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• Harpy Champion Teaser – League of Legends
  She fights for the cause,. He fights for her. The first new champion release of 2017 in league of legends is looking to be a big one. Being teased initially not long after April Fools Events such as Advanced Bots and Graves Cigar, it was a bit unclea…
  - 3 Apr 17, 9:06pm -
• Season 10 Begins – Diablo III
  A new start in the conquest of the Forces of Hell As we previously covered the nearing end of Diablo’s 9th season, the end has official come and the beginning of Season 10 has replaced it. Available on both  PC and Consoles the Diablo III season o…
  - 1 Apr 17, 6:45pm -
• Double Everything Weekend – Smite
  Earn all you can Take, and take all you can Earn This weekend until Sunday you can play smite for double rewards for everything you do. Still not hit the Level cap? You can get experience. Almost done with your mastery? Worshipers are included as wel…
  - 31 Mar 17, 4:20pm -
• The Tomb of Sargeras – Wow Patch 7.2
  One step closer to the Legions fall A new release and more adventures in World of Warcraft Legion to be had. Bringing plenty to do this Update will include new Class quests, World Quests, Scenarios, Cross Faction Events and More for you to conquer as…
  - 29 Mar 17, 3:27pm -
• A Mammoth Celebration!
  Free stuff just for Dropping by! Celebrating their Year of the Mammoth Event and Leading up to the Official release of Journey to Un’Goro in Hearthstone. This is the second of them, the first being a Brawl where winning a Match in Hearthstone score…
  - 27 Mar 17, 9:04pm -

OWNT

N4G

• newMothergunship Review - Beautiful Brutal Bullet-Hell | COGconnected
  COGconnected: Mothergunship is a perfect marriage of first-person shooter and bullet hell action with rogue-like generated stages that push the players to be creative and chaotic with over the top weapons and fast-paced action.
  - 15 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:37pm -
• newFortnite's Double Pump Nerf Has Created An Even More Annoying Meta
  Shotgun into a tactical SMG, rinse and repeat in Fortnite.
  - 18 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:34pm -
• newBomber Crew Review | TheXboxHub
  Neil writes: "The vast majority of World War 2 titles come with huge budgets, blockbusting cinematics and realism that is occasionally beyond belief. So its rather pleasing to see Bomber Crew kick into action, with it coming complete with some fun vi…
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• newPokemon GO Candies To Stock Up For The Upcoming Generation 4 Pokemon
  Earlier this week, Niantic teased its fans by sharing a photo on their social media accounts showing some of the generation 4 Pokemon.
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• newDouble Fine's 'GNOG' launches with VR support
  Developer Double Fine Games' tactile puzzler, 'GNOG', is now available on PC and Mac with virtual reality support.
  - 25 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:27pm -

PCGamer

Game Informer

• newFortnite Streamers Make Up The Majority Of Twitch's Most Popular Streamers
  It turns out that there's a pretty significant correlation between playing popular games and being a popular streamer. According to Dexerto, the most popular streamers on Twitch are all best known for their Fortnite playing.In data collection done…
  - 12 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:45am -
• newWorld Of Warcraft Now Only Requires A Subscription Fee For Content
  Blizzard has removed the Battle Chest, a collection of all the content you need to play World of Warcraft, from sale on their own store. The bundle had everything up until the Legion expansion, meaning that the only content World of Warcraft players…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:10am -
• newFan-Made P.T. Port Cancelled, Teenage Developer Offered Internship At Konami
  It has been a few weeks shy of four years since P.T., an acronym for Playable Teaser, released on PlayStation 4. The demo, which was later revealed to be a teaser for Silent Hills, set off a a chain of events that ended with the game getting cancelle…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:10am -
• newFortnite Streamer Stages Daring Rescue Of Another Player
  The Fortnite Twitter today posted a clip of a streamer, @MrMuselk, noticing another player stuck at the bottom of the game world.Assuming that the other player was out of materials, MrMuselk began building a large and winding staircase down to resc…
  - 15 hours ago, 17 Jul 18, 11:05pm -
• newGearbox Pokes Fun At Aliens: Colonial Marines AI Bug
  A few days ago, it was discovered that fixing a typo in the INI file for Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox's incredibly maligned first-person shooter, actually fixed some of the enemy AI. We tested it. Even after knowing what it does, we were flabber…
  - 15 hours ago, 17 Jul 18, 10:25pm -

