontiers might be the name of the...

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It looks like we may have the next title of the latest Sonic game. In Japan, Sega trademarked the name Sonic Frontiers in both English and Japanese (courtesy of Gematsu).

Back in May this year, the company hosted a Sonic Central presentation to promote the hedgehog's 30th anniversary. Within that presentation, Sega showed a brief teaser of a new Sonic title being developed by Team Sonic, which also handled Sonic Generations and Sonic Forces.

The short video ends with a declaration of a 2022 release window, along with its announced platforms being PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Kadokawa Games has been revealing new artwork and details about the upcoming mecha strategy JRPG Relayer.

We get to see even more of the playable Stella Gear mecha that we’ll be able to enjoy in the game.

The first is Amatsu-Mikaboshi, piloted by Venus. It bears the name of a Shinto god of the stars, at times identified with the planet Venus itself. It’s a sniper-type Stella Gear with excellent ranged power and mobility.

• Name: Amatsu-Mikaboshi
• Model Number: GS-SN01/Ve
• Stats
  • Armor B
  • Mobility A
  • Firepower A
  • Melee C
  • Electronic Warfare B

Update, 11/08/21:

After speculation over a Quality and Performance mode discovered via an Elden Ring purchase listing, FromSoftware has revealed the official specs and compatibility details for the upcoming RPG.

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions will be identical – both have a Resolution mode that prioritizes a 4K resolution with a 30 FPS lock, and a Performance mode that will prioritize 60 FPS gameplay with a dynamic resolution that adjusts while playing to ensure the 60 FPS frame rate remains stable. Both new-gen consoles will support raytracing (via patch) and HDR as well. 

The Xbox Series S will support resolutions up to 1440p and a 60FPS framerate (via the Performance mode). It also supports HDR, but it won't include raytracing. 

On the PlayStation 4 Pro, expect an 1800p resolution, a 30 FPS frame rate, and HDR. The standard PlayStation 4 doesn't support HDR so don't expect it there. You can expect a resolution up to 1080p with 30 FPS, though. 

Xbox One X consoles will support up to 4K resolutions, HDR, and a 30 FPS framerate. Xbox One consoles will hit resolutions in Elden Ring up to 900p and a frame rate of 30FPS, but HDR will not be available. 

Developer Turtle Rock has released a fresh post-launch content roadmap for its well-received co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood, promising a host of new features into 2022, including a much-requested solo offline mode with campaign progression before this year is through.

Back 4 Blood, you might recall, came in for criticism on release when players discovered its unwavering always-online requirements, even when playing solo with AI teammates. Worse, restrictions to solo mode meant players wishing to go it alone were prevented from earning progress towards Accomplishments, earning Supply Points, and even tracking stats. Following player feedback, Turtle Rock wrote, "We have heard your frustrations about progression in solo mode and are discussing ways to address the issue".

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(Not really, get them for yourself) The nights are drawing in and the great indoors is becoming just as chilly...

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Nintendo has once again released Amiibo Cards for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and they’ve once again sold out, leading to a second-hand market full of hassle and sky-high mark-ups. It’s perfect timing considering the game’s big 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise DLC recently went live, and players are desperate to…

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Three premium expansions in 2022; two free updates to close out this year

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Today Ubisoft fully revealed the new operation for its popular squad tactical shooter Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, alongside its new operator, which were teased a few days ago.

The new operator, Thorn, hails from Ireland, and she’s a defender with a nasty ace up her sleeve in the form of the Razorbloom Shell. You can deploy it in sneaky places and wait for it to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting enemy attackers.

Actually, they’ll likely be rather suspicious considering that the device makes a sound when it’s about to explode, spreading panic before dealing the damage.

We also get to take a look at the rework of the Outback map and more goodies that are going to come with the new operation, named High Calibre.

You can check out a recap video below, alongside another with the full recording of the reveal panel.

Halo Infinite senior multiplayer designer Patrick Wren has left 343 Industries to join Respawn Entertainment to work on a Star Wars game.

Wren announced on Twitter that he has joined the "Jedi team" as a senior encounter designer at Respawn on an unannounced project. Wren worked on the Star Wars universe before, having spent time working on Star Wars: First Assault in 2012-2013. The game was canceled as part of Disney's buyout of the Star Wars brand from George Lucas.

Wren moved to 343 Industries in 2013 where he worked on Halo 5: Guardians and Halo Infinite most recently. His decision to leave the studio just before Halo Infinite launches does not signal anything negative about the game. It is common for there to be turnover when projects wrap up.

It’s impossible to fully escape the Spartan

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The free game trial runs from November 10–16 and you can pre-load it now on your Switch It’s a minor...

