Enter the Gungeon is completely free-to-play on Epic Store

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jun 14, 2019 4:00 AM CDT

This week we have another free-to-play game coming to the Epic Games Store, are you ready to 'Enter the Gungeon'?

Enter the Gungeon is completely free-to-play on Epic Store

Epic Games has taken to their Twitter account to announce that Dodge Roll Games' bullet-hell fever-dream like game Enter the Gungeon is going free to play for a limited amount of time. Epic Games Store users will be able to jump into the action in Enter the Gungeon over the course of this weekend.

If you didn't know, being apart of the Epic Games Store gives users the opportunity to try a free game every week. Each week the game that is free is changed and players are able to download and experience a title before they decide whether or not they want to purchase it. If you are interested in checking out Enter the Gungeon and want to test your gaming skills with over 300 different types of guns and unleash hell on the enemies, check out the Epic Store listing for the title here.

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Crytek's Hunt Showdown is going free-to-play until June 17

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jun 14, 2019 3:00 AM CDT

Crytek has announced that their title 'Hunt Showdown' will be going completely free-to-play for a weekend. Are you ready for some PvP/PvE action?

Crytek's Hunt Showdown is going free-to-play until June 17

If you aren't aware what Hunt Showdown is, the game is a first-person player versus player bounty shooter that brings extreme levels of intenseness. Players will have to navigate around a map and track and kill monsters in either teams or by themselves, while also attempting to evade the hunter who is tracking players to kill them.

Hunt Showdown recently got an update as well, bringing the game up to version 6.1 and adding additional features such as field-of-view slider, new weapons to enjoy, a new lore book, new traits and performance improvements. If you would like to jump into the action, check out the official Steam Store listing for the title here.

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Destiny 2's free version won't include Forsaken campaign

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jun 14, 2019 1:34 AM CDT

E3 2019 - Bungie today clarified what is and isn't included in Destiny 2's big new free-to-play New Light initiative, and lots of endgame Forsaken content is missing.

Destiny 2's free version won't include Forsaken campaign

Destiny 2 will soon go free-to-play, but it'll be more of a broad trial that whets the appetite than a full meal. Bungie today announced that New Light, Destiny 2's free-to-play rebranding, will only include some content from the Forsaken expansion like strikes, crucible PVP playlists, free roam missions on all areas, gambit game modes, and only a portion of Forsaken's annual pass.

Forsaken's full campaign and all of its missions, its endgame raids and dungeons, and its exotic quests will be locked behind a paywall. New Light players will have to buy Forsaken and the appropriate annual pass to experience everything in full.

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Microsoft focusing on Android instead of Switch

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jun 14, 2019 1:00 AM CDT

E3 2019 - This past year, rumors have been stirring for Microsoft to bring the Games Pass to the Nintendo Switch, and while that at first seems like a fantastic idea for gamers it isn't Microsoft's first priority.

Microsoft focusing on Android instead of Switch

According to an interview with Giant Bomb, Microsoft's CEO, Phil Spencer sat down with the channel to discuss Microsoft's future with Nintendo. Spencer was asked if we would ever see the Games Pass come to the handheld console, and he replied with "I have said over time I'd like to take Game Pass everywhere. I saw somebody joke I'd put Game Pass on the toaster if I could - I don't know about that".

Spencer continued and said that Microsoft are focussed on the "streaming side, at least, on Android" because the Nintendo Switch platform is very different from an Xbox platform. Spencer says that the relationship between Microsoft and Nintendo are good and examples of that are the recent inclusion of Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Minecraft Dungeons.

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Microsoft may let you rent out your Xbox for game streaming

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jun 14, 2019 12:06 AM CDT

E3 2019 - Phil Spencer lays out an ambitious idea: letting Xbox One owners rent out their consoles as game streaming servers and getting compensated for it.

Microsoft may let you rent out your Xbox for game streaming

In October, Microsoft will transform every Xbox One into a remote game streaming server. Essentially Microsoft is copying Sony's Remote Play functionality on the PS4 by letting you beam Xbox games from your local network to a mobile device like a smartphone. This initiative is part of Project xCloud, Microsoft's new cloud game streaming program, and will be entirely free. But Xbox VP of gaming Phil Spencer wants to see gamers using their Xbox One consoles to fuel a random person's on-the-go gaming.

In a recent interview with Giant Bomb, Phil Spencer spoke candidly on allowing Xbox One owners to share their consoles with other gamers and get something in return for it. It'd be a mutual business arrangement; a random gamer seeds off of your Xbox and network, and you maybe get some cash or Microsoft Points in exchange.

