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As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations for Tomb Raider, Square Enix has revealed footage and details of Tomb Raider: Ascension, an early survival-horror-like prototype created by Crystal Dynamics as it explored ways to reimagine the series - with various aspects of the project ultimately making their way into the developer's 2013 reboot.

"After narrowing in on the concept of a survival story on a remote island," explains Square Enix over on YouTube, "[Crystal Dynamics] began developing what was internally called Tomb Raider: Ascension." The project is said to have "felt closer to a horror game than a Tomb Raider title" at one point, although this aspect would eventually fade into the background as the studio opted to focus in on survival elements.

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The upcoming VR version of Resident Evil 4, which by my unofficial count is the 119th re-release of Capcom’s classic, is also apparently going to be unique. At least one of the companies involved in its release, made up of Facebook, Capcom and Armature, has decided to remove some of its more suggestive content.

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It's a new day in the Fortnite Item Shop, and alongside more Halloween characters and the reveal of a brand-new character, the licensed NBA skins have returned. The timing is no coincidence. With the NBA season tipping off today, and several teams already vying for their first W, the full slate of NBA skins are back in the store. Even better, another NBA item makes its debut as a purchasable cosmetic after previously being available only to tournament winners. Here's everything in the Fortnite Item Shop for October 21, 2021.

With the NBA skins, you can choose from several different men or women as the base model, and purchasing any of the characters in the In The Paint set permanently unlocks jerseys and customizable numbers for all 30 NBA teams. That means you're not bound to just a single player or even jersey number. Change it as often as you'd like--a tremendous value for bandwagon fans everywhere, no doubt.

Along with the NBA character skins, you can also nab the NBA Championship Trophy back bling for the first time ever. Over the summer, this was given out to winners of the Fortnite X NBA: The Crossover event, but now even if you weren't on that winning Lakers team, you can still lug the shiny trophy around in style.

Here's everything in the NBA section of the shop:

The One Piece episode 1000 release date is set for November, and a Funimation and Toei Animation event will let people see 998 and 999 too.

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Missions are an extra incentive to go back and master every level, which I kind of needed I went into...

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Square Enix has released footage from its canceled horror Tomb Raider game, Tomb Raider: Ascension. 

The company released the footage as part of its 25th Anniversary celebrations and in the roughly seven minutes of footage, we see a greyed-out character model that’s clearly Lara Croft traversing through dark caves, marshes, spooky houses, and more, as reported by Video Games Chronicle. The footage is very obviously prototype footage from early in the game’s development, but it’s a fascinating look at what games can become over time. Case in point, Ascension would later become the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. 

“Check out footage from Tomb Raider: Ascension, which took Tomb Raider deep into survival horror territory during the exploratory phases of what would eventually become the 2013 reboot,” Square Enix writes in the footage’s description. “It was through Ascension that the team honed in on telling an origin story through the lens of survival.” 

A World of Warcraft character named Gorge the Corpsegrinder, named after Cannibal Corpse frontman George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher, has had its name changed. This is part of Blizzard’s continuing combing through the archives and finding references in the game that, in 2021, maybe aren’t as cool as they used to be.

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Epic will work with both studios to publish their upcoming games Today, Epic announced new publishing partnerships with two notable...

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Tuesday marks the release of Eidos-Montréal's newest adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, where players take control of Star-Lord and his space-faring crew of misfits. In the lead-up to launch, the developers have posted a new blog covering everything you'll find in the game's settings menus, including a bevy of adjustable accessibility options.

To find the complete list of options and settings, look right here. In it, you'll find some pretty standard toggles like camera controls, keybindings on PC, audio adjustments, and so on. However, there are some toggles and sliders in GOTG which go much deeper. Subtitles can have different sized fonts, letter spacing, backgrounds, and background colors. Game difficulty includes Easy, Intended (a very good name for the default difficulty), and Hard modes with a fourth option which lets you go granular on the kind of play experience you want with Custom. 

Having a customizable difficulty mode is a great idea. Not everyone wants to or can play a game as the developers intended it. Eidos-Montreal has added sliders for how much damage you deal, how much damage Star-Lord takes, and even how much ammo Elemental weapons consume. Here are some of the other changes you can make in Custom difficulty:

The economy of Amazon’s new massively multiplayer online role-playing game New World is experiencing some growing pains. To be more specific, the currency on which the economy is based is in the midst of a deflation crisis, causing players to barter for items rather than spend their hard-earned coin.

