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Square Enix confirms Ever since Microsoft’s gamescomexclusivity reveal, there’s been plenty of speculation about the state ofRise of the Tomb Raider. Although it was soon found out to be a timed-exclusive, there are still many uncertainties surrounding the deal. A large detail surfaced today that might give some indication as to how everything will play out. According to atweetfrom Xbox marketing head Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft is the publisher ofRise of the Tomb Raider....

As previously announced and just as Tolkien intended Maybe it’s just the Tolkien reader in me, but there’s something even more insidious about shoving exploitative schemes into a project based on a Tolkien license. I never once even clicked on the microtransaction menu inMiddle-earth: Shadow of War, but the fact that it was there in a single-player game just felt wrong. Well, now they’re gone. A lot of us won’t forget that they were added in the first place, but we don’t have to deal with them anymoreafter the frontloaded cash was made....

We’re venturing into the depths of crystal caves during theMonopoly GO’sCavern Quest event to find some long-lost dice and cash. While the game doesn’t make it this dramatic, the rewards are still worth getting, especially if you’re also participating in the Crystal Treasures event. All Cavern Quest event rewards in Monopoly GO Monopoly GO’sCavern Quest event has 50 reward tiers to claim until June 16, 2025. During the next 48 hours, you can get 18,855 dice rolls, 195 Crystal Treasures pickaxes, and seven sticker packs....

Crossover gear to be ‘won’ in Extra Battle mode Capcom have announced, via theCapcom Unity blog, that three new skins based on the upcomingMonster Hunter: World, will be landing inStreet Fighter Vthis Spring. The rad costumes, which will be for Ken, Ibuki and R. Mika, can be obtained over March and into April through the game’s smoke-and-mirrors Extra Battle mode, which sees players win prizes that they essentially paid for anyway....

Sploosh! Rain World gets wet What’s that?You didn’t get enoughRain Worldgifs this week? What’s that? Timmy is trapped in a well, rehabbing from that awkward back spasm in mop up? What’s that? Old Man Tim is going to be lights out tonight in his stead? What’s that? You want to see pictures of mydog. What’s that? You want someone to make a game based on Kevin Costner’sWaterworld? What’s that? You want me to stop with the rhetorical questions?...

[Update:As commenters have kindly pointed out, this is about more than Europe. Countries as widespread as Canada, Japan and New Zealand are already behind it, and the United States have had involvement (what a shock!). This one’s got us all by the balls.] SOPA and PIPA have been (at least temporarily)put to bedin the United States, but the slippery slope is soapy indeed, and Europe’s taken notice. TheAnti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreementhas been hiding in the shadows, waiting to inflict itself upon Europeans, and it’s just as bad as anything proposed Stateside....

TRON: Evolutionis hitting every console and each one will offer something different and unique. With Battle Grids, the n-Space and Propaganda Games developed title will see players competing in 15Troninspired games.Battle Gridsis being targeted at younger audiences and will see players racing, capturing, battling and more. Up to four players will be able to play with each other locally and you’re able to expect a story mode too. In fact, all of the consoleTrongames have a story that bridges the gap between the firstTronmovie andLegacy, which is hitting theaters next month....

Verity, by Colleen Hoover, is a twisted tale of obsession, romance, betrayal, and ultimately confusion. Since it was released in December 2018, it’s become a much-loved fixture within the romantic thriller literary genre. If you’ve readVerity, you’ll likely be looking for more books in the same vein, filled with the same angst and horror as the Hoover title. There are a lot of romantic thrillers out there, and it can be hard to sift through them for other books that give you the same edge-of-your-seat, gut-wrenching reading experience....

You wanted a time sink during this pandemic? You got it I’ve been waiting for this moment for years. Roughly eight years to be exact. That’s how long I’ve been coveringPhantasy Star Online 2, when it was first released in Japan on PC. Over time Sega rolled out the launch to the PlayStation Vita (and took it back), the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, but not in the west.I even tracked that PS4 edition down in Japan at TGSto play it....

This was not the sequel we were looking for When I first began thinking about the worst sequel ever made, my mind actually instantly jumped toX-Men Origins: Wolverine. That movie was bad from head to toe for a litany of reasons that I was going to expand upon, but it’s not a bad sequel in the wayPhantom Menaceis a bad sequel.Originsmight be a bad movie, but it takes something more to be a bad sequel....

I’m pretty much always game forPokemonspecials A newPokemonspecial titledArceus Chroniclesis set to debut very soon, as The Pokemon Company already has a platform and date: Aug 01, 2025 on Netflix. Before that though, fans who are attending the 2022 Pokemon World Championships in Londonwill be able to see it at a screening eventat 6PM BST on August 19. Here’s the synopsis: “A visit to the Sinnoh region turns into a high-stakes adventure when Ash, Pikachu, and friends join forces with powerful Pokemon to confront a looming threat!...

Weird Well, this kind of came out of nowhere, and I don’t see a lot of people talking about it. Earlier this year during E3, Nintendo reps informed multiple outlets thatAnimal Crossing: amiibo Festivalwould be a free eShop download, and all you would need is one figure to play it — similar to theamiibo Tap:Greatest Bitsapp. But it seems as if they have changed course. As confirmed by Nintendo to Destructoid today,amiibo Festivalis a $60 retail game and not a download....

Below the Mendoza Line Ah, September baseball. The air’s a little crisper, the nights are a little colder, and the games are a little more important. Well, a lot more important actually. The weather’s cooling down but the playoff races are heating up. It’s also, apparently, the time to release a baseball game. Toward the tail end of the big league season,RBI Baseball 17will launch on Nintendo Switch on September 5....