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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…
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• 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

• newPoint-and-Click Adventure The Low Road Coming To Nintendo Switch
  XGen Studios today announced that they will be bringing their point-and-click adventure The Low Road to Nintendo Switch in Summer 2018.
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• newDark Souls Remastered Review | Daily Echo
  Gareth Newnham from the Daily Echo said: "Dark Souls Remastered is the perfect opportunity for player old and new to return to one of gamings most rewarding and memorable series."
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• newHands-on: Its Time to Save the Galaxy in The VOIDs Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire | VRFocus
  "Great fun, but too short for the price." Says VRFocus' Peter Graham.
  - 19 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:50pm -
• newGirls in Gaming Summit Reinforces Why We Need More Women in Gaming
  COGconnected: As the second of four events this year in the "Be Valiant" series, the Girls in Gaming Summit held in Los Angeles this past weekend was nothing short of an empowering and inclusive meet up that hosted just a few of the amazing women tha…
  - 47 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:22pm -
• newState of Decay 2 Renders At Dynamic 4K On Xbox One X, Runs At Unlocked 30 FPS
  State of Decay 2 is out now for the Xbox One and Windows 10. It is developed by Undead Labs on Unreal Engine 4. The game also supports the enhanced hardware of the Xbox One X and seems to looks vastly superior on it by targeting a much higher resolut…
  - 49 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:20pm -

PCGamer

Game Informer

• newPlayStation Boss Says Sony Portable Gaming Could Return
  John Kodera, the new chief of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has been speaking his mind about the future of the PlayStation brand and has mentioned what he thinks of Sony and portable gaming.Speaking to Bloomberg, Kodera broke with his predecessor…
  - 17 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:52pm -
• newZone Of The Enders: The 2nd Runner – M∀RS Demo Out On PS4
  Konami has somewhat of a spotty history with HD remasters, so ZOE fans unsure about the newest update have a demo to take for a spin.The Zone Of The Enders: The 2nd Runner – M∀RS demo takes advantage of all permutations of your PlayStation 4 h…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 10:39pm -
• newUpdate: Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Don't Dry Confirmed
  Update: Assemble Entertainment has confirmed that Leisure Suit Larry is returning with the weirdly titled Wet Dreams Don't Die, which appears to be targeting the niche Swery 65 game Dark Dreams Don't Die for parody, for some reason.The game superfi…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:21pm -
• newGeorge R. R. Martin To Produce Animated Movie
  Image Source: George R. R. Martin BlogGeorge R. R. Martin is working with Warner Bros. Animation to bring his 1980 children's book The Ice Dragon to life on screen. The book follows a girl named Adara, who befriends a legendary ice dragon to save h…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:01pm -
• newWWII-Themed Battlefield V Drops October 19, Abandons Paid Expansion Model
  After years of using the paid-expansion-pack model for delivering new post-release content to Battlefield players, DICE is going a new direction with Battlefield V. Today DICE revealed Tides of War, a new live-service approach to content for Batt…
  - 4 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:35pm -

Joystiq

• newNYT: Apple teams up with VW for self-driving shuttle vans
  Apple's Project Titan efforts to develop self-driving car technology apparently have found a partner in Volkswagen, according to a report by the New York Times. While the paper said the tech company has pursued deals with BMW and Mercedes, it will ap…
  - 6 mins ago, 24 May 18, 12:03am -
• newTwitch is hosting a seven-week 'Doctor Who' viewing event
  If you're a die-hard Doctor Who fan, Twitch is about to make your summer. The livestreaming service is teaming with BBC Studios on a seven-week Doctor Who viewing event on May 29th that will show more than 500 classic episodes of the Time Lord's adv…
  - 51 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:18pm -
• newSamsung wants AI features in all its devices by 2020
  Samsung hasn't been shy about wanting to spread AI features like Bixby beyond its mobile devices. But how far is it willing to go? Very far, actually. The company's Kim Hyun-suk told the Wall Street Journal that he expects AI features to be availa…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 10:29pm -
• newLG G7 pre-orders start this week at Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon
  If you've decided that the LG G7 ThinQ is more appealing than its major rivals, you now know when and how you can get it in the US. Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are all beginning pre-orders this week, starting on May 24th for Verizon and the 25th fo…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:49pm -
• newElon Musk needs to chill out
  Remember when an Uber executive said some crazy shit at a dinner party about tracking and digging up dirt on journalists? Yeah, that was a stupid thing to do. Now Tesla CEO Elon Musk is walking down that same path. Except he didn't say it at a privat…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:27pm -

Kotaku

G4

Wired Game Life

The Verge Gaming

• newInstapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
  Popular read-it-later app Instapaper informed all European users today that its service would be temporarily unavailable starting Thursday, May 24th while it continues to make changes to ensure it’s complaint with the General Data Protection Regula…
  - 21 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:48pm -
• newFacebook is expanding its unconventional approach to combating revenge porn
  
