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  New Xbox Easter Egg Discovered After 20 Years

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2021, 01:58 PM
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  New Xbox Easter Egg Discovered After 20 Years

  And yet there's still one mystery still undiscovered.
  
  The original Xbox came out in November 2001, nearly 20 years ago now. Despite being out for roughly two decades, the original black monolith still has some secrets to uncover. The latest of which was just discovered this week thanks to a developer tip that was shared with Kotaku. The tip talked about how to trigger the secret, which displays a credits scene showing a list of those that worked on the original Xbox Dashboard.
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  Destiny 2 Crossplay Beta Begins May 25

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2021, 01:16 PM
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  Destiny 2 Crossplay Beta Begins May 25

  It will be limited to select Vanguard Strikes.
  
  From May 25 through May 27, Bungie will begin testing crossplay functionality in Destiny 2. ON those dates, the beta will consist of unique Vanguard Strikes. This will be the first step to enabling crossplay across the entire suite of game modes for Destiny 2 players.
  
  The announcement of next week's beta test was revealed through Bungie's latest developer blog.
  
  The beta will be open to all players across the PlayStation,...

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  Star Citizen Goes Free to Play Until June 3

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2021, 12:36 PM
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  Star Citizen Goes Free to Play Until June 3

  Plus celebrate the latest Invictus Launch Week 2951 until June 1.
  
  Cloud Imperium Games, the devs behind Star Citizen, announced today that they are offering up some special events for existing players and those who never played the game before. Starting right now and running through June 3, players who don't even own the game can participate in the Star Citizen Free Fly Event. You can download and experience the game, as it currently exists, for free.
  
  This Free Fly Event...

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  Scarlet Nexus Demo Out Now on Xbox

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2021, 12:05 PM
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  Scarlet Nexus Demo Out Now on Xbox

  Get a taste of what's to come.
  
  A playable demo for Scarlet Nexus is now available for those on the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One platforms. Though this demo seems to be Xbox exclusive, the full game is slated to be released for the Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam come June 25.
  
  A demo for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 will actually arrive on May 28 if you really want.
  
  Can't play the demo? Don't worry because there is...

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  Team Based Multiplayer Brawler Knockout City Released Today

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-21-2021, 11:55 AM
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  Team Based Multiplayer Brawler Knockout City Released Today

  Take me down to a knockout city where the grass is green...
  
  EA has just released the Velan Studios developed game Knockout City, the team-based multiplayer game that brings dodgeball to the digital world. Sorry, it's actually "dodgebrawl" as this press release is telling me. Players are able to pick up the game for free from now through May 30.
  
  Players will experience fast-paced gameplay throughout five maps with interactive environments. Ball types? This game...

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  Summer Game Fest Begins June 10

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-19-2021, 02:45 PM
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  Summer Game Fest Begins June 10

  W-w-w-w-world premiere.
  
  Geoff Keighley announced that the Summer Game Fest 2021 will begin on Thursday, June 10. It will kick off with an event called Kick Off Live!, which will be a livestream showcase taking place on June 10 at 2PM (ET) on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and plenty of other streaming services. This event will be hosted by Keighley and will feature "more than a dozen world premiers and announcements from select publishers."
  
  Also included in this Kick...

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  Outriders Surpasses 3.5 Million Players in First Month

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-19-2021, 02:09 PM
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  Outriders Surpasses 3.5 Million Players in First Month

  
  Square Enix sounds proud of the reception to this new looter-shooter.
  
  Outriders, the newest looter-shooter-RPG developed by People Can Fly, has seen over 3.5 million unique players in its first month of availability. The publisher says that this new IP is "poised to be the company's next big franchise."
  
  Square Enix also shared that the average play time for those 3.5 million players is over 30 hours. There was also "extremely high engagement for co-operative...

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  Dark Souls Meets Pinocchio in Lies of P

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-19-2021, 01:36 PM
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  Dark Souls Meets Pinocchio in Lies of P

  Steam is literally telling me it's similar to Dark Souls III.
  
