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After years of waiting, Microsoft will finally show off Halo Infinite during the Xbox Series X first-party showcase on July 23. Now, developer 343 Industries has begun to set expectations for the event.

In a blog post, 343 said fans can look forward to the "first look' at Halo Infinite's campaign. "We're excited to share what the team’s been working on--the first look at Halo Infinite's campaign is coming on July 23!" the developer explained.

The wording here seems to suggest that the July 23 event will focus on Halo Infinite's campaign as opposed to its multiplayer component. That's probably a bummer for some part of the fanbase, but it makes sense that Microsoft would want to hone in one on component of the game at the start. Presumably the multiplayer reveal is being saved for a later date.

Nintendo has announced a new livestream for tomorrow, July 10. While it's not a new Nintendo Direct, the company will show off a couple of titles as part of its Nintendo Treehouse Live broadcast, which is scheduled to begin at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

Specifically, Nintendo says it will broadcast gameplay of the upcoming Paper Mario: The Origami King, which is set to release for Switch next week. On top of that, the company will reveal at least one new title from developer WayForward, the studio behind the Shantae series and other beloved 2D adventure games.

Team Rocket balloons have begun appearing in Pokemon Go, giving you a new way to battle the villainous group, and the team's most infamous duo have joined the fight. Jessie and James, Ash's recurring antagonists from the Pokemon animated series, have arrived in Pokemon Go, giving you a chance to challenge them.

True to form, Jessie and James can be found piloting a giant Meowth-shaped hot air balloon. The duo will appear randomly in the game and only for a limited time, so there's no telling when you'll encounter them. If you do spot their distinctive balloon, however, simply tap it to initiate a battle with them.

Coinciding with their debut, new avatar items inspired by Jessie and James have been added to Pokemon Go's in-game shop, letting you dress your trainer in their signature Team Rocket uniforms. The second weekly set of Pokemon Go Fest challenges also arrives this week, and this one focuses on battling Team Rocket, making Jessie and Jame's appearance quite timely.

A new set of Season 3 challenges is now live in Fortnite. Like last week's batch, one of Week 4's missions revolves around floating rings; specifically, the challenge asks you to collect floating rings at Pleasant Park. If you need help tracking those down, we've put together this map and guide showing you where the floating rings are located and how to complete the challenge.

Where Are The Pleasant Park Floating Rings?

There are at least four floating rings scattered around Pleasant Park, which is how many you'll need to collect to complete the challenge. Pleasant Park itself is located between grid squares D2 and D3, but the rings are all around the outskirts of the area. We've marked down the locations of all the floating rings we've found on the map below.

How To Complete The Challenge

Much like Week 3's floating ring challenge, all you need to do to collect the rings is walk or jump into them. The most expedient way to complete the challenge would be to start with one on the bottom left, then head north to collect the ring at the base of the zipline and ride that to reach the remaining two rings. Once you've collected all four, you'll get 35,000 season XP for your troubles.

Microsoft isn't done acquiring new studios, head of Xbox Phil Spencer has revealed. Originally reported by Gamesindustry.biz, Xbox Game Studios' first priority is supporting already acquired studios like Double Fine and Obsidian, but Spencer said that the door is open for more acquisitions.

"We have really strong support from Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, and Amy Hood, the CFO. And there's been no signal at all that we should be slowing down, but just to go at a pace that is maintainable for us as a leadership team," Spencer said. "We're always out there talking to people. But it has to be the right opportunity."

This lines up with a recent report that Microsoft expressed interest in purchasing Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WB Games) from AT&T. WB Games includes Rocksteady (Batman Arkham Knight), NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat 11), and more. No sale has been announced and the deal would most likely not include IP like Batman.

Since the release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in 2007, Valve has gone through multiple iterations of a potential Half-Life 3. One such idea would've turned the game into a replayable rogue-lite of sorts, after the success of the Left 4 Dead franchise.

