News | New Borderlands 3 DLC will be announced next Tuesday
A short teaser reveals that new downloadable content for Borderlands 3 will be revealed next Tuesday.
The teaser features the character Krieg from Borderlands 2, he’ll return in the upcoming DLC. However, there are no more details yet.
The upcoming expansion will be part of the Borderlands 3 season pass. Moxxi’s Heist on the Handsome Jackpot, Guns, Love and Tentacles and Bounty of Blood have already been released.
News | First artwork from Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War shown
The first artwork of the recently announced Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War has been revealed via Twitter.
The game revolves around the Cold War, the conflict between the US and Russia, and the artwork seems to confirm that. In addition, two different soldiers are shown, which seems to hint at the possibility that players play with people from both countries during the game.
There aren’t many more details yet, Activision posted a teaser video yesterday featuring black and white images from the 60s. The video ends with the comment “Know your history, or be doomed to repeat it”.
The game will be unveiled on Wednesday, August 26.
News | Australia expansion on the way to Planet Zoo
Frontier Developments has revealed via a YouTube video that the next expansion of Planet Zoo is all about Australia.
The expansion will include new animals. Think of kangaroos, dingoes, koalas, cassowaries and blue-tongued skink. In addition to new animals, new scenarios are added to the game. Players will also be given more than 200 new construction options, toys and native plants.
Even players who do not purchase the expansion will receive a number of new possibilities after the 1.3 update. Thus, new color combinations, food labs, scenarios, and sanbox maps appear.
News | Warner Bros. Montreal hints at Batgirl in upcoming game
Batgirl may have a role in the upcoming game from Warners Bros. Montreal. This is discovered in a datamine from a Reddit user.
For the past few days, Warner Bros. gradually hints to the next game via codes on a special website. On Reddit, user Chase-u claims to have found all the codes (761941364995) linking to Batgirl’s debut comic on Google.
Barbara Gordon has appeared in the Batman Arkham games before, including as Batgirl in a prequel DLC to Batman: Arkham Knight. She also plays a role as Oracle in Arkham Knight, in which the paralyzed person is in a wheelchair. The upcoming Batman game may therefore be a precursor to the parts of Rocksteady Games, although there are several characters who took the role of Batgirl in the DC comics.
Warner Bros. Montreal will reveal the game in full on Saturday, August 22 at 7:30 PM during DC Fandome. Presumably it concerns Batman: Gotham Knights. Rocksteady also shows Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on Sunday morning at 02:00.
News | Ghost of Tsushima is getting free co-op experience this fall
Ghost of Tsushima will be releasing a free update this fall that adds a cooperative multiplayer experience to the game.
Called Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, this experience is a new mode where players take on linear missions together with friends. The multiplayer mode does not take place in the open world of the main game. In these missions, players choose from four different classes, Samurai, Hunter, Ronin and Assassin, with each player having their own unique skills.
The narrative co-op missions feature different types of enemies based on Japanese myths. Where the main game focuses mainly on history, there are supernatural situations and enemies in Legends. The mode also includes a Survival mode, which is basically a horde mode and lets players fight against persistent waves of enemies.
Players who complete all missions in Legends and Survival will gain access to a Raid. However, this Raid will not be available at launch. There aren’t any more details about this.
The free Ghost of Tsushima: Legends update should be available to all owners of the PS4 game sometime this fall.
News | Portal and My Friend Pedro skins may be coming to Fall Guys
Portal and My Friend Pedro skins may be available soon in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.
According to Hypex, the Portal skins are based on the Chell character and will be available September 3. On September 6, skins based on the banana from the two-dimensional action game My Friend Pedro would be available.
Skins in Fall Guys rotate daily and can be exchanged for kudos, which players earn by playing or purchasing the game, or crowns, which are awarded when players win games or make progress during the season.
Collab skins featured shop leaks!
