Capcom has issued a warning about fake Resident Evil Village early access invitations.

In a note to press, the company said it was made aware of emails in circulation that pretend to contain early access invitations for the hotly-anticipated horror game, with the sender address displayed as "no-reply(at)capcom(dot)com".

"We want to inform you that these messages are NOT from Capcom and appear to be phishing attempts by an unauthorised third-party," Capcom said.

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Yesterday saw publisher Dotemu come leaping out of the sewers (erm... no offense) with the announcement of a brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade brawler.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is in development for PC and consoles at Tribute Games - a studio not only responsible for the enjoyable Mercenary Kings, but who also houses developers who worked on Ubisoft's great 2010 brawler Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game. Powered by this trinity of brand, studio, and frenzied fan nostalgia, it's fair to say that much of the internet lost its collective mind when the trailer dropped yesterday morning.

From the short gameplay teaser, it's clear that TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is hoping to capture the awesome multiplayer action of Konami's 1989's arcade classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its 1991 sequel, Turtles in Time. With fans suffering from severe shell-shock at the announcement, there's a few details featured in the trailer that might've passed them by.

Music Week continues with Bertie meeting a composer whose work had a powerful effect on him, and whose processes aren't at all what he expected.

What is it about the music in Vampyr that appeals to me so much? I've played plenty of games with great music but this was the first to really make me think about it, to listen, to contemplate, to wonder. Maybe it's the loneliness of the cello. There's a powerful melancholy and almost yearning quality to it, in the way the bow sweeps the strings and makes that rasping, sonorous wave of noise; in and out, the sound lapping at your attention. And within it, there's a sense of aching. The more I think about it, the more it seems to be Jonathan Reid, the vampire, alone on the streets of 1918 London. Alone while coming to terms with what he is, what this world is, and where he fits within it.

Not only do I love the sound and the associations of it, I love the confidence I picture behind it. A confidence to do things differently, to strip everything back and just present a naked sound. No orchestra, no overt demonstration of musical power, no insecurity fuelling a need to impress. Instead, a cello. A cello played almost improvisationally, with scraps of melody moving irregularly as if on a whim. A cello not afraid to be ugly, to squeak by being played on the bridge. Who does that? Who commands someone to make those sounds for a game and knows they will be OK, that they will be enough?

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Ken Levine’s original BioShock was one of the most iconic games of the Xbox 360/ PS3 era. Not only did it bring tight gunplay and supernatural plasmids to the table for some satisfying combat, but it also introduced us to one of the most atmospheric video game worlds we’ve ever visited, Rapture.

A mediocre sequel followed, which in turn was followed by a stronger entry in the series, but one that took us away from the dingey depths of Rapture to the city in the sky of Columbia. And now we sit with bated breath awaiting the confirmed, new BioShock game that’s currently in development.

To help tide you over, and test your knowledge, we’ve come up with this BioShock trivia quiz to test your Big Daddy brain. Would you kindly complete it? No particular reason for using that specific phrasing… we just like it.

[Update: Xbox has announced that it will premiere a "Bethesda Joins Xbox" video today at 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET. Described as a "roundtable conversation," Xbox Aaron Greenberg notes that the video will not focus on major news or any game announcements. You can check out the video on the official Xbox YouTube channel.]

Earlier this week, Microsoft received approval from both the U.S. Securities & Exchanges Commission and the European Commission regarding its $7.5 billion USD acquisition of ZeniMax Media, essentially making the latter's studios and publishers Xbox-owned studios.

According to sources speaking with VentureBeat, Microsoft is planning to discuss what this industry-shaking transaction means for Xbox going forward, with specific regard to the Xbox Game Pass service. According to VentureBeat's sources, Microsoft is currently preparing a video presentation for broadcast Thursday, March 11, in order to better explain its plans for its newly owned studios such as Bethesda Softworks.

When it comes to open-world RPGs, Bethesda knows what it’s doing. The Fallout series is a prime example of its expertise in this realm, with huge worlds teeming with easter eggs, cool quests, and scintillating soundtracks to top it all off. Oh, and did we forget to mention the portable nuke launcher, aptly named the Fat Man? Yeah, it’s awesome.

