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Last week saw the release of Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath. This included a series’ first story mode expansion and three new characters: Sheeva, Fujin, and Robocop. As of now, the only way to obtain those characters is by purchasing the $40 Aftermath expansion. However, that may yet change – and sooner rather than later. Steam gives up the goods Thanks to some sleuthing from Event Hubs, some Steam Database pages were discovered that seem to indicate Sheeva, Fujin, and Robocop will all be available as individual DLC....

NBA 2K17 will celebrate the career of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant by featuring the 18-time NBA All-Star on the cover of the NBA 2K17 Legend Edition, 2K has announced. The special edition of the new NBA video game will highlight Bryant’s career with special Kobe-themed memorabilia and digital content. “It’s a great honour to partner with 2K on the NBA 2K17 Legend Edition,” said Kobe Bryant, who retires from the game tonight....

There wasn’t any guarantee that the live-action Netflix adaptation of The Witcher would be a hit. Outside of the gaming community and fans of the original novels it’s based on, the Witcher franchise is not too well known. Adding to that is the fact that not every episode of The Witcher has been well-received, but the show has nevertheless proven incredibly popular with fans and newcomers alike. With 2019 wrapping up this week, Netflix has announced which of the many new movies, shows, and documentaries that debuted this year were the most popular among the streaming platform’s massive viewership....

NetherRealm Studios is lining up its next major event for Mortal Kombat 11. The studio just released a teaser for what it’s calling Mortal Kombat 11 Player Appreciation Week. The teaser doesn’t contain any information about the event other than that it’s “Koming Soon” and that it’ll start next week. “NetherRealm’s most wanted goods are on the horizon,” reads part of the message, insinuating that Mortal Kombat 11 players should expect ample reward....

Nintendo hasn’t quite grasped the idea of storing data in the cloud, which means that users picking up a New Nintendo 3DS XL on Friday and wishing to transfer existing 3DS data onto the system are in for a pretty laborious process. So convoluted is the process that Nintendo has released a video guide to help users on their 16-step journey to a successful transfer. You’ll need both 3DS systems, two memory cards, a PC and a Philips screwdriver....

Today Blizzard Entertainment revealed the first look at the gameplay of the next hero that will be added to Overwatch 2. Ramattra is a tank and he’s also the leader of Null Sector, fighting to protect the Omnics from the threat of humanity. He was originally created as a machine of war, but then he embraced the path of peace to promote coexistence with humans. Unfortunately, that didn’t last. Faced with years of intolerance and violence, Ramattra returned to his old ways and decided to defend his people at all costs, even if that meant embracing violence once again....

Last year, at the 2010 WonderCon, Beenox and publisher Activision gave players a sneak peek at their upcoming wall-crawler title, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. The game would post a strong performance, both critically (read our review) as well as commercially, and by fall (at New York Comic Con) it was mentioned that Beenox would be in charge of Spider-Man titles for the foreseeable future. Who would have guessed the foreseeable future meant they’d be ready to announce a new web-head title in 2011?...

Hey kids! Do you love Pokemon? Are you excited for the new Pokemon Black and White? Well we have just the thing for you. Straight out of Japan comes a trailer for the next evolution in the Pokemon television series, Pokemon: Best Wishes! Best Wishes! will replace all current Pokemon TV programming.Take a quick look at this trailer before we go any further. Be warned: it is in Japanese, and is therefore only a visual experience....

There’s a new Switch game with an unknown developer and publisher, and it’s said to push the hardware “to its very limit.” (via Gematsu). “A new action game epic to follow Splatoon and Fortnite,” its existence was revealed in the latest issue of Monthly CoroCoro Comic, and will launch some time this year in Japan. The game will be set in “a new world that utilizes Switch’s performance to its very limit,” and “battles break out between skyscrapers” in the middle of a city that looks a lot like New York....

The figures come from SteamDB (as spotted by Video Games Chronicle) with only four other games attracting more concurrent players. These include PUBG Battlegrounds, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA 2 and Cyberpunk 2077. As with many online games, the popularity has resulted in long wait times and server queues. Some of these have reached as high as 20,000 players, according to PC Gamer. However, the team have offered an update to players via the game’s official Twitter account....

