August 2020

Rainbow Six Siege

is getting in on some 80s sci-fi action with its new limited time event, M.U.T.E. Protocol, kicking off today. Ubisoft’s tactical FPS has cyberpunked-up one of its Secure Area game mode maps, dropping players in as all manner of funky neon robots to attack or defend a Comm Tower. It’s not just cosmetic, though, as players will be able to use special futuristic powers to warp themselves through their tech, too.

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Bill English, co-creator of the computer mouse with his colleague Doug Engelbart, has passed away at the age of 91. The two built the first computer mouse in 1963 at the Stanford Research Institute. A block of wood with two wheels and potentiometers that would measure movement forever changed how we interacted with computers.

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New Forbidden Siren series merchandise is currently available to purchase for a limited time.

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Unlockable cosmetics, remixed maps, and support for paid Resident Evil 2 costumes are headed to Resident Evil Resistance in August.

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Another Kojima Productions Ludens model kit is being made by Kotobukiya. This time, it's a variant with black armor and green eyes.

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SoulCalibur VI Patch 2.20 and 2.21 are here and, between the two, the way's been paved for Setsuka, free Yasha Creation Parts, and a free stage.

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• Kick-off: 10 seconds
• Throw-in: 12 seconds
• Goal kick: 15 seconds
• Corner kick: 15 seconds
• Penalty kick: 15 seconds
• Free kick: 20 seconds
• Kick-in (Volta only): 15 seconds

Today Larian Studios provided an update about the launch of the early access of Baldur’s Gate 3. 

The developer had previously announced that the game would be in the fans’ hands by this month but today we learn that it won’t happen.

That being said, we can’t complain too much, considering that they said “maybe.”

We also learn that the release date will be announced alongside “big news” at a panel on August 18.

You can see the announcement below. 

Another year, another FIFA, and as we edge closer to the launch of its next iteration, EA is showcasing some of the new features and mechanics players can look forward to in FIFA 21 in today’s gameplay trailer.

That includes a slicker, more accessible skill move mechanic that allows players to pull off dazzling tricks by holding the right shoulder button and manipulating the left analog stick.

Elsewhere, Creative Runs are an all-new feature that gives players the ability to take control of off-ball runs as opposed to leaving it down to the computer. In theory, that should mean you’re able to pull off more complicated plays according to your exact vision.

As you’ll see below, now by hitting L1 and then directing the right analog stick you’re off-the-ball running player will move in the direction you choose, where before it was random.

But you won’t have to do everything manually — FIFA 21’s AI has been updated so that computer-controlled players make smart runs and positional plays according to their real-life strengths and weaknesses.

Sergio Aguero, for example, will hold his run to beat the offside trap as opposed to continually running forward if the ball isn’t released; defenders like Virgil Van Dijk, meanwhile, position themselves more effectively to block shots in front of goals than midfielders and forwards.

We also get a look at the revised collision system, which is essentially the physics system that determines how the ball bounces off players in random situations. The idea is to make those more frantic moments inside the box feel more natural, and it does seem to perform well at first glance.

Finally, the manual headers feature and game modes such as competitor and gameplay rewind are briefly shown in action.

Today Capcom released a new trailer of Resident Evil 3’s multiplayer mode Resident Evil Resistance.

The trailer focuses on the update coming this month, and more precisely on August 6. 

Interestingly, it will “remix” the maps turning “Downtown” into “Uptown” and “Abandoned Park” into “Bemusement Park.”

We also get to see plenty of unlockable costumes and items, plus a Leon & Claire Survivor Skins DLC letting you dress as the heroes of Resident Evil 2.

You can enjoy the trailer below.

Resident Evil Resistance is currently available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC as the free multiplayer mode of Resident Evil 3.

If you’d like to read more, you can enjoy our review.

Just yesterday, we learned that the Resident Evil 3 remake has shipped 2.7 million units as of June 30.

With more and more news of the upcoming standalone title in the series, Halo Infinite fans are searching for more creative ways to express their love for Halo. What better way to show off your favorite characters and elements of the games than to get an awesome tattoo?

From beautiful space settings bursting with galactic color to portraits that invoke some nostalgic emotions, tattoo artists have done it all.

We’ve gathered our favorite Halo tattoos for you to browse and gain inspiration from here. Have a look and give the amazing artists some love on their social media!

