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Ubisoft officially announces Far Cry Primal – the next game in the long-running open world, first-person shooter series – after teasing it in a live stream. Yesterday, Ubisoft launched a mysterious live stream teasing an upcoming game release. Many predicted that Ubisoft was teasing a new game in the Far Cry series with the live stream, particularly one that could potentially involve dinosaurs. The live stream has now concluded, and as it turns out, those that predicted a new Far Cry game were right on the money....

In Fate: The Winx Saga, Bloom (Abigail Cowen) is a fairy who was raised among humans, without knowledge of the fairy world, or her own fairy power. After her fire powers violently manifest, she travels to Alfea, a magical school in the fairy world, to be with others of her kind and to learn how to control her abilities. She’s initially made to believe she’s a human who is several generations removed from a fairy ancestor, but she’s too powerful for someone who has two human parents....

While not entirely unexpected, Bungie dropped a bit of news for current Destiny players this past week, as the developer all but confirmed that the entire studio has moved on to Destiny 2. For Destiny players, this means that this current iteration of the game is how it’s going to be until the game’s servers are ultimately shut down sometime in the distant future. Players waiting for additional sandbox updates, subclass and weapon tweaks, bug fixes, or new content are going to be left wanting, as the studio deals with the Destiny 2 crunch before that game’s release in September....

After hinting at the game for months and months, Rockstar Games appears to confirm Red Dead Redemption 2, sending fans of the Western series into a tailspin. Ever since its release in 2010, gamers have been hoping for a sequel to Red Dead Redemption. Fans were positively giddy when it appeared that Red Dead Redemption 2 would be announced at E3 2016, then, when those rumors were dismissed, all attention was turned to this year’s Gamescom....

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is now available to purchase on the Nintendo Switch. Unlike other games in the franchise, you’ll be building your own tracks in real life. Of course, you’ll need to use four special gates for the game to work, but what happens if they get ruined by your pets or someone stepping on them? Nintendo says, don’t worry, you can reprint your Mario Kart Live gates....

With the release of Doom Eternal on March 20, publisher Bethesda Softworks inadvertently made hackers’ lives easier by releasing a version of the game that was already “cracked.” Within hours of the game’s launch, a Denuvo-free copy of id Software’s hellish first-person shooter was circulating on the internet. Doom Eternal shipped with Denuvo digital rights management, or DRM, the anti-theft technology intended to inhibit piracy and unlicensed use of software. However, the PC version of the game downloaded using the Bethesda Launcher came with a workaround for the DRM that was very easy to find for anybody looking through the game’s installation folders....

WB Games has been responsible for releasing some impressive games and there is a considerable fan base that supports the Batman and Mortal Kombat franchises. Despite the success of these franchises, there has been a suggestion that AT&T wishes to offload the subsidiary and this has created a lot of interest about which company would pick up the company. With the high-profile games that the publisher produces, it seems that a big company would be needed to purchase WB Games and it may be Electronic Arts....

With E3 2019 now only a couple weeks away, there’s seemingly been no shortage of leaks and rumors surrounding some of the content that could be shown. While companies like Microsoft and Bethesda continue to hold their cards close to the chest, Electronic Arts has taken a different approach this year. Fans not only know the full schedule of EA Play 2019, but all of the games that will be shown off as well....

After a fiscal year that saw the release of a new console generation, EA has vowed to take its games to next-gen for the new 2021-2022 entries that will start launching later this year. EA’s grasp on the sporting world has been something gamers all over the world have grown used to, and that meant those lucky enough to get their hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X had to stick with whatever ports EA brought over from the last generation, meaning that–just like on PC–there were very few noticeable upgrades that they could enjoy....

Jeff Karp, the president of mobile gaming company Big Fish Games, has been recruited by Electronic Arts’ mobile game division. The gaming industry veteran will be appointed senior vice president and group general manager of mobile, replacing Samantha Ryan in an effort to unify the company’s mobile studios and development goals. Karp, who was appointed president and managing director at Big Fish Games in July 2018, oversaw properties such as Big Fish Casino, Fairway Solitaire, and Jackpot Magic Slots....

