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Trials of Mana HD Remake will be the First Time the Title is Available in the West

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.

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Developer Naughty Dog Drops Online Multiplayer for Uncharted 2 & 3, as well as The Last of Us on PS3

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

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.

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The Roadmap for the Epic Games Store will No Longer Display Release Dates

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

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.

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Top 4 Games Being Released This Month

Gaming News / Timothy H.

Top games being released this month: Borderlands 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Gears 5 & Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

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Shovel Knight: King of Cards is on its way, as well as Two Spinoff Games

Gaming News / Timothy H.

Shovel Knight, a game that soared into popularity shortly after its release, has been one of the best platforming games of the past decade. The game has been out for quite some time, and with its huge success, it’s a wonder that it took so long for a sequel to come out; Shovel Knight: King of Cards, isn’t exactly a sequel, instead being an add-on for the main game. However, this add-on is pretty much the size of an entire game on its own, so it may as well be a sequel.

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Ubisoft likely won’t be Releasing its Future Games on Steam

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

Ubisoft’s executive, Chris Early, who is also the VP for partnerships and revenue at the company, has made some statements about how Ubisoft feels in regards to Steam, and why Ubisoft doesn’t let its games be sold on Steam any longer. According to Early, Steam’s business model is unworkable, or at least it soon will be as game distribution continues to evolve.

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Control is $10 off for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4

Leave a Comment / Deal News, Gaming News / Joe P.

With digital games becoming more and more popular due to their convenience, brick and mortar retailers have been looking for ways to bolster sales of physical game copies. Quite frankly, there is answer seems to be a good one; why not just sell new games for cheaper than you can get them online? Both Amazon and Walmart have taken up this practice, selling physical copies of many new releases for $49.94 instead of the classic $60.

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The Free September 2019 Games for PS Plus have been Announced

The Free September 2019 Games for PlayStation Plus have been Announced

Leave a Comment / Freebie Reviews, Gaming News / Timothy H.

In the exact same vein as Xbox Live Gold subscribers, those who subscribe to PlayStation Plus receive free games every month. It’s generally a mixed bag as to what kind of games you get, but they’re usually announced just a few days in advance of the month itself, and we can rest easy this time, knowing that some pretty great games will be free for PlayStation Plus members this September.

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Highly Anticipated Switch Exclusive Astral Chain is $10 off at Walmart

Deal News, Gaming News / Joe P.

Walmart has made it pretty clear that they have a new strategy in mind for increasing sales of physical game copies. That strategy turns out to be selling games at a $10 discount, even on the first day of their release. This isn’t just for games that aren’t being anticipated either; the popular Fire Emblem: Three Houses received this treatment, being sold at approximately $50 instead of $60 if you bought a physical copy of it at Walmart. Now, the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch exclusive, Astral Chain, is getting the same discount even though it just launched.

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Kerbal Space Program 2 is set to Launch in 2020

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

Kerbal Space Program; a game that looks like it would be all fun and games, but is actually pretty mathematically intensive, and generally leads to horrific contraptions that nevertheless manage to sail the cosmos. We’re finally getting a sequel to this wonderful game, though we have to wait until 2020. All of this was revealed during the opening night livestream from Gamescom 2019, in which Star Theory developers revealed the sequel to their amazingly popular spacecraft building and flying simulator, Kerbal Space Program.

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Square Enix is Still Not Considering a Final Fantasy 14 Sequel

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

Final Fantasy 14 was a bit weird, in the sense that it was one of the few times the franchise branched off from single-player RPG into an MMO. It was also pretty confusing since it came right after a single player RPG entry and was succeeded by one as well, but it didn’t have any kind of moniker to denote that it was an MMO: it was just, ‘Final Fantasy 14.’

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Target has 20% Discounts on Multiple Digital Games for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One

Gaming News / Joe P.

Digital games are already pretty close to being the absolute future of video games. There aren’t many people out there that still buy physical copies, and the ones who are out there are vastly outnumbered by people who buy digital copies. It’s no surprise of course; digital copies of games are just more convenient, and can be played as soon as they are downloaded. So, if you’re looking to expand your digital library for either the Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, Target has some discounts going on that are perfect for you. Their current weekly deal includes 20% off of digital downloads, add-ons, in-game currencies, and season passes. You will receive an email for these downloads after purchasing them, though Target has admitted that Amazon is price-matching some of the deals.

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GameStop Corporation Lays off Massive Number of Employees

Leave a Comment / Gaming News, Retail News / Mark P.

Huge cuts made within GameStop Corporation have affected approximately 14% of the associate base at the company’s headquarters, as well as many of its subsidiaries, such as Game Informer. GameStop Corporation is the parent company of both video game retail chain GameStop and video game magazine Game Informer. Recently, they laid off over 120 of their employees, which constitutes the aforementioned 14% of their associate base at both their headquarters and some of their other offices.

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Excellent Best Buy Deal on PC Graphics Card: Two Games Included at $120 Off

Arnold Schwarzenegger Won’t Be Voicing The Terminator For Mortal Kombat 11

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

On Wednesday, NetherRealm Studios revealed a new trailer introducing some interesting characters to its most recent popular fighting game, Mortal Kombat 11, which is currently the best-selling game of 2019. One of the most well-known characters being added in is the Terminator T-800, made popular by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator film series.

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Sony Acquires Developer Insomniac Games, of ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ Renown

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

Sony has just recently added the longtime game developer Insomniac Games to their roster. Well-known for series such as Ratchet & Clank, the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy, and the far more recent Marvel’s Spider-Man, the studio revealed on Monday that they have been acquired in their entirety by Sony, making it the 14th studio to join Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, alongside other popular developers such as Little Big Planet’s Media Molecule and Horizon Zero Dawn’s Guerilla Games.

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The Witcher 3 is getting a Switch Port in October

Gaming News / Timothy H.

There were a great many announcements included with the live stream of Gamescom 2019’s opening night. Most of them lead to a lot of hype and excitement, but one that may have been just the slightest bit overlooked was the announcement of the release date for the Nintendo Switch port of The Witcher 3: Wild

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Australia is Having a Difficult Time Managing its Game Censorship Rules

The US Army Now Looks to Video Games to Bolster Recruitment

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

Imagine joining the Army, going through boot camp, and being certified to use real world weapons, but your job in the military is actually to play video games. It sounds like fantasy, but is closer to the truth than one would think. Christopher Jones enlisted in the Army back in 2003; at the time, he purchased many game consoles to use in his off time. However, sixteen years later, he no longer plays games for recreation, but as his actual job in the military.

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Ben Irving, Lead Producer of Anthem is Leaving BioWare for Another Company

Leave a Comment / Gaming News / Timothy H.

The lead producer of BioWare’s Anthem, Ben Irving, has recently announced that he is leaving the game developing company. According to a Twitter post by Ben Irving, he is leaving because he has accepted a position at another company, though he firmly believes that Anthem still has a bright future under new, but currently unannounced direction.

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