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Doom Eternal has double the demons

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jun 13, 2019 10:35 PM CDT

E3 2019 - As the ultimate power fantasy, Doom Eternal will take us to the highest peaks of heaven and the fiery bowels of hell to unleash total havoc. And there's demons...tons and tons of demons.

Doom Eternal has double the demons

Doom Eternal is easily the most visceral and explosive Doom game yet. It's filled with total chaos and mayhem, putting actual fun in front of immersion and realism. In Doom Eternal, havoc is your god and you praise it by ripping, tearing, and slaughtering monsters with gruesome glee. Luckily id has brought tons of fresh meat for you to chew into.

"We've actually doubled the demon count in Doom Eternal," executive producer Marty Stratton said in a recent E3 Coliseum stream. "There's way more demons to slay."

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LG teases new 37.5-inch 3840x1600 monitor with 175Hz refresh

Anthony Garreffa | Software & Apps | Jun 13, 2019 9:51 PM CDT

LG has just introduced something very new: the world's first IPS-based display with a super-low 1ms response time in its new UltraGear series gaming monitors.

LG teases new 37.5-inch 3840x1600 monitor with 175Hz refresh

The new LG UltraGear monitors come in both 27-inch and 37.5-inch varieties with different resolutions, aspect ratios, and refresh rates. They will use the same high-quality Nano IPS technology from LG with support for DCI-P3 color gamut as well as NVIDIA's G-Sync technology.

As for specs, we'll begin with LG's new UltraGear 27GL850 which uses a 27-inch IPS panel with a native 2560x1440 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 144Hz refresh rate, and 1ms GtG response time.

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Watch Dogs Legion is Epic exclusive, skipping Steam

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jun 13, 2019 8:52 PM CDT

E3 2019 - Ubisoft was careful not to include Epic's logo at the end of Watch Dogs Legion promo videos, but the listing popped up on the Epic Store anyway.

Watch Dogs Legion is Epic exclusive, skipping Steam

Watch Dogs Legion will be timed-exclusive to the Epic Store on PC, and won't be available on Steam for as long as a year.

This move isn't really a surprise. Ubisoft signed a deal with Epic to bring its biggest games over to the storefront starting with The Division 2, and we've also seen games like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint skip Steam in favor of the Epic Store. Ubisoft is undoubtedly attracted to the Epic Store's revenue split, which favors developers with 88% of revenues for all sold games.

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Watch Dogs Legion's AI is bigger than we thought

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jun 13, 2019 8:40 PM CDT

E3 2019 - Watch Dogs Legion is taking on Grand Theft Auto levels of open-world dynamism, with characters and an entire city that consistently react to your decisions and deeds.

Watch Dogs Legion's AI is bigger than we thought

I keep thinking I'm done with Watch Dogs Legion coverage, but then I always hear something more amazing. Ubisoft isn't messing around with Legion and is creating a world full of next-gen AI that rivals even GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2. We already know Legion is a fully-fledged RPG where you can recruit literally anyone in the entire game to your party, and that it'll have lots of progression systems to customize your ragtag sci-punk rebellion. But now Ubisoft underlines how its futuristic London is a living, breathing city.

Ubisoft's latest E3 Coliseum interview is jam-packed full of interesting tidbits about its characters and world. For example, your recruits will go on living their everyday lives when you're not playing as them, doing their jobs like tending bar, programming, and even training in the gym. You can even come across members of your team out in the city and interact with them. In true Mass Effect fashion, there's a loyalty system in Legion called a support level that you have to build up.

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TSMC announces R&D work has begun on next-gen 2nm node

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jun 13, 2019 7:36 PM CDT

We're just getting 7nm parts in the form of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 series and Radeon RX 5700 series products, but TSMC has decided that it is time to announce R&D has begun for the 2nm node.

TSMC announces R&D work has begun on next-gen 2nm node

We will soon be hearing more about the 5nm and 3nm nodes from the likes of Samsung and TSMC as research into those processes has already begun, but the news on 2nm is super new. Zhuang Zishou, a senior director at TSMC, explained to Taiwanese media that the 2nm plant will join the other next-gen node plants in Hsichu, Taiwan.

Hsichu is where the huge Science Park is located where 400 tech companies reside, with TSMC hoping to get the 2nm plant operational by 2024. The road to 2nm is pretty damn insane, as we're quickly shifting from 14/16nm to 7/10nm, while 5/3nm are in the works and now R&D on 2nm has begun.

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