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Xbox One owners looking to check out DOOM, 2016’s entry into the first-person shooter franchise, have the chance to do so for free this weekend. DOOM is currently free to try until July 24th at 9:00 PM PDT. Players can dive in now and blast demons and other players away. This free weekend coincides with the release of Update 6.66 for DOOM, which brings improvements to the game’s UI, gives all players free access to the multiplayer DLC content from here on out, and adds a multiplayer progression system....

Dragon Ball has made a habit of redeeming its villains over the years. From Yamcha all the way to Majin Buu, bad guys don’t stay bad for long in Dragon Ball. Even Frieza has been given a shot at integrating into the main cast in Super (although he still functions ostensibly as a villain, with the Granola arc hinting at his return into the main plot). Dragon Ball’s just not Dragon Ball if Goku isn’t convincing his enemies to see the light of reason through deadly combat....

Few things are constant, but it seems that there will always be Dragon Ball fighting games. Dragon Ball FighterZ is the most recent entry in that genre, and fans are loving it for a lot of reasons. Not only are the visuals crisp, but the gameplay is some of the best to come out of the fighting game genre as a whole in a while. Recently, Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta was added as a new playable character, and while fans are loving his design and moveset, it does make one classic Dragon Ball fighting game problem clearer....

As more Dragon Ball games release by the year, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 remains a constant presence. Despite numerous Dragon Ball games coming out since Xenoverse 2’s 2016 launch, publisher Bandai Namco has not stopped supporting one of the most popular titles based on Akira Toriyama’s beloved Manga series. For fans still invested in the timeline warping adventures of the Time Patrol, they won’t have to wait long for the next bit of content....

The core group of friends I left university with has always been quite nomadic, moving from place to place every other year or so. That seems to be the way of life for recent graduates though, constantly having to chase better job opportunities in saturated markets. Still, it’s meant that whenever we can meet up, it’s always somewhere new and exciting. Naturally, like everyone else, the pandemic and national lockdowns meant we could no longer meet up in person, so we switched to regular calls on Zoom....

[HTML1] Both BioWare and EA have been particularly coy about the upcoming Mass Effect 4, releasing only tidbits of information on the highly anticipated title. Without a doubt, fans of the series have been intrigued to see the variety of new worlds and alien species that the title had to offer, but so far details have been thin on the ground. Meanwhile, an apparent leaked survey revealed a number of rumored details about the science fiction sequel....

E3 is the video game industry’s Super Bowl. The convention only lasts two days in the middle of June, but for a long while it was the biggest event in the video game calendar. Unfortunately, things have gone downhill in the last two years, from the data leak of the 2,000 gaming journalists in attendance to the sudden cancellation of the physical event at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year....

EA and Dice gave us a look at the massive 128-player battles that will take place in Battlefield 2042. The game is the third entrant in Battlefield’s ‘42’ series, sitting between 1942 and 2142, showing us what near-future combat may look like. The hype built up by the trailer caused a number of fans to jump onto Battlefield 4, so much so that EA had to increase the game’s server capacity....

We traveled to New York last week to attend Sony’s PlayStation 4 unveiling event, and understandably there were an insurmountable number of rumors about potential game reveals leading up to the presentation. With Sony sharing a partnership of sorts with Electronic Arts for the Battlefield franchise on the PS3 and the fact that EA and developer DICE showcased Battlefield 4 for the very first time to retail managers last week, we thought it was a given that we would get our very first look at BF4 on the PS4 last week, but it didn’t happen....

When Mass Effect: Andromeda was released on PC and consoles at the end of March, the sci-fi RPG didn’t quite hit the mark. Rumors about its turbulent development seemed to suggest that a lack of direction about what the game would be, how it would play, and the technology used to make it contributed to making a game that was panned by fans and critics. But it seems that the companies behind the game are looking to improve things in future....