So what better way to celebrate the Fallout series, and test your own knowledge than with a little bit of trivia? Down below, you’ll find 10 questions ranging from easy to crushingly difficult to see just how much of a Vault-Tec fan you really are.

So Apex Legends is out on Switch. That's good!

But it also has some performance issues. That's bad!

But it has cross-play. That's good!

But cross-play can cause you to get smoked by players with twice the framerate and better visuals. That's bad!

EA has announced it has officially launched an investigation into ‘EA Gate’, following allegations that an EA staff member sold Prime Icon Moments cards for the popular FIFA 21 Ultimate Team mode for thousands of dollars.

The allegations were raised yesterday when unverified direct messages appear to show an EA employee selling Icon cards ranging from 750-1700 Euros ($895- $2029) depending on what was on offer.

The most expensive card is the Ronaldo Prime Icon Moments cards, which is listed for $2500 USD in the messages included in the tweet above. Another unverified message lists three Prime Icon Moments and two TOTY (Team of the Year) cards for 1700 Euros also.

Electronic Arts has announced it has begun a "thorough investigation" into allegations that one of its employees has sold rare FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) cards directly to players in the FIFA 21 community.

In what has been dubbed by the internet as #EAGate, (because of course it has), multiple Twitter users posted images - as collated by Eurogamer - that allege to show evidence of deals made between FIFA players and at least one EA employee via direct messaging services.

The supposed transactions revolve around the direct selling of FUT "Icon Moments" - incredibly rare cards based on legendary footballers such as Pele, Zinedine Zidane, and Ruud Guillet. One tweet shows an alleged transaction that features one Icon Moment and two Team of the Year cards changing hands for a total of €1,000 (roughly $1,200 USD). Another example allegedly shows three Icon Moments and two Team of the Year cards selling off-market for €1,700 (or around $2,000 USD).

This morning, Electronic Arts released an official statement regarding the scandal, announcing that it was in the process of launching a thorough investigation into the situation. "We understand how this creates concern about unfair balance in the game and competition," said the publisher on Twitter...

...because sometimes a punchline just writes itself.

Today Mages tweeted a semi-cryptic message using the Japanese hashtag for the Stains;Gate series.

The message is Worldline Divergence “0.210317%” The Story is “Reproduced.”

The number is likely a hint to a date, precisely March 17, 2021, next week.

Considering the hashtag this is possibly about a Steins;Gate game. We already know that one is development, considered like some sort of sequel to the original.

Of course, you can expect everything to be reported here as soon as it’s announced, probably next week.

Pacer is a futuristic, high-speed racing game that'll be immediately familiar to fans of the classic 90's Wipeout series. After launching on PS4 and PC late last year, the game is now available to play on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

"The year is 2075. You're a fresh pilot on the starting grid, ready to take on any and all challengers to make a name for yourself and become the Pacer world champion," the official Xbox description reads. Normally priced at $40, Pacer is on sale at launch for $32 on the Xbox Store.

Pacer has been around in one form or another for a while now, first appearing as Formula Fusion in a 2015 Kickstarter campaign. The game released in early access that same year, before rebranding to Pacer in 2019 and finally seeing its full release in October 2020.

Just before it went public via a direct listing on Wednesday, Roblox announced that it had reached a milestone of $2.5 billion mobile revenue between the App Store and Google Play--with $1.2 billion of that earned solely in 2020.

It was only October last year when Roblox passed its previous milestone of $2 billion in mobile revenue, meaning Roblox players have spent $500 million on mobile in the last five months. The game is free to download, with all Roblox's revenue coming from the sale of its in-game currency, Robux. While players can also spend on other platforms, more than half of Roblox's sales go through either the App Store or Google Play, with players from the United States accounting for 65% of that mobile revenue.

After multiple delays to its public listing, Roblox finally went public via direct listing on March 10. The New York Stock Exchange set a reference price of $45 a share, but the stock was up almost 55% to $69.50 by market close, as reported by CNN. The listing means the company is now valued at over $45 billion, higher than other industry giants such as EA and Take-Two.