The idea, detailed in Geoff Keighley's Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, was in development during 2013 and would've added an element of proceduralism to Half-Life. Players would have to navigate a procedurally generated building to save a prisoner and engage in random enemy encounters. More traditional story elements would've been served in-between these runs, but the core principle would be replayability.

The idea was ultimately canned, but not for straying away from the foundations of the series. Instead, this version of Half-Life 3 suffered from development issues with Valve's Source Engine 2, which made development challenging. Source 2 was missing features such as lighting, save functionality, and visibility options, which compounded with the difficulty of modelling outdoor areas in an engine more suited to blocky interior ones. These issues contributed to the cancelation of this Half-Life 3 iteration, as well as a proposed Left 4 Dead 3.

Sony has officially unveiled what PS5 game boxes are going to look like. They don't differ drastically from the PS4 box art, but sport a white stripe at the top that should make them easy to spot on your shelves if the two are mixed together.

The reveal was made using the official box art for Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The standalone game includes the new PlayStation Studios logo. Where the top banner on PS4 games was previously blue with white lettering, it's white with black lettering on PS5 boxes.

Sony clearly didn't have as much work to do when transitioning to the new generation this time around. Its early PS3 designs, including the lettering on the system itself and the game boxes, was much different than its later designs--the revisions were what Sony stuck with going forward, both on PS4 and PS5. Ironically, this early lettering was very similar to the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies' logos.

Superhot: Mind Control Delete, a new standalone sequel to Superhot, releases on July 16 and is free for owners of the original. In a PlayStation Blog post, co-director Cezary Skorupka said that Mind Control Delete started as a short side project, but quickly evolved into a full-sized, standalone game.

Mind Control Delete features more Superhot gameplay, tasking players with making calculated slow-motion movements to clear enemies with limited tools available. It takes the game further, with bigger levels, more mechanics, and more characters.

Mind Control Delete will be free for anyone who bought the original game prior to July 16, with a few caveats. Anyone who bought the game on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Origin, or PS4 will have Mind Control Delete added to their library at release. Xbox One players who bought the game will receive a code for the game through an Xbox Live Message within a few days of its release.

Quite a few games have been added to Xbox Game Pass in recent weeks, but there are two standout titles that have just joined the subscription service's vault: CrossCode and Fallout 76.

Both games are now available to subscribers of either Xbox Game Pass for Console or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, meaning you will be able to check out CrossCode and Fallout 76 on their Xbox One without having to buy the game outright. It's worth noting that Fallout 76 is also available on Xbox Game Pass for PC. CrossCode is relegated to the console-specific Xbox Game Pass tiers.

Developed by Radical Fish Games and published by Deck13 Interactive as a homage to classic 16-bit RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana, CrossCode is an isometric 2D RPG with challenging combat and puzzles. You play as a mute protagonist named Lea who plays a fictional MMORPG to regain her memories of what happened in the real world. The game has been well received by critics and fans alike, with its score hovering around the high 80s on Metacritic.

EA has begun rolling out player ratings for Madden NFL 21 as promised, starting with the rookie quarterbacks. This serves as the start of a longer rollout, allowing diehard fans to react to their favorite players' rankings.

The top three rookies in these initial player ratings are Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals), Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins), and Jordan Love (Green Bay Packers). You can see the top ten below. The full list of rankings all hover around the mid-range, from 52-76 in their overall scores. The ratings also have individual breakdowns for full range of stats including speed, agility, and strength.

This year ESPN will be revealing the player ratings starting on Monday, July 13.

Developer Infinity Ward has announced that a small update has rolled out for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The full patch notes are detailed below and make some specific adjustments to one particular gun.

That gun is the Rytec AMR, Modern Warfare and Warzone's newest semi-automatic sniper rifle that fires explosive bullets alongside normal and thermite rounds. The latest patch fixes issues with the incorrect amount of experience points being awarded for using explosive rounds, adjusts the Fully Loaded perk when equipping alternate ammo types, and tweaks the gun's ability to one-hit kill using explosive rounds in battle royale. In other words, the Rytec AMR has been nerfed slightly.

