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Nintendo has acknowledged the breach of approximately 160,000 Nintendo Network IDs earlier this month, resulting in the possible exposure of some users' personal data such as their nickname, date of birth, and email.

As a result, Nintendo has disabled the ability to login to Nintendo accounts via a Nintendo Network ID for the time being.

Although credit card information was not a part of the breach, some users have reported unauthorized purchases through the linked payment methods associated with their accounts.

Nintendo is currently investigating the matter, and it has no evidence that Nintendo's databases, services, or servers have been breached.

The company says it will contact people with affected accounts to reset their passwords, and recommends that all users use two-factor authentication on their account to notify them of any unauthorized access.

[Source: Nintendo (1), (2) via Eurogamer]

Actor Elijah Wood is known for many of his movie roles, none more memorable than Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Right now during the COVID-19 pandemic, his best role is Elwood in Animal Crossing. Wood is clearly a big player of the game, and according to an Entertainment Weekly story, even took to Twitter to find the best turnip prices out there. Wood ended up replying to a tweet of Jessica Kovalick, who took snapshots of her Twitter exchange with Wood along with the time he spent on her island.

guys I tweeted my turnip prices and elijah wood just came to my island and hung out 😭😭😭😭😭 this is the best day in quarantine yet pic.twitter.com/H3mYJWnvgR

— jessa 🦋 (@directedbyrian) April 23, 2020

Wood didn't just come to make a profit off of his turnips. He spent time chatting with Kovalick, and was incredibly polite, asking if he could pick some fruit.

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With Fortnite, you never know what to expect next. Thanos could appear in the world out of the blue or the entire game could be rendered unplayable because it was sucked into a black hole. Developer Epic Games has worked wonders with its events, often surprising players with them when they least expect to have their game upended. A few days ago, we reported Travis Scott was going to debut a new song through a musical event Epic Games dubbed "an other-worldly experience." The event is over and it fit Epic's billing perfectly. Fortnite is becoming quite the stage for reveals, whether it's for movies like Star Wars or music like Travis Scott's.

The production values for this musical experience were through the roof, putting on a show of enormous scale that was filled with color and style. You just have to see it for yourself. The tweet below gives you a brief highlight reel and you can see the entire event in the video above.

HOLY... the Travis Scott event in Fortnite was the one of the COOLEST events yet! Absolute UNREAL! pic.twitter.com/dvGLzuPCO4

Through Xbox Series X, Microsoft is launching its next-generation of video games later this year. We know of the Series X's power and base capabilities, but we don't know much about the games that will be adapted for this high-end hardware. From Microsoft's first-party efforts, Halo Infinite will launch with the Series X, and Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is in development for it.

In terms of ports, Microsoft showed off a little bit of how Gears 5 and other titles will be improved on the platform. From third-party developers, Ubisoft has a slate of games moving to next-gen machines, and CD Projekt Red says a next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is also on the way. That's all we've really heard thus far. If system launches of old are a guide for Series X, there should be plenty of other games ready for launch day and even more within the launch window.

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On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, Leo Vader, Jeff Cork, and Ben Reeves join me to discuss Grounded, X-Com: Chimera Squad, and Xbox Series X rumors. We finish with the always-entertaining and enlightening community emails. Ducks.

We do this week's show from our homes as we hunker down in quarantine, so please forgive us for any audio or video hiccups as we deliver content outside the studio.

Thanks for listening! Please make sure to leave feedback below, share the episode if you enjoyed it, and follow me @therealandymc to let me know what you think. 

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Remember those words? I sure do. I haven't played a MK game in a while but I can still hear them in my head...

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Netflix is the new exclusive home for upcoming seasons of the Pokémon animated series in the United States. The announcement comes alongside a trailer for the next season, titled, "Pokémon Journeys: The Series." You may recall earlier this year, Netflix served as the home of Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution, a CGI remake of Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Pokémon Journeys follows longtime protagonist Ash Ketchum and his loyal partner Pikachu as they embark on a new adventure across multiple regions of the Pokémon world. The series is set to debut on Netflix on June 12. You can get an idea of what to expect from this season in a trailer released today.