Having been in development for some time, Empire of Sin was met with enthusiasm by some. Despite an action-packed trailer, hype and reviews for the game have been somewhat split. There’s a good reason for the split in player response to Empire of Sin. It’s a strategy game with tactical combat set in 1920s Chicago, with the player commanding a criminal outfit during Prohibition. For history buffs and fans of classic gangster media, this is a huge blessing, especially if they also like XCOM shootouts and Paradox produced strategy games....

With the continued success of the Madden series, gamers might be forgiven for thinking there is only room for one Football video game series. Yet despite not being produced since 2013, a new poll by ESPN has made it clear that NCAA Football remains a much-loved franchise, and one that fans really want to play again. The Twitter poll offered gamers a choice of well-remembered games, including NFL 2K, NBA Street, Fight Night, SSX, and MLB Slugfest....

As 2020 continues on with both big and small releases, Europe has revealed its best-selling games for 2019, which is topped by FIFA 20. With the top-selling Xbox One games of North America in 2019 having already been revealed, featuring Grand Theft Auto 5, Mortal Kombat 11, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Europe had yet to reveal its best-selling games for the year of 2020. While there aren’t too many surprises among the games, there are some that continue their streaks years after their respective releases....

With the coronavirus predicted to hit its peak this month (and hopefully so), many gamers have spent a little extra time with their console of choice. Sony has made sure to give its fans plenty of choices to help stay home during this time, although some are standard operating procedure while others are for this reason specifically. Enter Sony’s PS4 ‘Play at Home’ Initiative. Alongside the standard PS Plus games for April 2020, fans with the proper knowhow can also get three more games in conjunction with these for a whopping 5 games for free this month....

Back in June, Sony gave PlayStation fans their first look at PlayStation 5 games, while also revealing the console design itself. However, there was still a lot of unanswered questions about Sony’s next-generation console, like how much it would cost, and when exactly fans would be able to purchase one. Sony finally answered those questions and much more at its latest PS5 Showcase event, which took place on Wednesday, September 16....

This week brought the release of Five Dates - a full-motion video (FMV) game about Vinny, a twenty-something Londoner who is navigating the digital world of dating due to the global lockdown brought on from COVID-19. Vinny will meet and, hopefully, charm his matches enough to find love during the pandemic… or at least give enough of a good first impression for a second date. Five Dates is an absolute triumph, especially if you’re able to navigate your way through the game to reveal what I believe to be not only the best ending in the game, but a perfectly executed ending for a rom-com movie in general....

Mediatonic hit it out of the park with Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, a battle royale that asks players to navigate obstacle courses and complete Mario Party-style minigames. Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time, having been offered as a free title in August, and that success begets longevity. Gamescom 2020’s Opening Night Live offered players a sneak peek of a medieval-themed Fall Guys Season 2, which launches in October....

Plenty of the settlements in Fallout 4 feature flooring and walls with holes in them. This Fallout 4 guide shows gamers how to repair those holes and make them a thing of the past! If there’s one thing Fallout 4 gamers have nearly universally experienced, it’s a cluster of frustrations when it comes to building settlements around the various Minutemen locations. Most of the locations feature tall grass that clips through player-placed floors, and some of the existing buildings come riddled with so many holes in the walls that a pack of brahmin could walk right on through....

Fallout 76’s rendition of Appalachia is rife with danger, like violent wildlife, deranged raiders, and even hostile fellow Vault survivors. Players will need to use anything they can turn to their advantage, such as perks, to give them an edge — of course, among the more straightforward solutions is a good set of armor. And one of the best armor sets in the game is the secret service armor. Secret service armor has a lot of great resistances that almost rival that of any power armor....

Bethesda Game Studios has announced Fallout 76 will be free to play for a week starting October 20 in celebration of Bombs Drop Day. The week-long celebration will also include a free play preview of Fallout 1st, in-game events, and in and out-of-game sales. In Fallout lore, October 23, 2077, is the day the world ended in a fiery nuclear apocalyptic Great War that lasted just two hours. From now until October 26, you can download and play Fallout 76 for free, including the Wastelanders and Nuclear Winter updates, and experience the post-apocalypse Appalachia, West Virginia region surrounding Vault 76 for yourself....