Elsewhere in the patch are fixes for the incorrect text appearing on SUV camos, ironing out bugs where CUAV's could be found in Warzone, and a few more.

Although the Xbox Series X releases this holiday, that doesn't mean that you have to start boxing up your Xbox One accessories. Microsoft has promised that all official Xbox accessories will be compatible with Series X, including controllers. That means snagging an Xbox One controller on sale right now is actually not a bad idea. Ebay currently has a stellar deal on Xbox One controllers, bundling Ori and the Will of the Wisps with black wireless controllers for just $54.

Among many other things, World of Warcraft's upcoming Shadowlands expansion introduces official controller support to the game for the first time since the MMO debuted on PC in 2004. In a new interview with GameSpot, game director Ion Hazzikostas spoke about why Blizzard is now adding controller support and--sorry!--why this doesn't mean a console port of WoW is coming.

Hazzikostas said the controller support for WoW will come in the form of giving users access to the application programming interface (API) to enable a controller setup. You won't be able to simply plug in an Xbox or PlayStation controller and play WoW, but this API access should allow people using the Xbox Adaptive Controller and others to play the game in a way that suits their needs.

This new controller support is aimed at giving people with physical disabilities or other impairments the ability to enjoy WoW without too much of a headache, Hazzikostas said.

With the new Shadowlands expansion, World of Warcraft is making a major change to its starting zones. Blizzard is sending new players to a place called Exile's Reach, which is level 1-10 zone where players will learn the basics before setting out on their journey to higher levels and new areas.

Game director Ion Hazzikostas tells GameSpot that Blizzard is introducing Exile's Reach to help newcomers experience WoW's new content faster and catch up with friends who might be deeper into the game. The new area is also meant to give fresh players a look at the best of WoW in 2020, as opposed to making players slog through content that is years old.

"Something we've heard from our communities and something we've heard from people in our team who tried to get friends or family members into the game for the first time, there's something that's really daunting about 15 years of content and the feeling that you're just going to be hopelessly behind. And that it's overwhelming," Hazzikostas said.

Like most other video game studios, Blizzard Entertainment has sent its developers home to work remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and this includes the World of Warcraft team. In a new interview with GameSpot, game director Ion Hazzikostas spoke about some of the challenges of working on the ongoing support for WoW and the Shadowlands expansion from a work-from-home setup.

"It's been an intense few months for the team, adapting to these circumstances," Hazzikostas said. "It's also incredibly heartening to be working on something that we see bringing people together in these difficult times. We've seen Azeroth really be an escape and a way of connecting with other people in a time when social connection feels so precious and hard to come by."

Hazzikostas said it's difficult to quantify, but anecdotally, he's been encouraged to see so much positivity and an increased sense of community among WoW players during lockdowns.

Resident Evil and Monster Hunter publisher Capcom has revealed that 80% of all its game sales are now digital, and that it is aiming to grow that figure to at least 90% soon.

Answering questions in its annual shareholder meeting, Capcom admitted that it did not expect the share of digital sales to grow so much in a year, stating that it anticipated the figure to be closer to 75%. Just last year, Capcom reported that digital sales made up only 53% of its total. This latest figure encapsulates sales between the beginning of April 2019 and end of March 2020.

As a result of the growth, Capcom is focusing even harder on digital distribution, aiming to reach a 90% digital share in the medium term.

Fortnite's Chapter 2: Season 3 challenges continue in Week 4 with a new Aquaman time trial. With the island still flooded, many of the areas you're used to are now underwater, and that means a swimming-themed challenge is in order! This week, you must complete the swimming time trial at Dirty Docks in order to get a Supreme Shell reward. It's the latest in a series of Aquaman challenges based on Jason Momoa's version of the character, and while it has its own reward, it's also part of the process to unlock this season's Aquaman skins.

The challenge is live now, and you can use our guide to find the location and complete it in a hurry so you're all set on Aquaman rewards thus far.

Where are the Dirty Docks?

