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Despite the fact that Bungie has just revealed a five year plan for Destiny 2 with their Shadowkeep expansion, it seems that the company...

While we’ve known about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order since it was revealed back at E3 of 2018, we’ve only recently received a release date for it, that being November 15th of 2019. It’ll launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, though PC distribution will be handled solely through EA’s Origin Store. The game, being developed by Respawn Entertainment of Titanfall and Apex Legends renown, will be entirely single-player.

Users can get unlimited access to hundreds of games that are playable across multiple Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Apple TV. Additionally, Apple users can get a one-month free trial to try out the subscription service. The Arcade games can be played offline and six family members can use one subscription. Apple states that more than 100 games will fill the catalog in the next few weeks and will be available Sept. 30 for iPadOS 13 and tvOS 13 and in October on macOS Catalina.

No one can deny that Anthem got off to a rough start; actually, it’s still in a pretty rough place even now, but it’s...

Bandai Namco and the American Red Cross are making an interesting partnership in which gamers can get a copy of the upcoming Code Vein at San Diego, for the small price of your blood. That’s right, if you’re in San Diego this Friday, you can get a much anticipated video game for free, fiscally speaking. The only cost to you will be a little donated blood.

It seems that GameStop will soon go the way of Blockbuster: no one needs physical copies of their entertainment anymore. Digital purchases and downloads are simply more convenient and more efficient. GameStop has a slight advantage in the fact that they sell things you do need physical copies of, like controllers and consoles themselves. But there’s no denying that video games were the main source of income for GameStop, and they just aren’t making that money like they used to.

There’s a lot of good games in general coming out this week, and for most platforms, but Switch owners are undoubtedly getting it the best this time around. From a remastered release of Castle Crashers to the remae of Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, there’s lots of great titles to get invested in from September 15th to September 21st. Here are some of those games, along with a few others that are releasing on different platforms.

For fans of the ever popular Dragon Quest series, there’s good new to be had, provided you own a Nintendo Switch. Of course there’s the release of Dragon Quest 11 to look forward to later this month, but we aren’t referring to that alone. Square Enix has announced that the first three games in the series will also be released on Nintendo Switch on September 27th. The three of them will be sold individually on the Nintendo eShop, though it’s unclear if they will also get a physical copy release at some point.

The Final Fantasy 7 Remake is not far off now, and lots of fans are excited for it. We already knew that the remake would make a lot of changes to the game mechanics to go along with that visual and audio overhaul, such as a big change to the battle system. Some fans might have been a little miffed about the impact on the game’s nostalgia value without a turn-based combat system, but it turns out they had nothing to fear. During a gameplay demo at Tokyo Game Show 2019, it was revealed that there will be a ‘Classic Mode’, which will revert the combat back to the old school 1997 turn-based menu system.

While it still feels a little odd for a Nintendo gaming platform to have some not very kid-friendly titles made available for it, it’s pretty clear at this point that we can expect it to become the norm. After all, now that Bulletstorm of all games is getting a Switch release, is there anything too uncouth for the Nintendo Switch? Either way, there was a brief listing on The Console Club recently, which offered a preorder for an Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, and Assassin’s Creed: Rogue Bundle. The bundle was listed for the rough equivalent of about $42.00, but it has been removed since then.

EA Access and Origins Access are the subscription based online game services offered by Electronic Arts, for consoles and PC. They generally have a wide range of EA published games available for subscribers to play, but they don’t have literally all EA games, which means there’s always more that can be added. This month, both Origin and EA Access are getting some major additions, those being FIFA 20 and Anthem. Origin Access is actually getting a few more games than its console equivalent, such as the platformer Yooka-Laylee, but the two big titles will be available on all platforms.

The upcoming third person action RPG from Bandai Namco, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, now has an official release date. The game is scheduled to launch for PC, Xbox One, and PlaySation 4 on January 17th, 2020. Additional details about the game were revealed by producer Ryosuka Hara at the Tokyo Game Show, including what kind of pre-order bonuses can be expected. Before, it seemed as though only Goku, Kid Goahn and Future Trunks would be playable in the game, but Hara made it clear that adult Gohan would be playable during the Majin Buu Saga as well.

Even though Apple Arcade was confirmed some time ago, there were many questions that still needed answering. Thankfully, the recent September event has cleared up some of those important questions. Prior to now we didn’t know when Apple Arcade would be released, or how much it would cost, which is pretty important when it comes to subscription services. Thankfully, those questions have now been answered, courtesy of Apple itself.

Nintendo has just recently made a pretty significant announcement: Super Nintendo games will now be added to the classic library of Nintendo Switch Online at no additional cost, as opposed to the current $20 USD a year. At the same time as this announcement, a lot of Super Nintendo games were added to the library, about 20 total. This brought the total number of NES and SNES titles available on the Switch to more than 60.

Version 9.0 of Nintendo Switch firmware is now out, as of September 9th. With it comes many tweaks, bug fixes, and changes, as well as a few minor features. Most of these are just small improvements, so nothing too incredible, but they do ultimately make everything a little better. Version 9.0 has introduced a new search feature for the News Channel, a QR Code option to sign into your Nintendo Account, as well as new touch screen sensitivity settings. The update also includes the ability to stop the Switch from recognizing inputs from the console buttons, with the exception of the Home and Capture buttons. However, that last bit is only relevant to the Switch Lite.

Two new games are now available on the Epic Games Store, those being Abzu and The End is Nigh. Both of these games will be available until Thursday, September 12th, which is just a few days away. After that date they’ll be replaced by Conarium, which will mark the first time the free game has been one single title in several weeks. Point being, if you haven’t nabbed the two current free games yet, you’ll want to hop on it as soon as you can, because you don’t have long.

With the last bit of DLC coming soon the extremely popular retro game Celeste, the game’s developer, Matt Thorson, has confirmed that no plans currently exist regarding a sequel. In his own words, “We don’t really want to make a sequel to Celeste. Maybe in the future, we’ll change our minds, but right now we don’t know how we’d do a sequel justice. And, besides, we’re way more interested in making something new for our next release.”

Square Enix has announced recently that the Trials of Mana HD Remake will be released in the west on April 24, 2020, for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. By preordering it for any of those platforms prior to May 21st, you’ll also get the Rabite Adornment DLC, which will increase your XP gain until you reach level 10. Pre-ordering on PlayStation 4 will also net you a special avatar, while doing so on Steam will get you a unique wallpaper.

While most member of a franchise community migrate to a new game when it is releases, some older installments are so popular that they maintain their online player base years after release. Unfortunately, most of those gamers have to move on eventually, namely when online support for those games is discontinued. Unfortunately for fans, this is the case for Uncharted 2 & 3, as well as the Last of Us on PS3.

Those familiar with the Epic Games Store are likely also familiar with the Trello Roadmap, which used to give customers a rough idea of what to expect in the future. However, some recent changes to the Trello Roadmap include a removal of release dates for features that are currently in development. Originally, the Trello board was created near the launch of the store, to provide more transparency to its customers.