The onboarding process for newer players is also being reworked, and this includes bringing back Nick Fury to the Helicarrier as a guide. One of the first major changes you’ll notice when interacting with the War Table on March 24 is that missions no longer change every 15 minutes. Instead, Drop Zones and Threat Sectors appear on the War Table at all times, and HIVES will appear once you have reached a power level comparable to the range of the region it is found in....

If you hadn’t heard, Sakurai has a YouTube channel now, and it’s really good! He talks about all things game design, and even goes into the history of some of his games like the Kirby series. Most recently, though, Sakurai has shared a look at Dragon King: The Fighting Game that we’ve never seen before. Haven’t heard of it? Well, you have actually: it’s what the first Smash Bros. game once was....

Great news, Mercs! MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries lands on Steam, Xbox and GoG on May 27. The sprawling tactical FPS makes its long-awaited return to Xbox consoles, bringing action-packed BattleMech skirmishes to even more players than before, while delivering a hefty update to existing players which includes fixes, improvements and fan requests from the game’s first year on the Epic Games Store. Let’s take a look at what’s in store for those ready to step inside their very own BattleMech....

Mordecai, a FromSoftware fan who runs Elden Ring News on YouTube, has been tirelessly uploading videos every day since June 15, 2020. Despite there being no news for Elden Ring, he never missed a day. “It was like some Sony event or something, and we were all hyped that there’s gonna be an Elden Ring trailer there,” Mordecai told me, recalling the time he decided to create the channel. “This was June of last year, and there was nothing....

2020, by all accounts, has been quite a good year for gaming. We’ve had the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Last of Us Part 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Hades, and more besides to keep us entertained throughout the past 12 months. But everything in the world is balanced: for all the ups, there have to be some downs. To illustrate that point quite frankly and bluntly for us, Metacritic has released its annual report of the lowest-rated games of the year....

Microsoft Flight Simulator, the first new entry into the venerable series in eight years, arrives this week on PC. The new game brings Flight Sim into the modern era, with unparalleled visual fidelity and accessible gameplay for casual players. Microsoft Flight Simulator’s exceptional world graphical detail is achieved through a combination of satellite images and photogrammetric scans of the real world. As you approach every bit of terrain, an algorithm uses all of this data to stream in higher-quality models of the world beneath you....

Work on World Update 3 for Microsoft Flight Simulator is nearly complete, along with the integration of photogrammetry cities into the sim. This rather large update contains new aerials, new DEM, 80 POIs, five airports (Barra, Liverpool, Land’s End, Manchester-Barton, and Out Skerries), two landing challenges, and will also introduce five brand-new photogrammetry cities such as Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham, and Bristol. You can also expect visual and logical improvements to 85 more area airports, improved digital elevation data across the UK, and a trio of new activities....

Apparently, a “much-discussed” game is coming to Xbox Game Pass in December, and it’s possible that the game is Control, going by this tweet from the Xbox Game Pass account. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) November 29, 2020 Last year around this time, Xbox head Phil Spencer said during an Extra Life charity stream the game would be coming to the service....

When Microsoft announced it had acquired four studios in June 2018, and two more by the end of the year, some pundits felt it was enough; the jolt its first-party catalogue needed. A year later, Microsoft bought even more studios, and many said the same thing. This week, the software giant paid $7.5 billion for ZeniMax, a sale that includes Bethesda, id Software, Arkane and many other studios, doubling the size of Microsoft’s first-party group....

The release date for Jungle Awakens, the first DLC for Minecraft Dungeons, will arrive next week. In it, you will be battling mobs such as the Leapleaf and Whisperer and will be tasked with defeating the Jungle Abomination. The DLC finds you in a dangerous jungle where you will fight a “mysterious power” in three missions. To help, you will have access to new weapons, armor, and artifacts. For those of you who already bought the Hero Edition, all of this is included....

