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Today, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Minecraft movie adaptation picked up a new writer in the form of Allison Schroeder, a Oscar nominated writer perhaps best known for Hidden Figures, Frozen 2, and Christopher Robbin. The new pick up comes apart of a larger reworking of the movie by producers Roy Lee and Jon Berg and developer Mojang. As you will know, Warner Bros. picked up the movie ...read more
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There's no denying that from a first-party output, Xbox came up short this generation. Not only did its existing big IP decline a bit with less than stellar releases, but Microsoft failed to pump out meaningful new IP. That said, Xbox boss Phil Spencer is aware of this, and seems confident it won't be an issue going forward, largely thanks to its numerous studio acquisitions the past two years ...read more
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When Infinity Ward announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare it confirmed the PS4, Xbox One, and PC game will have crossplay at launch, which would be a first for a series. That said, upon reveal, it was a bit unclear how extensive the crossplay would be. For example, was it just going to be PS4 and PC and Xbox One and PC or crossplay across every system? Well, Infinity Ward has confirmed the latter ...read more
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The digital marketplace on PC, consoles and mobile has seen declines in player spending during May. SuperData has revealed in its May report that consumer spending digitally amounted to $8.7 billion across PC, consoles, and mobile, a 4% drop compared to the same period last year. While Fortnite was the largest generator of spending in May on consoles, the game’s revenue continues to ...read more
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We now have a date for Steam’s next big sale. As it tends to happen every year, the starting date for the Steam Summer Sale has leaked ahead of time. This year’s sale will kick off on Tuesday, June 25. That’s according to Steam Database, who have a good track record when it comes to Steam-related reveals in general. The information was first shared at SteamCN – a Chinese Steam ...read more
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PlayStation and Xbox haven't divulged much about their respective consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett; however, there's an expectation that they are "more of the same," which is to say more powerful but not innovative. And this is probably true, or at least it seems to be the case. That said, Ubisoft's Executive Director for EMEA territories Alain Corre is excited for the next-gen systems, which ...read more
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The Coalition has confirmed that Gears 5 has no season pass, and that all maps added to the game after launch will be 100 percent free. That's right, in addition to no Gear Packs, Gears 5 will skip the season pass route and make DLC maps free for matchmaking and private play. This is presumably to not divide up players and also make stomaching the game's microtransactions a bit easier. As you ...read more
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Sony Japan created an Ape Escape-themed Twitter account, which featured a screenshot with one of the apes. Possibly hinting at a new game...? Sony Japan, in what would normally be considered a mundane move, opened up a new Twitter account recently. What makes this interesting is that the account is for Ape Escape. Even more intriguing is the fact that the account’s first tweet features a ...read more
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If Ubisoft’s new Rainbow Six game called Rainbow Six Quarantine caught your eye when it was unveiled during E3, you can now get a head start on playing it now that signups are open for an opportunity to play early. Signups for that opportunity which is presumed to be a beta that’s releasing at some point are now up on the game’s site, though there’s not much else of interest there besides ...read more
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The next installment in Grand Theft Auto -- presumably Grand Theft Auto VI -- may release sooner than you think. Recently, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive -- the parent company of Rockstar Games -- revealed that he expects smaller gaps between the publisher's big releases going forward. According to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, games like GTA Online and Red Dead Online mean it can engage its ...read more
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