If you were looking to pick up a copy of Bend Studio's Days Gone this coming February, we have some bad news. In a recent blog post, Sony announced that they're pushing back the release date of the long-awaited PlayStation exclusive shooter to April 26, 2019.
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Before Spider-Man released on PS4 last month, there was some controversy surrounding a graphical change that removed some details from a previous demo. The main thing most people were concerned with was the size reduction of some puddles. Naturally, a small section of the gaming community was furious with the changes, going so far as to claim Insomniac had falsely advertised the game.
Now that some time has passed, Insomniac decided they would have their own fun with the issue. Head inside for more!
Here's how weird things have gotten with the AAA video game market these days:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 made half a billion dollars in its first 72 hours on the market, and investors are unhappy. While $500 million is an insane amount of money, and certainly more than most games make in their opening weekend, it actually marks a bit of a decline for the Black Ops brand, and the result is a 7% drop in Activision stock today.
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The weekly hardware and software sales from Japan are in, and there's a new chart-topper in town. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 debuted at number one this week, selling 228,775 copies on PlayStation 4, and knocking Super Mario Party down to second place for the week. While it was a slow hardware week overall, Black Ops provided a noticeable bump to the Pro model of Sony's popular home console.
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Insomniac Games launched Spider-Man to outstanding reviews and record-breaking sales figures, and that could be just the beginning of a new era of high-quality Marvel video games. There's lots of optimism for the long-term future, but there's also plenty to be excited about in the short term. Last month Insomniac gave us our first look at Black Cat in a DLC trailer, and today we received an update on its release date.
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Finally, we have a bit of good news relating to the recent Telltale closure saga. With the studio's closure, the fate of the remaining half of The Walking Dead: The Final Season hung in the balance, though the studio has been working to find a studio to finish it. All those efforts have paid off, as Skybound Games announced this weekend that they had reached a deal with Telltale to finish the two unreleased episodes.
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If there's one thing Square Enix is good at when it comes to Kingdom Hearts, it's releasing compilation packages. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX were first released for the PlayStation 3 in 2013 and 2014, respectively. These were followed by Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue in early 2017 and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX a few months later, both on the PlayStation 4. Now, Square Enix is releasing one more package before Kingdom Hearts III drops next year.
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My Hero Academia just made a huge splash at the box office with its first feature film, and soon it's heading to the realm of video games as well. My Hero: One's Justice is already out in Japan, and in a few weeks it'll be available in the West as well. The anime fighting game boasts an extensive roster of playable heroes and villains, and that roster will continue to grow as more DLC characters are revealed.
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Telltale's closure announcement couldn't have come at a worse time for fans of The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead: The Final Season is only halfway completed but, due to the coming closure, will not currently be finished. There is hope, but only if another company swoops in to finish the remaining two episodes. As a result of this inability to complete the promised content, sales of The Walking Dead: The Final Season have been indefinitely halted across digital platforms.
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Ever since 2014, Sony has been holding an annual convention in December to celebrate the PlayStation brand and make announcements about upcoming games. The event has proven quite popular since its inception, and Sony has used it to show off trailers for highly anticipated games like The Last Guardian and Horizon Zero Dawn. Unfortunately, Sony has decided not to hold the event this year.
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It's been 8 years since Mega Man fans have received a game in the franchise's mainline series. Since Capcom's reveal of Mega Man 11 late last year, many of the Blue Bomber's fans have been anxiously awaiting launch day, and thankfully, the wait is over. Capcom is trying to kick things into overdrive by introducing a brand-new mechanic to the game, but the biggest question still remains. Does Mega Man 11 have what it takes to make up for the long drought?
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Bethesda is gearing up to launch Fallout 76, an online-only softcore survival game that shakes up the traditional formula of the series to offer something new. Ahead of its launch, Bethesda's giving players the chance to participate in a "Break-it Early Test Application," or "B.E.T.A." that gives you access to the full game. In preparation for this, Bethesda has just released the game's opening cinematic, and they've also outlined when the B.E.T.A. is coming to various platforms.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most hotly anticipated titles of the cold winter season, and Sony is looking to take advantage of that fact. When Rockstar's next big adventure launches in a month, you'll be able to pick it up as part of a PlayStation 4 Pro bundle and play it in style, especially if you have a 4K HDR TV to push the visuals to the max.
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Sony has been under pressure from fans to be more open when it comes to cross-play, but they've held firm on their position. Just last month, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida shot down the idea of Fortnite getting cross-play with Switch and or Xbox One, stating that PlayStation 4 is the best place to play. It seemed Sony would never change their mind about this backward policy... until today.
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Last week, Telltale Games announced that they are closing down due to financial woes and lackluster sales. However, they remained mum on their current project, The Walking Dead: The Final Season. But after much anticipation, Telltale released a statement on the fate of the ultimate The Walking Dead episodes.
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