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July 14, 2017
If you've played Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, (Or seen other people play it), you'll know that the game features an option for both third person and first person.
Despite the option between the two, players will often spend the majority of their game in the third person. To keep things dynamic, the development team behind Battlegrounds has confirmed that they'll be a bringing a first person only mode to the game.
To begin with, the first person only mode will be limited to solo and duo games in the North America and Europe servers. If the game mode is received well, the development team will open up more servers for all regions and for squad mode.
It should hopefully mean that by the time Playerunknown's Battlegrounds comes to the Xbox One, the first person only mode will be available for all regions and for all group sizes for those that are interested in it.
Currently, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is only on the PC. It has quickly become the third most played
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July 14, 2017
A number of teams have now been chosen to participate in the Overwatch League. More details are provided in the article.
When the Overwatch League was first announced, it had high ambitions to turn their eSports league into a league similar in proportion and style to the NFL or the NHL. Blizzard had hoped to allow cities and popular locations across the world to host their own teams, just like in the NHL and NFL.
Some of the first teams in part of this new formula have now been announced, with some of the teams being backed by some very well-known (and wealthy) individuals.
To begin with, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, recently purchased an Overwatch team for the Boston area.
Jeff Wilpon, the COO of the New York Mets, is looking to build a team for the New York area.
It's not just traditional sports names getting involved with the Overwatch League, either. Noah Whinston, CEO of Immortals, has confirmed that he's building a team for the
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July 13, 2017
A brand new car and some new game modes have been added to GTA Online on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
The new car added to GTA Online is the Grotti Cheetah Classic. This new car costs $865,000 and can be purchased from the Legendary Motorsport website.
Initially, the car can come in red, pink, yellow, orange, green, blue, black, and white. Each color also has a corresponding racing stripe going down the middle.
The new Grotti Cheetah Classic can perform well with other cars in its class, only being outperformed by two other cars.
The new Grotti Cheetah Classic wasn't the only feature added in the latest update. A brand new vehicle mode called Overtime Rumble has been added to the GTA Online servers.
In Overtime Rumble, players must take control of a Ruiner and fly through the air and land on different sized platforms. The game is a variation of the previously released GTA Online darts vehicle mode.
Finally, a number of limited time discounts have been
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July 12, 2017
A brand new update is coming to Rainbow Six Siege, and it will be adding loot boxes, among some other changes.
It seems most online multiplayer games now have some form of loot box - players can open these boxes for a chance of new cosmetic items in gear. We've seen this type of box in Counter Strike, Overwatch, Rocket League, Call of Duty, Halo, and now it's coming to Rainbow Six: Siege.
Title update 2.1.1 is the new update that's bringing the loot boxes. The loot boxes are called Alpha Packs, and players will have the chance to buy them with either of the two types of currency currently in the game.
This means players can play more games to earn renown to spend on the packs, or they can spend real money to get points to open them with. The alpha packs will feature a chance based loot system similar to other popular multiplayer games. The packs will include loot already available in the game, as well as new items of legendary rarity.
A number of bug fixes were
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July 08, 2017
Tekken Bowl has been a returning mini game in the Tekken franchise ever since it made an appearance in Tekken Tag Tournament. It has now been confirmed to be making a return as a DLC for Tekken 7.
The new DLC for Tekken 7 will be called Ultimate Tekken Bowl, and it'll feature the same game mechanics that were featured in previous Tekken Bowl mini games.
The new Ultimate Tekken Bowl will arrive on Xbox One, PC, and PS4 in August. The new mini game will be bundled in the same DLC as a brand new costume pack. Currently, the price tag and exact release day for each platform haven't been unveiled.
The new announcement was made via a brand new trailer for the game mode in Tekken 7. The trailer starts by Katsuhiro Harada making his way to a bowling alley in real life. Afterward, Harada scores a strike on two lanes while throwing two bowling balls at once.
The trailer then transitions into gameplay footage of the bowling alley in Tekken 7.
Tekken 7 originally
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July 07, 2017
It's been confirmed that a Rick and Morty Rocket League content pack is now live for both console and PC players.