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Update: Thanks to your overwhelming support, this weekend, we were able to raise over $50,000 (and still climbing) for Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in Saint Paul, Minnesota. If you watched the stream, donated, or otherwise participated, THANK YOU! And we also want to say an extra special "Thank you" to community members like Bob Buel, Plaid Yeti, and Zachary Pligge who helped raise additional support. 

In case you missed it, this year's show was a total blast! We auctioned off some incredible game memorabilia, such as a Mega Man X Legacy Cartridge from iam8bit, a MinnMax-themed Gameboy Advance, and the first-ever copy of Game Informer Gold, which auctioned for $2000! Mark your calendars for Extra Life 2022 right now!

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins’ fighter pilot film was supposed to start shooting in 2022

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If you can’t get enough of the popular “Poke-Lid” enameled manhole designs, you’ll be excited to know that there are eight more designs that have just been unveiled in Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island.

This time, each of these eight new Poke-Lid designs feature Vulpix along with several other Pokemon friends. Here are all of the Pokemon you’ll see in this latest batch of manholes:

• Alolan Vulpix with two Eiscue and a Cubchoo
• Alolan Vulpix riding on a Decidueye
• Alolan Vulpix and Kantonian Vulpix with two Mudbray
• Alolan Vulpix with Weavile
• Alolan Vulpix with Hatenna and Vanillite
• Alolan Vulpix with Dialga
• Kantonian Vulpix with Palkia
• Alolan Vulpix with dusk form Lycanroc

These eight Poke-Lids will be installed in Asahikawa,Kushiro, Obihiro, Abashiri, Akaigawa, Higashikawa, Shari, and Erimo, respectively. The manholes will also serve as PokeStop locations in the game Pokemon GO.

More cards, modes, and ways to deal with the Ridden It seemed pretty clear that Back 4 Blood was going to get...

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Jerry Hawthorne once again blends storytelling and miniatures gameplay

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The gift of paying for gifts in 4 interest-free payments with Klarna. Shop what you love from GameStop, without breaking your budget. Online and in-store.

How-to use Klarna online:

• Visit GameStop.com
• Add items you love to your cart.
• Choose Klarna at checkout under "More Pay Later Options" to split your purchase into 4 interest-free payments.
• The first payment is collected when your order ships. The remaining 3 payments are collected automatically every 2 weeks.

How-to us Klarna in-store:

• Download or open the Klarna app.
• Navigate to the "in-store" tab. Select GameStop.
• Create a digital card for the amount you plan to spend.
• Use Klarna to split the cost of your purchase into 4 interest-free payments, collected automatically every 2 weeks.

On November 4, the first reviews for Shin Megami Tensei V were published. And while a number of those reviews drew ire from a certain segment of the SMT community, one in particular garnered more heat than most. The IGN review for the game scored it a very respectable 8, but some readers were nonetheless quite upset…

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Meeting of the mind-rippers Here’s an interesting date night. The horror aficionados at Bloober Team will be partnering with the...

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Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft's Netflix-like video game subscription service and its library continues to grow with each passing month. This November alone, the service is gaining Forza Horizon 5, It Takes Two, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition, and more. However, the usual monthly announcement of Xbox Game Pass titles isn't always the only slew of games we learn are coming to the service. 

Every now and then, Xbox likes to tease some surprise additions and today, the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account began to tease...something. 

Things are going to get a bit...orange this week

Back 4 Blood, the newly released PC and console shooter from the developers of Left 4 Dead, is getting a good amount of post-launch DLC, and the studio has now run through what's coming.

The post-launch content roadmap includes free updates and releases that are part of the paid-for annual pass. The free updates include a solo offline mode--which players had been requesting since launch--as well as a new difficulty level, another co-op mode, new cards and a new card type, and seasonal content for the holidays.

As for the paid content, the Tunnels of Terror expansion is coming in 2022. It features new story content, another activity type, and more weapons, cards, and skins. More details about Tunnels of Terror will be announced later. It's the first of three expansions included in the Annual Pass, which costs $40 or is available through the Back 4 Blood Deluxe ($90) and Ultimate ($100) editions.

Check out the Back 4 Blood DLC roadmap below to see what's coming and when.

Back 4 Blood released in early October and quickly picked up more than 6 million players. The game no doubt enjoyed a surge in players thanks in part to it being included with Game Pass. While Back 4 Blood has reached 6 million players, neither Turtle Rock nor WB has announced how many copies the game sold, nor has it announced if the game has turned a profit against what it cost to develop.

Battlefield 2042's official release is fast approaching, but one player has reportedly already been playing the full game.

