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The next Rainbow Six Siege update goes live today, bringing a glut of technical improvements, gameplay tweaks, and cosmetic goodies with it. Title update 2.2.2 releases on all platforms on August 9, 2017, and Ubisoft Montreal promise it will lay the foundation for a number of quality of life improvements for Rainbow Six Siege that will roll out over...
The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developers are changing the game’s update schedule. In an announcement on Steam, NA/EU partnerships manager Harusol says that “we will not have our weekly or monthly patches rolling out as often as before.”  Harusol says that the team has found that “being rushed to finish certain features, and having shorter QA test time between pushing updates caused more...
A bot created by the Elon Musk-backed nonprofit startup 'OpenAI' has defeated champion Danylo 'Dendi' Ishut in multiplayer online battle arena Defense of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2) in two back-to-back demonstration matches. Several practice matches were played with other top players over the weekend, including Syed 'Suma1l' Hassan and Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev. The game, played at the annual tournament The International on Saturday in...
The first was an excellent sim that had the right level of mechanical realism alongside cartoonish players with giant heads. The follow-up, which has a more realistic art style (read: smaller heads), was slated for a release this September but, sadly, it's been pushed back into 2018 because of "unexpected hurdles" in development. "We’ve been working around the clock to complete the...
Pokemon Sun and Moon players have another chance to get their hands on some rare items. Nintendo is distributing another batch of free Mega Stones through the help of Mystery Gift right now. As before, this set is available to players around the globe through a universal code. The four Mega Stones Nintendo is giving away this time are for Gardevoir,...
Splatoon 2's next free DLC weapon is going to come soon. The umbrella-shaped Splat Brella will be available in-game tonight beginning at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. What's notable about the Splat Brella is that it's an entirely new class of weapon. Players can use it to fire ink like a standard shooter, but its most distinctive feature is its...
Hello Games has released the latest major update for No Man's Sky, bringing a wealth of new features and improvements to the space exploration game. Coinciding with this is a sale on both the versions of PS4 and PC. On the computer system side, GOG and the Humble Store have dropped No Man's Sky from the usual $60/£40 price down to $24/£16, which matches the cheapest price...
The next 3DS installment in the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Stories, launches in the US on the 8th of September. Players who would like to sample an early portion of the game ahead of its release can download a free demo, which is available right now in the 3DS ecommerce shop. Just like the previous title, Monster Hunter Stories is a turn-based RPG....
Many video games developer provider a chance to change the player into a superhero, but few depict the gravity of the role like Megaton Rainfall, a first-person "superhero sim" from independent developer Pentadimensional Games. Today, at an event the Penta dimensional released a new trailer for the ambitious title and announced its release date for the PlayStation 4 that is...
Thousands of Pokemon Go players gathered in the Japanese port city of Yokohama to try their hand at catching rare virtual creatures while watching dance shows featuring people dressed as giant Pikachus. Pokemon Go is a smartphone-based game, which requires players to 'catch' virtual creatures, one of the best-known of which is the mouse-like Pikachu, by going to real-world locations where the...

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