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Marvel’s Avengers Essentials – Leveling Gear May 11, 2021

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The new episode of Avengers Essentials is out now. The series provides useful tips and tricks for new players. Today’s episode gives tips on how to level up your gear. As someone who experimented with gear leveling quite a bit when I played through the campaign, this may be useful.

Marvel’s Avengers is out now for PC, Stadia, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

No More Heroes 3 – Series Overview Trailer May 10, 2021

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I’ve made it no secret that my favorite non-Nintendo made Nintendo-exclusive game series has been the No More Heroes games directed by Suda51. After a few delays due to the current world events, we only have to keep waiting a few more months before the next game in the No More Heroes franchise is released.

Here’s an official overview of the game series, if you need a refresher. It also has a new look at what some of the game’s characters are currently up to. Enjoy.

No More Heroes 3 is coming August 27th, 2021 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Final Trailer May 7, 2021

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If you were wowed when you first saw how good Final Fantasy VII Remake looked on the PS4, here’s one final look at how much better the game will look on the PS5.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming June 10th, 2021 exclusively to the PS5.

Marvel’s Avengers Adding Black Widow Outfit From Avengers Endgame May 6, 2021

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There’s been a heavy demand to add MCU inspired outfits to Marvel’s Avengers. Today we may get out wish. This new Black Widow Skin, modeled after her outfit in Avengers Endgame, was just revealed in time to hype up for the Black Widow movie!

Marvel’s Avengers is out now for PC, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and PS5.

iOS and iPadOS 14.5.1 Released May 3, 2021

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I know we all spent our evenings upgrading to 14.5 not too long ago, but Apple has just released a NEW update for iPhones and iPads earlier today. The new update, version 14.5.1, weighs in at around 150MB (depending on your device).

You can get the update right now either through your Software Update menu or iTunes. Get this update as soon as possible because it includes a fix for a serious exploit. tvOS doesn’t seem to need an update today.

What it’s Like to Work at Remedy – Remotely April 30, 2021

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The guys over at Remedy Games, famous for games like Max Payne, Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control, have posted this little tongue-in-cheek video about what its been like to do game development from home.

Playstation State of Play – April 2021 April 29, 2021

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Sony’s just released their newest console, and we are still learning about what it is capable of. Today, during the State of Play, we got to see some new games coming to the PS5, including the next Ratchet and Clank game. Well, if you missed it, you can check it out below.

All games shown are coming to Sony PlayStation consoles.

Cyberpunk 2077 1.22 Patch Released April 28, 2021

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Cyberpunk 2077’s developer has released a new hotfix for the game on PC, Stadia and consoles. The new patch, version 1.22 contains numerous bug fixes, as well as memory management optimizations meant to fix crashing on PlayStation console.

Here’s a look at the game’s official patch notes:

Quests & Open World

  • The Metro: Memorial Park dataterm should now properly count towards the Frequent Flyer achievement.
  • Fixed glitches in Johnny’s appearance occurring after buying the Nomad car from Lana.
  • Fixed an issue in Gig: Until Death Do Us Part where it was not possible to use the elevator.
  • Fixed an issue in Epistrophy where the player could get trapped in the garage if they didn’t follow the drone and ran into the control room instead.
  • Added a retrofix for the issue we fixed in 1.21, where Takemura could get stuck in Japantown Docks in Down on the Street – for players who already experienced it before update 1.21 and continued playing until 1.22, Takemura will now teleport to Wakako’s parlor.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the player from opening the phone in the apartment at the beginning of New Dawn Fades.
  • Fixed an issue where the player could become unable to use weapons and consumables after interacting with a maintenance panel in Riders on the Storm.

Visual

  • Fixed various issues related to clipping in NPCs’ clothes.

UI

  • Fixed an issue where subtitles were not properly aligned in the Arabic language version.

Stability and performance

  • Various memory management improvements (reducing the number of crashes), and other optimizations.
  • Improved GPU performance of skinning and cloth rendering.

Console-Specific

  • GPU and ESRAM optimizations and improvements on Xbox One.
  • Memory management improvements on PlayStation 5.

Stadia-specific

  • It’s no longer possible to get soft locked in the key bindings menu if a keyboard is not available

Cyberpunk 2077 is out now for PC, Stadia, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.

Inside Marvel’s Avengers – Part 4 April 27, 2021

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Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics and Marvel Entertainment are still plugging away at producing new content for Marvel’s Avengers. Today, a new episode featuring a look behind the scenes of the game’s development has just been published and this episode’s focus is the new campaign missions that take place after the Reassemble campaign.

Marvel’s Avengers is out now for the PC, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and PS5.

Conversations With Curtis Episode 2 Announced April 27, 2021

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For the past month, fans of the classic PC horror game Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh have been happy to see the game’s lead actor has been digging up the past to share more about the game’s development in his web series Conversations with Curtis. Following an incredible first episode, actor Paul Morgan Stetler has episode 2 lined up and earlier today he announced he will interview the game’s co-star, actress Monique Parent!

Episode 2 is expected to broadcast live on Friday May 21st at 7pm eastern (4pm pacific). You can subscribe to their official YouTube channel to get notified when it starts!

Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh is out now exclusively on PC. If you’d like to contribute to Conversations with Curtis, you can check it out on Patreon.