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Since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched in early access on Xbox One last year, the game has lagged behind its PC counterpart. However, the Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will soon become much closer to what the PC version has to offer when it has its proper 1.0 launch on September 4. Xbox’s Major Nelson announced PUBG’s Xbox One release date at Gamescom 2018 in a video that featured interviews with various members of the development team in South Korea....

Not surprisingly, the PUBG community is having a blast with the April Fool’s POBG mini-game. The limited-time event is available through the main menu, and drops you into a retro, top-down shooter that sees you facing off against murderous chickens. The developer has heard your pleas, and will be extending POBG’s availability. Originally scheduled to run through April 12 on PC and April 19 on consoles, POBG will now linger around until April 28 on PC and May 6 on consoles....

Last year’s Game Awards darling, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, would be remiss to be absent from this year’s event. Thus, PUBG Corp. took to The Game Awards 2018’s stage with a brand new trailer and the reveal of the battle royale’s latest map, Vikendi. Vikendi is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ long-awaited snow map, introducing a wildly different battle royale experience than what players have experienced in the other PUBG maps. Players can try it out for themselves, because Vikendi goes live on test servers tonight....

Quantic Dream is no stranger to reeling players in to their made-up world and story, making them feel every bit of emotion their characters do. This is bound to create bonds and love between characters and players. Especially when the characters are so real that they become relatable. There are plenty various NPCs and characters that could be noted throughout all of Quantic Dream’s games, but only a handful actually make it to the fandom world with guts and glory....

It’s been a rough week for Ubisoft when it comes to Rainbow Six Siege. Despite the exciting announcement of Operation Wind Bastion, the next season has been overshadowed by controversy surrounding a Rainbow Six Siege-based censorship debacle. Two weeks ago, Ubisoft announced that it would be censoring the global aesthetics of the game as part of a move to sell the product in China. Instead of making a separate censored version for the Chinese region, the studio stated that it wanted to streamline the development process and would censor parts of the game for everyone - an announcement that went just about as smoothly as one would expect (read: it went horribly)....

Red Dead Online’s recent string of updates has introduced a wide variety of wild animals for players to track and hunt down, though some have found themselves be the hunted, like one Red Dead player who nearly got killed by an alligator they thought was dead, which was most likely due to a glitch. Players have also been able to transform themselves into stags if they consume a certain herb, which appears to be tied to the appearance of the Ghost Stag....

Seven years after it went off the air, AMC’s TV drama Breaking Bad continues to have a huge impact on the modern-day popular culture landscape, including video games. At one point the show was referenced in Tom Clancy’s The Division. However a more recent example of its impact can be seen in a Red Dead Redemption 2 character model fashioned after Byran Cranston’s iconic antihero protagonist Walter White. An image of Red Dead Redemption 2’s main character Arthur Morgan dressed up like White’s science teacher-turned-drug kingpin alter-ego Heisenberg was uploaded to the r/gaming subreddit Saturday by user smirky_doc....

One Redditor has explained why Mortal Kombat 11’s Kollector shouldn’t have golden blood. If you’re not familiar with Kollector, he’s a new character introduced in Mortal Kombat 11. Shao Khan’s “tribute collector” (which is a better way of saying tax man), Kollector is obsessed with gold, trinkets, and valuable items. Consumed by greed, he takes his profession as tax collector very seriously, to the point where most conversations with him wind up discussing money in some way or another....

Remedy Entertainment has just announced some big plans for Control, which will soon become a franchise and not just an award-winning action game. Not only will Remedy and publisher 505 Games create a new Control game, but they’re also creating a co-op multiplayer spin-off set in the Control universe. “Today, Remedy Entertainment and 505 Games announced that we have signed a new game, codenamed Condor, which is a spin-off set to expand the world we kicked off with Control,” said game director Mikael Kasurinen in an update on Remedy’s website....

