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The Witcher 3 was one of the most significant games ever created. What started as a relatively obscure book series turned slightly less obscure game series has now become a blueprint for triple-a games. CD Projekt Red redefined what a modern game could be with its ambiguous, mature story-line and a fleshed-out world that reeked of hard work and detail. While the base game and its two legendary DLC expansions have been explored nearly to death, there’s much mystery surrounding the development of the game....

Many creatures and monsters are held within the Bestiary in The Witcher 3, and Harpies are one of them. Players will encounter these hideous creatures throughout the game, and they are not easy to defeat. There are some things that players should know before entering into a fight they came unprepared to win. Luckily, this list lays out the key facts about Harpies that players should know in order to understand their nature....

Gundam statues seem to be all the rage these days. Yokohama, Japan just got one that can move its arms and legs. Shanghai got one outside of a shopping mall, and now, you can own your very own solid gold Gundam statue courtesy of Japanese jewelry company Kougei. The set of three states are called U-Works Mobile Suit Gundam Pure Gold Statues, and as the name implies, they’re all 24K solid gold....

This week brings a small update to CS:GO that released on May 4. Several gameplay changes have been made including the addition of kill feed icons for blind shooter, kills through smoke, and no scope sniper kills. There are quite a few changes made and readers can click here to check them all out. While there is quite a bit to read through, most of the update relates to quality of life and not specifically to balance changes....

There is quite a bit going on in the world of PUBG Mobile this week, but not much on PC and console. Season 13 for Mobile has now been announced for May 13, which was slightly sooner than we all expected to see it rolled out. The new season brings another Royale Battle Pass, maps, and several other changes. Update 1.18.0 will be the first to arrive, with the Miramar map, new game modes, and new weapons....

Following the cancellation of PlayerUnknown’s BATTLEGROUNDS Global Series, it was revealed that PUBG Esports team owners had felt dissatisfied with how the PUBG Corporation was treating them. Now the organization has decided that all esports teams that qualified for the event will each be paid $20,000 in a way to maintain an open dialogue with both players and team owners. In total, this will result in the PUBG Corporation paying out roughly $420,000 to teams....

After developing toys for Halo and Five Nights At Freddy’s, McFarlane Toys have partnered up with Respawn Entertainment to release a line of action figures inspired by Titanfall 2. After the critical and commercial success of Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall, EA had enough confidence in the franchise to greenlight Titanfall 2. While much about the game is still unknown, that is expected to change following today’s announcement of an upcoming partnership between McFarlane Toys and Respawn....

Total War: Three Kingdoms has flipped from sporting mostly positive reviews on Steam to a soured mostly negative with 3,845 recent submissions turning the tide. This is because updates are halting. Creative Assembly, the developer, has announced that it is done with the game following the 1.7.1 patch and that no more DLC or updates will be released. Seven expansions have been launched thus far, and more were promised such as one for the north part of the map, but this will no longer come to fruition....

Best known currently for their popular mobile game, Fate/Grand Order, Tsukihime was one of TYPE-MOON’s original works. Released in December 2000, Tsukihime served as the starting point for TYPE-MOON’s numerous franchises. This includes Kara no Kyoukai, released before Tsukihime yet found a resurgence in popularity due to the latter’s success. Although the series started on the PC, it is currently unknown if the remake will have a PC release. Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-, the remake to one of TYPE-MOON’s flagship visual novels, is set for a Summer 2021 release via the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch....

While a lot of news regarding Twitch in 2020 is usually related to a new ban, things are changing up with a Twitch streamer getting a new record for the site. Twitch streamer GPHustla currently has the record for the longest continuous stream on the site. GPHustla’s stream is currently clocked at over 1000 hours with the time still ticking up, as the stream is still ongoing as of September 28, 2020....

