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The Elder Scrolls Online brings us back to Skyrim in the upcoming chapter Greymoor, allowing players to experience Dark Heart of Skyrim.
Dark Heart of Skyrim is a year long content rollout, with various chunks hitting at different times - June 9th being the key upcoming date for the Greymoor experience.
More DLC and adventures in the same theme will be available in Q3 and Q4, ensuring that new gothic activities keep the party rolling all year long. For now, you can prepare for the dark tide with a fresh trailer showcasing all the things that go bump in the night. And in Tamriel. Check it out!
Hot on the heels of this morning's Mafia Trilogy tease, a pair of product pages appeared on the Microsoft Store for Mafia: Definitive Edition and Mafia II: Definitive Edition. Beyond that, the screenshots on the page for Mafia: Definitive Edition highlight the visual overhaul being performed by developer Hangar 13, which represents a major step up from the 2002 original.
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Assuming the listing information is correct, the definitive edition of Mafia II is launching on May 19 (the same day the teaser trailer promised more news). Mafia: Definitive Edition appears to be hitting on August 27.
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Epic Games says it is bringing Fortnite to the next-gen systems at launch, and it will migrate the game over to the just-announced Unreal Engine 5 in mid-2021.
Progress and purchases in the game will carry over, and players can play across generations. Epic has provided a short FAQ about the process, available in the source link below.
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Epic Games unveiled a video today detailing the new Unreal 5 engine. The extensive clip, featuring technical director of graphics Brian Karis and special projects art director Jerome Platteaux, provides a good long look at UE5 and its capabilities.
Get a glimpse of nanite virtualized micropolygon geometry (wow, try saying that five times fast!), dynamic global illumination, and more! Spoiler alert: it looks amazing! Get all the details in the video below!
As the June 19 release date for PS4 title The Last of Us Part II approaches, Sony and developer Naughty Dog have started a trailer series delving deeper into the game's elements. Today's inaugural video explores aspects of the title's story.
Directors Neil Druckmann and Anthony Newman, and narrative lead Halley Gross discuss why they are telling more of Joel and Ellie's story, where the game begins, and an idea of where it may go.
"I think this one might be more divisive than the first game – in a very kind of exciting way," says Druckmann, "that I think raises those interesting philosophical questions and asks the player to interpret some of the material that's there and see where they stand on those questions."
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If you've been missing the Mafia series since Mafia III released in 2016, you may be getting an offer you can't refuse. Publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 (the studio behind Mafia III) released a teaser trailer this morning that unveils Mafia Trilogy.
This series, beginning with the original Mafia in 2002, offers a gritty look at the world of organized crime over the course of three games, each one featuring a different protagonist. You can see these characters, like Vito Scaletta and Lincoln Clay, in the trailer above.
Is Mafia Trilogy a collection? A remaster? A remake? The footage does not answer those questions, stopping short of clarifying the details or scope of the project. However, fans who want more info won't need to wait long. The trailer promises an announcement next week on May 19.
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GameInformer News The team at Funko is ready to pull back the curtain on the next five figures in the Fortnite Funko POP Games line, and was kind enough to give us an early look at what they’ve got on the way. The five new figures join an existing line-up of Fortnite figures. This latest set targets some of the most familiar and popular skins that players can don in the game.
If you’re looking to celebrate your Fortnite enthusiasm with one or more of the upcoming releases, you can expect to snag 8Ball, Ghoul Trooper, Galaxy, Blackheart, and UltimaKnight.
Take a look at each of the new reveals in the gallery below.
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Sony and developer Sucker Punch are holding a State of Play presentation this Thursday, May 14 at 1:00 PM Pacific for the PlayStation 4 title Ghost of Tsushima in advance of its July 17 release date.
According to Sony, the presentation is approximately 18 minutes long and features "an extended look at new gameplay footage, including exploration, combat and more" via Twitch and YouTube.
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In 1987, few characters were more badass than Alan "Dutch" Schaefer, Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscle-bound merc who went toe to toe with a Predator in the original Predator film. Now, players can assume the role of Dutch, with new voiceover and narration from Schwarzenegger, in upcoming DLC for the recently released Predator: Hunting Grounds.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Dutch will be available as a new paid DLC fireteam member starting May 26. In addition, new narration performed by Schwarzenegger will give additional background information on what Dutch has been doing since the events of the original Predator film. The narration serves as tapes recorded by Dutch after the incident that left him as the only survivor.
Dutch arrives as DLC for Predator: Hunting Grounds on May 26. For our thoughts on the new asymmetric multiplayer title, check out our review.
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Activision's recent success of restoring Crash Bandicoot, Crash Team Racing, and Spyro the Dragon will hopefully continue with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, classics that originally appeared on PlayStation in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Developed by Neversoft, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater changed the world of gaming and gave way to an entire subgenre of sports titles, from more "pro" titles by Activision for BMX and surfing, to the SSX series, and rival games like EA's Skate.
This isn't the first time Activision has tried to bring the fire back to the Tony Hawk gaming brand. In 2012, developer Robomodo released Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, and it wasn't warmly received, being viewed as a step down from the original games both in technical performance and the vision of the new content that was added. Activision again partnered with Robomodo for 2015's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, which was so bad, it appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for the Tony Hawk games.