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It’s been an interesting month for Outlast 2 and developer Red Barrels. First, the upcoming horror game was banned in Australia after being refused classification by the Australian Classification Board, but then that decision was overturned after a second review. Now, Red Barrels is explaining what went wrong the first time around, blaming the ban on a video file with alpha footage of the game. “The original submission of Outlast 2 sent to the Australian Classification Branch contained the final game code and a video file for reference taken from an Alpha version of the game,” Red Barrels wrote in a statement to IGN....

A new Overwatch bug makes the cryofreezing character Mei almost unplayable. The bug reared its ugly head following the patch which introduced the Overwatch Uprising event along with its new modes and loot. As documented by competitive Overwatch players on social media, the bug seems to slow down the rate at which Mei’s primary fire slows down her enemies. While the blast of freezing power used to turn opponents to blocks of ice fairly quickly (thus allowing them to be finished off with her icicle secondary fire), this glitch means that it takes a little longer to freeze them and speedy characters such as Lucio can avoid getting frozen far easier....

Blizzard bans another large group of Overwatch cheaters, with the focus this time being on players who use “aimbots” and “triggerbots” to get ahead in the game. With Blizzard’s new first-person shooter, Overwatch, mostly played in online multiplayer (save for training against bots) some players try to get ahead by cheating. Blizzard has previously attempted to restore a level playing field to the game, as it permanently banned over 1500 cheaters, even naming and shaming the players on the company’s official forums....

The 2018 Summer Games event will kick off in Overwatch tomorrow, and it will bring with it some new content for fans to sink their teeth into. Besides the return of Lucioball, Overwatch fans will also have the opportunity to unlock some new skins, with Blizzard taking to Twitter to reveal the new Legendary tier skins that will be added to the game tomorrow. While more skins may be announced or saved as a surprise, Blizzard has so far revealed five new legendary skins that will be coming to Overwatch during the Summer Games 2018 event....

If you liked Guillermo del Toro’s homage to kaiju and mecha in his 2013 film Pacific Rim, then Dual Gear may be the game for you. The turn-based mecha simulation will be landing on Steam July 29, as an early access title. Set in the year 2069, military weapons known as THV’s are deployed by the organization UNR to protect the Earth’s orbit from The Watchmaker. As multiple wars ignite over the globe between the two opposing forces, the resistance group NEMOS is created to protect Earth from devastation....

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is going 2D, as the next set of Spirits that will be added to the game are based on characters from Paper Mario: The Origami King. The Super Smash Bros. series already has two different Marios (regular and Dr.), but many fans would be delighted if Paper Mario made his way into the game. Paper Mario is different enough from his 3D counterparts to justify a slot, and many attacks from his series could be repurposed in order to give him a unique moveset, rather than turning him into an Echo Fighter....

As one of the biggest games of the year thus far, Monster Hunter Rise has become another successful release for the Nintendo Switch. This franchise melds addictive combat with exciting boss battles. The monsters of the game pose a substantial threat to any player. You’ll need plenty of preparation to take on these bosses. To amply prepare for battle, hunters will need a slew of supplies and gear at the ready....

As players prepare to jump into Monster Hunter Rise, new and veteran players are going to have to face one of the most difficult challenges faced by the series’ RNG systems. That would be the notorious “Desire Sensor” that players dread might attempt to extend their playtimes while making the process of building new armor and weapons in Monster Hunter feel nearly impossible. This dubious mechanic can supposedly detect what players want or need in order to create certain pieces of gear and denies them the reward their looking for until a certain threshold of time or monster kills passes....

Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion are obviously the main poster children for the Mortal Kombat franchise. However, since his debut in the first game, Johnny Cage has been a mainstay character; this has resulted in him becoming a fan favorite. However, like with every character over the multitude of Mortal Kombat games and adaptations, Mr. Cage has had his ups and downs. Not every incarnation worked, some had little to no character, some didn’t even play that well....