While Riot Games hasn’t been all that vocal about Valorant’s success since launching earlier this summer, the new tactical-meets-hero-shooter seems to be ticking along nicely. Following several small patches, its first wave of esports tournaments, and a bunch of new skins, it’s now moving into the second Act of its battle pass progression system.

Today, a new trailer teases what’s to come moving forward, and it appears as though Riot Games has been working overtime on new skins, buddies, and sprays for players to grind toward adding to their collections.

As with the previous act of the battle pass, all players will have free access to several tiers within each chapter, while a select few tiers will remain locked off to premium paying users. Valorant’s battle pass costs around $10, which is substantially cheaper than purchasing weapon skins individually.

There aren’t many games I can work up the enthusiasm to play more than once, honestly. But The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is different; it’s basically my digital happy place. And now, thanks to Nexus Mod user menschfeind13’s new and improved Magic Spells mod, there’s more reason than ever to experience the epic saga all over again.

Magic Spells has actually been out for a while, but this latest version enhances its performance and compatibility. Not only is it now better suited to merging with other mods, but there’s a new hotkey menu feature and extra customization options.

Essentially, Magic Spells turns Geralt into Warlock. With the mod installed, he now has access to 25 different items and trophies that offer a whole new range of offensive spells in addition to his standard Signs.

As you’ll see in the tutorial video below, each of the animations has been crafted to a very high standard and their effects add a whole new layer to the combat experience.

Developer Proletariat’s magic-focused battle royale title, Spellbreak, has been in beta for some time, but it’s slowly edging toward a full launch. Today, the studio has announced that when it’s ready, Spellbreak will be one of the first titles on the market to support cross-progression across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch at launch.

Regardless of which platform players boot up to play a game, their Spellbreak account will allow them to maintain their game progression, customizations, and stats. Players will also be able to use their account to easily find friends and create cross-platform squads.

Seth Sivak, CEO of Proletariat, Inc explained in a statement:

“Breaking new ground in multiplayer titles has been Proletariat’s mission since the beginning. Introducing cross-progression means you can play Spellbreak however you want, with whomever you want, and always ensure your progress in-game follows you to whatever platform you’re playing on. If you’ve leveled up to Master Toxicologist on your PlayStation 4, all of the time you have invested is still with you if you log-in to your game on PC, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch.” 

There’s a new trailer to celebrate today’s announcement, too:

Digital subscribers of Game Informer can now read our huge cover story on Ubisoft's ambitious Watch Dogs: Legion. Following today's cover reveal, our digital issue is now live to subscribers on web browsers, iPad/iPhone, and Android devices. Individual issues will be available for purchase later today. You can download the apps to view the issue by following this link. All of these digital options are included in a standard subscription.

The issue launches later this week on our third-party subscription apps including Kindle and Nook.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 5 arrives tomorrow, August 5. While there are a smattering of content offerings coming across the board, some of the biggest chunks of change are slamming into Warzone. The Acropolis National Arena (the big stadium!) in Warzone is poised to become a huge theater of battle, whether you're blasting it out in the stands or getting wild in the parking structure, it's a big new battlezone.

The train station is also getting some interior elements. Oh, and there's a giant freight train that rolls through the zone now so expect that to be an absolutely insane highlight for battle royale action. For a full list of the extensive changes coming to Warzone, check out the official posting here.

Four new multiplayer maps are coming to standard Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer. Livestock lets you take Gunfight down on the farm with hay bales and scattered tractors providing cover. Don't worry, all the farm animals are safe. Petrov Oil Rig, Suldal Harbor, and Verdansk International Airport flesh out the new environment offerings.

Ubisoft recently showed off more of its upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion, shining the spotlight on a game that had been lurking in the shadows. We got to play it for several hours, and shared some of our thoughts and impressions on the open-world action. As it turns out, that was only a small part of the story. In the next issue of Game Informer, we take a deeper dive into the systems that make the game possible – and memorable – with insights from the team at Ubisoft Toronto.

The big twist with Legion is that nearly everyone in the open world can be recruited to join your team, from spies and police officers to beekeepers, bartenders, and barbers. Not everyone has a skillset that lends itself to helping DedSec free London from the grip of private-security firm Albion, but figuring out what each person can bring to the fight is half the fun. Over the course of 14 pages, we explore how players will be able to recruit everyone by exploiting their fully modeled routines, transforming them from your run-of-the-mill NPCs to your secret weapons against tyranny in this near-future nightmare.

