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Latest Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Fixes Common Game-Breaking Bug

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 09:32 AM PST

Cyberpunk 2077 has received a new hotfix that directly addresses a game-breaking bug introduced in the game's first big update since launch.

Patch 1.1 for Cyberpunk 2077 addresses numerous performance and gameplay issues, as developer CD Projekt Red laid the foundation for a series of updates scheduled for the coming weeks. The patch inadvertently also broke the game in a new way, preventing progress during a quest that left some players without a way to continue playing.

Although a workaround was posted shortly after the bug was discovered, Patch 1.11 fixes the issue outright while also adjusting some aspect of loot drops.

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First Trailer For New Mighty Ducks Disney+ TV Show Game Changers Released Alongside Release Date

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 09:06 AM PST

Disney has released the first trailer and announced the release date for its new Mighty Ducks TV show for Disney+. The show, which is called The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, will premiere on the streaming service on March 26.

That's nearly 30 years after the first movie premiered all the way back in 1992. The show brings back Emilio Estevez in his iconic role as coach Gordon Bombay, while Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham plays a new character who is at the heart of the story. Check out the first trailer below.

Game Changers takes place in Minnesota and follows the youth hockey team the Mighty Ducks who are now an "ultra-competitive, powerhouse" compared to the original movies where the team was always the underdog. Now, the Mighty Ducks are the bad guys.

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Immortals: Fenyx Rising Gets Crossover With, Wait, Uno?

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 09:04 AM PST

Ubisoft has announced another crossover for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and this time it's with another one of its popular games: Uno. You can download a Fenyx's Quest pack for the popular card game, which will give it a Greek mythology makeover.

In Fenyx's Quest, the cards and game board get a Fenyx-inspired aesthetic, and you can listen to the Immortals soundtrack as you play. In Fenyx's Quest mode, you'll be given a special cursed God card, which will give you a powerful passive ability. Your goal will be to free your cursed God to beat the curse of Typhon.

The passive God abilities are:

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Open Roads' Story Will Evolve Based On How You Talk To Your Mom

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 09:00 AM PST

Open Roads is the third game from Fullbright, the developer that's made a name for itself with its narrative-focused exploration games Gone Home and Tacoma. For its third game, the studio is changing things up by introducing a partner for you to travel with--in this case, protagonist Tess' mother, Opal. This conceit opens Fullbright to implementing interactivity into the act of dialogue itself instead of the player being a passive observer to conversations.

"I think that the games that we look at as points of reference are pretty familiar in how they're branching, dialogue-based games," Fullbright co-founder and Open Roads director Steve Gaynor told me. "Firewatch is definitely a point of reference, games like Mass Effect are relevant in the sense of there's this flow in the game where you're exploring, you might find something of interest, and then you interact with it."

Even though you're following both Tess and Opal, Open Roads is entirely from Tess' perspective. It's up to you to draw your mother into the journey to discover the truth behind the mysterious past of Tess' grandmother. Your mom may be the literal driver on this road trip, but you must figuratively push the journey forward by opening up a dialogue. In this way, Gaynor compares Open Roads most heavily to a game like Firewatch, where the outcomes of a conversation are dependent not only on what you say but how you say it.

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A Levi's x Pokemon Clothing Line Is Coming And It's... A Lot

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 08:49 AM PST

Listen, we've seen some pretty cool Nintendo merch collaborations in recent years. There's the recent ColourPop x Animal Crossing collaboration, and last year's Mario 35th-anniversary celebrations brought all kinds of product collabs, from basketball shoes to a new version of Jenga. But nothing has evoked quite the same reaction from us as the latest product collab with Nintendo, an apparel line releasing as part of Pokemon's 25th-anniversary celebrations this year. But we're not talking about new Uniqlo graphic tees this time--no, we're talking about Levi's x Pokemon, "coming soon" in 2021.

