There was a place in Brighton a few years back that used to do a drink called London Fog. If you've never come across it, it's a sort of Earl Grey latte, really - tea with a lot of hot, foamy milk, and something else, some glittering flavour, that I struggled to identify. The place closed down just as I was getting into them, London Fogs. I looked up a range of unsatisfactory online recipes, and then bodged together a few London Fog concepts of my own, all of which were completely undrinkable in thrillingly different ways. Then I found this cookbook a few weeks ago - Destiny: The Official Cookbook. Page 171. London Fog. Honey and almond milk. It's good. Actually, it's great!

The London Fog is a favourite of Devrim Kay, who I once met in the European Dead Zone. I remember him crouched in the church, maybe in a sniper spot up in the tower, and I remember him talking about getting the kettle on once missions were done. He laid the Britishness on a bit thick, I had thought, and so does Destiny: The Official Cookbook in its own way. It's a quantities thing - after following the recipe I had enough London Fog to see me through a week. But a good egg, Devrim. It was nice to think about him again.

Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best creative offerings from the community! That said, we do need to talk about Extra Life 2020 as the event was a massive success! Despite the current pandemic, the community as a whole raised over $200,000 for various charities and there is still more to come! If you follow me on Twitter, @GBDudersFeed, then hopefully you enjoyed the deluge of Tweets I published reminding everyone to support all of our non-staff Extra Life team members! But, be aware! Dozens of users and staff members plan to host their Extra Life streams in the weeks following Extra Life's big "Game Day" so be on the prowl for more content in the coming weeks and months!

However, there's no denying that the big talking points this week involved the launch of the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S. Various members of the community have put both consoles through their paces and shared their experiences with either on the forums. If you bought either console, or possibly both, feel free to join the rest of the community in sharing your impressions! With that in mind, let's jump into the site-related housekeeping!

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It seems we litterally can't go a day without Genshin Impact mews, with the latest announcement starring the coolest cat: Diona.

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Both The Silver Case and The 25th Ward: The Silver Case will show up on the Switch next year.

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Five songs, multiple personalities, and a lot of talent form the new EP from the surprisingly popular League of Legends-themed band.

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For what it's worth, Kingdom Hearts 3 breaks down to about a dollar per four hours of gameplay at a $9.99 price tag.

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It’s November 7, but who cares about that, I still want to celebrate Halloween! One more day of scary shenanigans! Thankfully, I planned ahead and asked you all to help me celebrate Halloween for just a bit longer.

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Alright everyone, I'm going to be brief this week as I wrote this edition of the Community Spotlight while promoting the site's Extra Life 2020 efforts this weekend. Just be aware, for those of you reading this AFTER Extra Life is over that you can still donate to the site's and community member's Extra Life pages until the end of the year, December 31st. Likewise, be aware that a lot of staff members and users will not be able to stream during November 7th and 8th and will need YOUR SUPPORT during the weeks after Extra Life ends! Finally, at the time of this writing, there were still 47 members of Giant Bomb's Extra Life team that still had not received their first donation and were still sitting at $0 raised! Please, from the bottom of my heart, consider donating $1 to $5 to these accounts.

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s third-party add-on industry is continuing to accelerate, and two new trailers have been released.

The two videos feature two smaller airports that can offer a welcome break from the big HUBS, specifically Vilar Dal Luz Airport in Maia, Portugal, and Sky Harbor Airport in Duluth, Minnesota.

They’re made respectively by SimWorks Studios and Verticalsim.

While Maia is “coming soon,” Sky Harbor has already been released and it’s available now for $5.49

You can check out both trailers below.

During the Indie Live Expo aired today from Japan, Playism and Grasshopper Manufacture announced Silver 2425 for Nintendo Switch.

If the name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s the compilation of Goichi “Suda51” Suda’s The Silver Case and The 25th Ward: The Silver Case that was released in Japan for PS4 in 2018 (in the west, the two games launched separately).

Suda-san teased that he wanted to bring the games to the Switch back in March, and apparently he managed to make it happen.

Silver 2425 will release in Japan next year, on February 18, 2021. At the moment, a western release has not been announced. That being said, I would be surprised if it didn’t come considering that both games are already localized in English.

As an early purchase bonus, Playism will also include a manga with an unpublished scenario written by Suda51 himself.

We also get to see two screenshots below to get an idea of what the games look like.

Take a visit to Last Resort island with a long-lost brawler from the creators of Senran Kagura!

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IF you want to see a lot more of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, you have come to the right place.

Marvel Entertainment showcased a large chunk of gameplay of the upcoming game running on PS5.

