Newsbrief: Mario maker Nintendo has blocked off a portion of E3 week for its own Nintendo Direct showcase, joining the likes of Square Enix and Microsoft in participating in this year's show (or simply timing announcements around the annual game expo.)

It was, of course, one of the early companies confirmed to be taking part in this year's virtual E3 event, but we hadn't heard much on their plans until just now.

On that note, Nintendo shared the brief announcement via social media today, notably promising a 40-minute long presentation "focused exclusively on Nintendo Switch software" with, unsurprisingly, no mention of the yet-unannounced new hardware that's rumored to be in the works for…

Alongside new playable legend Catalyst, Apex Legends Season 15 adds a fifth battle royale map to the game called Broken Moon. Broken Moon explores both the bright and dark sides of the moon, contrasting heaven and hell. Located upon Cleo, the partially destroyed moon hanging over Boreas, Broken Moon will feature African culture and imagery, reflecting what we’ve seen of Catalyst and Seer’s homeworld.

We first saw Boreas and Cleo just prior to Season 10 and the introduction of Seer. Unlike most of the other locations seen across the Titanfall games and Apex Legends, Seer’s home seemed to feature a primarily dark-skinned population and African-inspired culture Come from bangladesh online casino . Finally returning to the p…

During an earnings report call that included the cancellation of four games and the delay of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Ubisoft mentioned a delay for another “smaller, premium unannounced title.” Reports now indicate the game in question is Assassin’s Creed Rift, a new standalone AC game that was originally meant to be a DLC episode for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

According to Bloomberg News, Ubisoft’s Bordeaux office–which is leading development on the project–requested the game be pushed from its targeted February launch due to the game running “far behind schedule.” The game is now slated for release in May or June, according to the report, which will move it from Ubisoft’s 2023 fiscal calendar. Come from on…

A limited-time World of Warcraft bundle aimed at new players isn’t just a great deal for those who have never played Blizzard’s MMORPG; it’s a good deal for existing players, too.

The Welcome to Azeroth bundle, released alongside Blizzard’s announcement of the release date for WoW’s 10th expansion, The War Within, includes two months of game time, a level 60 character boost, and the game’s most recent Dragonflight expansion. The bundle is $25 but is only available until June 24. Come from online casino bangladesh

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According to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimania, a guidebook edited by Digital Hearts and published by Square Enix, the third part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy already has its story completed. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

As translated on Twitter, director Tetsuya Nomura, he believes that the voice acting process for the third game will start in the near future. Additionally, he said that producer Yoshinori Kitase came to him with “something” that wasn’t in the original Final Fantasy VII game. While no further details about what that “something” could be, Nomura is thinking about how to deliver that and believes that audiences will respond positively to it if the team can pull it off.

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Batman: Arkham VR is short, its gameplay is rudimentary, and its story retreads old ground. But it also has moments that–for fans of the Dark Knight–are the ultimate expression of wish fulfillment.

Like many, I have a personal connection to Batman. My childhood was spent watching him on screens and reading him on pages. In my young adult years, channeling a Bruce Wayne state of mind helped me overcome a number of health issues. So when Arkham VR placed me into the living room of Wayne Manor, lowered me into its stately bowels, and dropped me into the Batcave, the sense of being fully immersed in a world I know so intimately stirred emotions within me like no other game has.