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Like many of Ubisoft’s more recent AAA titles, Watch Dogs Legion will have its own premium season pass, DLC, and in-game microtransactions for those players who are interested. Already, Ubisoft has talked about Watch Dogs Legion’s Assassin’s Creed DLC, though Ubisoft had not yet talked about how microtransactions would work in-game. Now, Ubisoft has finally detailed exactly what players can expect out of Legion’s microtransactions and season pass content. It seems that Watch Dogs Legion’s in-game store will offer players the chance to buy optional cosmetics such as skins, operatives, and new masks to wear....

Releasing alongside the PlayStation 5, Godfall has been one of the more notable showcases of what Sony’s upcoming new hardware can do. It’s likely one of the first major games players will pick up alongside their shiny new console, acting as a tech demo for what the PlayStation 5’s updated hardware can achieve. For those not entirely sold on Godfall or looking for a more direct representation of what gameplay on the PlayStation 5 will look like, Famitsu Tube has posted an extended look at the game through a new YouTube video....

The YouTuber known as Iron Pineapple teams up with a few friends to recreate Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots in Dark Souls 3, and it goes about as well as you’d imagine. As one of the most notoriously challenging game franchises currently on the market, Dark Souls has earned every ounce of its reputation. Despite the grim tone and aesthetic of the series, the latest iteration of the IP, appropriately branded Dark Souls 3, wouldn’t be anywhere near as popular as it is now if it wasn’t any fun to play....

While not one of the most well-known upcoming titles, developer Cyanide has been generating positive interest in Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood since it was first presented to the public at E3 2019. The latest trailer for the single player action role-playing game has appeared at Gamescom 2020, and is a cinematic one, showing the lead character Cahal fighting a mech, while revealing brief clips of the back-story. In the trailer for Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood, eco-terrorist Cahal is investigating a building linked to in-game oil company Endron, Cahal is spotted by the security systems and the mech is released....

The Tevinter Imperium has cast a long shadow over the events of the Dragon Age timeline, though it has yet to make an appearance in the games themselves. Tevinter has long been suspected to be the setting of Dragon Age 4, a rumor possibly confirmed by BioWare’s new trailer released at The Game Awards. The new Game Awards trailer gives fans some interesting new insights into the ancient civilization and how it might manifest in Dragon Age 4....

Over the years, plenty of professional wrestlers have tried their hands at acting. While not all of them have had what it takes, many have gone on to carve out successful careers for themselves in Hollywood. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, really, considering that these finely tuned athletes already have a proven track record when it comes to entertaining. The Rock’s is undoubtedly one of the biggest success stories, but wrestlers had been appearing in movies and television shows long before Johnson’s silver screen debut....

The Swindle is a challenging entry in the rogue-like genre with gorgeous steampunk visuals, and a ticking clock that keeps players on their toes. The Swindle is a rogue-like, thieving heist game that’s heavily inspired by titles like Spelunky. This game’s procedurally-generated levels give would-be thieves a run for their money, with an army of robots to contend with in the pursuit for the loot. The Swindle has a simple introduction that briefly explains that in 100 days, a new anti-theft robot AI will come online in the game’s Steampunk take on Victorian England, stopping all thefts forever....

After video games, animation is my favourite art form. I think that’s because both share a sense of limitlessness. While live action has the limitations of props, stunts, and the laws of time and physics, games and animation are only limited by imagination. Well, imagination and technology, and that’s why the water in Raya and the Last Dragon is so impressive. Technology - at least if you have Disney’s budget - is now on par with magic....

This The White Lotus review contains spoilers. The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 5 One of the tough things about starting a new show for the first time is having to constantly answer this question: what do these characters stand for? When it comes to The White Lotus, this is an even more arduous quest for knowledge. The anthology style gives us only a select few weeks to live in the skin of these fictional people, and the writers and actors bringing the story to life have to quickly, but purposefully fulfill their roles to create a show worth remembering....

The Witcher franchise notably trades in the freedom of character creation for a more cohesive and solid story with the players mostly being stuck as Geralt of Rivia. Still, the game more than makes up for that with the number of customization options available for such a rigid and stubborn protagonist, usually with the stuff he gets to wear. When one thinks about it, Geralt’s job doesn’t seem so bad especially with all the special armor he gets to wear....