According to the UK PlayStation Store, Spider-Man is going to be one of June’s free games on PlayStation Plus. We’re still waiting for Sony’s big PS5 reveal event (rumored to be coming in the near future), but in the meantime, how’s a free Spider-Man to tide you over? The UK’s PlayStation Store seems to be suffering a weird glitch that points to Spider-Man as next month’s free game with PlayStation Plus....

Five Nights At Freddy’s custom night creator, Ultimate Custom Night, has released on consoles after being on Steam for three years. Ultimate Custom Night was originally released on Steam back in 2018, but it has stealthily been ported to home consoles by Clickteam. Clickteam announced the news through Twitter, with the game launching that same day on PS4, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. There’s one small caveat, however, as the game will be launching a couple of days later in Europe for the Nintendo Switch....

A Capcom employee officially confirms that the opening level of Resident Evil 5 and its infected villagers will appear in spin-off game Umbrella Corps. While Resident Evil 7 and the Resident Evil 2 remake haven’t received any development updates lately, the multiplayer series spin-off Umbrella Corps is well on its way. In the upcoming game’s latest update, Capcom employee Neil Gortz revealed that the game will feature at least one map from Resident Evil 5....

“Let me tell you, let me give everybody a little something. In life, you can’t keep going around cutting corners,” Katy Kat, the cat lead singer of the band Milkcan, belts out to a sea of adoring 2D fans. Mouse Ma-chan provides the groovy rhythm on the drums, while lamb Lammy jams out on her wooden guitar, stage diving into the crowd as Chop Chop Master Onion smiles proudly. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you are not alone....

It’s not that often that the gaming community gets a bona fide story about a mysterious stranger who wanders in off the street, blows everyone away and then disappears into the night before anyone can so much as catch their name. But that’s precisely what happened at Wednesday Night Fights, a weekly Street Fighter 5 tournament broadcast on Twitch by Level Up Live. Wednesday Night Fights has been running for over a decade, originating in South California before transitioning to an online model once the pandemic hit last year....

With the next generation of console gaming on the horizon, there can be no doubt that game developers are finding new ways to push technology to its limit. Epic Games is no stranger to this concept and with the release of Unreal Engine’s 4.25 update, has released an app that could change the face of modern game development. Back in May, Epic Games revealed its first look at Unreal Engine 5, which featured an absolutely breathtaking demo showcasing the power of not only the new engine but the PS5 as well....

Following a month-long pause in streaming, the U.S. Army is returning to Twitch and reinstating previously banned accounts. “The U.S. Army eSports Team is reinstating access for accounts previously banned for harassing and degrading behavior on its Twitch stream,” the Army said in an email to Vice’s Motherboard. “The team is reviewing and clarifying its policies and procedures for the stream and will provide all who have been banned the opportunity to participate in the space as long as they follow the team’s guidelines....

The PS5 console is a coveted thing by gamers, with those lucky enough to have gotten one taking exceptional care of it and many others still desperately trying to purchase the next gen console. For this reason, a recent viral video showing what happens when the PS5 meets a shredder is sending shockwaves of pain and disbelief through viewers. The PS5 supply is infamously unable to keep up with the incredibly high demand, with stores going out of stock the moment they replenish....

One of the best things about Warframe is the range of characters that players have to choose from. These characters, called Warframes (hence the name), can vary from great damage dealers, tanks, and sneaky spies that can get past enemies with ease. Today’s focus is on some of the best defensive Frames in the game. These Warframes can take on defensive missions with ease or can help other allies survive these missions....

The New War is technically already going on. Everything that’s been happening in Warframe–The Chimera Prologue, the Jovian Concord, Rising Tide, Erra, Operation Scarlet Spear, The Deadlock Protocol, and more–have all been in preparation for the Sentients’ return. Now, three years after the first New War trailer dropped at TennoCon 2018, the day Tenno feared has finally arrived. Along with everything else coming at the sixth annual TennoCon, Digital Extremes will host an in-game preview event at the TennoCon Relay that showcases The New War, the upcoming expansion that brings war to Sol like never before seen....