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  EA Honors Massive FIFA 23 Pricing Error

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  • Published: 08-17-2022, 06:15 PM
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  EA Honors Massive FIFA 23 Pricing Error

  A discount of almost 99.9% will be honored by EA.
  
  For a brief period of time, pre-orders of FIFA 23 went on sale via the Epic Games Store in India for just 4.80 rupees. A quick conversion turns those 4.80 rupees into just $0.06 (USD).
  
  If this price error wasn't bad enough, it wasn't for the basic version of FIFA 23, which retails for 3,499 rupees (or about $44 USD). The pricing error was actually for the Ultimate Edition of FIFA 23, which normally retailed for 4,799 rupees...

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  Nexusmods Bans Mods Replacing Pride Flags

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  • Published: 08-17-2022, 05:51 PM
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  Nexusmods Bans Mods Replacing Pride Flags

  The world's biggest modding site won't tolerate the intolerant.
  
  Spider-Man Remastered recently released on PC and, for the most part, people have been enjoying the game without issue. Of course, there was at least one person that didn't much like the depiction of a handful of Pride flags present in the game. This person created a mod that replaces the Pride flags with the American flag, aka the Stars and Stripes.
  
  The mod was uploaded to Nexusmods, which is arguably the...

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  All Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Pre-orders Can Play the Campaign a Week Early

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  • Published: 08-17-2022, 05:17 PM
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  All Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Pre-orders Can Play the Campaign a Week Early

  That's one way to get people to play the campaign.
  
  Activision announces that those who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be able to play the entire campaign up to an entire week early. The early campaign access starts on October 20, 2022, with the game's official launch date not hitting until October 28, 2022.
  
  This should give everyone a solid week to play through the single player campaign before the competitive multiplayer drops on the 28th. Activision says...

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  Bungie Details Arc 3.0 Subclass Changes for Destiny 2

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  • Published: 08-17-2022, 04:31 PM
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  Bungie Details Arc 3.0 Subclass Changes for Destiny 2

  Like with Solar and Void, Arc is also getting a major overhaul in Destiny 2.
  
  Today, Bungie blew the lid off of the big changes that are coming to the Arc subclass for Destiny 2 Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks. Dubbed Arc 3.0, this is the latest effort by Bungie to get all of the old subclasses up to the same level of refinement and freedom of choice that was first introduced with the addition of the Stasis subclass in Destiny 2: Beyond Light.
  
  The Arc 3.0 subclass update...

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  First Story DLC Teased for Dying Light 2

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  • Published: 08-17-2022, 01:58 PM
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  First Story DLC Teased for Dying Light 2

  Get a look at the upcoming story DLC in a "blink and you'll miss it" teaser.
  
  Techland just released a new teaser trailer for the first story DLC coming to Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The new DLC is entitled Bloody Ties and while today's teaser really does not show much at all, there will be more revealed on August 23 during Gamescom Opening Night Live.
  
  The only other thing that today's press release mentions is a place called "Carnage Hall" and "true...

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  World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Goes Live August 30

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  • Published: 08-16-2022, 11:33 PM
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  World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Goes Live August 30

  The Lich King's arrival begins again at the end of the month.
  
  Blizzard announces that the pre-patch for Wrath of the Lich King Classic for World of Warcraft Classic will go live on August 30. This will set in motion a series of events that will eventually lead up to the launch of the full Wrath of the Lich King Classic on September 26.
  
  Blizzard provided a look at the exact dates on their pre-patch announcement page on what all will be happening in the MMORPG and when....

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  AMD to Reveal Future Ryzen CPUs on August 29

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  • Published: 08-16-2022, 05:46 PM
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  AMD to Reveal Future Ryzen CPUs on August 29

  The next generation of computer processors from AMD to be fully revealed later this month.
  
  If you are waiting for "the next big thing" in terms of computer hardware, you should probably stop doing that because you'll never upgrade. However, if you insist on waiting, you may want to hold off until August 29 to determine your near-future PC upgrades because AMD will have a big livestream to show off their Zen 4 CPUs.
  
  AMD has been dishing out some details about...

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  Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection Hits Switch on September 27

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  • Published: 08-16-2022, 03:35 PM
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  Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection Hits Switch on September 27

  You know, Chloe, life really is strange on the Nintendo Switch.
  