On top of the gameplay, we hear a lot of interesting details from creative director Brian Horton and senior animator James Ham.

You can watch the video below.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will expand the story of Insomniac’s super-popular Marvel’s Spider-Man shining the spotlight on the titular hero Miles Morales.

Twenty-nine presidents ago, America kicked the state of Georgia out of the United States for killing Black elected officials and the Black voters who put them in office. Ten presidents ago, this country was still killing Black voters. This morning, an entire country sat in suspended animation waiting to see if there…

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The only solution at this point is for Square Enix to make Crystal Dynamics include Cloud Strife as free DLC.

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Tekken 7's Season 4 kicks off 10th November, Bandai Namco has announced.

This includes the release of hotly-anticipated DLC character Kunimitsu and new stage Vermilion Gates for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One fighting game.

The video below goes into the changes all players get with Season 4, including new moves for all characters, a balance sweep, a new user interface and enhancements to online play (Wi-Fi indicator at last!). We also get a good look at Kunimitsu gameplay as well as her various costumes.

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Today Genshin Impact developer MihoYo released a new trailer of its popular action RPG.

This time around we take a look at one of the new characters that will come with the upcoming 1.1 update, and that’s the adorable catgirl Diona.

On top of that, we get another serving of the game’s extensive soundtrack following the extensive one that was published a few days ago. This time it’s the turn of the Liyue Chapter’s soundtrack to shine.

You can check out all the videos below.

Young people told to isolate due to coronavirus should be offered free gaming, a new SAGE paper has said.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) paper warns compliance with Covid-19 restrictions is "substantially lower and declining" among people aged 18 to 29 compared to older age groups due to a "lack of trust in government".

To combat this, the paper recommends young people who are asked to isolate or stay at home should be given "good financial and other support, e.g. free mobile phone data, streaming and gaming".

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"This video game is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or any real persons, living is purely coincidental. No organization or government agency has approved endorsed or authorized the use of their names or logos or product".

For some time now, Ubisoft has opened many of its titles with a disclaimer similar to the one above, often placed front and center each time the game in question loads. While a company wanting to "cover its back" is understandable, it gets harder to swallow said message with each release. Ubisoft is heavily invested in narratives concerning political upheaval, corrupt governments, class rebellion, and the breakdown of society. But the publisher's persistence in distancing itself from the topics it capitalizes on is getting long in the tooth.

Ubisoft's fiction is frequently embedded in recognizable real-world drama. The publisher openly linked Watch Dogs: Legion with Brexit before reiterating that Ubisoft games are "not political". The Division 2 featured war in the streets of Washington. 2018's Far Cry 5 was about doomsday preppers following a false idol, while the upcoming Far Cry 6 concerns a fascist dictatorship on an island off the shores of the United States.

There's nothing wrong with tackling socio-political subjects in any medium - creators can and should when the opportunity arises - but at least own your stake. Telling the audience that your wares "aren't political" doesn't wash when you set your latest adventure in "post-Brexit" Britain, open the story with terrorist attacks, feature dialogue referencing "fake news" and "social media conspiracies", and then add British xenophobia, a work-shy Prime Minister, and a crumbling NHS to the mix.

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment released a brand new gameplay video of the upcoming Demon’s Souls remake.

The video is narrated by SIE Worldwide Studios creative director Gavin Moore, who gives some insight on what was changed and what was improved, on top of the features we can expect from the upcoming game.

You can check it out below and see FromSoftware’s father of Souls-like games shine on PS5.

Demon’s Souls releases for PS5 on November 12, 2020 in North America and November 19 in Europe.

Here’s how Sony itself describes the game if you’re not familiar with it.

“Discover Where The Journey Began

Experience the original brutal challenge, completely remade from the ground up. All presented in stunning visual quality with enhanced performance, this is the world of Boletaria as you have never seen it before.

Become the Slayer of Demons

Venture to the northern kingdom of Boletaria – a once prosperous land of knights, now beset with unspeakable creatures and ravenous demons. Meet strange characters, unhinged and twisted by the world around them, and unravel the unsettling story of Demon’s Souls.

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Today Bandai Namco revealed the date for the debut of Season 4 for its popular fighting game Tekken 7.

We learn that the season’s first DLC and update will release on November 10 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

On the same day, two DLC will be released, nubered 16 and 17. Of course, the center piece of the release will be Kunimitsu, but there will also be costumes and a new stage named “Vermillion Gates”

You can watch the new trailer below.

Below you can read some of the improvements announced for the update.

