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  Red Dead Redemption Out Now on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-17-2023, 12:03 PM
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  Red Dead Redemption Out Now on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

  Go back to where it all began in this sequel to Red Dead Redemption 2.
  
  The original Red Dead Redemption is out now on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Rockstar Games and Double Eleven Studios have ported the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Western action title to these platforms and can be yours for a price of $49.99 (USD). This one is a digital only release for now, with a physical release coming "soon."
  
  Today's release of Red Dead Redemption also includes the...

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  Starfield Preloads Begin August 17

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  • Published: 08-16-2023, 06:36 PM
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  Starfield Preloads Begin August 17

  Why yes, that's tomorrow!
  
  Bethesda and Microsoft have confirmed to the world that Starfield has gone gold! Before digital downloads became prevalent, going gold indicated that a game was ready to be sent off for mass production of physical copies. These days? It mostly just means that the game is done, typically free of major bugs, and can be played from start to finish.
  
  Starfield will reportedly have a physical disc release, so the antiquated form of gone gold still actually...

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  NHL 24 Announced with New 'Exhaust Engine'

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  • Published: 08-16-2023, 05:09 PM
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  NHL 24 Announced with New 'Exhaust Engine'

  It's still a hockey game, despite the new Exhaust.
  EA Sports just announced EA Sports NHL 24 today with its all new "Exhaust Engine" and physics-based contact. NHL 24 will once again be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Sadly, there is still no PC version of EA's annual hockey title.
  
  Readying for release on October 6, 2023, NHL 24 will make use of something EA is calling the Exhaust Engine. This "brand-new" engine is still...

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  Xbox Introduces 8 Strike Enforcement System

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  • Published: 08-15-2023, 05:11 PM
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  Xbox Introduces 8 Strike Enforcement System

  8 strikes and you're out.
  
  Xbox is introducing a new strike-based punishment program that they hope will decrease bad behavior on their platform.
  
  A new Xbox Wire blog post from CVP of Xbox player services Dave McCarthy details this new system. McCarthy says that players that are found to violate the Xbox community standards will receive a strike. These strikes will remain on your record for six months. If you manage to receive a total of eight strikes, their account will...

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  Patricia Hernandez Fired as Kotaku Editor-in-chief

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  • Published: 08-15-2023, 04:21 PM
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  Patricia Hernandez Fired as Kotaku Editor-in-chief

  A "personal disagreement" led to Hernandez's departure.
  
  A new report from GamesIndustry.biz says that Kotaku editor-in-chief Patricia Hernandez has been fired from Kotaku. This report cites remarks made by journalist Shannon Liao (paywalled article), who claims that Hernandez was fired by Kotaku parent company, G/O Media, following a "personal disagreement."
  
  Yesterday, Hernandez announced on Twitter that Monday, August 14th was her last day at Kotaku....

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  Everspace 2 Out Now on PlayStation and Xbox

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  • Published: 08-15-2023, 02:30 PM
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  Everspace 2 Out Now on PlayStation and Xbox

  This space action-RPG is out now on consoles.
  
  After a launch on PC back in April of this year, Everspace 2 is finally hitting your home console of choice. That is provided your console of choice is PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S. It is also available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers today.
  
  Today's release of this space-based action-RPG boasts more than 100 handcrafted locations and 60FPS gameplay. Though it should be said that the 60FPS gameplay is on the better hardware,...

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  Battlefield 2042: Redux is a Month of Returning Content Ahead of Season 6

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  • Published: 08-15-2023, 01:28 PM
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  Battlefield 2042: Redux is a Month of Returning Content Ahead of Season 6

  Season 6 delayed, so here is some old content you may like instead.
  
  DICE announced today that they have had to push Season 6 for Battlefield 2042 back by a month. That means Season 6 will now be out in October instead of September as initially planned. That also means that there is now a gap between the end of Season 5 and the start of Season 6.
  
  That's where Battlefield 2042: Redux comes into play. This interim season will bring back those limited-time modes from previous...

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  Armored Core 6 PC System Requirements

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  • Published: 08-14-2023, 05:14 PM
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  Armored Core 6 PC System Requirements

  They're less demanding then Elden Ring.
  
