News | Game of Thrones actor may appear in second season of The Witcher

Game of Thrones actor Kristofer Hivju is likely to appear in the second season of Netflix series The Witcher.

In Game of Thrones, Hivju played the role of Tormund Giantsbane, a great and brave Wildling with a big beard and an even bigger axe.

The website Redanian Intelligence, which previously had correct information about upcoming Netflix shows, claims that Hivju will play the role of ‘Nigel’ according to callsheets. This is possibly a code name of the character Nivellen, from The Witcher book The Last Wish. This would be a “charismatic, witty man”.

Hivju’s role within The Witcher has not yet been officially confirmed. The second season of the popular series around Geralt or Rivia should be on the streaming service next year.

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News | There's a rumor about an Diablo and Overwatch animated series

Netflix may be working on an animation series based on the Overwatch and Diablo franchises. Nick van Dyke, president of the film and television division of Activision-Blizzard, posted the projects on his LinkedIn account.

Nick van Dyke’s LinkedIn profile states that he is responsible for adapting Activision Blizzards intellectual property for film and TV. There is something remarkable about his job as executive producer of Skylanders Academy. “Executive producer of Diablo, a TV adaptation of Blizzard Entertainments intellectual property, rendered in anime style.” According to his profile, the show is currently in preproduction and the show will air on Netflix.

There is also a striking game title in the description, namely Overwatch. The work description states that a series based on Blizzards Overwatch has already been developed and sold. This paragraph does not specifically describe that the series is coming to Netflix.

Netflix and Blizzard themselves have not yet confirmed either of these two animated series, so whether and when the series will be released is questionable.

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News | Free dynamic PlayStation theme for The Last of Us: Part 2 released

Naughty Dog has launched a dynamic theme for The Last of Us: Part 2. This theme can be installed for free on PlayStation 4.

The theme changes with the time of day. Ellie plays her guitar during the day and is ready to defend herself at night. The theme can be installed by entering the following code in the PlayStation Store.

North and South America: 4FMP-BBNM-J5L3

Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Middle East, Africa, India: 9DEK-PKNG-N445

The Last of Us: Part 2 launches for PlayStation 4 on May 29.

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News | The Division 2 expansion Warlords of New York appears in March

Ubisoft has unveiled Warlords of New York, a new paid extension for The Division 2 that appears on March 3.

As the name suggests, the expansion takes place in New York. That is striking, because The Division 2 took place entirely in Washington DC and the first The Division was already located in New York.

The first The Division, however, was not a precise one-to-one copy of New York, and Warlords of New York must offer that – at least from a number of neighborhoods in the lower part of Manhattan, namely Battery Park, Wall Street, Chinatown and Two Bridges.

The expansion adds a new level cap of 40. Players must be level 30 and World Tier 5 to play the new campaign. In addition, there are new weapons, gear and skills in the expansion. Finally, a new raid is coming to the game in the course of spring.

Warlords of New York will be available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from 3 March.

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News | New Borderlands 3 event: Broken Hearts Day

Gearbox and 2K have announced a new Borderlands 3 event during The Community Love Letter: Broken Hearts Day. This event will go live later this month.

The new Borderlands 3 event is devoted to Valentine’s Day and, according to Valve, is perfect for heart pain. With Broken Hearts Day, various enemies have hearts flying around their heads. When the player breaks the hearts, different rewards come out. A broken heart can strengthen the party, the enemy can stand on the player’s side or the heart simply explodes in a pile of loot. The more broken hearts, the more rewards.

A total of five rewards are available during the event, including special skins and legendary weapons.

The event is going live at the same time as the release of the new patch later this month and is free for all Borderlands 3 players. The event lasts exactly one week. It is possible to turn off the event in the game menu. In addition to the news about this new event, Gearbox also announces that the maximum level in Borderlands 3 is going up with the first level cap increase. From the moment the Broken Hearts Day event goes online, the maximum Vault Hunter level is increased by three levels to 53. This gives the player three extra skill points.