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 18, 10:53pm -
• newYouTube Music will eventually get Google Play Music’s best features, including user uploads
  YouTube Music — the new YouTube Music, I mean — is Google’s big push to finally create a subscription streaming music service that catches on and can legitimately challenge Spotify and Apple Music. It’s currently rolling out on Android and iO…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:37pm -
• newMoney’s better than e-cigs or nicotine gum at helping smokers quit, study says
  Giving smokers free electronic cigarettes may not help them kick the habit, according to new research. What helps is giving them money instead. For a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers gave over 6,000 smokers d…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:00pm -
• newTinder is testing Places, a location-sharing feature that matches you with your coffee shop bae
  We knew Tinder Places — the dating app’s new way to connect people through location sharing — was coming, but Tinder officially announced today that it’s testing the service in Australia and Chile. Places will let users find potential matches…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:00pm -

Destructoid

• newTekken 7 celebrates its first anniversary with free DLC
  Bandai Namco will be celebrating the one year anniversary of Tekken 7 with some free DLC for players. The DLC, available for all platforms, will be launching on May 31 and will contain a bunch of costumes for various characters in the game. Here is t…
  - 5 hours ago, 23 May 18, 7:00pm -
• newRuneScape Classic will be shutting its servers down in August
  If you're a child of the '90s, chances are you've played RuneScape at one point or another. What is possibly the first MMO for multiple generations of gamers, RuneScape has been trucking along since its launch in 2001. Despite a couple of sequels and…
  - 6 hours ago, 23 May 18, 6:30pm -
• newThe 300 Week 20: THIS IS META!
  Hey, you guys, welcome back to The 300, a recurring feature on my silly attempt to watch 300 movies in theaters in the year 2018. I’ll be watching new releases, classics, and hidden gems to experience the wide world of cinema in all its forms. With…
  - 6 hours ago, 23 May 18, 6:00pm -
• newE3 this year will feature a 'Fortnite Pro-Am' celebrity tournament for 3 million towards charity
  Epic Games will be making a big splash this year at E3 and for charity by hosting their own Fortnite tournament featuring 100 various pros and celebrities known as the “Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am.” Basically, 50 Fortnite pros and personalities wil…
  - 6 hours ago, 23 May 18, 5:53pm -
• newWargaming Seattle has reportedly been shut down
  Reports are coming out on Twitter that Wargaming Seattle (formerly Gas Powered Games) has been shut down. A branch of Wargaming, which is famous for World of Tanks, the studio was founded in 1998 by Chris Taylor (Dungeon Siege) and members of Cavedog…
  - 7 hours ago, 23 May 18, 5:15pm -

Games Radar

VG 24/7

• newCombined Arms is Battlefield 5’s four-player co-op mode
  It’s been a while since Battlefield dabbled with co-op modes, but Battlefield 5 is bringing co-op back in a major way. Battlefield is no stranger to co-op. A couple of Battlefield games in the past have featured co-op modes of some description. Bad…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:14pm -
• newBattlefield 5: fortifications, new class roles, new revive mechanics and more detailed
  DICE is promising the most dynamic multiplayer yet in Battlefield 5. Battlefield 5 is changing multiplayer gameplay in a way no other game in the series has. Much of what we think of as staples is being tweaked, and there’s a host of new mechanics…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:10pm -
• newBattlefield 5 single-player campaign will focus on the “lesser known stories of World War 2”
  The campaign in Battlefield 5 will focus on stories which haven’t been explored too much in video games. DICE wants to focus on some of the lesser known stories of World War 2 in Battlefield 5’s single-player campaign. As previously reported, the…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:00pm -
• newOperations return in Battlefield 5 – now called Grand Operations
  Operations have been tweaked in Battlefield 5, and are known as Grand Operations. Fans of Operations in Battlefield 1 will be pleased to know the mode returns in Battlefield 5. Introduced in Battlefield 1, Operations are a Conquest Assault and Rush m…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:59pm -
• newBattlefield 5 ditches Premium season pass for live services component
  Battlefield 5 is not bringing back the multiplayer Premium season pass. DICE confirmed today at a Battlefield 5 reveal event and during the livestream that Premium will not be making a return in the game. The pass has been replaced with a live servi…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:48pm -

Euro Gamer

• newAll three Banner Saga games are coming to Switch later this year
  UPDATE 23/5/18: Following the original Banner Saga's launch on Switch last week, developer Stoic Games has announced that part two of its sweeping Viking epic will be coming to the console on Thursday, June 7th. Here's what The Banner Saga 2 looked l…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 10:13pm -
• newBad Company 2-style destruction and a dash of Fortnite: everything we learnt from Battlefield V's reveal
  Battlefield V, in case you hadn't guessed already, is a very real video game that sees DICE return to World War 2 for the latest instalment of its large scale multiplayer-focused shooter. Ahead of tonight's reveal, press were invited to a two-hour ru…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:00pm -
• newBattlefield V has a Fortnite-style building tool, ditches the season pass and is out this October
  After months of speculation and a few weeks of teases, EA has confirmed this year's Battlefield is set in World War 2, with DICE returning to the theatre of war in which the series was first born.Battlefield V also sees the return of co-op to the ser…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:00pm -
• newJagex is shutting down RuneScape Classic after 17 years
  Jagex has announced that, after 17 years of operation, RuneScape Classic - the original version of its long-running fantasy MMO - will no longer be available to play on its servers from August 6th, 2018.RuneScape Classic is, essentially, a snapshot o…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:59pm -
• newSea of Thieves' latest update sets the stage for next week's big content expansion
  UPDATE: While I was writing all that below, Rare sneakily released full details on next week's The Hungering Deep content expansion, due on May 29th - so much of the speculation down there is now confirmed.According to Rare, its "medium-sized" Hunger…
  - 7 hours ago, 23 May 18, 4:41pm -

