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Sega has clarified that its recently announced “strategic alliance” with Microsoft won’t see it release exclusive games for the Xbox firm. Earlier this month, the Japanese publisher said it had agreed a deal that will see it develop “large-scale, global games in a next-generation development environment built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform”. On Friday, further details on ...read more
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Electronic Arts says the pre-release Battlefield 2042 patch it released yesterday has "helped improve the smoothness of the experience," and promised that more changes are coming, including fixes for soldier revives and a nerf of the overpowered hovercraft. The upcoming changes were detailed in a series of tweets:
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It’s entirely possible that Star Wars Battlefront 3, the sequel to one of the best Star Wars games around, might not be happening after all. With the release of Battlefield 2042 many Star Wars fans expected EA to go ahead with DICE making a new Battlefront, but reportedly executives “shot down” that idea. Star Wars Battlefront II was released in 2017, just two years after DICE’s first ...read more
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Despite Halo Infinite being set in the vast environment of Zeta Halo, the game shouldn't be considered as a traditional open-world FPS akin to games like Far Cry 6. Thanks to some developer interviews, it sounds like it's far more like Metro Exodus, with a series of expansive levels tied together by a tight narrative. Speaking to VGC recently, associate creative director Paul Crocker said the ...read more
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Given the surprise early launch of Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer, it’s understandable that there’s been a lot of excitement surrounding that half of the experience, but in recent weeks, excitement has grown exponentially for the single player campaign as well. The new footage that’s been shown off (and there’s been a lot of it) has impressed one and all, and it continues to ...read more
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While 343 Industries has focused primarily on Heroic difficulty for its Halo campaigns in the past, with Halo Infinite, the developer has designed the base of the experience around Normal difficulty. Even though, series fans who love the more challenging nature of Heroic and Legendary need not fret- because there’s some new gameplay here that demonstrates that the upcoming shooter will still be ...read more
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The Elder Scrolls 6 release date may be years away, but that isn't stopping Elder Scrolls fans from clamoring for more information on the next installment in the best-selling and award-winning series, which of course means Xbox and Bethesda have to talk about the game every once in a while, even if they rather not. To this end, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was recently asked about the game, and noted ...read more
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Rust has just got a new feature that lets you pick up “premium” cosmetics around the clock, without worrying that limited-time windows will expire before you can nab them. The survival game has now got a permanent in-game store featuring items and skins that are always available to buy – and Facepunch has released a new batch of stuff to kick things off, too.
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Halo Infinite's campaign mode has officially gone "gold" ahead of its launch in December. During a livestream broadcast on Friday, community director Brian Jarrard confirmed this. Gold means development on the game is officially finished. For Halo Infinite, this means physical releases are being prepared for launch and Microsoft is getting the game ready for a digital release. "That ...read more
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A new GTA Online update has been released, and with it comes a free gift celebrating Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition! Players that own the Trilogy and log into GTA Online before November 25th will be gifted free Liberty City Penitentiary Coveralls! It's not a massive bonus by any means, and it probably won't convince any players to go purchase GTA Trilogy if they haven't ...read more
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