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Get a free squirrel by completing tasks and logging in The Halloween Festival has kicked off in Pokemon Unite, adding a...

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In all other sports games, I’m a team player, but in NBA 2K22, it’s OK to look out for No. 1

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Today Spike Chunsoft released a new trailer mostly focusing on the upcoming Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

The trailer actually starts with a brief introduction of the other Danganronpa games included in the Danganronpa Decadence collection for the Switch, but it quickly moves on to showcasing Ultimate Summer Camp.

We get to see the board game & JRPG gameplay mix, on top of the gacha mechanic that lets you unlock new characters and more.

You can watch it below.

It’s Blade meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets pretty much every other modern vampire classic

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More than just an ugly face If you’ve read any of my features this month, you know how much I...

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The latest Shin Megami Tensei V videos are in, and SMT staples Ippon-Datara and Obariyon both get their moment in the spotlight.

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Sora joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on October 18, becoming the 89th (and, at long last, final) playable character on the roster, and wrapping up a two-year process of expanding the game’s pool of fighters. Though in a sense he is just another sword-wielding anime boy, I think I actually stand corrected. Sora in …

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We got to go hands-on with the open world antics of the Saints Row reboot for this month's cover story (which digital subscribers can read right now) which included two story missions set early on in the game. In this edition of New Gameplay Today, you can watch our exclusive gameplay from these missions, featuring the hard-hitting car chases from "Making Rent," followed by a good old-fashioned saloon brawl and subsequent creative interrogation methods in "Idol Threat." Join Brian Shea, Alex Van Aken, and John Carson as they talk about these missions and their time with an early demo of Saints Row. 

Please note that this Saints Row gameplay is pre-alpha footage supplied by Deep Silver and represents a game still in development.

If you enjoyed this early look at Saints Row, be sure to subscribe to the Game Informer YouTube channel so that you don't miss future videos. Interested in seeing the latest footage of upcoming games? Check out other episodes of New Gameplay Today here. As always, head over to our Saints Row coverage hub to keep up with our exclusive coverage.

Starting tomorrow any prospective buyers of Riders Republic, a new game from the folks that brought you Steep, can give the full version of the game a go for up to four hours over the course of the next week leading up to the game’s release on Oct. 28.

This trial week will, as stated above, will essentially be a full version of the game, and any progress you make during the trial will carry over if you choose to pay for the full version. This includes stats, the gear you unlock, everything essentially.

In addition, if you choose to participate in the trial, you can try and complete a Mad Challenge which will earn you rewards if you’re successful. You can sign up here if you’re interested in that.

This is an interesting approach to promote the game. Four hours should be enough time to figure out if Riders Republic is for you or not, and being able to carry literally everything over is a nice touch.

Riders Republic is kind of a sequel to Steep, it still has some winter sports like skiing and snowboarding, but will also include new sports such as mountain biking, wingsuit flying, and the totally real sport of rocket wingsuiting. The game features “mass races” which pits a ton of players against each other in huge races that appear to be extremely chaotic and, hopefully, fun.

Riders Republic releases on Oct. 28 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. You can dig into the details of the Trial Week here if you’re interested in downloading and participating.

In 2020, Sony filed a patent for allowing livestream spectators and participants to remove players from a game. Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office approved the patent, which you can read in full here. Besides removing unskilled players, the system would allow spectators to pay for the privilege…

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The Razer Viper is one of my favourite mice of all time, whether we're talking about the wireless Ultimate version, the compact Mini model or the vanilla Viper. It's this OG model that is on sale today at Amazon, who have marked it down from £80 to just £40 - an incredible bargain for an ultralight mouse with a high-end optical sensor, optical mouse buttons, flexible cable and low weight of just 69 grams.