Shack News

• newYoung Woman In The Norwegian Resistance Army Leads One Of Battlefield 5's War Stories
  War stories will return in the Battlefield 5 and one of the first, which was introduced in the live reveal, follows a Norweigan woman. She's part of the resistance fighters taking on the German occupation. "At the bottom line, it's about allowin…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 10:05pm -
• newVintage Video Game Vault: Teaching An Old Wolf To Play Old Games
  Welcome to the second edition of the Vintage Video Game Vault Twitch Stream (name subject to be improved). Take a ride with your buddies on a 16-bit magic carpet as we attempt to enjoy the games of yesteryear on modern controllers that suck at playin…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:45pm -
• newBattlefield 5: Catch Gameplay Debut Trailer Ahead of the October 19 Release Date
  EA and Dice held a preview event today to show off Battlefield 5 to the world for the first time. In a panel show hosted by Trevor Noah, the world got its first glimpse at the series first visit to World War 2 since the campaign of Bad Company 2. Th…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:15pm -
• newNo Premium Pass or Pay-To-Win Mechanics In Battlefield 5, Post-Launch Content Will Be Free
  While the Battlefield series had one of the most robust expansions DLC roadmaps over the years, arguably warranting the price of a premium pass, the DICE team confirmed there's no premium pass in Battlefield 5. There are no expansion packs to purchas…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:51pm -
• newBattlefield 5: Grand Operations Mode Takes The Battle To a New Scale
  EA and Dice finally tooks the wraps off of Battlefield 5 at a preview event today and the improvements and additions to the game should make this the biggest Battlefield game yet. The biggest news is that the game will take place during World War 2…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 8:40pm -

Gamespot

• newSolo To Have Worst Opening For A Star Wars Movie In A While But May Still Set A Record
  Solo: A Star Wars Story, opens in theatres this weekend, and it's expected to make a mountain of money over its first weekend in the US and Canada--but not as much as the three Star Wars movies that came before it. According to The Hollywood Reporter…
  - 19 mins ago, 23 May 18, 11:50pm -
• newPUBG's New Map, Miramar, Launches On Xbox One Tomorrow
  After weeks of testing, Miramar is finally set to launch for the Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The new map will be added to the live game tomorrow, May 24, and it will arrive as part of PUBG's May update alongside some stability…
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 18, 11:08pm -
• newTekken 7 Free DLC Coming Soon; Get An Early Look At The New Costume Sets
  Tekken 7 came out nearly a year ago, and now developer Bandai Namco is celebrating its one-year anniversary by releasing free DLC that will be "packed with content." The free DLC will release May 31, and you can check out an early preview of a few of…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:47pm -
• newBattlefield 5 Release Date Revealed For PS4, Xbox One, And PC
  EA and DICE gave the world its first look at the newest installment in the Battlefield series, Battlefield V, during a big livestream presentation. Along with revealing the first details about the game's setting and features, the publisher announced…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:37pm -
• newWhy An Hour Of Hereditary Wound Up On The Cutting Room Floor
  The scariest horror movies can be a test not just of your courage, but of your endurance, too. How long is too long to sit tense with dreadful anticipation? In its first cut, the upcoming horror movie Hereditary was three hours long--and that would…
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:20pm -

Giant Bomb

• newWho's The Big Boss? 2! - Episode 01
  Our resident stealth master descends into the wilds of Zanzibar Land and hopes that he doesn't have to punch any doors.
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 18, 9:52pm -
• newPony Trickers with Jeff and Ben
  We're back for another week of calls about making your own fun, Coke vs Pepsi, and what the hell happened to John Carmack.
  - 14 hours ago, 23 May 18, 10:00am -
• Giant Bombcast 533: We've Got the Truck Stick!
  "Scoops" Klepek is in the studio to help walk us through the Black Ops IIII reveal, hands-on with Dreams, the li'l Neo Geo, hard zombie times, and the tyranny of electric sidewalk scooters.
  - 1 day ago, 22 May 18, 10:45pm -
• Giant Bombcast 533: We've Got the Truck Stick!
  Patrick "Scoops" Klepek is in the studio to help walk us through the Black Ops IIII reveal, hands-on with Dreams, the li'l Neo Geo, hard zombie times, and the tyranny of electric sidewalk scooters.
  - 1 day ago, 22 May 18, 9:11pm -
• Quick Look: Destiny 2 - Warmind
  Gotta love that classic Destiny 2 feel.
  - 1 day ago, 22 May 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 -