It's been a while since we've heard about Pacer, but it seems like it's on track to release next month.

In case you missed the initial announcement, Pacer is one of a long line of futuristic racers that is carrying on the legacy of games like WipEout and F-Zero. Developed by R8 Games, Pacer will allow for solo play, as well as support online matches for up to 10 players.

It's set in 2075 where anti-gravity motorsports are king, and will feature tracks from CoLD SToRAGE as well as a number of other electronica artists. Five vehicles are in, with customization options for each, alongside of 14 tracks with classic variants like night, mirror and reverse tracks. It'll also boast eight modes, including a "battle royale inspired" gametype, as well as a campaign.

It all sounds good on paper! Hopefully the physics are on point and it's fun to play. Pacer is out on September 17 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

British online media outlet Gayming Magazine has announced that it will be holding its first "Gayming Awards" ceremony in early 2021, offering recognition and plaudits to companies, communities, streamers and games that offer positive and inclusive support in their representation of the LGBTQ community.

An "esteemed global panel of over 20 LGBTQ judges" will shortlist nominees in multiple categories, focused on in-game narrative and characters, as well as general representation within the industry. The nominees will be announced later in 2020, with the winners to be revealed at a live London event in February 2021. The ceremony will be hosted by British comedian Suzi Ruffell.

The categories for the Gayming Awards 2021 are listed below. For more information on the awards and nominations, visit the official Gayming Magazine awards page.

Devolver is known for its (sometimes cloying) irreverence, but this time they took it too far according to a bunch of Switch users.

For those of you who aren't in the know, Switch icons are a big deal. At least, according to a subset of the Switch community. Fans have campaigned to get ugly icons "fixed" to newer, better ones for the past several years, but this case is by far the most entertaining in recent memory.

Carrion, the gross Mature-rated game about eating people and growing into an unstoppable organic killing machine, had an appropriately gross icon. But people weren't having it! So after roughly two weeks, Devolver acquiesced and changed it from amazing fake genitalia to the game's standard logo (which you can view below).

I'm kind of amazed Devolver was able to get away with it in the first place, but then again the eShop is getting eroge now, so times are changing!

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One of the few remaining landmark arcade centres has announced that it will be closing its doors at the end of the month. Sega Building 2, located in Akihabara, Japan, will hit the lights for the last time on August 30, ending a 17-year run of public entertainment.

Based in the heart of the technology-loving Akihabara neighbourhood, Sega Building 2 opened in 2003 under the name "Akihabara Kigo" and immediately welcomed a slew of players with its wide variety of arcade games, pachinko machine and UFO grabbers. As captivating on the outside as it is on the inside, Sega Building 2 has for years caught the attention of passers-by with huge, colourful murals of popular anime and video game characters, as you can see in these photos from @kaztsu.

It’s summer. Per tradition, this means that the Overwatch team must give somebody abs, or face dire consequences. So Pharah is a lifeguard now. Cue the entire internet dramatically leaping into the ocean and pretending to drown in hopes that somebody—nobody specific, of course—might come save them.

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For a modern game, Paper Mario: The Origami King’s settings are archaic. When you first start out, you can adjust the brightness, or the rumble in your Joy-Cons. You can toggle the motion controls on or off. There are three other options, but they’re listed, literally, as “????” To find out what they are—as well as…

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Sony has detailed a bumper crop of on-demand additions heading to its PlayStation Now subscription service in August, including Hitman 2, Greedfall, and Dead Cells.

Developer IO Interactive's globe-hopping stealth sequel Hitman 2 is well worth a punt (Eurogamer called it a "one of the smartest stealth experiences out there" in its 2018 review), as is Motion Twin's critically acclaimed rogue-like platformer Dead Cells. This, if you're unfamiliar, pits players against the brutally tough denizens of an ever-shifting, labyrinthine castle in an endless orgy of crunchy combat and exploratory platform action.

There's also a lot to like about developer Spider's gorgeously wrought historical action-RPG Greedfall, which packs an enjoyable heap of characters, classes, and side-quests into an experience reminiscent of BioWare's much-loved genre efforts. It's a little rough-around-the-edges, and some of its systems undoubtedly feel underdeveloped, but its brave New World of island adventure is still an intriguing, engaging place to explore.

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Call of Duty: Warzone gets a mini royale mode tomorrow with the launch of Season 5.

