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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

• newRE Village Survey Asks if Fans Would be Interested in a Demo, Hints at Existence of Xbox Lockhart
  Capcom wants to know if you'd like to get a demo for Resident Evil Village down the road, and your answer should most certainly be "yes."
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• newReview - Hunting Simulator 2 (PS4) | WayTooManyGames
  WTMG's Jordan Hawes: "Hunting Simulator 2 unfortunately misses the majority of feelings that come with actual hunting. With cumbersome systems, clunky gameplay, unbalanced currency system, and no dynamic day/night cycle, Hunting Simulator 2 feels lik…
  - 1 hour ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:41am -
• newBugsnax Devs on Using the PS5 DualSense, the Mysterious Story and More
  Bugsnax's studio Young Horses is following up Octodad with another disarmingly charming adventure. Here's how it's using the PS5's new controller.
  - 1 hour ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:41am -
• newPac-Man Creator Believes Game Makers Can Imagine What Customers Want Regardless of Gender
  Toru Iwatani shares his opinion on how creators can make ideas for the games they are creating regardless of gender.
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 9:47am -
• newHow The Last of Us Part II Defies Conventional Storytelling
  The Last of Us Part II honours the original game by fully immersing players in a beautifully rendered world of despair, violence and horror, but never letting it overwhelm the flawed humanity of the main characters. Joel what he did to save Ellie, a…
  - 5 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 7:19am -

PCGamer

Game Informer

• newThe Sims Spawns A Reality TV Show
  Ever pop on your TV or streaming service and just look for some real weird reality TV to binge watch? Maybe a show where people get married to people they don't know or can't see. Maybe a show where you have a baking contest or a cook off.Now,…
  - 14 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 9:28pm -
• new'Ready Player Two' Book Coming This November
  The novel Ready Player One blended 1980s pop culture and modern day virtual reality in a fun way when it released in 2011. Director Steven Spielberg was apparently a fan of writer Earnest Cline's work, and adapted Ready Player One into a special…
  - 15 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 8:54pm -
• newWWE 2K Battlegrounds Launches This September
  Following last year's debacle that was WWE 2K20, that series is taking the year off. However, developer Saber Interactive announced in April it is bringing an arcade-style WWE title this year in WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Today, Saber and 2K announced…
  - 17 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 7:07pm -
• newThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Has A New Release Date
  Little Hope is the latest entry in Supermassive's Dark Pictures Anthology, and it was initially scheduled to release this summer. However, it got delayed to an uncertain point in the future. Today, that point is no longer uncertain: The new narra…
  - 17 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 6:42pm -
• newElite Dragon Weapons Come To Valorant This Week
  Valorant's weapon skin arsenal already includes flashy colors, special animations, and more. Starting this weekend, things are about to heat up on that front quite a bit with the addition of the elderflame collection. A trailer highlights a lot o…
  - 18 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 6:00pm -

Joystiq

• newThe Morning After: Intel explains the details of Thunderbolt 4
  While it’s almost impossible to escape hands-free Alexa devices in our homes, the assistant is still push-to-talk on iOS and Android. Now, an update enables hands-free use — as long as you have the app already open. Amazon That’s probably much…
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• newBusinesses on WhatsApp can share their info with QR codes
  Businesses on WhatsApp can now take advantage of the app’s QR code feature to make it easier for customers to message them. A week after introducing a similar feature for WhatsApp users looking to share contact information, the app is making QR cod…
  - 53 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:00am -
• newOnePlus owners can claim an exclusive 'Fortnite' dance emote
  Fortnite players who have a OnePlus phone are in for a treat. Starting today and for a limited time, you can snag a free, exclusive Bhangra Boogie dance emote if you have a OnePlus 3 or newer. You’ll have to claim your code from the OnePlus website…
  - 53 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:00am -
• newT-Mobile opens Home Internet signups in Michigan
  T-Mobile’s Home Internet pilot has expanded in the greater Grand Rapids area, giving people in Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties the option to switch to its $50-a-month service. The carrier’s Home Internet product started as an invite-only trial…
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:15am -
• newLamborghini Sian Roadster drops the top, adds custom 3D printed vents
  Last year Lamborghini debuted the 819HP Sian hybrid, its supercar with a supercapacitor, and now it’s back after deleting one pesky detail. This Sian Roadster is no convertible — there is no roof at all, so owners can always hear the V12 engine i…
  - 3 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 9:20am -