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Developer Metalhead Software has announced that Super Mega Baseball 3 has been delayed slightly, moving from April to May 13 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While you wait, however, take a look at the game's new trailer detailing some of the on-the-field changes for this year's title. The trailer covers new and improved gameplay aspects like situational player traits, steals, reticle changes, team mojo levels, and more.

Metalhead has also teased that a "major online gameplay feature" will be announced before launch, so stay tuned.

Red Dead Redemption II is coming to the Xbox Game Pass subscription on May 7, replacing fellow Rockstar title Grand Theft Auto V.

Red Dead II can be pre-downloaded now via the Xbox Game Pass mobile app, and before it leaves the service, subscribers can purchase GTA V for 20 percent off.

In case you've been mauled by a mountain lion, fallen down a canyon, and weren't aware of how good a game Red Dead Redemption II is, here's the review.

[Source: Xbox Wire]

Unfrozen's Iratus: Lord of the Dead leaves early access today on Steam. If you haven't heard of it, it draws plenty of inspiration from Darkest Dungeon with one major catch - you're the bad guy. 

Instead of taking on misshapen dungeon denizens, you craft an undead army (quite literally, by assembling horrible creatures from parts) and take on those that would attempt to stop your necromantic rise to power.

Eliminate your enemies through traditional combat or by embracing fear mechanics to send your enemies fleeing in terror. Build up a base to keep your progress going, even when your minions end up being smashed into dust by the forces of good.

Check out the launch trailer below!

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Perfect World Entertainment and Echtra Games pushed out a new trailer today showcasing the Fort system - essentially just another name for player housing. You can earn cool stuff to put in your house and alter its look through battles and combat, and also via crafting.

You want to nail the perfect look, because these player housing hubs are also prime locations for meeting up with your friends and dealing with a lot of your character maintenance activities like swapping out sets and skills.

Check out the trailer below for a look at Forts! Torchlight III is slated to arrive on PC this year.

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Rocket League needs no introduction. It’s car soccer. You don’t need to know much more than that, other than it’s one of the most popular competitive games out there, and a car flying through the air is an awesome spectacle. While I can’t say enough good things about Rocket League, I never really got into it. I played a few matches here and there, went pro in it for an evening, and then moved on to other games. My competitive gaming diet usually needs guns. Call of Duty, Overwatch, Battlefield, the list goes on and on.

Since 2016, Overwatch has been THE game for my competitive needs. While I can’t say I play it every night, it’s not a stretch to say I play it most nights. I have a great group of friends who join me for almost every session. I look forward to the competition we face and the bonding between us. They are the nicest group of guys I know, and while we get along great, once an Overwatch match starts, the competitive juices take over and our lively banter becomes intense and focused. There’s some finger pointing that comes with it, but we’re usually a well-oiled and polite machine.

Update: 4/22/2020

Valve has issued a statement regarding the leak, saying they are investigating things but that they currently have no reason for players to be alarmed or to discontinue play of the titles in question. Valve commented: We have reviewed the leaked code and believe it to be a reposting of a limited CS:GO engine code depot released to partners in late 2017, and originally leaked in 2018. From this review, we have not found any reason for players to be alarmed or avoid the current builds (as always, playing on the official servers is recommended for greatest security). We will continue to investigate the situation and will update news outlets and players if we find anything to prove otherwise. In the meantime, if anyone has more information about the leak, the Valve security page (https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/security)

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According to Steam DB and several lengthy Reddit posts, source code for popular Valve titles CS:GO and TF2 was allegedly leaked. What does this mean?

Last week, Firaxis surprised us with the announcement of a new standalone XCOM game. You won’t have to wait long to play this unique spinoff, but since the game is a bit of a departure for the series, we chatted with lead designer Mark Nauta about the origins of the project and how XCOM: Chimera Squad is canonically tied to the rest of the franchise.