MLB: The Show 21, this year’s release in Sony’s baseball series, is out April 20 worldwide. As previously revealed, the game will be available across both PlayStation and Xbox platforms. MLB: The Show 21 is coming to two console generations, too, as it’s being released on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Not only that, all five consoles will be able to play together in cross-play. Cross-progression is also supported, though just like with Call of Duty and all other games that support cross-progression, this won’t extend to the Stubs virtual currency....

I could draft an entire article about how the gunplay has never felt better, or how Infinity Ward has once again taken big swings to push the core CoD formula forward in meaningful ways. After two extremely predictable premium releases in Black Ops: Cold War (2020) and Vanguard (2021), Modern Warfare 2 feels like returning home. Yes, the current UI is unbelievably rough and the new perk system will cause more balance issues than usual, but its MP core is rock-solid – especially in the selection of maps that don’t feel like three-lane slaughterhouses that actively kill brain cells....

The stream will last around 20 minutes promises reveals of new monsters, gameplay info, and more. It kicks off at 7am PT, 10am ET, 2pm UK and will be broadcast on Twitch. While details on the expansion are slim, we do know that it will introduce at least three new monsters, a new quest rank, new locations, and more. Speaking of Monster Hunter Rise, the game will be the next game trial available for Nintendo Switch Online in North America and Europe....

What is Supple Piel? Supple Piel is a Master Rank hide item. It shows up with a green icon like other common carve items, though the Supple Piel drop rate is actually quite low. You can only obtain this item from Master Rank quests, so even though the monster that yields it shows up on an early map, you won’t get Supple Piel from it unless you’re on a Master Rank quest....

Expedition Tickets are a must f you’re levelling multiple parties or want to find Monster Hunter Stories 2 Elder Dragon eggs. However, you’ll also need them for multiplayer missions of any kind, which is the only way to join in some of the post-launch content as it’s added. Monster Hunter Stories 2 Expedition Tickets Expedition Tickets unlock roughly halfway through chapter three in Loloska when Monstie Expeditions become available. It’s part of the main story, like the Rite of Channeling, and you don’t have to do anything special to make it happen....

You already heard GoldenEye 007 is included in the batch, and while it’s the biggie of the bunch, more games were announced. Nintendo plans to add =Pilotwings 64, Mario Party, and Mario Party 2 this year. Next year, Mario Party 3, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, 1080° Snowboarding, and Excitebike 64 will be released. Additional details about launch dates will be provided in the future. The games will join prior releases such as Mario Kart 64, F-Zero X, Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis, and over 100 other classic games from the 64, NES, and Super NES eras....

Speaking to ComicBook about the upcoming live-action take on The Last of Us from HBO, Druckmann spoke about how Naughty Dog has announced some of its games too early. “You’re right, we did announce Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us Part 2 way in advance, but that actually caused a little bit of the work-life balance issues that we’ve sometimes had at the studio,” Druckmann told ComicBook. “By delaying that announcement a bit, we could play with the schedule more and we’re more conscious now about how we’re approaching production....

Speaking in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter regarding HBO’s The Last of Us series, the studio’s co-president said there is still “more story to tell” within the franchise. While this isn’t confirmation of The Last of Us Part 3 or anything, it sounds reassuring, and also adds to comments made by Druckmann in 2020 that confirmed a story outline was already written for a third game. While the story would explore a bit of what happens after The Last of Us 2, Druckmann was quick to note Part 3 was not currently in development, and that the team is well aware it will need to stick to “structural and thematic themes” inherent with Part 2....

The Witcher, which is filmed at Arborfield Studios in England, is the latest Netflix series to be put on hold in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, Deadline reports. Last week the streaming service made a blanket decision to shut down production of all shows filmed in Canada and the US. Anything shot outside of North America would be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entertainment publication Variety has also published an email sent to the production team behind The Witcher series, confirming the break....

A listing for The Witcher season 3 has seemingly confirmed that Henry Cavill and his co-stars will return to play Geralt and co. once The Witcher Season 2 has wrapped filming. Initially spotted by Redanian Intelligence, a page over on the Writer’s Guild of America West directories makes a reference to ‘Season 3’ of the immensely popular show, which will apparently once again feature showrunner and creator Lauren S. Hissrich as executive producer....