July 2020

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Today Ubisoft released a new trailer teasing its upcoming “Ubisoft Forward” livestream that will replace the publisher’s traditional E3 presentation.

The video provides glimpses of Ubisoft’s game like Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, or the recently-revealed battle royale game Hyper Scape.

The show will go live on July 12 starting at noon PDT, 3 pm EDT, 8 pm BST, or 9 pm CEST depending on where you live.

“Ubisoft Forward – A summer celebration of Ubisoft’s upcoming lineup of games and content, is right around the corner! The event will stream live on ubisoft.com”

You can check the trailer out below. 

Today Guerrilla Games announced a release date for the upcoming PC version of its critically-acclaimed open-world game Horizon Zero Dawn.

The game will launch on August 7 on Steam and on the Epic Games Store and it will include the expansion The Frozen Wilds on top of a few DLC. The price will be $49.99.

Below you can read the full list of contents:

• Horizon Zero Dawn
• The Frozen Wilds expansion
• Carja Storm Ranger Outfit and Carja Mighty Bow
• Carja Trader Pack
• Banuk Trailblazer Outfit and Banuk Culling Bow
• Banuk Traveller Pack
• Nora Keeper Pack
• Digital art book

We also get a new trailer and screenshots, that you can watch below.

Below you can read an official description and the system requirements. You can also read our review of the PC version.

Alright folks, start up the post-apocalyptic phone tree. Horizon Zero Dawn now has a PC release date. Guerilla Games had previously announced plans for a summer release and then, to my equal parts joy and sadness, revealed a trailer for the sequel before gracing PC players with a date for the original. Well that’s solved now. You’ll be able to take Aloy on a good ol’ fashioned robo dino hunt while uncovering the secrets of the apocalypse on August 7th.

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Some story missions in Minecraft Dungeons can contain a secret level. Some are always in the same place, but others may take multiple trips to unlock. When they are unlocked these secret missions could be long, semi-randomised dungeons, or they could be shorter levels with the chance to find some decent gear.

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Squad up and suit up and then probably get shot up so that someone can rid you of Call Of Duty: Warzone‘s burly Juggernaut suit. Infinity Ward have added the new Juggernaut Royale mode to Warzone for this weekend in which teams of three will scuffle over the specialized armor and minigun. You can drop in for Juggernaut trios now through Tuesday, July 7th.

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Fighting game championship Evo has been cancelled this year following abuse allegations against Evo co-founder and CEO Joey “MrWizard” Cuellar. Evo are ejecting him from the company and replacing him as CEO. The makers of half the games in Evo’s lineup had already pulled out of the event following the allegations, including Street Fighter gang Capcom and Mortal Kombat devs NetherRealm. Evo Online was due to run this weekend, one of the many virtual replacements for events called off due to the pandemic.

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Minecraft Dungeons isn’t all that old, but there were plenty of secret levels waiting to be unlocked. The Jungle Awakens DLC also has its own secret level and it is quite well hidden.

This level has quite a few pandas that you need to rescue from their undead captors. It’s worth playing through at least once not only for the loot, but for the big surprise at the end!

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Next-gen graphics card fever has gripped the internet hard over the last couple of months, with rumours flying this way and that about the upcoming [cms-block] GPUs and the ray-tracing-capable [cms-block] cards. But the latest GPU gossip doing the rounds isn’t anything to do with Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series. Oh no. Instead, it would seem Nvidia are preparing yet another variant of their entry level GTX 1650 graphics card called the GTX 1650 Ultra according to a new product listing from a Chinese graphics card vendor. The real kicker of this story, though? Its GPU is apparently based on the same one that currently resides in the RTX 2070.

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If you’re looking to start strong with in Call Of Duty: Warzone and its incredibly popular Battle Royale mode, you’ve come to the right place. Below are 70 top Call Of Duty: Warzone tips for consistently surviving and dishing out death all across Verdansk. We’ve got tonnes of good stuff here, so let’s get stuck in!

If you’ve searched far and wide for up-to-date, concise, reliable Warzone weapon stats, then breathe a big sigh of relief: they’re waiting for you just below. This Warzone weapon stats guide is fully up-to-date for Season 4 and features tables of data for each gun class, covering everything from damage profiles to handling stats, recoil patterns, damage dropoff values, and much more.

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Sniper Rifles dominate Call Of Duty: Warzone and its sprawling, rooftop-dotted landscape. They always have, and they always will, thanks to the invaluable trait that a single headshot from a bolt-action Sniper Rifle is a guaranteed kill. So the question is: which sniper rifle do you use for that perfect headshot?

Our Best Sniper in Warzone guide will walk you through the four snipers on offer in Modern Warfare’s Battle Royale mode. We’ll go over the stats of each one, before talking about how each sniper stacks against the others.

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Marksman Rifles were always extremely potent weapons in Modern Warfare, but in Warzone they’re often outclassed by the bulkier and harder-hitting sniper rifles. But despite their relatively lowly standing in the current meta, there’s still a lot of fun to be had with these rifles.

