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Following the closure of Lionhead Studios, former Fable art director John McCormack reveals that Fable 4 would have been ‘darker and grittier’ than its predecessors. With Lionhead Studios shuttering its doors, the Fable franchise is in limbo. Microsoft has retained the rights to the IP following Lionhead’s closure, but it’s unclear what will be done with the series at this point. While we wait to see what’s next for Fable, former Lionhead Studios art director John McCormack has revealed what shape Fable 4 would have taken if Microsoft gave the game the green light....

The Fable development team has a “unique” view of the Fable series, reveals Microsoft executive Matt Booty. A new Fable game was officially announced at the Xbox Games Showcase last week, confirming the many rumors that Forza developer Playground Games is making a new title in the RPG series. Speaking to The Guardian, Microsoft head of studios Matt Booty affirmed his faith in Playground Games and its work on the new Fable game....

Facebook Gaming launches Tournaments to allow people to play together and raise money during quarantine. Facebook has been trying very hard to increase users of its Facebook Gaming streaming platform and has attracted celebrities such as Ronda Rousey to stream exclusively. On Twitter, Facebook Gaming revealed a feature called Tournaments which it says will bring some “friendly competition” to gamers wherever they are. The feature is in early access, says Facebook, but anyone can create a tournament to compete with their friends, streamers can use it to compete with their chat, and it can be used to host global esports competitions....

As humans of the Commonwealth recover their humanity and civilization ever so slowly, a more capable and advanced life form threatens their existence in Fallout 4 — synths. That’s Commonwealth wasteland slang for synthetic humanoid robots. To the people of Commonwealth, synths are an even bigger and more sinister threat than the typical nuclear warhead resting on city blocks and sewer lines. Much of the human animosity for the synths is due to fear of the unknown and unfamiliarity....

Reddit user j3nl0bh discovers an Easter Egg hidden in Fallout 4’s Far Harbor expansion that appears to be a reference to the Wyatt Family stable from WWE. It should come as no surprise that Fallout 4’s new Far Harbor expansion is, like the main game, stuffed full of Easter Eggs. Reddit user j3nl0bh has discovered one such Easter Egg in the Far Harbor expansion that is a not-so-subtle nod to a professional wrestling stable in the WWE: The Wyatt Family....

Stuck hunting around for any Bobbleheads in the wastelands of a post-nuclear war Boston? Here’s our handy guide to every Bobblehead location in Fallout 4. As those who have already started playing Fallout 4 may have found out, the landscape of a post-apocalyptic Boston can be a very treacherous terrain. Alongside murderous bandits and bloodthirsty ghouls, there are also plenty of mutated monstrosities that want nothing more than to make the player character into a wholesome meal....

Bethesda reveals the minimum and recommended specifications for Fallout 4 on PC, as well as detailing the console version download sizes and time of unlock. With Fallout 4 just a month away, those looking forward to traversing the grim wasteland of a post-nuclear war Boston can finally find out whether their PC reaches the minimum specifications. Bethesda has now revealed the PC minimum and recommended specs, as well as confirming the console download size....

A new website for Fallout 4 has cropped up online, and it helps would-be Vault Dwellers keep track of in-game collectibles such as bobbleheads, magazines, and much more. After being laid off from his job, a Web developer named Cody (last name unknown) took a break from playing Fallout 4 to create a new site for fans of Bethesda’s recently released action-RPG that will help keep tabs on all of the goodies that the Boston Commonwealth and its landmarks have to offer....

In the 90s and early 2000s, video rental stores were commonplace throughout the United States, with one of the most notable franchises being Blockbuster. But thanks to the increasing popularity of streaming services like Netflix, companies like Blockbuster have gone out of business, to the point where there are only a handful of video rental stores left in the country. One by one, video rental chains have closed their doors, though one of the last to hold on was the midwest-based Family Video....