The Dirty Docks are located on the eastern edge of Fortnite's Season 3 map, and they're separated from the main island by water. Once you locate the large construction equipment in the water, you'll know you're in the right place to complete the challenge. The challenge starts in the water itself, just south of the cranes.

Crash is coming back with a new console game, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, but that's not the only new appearance from the long-dormant wacky mascot. Crash Bandicoot: On the Run is a mobile runner that adapts the familiar platformer gameplay into a mobile runner from King.

The announcement notes that this Crash game adds elements like crafting and base-building, with plenty of references to classic environments, characters, and bosses. The story revolves around Dr. Neo Cortex taking control of the multiverse, allowing for classic stages like Temple Ruins, Turtle Woods, and Bear It.

The game is coming to iOS and Android devices, but in the meantime you can pre-register through the official site to unlock a Blue Hyena skin from Crash Team Racing: Nitro Refueled.

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales was an accompaniment to CD Projekt RED's release of a standalone version of Gwent--the card game first introduced in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It's been out on consoles and PC for some time, but today it joins Gwent in the jump over to mobile.

Thronebreaker uses Gwent as its mechanic for combat, but it's otherwise a new standalone story in The Witcher universe that doesn't center on Geralt of Rivia. Instead, it acts as a prequel to game trilogy, staring Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia as she fights back against the invading Nilfgaardian Empire.

The story helps contextualize the political strife present in the core Witcher titles, and even explains how Geralt received his title from Rivia. It's a long role-playing adventure with choices to make, various regions to explore, and battles to fight, which you can now do on iOS. Thronebreaker is up for purchase on the App Store, with CD Projekt RED promising an Android version later this year.

Masayuki Uemura, the engineer who designed the Famicom, is an important figure in Nintendo's history--albeit one who is not talked about as much as Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata, Gunpei Yokoi, or Hiroshi Yamauchi. Author Matt Alt, whose new book Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered The World covers the rise of Nintendo, has published an interview with Uemura on Kotaku, shedding some light on Nintendo in the late 70s and early 80s.

Nimbus, the World Record holder for the biggest SSD, has revealed consumer pricing for their 100TB model. As Techradar reports, this figure was previously only available on demand, but now anyone can buy it...if they have the money.

The 100TB Nimbus Exadrive will cost you $40,000. That's $400 per TB, so you're paying a premium for this model. For comparison, the 50TB is $12,500, which is $250 per TB. In any case, it's a whole lot of money.

The next closest competitor for "biggest SSD" is a 60TB Seagate model. When this launched in 2017, it had an estimated cost of $40,000, according to Exxxact. However, that was not a SATA drive, as this one is.

These are 3.5 inch models, and are designed with industry and military in mind rather than the average consumer. They come with a five-year warranty.

Developer Riot Games has unveiled a new set of dragon-themed skins for its tactical shooter Valorant. The line, titled Elderflame, will be available in the game's store on July 10--although it might be too expensive for most players.

Elderflame is Valorant's first "Ultra Edition" skin pack and transforms a few weapons into fire-breathing dragons. It includes weapon skins for the Operator sniper, Vandal automatic rifle, Frenzy automatic pistol, and what appears to be the Judge shotgun. There is also a fiery dragon-scaled knife for five weapon skins in total. You can check out the Elderflame skin reveal trailer below.

With Elderflame, the weapons come to life as they shoot flames, make cute screeching noises while biting bullets during reloads, and use their black, scaly wings to create aiming reticles.

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has shared new insight and commentary around what diversity and inclusion means to the studio and for the upcoming much-anticipated RPG.

In an Polish interview translated by CDPR on its website, executive Adam Kicinski started off by mentioning that CDPR's development team comprises people from across political and social spectrums. "Our team comprises all sorts of people, leaning left or right on legal, economic, and worldview issues--not to mention several dozen nationalities, multiple ethnic groups and many LGBT individuals," Kicinski said. "We pride ourselves on our diversity, but we also realize that efficient operation requires active measures promoting mutual respect and tolerance."

