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  EA Reveals How Many New Players Picked up Battlefront 2 for Free

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  • Published: 01-25-2021, 05:17 PM
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  EA Reveals How Many New Players Picked up Battlefront 2 for Free

  EA reveals some of the new player counts that joined the ranks.
  
  This past week, Star Wars Battlefront II was a free offering through the Epic Games Store (affiliate link). If you did not pick it up then, you can still pick it up now but it does come with a price (at least $39.99 USD).
  
  The response was so great that it brought most of the Battlefront II servers down to their knees with the increased traffic. Server errors don't just happen for no reason, of course. They...

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  RuneScape is Now Owned by the Carlyle Group

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  • Published: 01-25-2021, 03:03 PM
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  RuneScape is Now Owned by the Carlyle Group

  This marks the third time in five years that Jagex has been acquired.
  
  Jagex, the development studio behind the ever popular RuneScape, has just been bought out by the second largest private equity firm in the world, the Carlyle Group. This marks the third time in about five years that Jagex was bought out by a different owner. Less than a year ago, they were bought out by Macarthur Fortune Holding. Prior to that in 2016, they were bought by Shanghai Hongtou Network Technology.
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  Snoop Dog and Others to Participate in Madden NFL 21 Pro Bowl

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  • Published: 01-25-2021, 02:30 PM
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  Snoop Dog and Others to Participate in Madden NFL 21 Pro Bowl

  
  The event will be streamed live on January 31.
  
  EA just announced the NFL legends, current Pro Bowlers, and celebrities that will be competing in the Pro Bowl: The Madden NFL 21 Edition Presented by Verizon. This event will be streamed live through various channels as EA is set to deliver a "transformed Pro Bowl through Madden NFL 21."
  
  The event will be streamed on the NFL YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook in addition to the EA Madden NFL Twitch channel. This...

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  Microsoft Backtracks on Xbox Live Gold Price Increase

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  • Published: 01-23-2021, 03:06 PM
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  Microsoft Backtracks on Xbox Live Gold Price Increase

  Microsoft heard the complaints and backtracked on their plans.
  
  Just one day ago, Microsoft revealed their plans to increase the prices of Xbox Live Gold by as much as double their old prices in some cases. Xbox Live Gold for one month was going up by $1, three months were going up by $5, and six months would cost a whopping $60 (USD). Remember that you used to be able to get a full year of Xbox Live Gold for that price.
  
  Well, fans were rightly upset. Very upset. And as...

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  Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.1 Released

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  • Published: 01-22-2021, 05:41 PM
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  Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.1 Released

  It contains a lot of stability improves and quest fixes.
  
  CD Projekt Red is seemingly sticking to their proposed timeline of updates for Cyberpunk 2077. First up on the timeline for 2021 was Patch 1.1 and sure enough, Patch 1.1 just dropped for the game. The full list of changes can be found below.
  
  The changelog isn't exactly a mile long, but it's still fairly beefy. It mainly focuses on stability improvements and bug fixes for a wide variety of missions throughout the...

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  New Rumor Suggests Resident Evil 4 Remake is Delayed Until 2023

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 01-22-2021, 04:30 PM
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  New Rumor Suggests Resident Evil 4 Remake is Delayed Until 2023

  This comes after a supposed overhaul of plans for the remake.
  
  According to sources close to videogamechronicle.com, development of the as of still unannounced Resident Evil 4 remake may run afoul. It was expected that new studio, M-Two, was working on the remake for Capcom. However, their role may have been "significantly reduced" after some creative differences with Capcom Division 1, Capcom's main Resident Evil studio.
  
  According to VGC, development on the Resident...

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  Xbox & LeBron Team Up for Space Jam Game

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  • Published: 01-22-2021, 04:20 PM

  Xbox & LeBron Team Up for Space Jam Game

  
  In 1996, Warner Bros. created a precedent by partnering with a sports hero and adapting the real-life athlete into a world of semi-animated cinema. Space Jam told the fictional account of what happened to Bull’s player Michael Jordan in his brief retirement.
  
  The film was a fresh take on the live-action/animated style of cinema popularized by 1988’s Who Frame Roger Rabbit and capitalized on the huge popularity of Michael Jordan to create a sports crossover for all...

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  Vicarious Visions Absorbed by Blizzard

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  • Published: 01-22-2021, 04:09 PM
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  Vicarious Visions Absorbed by Blizzard

  They are now fully dedicated to Blizzard games moving forward.
  