Street Fighter fans eager for Sagat’s dulcet tones (“TIGER KNEE! TIGER KNEE! TIGER UPPERCUT!”) can rejoice. The wait is finally over. The super-tall fighter arrives in Street Fighter V today, along with a new combatant who could well be the series’ most unusual yet. As Destructoid reports, a lot of drama unfolded this past weekend at EVO’s Street Fighter V tournament. As the action drew to a close, the ever-eccentric franchise producer took to the stage....

While Ubisoft saw some success with the first two Far Cry games, Far Cry 3 is when the series really took off. It delivered a compelling open world game that sold millions of copies and won a number of year-end awards, leading Ubisoft to release a few followups that attempted to capture the same magic. The Far Cry games since Far Cry 3 have been decent mostly well-received, but none of them have managed to quite live up to the hype....

Last week, Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian star Giancarlo Esposito claimed that he was involved in some “big” video game project, but stopped short of revealing exactly what it was. Then rumors started swirling that Eposito was the villain in Far Cry 6, and now it appears as though those rumors were true. The Hong Kong PlayStation Store has leaked the existence of Far Cry 6, complete with box art, a release date, and confirmation of a next-gen version....

It’s fair to say current TV is overflowing with adaptations. Books (comic or otherwise) are the typical source, with Lovecraft Country, The Boys, Handmaid’s Tale, Umbrella Academy and Watchmen only some of the acclaimed shows that translate (or continue) stories from page to screen. Yet an interesting trend are adaptations taken from the same visual wavelength, transferring them from films to TV. This is nothing new, of course, since popular shows like MAS*H and Buffy the Vampire Slayer both originated as feature films....

A Destiny fireteam of three players have successfully completed the Wrath of the Machine raid without dying, despite one player’s controller dying multiple times. With the launch of the latest Destiny update, Rise of Iron, Guardians are hard at work raising their light level and taking on Aksis in the new Wrath of the Machine raid. While most players are struggling with Destiny’s new raid, others are not only completing it, but doing so in style....

Destruction AllStars may have just come out for PlayStation 5, and now a new update fixes issues with the game. The development team at Lucid Games have posted the patch notes revealing the changes for Destruction AllStars. A recent entry to the vehicular combat genre, the game sees players smashing cars into each other. With Destruction Allstars launching as a PlayStation Plus free title, it has potential to reach a big audience....

Diablo 3 may have had its fair share of problems at launch, but roughly five years later the game is still going strong thanks to lots of patches, user feedback, and some great DLC packs. The latest mini-expansion adds the Necromancer as a playable class and min-maxers aren’t wasting any time finding the optimal builds to capitalize on the new option. Some players prefer to play through Diablo 3 just once with each class, while others are determined to annihilate the game on every tier of difficulty in crazy speedruns....

Diablo 4 was announced last year at BlizzCon 2019 after a slew of leaks put it on fans’ radars. Details are still coming in little by little, with a few major components still needing to be explained, like the rest of Diablo 4’s classes. The Diablo series has a reputation for offering a small but diverse cast of playable classes, offering plenty of build and strategy choices resulting in unique playstyles....

As one of Electronic Arts’ best selling franchises, any game in the Battlefield series is going to have high expectations attached to it. The latest to have said hopes pinned to their lapel before going into battle was Battlefield 4 which ended up resulting in disappointing a fair few Battlefield fans (and shareholders). That’s down to bugs involving such things as Rubber Banding and the Death Shield which has prevented Battlefield 4’s multiplayer gameplay from going quite as smoothly as EA and developer DICE would have hoped....

While Discord is mainly used on desktop as a chatting app, it also has a mobile app available for the same functions. However, the desktop version had a considerable advantage over the mobile app in the form of a background noise suppression feature. The feature was introduced in a Discord update earlier this year, but now noise suppression has now come to mobile on both iOS and Android. The noise suppression feature, created in a partnership with Krisp....

With the Avengers Campus set to open on June 4, 2021 at Disney California Adventure park, Disney has announced an all new way to enjoy one of its biggest attractions. A range of Spider-Man themed toys will allow you to interact with the Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure attraction, by shooting webs. As announced on the Disney Parks blog, the attraction will allow you to shoot webs via your arm movement and 3D glasses....