What were some of the elements and challenges you got excited to tackle with Chimera Squad? 

Nauta: After releasing XCOM 2 and the War of the Chosen expansion, we felt there were still gameplay possibilities that had yet to be discovered or explored within XCOM, and tackling them together allowed us to explore some of the fundamentals of XCOM without having to rebalance the entire game and its expansions.  

Valve's digital card game Artifact hasn't had any meaningful updates since it released, but now with "Artifact 2.0" on the horizon, Valve has dropped a little information about how the game is being changed and renovated for a second chance at greatness.

While some of us enjoyed the game quite a bit at launch, plenty of folks have been waiting to hear what changes are coming to the game - and now Valve has shared some of them! New mechanics, a shared mana pool across lanes, progression systems, and more are all covered in the latest word from Valve over on Artifact's store page on Steam. 

Of particular interest is the concept of a single-player campaign that can be used as a vessel to tell some of the stories of the Dota 2 cast inside Artifact. While there's no word as to when Artifact 2.0 is rolling out, players that already own the original game are likely to be tapped for beta testing before a wide release happens.

A recent Microsoft filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, as discovered by a Reddit user, has revealed the logo for the Xbox Series X.

The design of the logo appears to support the persistent rumor that the Series X is one version of Microsoft's next-gen console, with a cheaper, scaled-down version coming at some point. To date Microsoft has only announced the Series X.

Trademark filings don't always come to pass, so we'll have to wait for official confirmation from Microsoft on the logo.

The Xbox Series X is due this holiday season.

[Source: US Patent and Trademark Office via Reddit]

Last year Madden NFL 20 cover star Patrick Mahomes shattered any notion of a Madden cover star Curse by leading his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, to a Super Bowl title. Now, it looks like Baltimore Ravens star QB and the NFL 2019 league MVP Lamar Jackson wants to carry on the anti-curse by being on the cover of Madden NFL 21.

Jackson and the Ravens announced the news themselves via a video tweet, with Jackson low-key psyched about the honor. Jackson had a phenomenal 2019 season in only his second year in the league, although the Ravens lost to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC divisional round.

Madden publisher/developer Electronic Arts has not officially made its Madden 21 cover star announcement just yet, but acknowledged Jackson's leak as official.

The 2020 NFL Draft is this week, and traditionally, EA Sports uses the event to deliver some news about the upcoming late summer title, so maybe today's announcement is just the beginning.

"It's a dream come true." @Lj_era8 on Madden cover: pic.twitter.com/FtNibi7xt4

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) April 21, 2020

 

There's gunsmoke in the air - John Cooper is here to quickdraw, pardner. On June 16, Desperados III lands on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. 

This tactical stealth prequel to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive takes John Cooper through swamps, towns, and into the deep mythos of the Wild West, fill of hitmen, trappers, and mystery. You can play as five different characters as you play through the game, but all of them rely on tactics and planning to make sure you end up the victor in each conflict - so scope out the territory before you draw!

Check out the new trailer below for a quick look at the game.

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Always wanted to get into Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege but don't know where to start? Well, you're not alone! The game has an incredibly steep learning curve, with dozens of operators and maps to memorize and understand. I'm excited to tackle this problem head on by guiding Jeff Cork and his son Henry, Alex Stadnik, and Brian Shea through some of their first matches in the game. I am no expert (I hover around high silver/low gold in ranked) but I have over 600 hours of experience under my belt and I'll be happy to answer any questions from my coworkers/students or the chat!

We went live earlier, but you can catch the full archive of the stream above! Remember to subscribe on YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Twitter, and Facebook to get notified when we go live and come join in the chat! Thanks and enjoy the show, I hope you'll come to love this game as much as I do!

