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Coinciding with today’s release of the newly-rebooted Tomb Raider movie starring Alicia Vikander, Square Enix has officially announced the third installment of its Tomb Raider video game franchise, Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The final chapter of Lara Croft’s origin story is slated for release on September 14th, 2018 for the Xbox One, PlayStatation 4, and PC. News of the third game in the rebooted Tomb Raider series sent shockwaves through the gaming community yesterday, when multiple sites reported that upon inspection of the HTML code on the official Tomb Raider website, a date of September 14th was listed as the game’s release date....

It seems that Lo Wang got a bit too excited and shot off his load a bit early. After speculation and random tweeting from the official Shadow Warrior account over the weekend, Devolver Digital has confirmed that Shadow Warrior 3 is officially a game. Releasing in 2021 for PC (and likely to get ported to PS5 and Xbox Series X), the game is said to launch the “off-beat first-person shooter series to the next level....

Shadowrun is perhaps one of the most underrated fictional universes of all time. Take all the fantastic cyberpunk elements of chrome implants, brain jacks, and virtual hacking, then combine it with the high fantasy elements of magic, orcs, and dragons, and you have a world unlike any other. And the Shadowrun Trilogy is a series of games unlike any other. Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut, and Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition are not only great ways to break into the Shadowrun universe, but they’re also all free on GOG as part of the final days of the GOG Summer Sale....

Warren Ellis, the mastermind behind the past three seasons of Castlevania, has written a blog update about the next season of the series he describes as “an Anglophone adult drama animation about vampires, moral philosophy and toilet paper.” Season 3, which Ellis said brought in “many, many millions” of viewers, wrapped up with the vampires Carmilla preparing to enslave millions of humans, the resentful forgemaster Issac ridding the world of an evil magician more-or-less incidentally on his continent-spanning quest for revenge, Belnades and Belmont having about as bittersweet of a victory as possible when fighting the forces of darkness, and Alucard more or less giving up on any promise of happiness....

Bethesda’s inclusion of dragons in Skyrim is one of the game’s most distinct features. These immortal beasts are some of the most unique creatures the franchise has seen, not because of gameplay, but because of lore. Dragons have a strange history tied to them, serving as immortal enemies that can only be truly killed by losing their soul to another dragon. Even after beating the main story in Skyrim, many players and Elder Scrolls veterans still have questions about these winged beasts....

Monomi Park’s adorable pastel adventure is getting a sequel. Today, Microsoft revealed Slime Rancher 2 for Xbox Series X/S and the Windows Store, and of course, you’ll be able to grab it via Game Pass. Right now, it’s slated for some time in 2022. Slime Rancher 2 looks like a return to what you know best from the original, as you’ll set sail across the Slime Sea with your vacpack once again to nab the adorable creatures....

The closure announcement of the PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PSP stores has prompted players to download their favourite games from the platforms to play them one last time. However, it seems that patches for a number of titles, including the likes of Battlefield 4 and Gran Turismo 5 have been removed by the platform holder. As reported by Gfinity, a number of players have taken to ResetEra and PSNProfiles to report these missing patches....

Fans of Marvel’s Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4 might have caught a blink-and-y0u’ll-miss-it shout out towards the end of the latest MCU movie, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spider-Man: Far From Home is the latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the first movie in the franchise to take place after Avengers: Endgame and its five-year time jump. In it, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is touring Europe with his classmates when he encounters odd, elemental monsters, and a mysterious new hero devoted to stopping them....

Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are going to be in the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home. We don’t know that for definite yet but… come on. There’s no smoke without fire, and thick black plumes have been emanating from every on-set rumour, piece of casting news, and public appearance by either Tom Holland or Zendaya. The Spidey actor famously cannot keep a secret, so the fact he’s been remarkably tight-lipped on the rumours suggests he has been specifically briefed on not spilling the beans....

Sony Pictures releases the first US trailer for Resident Evil: Vendetta, the upcoming CG film starring Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Rebecca Chambers. While some Resident Evil fans may still be busy exploring the creepy Baker family plantation in Resident Evil 7, others have already played through the game and are anxious to see what’s next for the franchises. Besides a slew of Resident Evil 7 DLC Capcom has in store, Resident Evil fans also have a brand new CG film to look forward to in the form of Resident Evil: Vendetta, which has just received its first US trailer....