Our Best Marksman Rifle in Warzone guide, as you might expect, is here to catch you up on the standing of each DMR in the current meta. We’ll walk you through stats, attachments, and more in our attempt to rank each Marksman Rifle from best to worst in Season 4 of Warzone.

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Assault Rifles

are by far the most versatile and numerous weapons class in Call Of Duty: Warzone. They are reliable, effective at any range, and the backbone of the vast majority of Warzone loadouts out there.

Our Best AR in Warzone guide will walk you through the stats, attachments, and relative power of all 11 Assault Rifles in Warzone. Below we’ll go through each Assault Rifle from best to worst in the current meta (post-Grau-nerf), and explain everything you need to know about how to use (or whether to avoid) each one.

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There are some damn fine specimens of the SMG weapon class in Warzone, aren’t there? Built for speed both in their handling and how quickly they can drop an enemy to the ground, SMGs have always been very nearly as popular as Assault Rifles when it comes to premade Warzone loadouts.

Our Best SMG in Warzone guide will walk you through the stats of all seven SMGs on offer, before divulging our personal take on the very best and very worst SMGs that Modern Warfare has to offer.

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Back in March, after a longstanding string of rumors, the cat was out of the bag: Horizon Zero Dawn was coming to PC.

Sony says that the move came out of a desire to stay open to "new ideas of how to introduce more people to PlayStation," and follows numerous attempts from other publishers to cross-pollinate their IP; like Nintendo throwing their hat into the mobile ring and Microsoft releasing select games on the Switch. It's also great timing for Horizon in general, as the sequel was confirmed for PS5 recently.

As of today, we now know exactly when the PC port of the first game is coming though: August 7, priced at $49.99. At that time you'll be able to dive into the Aloy's adventure all over again (or for the first time if you're not a PS4 person). The minimum and recommended specs seem to be finalized now, and it won't take a mammoth of a rig to run it.

As a reminder, the "Complete Edition" moniker includes the Frozen Wilds expansion, as well as several other item and outfit packs.

Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition [Steam]

How timely!

Just as the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 remaster is gearing up for release in September, the long-awaited documentary "Pretending I'm a Superman - A Tony Hawk Video Game Story" will debut on August 18.

Premiering at the Mammoth Film Festival in May, D'Amato Productions snatched the film (directed by Ludvig Gür) up for a global release, which will happen digitally on that date. The film managed to snag Tony Hawk as a subject, in addition to Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Steve Caballero and Jamie Thomas. The documentary will center around Tony himself, as well as his rise to video game fame throughout the 2000s. It boasts "never seen before" footage with the aforementioned skaters on top of that narrative.

It's crazy to think this is actually happening! I've been following it since Tony announced it in January of 2017.

Mobile developer Animoca Brands has raised $4.1 million in funding to support a proposed initial public offering. ...

Right now, if you digitally eavesdrop on any given conversation in the fandom surrounding OfflineTV, a beloved streamer house racked by allegations of inappropriate behavior, you’ll likely find people debating the idea of forgiveness. Should fans forgive faves who’ve fessed up? Can they, given that they’re just…

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Today, Guerrilla Games announced the PC release date for Horizon: Zero Dawn. The open-world game will launch on both the Epic Game Store and Steam on August 7. The developer also revealed some new features via a trailer for the PC port.

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Meet Gigawatt. He’s a robot that transforms into the iconic DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. Hasbro made Gigawatt to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the science fiction classic. It was either this, or the train from Back to the Future 3. I think Hasbro chose wisely.

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Guerrilla Games' previously PlayStation 4 exclusive open-world action adventure Horizon: Zero Dawn will be making its way to PC on 7th August.

Horizon: Zero Dawn, which charts the adventures of outcast and hunter Aloy as she journeys across a future Earth where robotic wildlife roams free, comes to PC in its Complete Edition guise. As you might imagine, that includes Horizon: Zero Dawn's base game and Frozen Wilds expansion, but there's also a digital art book and a variety of outfits and weapons (mostly pre-order bonuses from the PS4 version) included too.

To accompany the launch date news, Guerrilla has also released a new trailer, which you can see below, detailing some of the platform-specific features and enhancements coming to PC.

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ReoNa is responsible for another Alicization theme song. "Scar/let" appears during the SAO Alicization Lycoris opening movie.

The post Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris’ Opening Involves a New ReoNa Song appeared first on Siliconera.

Some Overcooked 2 free DLC is on the way this July, and Sun's Out Buns Out will celebrate summer BBQs and puppies.

The post Overcooked 2 Free DLC Celebrates Summer With Sun’s Out Buns Out appeared first on Siliconera.

Graffiti Kingdom mobile's pre-registration period has begun, and one of the rewards is the familiar miko from Touhou Project.

The post Graffiti Kingdom Mobile’s Pre-registration Rewards Include Touhou’s Reimu appeared first on Siliconera.