The announcement was first made on the official Rocket League website and has since been making the rounds across various news portals and social media platforms across the internet.
New antennas featuring both Rick and Morty are now available in the new content patch. On top of that, there are now Toppers for Cromulon, Mr. Meeseeks, and Mr. PBH. A new 'Interdimensional GB' booster has been added to Rocket League, alongside the 'Sanchez DC-137' wheels.
The new Rick and Morty items have been live since July 5th - they were added as part of the 2-year anniversary update for Rocket League.
The 2-year anniversary update brought along a number of other features, including a new arena called Champions Field, and new import battle-cars called the Animus GP and the Centio V17.
A brand new crate, called the Overdrive crate, is now in Rocket League.
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July 06, 2017
In the recent gun running update, Rockstar included some course code for a potentially hidden UFO mission. GTA modding group Team Guru has now uncoded the mission and have got it working.
So far, the mission cannot be played legitimately and it looks as if the mission is not yet completed. Rockstar may have plans to add the full mission in the future. For now, though, the uncompleted mission starts by showing players a gigantic crashed alien spaceship.
Near the spaceship crash is a small alien egg - players can pick up the egg. After this, a group of aliens appear, and players must work together to eliminate the aliens. Players must then drive the egg to their gun running bunker.
Aliens have been seen in Grand Theft Auto 5 before. In a mission in the story, Michael starts to hallucinate after taking drugs. During this mission, players take control of Michael to bring down waves of aliens. Some players have tried to decode an alien-themed mystery, known as the Chilliad
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July 05, 2017
Like previous years, Rockstar has released a brand new GTA Online 4th July update. The update has now gone live for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and includes a number of July 4th items and a new game mode.
Rockstar has mentioned that the July 4th update includes unlockable in-game tees, new patriotic liveries, and much, much more.
This year, Rockstar has brought new American themed liveries to the mobile command center, as well as adding a number of other features that have been included in previous Independence day events.
Rockstar wrote on their blog, "Firework launchers, classic outfits, the Western Sovereign and the Liberator Monster Truck are all back through July 10, and 25% off their original price. Plus this year also brings patriotic new liveries for your Mobile Operation Center and Mk II weaponry to help you flaunt your love of country."
A number of discounts have been applied to GTA Online to mark the celebrations, too. Take a look at the different discounts
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July 04, 2017
The Crash N.Sane trilogy has received some pretty spectacular first week sales, and it presents some potential for a brand new future of Crash Bandicoot games.
As well as breaking some first week sales records this year, the Crash N.Sane trilogy has quickly jumped to the top of the sales charts and it's looking to be the hottest drop this year, despite the PS4 exclusivity.
In the UK, more people bought Crash Bandicoot in the first week than people purchase Horizon Zero Dawn, making it the biggest selling first week title in the UK so far this year.
In other news, it's been reported that the Crash N.Sane trilogy may be making its way to the Xbox One. While the Crash Bandicoot remaster was first launched as a PS4 exclusive title, the huge reception the game has received has pushed Naughty Dog to consider publishing it on the Xbox One.
Recently, XboxAchievements reported that the Crash N.Sane trilogy will be getting an Xbox One release on December 8 this year.
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July 03, 2017
One of the biggest mechanics in Destiny isn't coming back to Destiny 2 and it has split the community in two.
In the original Destiny, each weapon drop can have stats randomly assigned to it. With this approach, it means players were encouraged to grind missions over and over again for a chance to get a more powerful version of their favorite weapons.
However, in Destiny 2, this randomly assigned stats mechanic will be removed.
This random stat mechanic has been used in similar games for years - it's a system that's been used in Borderlands and Diablo, and it's been something that has fueled the addictive nature of these types of loot-focused games. With the random stats gone in Destiny 2, getting good gear is still rewarding, but once you've got the best weapons in the game, you'll know that there isn't a chance to get even better gear.
This has the potential to reduce the replayability of Destiny 2, especially if there isn't enough content added to the game.