Aside from its signature and controversial Fatalities, Mortal Kombat is loved for its unique take on character endings. With the realms at stake and ultimate power ripe for the taking, each game features diverse and personal endings for its Kombatants. In turn, players have to wait for the next game to determine which character endings serve as canon. However, just because non-canon endings exist doesn’t mean they’re innately unappealing. In fact, a lot of fans might argue that some non-canon character endings are more entertaining and appealing than their canon counterparts....

It’s a very interesting time to be playing Dungeons & Dragons, because almost every aspect of the game is being challenged. The global pandemic has changed the nature of actually playing D&D, creating a need for DMs to rethink their campaigns for a digital format. The culture surrounding the game, meanwhile, has had its reliance on racial stereotypes called into question. Many are calling for a complete rethinking of race in D&D, both on a mechanical and social level....

The first season of Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet on Apple TV+ earned decent reviews, with particular praise given to its more dramatic episodes. The show has proven popular enough for a second season to be greenlit, but now it seems fans will have to wait a bit longer than expected to start binge-watching new episodes of Mythic Quest. It was confirmed on Twitter by Rob McElhenney, Mythic Quest star and creator, that production on season 2 is shutting down for now....

Netflix has unveiled a brand new trailer for a Monster Hunter CGI film that completely flew under everyone’s radars. Titled Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild, this new movie will focus on a character named Aiden who was featured in both Monster Hunter 4 (as Ace Cadet) and Monster Hunter World (as Excitable A-Lister). Produced by Pure Imagination Studios, responsible for Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape, the film will be hitting Netflix on August 12, 2021....

If there is one thing that Frictional Games does very well, it’s scaring the pants off unsuspecting gamers. A quick YouTube search for “amnesia” will provide hundreds of reaction videos for their most popular title, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, whose popularity has snowballed into “OMG, scariest game ever” status – at least, judging by the many video comments relating to the instant-classic survival horror game. A second game was teased last year, which has since been revealed as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs....

Back in the ancient times of 2019, people used to play Dungeons & Dragons in person. We have since adopted a new way, the way of virtual tabletops and Zoom calls (or Discord for the connoisseur). But many hope to one day return to the old ways, if only to use all their stuff. Shelves of dice collect dust, miniature figurines which once represented mighty heroes are sealed within convenient carrying tombs....

The long awaited Tachyon Rifts and Substation Zero will be available for Marvel’s Avengers players starting tomorrow. It has been nearly a month since Marvel’s Avengers received any new content, and even then the introduction of Mega Hives was riddled with bugs and lackluster loot. Patch 1.3.3, which released earlier today, promises to introduce a new explorable hub as well as a new mission type that seems to significantly alter the gameplay and required tactics for success....

A brand-new Final Fantasy Tactics experience is available on mobile devices with War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius available now in North America. Although the game is new for users here in the West, it has been available in Japan since November of last year. While the game looks polished and like a fitting sequel to the Tactics series of games, not everyone may enjoy what lies ahead in this free-to-play mobile experience....

A report from Bloomberg suggests that Nintendo aims to announce a new Switch console later this year. This new edition will feature a 7-inch, 720p OLED screen, but when paired with TVs? It will allegedly sport 4k ultra-high-definition. For context, the existing Switch models are slightly smaller in handheld, with the original sitting at 6.2 inches while the Lite is 5.5 inches. That being said, the 4k resolution for televisions will be a step up that will put the Switch on the same level as other next-gen consoles....

Over the past couple of years, social media app TikTok has become a massive phenomenon. The app is known for its trends, where users create short lip-syncing videos and skits using pre-existing sounds. One of the latest TikTok trends uses a sound from the 90s PlayStation game PaRappa the Rapper, specifically the song that’s sung by PaRappa and his driver’s education teacher early in the game. For the uninitiated, PaRappa the Rapper is a rhythm game about a rapping dog....

The Xbox Series X might not be out for another few weeks, but Xbox One owners can get a taste of what to expect. That’s because Microsoft is rolling out a user interface update that introduces the “New Xbox Experience” to both the current-gen Xbox and its next-gen counterpart. The company teased this UI overhaul in August, when it first revealed the Xbox Series X’s dashboard, though at the time it didn’t say when it would be made available....