Another CDPR executive, Adam Badowski, said it's important for the company to embrace and support diversity and inclusion, in will lead to better products.

Vigor, the free-to-play shooter that has seen 4.5 million players on Xbox One, is now available on Switch Eshop too--although right now you can't play it for free. The game has launched alongside a Founder's Pack, which must be bought to play the game.

The Founder's Pack will set you back $20, and it contains the following items and benefits:

• Early access to the game before the Free-to-Play release
• Founder Uniform
• Vigor Baseball Cap
• Gesture "Dust-off Hands"
• Crowns (in-game currency, valued at $40)

This is a time-limited pack, although we're not sure how long it will be available for. The full free-to-play release will come later this year.

If you've been wandering the solar system in Destiny 2 during the Season of Arrivals, you've probably noticed the weird Eyes of Savathun floating around. These blue orbs have always been immune to gunfire--until now. With the release of the new Ruinous Effigy Exotic trace rifle, we now have a way to destroy the orbs, and a reason to do so.

There are 50 Eyes of Savathun to destroy, and knocking out all of them seems likely to set back the Hive Witch Queen's efforts in the solar system. Finding and wrecking all 50 Eyes will earn you the Hive Optometrist Triumph, which goes toward your Moments of Triumph and Season of Arrivals seals. You'll also earn progress toward the Ruinous Effigy Exotic catalyst, so it's worth hunting them down. It's worth noting that you don't need to destroy every Eye to complete the catalyst, so if you don't care about seals but do care about Ruinous Effigy, you can quit at around 30 Eyes destroyed.

Here's the complete list of locations for Eyes of Savathun, complete with images to help you track down all of them. Most are on the four locations the Darkness is currently occupying, but you'll also find some in The Whisper mission on Io and in the new Prophecy dungeon.

River City Girls, WayForward's scrolling beat-em-up that updates the River City Ransom series, is getting a follow-up. After Limited Run Games' stream, which revealed physical versions of numerous games on the horizon, WayForward tweeted out about a new River City Girls project being in the works.

WayForward says that they do not have any details to share right now, but there will be updates in the future. However, a follow-up tweet clarified one important detail.

When asked by one fan if this meant DLC was coming, WayForward responded "It is a separate project, not DLC." The game is listed as River City Girls 0 on Limited Run Games' site, so it's likely a prequel.

1987's Street Fighter was Capcom's first fighting game, and it was where the six-button control and input system that has been a huge part of fighting games ever since was invented. While the series became much bigger and better with Street Fighter II, the original is a very important game--and as it turns out, it was first envisioned by the director when he was bored in a meeting and thinking about past jobs.

In a new deep-dive oral history of Street Fighter on Polygon, game director Takashi Nishiyama has reflected on the game's creation, and how he started to conceptualize it during a meeting. "One day at Capcom, we had a meeting between the development staff and the sales team, and this particular meeting happened to run very long--I think it was about two hours," he recalls. "Personally, as someone on the development side, I found it very hard to stay interested during these meetings, so I tended to daydream and think about games."

Nishiyama says that the game came to him into this moment. "There was just this one moment where the idea for Street Fighter popped into my head and I drew it out on a piece of paper during the meeting," he recalls, saying that he showed it to Capcom producer Yoshiki Okamoto (who was sitting next to him) and it earned his approval.

One of the most exciting parts of every new Madden season is the reveal of player ratings, and this year promises to be no different. EA Sports is planning to release Madden NFL 21 in August--whether or not the actual NFL season goes forward--and player ratings are always a hot topic.

EA Sports has begun hyping the Madden 21 ratings reveal with a new teaser video featuring Hall of Fame QB Steve Young and former NFL star Chad Johnson. They appear in the video announcing the player ratings to this year's rookies, including Tee Higgins, Tua Tagovailoa, Henry Ruggs III, Jordan Love, Justin Herbert, Jerry Jeudy, Jalen Hurts, and Ceedee Lamb.