Kotaku

• newBathe In Fake Blood At The Evangelion Hot Springs
  This month, the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun resort in Kanagawa, Japan rolled out a special Evangelion themed hot springs.Read more...
  - 53 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:00am -
• newJapan's Roller Coaster Screaming Ban: "Please Scream Inside Your Heart"
  As Japanese theme parks start to reopen, guidelines have been issued to (hopefully!) help ensure a safe experience for visitors, including visitors being asked not to scream on roller coasters.Read more...
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:00am -
• newBurnout
  Tomek Pietrzyk is an artist based in Poland.Read more...
  - 10 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 1:30am -
• newToday’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Stinolez’s Seasonal Roundup [Anime
  Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Stinolez’s Seasonal Roundup [Anime Spring 2020] • Hands On Impressions With The Razer Kishi • TAY Retro: Nintendo Entertainment System - Little Nemo: The Dream Master [TV Com…
  - 11 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 1:00am -
• newWhat One Artist's Work On The Last Of Us Part 2 Looked Like
  We took a big look at the art behind The Last Of Us Part 2 last week, but given the way Fine Art tends to be a feature that deals in scale and volume, I thought it might also be cool to take a deeper dive into the game and find out what a single conc…
  - 12 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 12:00am -

G4

Wired Game Life

The Verge Gaming

• newUnreal Engine can now capture facial expressions via an official iOS app
  Epic says the tool can be used alongside full motion-capture suits, or while an artist is sitting at their desk. | Image: Epic Games A newly released iOS app from Epic Games lets developers record facial expressions that can be imported directly i…
  - 5 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:48am -
• newAfter the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay
  A robotic helping hand in a crisis Continue reading…
  - 51 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:02am -
• newGoogle Maps tests showing traffic lights in the US
  Image: Google In a new test, Google Maps is showing the location of traffic lights in cities around the US in its Android app. The feature was initially spotted by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To help people…
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:05am -
• newTikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators
  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I. A recurring theme of this newsletter is that I write about TikTok, make some dark prediction about its future, and then turn out to be totally wrong. In that spirit, I thought today we could look at the…
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:00am -
• newApple’s iPhone repair program for independent stores expands to Europe and Canada
  Image: Apple Apple’s Independent Repair Provider Program, which allows businesses to purchase genuine Apple parts to perform iPhone repairs without having to become a full-fledged Apple Authorized Service Provide (AASP), is expanding to Canada a…
  - 3 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 8:50am -

Destructoid

• newContest: Win a Forgotten Fields prize pack
  In today's contest you can win a Steam copy of Forgotten Fields, as well as a prize pack featuring art from the game!Do you guys remember Rainswept? I sure do! It's one of the first contests where I really fell in love with the title. I've had some…
  - 17 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 6:30pm -
• newSo that's what the bald Valve guy looks like
  Live with a weird intro long enough and it becomes normalized. A dude with a valve in the back of his head? Don't worry about it. The guy before him with a plugged-up eye? He's fine. Play some Half-Life.Valve's logo splash screen has evolved over th…
  - 18 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 6:00pm -
• newSign me the heck up for Geoff Keighley's documentary on the past 10 years of Valve
  There are few game developers that carry themselves as mysteriously as Valve does. What happens behind those doors among all those sliding desks? What has Valve worked on, deemed not good enough, and subsequently scrapped? Some answers -- surely no…
  - 18 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 5:45pm -
• newInvestment group calls out EA for being addicted to giving its executive bonuses
  Electronics Arts shareholders congregate in a month's time to vote on the publisher's future. One item on the docket is the continued pay structure for EA's executives. There's a group who really hopes shareholders put an end to the status quo.CtW I…
  - 18 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 5:30pm -
• newPlayStation's July Savings sale knocks Far Cry 3 Classic Edition down to $3
  The PlayStation Store is doubling up on discounts this week, and if nothing else, I'm considering Far Cry 3 Classic Edition. I don't need to tear through the tropics again, but for three bucks, well, maybe I do!There are two lists to scroll through…
  - 19 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 5:15pm -

