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  Play The Elder Scrolls Online Free for a Limited Time

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  • Published: 04-14-2022, 03:17 PM
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  Play The Elder Scrolls Online Free for a Limited Time

  Get about two weeks of free access.
  
  Bethesda announces that everyone can download and play The Elder Scrolls Online for free for about two weeks. This free trial includes access to the prologue of the upcoming High Isle event, which actually kicked off about 15 minutes ago at 4PM (ET).
  
  This free play event runs from now through Tuesday, April 26 at 10AM (ET). This free period is open to those on PC, Mac, Xbox (Xbox Live Gold is required), PlayStation, and Stadia.
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  Saints Row Customization Showcase Scheduled for April

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  • Published: 04-14-2022, 02:53 PM
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  Saints Row Customization Showcase Scheduled for April

  Will focus on customization. Obviously.
  
  Volition has been rather quiet when it comes to all things Saints Row over these past several months. The last we heard about Saints Row was when it was back in November 2021 when it was delayed by several months from February 25 to August 23, 2022. Before that, we were at least given a lengthy gameplay reveal video.
  
  That silence was broken today as Volition and Deep Silver announced a big customization showcase for Saints Row. This...

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  Hardspace: Shipbreaker Leaves Early Access on May 24

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  • Published: 04-14-2022, 02:08 PM
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  Hardspace: Shipbreaker Leaves Early Access on May 24

  Salvage some space parts in this zero-g sandbox game.
  
  On May 24, Hardspace: Shipbreaker will leave Steam Early Access and will be released fully. The game has been in Early Access for about two years now and on the 24th, the 1.0 release will take place on PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store, and on PC Game Pass.
  
  In Hardspace: Shipbreaker, you take on the role of a salvage worker that is looking to strip parts and materials from decommissioned spaceships. You will cut, pull...

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  Hello Games Says New Project is Super Ambitious

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  • Published: 04-13-2022, 07:02 PM
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  Hello Games Says New Project is Super Ambitious

  The No Man's Sky developer isn't quite ready to talk about it just yet though.
  
  Hello Games is working on a new project that is apparently so ambitious it would "seem impossible" even with a team of 1,000 members. This is according to Hello Games' co-founder Sean Murray in a brief interview with IGN.
  
  Murray says that what they have been working on since at least September 2021 is not a sequel to No Man's Sky. It is, however, just as ambitious a project.
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  QuakeCon 2022 is All Digital Again

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  • Published: 04-13-2022, 06:26 PM
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  QuakeCon 2022 is All Digital Again

  The event will again take place this August.
  
  Like in 2020 and 2021, QuakeCon 2022 will again be a digital-only event. This year's event will run from August 18 - 20.
  
  Bethesda says that while they are disappointed to not be able to return this year, they are still "working hard to put together exciting new streaming programming, online meetups, giveaways, charity opportunities, the virtual BYOC, and more." Bethesda notes that they will have far more detaitls to...

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  Next-gen Upgrade for The Witcher 3 Delayed Indefinitely

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  • Published: 04-13-2022, 04:39 PM
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  Next-gen Upgrade for The Witcher 3 Delayed Indefinitely

  The upgrade was being worked on by Saber Interactive.
  
  CD Projekt Red announced today that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S upgrade for The Witcher 3 has been delayed indefinitely. The studio announced that they have pulled development of this upgrade from Saber Interactive. Specifically, it was being worked on by Saber Interactive's Russia office.
  
  CD Projekt Red says that they "have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the...

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  Try Ubisoft+ for Free for a Week

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  • Published: 04-12-2022, 06:27 PM
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  Try Ubisoft+ for Free for a Week

  A whole week of free access to over 100 games.
  
  If you aren't subscribed to Ubisoft+, and I don't know any who are, you can try it out for free for a week. According to Ubisoft, those who subscribe between now (April 12) and 9AM (UTC) on May 11 will get a free week of access to Ubisoft+.
  
  This is worded really oddly, so I'm not sure if you do or do not need to "subscribe" to Ubisoft+, complete with a credit card, to get this free week and then cancel before they...

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  Vicarious Visions is Now Officially Blizzard Albany

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  • Published: 04-12-2022, 03:42 PM
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  Vicarious Visions is Now Officially Blizzard Albany

  At least they aren't a Call of Duty studio?
  
  Vicarious Visions is now officially merged into Blizzard, becoming Blizzard Albany. The studio's recent output includes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 as well as the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Blizzard Albany will now exclusively work on Blizzard games.
  