After initially exploring an IPO, Roblox eventually went public via a direct listing. "For us, a direct listing seemed natural," Roblox CEO and co-founder David Baszucki told CNN. "It brings the whole community together and everyone is using the same price at the opening of trading."

It’s no secret licensed racing games on a yearly cadence sometimes struggle to innovate, and Monster Energy Supercross -- The Official Videogame 4 is no exception. It’s certainly true that Supercross 4 looks the best the series ever has humming along at 60 frames per second on PS5 and Xbox Series X│S, and it’s also true that developer Milestone has wedged in more riders, more official teams, and more items than ever before.

However, its attempt at injecting more nuance into the career mode falls short of meaningfully reinventing the experience, and the overall result honestly seems like a bit of an inessential upgrade from 2020’s Supercross 3.

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Between Supercross, MXGP, Ride, and MotoGP, there’s no doubting Milestone’s enthusiasm when it comes to motorcycle games. With that in mind Supercross 4 is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a sincere and successful stab at distilling an admittedly niche motorsport into a racing game geared towards Supercross disciples. The bikes are lavishly detailed, the track atmosphere is great, and the sense of speed and danger as 22 riders hustle and jostle around the tight stadium courses is very good.

However, this was equally true of Supercross 3, and indeed Supercross 2 – and even the original. It’s subsequently hard to argue that Supercross 4 does quite enough new stuff to truly soar above its predecessors.

[Update: The Monsters in the Dark Kickstarter has hit its target goal of $12,000. The crowdfunding campaign will remain open until April 8, at which point the book will go through its final proofing and publishing process. It will launch in digital format soon thereafter, with a physical paperback to follow in summer 2021.]

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched for a new book that will tell the story behind the development of 1994's X-COM: Enemy Unknown, (released in North America as X-COM: UFO Defense and also as UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe), the first release in the genre-defining strategy series that is still zapping aliens and fending off intergalactic invasions to this day.

Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense is an independently produced book by author David L. Craddock, who previously penned the excellent Stay Awhile and Listen series, recounting the formation of Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard North, as well as the development and launch of the legendary Diablo series

"I read David Craddock's book, Stay Awhile and Listen, and I thought it was quite an intricate, deep-dive into the inner workings of Blizzard Entertainment," said X-COM co-creator Julian Gollop. "I would like to see the X-COM book as kind of a historical record of a game that was influential. Hopefully, it can provide some inspiration, and also some fascination for how things were done in the early days of the games industry- and in some cases, how badly things were done as well."

In September last year, Blizzard asked World of Warcraft players to vote on a new mount that would be gifted for free to all players with Shadowlands active on their accounts. Players overwhelmingly voted for the Wandering Ancient--a big old walking tree you can ride on top of--and now it's available in-game for eligible players.

Players were tasked with choosing between five unique options: the Wandering Ancient, Soaring Spelltome, Nerubian Swarmer, Curious Caterpillar, and Gooey Slimesaber. The options were listed with a brief description but without any visual aids, meaning players had to imagine the potential of each would-be mount.

The Wandering Ancient overwhelmingly came out on top, and the Blizzard team got to work bringing it to life, creating a walking tree mount that marks the first rideable Ancient in WoW. Just like the pint-sized Blossoming Ancient pet, the Wandering Ancient's foliage will change with the seasons.

Players with Shadowlands will find the Wandering Ancient in their Mount Collection tab. If you don't have Shadowlands yet don't worry, you'll be gifted the Wandering Ancient mount even if you purchase it at a later date.

Today D3 Publisher released a gameplay trailer focusing on another of the characters of its upcoming JRPG Maglam Lord.

The trailer showcases Satius, who is the demon king’s faithful attendant. Apparently, it’s possible to get close to her under certain conditions.

She is voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki, whom you may know for Iori Fuyusaka in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

As usual, we get to see her gameplay and the dating situations in which she will interact with the player to deepen their relationship

Maglam Lord is developed by Summon Night 5 studio Felistella, while the scenario and the world view are by Summon Night series writer Kei Miyakozuki.

