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The Fortnite battle royale map is constantly evolving, and the new map introduced in Chapter 3 is no exception to the rule. Fortnite fans can expect regular changes to the battle royale map as time goes on, with developer Epic Games tweaking Points of Interest and adding new locations for players to explore. The many changes to the Fortnite map has resulted in a map that's virtually ...read more
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Developer Stray Bombay’s debut title, The Anacrusis, is set to release in under a week. In anticipation of the title’s release, Stray Bombay has released a video that shows off the first 15 minutes of gameplay of the Left 4 Dead inspired co-op shooter. For those unfamiliar, The Anacrusis follows a group (up to four players) that are navigating their way around a stranded starship and have to ...read more
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It looks like a new Serious Sam game is coming this month, and its first teaser is very cool. Freezing, even. Publisher Devolver Digital put out a teaser trailer for the new Serious Sam game on its Twitter account, innocently asking "what if" it revealed the game next week and put it out some time in January. The trailer itself shows series protagonist Sam "Serious" Stone arriving on an icy ...read more
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Battlefield 2042 didn’t have the pristine launch EA wanted it to, but that doesn’t mean DICE and Ripple Effect haven’t been working hard to fix its issues since. Now, coming back from holiday break, EA’s director of communications is asking fans to give the team time, and to let people rest. Andy McNamara describes the expectations of Battlefield 2042 fans as “brutal”, after taking ...read more
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Cyberpunk action RPG The Ascent has been rated for PlayStation consoles again. Following the game’s classification for PS4 and PS5 in Taiwan last month, it has now been rated for the same platforms by the US Entertainment Software Rating Board too. Developed by Swedish indie studio Neon Giant, The Ascent has been a PC and Xbox console exclusive (and a day one Xbox Game Pass title) since ...read more
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DICE has irked Battlefield 2042 fans this week by unceremoniously giving Rush Mode the chop from the game’s official playlist. This is despite Rush receiving positive feedback from fans, who pushed to keep it a permanent residence within Battlefield 2042. Rush Mode is still available on custom Portal servers but XP progression has been capped in Portal to put a stop to XP farming lobbies ...read more
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Last year a report on Bloomberg detailed how one of Sony’s support-oriented studios, the Visual Arts Service Group, decided to go and remake The Last of Us for PlayStation 5, but without any support from Sony themselves. It was all very strange but allegedly ended with Naughty Dog taking back control of the project. At the end of last year the Visual Arts Service Group started hiring people, ...read more
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Ubisoft has been ramping up the marketing for Rainbow Six Extraction ahead of the co-op first person shooter’s launch later this year. Recently, they released a lore gameplay trailer, which, in addition to showing plenty of the game in action, takes a dive into the backstory of the game. The trailer focuses on REACT (the organization of elite operatives that has been formed to fight the ...read more
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Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has announced plans to acquire Zynga, the developer of social games like Farmville and Words With Friends, in a record-setting deal worth $12.7 billion (£9.4 billion). The acquisition will be finalised some time before July, subject to approval by regulatory authorities. The acquisition makes Take-Two among the world’s biggest publishers of mobile games, ...read more
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Coupled with Steam's Winter Sale, a recent video from Crowbcat appears to have given Left 4 Dead 2 a boost. In the past month, it's seen a seven percent rise in players, reaching a peak of 32,060. The video in question is called 'Back 4 Blood proves Valve carried Left 4 Dead,' a scathing critique of Back 4 Blood, looking at what went wrong, how it compares to Left 4 Dead, and where Valve fit ...read more
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