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Are you ready to get loud? Season 2 of Rocket League is bringing a music theme and a ton of new content! It all starts on December 9. There’s a lot of content taking the stage, so here’s everything you can expect in Season 2. Play Video Rocket Pass Incoming!  An all new Rocket Pass

At least, that’s the best I can describe what just happened in Fortnite‘s superhero-packed finale for Chapter 2, Season 4. The cinematic climax to an Avengers-themed period of murder island antics just wrapped up with a wonderfully bizarre dogfighting section, hurling players straight into the planet-killer’s tummy before pulling the servers offline to prepare for

A new Nintendo Switch update is now live and while it offers a ton of helpful new tweaks, including an easier way to share content. The only downside is subjective, some players are tagging Twitter online with complaints about how the Nintendo Shop Online icon now stands out.  The biggest highlight from the most recent

By Grace Curtis, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:43 GMT Long live the artbook! What a fantastic invention. Artbooks allow us to relish – along with the artists themselves – the depth and texture of a video game world, the love and care that goes into every character, every object. Happily, Amazon is running a Cyber

Here at ExtremeTech, we’ve often discussed the difference between different types of NAND structures — vertical NAND versus planar, or multi-level cell (MLC) versus triple-level cells (TLC) and quad-level cells (QLC). Now, let’s talk about the more basic relevant question: How do SSDs work in the first place, and how do they compare with newer technologies, like

If you choose to pick up DOOM Eternal within its first couple of weeks on sale on Switch, you’ll be treated to an early purchase bonus. Nintendo has revealed that players who buy DOOM Eternal before 22nd December (it launches on 8th December), will receive a digital copy of DOOM 64 on Switch and the

The Nintendo Switch dock has apparently been out of stock for quite a while now in the United Kingdom and today a Reddit user reached out to the company to find out when it will be available again. The user received a response from the Nintendo Official UK Store who told him that the Nintendo

Over the last few years it has felt like the older beat ‘em ups were on their way out; Tekken has changed everything that was once good about the series, and the latest Street Fighter never even launched on Xbox. Mortal Kombat was bucking this trend for the forefathers of beat ‘em ups, and the

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Xbox controller for next-gen. The Wolverine V2, an update of the 2017 Wolverine TE, goes well beyond adding the new Xbox Series X controller’s signature share button. It has a new look, a new shape, and an updated version of the tactile switches that give its buttons a unique, clicky feel. It’s still wired, aiming

Good Smile Company has unveiled an incredibly detailed figma depicting Ghost of Tsushima‘s protagonist, Jin Sakai. Standing at 6.10 inches, the figure comes with a large stand that features the game’s logo. Official details are as follows: Using the smooth yet posable joints of figma, you can create a variety of action-packed poses from the game.

Unto The End is a challenging combat adventure game, in the style of a cinematic platformer. Gameplay is about mastering our read-react combat system in intense sword fights, spotting opportunities to trade and use items, and ultimately experiencing an adventure that is told through your actions as you make your way back home to your

The Fall Guys stooges at Mediatonic this week announced they’ve found a spot for new studio in Leamington Spa, which I suppose means they can go ahead and open one. They initially announced plans for a studio in the English spa town back in February, but they hadn’t created a gaming sensation at that point

During yesterday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Pokémon Company International revealed its 25th anniversary logo. Accompanied by a giant Pikachu parade balloon, a dance troupe of Pikachu and trainers performed a short routine to an instrumental version of “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” before unveiling the logo that you see above. While we already know that

By Alex Calvin, Friday, 27 November 2020 14:30 GMT Guess you could say he has a real thing for it. Film director John Carpenter is no stranger to video games, but it seems that the Hollywood legend is rather taken by Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed title. [embedded content] In a post on Twitter, the horror

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Two pieces of news on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X today. First, ongoing performance reviews of the two consoles continue to find that the PS5 outperforms the XSX in specific game modes, and sometimes in entire titles. As

To say Capcom is having a rough time recently would be putting it mildly. Having been subjected to a “customised ransomware attack”, we’ve witnessed no end of leaks about upcoming plans for the next few years, but amongst this all, one particular reveal stood out. Keeping in mind that this remains formally unconfirmed by Capcom

The official Pokemon Masters Twitter account has confirmed today that Pokemon trainer Gloria and the Legendary Pokemon Zacian will be coming to Pokemon Masters EX on iOS and Android on Monday, 30th November at 10 pm PT / 6 am GMT. Gloria, is a Trainer from the Galar region which is the setting for the

When Versus Evil and RUNWILD Entertainment dropped a gameplay trailer with added developer commentary for their ambitious RPG, Almighty: Kill Your Gods, back in June 2020, we just knew we had to find out more about the game. Some months on, we were given the chance to sit down with the Creative Director behind the

We are keen to announce several changes coming to Space Engineers including support for Xbox Series X|S as well as Xbox One. As a part of our goal to bring parity to the Xbox and PC platforms, this update will be released on all supported platforms simultaneously. Not only this, but the Xbox Series X

Like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Origins before it, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla continues the series trajectory into a full-fledged open-world RPG. Though Ubisoft has dug up some of its stealth-action roots to make that style more appealing, Valhalla’s focus is on the absolutely massive recreation of Dark Ages England, brought to life with stunning beauty and

It was as quick as the first death that instantly sent me careening back to memories of the original Demon’s Souls. I didn’t end up playing the 2009 title until 2011, but the arduous experience of getting the Platinum trophy sated my need for the Souls genre for the next decade. I missed Dark Souls,

Veterans of the franchise know Nuketown well, but in 1984, it turns out the original testing ground for the most powerful bomb on the planet had a sister site, one that has been lost to time until a few curious travelers turned it into their own personal sanctuary. As a precursor to the start of

If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your PC with some new RAM recently, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Crucial are joining in the Black Friday festivities with discounts on several fast-clocked Ballistix DDR4 RAM kits. You’ll find more great RAM deals in our dedicated Black Friday RAM deals hub, but the highlights from

The Winter update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is here and gives players a chance to increase that needed house storage. For those with Big Time Plans for those islands, here is how you can increase your house storage in New Horizons.  How to increase your house storage in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Look, I’m

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s most notable mini-game, Orlog, is getting a dedicated board game that’s due to hit the market in 2021. The dice game, which you will have most likely encountered if you’ve booted up the latest game in Ubisoft’s open world series, tasks players with depleting their opponents’ health tokens by stealing dice, firing

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When AMD announced its Smart Access Memory, it sounded as if the company had finally designed a method of allowing Ryzen CPUs and GPUs to specifically work together in order to deliver higher performance than either could achieve together. Our

Just Dance 2021 is the latest in a long line of Just Dance games, each marginally different from the last. Much like serialised sports games, Ubisoft’s choreographed creation is born anew each year, with a couple of new features thrown in, and a helping of new songs sprinkled over the top. Innovation is it not,

If you’ve registered for a My Nintendo account then head over to the official Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity website if you have a spare moment as there are some Platinum Points to grab. It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is head of the website here, make sure you’ve logged in to your

Gaming is an increasingly popular way to entertain us while at home, immersing ourselves within a game is a great way to blow off steam and escape reality for a little while.  From playing puzzle games on smartphone apps or online casino games on computers, to action and adventure games on Xboxs and other consoles,