Though they didn't elaborate exactly on how, Reddit user Aaronfrogger said they were able to access the full version of Battlefield 2042 after pre-loading the game on Xbox. Aaaronfrogger has gone on to make multiple posts on the Battlefield 2042 subreddit sharing all kinds of new looks at the game, ranging from glimpses of the game's menus, a new look at weapon customization, and screenshots of bot matches.

More than a few players on the game's subreddit seem displeased with the total number of weapons launching with Battlefield 2042, as revealed in a screenshot posted by Aaronfrogger. The image shows the full game will reportedly have three secondaries, four SMGs, four assault rifles, two LMGs, three DMRs, three shotguns, and three sniper rifles. That would make for a grand total of 22 weapons at launch, if the alleged screenshot is the real deal.

Microsoft's latest big exclusive, Forza Horizon 5, is out now with early access ahead of its public debut on November 9. The company is releasing a special-edition Xbox controller with it, and we can now report that the pad looks just as nice in real life as it does in the official images.

The controller--which Microsoft sent to GameSpot--features an eye-catching transparent yellow splatter design featuring blue and pink accents. The same colors are on the sticks and face buttons. On the back are "racing-inspired" textured grips modeled after perforated-style performance car steering wheels, as well as textured bumpers and triggers. The triggers are blue and pink. The front features a hybrid d-pad and the rest of the standard basics. The Horizon "H" is featured in the back of the controller pack.

You can get a closer look at the controller in the image gallery below. Click each image to make it full size.

The island moves at your pace So we’ve had a weekend with the new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and...

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People can start farming in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and here's how to find crops, start a farm, and begin making recipes.

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Pokémon Smile, the augmented reality smartphone app designed to encourage children to brush their teeth, has just received its first ever content update, almost 18 months after its initial launch back in June last year.

Pokémon Smile, if you're unfamiliar, tasks users with rescuing Pokémon from "cavity causing bacteria" - by brushing their actual teeth with an actual brush - all while wearing a special AR hat. Any Pokémon saved from calamity are popped in a Pokédex, and there's a photo and sticker element for those really into the whole thing.

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Today Third-party developers released new assets about upcoming aircraft and scenery add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

First of all, we hear from  IndiaFoxtEcho, which released new screenshots and details about its upcoming F-35 Lightning II. More specifically, they explained how they plan to implement carrier operations and scenery.

We have received a number of questions regarding the carrier screenshots we have recently shown – and frankly, we think they are overhyped.

Just to set the record straight, first: in our opinion, the best and most realistic carrier operations environment is by far DCS Supercarrier. Second: there are a lot of limitations at the moment in MSFS so that decent carrier ops simulations cannot be achieved.

That being said, we are developing a small fleet of HIGHLY detailed carriers as STATIC objects, just to create a “companion” package for the F-35 and mostly to highlight the differences between the F-35 variants.
At the moment we have:

America class LHA (meant to be used with the F-35B of course):
USS LHA-6 in the China Sea, not far from the Japanese Coast, close to Nagasaki, Japan.
USS LHA-7 off the coast of San Diego, USA

Gerald R. Ford class CVN (for the F-35C):
USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78, North of NAS Key West, USA

Millions of Back 4 Blood players who have spent the past few weeks running through its gauntlet of horrors ad nausem have new updates to look forward to. Turtle Rock has laid out the content roadmap, which begins in earnest this December and extends into next year.

First and foremost, every update will be free of charge. For lone wolf players, the most welcomed addition is solo offline play and campaign progression. The full content calendar is as follows (which you can also view in the header above):  

November

• Quality of Life improvements/bug fixes

December

• New Supply Lines
• Ridden practice area
• Holiday seasonal event
• Solo offline mode with campaign progression
• New card type
• All new cards

2022

You can toggle between every version on the site Wondering what the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Switch version looks like?...

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Following a period of free server transfers, Amazon Game Studios says server merges will be coming to New World in the future.

The news comes via a reply from Amazon Games developer Kay in response to a topic on the game's official forums on the subject of low population servers and the need for server merges. As the user who started the topic points out, much of New World's endgame content relies on other players, whether it's for the faction vs. faction Wars, the Outpost Rush battleground, or elite farming runs. That makes it extremely challenging for players on very low population servers to actually, well, play the game.

"Hey there, world merges are on the horizon, but require additional scale testing before we are confident enough to use the tech on the live worlds," Kay writes on the game's forums. "As you can imagine given the first few rocky weeks, we are using an over abundance of caution here. Keep an eye out in the official news area for an update from our Community Managers on this in the near future."

The need for server merges is an issue of Amazon's own making. To combat long login queues during launch week, Amazon created numerous new servers and encouraged players to create characters on them to avoid queues. Amazon later offered free server transfers, so that players who may have created a character on a different server than they originally intended could find a permanent home once the game's population stabilized.