The tumultuous launch of CD Projekt Red’s hotly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 has done severe damage to the reputation of the studio. Once lauded for its reliability and consumer friendliness, CD Projekt Red has been faced with criticisms of false advertising, had the game withdrawn from the PlayStation Store, and even faces potential fines in Poland, where the developer is based. With CDPR promising patches to fully realize the Cyberpunk 2077 experience as well as future DLCs, the studio’s future heavily relies on Cyberpunk eventually overcoming the reputation it gained when it launched in December of last year....

Netflix has shared two photos from The Witcher Season 2’s production that focus on Geralt’s new armor and slightly updated look. These images are unofficially accompanied by a post on Geralt actor Henry Cavill’s Instagram account in which he shares this quote from the second Witcher novel, Time of Contempt, which will likely prove to be relevant to the upcoming season’s plot: “‘It may turn out,’ said the white-haired man a moment later, ‘that their comrades or cronies may ask what befell these evil men....

A brand new James Bond game, the first since 2012, is coming from the developers behind Hitman 3 - could the IP see a resurgence like Spider-Man with Insomniac? IO Interactive’s director Hakan Abrak certainly seems to think so, as he revealed that it may spawn a trilogy. “We have been allowed to make our own digital Bond, which will not lean on a Bond actor. [We’re also coming] up with a completely original story, and you could easily imagine that a trilogy would come out of it....

Xbox clothing is coming soon to go with your Xbox cologne and can be customized to include your Gamertag. Microsoft teamed up with well-known gamer apparel line Meta Threads to launch a second generation of Xbox themed tops coming June 11. Meta Threads and Microsoft have now worked on a second clothing line that highlights athletic and technological influences. The goal has been to maintain an urban stylish look and create functional modern clothing for gamers everywhere....

It’s been a rollercoaster week for The Sims 4 community. We’ve seen a small patch, which has fixed some bugs and caused some controversy, as well as being given an insight into the latest Stuff Pack. This last week has given players a small patch that’s brought a couple of big changes. The first is the removal of a custom content artwork loophole. Previously players could take photos of custom content artwork and images and then use those photos in builds, without being flagged for custom content....

While the whole world might be holding their breath for Final Fantasy VII: Remake, there’s some awesome deals and new releases in VR this week too. Asgard’s Wrath, one of the best VR games of 2019, is on sale this week for $34.99. In our review, we said Asgard’s Wrath is a “highly polished, deep, and interesting RPG.” It’s also the longest VR campaign we’ve played, coming in at close to 30 hours....

Thousands of player accounts have been banned from accessing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The owners of the accounts have been given no answer as to why, causing many to become frustrated. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been battling cheating and hackers since its launch, but the anti-cheat software may have gone too far this time. Players are banding together on social media platforms across the internet. Subcommunities on Reddit, Twitter, Discord, and many other familiar platforms are filled with players sharing their stories, sorting through false information, and trying to get their accounts back....

TimTheTatman told his stream of 30,000 people that he was going to stick an enemy player before throwing a semtex in Call of Duty: Warzone. Tim isn’t necessarily known for his insane gameplay or unbelievable skills. His Twitch viewers swarm to his stream to be entertained by his self-deprecating humor, relaxed attitude, and ludicrous number of deaths due to fall damage. This Friday, however, Tim made a play that may have changed his reputation, at least momentarily....

This Titans review contains spoilers. Titans Episode 7 “Asylum” is the second episode of Titans that Bryan Edward Hill (who recently did terrific team-focused work reintroducing The Outsiders to the DC Universe in the pages of Detective Comics) has had a hand in writing. Maybe it’s a coincidence, and maybe it’s not, but it’s also only the second episode that actually feels like a Titans show, not just a show about Dick Grayson....

In a games industry now dominated by cinematic triple-a experiences like Red Dead Redemption 2, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is refreshingly set on being fun and staying true to its source material, two things that the game nails almost flawlessly. This establishes Pro Skater as not only one of the best games of the year but the entire console generation. It’s been a long time since fans got a good Tony Hawk game, especially after 2015’s Pro Skater 5 marked a new low for the franchise....