Microsoft has confirmed its plans for Tokyo Game Show this year, and the company is teasing that there will be news about “games coming to Xbox Game Pass.”Microsoft’s TGS 2024 broadcast takes place on Thursday, September 26, beginning at 7 PM local time in Japan. That works out to 3 AM PT, 6 AM ET, and 11 AM in the UK.”We warmly welcome players around the world to tune in as we share content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda. We’ll also showcase an exciting lineup of games from third-party partners primarily based in Japan and across Asia, including games coming to Xbox Game Pass,” Microsoft said.During the Xbox briefing at TGS in 2023, Microsoft announced a range of titles coming to Game Pass, including Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Persona 3…
Read moreA free-to-play game will pay for you to play over the coming weeks. Ubisoft has unveiled that there will be log-in rewards for XDefiant starting September 9 that can ultimately end up in players earning $9 in virtual currency for the FPS. Coincidentally, this takes place right after Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s second beta weekend ends.On X, the official XDefiant account shared that the game’s celebrating the end of Season 1 with daily log-in giveaways. The gifts will be doled out to players who log in to the FPS, starting with 100 XCoins on September 9. The rewards will then basically flip-flop between weapon and battle-pass boosters back to XCoins until September 24–that day will feature both presents.
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Read moreThe next free update for No Man’s Sky has arrived, and it introduces a feature that developer Hello Games has wanted to bring to the game for a long time: fishing.The Aquarius update, which arrives alongside the 5.10 patch, adds fishing as a core new feature. “Players can now explore the universe to find their perfect waterside spot, hopping with fish. Sit and relax alone with your thoughts, or stand alongside fellow Travellers as you look out over alien vistas waiting for a bite,” reads a line from the expansion’s description.
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Some five years after 2019’s Joker became a breakout success with over $1 billion at the box office and an Oscar win for star Joaquin Phoenix, the long-awaited sequel is nearing its October 4 release. The movie premiered this week at the Venice Film Festival, and reviews are now appearing online.The first Joker movie was controversial and elicited a number of strong reactions from critics and fans alike, and it appears the sequel is keeping with that tradition. Joker: Folie a Deux brings back Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, who is now on trial for murder stemming back to events from the first film. Lady Gaga joins the cast as Harley, while Brendan Gleeson, Steve Coogan, and Catherine Keener also have roles. Zazie Beetz returns from the original Joker movie as well.Music plays a maj…
Read moreIf you’d like to read a Studio Ghibli film, the All-In-One Edition of My Neighbor Totoro’s Film Comic series is now available. Priced at $27 (was $30) at Amazon, this 584-page hardcover omnibus collects all six My Neighbor Totoro trade paperback comic books–some of which are difficult to find for remotely reasonable prices nowadays. Even if you managed to find all six through an official retailer at list price ($10 each), you’d still be spending more than double the cost of My Neighbor Totoro All-In-One Edition. See at Amazon
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Later this fall, BioWare and EA’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally give gamers a look at how the world of Thedas has changed in the decade since Dragon Age: Inquisition took place. But if the latest extended gameplay preview is any indication, Thedas hasn’t been changed for the better. However, the storytelling of the game itself appears to be more refined.Via IGN, The Veilguard co-directors Corinne Busche and John Epler hosted a 22-minute gameplay video that takes place deep into the story. In this side quest, the player character, Rook, agrees to help his companion, Davrin, complete a personal mission of revenge. The directors also pick up two additional side quests to procure medical supplies for the Grey Wardens and to locate a few of their missing members. This was meant to illu…
Read moreWhen the cast for Agatha All Along was first announced, it was believed that Joe Locke would portray Billy Kaplan, the teenage incarnation of one of Wanda Maximoff and Vision’s sons. However, the identity of Locke’s character has yet to be revealed and he is only addressed as “Teen” within the show. But a new trailer for Agatha All Along suggests that Teen’s real name may be less important than the power he already has. In the video, Teen claims credit for breaking Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) out of the Scarlet Witch-infused spell she was placed under during the finale of WandaVision in 2021. The reason why Teen sought Agatha out is that she’s the only witch who has survived the Witches Road. And Teen wants her help repeating the feat so he can claim some power of his own. It a…
Read moreBandai Namco will release a Tamagotchi Original next year that not only looks like an egg, but actually contains recycled eggshells. That’s not all, either. The packaging for the device–featuring the programming from the 1990s–will be made with recycled paper when it comes out February 5, 2025.
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Read moreCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 has entirely new maps alongside a mix of old and new modes, and a selection of them will be available in the incoming beta. The game’s multiplayer features were detailed in August 28’s Call of Duty Next Showcase.Black Ops 6’s multiplayer will have a total of 16 maps at launch. Twelve of these maps will be core 6v6 alongside four Strike maps that can be played with 6v6 or 2v2.The 16 brand-new maps announced for Black Ops 6 at launch are:
- Protocol
- Rewind
- Skyline
- Lowtown
- Subsonic
- Scud
- Redcard
- Babylon
- Derelict
- Vorkuta
- Vault
- Sandhouse
- Stakeout
- Gala
- Pit
- Payback
The 8 maps for the multiplayer beta are:
- Skyline
- Scud