Joystiq

• newApple iCloud data in China is being stored by a state-run telco
  Six months ago Apple caused controversy by moving Chinese users' iCloud keys out of the US and into China, in order to comply with Chinese law. Now, that data, which includes emails, text messages and pictures, is being looked after by government-own…
  - 6 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:46pm -
• newPro drone racing confronts its amateur roots
  "The drone racing league is a sport. We are a league. We do an annual season. We have a clear rule system and scoring system," Nick Horbaczewski, founder and CEO of the Drone Racing League (DRL), enthuses in a small business suite located on the seco…
  - 22 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:30pm -
• newBlue Origin will perform a high-altitude abort test at 11AM ET (updated)
  Today, Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, will perform another test on the sub-orbital New Shepard spacecraft and launch vehicle. This time, the company is looking at pushing the engines to their maximum limits with a high…
  - 37 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:15pm -
• newHow 'Mission Impossible' made the leap to 4K and HDR
  Mission Impossible is an unusual film franchise. It's spanned over 22 years and five directors, each bringing their own distinctive touch to Tom Cruise's increasingly over-the-top escapades. Brian De Palma's 1996 film, which kicked off the series, he…
  - 52 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:00pm -
• newPhilips' extra-bright 4K HDR monitor is now available for $1,000
  If you've been salivating at the thought of Philips' (technically, EPI's) ultra-bright HDR monitor, you can now do more than clean up the mess you've left on the floor. The Momentum 43" 4K HDR Quantum Dot Monitor is now available from Amazon and Best…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:29pm -

Kotaku

G4

Wired Game Life

The Verge Gaming

• newMicrosoft teases ‘all-new Xbox hardware’ announcement for next month
  
  - 7 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:45pm -
• newGoogle warns Android might not remain free because of EU decision
  The EU’s decision to force Google to unbundle its Chrome and search apps from Android may have some implications for the future of Android’s free business model. In a blog post defending Google’s decision to bundle search and Chrome apps on And…
  - 58 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:54pm -
• newBlue Origin will push its rocket ‘to its limits’ with high-altitude emergency abort test today
  This morning, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin will attempt the ninth test flight of its sub-orbital rocket, the New Shepard — a reusable vehicle designed to take tourists to the edge of space and back. And for this launch, the company w…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:30pm -
• newGoogle fined a record $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust violations
  Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws. The European Commission says Google has abused its Android market dominance in three key areas. Google has been bundling its sea…
  - 3 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 11:02am -
• newWhy tech nonprofits are increasingly stepping in for the government
  The Trump administration’s massive cuts to social services have left lots of people in need, and that has created fresh work for tech nonprofits that are hoping to address it.“The nonprofit sector is doing a lot of the work the government should…
  - 4 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 10:00am -

Destructoid

• newThe beautiful Spice and Wolf series is coming to VR
  Someone sold me on watching the Spice and Wolf anime as "Economics: The Anime," which was more than enough to get me to watch it that very week -- I wasn't disappointed.While much of the focus is on the antics and travels of Kraft Lawrence, a mercha…
  - 6 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 8:00am -
• newDevelopers thank the community for Octopath Traveler's runaway success
  Square Enix released retro-styled RPG Octopath Traveler last week, receiving universal acclaim and great sales numbers immediately, to the point that Japan has seen a shortage of physical copies of the epic adventure title.It seems that the global su…
  - 7 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 7:00am -
• newYou can check out Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at EVO 2018
  Nintendo's highly-anticipated brawl for all Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is starting to make its presence known at more and more live events. Smash Ultimate will be on display at SDCC this week, and the world's biggest fighting game tournament, EVO 201…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 6:00am -
• newArchipel video spotlights Persona and Catherine character designer, Shigenori Soejima
  Documentary-maker Archipel has released a short spotlight video focusing on Atlus' stalwart character designer and lead artist Shigenori Soejima, responsible for the awesome characters of the Persona games, and currently hard at work on the expanded…
  - 9 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 5:01am -
• newBruce Willis declares that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
  At the end of his yet-to-be-aired Comedy Central Roast, famed action star and older Joseph Gordon-Levitt Bruce Willis made a declaration that sent shockwaves around the world."Die Hard is not a Christmas movie!" shouted the unfriendly Shyamalan ghos…
  - 17 hours ago, 17 Jul 18, 9:00pm -