Apparel brand Levi's announced the collaboration via social media on Wednesday, teasing the upcoming clothing line with a close-up shot of a denim jacket. Except this isn't your average denim jacket--instead of standard Levi's blue, the jacket has a green-and-brown forest background with flowers along with various Pokemon lurking in its leaves, including Ekans, Oddish, Bulbasaur, Psyduck, and more.

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Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Sequel Begins Shooting In March, Tika Sumpter Set To Return

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 08:46 AM PST

Actress Tika Sumpter has confirmed that the Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel will begin filming in March, and she also revealed where the filming will take place.

In an interview on Live With Kelly and Ryan, Sumpter confirmed that her character is coming back and that production will begin in March. Filming will take place both in Vancouver and Hawaii, she said.

The March start-date is no surprise, as it was previously reported that a movie codenamed "Emerald Hill" would begin filming in Canada in March and wrap up in May.

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PlayStation 5 Exclusive Returnal Delayed To April

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 08:19 AM PST

PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal has been slightly delayed from its previous late March release date. The rougelite shooter will now launch on April 30.

Sony made the announcement on Twitter, saying that the development team at Housemarque required a little more time to continue polishing the game before launch.

"SIE and Housemarque have made the decision to move the release date in order to give the team extra time to continue to polish the game to the level of quality players expect from Housemarque," the post reads. "See you in April!"

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Sonic The Hedgehog Voice Actor Roger Craig Smith May Be Finished With The Role

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 08:16 AM PST

After a run of 10 years, it appears Sonic the Hedgehog's main voice actor in recent years is backing away from the role. Writing on Twitter, Roger Craig Smith teased as much without mentioning Sonic by name, but he included a hedgehog emoji in his message and a reference to venturing forward to "new zones."

"Welp, 10 years was an amazing run," he said. "Onward to new zones!" Much love to the fans who've been so kind. It's been an honor."

Sega's Hardlight studio in the UK, which developed Sonic Dash and Sonic Racing, responded to Smith's tweet, saying, "Thank you for everything" with a blue heart attached.

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Red Dead Online Weekly Update Brings Bonuses For Crafters And Hunters

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:59 AM PST

This week's Red Dead Redemption 2 updates focuses on the amateur cooks and chemists of Red Dead Online. Hunters and crafters can take advantage of these experimental improvisers with a number of bonuses and discounts available throughout the week.

Those who craft any item at a campfire will receive three collectables to trade with Madam Nazar. Crafting anything at Gus' Store will also earn you a reward for a free hat below rank 15 and 50% off any pair of boots. Meanwhile, purchasing any pamphlet will reward you with a treasure map.

On top of this, all clothing items crafted in Gus' Store can be acquired at a 40% discount, while hunters can nab 30% off the cost of Gus' Trinkets and improved bow variants. Those who play Red Dead Online between now and February 1 will also be rewarded with 5x gun oil and 50 small game arrows to help with any hunting endeavours.

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Game Of Thrones Veteran Pitched A Killer Robot Movie To 18 Places And No One Wanted It

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:44 AM PST

Game of Thrones veteran Bryan Cogman has shared a story about how difficult it is to get a movie made in Hollywood. Cogman, who was a writer and executive producer on HBO's Game of Thrones and is now consulting for Amazon's Lord of the Rings show, said in a Twitter thread that he pitched a movie about killer robots to 18 different places and each outfit said no.

Cogman said he got very positive feedback from nearly every place he pitched to, but in the end, no one wanted to buy his idea.

"Well, folks: pitched my globe-trotting killer robots movie (developed for over a year) to EIGHTEEN places, was told by almost all of them it was one of the best performed pitches they'd seen... But no one bought it. Grateful to pitch at all, believe me, but... damn. Onward!" he wrote.

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Netflix Announces Sandman Cast, Game Of Thrones Star Gwendoline Christie Playing Lucifer

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:20 AM PST

DC Comics' Sandman series is moving forward at Netflix, as the cast has been announced for the first season of the series.