There are a number of memorable boss fights in Remnant: From The Ashes. Some can be a solid wall that shoots a successful run right out of the sky, whilst others are a gimmick-filled brawl that tests your party’s teamwork skills. One particular battle that sticks out the most is the encounter with Ixillis. What makes this encounter unique is that instead of fighting just one bullet sponge monster with waves of minions, there are two creatures to contend with....

For a long time, Microsoft’s new studio, The Initiative, was wrapped in secrecy. While everyone knew it was working on something, no one had any idea what. But after numerous rumors, Microsoft and The Initiative finally lifted the lid and confirmed that its first game will be a new Perfect Dark. This was announced in December during The Game Awards, but now it’s transpired that a key staff member is already leaving both the project and studio....

Persona 5’s Joker and Dragon Quest’s Hero are officially getting their own Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo. The announcement was made during today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate “Mr. Sakurai Presents a Fighter from ARMS” live stream. Though the focus of the event was regarding Min Min’s addition as a playable fighter, the Smash series director and producer Masahrio Sakurai dropped some additional news at the end of the stream for fans of Joker and Hero....

It’s all change at the top for Xbox these days, with former MS Studios lead Phil Spencer now heading up the multi-billion dollar business. Luckily for fans of the brand, the fresh appointment — first announced on Monday - promises to shake up far more than the corporate pay structure. Following months of PR bluster, extolling the virtues of the media-savvy Xbox One, Spencer was quick to re-affirm his commitment to quality software, by instituting a “gaming-first” philosophy that ought to serve the company well at this year’s E3....

When approaching a new open world sandbox title that places a focus on player interaction, it’s often best to expect the unexpected. This becomes twice as true when said player interaction is meant to facilitate - and often reward - aberrant behavior. Anyone who has played one of the zombie-flavored offerings on Steam Early Access will be all too familiar with the concept of fearing their fellow human over all else....

UPDATE: As of 7 PM CT, the PlayStation Network is back up and running. The original story follows. PlayStation 4 owners may be dismayed to learn that the PlayStation Network (PSN) is currently down. Many are currently unable to connect, with the network experiencing widespread outages in conjunction with its gaming and social features. It is worth mentioning, however, that not every one is affected. At the time of this writing, it is unknown when this issue will be resolved....

The Pokémon franchise is a long and storied one, dating back all the way to the original Game Boy. With that in mind, it makes sense that there are a few choices the series makes that could stand to go to the wayside with generation 9, things that are just a bit outdated. Today, we will be going over 10 of those. Let’s get into it. 10 No Voice Acting There aren’t all that many cutscenes in the Pokémon games, but when they are present, there’s no voice acting....

Pokemon Masters is about to make some big changes in the next update. One of DeNA’s Pokemon mobile titles will be altering how users play the game that would ultimately change some of the play styles. One of these changes includes a stamina bar and a newly renovated Training Area. Released in 2019, Pokemon Masters ran similar to the main series of games with one major difference where players can collect various Pokemon trainers from throughout the entire franchise onto their team....

Oh, Goldeen. Remember when you were THE fish-type Pokémon way back in the days of Red & Blue? You were famous for being on Misty’s team in the anime. And then after you evolved, you were known for being a profanity-laden meme. Now here we are in Sword & Shield, a shadow of your former glory. Goldeen and Seaking might not be the most powerful Water-types anymore, but they’ll always have a special place in the Pokémon mythos....

Inkay and Malamar are one of the more fun Pokémon concepts created in recent years. It has the unique Dark/Psychic type combination, due to it being a sinister squid. Yes, it somehow isn’t a Water-type despite being an aquatic creature. Instead, attention is paid to how it uses its strange powers to deceive opponents in battle. If that sounds like your kind of Pokémon, here’s how to get Inkay in Sword & Shield....

Game Freak has finally released the first highly anticipated expansion pack for the Nintendo Switch’s Pokémon Sword & Shield, entitled The Isle of Armor. While it does have a unique storyline that features a distinct roster of characters, the DLC’s main appeal is its Wild Area and the returning selection of Pokémon from previous games. More than a hundred familiar faces have been added to Pokémon Sword & Shield, with The Isle of Armor trying to cover all of the previous generations....