The character design and illustration are by lack, who is known for having worked on Fate/Grand Order (for instance, the art for Izou Okada).

The soundtrack is by Puresound, which worked on the Summon Night and Metal Max series.

The main theme is by Chiaki Fujita of Sing Like Talking, who previously worked on the theme of Summon Night 2.

Today SNK released a brand new trailer focusing on the characters that will be included in its upcoming fighting game The King of Fighters XV.

This time around, we take a look at another returning fighter who has been a regular of the franchise for a long time, and it’s Yuri Sakazaki.

In the meanwhile, you can enjoy the trailer and screenshots below.

“The Overwatch League is aware of allegations made against former player Jay “Sinatraa” Won.

Marvel’s Avengers didn’t exactly have the most ceremonious launch, but with XP changes and cosmetic system reworks on the way, it’s clear that Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix are still set on supporting this game. Patch 1.5 is set to drop soon as well, which adds a new story chapter featuring Hawkeye.

In addition to the new story content, it looks like players will also finally be able to replay the main story campaign in Marvel’s Avengers.

As spotted by Game Informer, Crystal Dynamics community manager Andy Wong stated in today’s developer livestream that they’d received many questions from players wondering if it would ever be possible for them to re-experience the story.

With the new patch, you’ll be able to do so while keeping all of your gear and XP gained so far. Considering that the campaign was easily the strongest point of what was a pretty mediocre multiplayer game, it’s no surprise that fans would want some way to play through the story again.

Marvel’s Avengers is now available on PC and consoles, and patch 1.5 is set to drop on March 18.

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The final tier of armor available in Valheim right now is Padded Armor, and like the other tiers before it, you're going to have to work hard to make it. You can only create Padded Armor with materials from the Plains biome, but unlike other armor sets, it doesn't require you to find new metals, but rather new plants. Here's everything you need to know to create Padded Armor in the Plains so you can prepare to take down the fifth Valheim boss, Yagluth.

We've got lots more Valheim coverage, check out our complete Valheim armor guide, as well as our guide for finding Iron and crafting Iron gear and for finding Silver and crafting Wolf armor, for venturing through the Swamp biome, and for taking down the Elder boss in the Black Forest and Moder, the dragon boss of the mountains. And if you really want to bend Valheim to your will, check out our cheats guide using the game's console codes.

Bandai Namco released the latest DLC and a new free update for Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions.

The DLC, announced back in February, includes three new characters who will prove familiar to fans of the manga and anime.

They are new kid on the block Shingo Aoi, Saudi Arabia Youth captain Mark Owairan, and Uruguayan forward Ryoma Hino.

On top of the DLC, we get a free update. The largest feature on the menu is the Nankatsu route for the Episode New Hero campaign. This time around, we’ll be able to have our custom character be Tsubasa’s companion instead of his rival.

Specifically, the route is set as Tsubasa is recovering from his injuries, and the player will have to hold the fort in his stead.

You can check out the trailer below.

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is currently available for PS4, Switch, and PC.

Lotta people want to play the game with the big lady! And scammers know this, so fake emails have been circulating inviting players to an early access beta which doesn’t actually exist. Enough emails that Capcom has sent out a warning email of its own.

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Nintendo has never been shy about finding occasions to trot out its legacy games, but it leaned especially heavily on Mario's back catalog for its Super Mario 35th anniversary celebration. Back in September, the company collected the plumber's three earliest 3D adventures--Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy--into one Switch compilation, while Wii U's Super Mario 3D World arrived on the system (bundled together with the wonderful new mini-adventure, Bowser's Fury) just last month. Between these two releases, almost all of Mario's 3D games are now available to play on the hybrid console, making it nearly the perfect system for Mario fans--were it not for a handful of glaring omissions.

While most of the plumber's 3D outings have made their way to Switch by this point, Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are still conspicuously missing from the system. The former's absence is somewhat understandable; although 3D Land remains a great game and was a true showpiece for the 3DS's stereoscopic 3D, its ideas and gameplay would be greatly expanded on and refined by 3D World. With that game now on Switch, 3D Land isn't as sorely missed (and, arguably, would not play as well if it were released on a system without stereoscopic 3D).