  Square Enix gave a September 27, 2022 release date for Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection for the Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders for the physical version of this release are available right now.
  
  As you probably already figured out, this release includes both Life is Strange Remastered in addition to Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Both games are included in this package deal. The games are the remastered...

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  Way of the Hunter is Now Available

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  • Published: 08-16-2022, 03:07 PM
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  Way of the Hunter is Now Available

  This beautiful looking hunting game is available now.
  
  Today, you will become the new owner of Bear Den Ranch. Congratulations! Now, head out into the open-world and start hunting. Way of the Hunter is out today for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. I don't play hunting games, but this one looks rather amazing, at least visually.
  
  In Way of the Hunter, you will... hunt. You will also make use of highly realistic weapons, play through a story, "face the challenges...

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  Rollerdrome Out Now

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  • Published: 08-16-2022, 02:25 PM
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  Rollerdrome Out Now

  Skate or die.
  
  Private Division and Roll7 announced today that Rollerdrome is now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. This blend of third-person skating and shooting is a new IP from the creators of OlliOlli World.
  
  Rollerdrome is a single-player shooter that includes plenty of arena combat, skating, and a variety of tricks to create what they call "flow-state mayhem." The game takes place in 2030 in a world where the public are distracted...

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  Middle-earth Game Announced by Private Division and Weta Workshop

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  • Published: 08-15-2022, 05:40 PM
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  Middle-earth Game Announced by Private Division and Weta Workshop

  The visual effects company will help to bring Middle-earth to life once more.
  
  Private Division announced that they are partnering with Weta Workshop for a new game set in Middle-earth. The world of Middle-earth was created by author J.R.R. Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which may be a couple of titles that are familiar to you.
  
  This new game will be based on the books rather than the movies. Weta has apparently been given "the broadest creative license...

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  Modders are Already Working on a Starfield Patch

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  • Published: 08-15-2022, 05:20 PM
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  Modders are Already Working on a Starfield Patch

  We all know the game will probably need this.
  
  A group of mod makers are already coming together to begin work on a Starfield community patch. This patch aims to address the bugs in the game, despite the sci-fi RPG not coming out until the first half of 2023 at the earliest.
  
  PCGamesN reports that early work on the Starfield Community Patch (aka: SCP) is underway and that it will be a "collective effort by mod authors and the wider player community of Starfield to fix...

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  Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Becomes Second Largest PlayStation Launch on PC

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  • Published: 08-15-2022, 04:20 PM
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  Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Becomes Second Largest PlayStation Launch on PC

  Better than Aloy, not better than Kratos.
  
  PC users finally got to become Spider-Man this past Friday, August 12 when Mavel's Spider-Man Remastered was released on Steam, Epic Games Store, and other digital PC platforms. Over the weekend, Spider-Man found itself climbing the sales and concurrent player charts with relative ease. It managed to become the second largest PC release of a PlayStation game thus far.
  
  According to the stats pulled by SteamDB, Marvel's Spider-Man...

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  Richard Garriott's New NFT Fueled MMO Can Now be Named and Shamed Directly

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  • Published: 08-15-2022, 03:36 PM
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  Richard Garriott's New NFT Fueled MMO Can Now be Named and Shamed Directly

  What the hell is Lord British thinking with this?
  
  Back in April of 2022, Richard Garriott announced a new MMO that would be full of NFTs. At the time, the project did not have a name and not much of anything besides the promise of NFTs. This week, Massively Overpowered found that Garriott's MMO has been named Iron and Magic and now also has a website.
  
  This new game is in development following the largely failed Shroud of the Avatar, another MMO by Garriott. Shroud of the...

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  Marvel Collab Coming to FIFA 23 Ultimate Team

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  • Published: 08-15-2022, 02:20 PM
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  Marvel Collab Coming to FIFA 23 Ultimate Team

  Uh, what?
  
  Electronic Arts and Marvel just announced a collaboration that will see "a new cast" joining FIFA Ultimate Team in FIFA 23. The new cast of FIFA Ultimate Team Heroes will see a number of players that are "reimagined and inspired by Marvel Comics."
  
  Specifically, this collaboration will "bring some of the game's fan favorites to the game and celebrate their larger-than-life cult hero status alongside the amazing artists at Marvel."...

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