“This latest update will also feature enhancements in game balancing, new moves, revamped user interface, rank system renewal – including a new rank of TEKKEN God Omega, TEKKEN Prowess performance tracking, online gameplay improvements, and a fun PAC-MAN 40TH anniversary collaboration which features a PAC-MAN stage (playable for a limited time) and numerous PAC-MAN themed customization items.”

In today's contest you can win one of Hypertrain Digital's games on Steam!

Hypertrain Digital has been cranking out games for five years now -- can you believe it? They're celebrating their huge milestone by running a sale for all of their games on Steam. But what's better than a cheap game? A free one, of course!

For the next four days, we're giving away 500 copies of their games daily, including Breathedge, Stoneshard, Desolate, The Wild Eight, and Police Stories. I said, there are 500 winners per day! Make sure you tell your friends. If I had any, I sure would!

Today, alongside the announcement of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, BioWare revealed that a new chapter of the Mass Effect franchise is being worked on.

According to the announcement, “a veteran team has been hard at work envisioning the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe.”

That being said, the project is in its “early stages” and the developer is not ready to share more. That being said, they’re looking forward to “sharing their vision for where they’ll be going next.”

While the new game remains mysterious, BioWare shared the artwork you can see above, The file name appears to possibly indicate that the vehicle showcased may be named “Mud Skipper.”

It’ll certainly be interesting to see what this veteran team of developers has in store for the franchise, even if I wouldn’t expect further reveals any time soon.

The latest chapter of the Mass Effect franchise was Mass Effect Andromeda, released by BioWare and Electronic Arts in 2013 to mixed reception.

If you’re not familiar with it and you’re curious to read more, you can check out our review.

After Andromeda, BioWare pretty much went under the radar for anything related to Mass Effect while working on Anthem, while we recently saw a tease of the next Dragon Age.

The Xbox Series X is nearly here, and with the new console's release--as well as the Xbox Series S' release--comes an onslaught of new game reviews and coverage. We've played and reviewed several of the consoles' games already, including newly released titles as well as games that were updated and optimized for the console.

To make things easy for you, we've provided excerpts from all the major reviews below, including the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles as well as several launch games. If you've been waiting to decide whether or not to get the console, this should help you make the decision--if you can find an Xbox Series X/S system to order. The system will not be available to buy in stores for its November 10 launch. However, you will be able to order it online that day, and you can learn more in our Xbox Series X/S order guide.

Xbox Series X review

The Series X is an extremely refined Xbox and a great piece of tech that sets a strong foundation for Microsoft to better serve its console users. If you factor in the brand's development studio acquisitions and upcoming lineup of games, the future does look bright for the Xbox platform. -- Michael Higham

People will see Mass Effect Legendary Edition on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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While the 2020 polls were once again wildly off, it appears they were just right enough and thank the fucking Lord. Former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared to be the winner in the 2020 presidential election, defeating a man whose name I would like to never think of ever again but whose influence will most…

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Three years after Mass Effect: Andromeda failed to ignite a new sci-fi RPG saga, developers BioWare today announced they are working on “the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe.” Huh! Sure, everyone expected them to announce remasters of the original trilogy today (because chat about them has been leaking for months) but this was a surprise bonus. BioWare give no hints about the new Mass Effect’s plot, setting, or anything, simply saying they’re in the “early stages” of development. While I imagine it’s yonks away, I’m quite excited.

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The daughter of a legendary ninja, who happens to share the original's name, will join Tekken 7 this week. Give a warm welcome to Kunimitsu!

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Talk about the worst-kept secret in the galaxy. After months of rumbling and speculation, BioWare today announced the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, bringing all three (quiet, Andromeda) Mass Effect games into one remastered collection next year. While not full remakes, the Legendary collection spruces up Commander Shephard’s ageing space saga with better visuals, smoother performance, and all the extra DLC packed into the Normandy’s cargo bays.

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Happy N7 Day! BioWare has officially announced today that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will be coming in Spring 2021.

On the BioWare blog, the team explained they’ve been working hard for months to improve the three games in the Mass Effect series by updating textures, shaders, models, effects, and more. Their goal is to modernize the games, not to remake them completely.

They boast that the Legendary Edition will have “super-sharp resolution, faster framerates, and beautiful visual enhancements” to make the experience of playing the games even better than before.

The blog post goes on to explain that all of the single-player content and DLC from all three Mass Effect games will be included in the Legendary Edition. Also, promo weapons, armors, and packs will be included.

All of this will be specially optimized for 4k Ultra HD.

‘Veteran team’ of developers are already hard at work

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