You know how Valheim has spooky little mounds that spawn infinite enemies? And you know how you can use your hoe to move earth around and create, say, a pillar? And you know how it’s possible to surround that pillar with, say, fires? And build, say, a fence around all of that? You can probably see where this is going.

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FIFA is currently embroiled in one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the game after an EA employee was alleged to have sold coveted Ultimate Team cards for thousands of pounds.

Unconfirmed direct messages appear to show a company employee selling Icon cards in packages priced 750-1000 euros. In one WhatsApp message, three Prime Icon Moments cards are offered for 1700 euros.

Icon cards are among the most sought after in FIFA Ultimate Team. They include legendary players such as Brazilian Ronaldo, Pele, Ronaldinho, Zinedine Zidane and Ruud Gullit, and are near impossible to obtain through the mode's controversial loot boxes.

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Depending on where you live, your idea of “winter” can vary. Game Informer is based in Minnesota, which means we get blizzards, ice storms, sub-zero deep freezes, and more. That sort of makes us experts on chilly weather, and we’re leveraging that knowledge to assemble this list of the best game settings that capture the sense of exploring a winter wonderland. As we move into spring and the melt begins, use this list to keep your snowiest gaming memories frozen in time. 

The Dokuzuhonsha siblings are ready to leave the virtual world and invade your home with these Nendoroids!

The post Nijisanji Kuzuha and Himawari Nendoroids Pre-orders Open appeared first on Siliconera.

EA makes most of its FIFA money from the game’s Ultimate Team mode, where fans spend real money in attempts to unlock elite players. Today, it’s being alleged that these lucrative items are being sold privately to users by employees within EA Sports.

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For this month's cover story, we're diving deep into Deathloop. We sat down with Dinga Bakaba, Game Director at Arkane Studios, to ask him 80 rapid-fire questions about Deathloop. Firstly, what the heck is Deathloop, and why is the studio making this game instead of Dishonored 3? We asked all of the hard-hitting questions about the game's eternal time loop, the island of Blackreef and the secret society that is inhabiting it, and what the hell is a "murder puzzle?" As it turns out, Dinga was gracious enough to fill in a lot of clarifying points, and we felt like we walked away with a better understanding of what Deathloop actually is.

Deathloop is a game about a hapless hero stuck in a never-ending 24-hour time loop. You play as Colt Vahn, a man trapped in his own version of Groundhogs Day on the desolate island of Blackreef. To make matters worse, he's being hunted by a secret society of mask-wearing lunatics. However, Colt is one of the only people who seems aware of the fact that he is reliving the same day over and over again. If Colt wants to break this loop he’ll need to orchestrate the assassination of eight extremely powerful individuals. To solve the murder puzzle and ultimately escape the loop, he will have to figure out the right order to eliminate his targets across four different time zones and four wildly different environments.

The blockchain, at best a scam and at worst an impending environmental disaster, has lately been upending everything from currency exchange to basketball collectibles. But one area it’s had a particularly sudden—and divisive—impact is the world of art.

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Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch received Xbox Series X|S enhancements in its most recent update, allowing players to switch among multiple options over graphics and framerate.

The enhancements were listed in the update’s official patch notes on Tuesday, which added the Pachimari Challenge event with new cosmetic rewards for the next two weeks.

The “Preferred Mode” option now appears in the game’s graphics settings, and contains three modes that players can switch between to prioritize graphics quality or framerate.

The “Resolution” mode offers higher-resolution at the cost of image quality with the Series X featuring 4K at 60 fps and Series S with 1440p at 60 fps.

The “Balanced” mode offers higher image quality at a lower resolution with Series X pushing 1440p at 60 fps and Series S with 1080p at 60 fps.

The third mode is called “Framerate” and is the performance-type mode that keeps the game at 120 fps at all times while sacrificing both resolution and image quality, though it requires a television or monitor that supports 120Hz or variable refresh rate. The Series X will support the high framerate at 1440p, while the Series S will keep the resolution at 1080p.

No information has been announced on if and when these Overwatch enhancements will be supported by the PlayStation 5.

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