Mini royale is described as short and sweet battle royale matches. The mode lowers the number of players sent into the map, but quickens the experience. So, only the first and last five minutes of a normal battle royale game exist. This means rapid deployment, constant movement and lots of kills.

Other new modes set to hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone include Bare Bones. This is a rotation of TDM, Domination, HQ, Hardpoint and Kill Confirmed with no killstreaks, no field upgrades and no perks. Elsewhere, SnD Double Down (12v12) is coming to Modern Warfare tomorrow.

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Back in December 2019, Shin'en Multimedia wowed us with a unique Switch exclusive: The Touryst. Defined by a stunning voxelised engine with a beautiful post-process pipeline, The Touryst looked like nothing we'd really seen before and now it is available to play on Xbox One, Xbox One X and PC, arriving day one on Game Pass. I highly recommend that you check it out.

The idea behind The Touryst is extremely straightforward - it's an exploration-based adventure that has you travelling between various islands, solving mysteries that lie beneath the surface. What's wonderful about the game is the sense of discovery and exploration. At no point does The Touryst tell you what to do, or bring up a large pointer ordering you where to go. With that in mind, figuring out what the game expects from you is half the fun.

And it's all delivered with that remarkable engine. Yes, the aesthetic is 'voxelised' but everything is still built from triangles, though the game worlds themselves are built using a tool known as MagicaVoxel. This makes it very easy to craft environments, which are then given a visual boost via Maya and injected into the game. A voxel-like aesthetic typically brings Minecraft to mind, and while The Touryst has a similar simplicity, the islands can be rich and dense in detail. The deferred lighting system is simply sublime with a wonderful dynamic range.

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Lucioball is back with a brand-new remix

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is out now on PS4 and PC

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Sarah Paulson stars, because, of course

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Fae Tactics

is turn-based wizard whacking in the same vein as the much-beloved Final Fantasy Tactics series, which is one of the few classic FF spin-offs that has somehow managed to bypass coming to PC throughout its long, if slightly spotty history. It’s effectively to Final Fantasy Tactics what Wargroove was to aggrieved Advance Wars fans – a game which scratches that nostalgic, pixellated tactics itch while bringing it up to date for modern PC players.

As a result, Fae Tactics taps into a very specific brand of tactical role-playing, and it does loads of interesting things that I’m very much on board with. Sadly, it’s also one that I don’t have a lot patience for. It’s not just that its fights are a little too long and maybe a touch too repetitive for my tastes. It’s also because I’ve tripped over so many rules during my time with it that I feel like I’m being asked to perform ballet in the toy-strewn debris of a toddler’s bedroom.

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Cosplayer Zibartas is someone who will never run out of light. His latest creation is Mercy’s wings from Overwatch. They’re built out of steel and aluminium, glow with the perfect amount of heavenly light, and unfurl like he’s just activated an ultimate. There are very few moments of true beauty in the world at the moment, but I’d argue that seeing these snake out like a visit from an angel is one of them. I’d hug him if it weren’t physically impossible.

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Following on from the recent release of The World Of Cyberpunk 2077 last week (it’s a big fancy book revealing some delicious Cyberpunky secrets prior to Cyberpunk 2077‘s release in November), CD Projekt has spaffed a load of Gangs Of Night City posters onto Displate. New merch isn’t the sort of thing I pay much attention to, normally. But in this case, it’s given us some more details of the gangs you’ll run into when making your first-person-action-RPG way around Night City.

More importantly, in my mind at least, it has laid out their wares in a way that lets me decide which ones I am clearly going to support, and which ones I will terminate with extreme prejudice. These decisions are based entirely on their logos, but they are correct decisions nonetheless.

Don’t dust off your swords or wizardly staves just yet, adventurers. Today, developers Larian announced that Baldur’s Gate 3 will no longer be setting forth on its early access adventure this month. A new release date will instead be announced during a livestream in two weeks time, one that’ll be also drag omnipresent videogames man Goeff Keighley on screen for some “big news” regarding the dungeon-crawling threequel.

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When Assassin’s Creed Valhalla releases this November, it will put players in the shoes of Eivor – a big, tough Viking assassin, fully prepared to slaughter the English. Now, if that’s not quite the selling point you were after, it might please you to know that this burly warrior will also be able to pet and snuggle all the cats they come across on their journey, too.

Well, it certainly isn’t going to make me any less likely to buy the game.

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Square Enix was hit by a one-two punch of net losses from Tokyo RPG Factory and the now-defunct Studio Istolia.

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