If you have a digital subscription to Game Informer, you can now read our cover story on Grounded. 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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Obsidian has made a name for itself within the RPG space, having worked on titles including Pillars of Eternity, Fallout: New Vegas, and The Outer Worlds. A small team within the studio wanted to do something a little different with Grounded, a survival game that takes place within the confines of a single backyard. If that sounds like a small chunk of real estate for a game, there's a twist: You've been shrunken down to about a centimeter, which makes encounters with aphids, ants, and – of course – spiders, potentially deadly.

For our latest cover story, we played Grounded for several hours and had lengthy discussions with the team. We learned how they landed on its Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-like setup, what working within that tiny scale meant for its design, and how they've adapted to their new working-from-home reality.

Telling Lies, the investigative game based on exploring private conversations, was a critical success when it launched on PC and iOS last year. Now, console players will be able to enjoy the thrilling mystery, as Telling Lies is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch on April 28.

Telling Lies comes from Sam Barlow, creator of the acclaimed Her Story. It features full-motion video starring a cast of established actors who have appeared in shows like Westworld, 24, and Halt and Catch Fire, as well as the recent X-Men films. When we reviewed the PC version last year, Elise Favis gave it a 9 out of 10, saying, "Phenomenal acting and a deep central mystery make this voyeuristic adventure game something special." You can see the trailer celebrating the announcement of the console release date below.

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 Telling Lies comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch on April 28. It is currently available on PC and iOS.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a virtual refuge for many, and Nintendo is giving players a reason to keep checking in on their village. An update is coming in a few days, which adds a new wing to the museum, the ability to plant shrubs, and much more.

The update, which is free to everyone who owns the game, will be arriving on April 23. As you can see in the clip below, there's a surprising amount of stuff packed into it. You'll be able to trade with a pair of new merchants, so you can make your village greener than ever or stuff the museum with artwork. You can also participate in new photo ops, May island getaways, and a stamp rally. Keep your eyes peeled, and you may notice a few returning faces, too...

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on Nintendo Switch.

Publisher 505 Games and Kojima Productions have delayed the release of Death Stranding on PC to July 14 from June 2.

The delay is due to the work-at-home arrangements of the developers at the studio, who are polishing this version of the game for its final release.

For more on the title, check out our review and this episode of New Gameplay Today.

Due to the work from home orders in place at #KojimaProductions, we've made the difficult decision to delay the PC launch of #DeathStranding to July 14, 2020. This allows the development team more time to finalize and polish. Thank you so much for the support, keep on keeping on! pic.twitter.com/DI9yVCsDEn

— 505 Games (@505_Games) April 21, 2020

[Source: 505 Games]

Since its launch last summer, Super Mario Maker 2 has received multiple free updates. These have ranged from adding new course elements and playable characters like Link to improving the online multiplayer suite through new modes and activities. Nintendo has announced the final free update for Super Mario Maker 2, which hits this week, will add the ability to string together courses into their own worlds.

World Maker mode gives you various components and themes with which to lay out your overworld map. Each world strings together multiple courses with a starting point and an end castle. World Maker mode supports up to eight worlds containing a maximum of 40 courses total, allowing players to essentially create their own Mario games from the individual courses they have or will create.

For those who just want more elements to create with, Nintendo is also expanding the toolbox with myriad new course elements. Players can now add the Koopalings to courses as enemies. Each Koopaling has his or her on distinct movement pattern, giving them a unique flavor depending on which one you place in your stages.

Following a problematic launch in 2018, Fallout 76 has improved over time, and its most promising expansion called Wastelanders just launched. Developer Bethesda Game Studios clearly listened to its player base for this new content, moving away from the stance of “every human in the world is another player” to littering the wasteland with NPC denizens. Players said the wasteland felt lifeless and barren, and now it has some life to it. While many of Fallout 76’s legacy issues are still front and center, having fleshed-out characters to talk to does improve the storytelling, which in turn makes the game slightly better.