However, this teaser video doesn't reveal the actual ratings, only how the players reacted to them. You can make some assumptions about their ratings based on their reactions, but the full Madden NFL 21 ratings reveal for rookies is coming later. EA Sports will begin to announce the ratings on July 9 at 10 AM ET. Check back with GameSpot for the latest.

Call of Duty: Warzone's 200-player mode has been removed, and that's no surprise. The 200-player variant was always labeled as a limited-time mode, and now it has been removed with the game's newest playlist update.

While BR 200 is gone, Infinity Ward has brought back BR Quads and added BR Stimulus Trios to the Warzone playlist menus.

BR 200 was added to Warzone in the June 30 Season 4 Reloaded Update, so it stayed in the game for around 10 days. It's possible it will return someday, but that hasn't been confirmed.

It's a great time to be a Halo fan. Microsoft is finally properly unveiling Halo Infinite on July 23, Halo 3 is coming to PC, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection continues to get new updates.

Developer 343 Industries has now announced a new "first-look" livestream event for Halo: The Master Chief Collection on July 9 where the studio will showcase the new features coming to the game. Additionally, the broadcast will show more of Halo 3 on PC.

Another Fishing Tourney is just around the corner in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The fish-catching event returns this Saturday, July 11, giving you another chance to score some exclusive fish-themed items, furnishings, and even special trophies to proudly display around your island.

The Fishing Tourney is a time-honored tradition in Animal Crossing, dating back to the series' very first installment, but the event operates a little differently in New Horizons than in previous games. To help you prepare, we've broken down everything you need to know about the Fishing Tourney and how to participate in it below.

How Does The Fishing Tourney Work?

The Fishing Tourney is a recurring event in Animal Crossing: New Horizons that takes place periodically throughout the year. The event is always held on a Saturday, from 9 AM to 6 PM your time, and it's hosted by seasports fanatic C.J., who occasionally visits your island and purchases fish at a higher price than you'd get for them at Nook's Cranny.

Warframe developer Digital Extremes has announced Inaros Prime will be available from July 14 in all regions and on every platform. The new Prime Gear will include saw launcher Panthera Prime and heavy blade Karyst Prime.

Inaros Prime boasts "altered mod polarities for greater customization," Panthera Prime has been upgraded with "a larger mag, faster fire and a radial, slashing ricochet," while Karys Prime is described as "the heavier, oversized and far more lethal version of the signature weapon of an extinct order of Tenno assassins." Inaros Prime's accessories include the Mittahk Prime Armor, Kahtuss Prime Syandana, and 90-Day Credit and Affinity boosters.

In-universe, Prime refers to "technology as it was during the height of the Orokin Era," as opposed to the non-Prime copies of that technology used by the Tenno.

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland has been cast as Nathan Drake for the upcoming Uncharted movie that won't follow any of the previous game's stories but instead tell a new one focusing on a young Drake.

Had Sony Pictures went with a 1:1 adaptation of the games, actor Nolan North--who plays Drake in the game series--believes Chris Pine would have been a top choice for the role. North had a small role in Star Trek: Into Darkness, and working with Pine on some scenes, he saw that Pine would have made a very fitting Drake.

"I got to watch Chris Pine work, and [I] sat with him at lunch. One time in the makeup trailer I said, 'If a script called Uncharted ever comes across your agent's desk you should take a good hard look at it. Because I think you'd be perfect for it,'" North told Fandom.

Rocket League is currently celebrating its fifth anniversary with an in-game event, as the game was released on July 7, 2015. Developer Psyonix has plenty of reason to celebrate, as they've also announced some astonishing figures showing just how many people have played the game.

An infograph released to the game's site has revealed that since launch, 75 million different people have played the game. That's a huge figure, higher than the total sales figures of the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood has debuted gameplay footage during a Nacon Connect stream, and revealed that the game is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X alongside current systems and PC (via the Epic Games Store). The game will launch on February 4, 2021.