In the past few years, Capcom has embraced the PC scene when it comes to releasing its modern titles. Other Japanese companies are also getting better at this, like Square Enix and Sega. Not only does this allow a huge player base to take part in modern hits, but it opens the doors for mods. Mods sadly have yet to venture onto consoles in a proper fashion which easily makes the PC a better platform in some ways....

Capcom has a tendency to re-release their classic games quite excessively, sometimes multiple times in a single console generation. In fact, we just recently received the Mega Man Legacy Collection, which brought six of the Blue Bomber’s classic adventures together under one umbrella. Now Capcom has turned their attention to another one of their franchises, and have announced plans to release the Resident Evil Origins Collection. Fans of classic survival-horror should pay attention, as the Resident Evil Origins Collection will collect both Resident Evil HD Remaster and the upcoming HD remaster of Resident Evil Zero....

George Lucas may have tried to bury the Star Wars Holiday Special but it’s endured with fans in the years since. Probably partially from Lucas trying to act like it never happened (which is fair), but Life Day is also largely responsible. Perhaps one of the best examples of something truly wholesome emerging from mediocrity, Life Day is a Wookiee holiday that celebrates family, joy, and harmony. It may have started as a Wookiee holiday but it eventually spread throughout the galaxy as a more general celebration of family and existing together, especially after the Empire was defeated by the Rebel Alliance....

This information was initially shared by charlieINTEL, as an anonymous source sent the outlet materials from a Raven Software employee indicating that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered does not have a multiplayer mode, and that the updated version is a campaign-only remaster. Following the report from charlieINTEL, Eurogamer also published its own piece on the matter, stating that its sources verified the rumor as being accurate as well....

The Nintendo Switch Online service is due sometime in the second half of September, which means that a significant firmware update will be arriving soon to accommodate it. Those who subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online will be able to back up their saves online, so a firmware update is necessary. Dataminers have discovered that the 6.0 firmware update for the Nintendo Switch has already been uploaded to Nintendo’s servers, which has allowed them to find out what is being added....

Mods are always a fun way to shake up a game, but have traditionally only been featured on PC, with a few exceptions. Now, however, a new leaked Microsoft presentation seems to assert that the company is working on bringing mod support to its Xbox platform, and it could be just a few weeks away. The leaked presentation walked through Microsoft’s plan to bring mods and UGC (user-generated content) to the Xbox platform....

Today is the day of the big PlayStation 5 Showcase event, where Sony is set to give fans another look at some of the games for its upcoming next-generation console, and is expected to reveal the price and release date as well. Alongside announcing the PS5 price and release date, Sony is also expected to reveal when exactly fans will be able to pre-order the PS5, but a French retailer may have let the cat out of the bag early....

The video game development studio EA Motive Montreal joined Twitter at the end of May, which led to rumors that a new Star Wars game would be announced this week thanks to the input of video game journalists like Jason Shreier and Jeff Grubb. Clearly that announcement never happened, but earlier today a leaker who goes by Bespin Bulletin on Instagram suggested the game, believed to be Star Wars Project Maverick, will instead by revealed on June 9th....

Bethesda has announced a new Fallout game, and rumors say it might even have multiplayer. After 24 hours of broadcasting a “please stand by” screen on Twitch, Bethesda finally released their teaser video leading into E3 2018. The video shows empty slices of life from Vault 76, a control vault that was first mentioned in the very first Fallout game and most likely takes place in Virginia. We know based on the Fallout universe’s vault numbering conventions that Vault 76 is likely further eastward than westward in the continental United States....

Ryan Reynolds took to his official Twitter account to announce the launch of a new streaming service as part of Mint Mobile’s marketing campaign. However, the new streaming service’s library is limited to the action-comedy Foolproof in which Reynolds starred opposite Kristin Booth. Released in October 2003, Foolproof featured Reynolds in the role of Kevin, one of the three members of a theoretical group that simulates heists as a game. However, when a famous criminal successfully pull off a jewelry robbery using their plans, he blackmails the team into designing and carrying out a heist to steal $20 million in bonds from a bank....