  Lies of P is an upcoming Souls-like game based on the story of Pinocchio. I'm not even joking here. The development team at Round8 Studio and publisher NeoWiz say that this is a game where you will play as Pinocchio, a puppet mechanoid, on a quest to find Mr. Geppetto.
  
  The story is inspired by Pinocchio and is "an action souls-like game set in a cruel, dark Belle Époque world." According to the...

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  The Last of Us Part 2 PlayStation 5 Update is Here

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-19-2021, 01:04 PM
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  The Last of Us Part 2 PlayStation 5 Update is Here

  The update offers double the framerate.
  
  The PlayStation 5 update for The Last of Us Part 2 is finally here. This brings the game up to 60FPS as the standard. As you have come to expect by now, the update is free to everyone that owns the game.
  
  This update was announced via the PlayStation Blog. It offers options for either 30FPS of 60FPS framerate targets. Things such as improved resolution and load time improvements were apparently already available to players through...

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  Grand Theft Auto V Surpasses 145M Copies Shipped as Take-Two Readies 62 New Game Releases

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 07:22 PM
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  Grand Theft Auto V Surpasses 145M Copies Shipped as Take-Two Readies 62 New Game Releases

  Big sales for Rockstar and lots of games in general are coming over the next three years from Take-Two.
  
  Financial results are always a fun time for finding out things that we previously did not know. For instance, Take-Two Interactive shared their financial results for the fiscal year 2021 today, which ended on March 31, 2021. What did we learn?
  
  Well, we found out that Grand Theft Auto V has now shipped 145 million copies to retailers. This is up from the pitiful 140 million...

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  2K's NFL Game Pushed Out of 2021

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 06:46 PM
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  2K's NFL Game Pushed Out of 2021

  The first NFL game in years from 2K won't be released until 2022.
  
  Those of you who have been aching for some fresh football experiences that aren't brought to you by EA or... well, EA is all you've had for a while now, will have to wait a little bit longer. 2K announced that their upcoming and still untitled NFL arcade game has been pushed out of fiscal year 2022. This means that the game's release date will take place after March 2022 at some point.
  
  2K says that they...

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  Apex Legends Championship Prize Pool to be Partially Crowdfunded

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 06:14 PM
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  Apex Legends Championship Prize Pool to be Partially Crowdfunded

  EA and Respawn are taking a little inspiration from Valve on this one.
  
  Respawn and Electronic Arts just announced their plans to crowdfund this year's Apex Legends Global Series Championship to upwards of $3 million. This will happen through the sale of item bundles that will be available for purchase for a limited time.
  
  There will be a total of four different bundles available for sale: Mechameleon, Board to Death, Wild Speed, and Silverback. Each will cost 2500 Apex...

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  John McClane and Rambo are Coming to Call of Duty

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 04:38 PM
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  John McClane and Rambo are Coming to Call of Duty

  It's an '80s action hero party and at least two people are invited.
  
  Beginning May 19, the world of Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War will get a little more action-y. It is on this date that John McClane from Die Hard and Rambo from his self-entitled autobiography will begin to make their debut in the game.
  
  This whole thing begins with some limited-time bundles and game modes. The updates for the games will begin on May 18 at 9PM (PT) for Cold...

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  Games to Look Out for in June 2021

  • Created by: Major 0
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 03:57 PM

  Games to Look Out for in June 2021

  June is another great month for those gamers on all consoles and PC.
  
  We are smack dab in the middle of a big release month for all platforms, but what about the following month? June 2021 promises to be another big release month for all current consoles and the PC platform. It's a bit more subdue than May 2021 was, but what it lacks in major, high-profile releases it makes up for with a sheer quantity of new titles to experience. With that said, let us just get right into it.
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  Biomutant Explained in New Video

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 05-18-2021, 03:36 PM
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  Biomutant Explained in New Video

  What the gosh darn is a Biomutant anyways?
  
  If you haven't have a clue what Biomutant is or what it's about, you probably aren't alone. The previews for this one haven't exactly been the most clear on just what this upcoming title from THQ Nordic is all about.
  
  Thankfully, a new trailer was released today that should shed some light on the game and some of the gameplay mechanics. We get a look at how crafting is carried out along with what the "Aura" system is...

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