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  Capcom Promises Fix for Resident Evil Village Performance Issues

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-15-2021, 05:47 PM
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  Capcom Promises Fix for Resident Evil Village Performance Issues

  Capcom is pushed into action after hackers release a better performing version.
  
  This week, a cracked version of Resident Evil Village was released by Empress. With it came word that this cracked release pretty much eliminated the very severe and very apparent framerate dips and hitching found in the official release of the game. The culprit seemed to be a double whammy of DRM that Capcom implemented into the game: Denuvo and Capcom's own DRM system.
  
  The hitching and framerate...

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  Despite Report, Marvel's Avengers' Wakanda Campaign is Not 25 Hours Long

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-15-2021, 04:30 PM
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  Despite Report, Marvel's Avengers' Wakanda Campaign is Not 25 Hours Long

  Lost in translation.
  
  An earlier report about the upcoming Wakanda campaign for Marvel's Avengers said that the new content would take players about 25 hours to complete. This report, presented by Entertainment Weekly, claimed that the 25 hours would be in addition to the content available in the base game.
  
  Unfortunately, that seems to be a misinterpretation by the person who wrote the article. Square Enix clarified what was actually meant by this "25 hour" remark....

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  Warzone's Biggest Balance Update was Just Released

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-15-2021, 02:57 PM
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  Warzone's Biggest Balance Update was Just Released

  These are the first steps taken to "increase the average TTK."
  
  The Season Four Reloaded update for Call of Duty: Warzone just released today and with it comes the "biggest balance update in the history of Warzone." Raven Software details these changes and say that these are the "first major steps towards increasing the average time-to-kill (TTK) within Warzone." ...

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  Steam Deck Technical Details

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-15-2021, 02:14 PM
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  Steam Deck Technical Details

  You've seen the announcement, now it's time for the nitty-gritty details.
  
  Valve just announced the Steam Deck, a handheld, fully-featured portable gaming machine. It's a powerful little device that starts at $399 (USD), but we didn't really share just how powerful this hardware is.
  
  Let's take a little look at the Steam Deck's technical specs, its design, the hardware, and the software powering it all.
  
  
  Valve notes that things like the software...

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  Valve Announces Steam Deck, A Handheld PC Starting at $399

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-15-2021, 12:12 PM
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  Valve Announces Steam Deck, A Handheld PC Starting at $399

  This new device is the first in a new series of handheld PC from Valve.
  
  Back in May 2021, a rumor came out suggesting that Valve was working on a new handheld PC device called the SteamPal. While that is partially true, the one thing that didn't stick through to the end was the name. These devices are officially called Steam Deck and they start at a pretty affordable $399 (USD) MSRP.
  
  Valve says that Steam Deck is a "powerful all-in-one portable PC." It has a...

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  WNBA Star Candace Parker is First Woman on Cover of NBA2K

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-14-2021, 06:50 PM
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  WNBA Star Candace Parker is First Woman on Cover of NBA2K

  There's already so much outrage. So very, very much.
  
  2K Sports announced today that the Chicago Sky athlete, Candace Parker, will be the first woman and the first WNBA player ever to grace the cover of an NBA 2K game. She will be featured prominently on a special version of NBA 2K22's Standard Edition.
  
  Gamers are massively upset about this. This is in spite of the fact that the version of the game that will feature Parker on the cover will only be sold through GameStop...

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  Cross-play Confirmed for Battlefield 2042 but with a Catch

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-14-2021, 04:35 PM
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  Cross-play Confirmed for Battlefield 2042 but with a Catch

  The catch may not be all that big of a deal, depending on your point of view.
  
  EA has confirmed that Battlefield 2042 will include cross-play support. However, not all platforms will be able to play with all other platforms.
  
  In a new Battlefield Briefing, EA made it clear that there will be two separate groups of cross-play players: One group will feature PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. The other group will include Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players.
  
  ...

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  Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is Smash in Everything but Name

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 06:27 PM
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  Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is Smash in Everything but Name

  It's got Spongebob. It's got the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's got Reptar.
  
  Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is about as close as you're going to get to a Nickelodeon themed Smash Bros. game without actually being a Smash Bros. game. Unlike Smash Bros., which are only ever released on Nintendo platforms, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Nintendo Switch in Fall 2021.
  
  It's being developed by Ludosity...

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  NieR: Automata is Finally Getting Fixed on Steam

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 05:48 PM
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  NieR: Automata is Finally Getting Fixed on Steam

  It only took four years.
  
  It may have taken Square Enix four years to get it ready, but the patch that will address most of the jank in the Steam release of NieR: Automata is very nearly here. Square Enix is going to release the update on July 15, 2021 but you can read about all of the planned changes right now.
  
  This patch was first announced back in April. The announcement came after the Xbox Game Pass for PC release of the game featured several improvements not found...

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  Company of Heroes 3 Set for 2022 but You Can Play Right Now

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 05:30 PM
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  Company of Heroes 3 Set for 2022 but You Can Play Right Now

  Get your hands on a pre-alpha build of the game right now.
  
  Company of Heroes 3 was announced today and has already been in development for several years. If you cannot wait until the game's planned 2022 release, you can play a pre-alpha build of the game right now. All you need to do is head on over to the Company of Heroes website and sign up for the COH-Development Program.
  
  For those not in the know, Company of Heroes is a strategy title that focuses on, you guessed...

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  Apex Legends Cross-Progression Development Slows Due to Recent Hacks

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 05:12 PM
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  Apex Legends Cross-Progression Development Slows Due to Recent Hacks

  It's almost like DDoS'ing is a bad thing done by bad people.
  
  Respawn says that due to an influx of cheaters and DDoS attacks occurring in and at Apex Legends, the team has had to change up some development plans for the battle royale title.
  
  Game director Chad Grenier says that work on cross-progression has been slowed down as a result of the team having to deal with hackers of all kinds. Grenier made this little fact known in a response to a tweet that asked him for an...

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  NieR Reincarnation Gets NieR: Automata Crossover Content

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 04:09 PM
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  NieR Reincarnation Gets NieR: Automata Crossover Content

  Is it really a crossover event if they're the same franchise?
  
  Square Enix and Applibot Inc. announced today that there will be an in-game crossover between NieR: Automata and the upcoming mobile game NieR Re[in]carnation. This mobile game is an "action command RPG that features turn based battles and is the creation of an all-star team including creative director Yoko Taro, composer Keiichi Okabe from MONACA, and producer Yosuke Saito."
  
  So what exactly does this...

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  Maneater: Truth Quest DLC Dated for August 31

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 07-13-2021, 03:57 PM
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  Maneater: Truth Quest DLC Dated for August 31

  Big secrets, big conspiracies, big jaws.
  
  Tripwire Interactive announced an August 31, 2021 release date for Maneater: Truth Quest today. This is an upcoming piece of DLC that will be available for Maneater owners on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This DLC will continue where the main game's story ended.
  
  You once again assume the role of a mutated and evolved bull shark and are once again joined by the investigative journalist and narrator,...

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  The Best Gaming System Upgrades

  • Created by: Major 0
  • Published: 07-12-2021, 11:27 PM

  The Best Gaming System Upgrades

  A question that is often asked, perhaps more than anything else for new and experienced gamers alike, is where should I start when looking to upgrade my gaming system and what will give me the best bang for my buck in terms of a performance upgrade. For the most part, it’ll ultimately come down to what you’re using your gaming system for – if you’re sticking to games that have lower system requirements or essentially none like growing genres in online betting and gambling...

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  Kojima Doesn't Like Adding 'Director's Cut' to Death Stranding Director's Cut

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  • Published: 07-12-2021, 06:04 PM
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  Kojima Doesn't Like Adding 'Director's Cut' to Death Stranding Director's Cut

  Man, what?
  
  Recently, Sony and Kojima Productions announced Death Stranding Director's Cut for the PlayStation 5. This was already rather confusing since the game is the brainchild of Hideo Kojima, so how could this new release be a Director's Cut of any sort? Well, it gets even more confusing after Kojima expressed his annoyance with adding Director's Cut to something that isn't actually cut.
  
  That seems to make sense seeing as how Death Stranding Director's Cut is actually...

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