Nintendo Switch Online users will see three more classic games from the SNES and NES era joining the service. “If you were a monkey, just hangin’ out in the jungle with your chimp-chick, and a magic ruby fell out of the sky and zapped you both, turning you into half-humans, and a demon-kid swooped down and made off with your girl - what would you do?” This is the question Nintendo asked us in the 90s, and now we are in the future we can once again answer....

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows has dropped a new trailer, showing off some more of the 3v3 gameplay and sharing some new information with fans. A post on the official Bandai Namco website accompanied the trailer, offering more detailed information on the new developments for One Punch Man within the two minute trailer. The One Punch Man game, announced back in June, is being developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco, who intend to replicate their success with Dragon Ball FighterZ with another stylized release based on a popular anime....

The One Punch Man anime and manga are both hugely popular, so it’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken this long for a console game based on the series. It may have taken years, but One Punch Man fans can mark February 28, 2020 on their calendars as the One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows release date. Hardcore fans may even be tempted to pre-order the game, and if they do, they’ll be rewarded with some pre-order bonuses....

Today Square Enix and People Can Fly revealed the upcoming expansion for their looter-shooter Outriders, titled Worldslayer. Outriders: Worldslayer will release on June 30, 2022, including a new campaign, new enemies, new loot, new tiers, a new level cap at level 75, and more. Below you can check out the reveal cinematic trailer and a deep dive into the features of the expansion. Here’s how Square Enix officially describes the expansion:...

A lorry containing over £500k of Evercade EXP Limited Edition stock has been reported stolen, in what developer Blaze Entertainment has described as a “terrible, potentially organised attack”. Exact details of the theft are unclear, though it’s reported the incident took place as stock was being moved between warehouses. Nobody was injured, but all stock was taken. The £130 gaming handhelds had been destined for despatch to customers in the UK and USA, and elsewhere in the world outside of Europe....

Blizzard is losing another one of its Overwatch 2 leading members later this week. As confirmed by Bloomberg, the executive producer on Overwatch 2, Chacko Sonny, is leaving the team on Friday. According to the report, Sonny didn’t explain in an email to his co-workers why he was departing the company. However, he did include that his five years at Blizzard “has been an absolute privilege and one of the best experiences of my career....

BBC Earth and Minecraft have teamed up to create five free worlds based on new documentary series Frozen Planet 2. For the first time ever, it offers a new perspective: players can explore the worlds as animals such as a penguin, bumblebee, and polar bear. Players are tasked with documenting key animal behaviour to inform environmental research, mimicking that of natural history film-making researchers. Watch on YouTube Frozen Planet II | Trailer - BBC...

Minecraft exploded onto the scene in the last month, attracted thousands upon thousands of PC gamers into the realm of mining and monsters. For those who don’t know, Minecraft is an indie game which takes players into a 3D world, where players must mine and build creations using a variety of different blocks, and defend themselves from monsters while doing it. It might not sound like your cup of tea, but seeing is believing: check out a little preview video down below:...

‘Modern Warfare II’ or ‘Modern Warfare 2’, depending which way you wish to spell the title, is the next blockbuster entry in the ‘Call of Duty’ franchise, and from everything shown so far, it’s promising to be every bit as exciting and action packed as its predecessor, 2019’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’.In anticipation of the game’s physical release worldwide on Friday 28th October 2022. Here is a breakdown of all the major characters set to appear in the game’s campaign along with confirmation of all the actors playing them, even the ones that the game’s IMDB page hasn’t listed yet....

Some of you may have noticed that the current battle pass for Modern Warfare and Warzone has wrapped up. The 100-tier progression system for season six is now locked, with no future content clearly outlined. Season one for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War begins December 10, along with the merge of Cold War and Warzone, but season seven for Modern Warfare hasn’t been announced. However, new content is indeed coming; we just don’t know when....