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Ahead of Pokémon Sword and Shield’s launch, vocal “hardcore” fans are becoming increasingly toxic

By Darryn Bonthuys
November 13, 2019
in :  Features, Gaming
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Maybe you have a gripe and you need the world to know that you won’t stand for a reduced Pokemon count, that one texture of grass not being on par with your expectations and your outrage that 800 of the Pokémon you don’t care for aren’t in the game. Or maybe, and hear me out here, you kind of need to shut the hell up because the rest of us are still looking forward to a grand ol’ time.

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Epic buys photogrammetry Quixel, gives away library of Megascans free to Unreal Engine developers

By Geoffrey Tim
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming, Technology
8

Quixel is a company that’s spent the last decade or so doing high resolution photogrammetry, scanning in thousands of real-world objects, buildings and other assets like animal fur – and turning it into 3D assets to be used in applications and games. It’s an incredible, substantial library of assets that’re useful for deliver photorealism.

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 could be out in 2020

By Darryn Bonthuys
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming
9

This year’s E3 dropped a surprise announcement during a Nintendo Direct livestream, as the big N confirmed that there was still plenty of gold to mine from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. No release date was given for the sequel, but one reliable source of information reckons that they’ve got that window roughly pegged.

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Prequel to Binding of Isaac, The Legend of Bum-Bo, releases today

By Brad Lang
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming
5

Following the roguelike dungeon-crawling of the original, Bum-Bo changes things up with a new aesthetic and more poo.

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Ubisoft delivers first of many promised Ghost Recon Breakpoint patches

By Geoffrey Tim
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming
10

If I were to be generous, I’d say that Ghost Recon Breakpoint is not a very good game. Thankfully, Ubisoft has realised that it’s not a great game and has pledged to fix it up.

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The Xbox One is getting a shuffle button so that you can finally clear your backlog

By Darryn Bonthuys
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming
23

The idea is easy enough: If you can’t decide on what to play, you’ll hit the digital button and your Xbox will shuffle in a game from your library to start jamming it.

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Here’s the launch trailer for Gylt, Google Stadia’s lone launch exclusive

By Geoffrey Tim
November 13, 2019
in :  Gaming
4

When Stadia launches next week, it’ll have just a single launch exclusive – a lone game amongst a dozen or so great games that have been available on other platforms for ages.

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John Carmack thinks virtual reality is advancing too slowly

By Brad Lang
November 12, 2019
in :  Gaming
9

The CTO of Oculus VR made this statement after being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the VR Awards

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