Games Radar

VG 24/7

• new17 annoying things in video games that need to die
  Video games are good, it’s true. I wouldn’t dedicate 45 hours a week writing about them if I thought they were crap, but there are some days I wish I had chosen a different profession. I occasionally wonder if I should have been a bed tester inst…
  - 49 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:03pm -
• newGod of War developer is hiring character artists to design gods and monsters for next game
  It seems work on the next God of War is already underway at developer Sony Santa Monica. The studio has posted a number of ads to fill different jobs in various development disciplines. Most of the recent listings were created around March, just a co…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:26pm -
• newThe World of Warcraft subscription now includes access to previously released content
  Blizzard has rolled all the content of existing World of Warcraft expansions into the monthly subscription fee. In anticipation of the arrival of World of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion, Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard has made all previous expansions…
  - 2 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 11:45am -
• newFor 3 years in a row, Ubisoft had the first half of the year on lockdown
  For three years in a row, Ubisoft has quietly been laying claim to the first half of the year. Ubisoft was the the publisher with the best-selling game in the industry for the years 2016, 2017, and 2018. The company essentially had the first six mont…
  - 4 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 10:01am -
• newDissidia Final Fantasy NT datamine discovers references to a slew of new characters including Tifa, Zack and Vivi
  Fans have been digging into the data of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on PS4 – and their discovery suggests that quite a few more additional characters beyond the six promised for this year were at least planned. Final Fantasy fans on Reddit and Twitch…
  - 5 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 9:18am -

Euro Gamer

• newSouth Park: The Stick of Truth headed to Nintendo Switch, months after its sequel
  In a slightly unusual turn of events, Ubisoft has announced South Park: The Stick of Truth will be coming to the Switch later this year. The port was announced in Ubisoft's first-quarter financial report, which suggests the game will only be released…
  - 8 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:44pm -
• newOctopath Traveler: a 90s-style JPRG brought to life with cutting-edge tech
  The Japanese RPG has travelled a long road since the early days of sprite-based 2D adventuring, but in Octopath Traveler we have a fascinating blend of old and new. Exclusive to Switch, it takes the traditional top-down style of Super NES greats like…
  - 52 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:00pm -
• newThe Game Accessibility Conference arrives in Paris this October
  The Game Accessibility Conference will take place in Paris on the 22nd of October this year. The one-day event is dedicated to making games more accessible to players with disabilities. GAConf promises to cover everything from indie to triple-A deve…
  - 2 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:00pm -
• newJonathan Blow shows more footage of his new Sokoban-inspired game
  Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid and The Witness, has shown more of his new puzzle game. It's a game inspired by (and even, it seems, codenamed) Sokoban, the old Japanese game about pushing boxes in specific orders to cover all the marks on the floor.…
  - 3 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 10:44am -
• newWorld of Warcraft and all current expansions now included in subscription
  World of Warcraft's monthly subscription now unlocks access to all base game and existing expansion content, Blizzard has announced. So, for £9.99 a month you'll be able to play everything up to and including 2016 expansion Legion and no longer hav…
  - 3 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 10:31am -

Shack News

• newNew WarioWare Gold Footage Breaks Down Its Zany Microgames
  The latest WarioWare Gold trailer is a doozy, and it offers one of the longest looks at the game we've seen so far. The four-minute clip demonstrates just a few of the 300 micrograms that you can look forward to with the hilarious release, and it's…
  - 10 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 3:35am -
• newBandai Namco's Drum Session, Drum Master, and Drum 'n' Fun Trademarked in Europe
  We can always use more rhythm games here in the west. I'll sing that from the highest mountaintop. That's why I'm so excited to see Bandai Namco having potentially trademarked some of the very games I've had my eye on coming over to the west for some…
  - 11 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 3:20am -
• newTempest 4000 Review: Tube Trippin'
  If you're a PS Vita enthusiast, you likely no doubt remember the trippy, excellent shooter from Llamasoft and Jeff Minter known as TxK. Minter was originally responsible for bringing us remakes of the classic arcade game Tempest, and TxK was one of t…
  - 11 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 3:00am -
• newShrine of the Sage Location - Octopath Traveler
  The latest Square Enix release Octopath Traveler is a game that allows players to choose their own path to adventure. As such, it also allows players to fully customize each of the game's eight different heroes, a process that involves not only lear…
  - 12 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:30am -
• newShrine of the Prince of Thieves Location - Octopath Traveler
  Octopath Traveler is a game with a considerable variety of options available to players who wish to customize their party and put the hurt down on foes lurking around the continent of Orsterra. Part of that level of customization involves selecting…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 12:30am -