In addition, Gearbox and 2K today announced additional details about the following additions to the game: True Vault Hunter Mode, Skippable Cutscenes, Guardian Rank Toggling, Event Toggling, Fight for Your Life Improvements, Mayhem 2.0, Twitch ECHOcast Extension Additions.

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News | Bioware announces redesign for Anthem

Bioware is working on a redesign of their most recent game Anthem.

Casey Hudson announced this in a new blog post. He says he prefers this redesign to last year’s extensions and updates.

“Over the past year, the team has worked hard to improve the stability, performance and quality while providing three seasons of content and features,” said Hudson. “We also heard your feedback that Anthem needs a more satisfying loot experience, better progression, and an end-game that gives more satisfaction.”

He continues: “In the coming months we will focus on redesigning the long-term experience, and specifically addressing the core gameplay loop with clear goals, motivating challenges and progression with meaningful rewards, while enjoying the fun of flying and fighting in maintain a great science fantasy setting. “

When the redesign of Anthem should appear exactly is not known. Hudson says it wants to give the studio the time it needs.

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News | More details about Pokémon Home

New information has been released for the new Pokémon service, Pokémon Home. Several Japanese media outlets had started working on a demo version in recent days.

The English translation of the information recently appeared on Serebii.net. In the demo version, a number of new functions were shown. For example, people with a premium subscription have 200 boxes in which they can store Pokémon. At Pokémon Home it’s not possible  to transfer eggs to the storage service. According to a number of Japanese outlets, the release of Pokémon Home is planned for mid-February

There is also a search function, with which you can search for pokémon with different critiria. If you transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu or Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee to Pokémon Home, they can’t use their abilities in older games.

In the mobile version of Pokémon Home, it is possible to view and rotate 3D versions of pokémon. Finally, it was announced that the National Pokédex is separated by region, so that you can view all Pokémon at the same time. It is also possible to see a separate list of pokémon per region.

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News | First images of Harley Quinn skin for Fortnite have leaked

Thanks to a data miner, the first images of the Harley Quinn skin for Fortnite can be seen. This skin will be for sale in the item shop during the Birds of Prey event.

Harley comes with a default skin and a second style that the player can unlock after a number of challenges have been completed. This includes assignments where players have to finish high in Solos, Duos or Squads, among other things, and cause damage to opponents with her pickaxe.

Fortnite is known for its crossovers. The Birds of Prey event is the next crossover to come to the game. Last month the Fortnite account responded to a photo of the Birds of Prey cast with “See you soon Harley!”. Officially there is no confirmation of the crossover yet, what we do know is that a new event is about to start and thanks to Fortnite insider ShiinaBR that will be on the night of Thursday February 6 to Friday February 7.

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News | Sony launches official Playstation 5 website

Sony launched the official UK website for PlayStation 5 yesterday.

There is not much information on the official website yet. “PlayStation 5 is coming”, with the announcement that the game console will be available somewhere around the festive season of this year.

In addition, the website displays the following text: “We have started sharing some incredible features that you can expect from PlayStation 5, but we are not yet ready to fully unveil the next generation of PlayStation. Sign up to be among the first to receive updates as soon as we announce them, including news about the release date, prize, and launch games. “

In addition, in a conversation with investors, Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki said the company is still considering the price of PlayStation 5: “We need to keep labor costs and personnel costs under control. And we need to see how much we can prepare for launch, we’re going to work hard on production so that we have the right amount of consoles ready when we launch. It’s very difficult to talk about the price right now because we are in a competitive market and depending on the price we have to decide what kind of promotion we will use and how much costs we have to incur ourselves. “

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News | The Outer Worlds appears on Switch in March

The previously announced Switch version of The Outer Worlds will be released on March 6.

The game was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC last year. A Switch version was already announced at the time, but publisher Private Division said it would not be released until 2020.

The game will be available both physically and digitally, but the physical version does not contain a cartridge. Instead, there is a download code in the box to download the entire game. The format of the game is not yet known.

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