  Vicarious Visions was first founded back in 1991. Their first game, Synnergist, came out in 1996 for MS-DOS. The studio was mainly known for handling handheld ports of several...

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  Deus Ex Art Director Reveals 'Most Ambitious Project to Date'

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  • Published: 04-12-2022, 02:43 PM
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  Deus Ex Art Director Reveals 'Most Ambitious Project to Date'

  Jonathan Jacques-Belletête is leading development of a new action game at Rogue Factor.
  
  Jonathan Jacques-Belletête was the art director at Eidos Montreal. He was key in bringing the world and design of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided to life during his time at that studio. Now, he's working at Rogue Factor, the development studio behind Mordheim: City of the Damned and Necromunda: Underhive Wars.
  
  Jacques-Belletête is leading the development of...

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  Bugsnax to Hit Switch and Xbox Later in April

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  • Published: 04-12-2022, 01:21 PM
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  Bugsnax to Hit Switch and Xbox Later in April

  What're we talking about? Bugsnax. Always Bugsnax.
  
  Bugsnax, the game that made its debut on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Epic Games Store, will soon be coming to other platforms. The game, originally out in November 2020, will now be headed to Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. It will also have a Game Pass release on console, PC, and cloud.
  
  These releases will take place on April 28 and will be out at the same time that the Isle of Big...

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  The #2 Ranked Call of Duty: Vanguard Player Exposes Himself Cheating, Offers Up Lame Excuse

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  • Published: 04-11-2022, 07:36 PM
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  The #2 Ranked Call of Duty: Vanguard Player Exposes Himself Cheating, Offers Up Lame Excuse

  I feel like we've seen this before...
  
  Just a couple of weeks back, right near the end of March, we brought you a story about a Call of Duty: Vanguard player that was caught cheating by himself. Today, yet another player outed themselves live on stream, with the only difference being the way it all played out.
  
  Vanguard's second highest Ranked Play leaderboard position is held by a player known as "pplehx." pplehx also seems to enjoy streaming his gameplay on Twitch....

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  Battlefield 2042 Player Count Hits New Milestone

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  • Published: 04-11-2022, 05:02 PM
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  Battlefield 2042 Player Count Hits New Milestone

  This milestone comes just five months after release.
  
  Player numbers for Battlefield 2042, at least those playing on Steam, have hit an all-new milestone today! Sadly, not all milestones are good. According to both SteamCharts and SteamDB, the concurrent player count for Battlefield 2042 fell below 1,000 players for the first time.
  
  SteamCharts showed as few as 979 players were on at once while SteamDB shows a slightly less grim count of 983 players.
  
  Over the...

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  Sony Invests Another $1 Billion in Epic

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  • Published: 04-11-2022, 03:59 PM
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  Sony Invests Another $1 Billion in Epic

  This comes a year after Sony invested $200 million.
  
  Last year, Sony invested $200 million (USD) into Epic Games. I could have sworn I put up a news post about this when it happened, but I cannot seem to find it at the moment, so you'll just have to trust me on this. Or you can just read the official release of that from April 13, 2021 via Epic Games.
  
  Almost one year later and Sony is again pouring money into Epic Games. This time, instead of $200 million the amount is...

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  PAX East Full Exhibitor List Revealed

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  • Published: 04-11-2022, 03:33 PM
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  PAX East Full Exhibitor List Revealed

  Industry veteran Alanah Pearce will provide the opening keynote.
  
  The final list of all PAX East exhibitors was shared today. Before we get into those, we must also note that the opening Storytime keynote for PAX East will be given by games industry veteran Alanah Pearce.
  
  Pearce currently works as a writer for Sony's Santa Monica Studio, the developer responsible for the God of War franchise. When Pearce isn't helping to bring life to Kratos, she is busy doing regular content...

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  Elden Ring Surpasses 12 Million Copies Sold

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  • Published: 04-11-2022, 02:38 PM
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  Elden Ring Surpasses 12 Million Copies Sold

  A new update from Bandai Namco.
  
  Elden Ring launched back on February 25, 2022 and it quickly became one of the best selling FromSoftware games. Hell, it quickly became one of the biggest hits of the past year just in its first month of release. Today, Bandai Namco announced that Elden Ring sales have surpassed 12 million units sold worldwide.
  
  Sure, these aren't exactly record-breaking numbers here, but it's still an incredibly impressive figure when you consider that FromSoftware's...

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