Gamespot

• newKick-Ass Creator Mark Millar's First Slate Of Netflix Shows And Movies Revealed
  Mark Millar is one of the most acclaimed comic book writers of the past two decades, so there was much excitement amongst fans when Netflix bought his connected comic universe Millarworld last year. Now the streaming giant has announced its first sla…
  - 24 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:28pm -
• newWarioWare Gold - Mini-Game Madness Gameplay
  Eat sushi, zip a zipper, yank out a gross nose hair-- the mini-games are endless! Check out this gameplay clip of WarioWare Gold, coming this July 27th to the Nintendo 3DS.
  - 52 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:00pm -
• newWhich Is The Best Batman Arkham Game? | Versus
  Everyone in the office is replaying the Batman Arkham games, so we decided to pit the Caped Crusader's craziest capers against each other to finally determine which one is the best.
  - 52 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:00pm -
• newDestiny 2: Cayde-6 Actor Replaced For Next Expansion
  One of the funniest, most lighthearted characters in the Destiny universe, Cayde-6, has been up until this point voiced by veteran TV and video game actor Nathan Fillion. But he isn't coming back to voice Cayde-6 in Destiny 2: Forsaken, which could b…
  - 7 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 6:39am -
• newWatch MLB Players Do Fortnite Dances
  First it was the World Cup, and now Fortnite has made an appearance at another high-profile sporting event. As part of the MLB All-Star game this week, Fox Sports got MLB All-Stars who play Fortnite to act out some of their favourite dances from the…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 Jul 18, 6:02am -

Giant Bomb

• newBreakfast for Dinner with Jeff and Ben
  This week we talk cooking 101, getting worked, and first-hand experience from "after dark" anime cons.
  - 52 mins ago, 18 Jul 18, 1:00pm -
• newGiant Bombcast 541: Yerb Up!
  This week we have Ben's further Octopath travels, the new (old) Tempest, another trip to the Danger Zone, E3 emulator war stories, a Sonic/Tinder field report, the king of Kings, and the violent legacy of Panic Park.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 Jul 18, 10:32pm -
• newGiant Bombcast 541: Yerb Up!
  This week we have Ben's further Octopath travels, the new (old) Tempest, another trip to the Danger Zone, E3 emulator war stories, a Sonic/Tinder field report, the king of Kings, and the violent legacy of Panic Park.
  - 17 hours ago, 17 Jul 18, 8:48pm -
• All Systems Goku 19
  The Cell Games commence! Will Mr. Satan sell for Cell? Find out as Dan and Jeff watch episodes 87-91 of Dragon Ball Z Kai.
  - 2 days ago, 16 Jul 18, 3:00pm -
• Ranking of Fighters 0017: Justice League Task Force & Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm
  SCIENCE NEVER STOPS! How will a group of Super Heroes rank? How will a game that let's you choose your commentator fare? Today will be a KNOCK,OUT.
  - 2 days ago, 16 Jul 18, 1:00pm -

Gamespy

• Defiance: The MMO vs Defiance: The TV Show - Fight!
  Defiance (PC)We journey to the show's set in Toronto to get the full scoop.
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• Play Thief in Doom 3 with The Dark Mod
  Thief: The Dark Project (PC)A total conversion for Doom 3, The Dark Mod is designed to let players create missions.
  - 22 Oct 12, 7:14pm -
• "Second Wave" of Options Make XCOM: Enemy Unknown Even Tougher
  XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC)Originally planned to be officially released, modders have gotten the options to work.
  - 22 Oct 12, 6:31pm -
• DICE Adding Console Command to Disable Color Grading in Battlefield 3
  Battlefield 3 (PC)"No major competitive advantage/disadvantage" in disabling color grading.
  - 22 Oct 12, 6:06pm -
• The Castle Doctrine is Jason Rohrer's New Game
  New game from Inside a Star-Filled Sky creator revealed.
  - 22 Oct 12, 5:15pm -