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Outriders Demo Success The latest proposed “Destiny Killer” has had an extremely successful demo with over 2 million downloads since its launch. The demo will remain live even after Outriders releases this year and carry over all progress.
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Marvel's avengers xp issues Marvel’s Avengers is a good game that has flaws and for some reason instead of fixing what’s broken, Crystal Dynamics is deciding to break things that work. In a developer update this week, Crystal Dynamics announced that they’d be increasing the amount of XP required to progress your chosen hero or heroes to the next level with the next gen update patch coming on March 18th. Why? No one knows, but it’s a bad idea.
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Valheim exploded and sold 5 million copiesRecently released early access title Valheim has exploded in popularity, selling over 5 millions copies since launch.
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Sony banana patentA leaked Sony patent showed technology in the works that’d be able to turn anything, even a banana into a controller.
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Switch Pro news Bloomberg released an article contradicting Nintendo’s claim that there would be no Switch pro device. Claiming that the Switch pro would launch this fall with a 7 inch OLED screen and 4k capabilities.
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Outriders Demo Success - The latest proposed “Destiny Killer” has had an extremely successful demo launch with over 2 million downloads. Outsiders a cooperative role-playing games will remain live even after Outriders releases this year and will carry over all your progress.
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DC Comics - Infinite Frontier: DC has been toying around with new ideas for the future for months now, starting with Future State, showcasing heroes decades in the future. Infinite Frontier is a more grounded, modern approach to the superheroes we know and love, showing the changes to their daily lives after the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal.
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New PlayStation VR titles announced - Sony announced a slew of new titles for the PSVR showing their continued support for it and the PS4 even after the PS5’s success. The flagship title announced Doom 3 VR, featuring the full Doom 3 campaign and its two expansion packs.
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The Devil Is a Part-Timer! season 2 was announced and anime fans can rejoice knowing, cult classic series Devil Is A Part-Timer, which hasn’t seen new content in eight years is coming back with a second season sometime either this or next year. So if this is your thing - time to get excited.
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Okay so, Zack Snyder’s Justice League doesn't officially release until March 18th. But with the constant talk, new trailers, and a tidal wave of hype, we are patiently waiting for its square release. And just yesterday, someone at HBO Max pressed the wrong button - accidentally releasing the film earlier, in the place of Tom and Jerry. Thought HBO was quick to take it down, it was supposedly up for a few hours.
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 was announced this week including a trailer for the second installment in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise. It seems the series is in good hands and fans can expect this tactical shooter, set to release June 4th, 2021 to live up to its name.
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The Climb 2, and extreme VR climbing game will release on the Oculus. Oculus continues to support its headset with new and inventive titles, and The Climb 2 is a perfect fit for a fully immersive VR game. You can climb the tallest mountains and wonder at the beauty of this finely crafted world.
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New Hitman 3's March content roadmap was announced, giving fans a window into the final chapter in Agent 47's story. The roadmap includes new escalation missions, featured contracts, a seasonal event, and an elusive target.
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Oculus Rift Virtual Desktop - Oculus has just made it easier for gamers who play in VR to enjoy all of their games in one place. Virtual Desktop simulates the desktop of your computer in the Oculus headset. Instead of having to modify the headset to play non Oculus games, now you can play anything you want on the Quest and Quest 2 headsets with the Virtual Desktop app.
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Pacific Rim The Black - Kaiju fans rejoice! We may not be getting a new Pacific Rim film anytime soon, but an anime based on the monster-killing franchise debuted on Netflix this week. The show is the work of Japanese production house Polygon Pictures and is definitely worth your time.
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Magic The Gathering Time Spiral - Every so often, Wizards of The Coast reprints old cards to make them relevant again and this time it's 'Time Spiral' which brings back some of the most powerful, and most iconic MTG cards of all time.
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AMD announced a new budget-friendly graphics card for people that can’t afford ( or find ) their higher-end line of graphics cards. Coming in just under $500, it’ll offer exceptional 1080p and 1440p gaming for PC enthusiasts on a budget.
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Genshin Impact is back to take even more money from people’s wallets with a new announcement. On March 17th, players will get access to a new hero, a dating simulator in-game (what doesn’t Genshin do at this point?), and an in-game festival with co-op mini-games.
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Finding a 30 series desktop GPU is hard enough, now even laptops with 30 series GPUs in them are getting hard to find, selling out in minutes even though they cost thousands.
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Paramount+ is now online - our on your tv. Whoopdeedoo! Paramount Plus launched this week with a slate of titles including the new Sponge Bob movie. So if you're looking for a way to blow another $15 every month while feeding your inner child, Paramount+ also has the entire Avatar franchise, all of Star Trek and Indiana Jones.
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Wandavision episode 9 "The Series Finale" released last Friday and ended what has otherwise been a less-than-expected first Disney+ Marvel tv show. The show had been the talk of the web the last few weeks, inspiring a few memes and starting debates about the quality of its writing. But none of that matters, because Disney spent nearly 20-million dollars per-episode, and if you haven't watched the finale, well you should if only for all the cool special effects.