  The Steam listing for Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon was updated with the PC system requirements for the game. The upcoming mech combat title by FromSoftware shows that it won't require the latest and greatest hardware to seemingly run well.
  
  Additional hardware details were also shared on the official Armored Core 6 website. The requirements share spec details for those playing with and without ray tracing. The raytracing in this...

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  Assassin's Creed Mirage Releasing a Week Earlier

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  • Published: 08-14-2023, 04:36 PM
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  Assassin's Creed Mirage Releasing a Week Earlier

  Hurrah for a change in release date that isn't a delay.
  
  Games like Skull & Bones and Beyond Good and Evil 2 may have given Ubisoft a bit of a bad reputation for lengthy game delays. So it comes as a bit of a shock today when Ubisoft revealed that the next Assassin's Creed title is not delayed, but rather being released a week earlier than expected.
  
  Assassin's Creed Mirage, Ubisoft's more tightly focused Assassin's Creed sequel, will now release on October 5. This is...

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  Partner that Balked at Embracer Group's $2 Billion Deal Revealed

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  • Published: 08-14-2023, 04:02 PM
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  Partner that Balked at Embracer Group's $2 Billion Deal Revealed

  The Saudi-backed Savvy Games was the mystery partner that walked away.
  
  Embracer Group recently started to lay off employees and shutter some of their game studios as recently as last week after a multi-billion dollar deal reportedly fell through. At the time of that initial report, it was not known who that mystery partner could have been that walked away from the deal after negotiations.
  
  Today, it has been revealed that the partner in question was Savvy Games Group, a...

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  South Park: Snow Day! is a Newly Announced Co-op Game

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  • Published: 08-14-2023, 03:08 PM
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  South Park: Snow Day! is a Newly Announced Co-op Game

  Engage in four-player co-op action in the town of South Park.
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  THQ Nordic and Question Games just announced South Park: Snow Day! this past week. This new entry is not a sequel to the popular South Park: The Stick of Truth RPG, or its follow-up South Park: The Fractured but Whole. This game is instead a four-player co-op title. Snow Day looks like it's going to be a third-person brawler/shooter, which is obviously quite the departure from the RPG stylings of the previous games....

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  Titan Quest 2 Announced

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  • Published: 08-14-2023, 02:47 PM
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  Titan Quest 2 Announced

  Return to ancient Greece.
  
  Titan Quest 2 was announced this past week by THQ Nordic and Grimlore Games. This action-RPG sequel will be a PC only release, though a release date was not yet provided.
  
  You can find Titan Quest 2 already has a Steam page listing. ...

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  Metro Author Sentenced to Prison, Has No Plans to Serve Sentence

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 08-10-2023, 06:56 PM
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  Metro Author Sentenced to Prison, Has No Plans to Serve Sentence

  Dmitry Glukhovsky has been sentenced to 8 years in prison, but doesn't actually live in Russia.
  
  On August 7, Metro author Dmitry Glukhovsky was sentenced to eight years in prison. Glukhovsky was found guilty by a Moscow court for intentionally spreading "misinformation" about Russia's armed forces.
  
  This sentencing comes about a year after Glukhovsky revealed that he was placed on a Russian federal watchlist after he was accused of discrediting the Russian army...

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  Overwatch 2 is Officially Out of Early Access

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  • Published: 08-10-2023, 06:17 PM
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  Overwatch 2 is Officially Out of Early Access

  It was apparently in early access for over five seasons now.
  
  Blizzard says that Overwatch 2 is now out of its early access period. This news comes as the game kicks off Season 6 alongside a release on Steam. Season 6 offers the usual assortment of new content and a new season pass, but the biggest feature released today is the first bit of PvE content.
  
  Overwatch 2: Invasion offers players access to new modes (Flashpoint), new story missions, a new Hero (Illari), and new...

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  Quake 2 Enhanced Released Today

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  • Published: 08-10-2023, 01:12 PM
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  Quake 2 Enhanced Released Today

  It's like the 1997 classic only better.
  
  id Software released Quake 2 Enhanced today. This is a re-release of the classic FPS from 1997 but modernized a bit for this re-release in 2023.
  
  Quake 2 Enhanced includes support for up to 4K resolution, widescreen resolutions, enhanced models, improved enemy animations, improved gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original heavy rock soundtrack...

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