Elden Ring pushes the Soulsborne genre forward in many ways. While the game features many FromSoftware design hallmarks, such as difficult combat and the Moonlight Greatsword, it also includes plenty of new mechanics that make the experience feel fresh. One such addition is Spirit Ashes. Normally, players have to soldier on alone in games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne, but Elden Ring’s Spirit Ashes let them summon computer-controlled allies to aid in combat....

Cross-promotional music videos are a strange thing. Back at the end of the last century they were quite a popular marketing tool, there being many examples from Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ from Armageddon to the Godzilla sodden ‘Come With Me’ by P-Diddy. They’re something that are seen less and less of today in the music scene, but that hasn’t stopped Eminem covering his latest music video for ‘Survival’ in Call of Duty: Ghosts iconography....

To simply call Fortnite a popular game would be an understatement. Epic Games’ online multiplayer battle royale became a massive worldwide phenomenon after its release in 2017, and though it now may not be quite as popular as it once was, Fortnite has maintained a tight grip on the battle royale genre with a constant flurry of new updates, skins, and more regularly being added to the game. While the game is iconic for many things such as its signature Battle Bus and llama loot piñatas, it has perhaps become even more widely known for its large array of wacky, creative, and involved emotes which allow players to express themselves in-game in a variety of ways....

The ESA, the organiser behind E3, has dismissed rumors that this year’s E3 will be a paid, digital event, claiming the show will be free for all attendees. Yesterday, a report from VGC claimed that the ESA would be going ahead with the planned digital event this summer, but that some of the content would be locked behind a paywall. Demos were allegedly going to be part of a “premium package” that would give attendees extra access and would cost $35....

Escape from Tarkov continues to expand, as the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter has a huge and growing following on PC. Battlestate Games, the game’s developer, has supported the game with great effort, and recently a new video dropped online showing off what will be the next map in Escape from Tarkov. Streets of Tarkov was teased in a gorgeous trailer on the developer’s Youtube channel. The video showcases about two minutes of gameplay, as a player simply walks through a wartorn and abandon downtown metropolis....

Microsoft has seen plenty of success this generation, and apparently that growing momentum still hasn’t ended. According to Robin Burrowes, Microsoft’s head of Xbox Live marketing, they see a new Xbox Live user every two seconds. Burrowes did not state what percentage of users are Gold members, but nonetheless this is still an incredible feat. Since last year, Xbox Live currently sits at more than 35 million users, which could ultimately be read as a lot of money in Microsoft’s pocket....

Facebook, which is launching a new feature that will allow page owners and event organizers to organize paid online events, says Apple is unwilling to waive its App Store fees or let the company use its own in-app payment system, which would enable event organizers to hold onto more of their revenue. “We asked Apple to reduce its 30% App Store tax or allow us to offer Facebook Pay so we could absorb all costs for businesses struggling during COVID-19....

Fallout 76 has long been defined by a plethora of bugs that have hassled players and led to fan-favorite events like the Fasnacht Parade being disabled. That hasn’t stopped Bethesda from trying to stomp out all the bugs that it can, and today a new patch takes care of a few additional problems. Per the game’s official website, patch 1.4.0.23 is now available on all platforms following Fallout 76’s brief maintenance period earlier this morning....

As the entertainment industry sees a giant shift in how they approach content in the wake of more awareness to representation, animated shows are changing. A popular animated series is recasting a famous voice to match the character’s race. Voice actor Mike Henry announced that he will no longer be voicing the character of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy. Henry announced his departure from the character in order for a voice actor of color to take over the role....

Destiny 2’s newest expansion, Beyond Light, will release in a little over a month. Lately, Bungie has been providing a steady stream of news about the release, and today’s destination trailer revealed the return of Variks from Destiny 1. While Destiny 2: Beyond Light’s main destination, Europa, and its protagonists have been shown extensively in previous trailers, Variks was kept hidden from the marketing material until now. He was the first alien vendor and ally to be introduced in Destiny, and he originally overlooked the Prison of Elders activity....