The upcoming comic book adaptation will feature a few big names, primarily Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer. Christie made a name for herself playing Brienne of Tarth of HBO's Game of Thrones and Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. She'll also be joined by Game of Thrones alumni Charles Dance, as he plays Roderick Burgess. Check out the full cast list below.

The Sandman cast:

  • Tom Sturridge as Dream
  • Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer
  • Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne
  • Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian
  • Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess
  • Asim Chaundhry as Abel
  • Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain

The Sandman comic first debuted in 1988, written by Neil Gaiman and art by Sam Keith (issues 1-5) and Mike Dringenberg. The series follows Dream--who is also called The Sandman, Morpheus, Lord of Dreaming, The Shaper, etc--who has been a prisoner for 70 years and must rebuild his kingdom, which has collapsed in his absence.

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Epic Games Store Weekly Free PC Games Will Continue In 2021, As The Store Hits New Heights

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:12 AM PST

Epic Games has revealed a number of statistics that speak to the growth and success of the Epic Games Store in 2020. The company also reiterated that it will continue to release free games every week on the store in 2021.

By Epic's latest count, the Epic Games Store has now reached 160 million users on PC, with daily active users rising by 192% to 31.3 million. The company also disclosed that the Epic Games Store reached a new peak concurrent user record of 13 million in 2020, which compares to 25 million for Steam. Monthly active users in December specifically hit 56 million, compared to 32 million in December 2019.

Part of what has helped fuel the growth of the Epic Games Store is how the company pursues exclusives that you can only get on its store. These will continue in the future, as Epic has announced partnerships with the developers of Control, The Last Guardian, and Limbo for their next games.

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Sea Of Thieves Patch Notes: 120fps Mode Now Available In Season 1 Update

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 07:07 AM PST

The ongoing pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves is launching seasons, and the latest update kicks it off. Rare has now shared the full patch notes with an overview of everything it does.

As detailed in the release notes, the launch of season one brings a new progression system with the Plunder Pass, a battle pass-like system that unlocks cosmetic rewards as you gain experience called "Renown" through the season. You can obtain the Plunder Pass for $10, and it will last you through the 3-month season. This season lets you build up your rep with a Merchant Alliance by recovering lost cargo. You can also take part in new limited-time events every month.

One highlight of the update is a new 120fps Performance Mode, available on Xbox Series X for supported TVs and monitors. The notes mention that some TVs don't support 120Hz alongside HDR, so to get the performance mode you may need to disable HDR in your console settings.

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Tomb Raider's 25th Anniversary Is Being Celebrated All Year In 2021

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 06:47 AM PST

2021 marks the 25th anniversary of Lara Croft's video game debut, and current Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics plans to celebrate with a year's worth of events.

"25 years is such a major milestone so we really want to celebrate with the community as we look back on Tomb Raider's legacy," Crystal Dynamics community and social media manager Neha Nair said in a video that the official Tomb Raider account tweeted.

Starting in February, each month of 2021 will be themed around a different Tomb Raider game and will feature developer interviews, cosplay livestreams, and fan art. The original 1996 Tomb Raider game developed by Core Design will kick off the celebrations, with Crystal Dynamics hinting at a reveal of what lies in store for the franchise and its future.

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Journey To The Savage Planet Comes To Steam After Epic Exclusivity Ends

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 06:29 AM PST

The sci-fi game Journey to the Savage Planet from former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry boss Alex Hutchinson and Typhoon Studios is now available to buy on Steam. The game originally launched a year ago this week as an exclusive for the Epic Games Store, but now it's out on Valve's platform following the end of the exclusivity deal with Epic.

Additionally, the game is marked down by 40% through February 15, while you can save even more if you buy the base game and the Hot Garbage DLC bundle. The game has a landing page on Steam but it doesn't appear to have gone live just yet for sale--that should happen soon.

A first-person adventure game with a comedic bent, Journey to the Savage Planet takes players to an alien world where they must explore and learn about the flora and fauna. The game is playable solo or with two-player online co-op.

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