There's a new Animal Crossing New Horizons seasonal item. You can now find Bamboo Grass in the store for a limited time.

The post The New Animal Crossing New Horizons Seasonal Item Is Bamboo Grass appeared first on Siliconera.

The Horizon Zero Dawn PC release date will be August 7, 2020. People will be able to find it on both Steam and the Epic Games Store.

The post Horizon Zero Dawn PC Version Will Arrive in August 2020 appeared first on Siliconera.

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Microsoft and Asobo released another update related to the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator, and as usual, it comes with plenty of news and gorgeous sights.

First of all, we learn that the launch of the closed beta is still on track for late July, while the next stage of the alpha will launch on July 9. That’s also the date targeted for the announcement of a precise date for the beta.

More alpha invitations have also been sent yesterday, so if you’ve been waiting for one, you may want to check your inbox.

The biggest news of the day is perhaps the partnership with FlightAware, which will provide real-time, real-world traffic to the game. 

Gone are the days in which fans had to mod AI timetables into the game.

“We’re an aviation intelligence company that provides real-time and predictive flight insights to all the biggest players in aviation. We synthesize data from thousands of sources across the globe and our team of amazing engineers layer on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to give the most accurate predictions on where a flight is and where it’s going.

Our data is used everywhere from Google flight statuses, airport notification boards, airline systems managing gate flows, individual pilots sharing their private flights, to the millions of travelers and their friends and families checking out our web and mobile apps to get info on their flight. Now, our data stream called Firehose is going to power the real-time, global traffic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 so that while you’re using the sim, you can see planes near you in real life.”

We also get a  comment from Jorg Neumann head of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Muv-Luv Photonmelodies finally has a western release date on Steam, and to celebrate, Anchor shared with Twinfinite plenty o screenshots and gameplay videos. 

Just a couple of days ago we learned that the title is coming in English this month, but today we learn the precise date, July 30.

If you want to see more about the game, you can enjoy three gameplay clips below from Muv-Luv Alternative Chronicles Adoration, one of the sub-stories included in the package which in-depth into the much-awaited European front of the Alternative universe. 

We also get plenty of screenshots including Muv-Luv Altered Fable – A Shimmering Shard of Space-Time, which is basically the conclusion of Takeru’s journey after Alternative and represents much-needed solace following the traumatic events of Operation Ouka.

Ubisoft may be sliding in to the tail end of the summer FakE3 showcases, but they’re not to be outdone. A new teaser trailer hints at which games we’ll see during their upcoming Ubisoft Forward showcase on Sunday, July 12th. You probably won’t be surprised by the names if you’ve kept up with this year’s not-E3 but hey, here’s your confirmation.

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The bullet-ballet that is DeadToast Entertainment's My Friend Pedro is set to hit the small screen, as Legendary Entertainment has announced a TV adaptation of the hyper-violent stunt-shooter.

Released by Devolver Digital back in 2019, My Friend Pedro sees a masked amnesiac undertake a night of carnage against the scum of the underworld, guided on his bloodsoaked journey by an irreverent talking banana. Blending run 'n' gun action with meticulous physics, My Friend Pedro is embedded with the spirit of John Woo gunplay, mixing over-the-top acrobatics and environmental damage with a devastating arsenal of weapons and a grim sense of humour.

Expected to be a half-hour series, the TV adaptation is fittingly penned by David Kolstad, writer/creator of the equally explosive John Wick movies. Also on board as an executive producer is David Leitch, who was behind the lens for Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde, so some brutal, hard-hitting, and exquisitely choreographed action is guaranteed.

My Friend Pedro is available now on PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Today, we’re introducing a brand new shirt design to the Destructoid merch store.

Designed by Destructoid community member Triggerpigking, the shirt features our site mascot Mr. Destructoid, but in the style of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

You might find yourself asking how such a design came into being. A while ago, the folks from our podcast, Podtoid, commissioned him to do the header image for their Twitter profile. An early prototype of the design was featured in the background of the header picture, which we found to be amusing.

Suffice it to say, we just had to commission a full shirt design based off of it.

As with all other designs on our merch store, you can also get it printed on mugs, tote bags, cushions, and other goods! Alongside that, the majority of proceeds go towards the artist, so go show them a bit of love.

On a somewhat related note, we’re also collecting feedback on a brand new shirt based off of our long-standing site motto; “Also Cocks.” Feel free to check out the accompanying forum thread and let us know what you think.

The Half-Life: Alyx toolkit has only been out for a matter of weeks, yet creative gamers have already treated fellow fans to a variety of interesting and fun mods. From Bowling to horrific mini-campaigns, here is just a glimpse at the mods currently available for this juggernaut of a VR game.

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The first big Animal Crossing: New Horizons update of the summer is here, giving villagers the ability to swim in the clear blue waters off the coast of their island paradises, diving for sea critters and being badgered by otters. Let’s get wet, shall we?

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