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Netflix’s popular anime based on the world of Konami’s Castlevania will broadcast its fourth and final season in May, the streaming giant has confirmed. A tweet from the NX account confirmed the news on Friday, and also quoted a Deadline article that claimed that in spite of the end of the main storyline, Netflix is already eyeing up a brand new series set in the same universe, but with an entirely new cast of characters....

Traveller’s Tales launched its much-anticipated LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga last month to a ton of critical acclaim, and while it’s largely a very polished experience, the UK-based studio has been busy ironing out any minor quibbles that players have run into, while adding new content to keep fans satisfied. For the developer’s latest update, the team has primarily focused on the latter by adding a few bits and bobs that’ll help round out the open-world, space-faring experience....

A new trailer for Overwatch 2 shows off the game’s new character, Junker Queen, in action. Junker Queen is a close-combat tank, and she uses a number of useful tricks. Her Adrenaline Rush ability has her draining enemy health and added to her own. And she has a jagged blade, which wounds enemies, damaging them over time. Check out the new trailer below: The description reads: “Welcome to the apocalypse. See Junker Queen swing her axe and rampage the battlefield!...

Information about the next Overwatch Archives event has finally come out, and it sounds pretty exciting. Overwatch has a lot of lore and story that often isn’t present in the game itself. Blizzard has made several animated shorts that show off the backstory of the beloved characters. While these are always excellent and give us a deeper look into the world of Overwatch, every battle in the game is considered non-canon....

Welcome back, friends, and prepare yourselves. The full force of the holiday release season is on display this week, as a veritable army of high profile, eagerly anticipated games march to retail. They will not be denied, they can not be resisted. They are coming for your spare time. And your wallet. Many weeks, a couple of big games – say, Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Fallout: New Vegas – would be plenty to keep gamers busy....

Kipling is celebrating Pac-Man’s 40th anniversary with a brand new collection of bags based on the retro game. The collection, which includes a selection of backpacks, suitcases, tote bags, and more, is now available, so Pac-Man fans can get their hands on high-quality bags featuring the titular character and his ghostly nemeses. Pac-Man has been around for a long time, and its popularity doesn’t seem to be waning anytime soon. Released in 1980, Pac-Man started as a classic arcade game and has gone on to see numerous sequels, two TV shows, and all kinds of merchandise....

Microsoft is willing to pay up to $20,000 to persons who report bugs found in Xbox Live’s network or services. The company has set up a new Xbox Bounty program which will reward users with cash for pointing vulnerabilities out. While you could net a cool $20K for a big find, most of the cash rewards will come in the form of $500 sums as the company has its own maintenance people who will likely detect the bigger chinks in the armor....

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins will be streaming a duos game of Fortnite with a rather bored looking Mark Hamill this week, in what is surely the strangest of timelines for our reality. The games are part of the cross promotion between the film Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, and the related content released in Fortnite, including skins of the characters from the series, lightsabers, gliders, and a TIE Fighter crash site....

Happy Nintendo Direct day! And this promises to be a very happy one indeed, with 40 minutes of news and - fingers crossed - potential for a big update on Breath of the Wild’s sequel. There’s room for plenty more besides too, so join us from 3pm BST for all the fun! (And the inevitable disappointment when we don’t get precisely what we want, of course. Traditions!)

However you’re feeling about the state of Nintendo Switch Online, it seems to have been quite lucrative for Nintendo itself. In this cash-hungry world of ours, that’s all that really matters. Really, this whole thing was inevitable. Nintendo has never really been a company to follow the whims of fellow console manufacturers, preferring to forge its own path (for better or worse). That way of thinking leads to success stories like the Wii and horrific disasters like the Virtual Boy, but it’s the path they’ve chosen....

So, your 3DS has been gathering dust for a while now? You’re not alone on that one. Nevertheless, Nintendo are recommitting to keeping the mega-successful handheld going. These days, as you’ve probably noticed, Nintendo are hardly going full-throttle with 3DS releases. The latest from Wario’s ever-unhinged franchise, WarioWare Gold, hit the system this summer, and the port of GameCube classic Luigi’s Mansion has just arrived, but otherwise, pickings are slimmer than a very slim thing indeed on the 3DS....

The new Beyond update for No Man’s Sky brought more purpose to the alien creatures that players find roaming around the procedurally generated galaxy. Before Beyond, the creatures mostly served as cataloguing material, visual stimuli, or cannon fodder. With the Beyond update came the ability for players to interact with the creatures in brand new ways. Players can tame them, ride them, and even milk them. As a result of this, No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games also added the ability to cook gathered resources in order to make food, which ties directly into taming animals....

The NPD is to begin tracking digital game sales in the US. MCV reports that digital sales data will initially only be tracked by publishers who have signed up to the service, including EA, Capcom, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Deep Silver and Warner Bros., although it is looking to extend its reach with additional companies in future. Data will only be collected from PSN, Xbox Live and select PC services, too, MCV says, meaning that sales from Uplay and Battle....

When Nvidia releases the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, consumers will have more than one memory option in the mid-to-high range graphics card market. According to new reports, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will come in two different variants. VideoCardz.com is reporting that there will be an 8GB GDDR6X version of the GPU while Uniko’s Hardware is saying a 16GB GDDR6X option is also coming. The 16GB version of the card isn’t too surprising to hear about after a German retailer recently listed it as available for pre-built PCs....

Soren Johnson was once the lead designer of Civilization IV, a game that has been considered by many fans as one of the best titles in the entire franchise. Since then, he and the team at Mohawk Games have created the well-regarded Offworld Trading Company. Now, they’re bringing their latest offering — Old World — a 4X strategy title with narrative-driven gameplay by way of event choices. Think of it as Civilization meets Crusader Kings....

Onee Chanbara ORIGIN isn’t exactly the most complicated hack-and-slash game, but it does have more depth than one might assume. I’m going to break down the game’s mechanics and explain the options at your disposal while you’re hacking your way through the mindless hordes. As a warning, this is going to focus on Aya and Saki, as you’ll need to be more than completely aware of the mechanics to be able to unlock Lei later on....

Codemasters next supercharged racer is ONRUSH which is coming to consoles on 5 June with a PC version expected later in the year. The game comes with wight vehicle classes each with their own special RUSH ability which can be activated with the RUSH meter is fully charged. It’s looking quite tasty but we still have no idea when it’s coming to PC. Just enjoy this trailer for now.

18 Monster Hunter World Released: 2018 Developer: Capcom Platform: PC, PS4, and Xbox One Released in 2018, Monster Hunter: World brought the long-running action series into the mainstream and became a massive hit for Capcom. This is thanks to the game’s spectacular visuals and a combat system that’s more accessible than its predecessors. The combat with monsters is spectacular as players can work alone or as part of a team to take down gigantic screen-filling monsters....

Unless you’re new to the world of flight simulators, then there’s a good chance you know all about payware add-ons. There seems to be a release of new content almost every week, so it can be hard to keep up with what all is happening in the add-on sphere. Today, I’d like to share a special deal that cropped up in my inbox: heavily reduced ORBX sceneries for newcomers. If you’re unfamiliar, the ORBX team has created a wealth of scenery upgrades considered by many flight-sim fans to be of high quality....

Yagak is the final boss that you will need to defeat in Outriders, you will need to face him in a two-phase fight and deal with his abilities as well as the minions that will be spawned around him. Defeating Yagak can be a tough fight and if you’re having any trouble with it, we recommend that you read the rest of this guide. How To Beat Yagak In Outriders To defeat Yagak in Outriders, all you have to do is learn his attack patterns and get out of the way of his abilities....