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Microsoft has revealed that a “deep-dive” Starfield Direct will immediately follow an Xbox Games Showcase this June.  Earlier this year, the company showcased various games, including Redfall and the shadow-dropped Hi-Fi Rush, at an Xbox and Bethesda Direct in January. Microsoft said at the time that a standalone Starfield show was in the works to “dedicate the proper amount of time for a deep dive” into the game, and now we know when that’s happening: June 11, immediately after the June 11 Xbox Games Showcase.  Spoiler Alert: we’ll be talking about games ​ ​​ Tune into the Xbox Games Showcase followed…

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Billy and Jimmy Lee are making a comeback in Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. This new co-op brawler is coming this summer and will revitalize the dormant series in a new tag-team-focused adventure. Set in New York City after it’s been destroyed by nuclear war, Billy and Jimmy must take back what remains from the violent gangs that have since taken over. They won’t be doing it alone, though. The game features 13 playable characters, including Marian, the brothers’ old love interest, who now packs a pistol to blast threats from afar, and newcomer Uncle Matin, a tank-like…

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PlayStation revealed last December that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will hit PlayStation 5 sometime this fall. And then, strangely enough, the voice actor behind the game’s Venom hinted on Twitter that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be released this September. While we still don’t have official confirmation of when we’ll be playing this game, we do know when we’ll get our next taste of Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man world: this weekend.  That’s because on Free Comic Book day, which is this Saturday on May 6, PlayStation will release a prequel comic book for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.  “When we initially sat down with the…

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PlayStation has announced that a standalone version of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered will hit PlayStation 5 later this month.  Previously, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered was only available by purchasing the Ultimate Edition of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Later this month, anyone will be able to play Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. Players will be able to purchase it standalone or, if you own Marvel’s Spider-Man on PlayStation 4 (or its Digital Deluxe Edition or Game of the Year Edition), then you can pay $10 to upgrade to Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on PS5.  This remaster is perhaps most famous for introducing a redesigned face for…

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Microsoft has officially announced its first wave of games hitting Xbox Game Pass in May. The latest blog post includes a handful of new games coming to the service in the following weeks, including the likes of Weird West, Shadowrun Trilogy, Amnesia: The Bunker, and more. Redfall is also now available for those on Xbox Series XS)Ravenlok – May 4 (Console, PC, Cloud)Weird West: Definitive Edition – May 8 (Xbox Series X

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Microsoft has announced that a new Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed this June, and will once again include reveals of upcoming Xbox games from both first and third-party studios. In addition there will also be a Starfield Direct; a whole show dedicated to a deep-dive on Bethesda’s upcoming space-faring RPG. As detailed on the Xbox Wire blog, the Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on Sunday, June 11 at 10am PT (6pm UK, 5am AEST). No specific developers or games have been teased, but naturally whatever is shown will be our first look at what’s coming to Xbox, PC,…

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is an amazing game even with its shortcomings. Being able to partake in a Star Wars adventure is never a bad thing, and this game comes on the heels of Fallen Order, which was highly praised. Barring a controversial release, Jedi Survivor is poised to continue to the path of the Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and allow players to experience events after the Imperial takeover. But no game is perfect, and these are 5 ways Star Wars Jedi: Survivor could be even better. Performance Right the First Time…or Next Time Image Source: EA Games The first elephant…

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The Pokémon Company is officially migrating its online trading card ecosystem to its new app, Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, on June 8. This means if you’ve been playing the digital card game on Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, which has been the platform for official online play since 2011, you’ll have to make the… Read more…

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World of Warcraft director Ion Hazzikostas has said that he isn’t worried about AI potentially replacing him after using ChatGPT and receiving a bad answer as to what the next expansion should be. In a recent interview with IGN, Hazzikostas discussed the latest Dragonflight patch, Embers of Neltharion, and spoke about the recent surge of AI tools in creative spaces. When the topic of the AI chatbot ChatGPT came up, the director said that when he first gained access, he tested it out and asked the tool what the next World of Warcraft expansion should be about. “I kid you…

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Destiny 2’s latest patch is here, and it includes a number of fixes for bugs both large and small. Perhaps the most significant is a resolved issue that caused players to get suspended from Crucible play as if they quit a match early, though in actuality they did no such thing, which is a real recipe for frustration. Speaking of Crucible, the patch also changes matchmaking of certain modes to a connection-based model. Those models include Clash, Zone Control, and Rift. This will hopefully improve latency and performance around those modes. Other fixes include a rare issue that caused players…

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