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Celebrated filmmaker Jim Jarmusch once said, “Originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it.” Back 4 Blood, a new zombie-themed co-op shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios, sure puts this principle into practice. Even its name is a direct callback to the…

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For those hankering for a Turok-esque experience, New Zealand-based studio Hashbane Interactive may’ve just the ticket for you. Indeed, its upcoming prehistoric action-adventure game, Instinction, is slated for a 2022 release for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Now, we have a brand new trailer showcasing the dinosaur-centric hunt-’em-up in action. Behold the new footage down below:

Blending a tense atmosphere with some slick first-person visuals, the latest video gives us a glimpse at what we can expect: prowling velociraptors, hulking underwater leviathans, and enough hunting equipment to make even Elmer Fudd jealous. There are also what appear to be tomb-like structures that are begging to be explored.

Building a gaming PC for the first time can feel like an incredibly daunting task. Between gathering the required parts, making sure they all work together, fiddling with delicate wires, and trying not to destroy expensive components, the entire process is anxiety-inducing. Hardware maker NZXT now offers what I…

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The Asus Tuf Gaming A15 is a great value gaming laptop that attracted warm reviews for its design and performance, and today it's also the cheapest RTX 3070 gaming laptop we can find*. The A15 FA506QR-HN006T specification, which includes a Ryzen 7 5800H processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD, is down to just £1250 at Overclockers after a £150 reduction.

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The two BloodRayne ReVamped games will both debut on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One on the same day in November 2021.

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Make every shot count It’s October, and that means it’s time for some scary games. I’m not much of a...

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Apex Legends' latest update is out now, bringing with it a number of fixes and improvements for the game. Although it's not the most exciting update, it should nonetheless improve the game experience overall.

One improvement that Respawn has pushed to the game is to make is more resilient to denial-of-service attacks. The developer has worked on DoS attacks in the past; they can make the experience of playing a game extremely frustrating, as attackers attempt to force players offline by flooding game servers with traffic. Apex has been plagued by DoS attacks this year, and Respawn mounted a significant effort to counter these actions back in June. Today's patch notes suggest that the studio is still improving its defenses.

The update also includes an assortment of miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements. For example, Respawn has fixed melee and spin-up exploits affecting the Sheila mobile mini-gun, and it has fixed the color of the raven on Bloodhound's Niflheim Hundr skin. You can see the full list of tweaks below.

Apex Legends is currently in the midst of its Monsters Within Halloween event that adds a bunch of new skins and the Shadow Royale mode. In addition, Respawn recently revealed that Titanfall's Ash will be Apex's next character dropping in Season 11.

Fans are upset over the news

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Today, Netflix’s trans employees and allies are walking out after the company released, and heavily promoted, yet another transphobic Dave Chappelle special. This walkout is also accompanied by a list of demands from Netflix employees who are deeply unsatisfied with the current state of the company. These demands…

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I can’t imagine why! The recently-released console versions of Murder House have a distinctly creepy icon featuring a costumed rabbit...

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Boy band looks weren’t exactly what Tolkien imagined

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The update adding raytracing and other mod cons to The Witcher 3 will not launch this year, developers CD Projekt Red announced today. They've been fancying up their fantasy RPG for the latest console generation, and those 'next-gen' additions are headed to PC in a patch too. But not this year. Instead, look to be blinded by the light in spring 2022. They've also delayed the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 for consoles.

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A Pinhead NFT, specifically the in-game Dead By Daylight model of the iconic Cenobite, is now available to purchase. Feelings are mixed, of course, since NFTs currently exist in the weird area of scams and actually interesting ideas of decentralized tech.

NFTs stand for non-fungible tokens. By using blockchain tech that generates these one-of-a-kind tokens, people can purchase and "own '' digital items. However, the definition of ownership is pretty nebulous here: NFT owners just get to say they own the original of some digital item, but can't prevent anybody from right-clicking and downloading the thing from the internet.

So what does it mean if you decide to purchase this Pinhead NFT specifically? You do get access to the Hellraiser chapter of Dead by Daylight on PC. But, according to the FAQ, no Dead By Daylight content will be locked behind the purchase.

In other words, purchasing the Pinhead NFT means you just get to say you own a digital item based on the Dead By Daylight character model, with no real in-game tie-in to Dead By Daylight's gameplay. There is a nebulous promise by the NFT-maker, Boss Protocol, that the Pinhead NFT will "allow owners to unlock the character in other games that are now in development." It's a vague statement, and we'll have to see how that manifests in the future. Pinhead NFT owners will also get another NFT, the Lament Configuration Box, as a bonus.