Being able to stand face-to-face with the Overseer and get to know her (not to mention run and gun with her) goes a long way in breathing life into this world, and she’s just one of many new faces you’ll see as you explore and take on new quests. You’ll meet the Overseer right out of the gates (whether you are a new player or one who is returning), and are put on a mission that has you working on an inoculation for the Scorched plague, which is oddly on topic right now.

Rapper Travis Scott is debuting a brand new track in a new, unique musical experience within Fortnite. Described as "an other-worldly experience," Astronomical is built from the ground up in Epic Games' juggernaut game.

To ensure players around the world can enjoy the Astronomical experience live with friends, Epic will be hosting multiple showtimes from April 23 to April 25, with doors opening 30 minutes prior to the show starting. You can see the schedule below:

• April 23 – The Americas: 7 p.m. Eastern
• April 24 – Europe and Middle East: 10 a.m. Eastern
• April 25 – Asia and Oceania: 12 a.m. Eastern
• April 25 – Europe and Middle East: 11 a.m. Eastern
• April 25 – The Americas: 6 p.m. Eastern

To top it off, Travis Scott is the newest addition to the Icon Series, giving players the opportunity to pick up his outfits, emotes, and more beginning tomorrow. Players who attend any Astronomical events will receive an Astroworld Cyclone Glider and two loading screens for free. Tomorrow will also see the start of new Astronomical Challenges to let players unlock free gear. 

The Games Done Quick community came together (from their homes) and put on a show for a good cause. Over the span of three days and across 50 different speed runs, the Corona Relief Done Quick marathon brought in $400,774 for Direct Relief, with an average donation of $64.45.

The runs, which were all conducted from different homes, ranged from classics like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to recent releases like Ori and the Will of the Wisps. If you missed the show, you can still donate at Games Done Quick's page. And you can watch some of the archived runs over at Twitch.

Direct Relief's COVID-19 mission is it "get protective gear and critical care medications to as may health workers as possible, as quickly as possible, with emergency deliveries leaving daily for medical facilities across the U.S."

The amount donated by speed run fans will hopefully go a long way in helping those in need during the pandemic.

[Source: Games Done Quick]

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Netflix hasn't created a Tiger King game ... yet. The next best thing might be this goofy on court battle in NBA 2K20. YouTuber 2kToro spent a lot of time using 2K's characters creator to craft digital versions of Joe Exotic, Carol Baskin, Jeff Lowe, and Doc Antle, who were recently popularized in the Netflix documentary Tiger King. The NBA season might have been cut short, but if we get more content like this, we might not miss it. 

Update: After multiple leaks and teases, an unlisted video on the Xbox YouTube channel has officially unveiled the Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X. A new video gives us a clear look at the special edition console. Despite the video appearing on the official Xbox YouTube channel, the Xbox.com homepage remains "hacked," delivering the same tease originally reported below. While it's currently unlisted, the video has been making the rounds on social media, garnering more than 15,000 views and 253 comments as of this writing. 

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The special edition Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X releases in June.

[Source: Xbox on YouTube]

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Check out my previous impressions for a sense of how I felt about Valorant when we first got a chance to play Riot’s 5v5 competitive tactical shooter. 

A week later, I’m still having a blast discovering how to get the most out of abilities, barking out the names of locations on maps that I’ve now memorized to teammates, and trying to make shotguns a thing. Valorant seems to have a really great groundwork to build on, and I guess that foundation is what we’ll be watching closely when we move into the summer launch window. Sure, the stuff that’s there is fluid, fun, and “esports ready” out of the gate, but there are a number of aspects that are going to be critical to keep an eye on.

First: modes! Let’s face it. Not everyone that plays Valorant is MLG ready, and not everyone is going to want to play competitive bomb-planting wars 24/7. Asking for something like a team deathmatch is probably too much and too bizarre of a choice for a game like this that’s so heavily focused in tactical coordination, but perhaps there are other options to draw more casual players in without irritating the more hardcore base – something like co-op would do the job nicely, and let players that don’t always want a nail-biter match with twitch corner-peeking and popping have some rest and relaxation.

Organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con have announced that the famed convention will not take place this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead vowing to return on July 22-25, 2021.

Anyone who has purchased a badge to attend SDCC 2020 (as an attendee or exhibitor) can get a refund or have it transferred to 2021. Convention organizers say further instructions regarding this process will go out within a week. Similarly, onPeak, the convention's official hotel affiliate, is automatically canceling all reservations and issuing refunds for rooms already booked.

Also affected by the pandemic are renovations to Balboa Park's Federal Building for the Comic-Con Museum grand opening in the summer of 2021. These plans are ongoing, but more details will be coming at a later date.

[Source: San Diego Comic-Con]

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Back in 2007, Capcom took us into deep space in the hopes of finding a new world to settle in Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. Stop me if you've heard this one before, but when humans reached their new chilly home on E.D.N. III, it didn't exactly welcome them with open arms, or alien claws in this case. Join Jeff Cork, Ben Reeves, Andrew Reiner, and me as we flatten the Akrid scourage and try to stay alive on this frozen hellscape of a planet.

We went live earlier, but you can catch the full archive in the video above! If you can't get enough of our live shows, remember to subscribe on YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Twitter, and Facebook to get notified when we go live each week! Thanks and enjoy the show!

Streets of Rage 4 is coming to just about everything, arriving on Xbox One (and Gamepass), PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on April 30. Fans of the old-fashioned beat-em-up genre have been treated to a mini-resurgence in recent years, with Streets of Rage 4 the latest to channel the button-mashing, food-munching, thug-tossing titles of yore.

Check out the new trailer below for a taste of the Battle Mode experience, for when beating up the AI baddies isn't enough and you want to take the rage to other players!

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Even with a new generation of games on the horizon, PlayStation 4 has plenty of life let in it with The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima on the way in the future. Whether you're an old fan or a new adopter, the Game Informer crew has rounded up a variety of games for you to play during this lockdown. Most of these games serve up escapism that should help keep your mind off of the real world, but not all of them. A couple of entries deal with contagions and separation. As we are learning, board games like Pandemic are selling out, and movies like Contagion are being streamed more. Some people want to live in the moment, even in their gaming.

No matter what path you take, we hope these games deliver plenty of entertainment. Stay safe, and just know we are all one day closer to getting through this. If you don’t have a PlayStation 4, we have created similar lists for Xbox One and Switch.

As always, we'd love for you to join in on the conversation with your own personal picks in the comments section below. We'll be back next week with a list of PC games to play during the lockdown.

After going radio-silent for nearly three and a half years, the Crysis Twitter account began teasing something earlier this week. After a couple of cryptic tweets, it was finally revealed that it was teasing Crysis Remastered.

The updated version of the beloved 2007 shooter is slated to come to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. This new version of Crysis focuses on the original single-player campaign and will feature high-resolution textures, improved art assets, an HD texture pack, temporal anti-aliasing, new light settings, motion blur, new particle effects, and more. According to Crytek, the result will be, "a major visual upgrade."

Crysis Remastered is set to release this summer. The teaser trailer doesn't show much, but you can see it for yourself below.

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Released more than two decades ago on Nintendo 64, Star Wars Episode I: Racer stood out to many as one of the better things to spin off of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. While that title would later come to other consoles, including Dreamcast, it largely disappeared until GOG brought it back on PC in 2018. It was recently announced that the podracing title would be coming to PS4 and Switch, but we finally have a date: May 12.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer features 25 playable characters including Anakin Skywalker and Sebulba, as well as tracks spanning eight different worlds. While both versions support local splitscreen multiplayer, the Switch version gives players the ability to compete in LAN races using multiple Switch consoles. As part of the updating process, Aspyr has uprezzed all of the FMV sequences in the game, remapped the controls to feel natural and responsive on modern controllers, and added Trophy support on PS4.

Now THIS is podracing!

Star Wars Episode I: Racer arrives on PS4 and Switch on May 12.