Games Radar

VG 24/7

• newThe same investor that called out Activision’s expensive CEO bonuses is now going after EA
  CtW Investment Group has turned its gaze to EA, whose executives it says are paid too much.The CtW Investment Group, which made headlines last month for saying that Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, is paid too much, and asking shareholders to vote again…
  - 1 hour ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:24am -
• newGhost of Tsushima’s Samurai Cinema mode gets the blessing of Kurosawa’s estate
  Sucker Punch really went all out for Ghost of Tsushima’s Samurai Cinema mode.One of the neat features in Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch debuted at the gameplay reveal was a black-and-white mode the studio initially dubbed Samurai Cinema,…
  - 3 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 9:06am -
• newValorant’s new weapon skin bundle is $95
  Valorant is getting its first Ultra Edition skin bundle tomorrow.Riot Games has revealed the first Ultra Edition skins for Valorant. Ultra is one of five skin tiers in the game, and it’s one step below the highest tier (Exclusive).Elderflame is the…
  - 4 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 8:16am -
• newThe Sims Spark’d is a reality competition for The Sims 4 set to air on TBS
  Electronic Arts has announced a reality competition series centered on The Sims.A reality competition has been announced for The Sims, and it’s called The Sims Spark’d.In it, contestants will be given creative challenges to “build the most uni…
  - 19 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 5:11pm -
• newWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands beta coming next week
  The beta for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will launch next week, Blizzard has announced.During a stream today, Blizzard announced a beta for the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion will kick off next week.According to the stream, beta invites…
  - 19 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 4:50pm -

Euro Gamer

• newSexual Harassment Remover is a Morrowind mod that replaces the game's sexual abuse references
  Content warning: this article discusses upsetting content. Reader discretion is advised. In the past few weeks, the problem of sexual harassment in the games industry has entered public conversation once again, provoking serious questions abou…
  - 45 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:08am -
• newTelltale's The Walking Dead, Oxenfree and Heaven's Vault headline the latest Humble Bundle
  Adventure game lovers will want to take themselves over to Humble right away, as those bundle building rascals are offering Oxenfree, Heaven's Vault and loads of Telltale favourites for cheap.You'll find them all in the Humble Summer Adventure Games…
  - 45 mins ago, 9 Jul 20, 11:08am -
• newValorant weapon skin bundle turns your gun into a cute little dragon - costs £90
  Riot has revealed Valorant's first "Ultra Edition" weapons skins, and they're as expensive as they are eye-catching.The video below shows the Elderflame weapon skins, which turns your guns into a cute little dragon.This is one of the most elaborate w…
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 10:17am -
• newThe Sims is getting a reality TV show
  EA has announced The Sims Spark'd, a new reality TV series set to debut later this month on US telly network TBS.Spark'd will follow teams of top Sims players as they compete in weekly challenges for a grand prize of $100k.Each week, the show's pick…
  - 2 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 9:38am -
• newBrigandine is a rare gem in the chaos of the Switch's eShop
  I'd sort of given up on unearthing anything undiscovered and half-decent on the Switch's eShop a while ago. Once upon a time something like Golf Story would pop up and reward a punt - nowadays the calamitously cluttered store is, to put not too fine…
  - 3 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 8:30am -

Shack News

• Crossroads - Detroit: Become Human
  intro textCrossroads: 100 Percent Completion NotesCrossroads is the first (but not the last) chapter in Detroit: Become Human to tell a story from the perspective of all three main characters. As such, this chapter has three separate and dist…
  - 11 Jun 19, 12:00am -
• HTC Vive: The Brookhaven Experiment Gameplay
  
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• HTC Vive: Launch Line-up
  "BUTTS: The VR Experience" - steam link'n Verlore Verstand - steam link4089: Ghost Within - steam link#SelfieTennis – steam linkAdventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games – steam linkAltspaceVR - steam linkA Legend of…
  - 5 Apr 19, 5:11pm -
• Beneath a Starless Sky: Pillars of Eternity and the Infinity Engine Era of RPGs
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man Hands-On Preview: With Great Power
  It's been many years since a Spider-Man game has truly given me the sense of being the friendly neighborhood webhead. I wasn't sure what to expect when I tried out Marvel's Spider-Man for the first time, but as I swung across New York for the first t…
  - 2 Aug 18, 2:00pm -

Gamespot

Giant Bomb

• newLockdown 2020: The Pawn Shoppe: Dragon's Dogma (07/08/2020)
  We'll need help fighting all of these chimeras. Good thing there's strength in numbers!
  - 12 hours ago, 9 Jul 20, 12:04am -
• newAstroneering with Brad and Vinny: Episode 10 [Brad's View]
  Week by week, we're getting closer and closer to finding out what lies... beyond.
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• newAstroneering with Brad and Vinny: Episode 10 [Vinny's View]
  We only have a few more things to check off on our list... until we make a bigger list.
  - 15 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 8:37pm -
• newQuick Look: Last Regiment
  Let's all attack on the same turn!
  - 15 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 8:34pm -
• newPokéMonday Night Combat - Pokémonday Night Combat! - 07/08/20
  HOLY SHUCKLE
  - 16 hours ago, 8 Jul 20, 8:12pm -

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.
  - 22 Oct 12, 9:11pm -
• 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 -