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Microsoft has officially announced the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, and as previously rumoured, it’s a disc-less version of the console that comes at an entry-level price point. Due out on May 7, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will retail for £199.99/$249.99, so it’s not quite as cheap as previous reports had suggested. Aside from the lack of a disc drive, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is pretty much the same as the regular model in terms of innards....

Microsoft announced today it will be partnering with Doritos and Rockstar to give away free downloadable content, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions, and more prizes for both the U.S. and some international markets. Starting today until Dec. 30, 2022, players can unlock in-game items from specifically marked Rockstar Energy Drink or Doritos products with some taking after the products themselves. Games included in the promotion are Fallout 76, Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, PUBG: Battlegrounds, The Elder Scrolls Online and Madden NFL 23....

During Nintendo’s E3 2018 Direct presentation we got our first look at the Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna The Golden Country DLC. Originally out in December 2017, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, players will be able to check out the new content this September, and is included in the game’s season pass. 

PS3 action-adventure Yakuza 5 is currently being given away for free to PlayStation Plus members. A digital copy of the game would usually set you back £32.99. The discount was noticed at around the same time as this month’s PlayStation Plus titles were put live on PlayStation Store, but is not officially part of this month’s PS Plus line-up. It isn’t clear whether the game has been reduced in error, or if it is deliberately being given away by SEGA ahead of next year’s Yakuza 0....

In Kirby and the Forgotten Land you can have a super-cute car Kirby (or “carby”) cake, but the pixels will soon take real (and delicious) shape in Japan, at the popular Kirby Cafes. A limited-time menu to celebrate the new game and the 30th anniversary of the franchise will debut on April 1 and it’ll indeed feature the super-cute car cake. According to the press release that shared the announcement, the cake will be be served at the Kirby Cafe Tokyo and at the Kirby Cafe Hakata in Fukuoka for the somewhat steep (but not so crazy for a themed cafe in Japan) price of 1,848 yen tax included....

Rebellion has announced that 2020 undead shooter Zombie Army 4: Dead War has made it to the Nintendo Switch. The full version of the game has made it intact over to Nintendo’s machine, including all of the content from the game’s Season Pass One. That means those players get nine additional levels and four character packs. Not to mention nine weapon bundles and weapon skin packs on top of the original content....

Zombie Army 4: Dead Army is the latest title in a long line of survival-horror games. Published by Rebellion Developments, the team behind Sniper Elite, this new shooter hearkens back to other popular franchises that dealt with zombies one way or another. Throughout the alternative World War 2 story, players are tasked with dealing with remnants of the undead German army, but can also work on some side achievements. The campaign takes resistance members, including the player, across places in Europe such as Croatia, Italy, and other key locations on the continent....

There have been rumors and leaks suggesting a sequel to Overwatch at Blizzcon 2019 floating around since June. Now, Blizzcon is only a couple weeks away, taking place from November 1 to November 3 in Anaheim, California, and the status of this big Blizzard project is still up in the air. Blizzard has been in a public relations crisis since banning a Hearthstone streamer and two commentators for supporting the protests in Hong Kong....

If you’re like most Isekai fans, you probably had a blast watching the second season of Re:Zero. Bringing the series back after years away, it offered new developments and vital clues regarding the winding plot the series is crafting. Now that it’s over though, you’re likely stuck asking the same question as everyone else: Will there be a season 3 of Re:Zero? well, for better or worse, we’ve got the answer you’re looking for....

Windows, Mac, and Linux (and its numerous distros) are the three most prominent operating systems on the current market.Microsoft Windows currently holds 87.56% of the desktop/laptop OS market, with macOS having a 9.54% share and Linux 2.53%.The vast majority of GNU/Linux distros are completely free for anyone to use, including the most Windows-like distribution—Ubuntu. Apple designed macOS to run on the company’s proprietary-developed hardware, which is quite pricey. An operating system is software that, in addition to allowing for the management of a computer’s hardware and resources, provides users with a set of shared services that make it possible to execute various programs....

Xbox Game Pass for PC, which offers a pretty big variety of games for a small amount every month, is getting even more games soon. The beautiful side-scroller Gris and the thoroughly rat-infested A Plague Tale: Innocence are two of the new games showing up this week. If you haven’t tried out Xbox Game Pass for PC yet, then you can still sign up for $1 a month for your first three months....

The teams behind the recent XIII remake release have issued an apology over the current state of the game following widespread player and media complaints and critcism, blaming the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for the game’s woes. In a joint statment posted to Microids’ website over the weekend, the teams said that “players expectations have not been met by the launch version and we hear loud and clear the legitimate criticism and disappointment,” and offered its sincere apologies to the fans, saying “In its present state, XIII does not meet our quality standards and we fully understand players’ frustrations....

The latest Yakuza gameplay reveal shows off the party’s moves in a series of street fights. Sega hosted a Christmas Eve livestream where devs from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio sat down and played Yakuza: Like A Dragon. We’ve seen gameplay vids before, but this time they sat down and played for a solid 20 minutes, showcasing the game’s playable characters, jobs, world, and combat system. Since Yakuza: Like A Dragon is going to be the first Yakuza game to introduce turn-based, classic RPG-style combat, that’s what the devs focused on for their stream....

Sega’s Yakuza Kiwami 2 is heading to PC, according to a listing on the ESRB (via Game Informer), which has slapped an ‘M’ rating on the gangster-’em-up remake. Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami have both been released for the PC, so it makes sense that Kiwami 2 is also being lined up for release. The game is a full revamp of the original PlayStation 2 Yakuza 2, released back in Japan in 2006 and in the US and Europe two years later....

The third and final season of Netflix’s The Rain is almost here and if you haven’t already checked out the Danish sci-fi series then now is the perfect opportunity. So why should you make the time? Besides the fact that you’ve probably already finished fellow twisty Netflix series Dark and are looking for your next binge, this less recognised drama has a lot to recommend it. And with new episodes landing soon, there’s still time to catch up....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has lived up to its pedigree, becoming the most played Call of Duty game of the current console generation. Part of what has made the game so successful is its willingness to hearken back to the great contributions of its predecessors, described by the developers as a “back to basics” approach. Modern Warfare’s solid campaign, focus on realism, attention to detail, and tried-and-true shooting mechanics all pay respect to the pioneering efforts of early Modern Warfare titles....

Moving into 2020, it’ll be interesting to see how a number of games continue their post-launch support, as many will remain the same. Some, however, will stray from their beaten paths and hopefully offer players something new, yet in the case of Mortal Kombat 11, it seems more like the former. After all, as the old idiom goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” MK11’s Krypt events will likely stay the path, as well as hopefully introduce more seasonal stuff, but the big question on everyone’s mind is Kombat Pack 2....

I must admit, I wasn’t too familiar with Windjammers at first. The frisbee, err, the disc-throwing game was originally released for the Neo Geo ages ago in 1994. It has since been released for the Wii Virtual Console, as well as the PS4 and Vita. And, it looks as though PC players will have a chance to battle it out in the sequel, Windjammers 2 when it releases next year. Check the announcement trailer from DotEmu below....

The Witcher 3 owes a lot of its exploration and fighting to the kind of movement that you can get in the game. But since there are two types of movement response, players wonder which is better in Witcher 3, Alternate Mode or Standard Mode. Although there are not a lot of differences between the two, the significant noticeable one will be in the movement speed. As you can very well guess, one of them is better than the other in some terms and that is why they are in the game....

Trying to wake your brain up this Tuesday with a puzzle? Then we can help you with the Wordle answer for today, 12th July. For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak. The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going....