  Activision Blizzard announced today that they have merged their Vicarious Visions studio from Activision over to Blizzard. This news comes courtesy of GI.biz.
  
  This means that going forward, Vicarious Vision's team of about 200 people will be considered employees of Blizzard. They will be "full dedicated to existing Blizzard games and initiatives." In other words, Vicarious Visions will no longer be...

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  Tencent Buys Majority Stock in Don't Starve Developer

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  • Published: 01-22-2021, 03:52 PM
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  Tencent Buys Majority Stock in Don't Starve Developer

  Tencent is once again making moves.
  
  Tencent has purchased a majority stock in Klei Entertainment, the development studio behind Don't Starve. This was divulged from Klei Entertainment themselves through a forum announcement.
  
  As part of this agreement, Klei will retain "full autonomy of creative and operations across all aspects of the studio, including projects, talent, and more." It certainly sounds as if Tencent will be very hands off but will still get the...

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  Microsoft Increases Price of Xbox Live Gold to $60 for 6 Months

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  • Published: 01-22-2021, 02:12 PM
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  Microsoft Increases Price of Xbox Live Gold to $60 for 6 Months

  That's a 100% increase in some cases.
  
  Microsoft has officially increased the price of Xbox Live Gold. It used to be that you could get an entire year of Gold for just $60 (USD). Now, you get just six months of Gold for $59.99. This makes a year of Xbox Live Gold as much as $120, or double what it used to be not that long ago.
  
  Other price increases include the three-month plan for $29.99 (USD), and one-month is now $10.99. These price increases will impact new and lapsed...

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  Resident Evil Village Releasing in May

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  • Published: 01-21-2021, 06:00 PM
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  Resident Evil Village Releasing in May

  Ethan Winters is back in action.
  
  Capcom just wrapped their special Resident Evil Showcase livestream a few moments ago. Among the big reveals this evening was a release date for Resident Evil Village.
  
  Resident Evil Village will be released on May 7, 2021 for the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. These will be joined by the newly announced last-gen console versions of the game for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
  
  Those that own the game on the...

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  New Nvidia Hotfix Driver Fixes VR Stuttering

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  • Published: 01-21-2021, 03:39 PM
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  New Nvidia Hotfix Driver Fixes VR Stuttering

  New hotfix drivers may smooth out your VR gaming experience.
  
  If you have an Nvidia card and are also an avid VR user, you may have noticed some unwanted and mysterious new stutter in your gaming experiences. This seems to have been caused by some of Nvidia's latest drivers, though the root cause is still not fully known.
  
  Thankfully, there are some new hotfix drivers out that should address most of the stuttering that have been reported by numerous users over the past several...

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  Apex Legends Season 8 Trailer is Explosive

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  • Published: 01-21-2021, 03:03 PM
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  Apex Legends Season 8 Trailer is Explosive

  Click, click, boom.
  
  Come February, Season 08 for Apex Legends will kick off. Today, a new trailer blasts its way to your eyeballs courtesy of the game's new hero, Fuse. The Respawn developed battle royale game brings a little Mayhem to the festivities, which is appropriate given that Mayhem is the name of the game's eighth season of content.
  
  Fuse is a Aussie with an attitude. I know, hard to believe. He loves explosives and apparently he loves being the center of attention....

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  Puzzle Quest 3 Announced

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  • Published: 01-21-2021, 02:26 PM
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  Puzzle Quest 3 Announced

  A new entry in the puzzle-RPG hybrid genre is coming soon.
  
  505 Games just announced that Puzzle Quest 3 is in development and will be launched later in 2021. This will be an all-new installment to the high successful puzzle-RPG franchise.
  
  This series has generated over $200 million in revenue and has reportedly hit an estimated 32 million users globally across the franchise. The development team at Infinity Plus Two will be working hard ahead of the release later this...

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  Become a Virtual Hero Today on PC

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  • Published: 01-21-2021, 02:13 PM
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  Become a Virtual Hero Today on PC

  Real Heroes: Firefighter HD is out now.
  
  If you ever wanted to be a firefighter in real life but weren't able to for whatever reason, then boy do I ever have the game for you. Real Heroes: Firefighter HD is a new simulation style game from Ziggurat Interactive.
  
  In Real Heroes: Firefighter HD, you will get a first-hand look at what it's like to be a rookie firefighter new to the LA Fire Department. You will battle fires and rescue people from towering infernos, stop explosions,...

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