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The summer video game convention season rolls on, as Gamescom 2023 is set to kick off in Cologne, Germany this week. Before the doors open on Wednesday–and before the Gamescom Opening Night Live stage show on Tuesday–the event organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s version of the annual Gamescom Awards.

This year’s batch of nominees was chosen based on votes entered by a jury of international games media members, with 16 different awards scheduled to be handed out Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon leads all games with seven nominations, while The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom follows with four despite already being available.

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September is right around the corner, so a new batch of freebies for Amazon Prime subscribers is almost here. Amazon has unveiled the Prime Gaming lineup for September 2021, and it includes Knockout City, the great action-focused dodgeball game that released earlier this year. Knockout City is joined by six other free games as well as loot for Grand Theft Auto Online, Madden 22, Sea of Thieves, and more popular games.

Knockout City is definitely worth snagging when the new free games lineup goes live on September 1. It earned an 8/10 in our Knockout City review. “Knockout City’s greatest strengths lie in its simplicity, but also in the ways it remixes traditional multiplayer elements to create something distinct,” critic Alessandro Barbosa wrote Come from Read more

It’s been several years since we last saw Bomberman, but if ever there were a perfect time for the bizarre little bomb-crazy robot to make a comeback, the Nintendo Switch launch is it. Long beloved as one of the greatest multiplayer party games, Bomberman’s classic, simple premise is a perfect match for the Switch’s focus on social play.

Super Bomberman R holds on tightly to its roots, with entirely familiar controls and gameplay. For most of the game, you run around a small maze, moving in four directions, planting or throwing bombs to dispatch your enemies. Destroying certain blocks can reveal power-ups that enable you to toss more bombs in a row, increase damage and speed, and change the bombs into different forms. Meanwhile, power-down pickups can reverse effec…

Palworld is more on fire than Charizard, as developer Pocketpair has revealed that the survival game has seen over 19 million players since launching January 19 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Of that number, 12 million have bought the Early Access survival game on Steam.

The other 7 million players are on Xbox–which includes Windows Store PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. In fact, Palworld now holds the title of biggest third-party launch on Xbox Game Pass ever. Pocketpair added that this Xbox version of the game has seen almost 3 million daily active users at one point. Last week, it was reported Palworld surpassed Fortnite in the US on Xbox for daily active users.

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Warhorse Studios has announced that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s release date has been moved forward to February 4, 2025. Additionally, a new story trailer will drop tomorrow, December 5, as well as the PC and console version details.

In a new update video, public relations manager Tobi Stolz-Zwilling revealed the new release date, and that the new story trailer will premiere on tomorrow’s PC Gaming Show. Stolz-Zwilling also explained that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is now in its final stretches of optimization, meaning that the the studio will finally show the PC and console specs for the game.

There will be performance and quality modes for both the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions, along with the PS5 version being enhanced on the Pro console.

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Content warning: This story covers sexual assault.

Earlier this year, IO Interactive added UFC fighter Conor McGregor to Hitman: World of Assassination as an elusive target for Agent 47 to take out. But in light of McGregor’s recent legal troubles and a civil-trial verdict against him, IO Interactive is removing McGregor’s content from Hitman starting today.

The civil suit in Irish court found McGregor to be liable for assault against a woman who testified that the fighter “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018. In court, the woman shared her account that she and McGregor used cocaine together and that they knew each other prior to the event. The victim went on to testify that after she turned down McGregor’s sexual advances, he placed her in a chokehold and thre…

You can complete several rumors or sidequests in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. There are those that take you to hidden locations, such as Jedi Temples, and even some that lead to battles against deadly beasts. However, there are also a few that let you meet new characters. Here’s our guide to help you find the Musician and Droid Cantina DJ in Star Wars Jedi Survivor.

Where to find the Cantina DJ in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

You can find the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Cantina DJ by completing the Musician and their Droid rumor/sidequest. To get this task, you’ll need to complete the Forest Array main mission. Once you return to Pyloon’s Saloon, talk to Monk the Robo-Bartender and he’ll give you the aforementioned quest. You should then see the rum…

If you’re looking to stock up on some new games for your springtime gaming, Fanatical’s new Mystery Egg Bundle should do the trick. Customers can grab a basket of up to 20 mystery Steam keys for just $13.39, though there are smaller bundle options available if you’re only looking to add a few games to your collection.

We don’t know what games could show up in the mystery bundle, but the store page description says you can expect “AAA titles and hidden gems from acclaimed developers and publishers, such as Square Enix, Bethesda, Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Team 17, and more.” All the keys in a single bundle will be for unique games (though, as the fine print points out, buying multiple bundles could result in duplicates).

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Sniper Elite 5 is a challenging game, and you’ll need to invest an immense amount of patience and strategy to overcome its often lengthy, multi-objective levels. But the game’s skill system can help you along a bit, too, by providing you with some very useful boons to things like health, equipment carrying capacity, and scope stability. In this brief guide, we’ll tell you which skills you should pick up early in the game to set yourself up for victory.

Health Boost I & II

It goes without saying that things don’t always go as planned, so there will be times when you alert enemies and find yourself engaged in close-quarters combat. During these showdowns, you’ll likely take some damage, so you’ll want to come prepared with Health Boost I and II, which…

Another leak for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile points to the return of Verdansk, having up to 120 player lobbies, and shared battle pass progression with Modern Warfare II. While this information had been previously leaked, a second source provides further evidence that Verdansk could be returning for Warzone Mobile.

As reported by Leakers On Duty, some people have been able to access the Warzone Mobile store listing on the Google Play Store, which has a bunch of information about the upcoming mobile release. The store listing states that Verdansk, the original Warzone map that was swapped out upon the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, will be in the mobile version.

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Valve’s Steam Deck handheld gaming system is a great device for playing a wide number of games from your Steam library, and it packs enough of a hardware punch to run some of the latest games on the market. If you’re looking to update your Steam Library with a number of quirky adventures and blockbuster games, then Fanatical's May Madness Sale has no shortage of titles to grab at a discounted rate.

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Later this summer, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment will put players in the role of Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws, an open-world game set in the Star Wars universe. Traditionally, Ubisoft’s open-world games–including the Assassin’s Creed series–allow the lead characters to build up their skills through experience points. However, Star Wars Outlaws is shaking up that formula by making players level up Kay’s skills by sending her on special missions.

Via IGN, Star Wars Outlaws co-director Mathias Karlson explained that there are experts spread throughout the game who can offer Kay new abilities and upgrades in exchange for completing tasks and missions for them. He also indicated that the experts are fully-realized characters in their own right.

“They are full-on characters…

Sucker Punch Productions’ iconic platforming franchise, Sly Cooper, probably isn’t getting a brand-new game any time soon.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier responded to a rumor going around that the reason why an unannounced Ghost of Tsushima sequel has yet to be revealed was because the studio was working on a new Sly Cooper again. He said that there was no basis to the rumor, and that Sucker Punch was a “one project studio,” meaning that they reportedly don’t work on multiple games at once. Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb also said that the rumor was only speculation and nothing had been confirmed.

Furthermore, video games take much longer to development now, so it’s not a surprise when a game that a big AAA hasn’t been publicly revealed just yet. Schreier also noted that Sucker Punch i…