The game will cast players as Cahal, a werewolf who is on a quest home to protect family and friends from the corporation Endron. It'll be up to you to take this corporation down by using your werewolf powers to batter any and all enemies you encounter.

The trailer, below, shows Cahal in human, wolf, and werewolf forms. It looks like gameplay will differ depending on your form, and you'll only be able to truly unleash on enemies in werewolf mode.

This single-player action game was originally announced as a 2020 release, but it has since been delayed.

A few other games were shown off or revealed during the Nacon Connect stream, and you can check them out below.

Wreckfest has wrapped up Season 1 of DLC with the Banger Racing Car Pack, which includes three new cars, alongside some new free content on all platforms. Publisher THQ Nordic is also teasing a Season 2 of DLC, so the game will likely continue to receive new cars and cosmetics going forward.

Here's the three cars included in this last wave of Season 1 DLC, as per the press release:

• Sweeper: This midsize racer is a perfect blend of agility, speed and toughness - a great all-rounder for every type of race.
• Hearse: This banger racing classic excels at derbies since it can both give and take serious punishment.
• Stock Car: A versatile little rocket that feels right at home on every oval and Figure 8 track.

The game's free update is promising a new Tournament Season, called the Banger Bash, as well as two new tracks. Kingston Raceway is a figure-8 circuit track, while Mudford Motorpark is a derby arena with a concave center point. Banger Bash will run through July, and you can earn another new car by competing.

Nintendo Switch Online subscribers have three new games coming to them this month, including one of the SNES' best classic platformers. Donkey Kong Country is joining the console's SNES line-up, alongside SNES wrestling game Natsume Championship Wrestling and the EA-published NES title The Immortal.

These titles will join the current line-up on July 15.

Donkey Kong Country, a Rareware classic, is the highlight here--a SNES title with (for the time) jaw-dropping graphics that eventually begat the excellent Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Switch. It's a great platformer, although it was also included on the SNES Classic Edition, so if you own one of those you already have access to it. We're holding out hope that Donkey Kong Country 2 will eventually make its way to the Switch.

Watch out Amazon--Walmart is preparing to announce a new membership program of its own that will compete with Amazon Prime. This is according to a report from Recode, which states that Walmart's subscription--Walmart+--will cost $98 USD/year and include a lot of perks.

These include same-day delivery and discounts on gas at Walmart's fueling stations. Subscribers will also get early access to deals, sources told the site, along with some kind of "video entertainment." Walmart sold its streaming service, Vudu, in April 2020.

Walmart+ will formally launch later this month, according to the report. The retailer originally planned to announce it in late March or April, but the company pushed its unveiling back due to the COVID-19 crisis, the report said.

PUBG Mobile, the iOS/Android version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has launched its first-ever exclusive map. The new battle royale arena is called Livik, and its designed with quick matches in mind. Livik arrives as part of the 0.19.0 patch, which introduces many new elements to the game.

The update is available now, and will take up about 1.84 GB on Android and 2.13 GB on iOS, so set some space aside. The update, detailed on Reddit, introduces many changes and additions, but the map is the highlight.

Livik is a Nordic-style map that measures just 2km by 2km. 52 players can dive in, and matches are guaranteed to end within 15 minutes, so expect a lot of early bloodshed. The map is still in its beta stage, so it's not quite feature complete yet, but you can play it now.

Two years after launch, Ubisoft's open-world racer The Crew 2 continues to receive updates. The latest one is pretty substantial and arrives on July 8 for PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One. The full patch notes have been outlined below.

Summer in Hollywood is The Crew 2's sixth free update. It packages tons of stuff in it, including new cars, modes, vanity items, and more. For the next five weeks, Summer in Hollywood will also introduce some special themed events and live summits that will change up the overall look of The Crew 2. You can check out the announcement trailer below.

Some of the events that will be introduced include sci-fi-themed races and vehicles drenched in neon, '70s-tinged overlays with music and vehicles to match, and more. Ubisoft shared a roadmap of what Summer in Hollywood's next five weeks will bring to The Crew 2, which you can view below.