— HYPEX - Fall Guys Leaks & News (@HypexFG) August 13, 2020
Portal: September 3rd
My friend Pedro: September 6th pic.twitter.com/GDHQRscCUc
The channel previously leaked Team Fortress skins, which were later confirmed by developer Mediatonic.
News | Fall Guys players receive free costume and Kudos
People who have played Fall Guys before today will receive a free costume and Kudos via an update.
It’s a Legendary Prickles costume, with which players turn their Fall Guy into a walking cactus. In addition, they receive 5000 Kudos, with which new cosmetic items and emotes can be unlocked in the virtual store.
The free goodies are offered by developer Mediatonic as an apology for the overloaded servers since Fall Guys has been available. The game has gotten millions of players on PC and PlayStation 4 since release last week. Due to the high degree of popularity, players are regularly kicked off the servers during games.
While we were fighting to keep the servers up and running last week, we promised we'd figure out a way to compensate the community for being so awesome and bearing with us!
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 13, 2020
We're pleased to announce we're gifting you all this Legendary Prickles costume and 5,000 kudos! pic.twitter.com/vsyXEqS1Tg
News | Fortnite removed from Apple Store and Google Play Store
Apple and Google have removed the popular battle royale game Fortnite from the App Store and Google Play Store. Epic Games has since sued Apple and Google.
Fortnite received an update on iOS and Android yesterday that allows players to bypass the regular way of making in-app purchases. By using ‘Epic Direct Payment’ all earnings go directly to Epic, and no amount is donated to Apple and Google. People who choose Epic Direct Payment therefore receive a twenty percent discount on their V-Bucks.
Yesterday, Apple and later Google decided to remove Fortnite from their digital stores. After all, it is mandatory for companies to transfer thirty percent of their sales to them when they offer their game through the App Store or Google Play Store, and Epic did not do this with this new payment method.
Epic has since sued Apple for “unfair and anti-competitive actions that allow Apple to maintain its monopoly in two billion-dollar industries,” namely, “the App Store and the iOS In-App Payment Processing Market.” Epic states that it is not suing Apple to make money, but to help thousands of other publishers and developers and to break the grip that Apple has on the mobile market. In the meantime, the company would also have sued Google.
News | Linkin Parks Mike Shinoda writes theme song Gamescom: Opening Night Live
Mike Shinoda is writing the theme song for the upcoming Gamescom: Opening Night Live.
Geoff Keighley, the organizer and presenter of the upcoming live show, has announced this. A live stream last night showed how Shinoda worked on the song.
The complete song must be performed during the show. Shinoda is best known for the nu-metal band Linkin Park, as well as For Minor and his solo career.
In one hour @mikeshinoda is going to be live on @twitch composing the @gamescom ONL theme! Excited to see what he comes up with! https://t.co/Nh98eWjwfR pic.twitter.com/gzxCUbHVhL
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 12, 2020
Gamescom: Opening Night Live is to be held entirely digital on Thursday, August 26. Keighley will reveal new games during the show and show new images of upcoming games.
News | Leaked photos of PlayStation 5 controller show battery capacity
Leaked photos of the Dualsense controller for PlayStation 5 may show the device's battery capacity. The battery is said to contain 1560 mAh.
The photos come from Twitter user Galaxy-666, who claims to make accessories for console makers like Sony and Microsoft. The controller is currently being tested to make peripherals compatible.
If the figures are correct, the Dualsense has about one and a half times more battery capacity than the Dualshock 4, which has a battery of 1000 mAh. According to previous rumors, the controller lasts three to four hours longer than the Dualshock 4.
hands on #PS5 controller #Dualsense5 , just got a short test on it. The battery capacity is 1560mA, much more than the PS4 one. pic.twitter.com/bS0wako69J
— Galaxy666 (@Galaxyrain666) August 12, 2020
Sony has not yet officially released specifications or price of the Dualsense. The controller is included with the PlayStation 5, which will be released this fall.