New Left 4 Dead 3 trailer is probably fake (we hope it isnt)

Derek Strickland | Gaming | May 2, 2019 6:22 PM CDT

Left 4 Dead 3 may never come out, but it's fun to hope, right? A new "leaked" trailer piques our imaginations and makes us wonder what a third installment would be like.

New Left 4 Dead 3 trailer is probably fake (we hope it isnt)

A new zombie trailer has been making the rounds lately, and gamers think it could be Left 4 Dead related. The footage is incredibly well rendered and really highlights the grim, gritty feel of Valve's survival FPS franchise, and even reminds me of the new Resident Evil's atmospheric and visual tech. It's probably an elaborate fake though.

Evidence points to Left 4 Dead 3 being cancelled years ago and has been defunct ever since. Early concepts show a Middle-Eastern focus with new foreign characters, hinting the franchise could've taken us all over the world.

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Call of Duty Esports League's first five pro teams revealed

Derek Strickland | Gaming | May 2, 2019 5:44 PM CDT

Eager to double-down on the lucrative world of esports entertainment, Activision-Blizzard today announced the first teams in Call of Duty's pro competitive landscape.

Call of Duty Esports League's first five pro teams revealed

Following the massive success of Blizzard's Overwatch League, which generates millions through viewerships, game-selling engagement, and competitions, Activision is ramping up its Call of Duty League big time. Now the first five franchised pro teams have been revealed, including well-known names like Envy Gaming. This initiative should continue to grow and may be big enough to compliment the launch of this year's big new Call of Duty game.

The first five teams are:

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Anthem's leads moved to Dragon Age 4 after it shipped

Derek Strickland | Gaming | May 2, 2019 4:07 PM CDT

Today a report says two of BioWare's key lead devs have left Anthem to work on Dragon Age 4. But this has actually been the case since Anthem shipped.

Anthem's leads moved to Dragon Age 4 after it shipped

As detailed in a long expose from Kotaku, Anthem was made by two of BioWare's major studios--its Austin, Texas branch, and its main studio in Edmonton, Canada. This is the norm for all of BioWare's biggest games, and titles like Dragon Age: Inquisition and Mass Effect: Andromeda were collaborative efforts. But what remains unclear to some is how the company shifts its personnel to new projects, a process that actually happens shortly after games are officially released.

Once a big game like Anthem is shipped, the core team at Edmonton moves onto the next game in the pipeline (in this case Dragon Age 4), which is typically how the AAA games industry works. In the case of Anthem, its live service handling and curation was handed off to BioWare's Austin branch after shipping, and that team now handles Anthem's evolution.

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Surprise: the impossible Mad Box 4K console is probably dead

Derek Strickland | Gaming | May 2, 2019 12:08 PM CDT

The Mad Box was always an outlandish and iffy proposition. Investors apparently think the same, and Slightly Mad has lost a lot of the funding needed to make the console happen.

Surprise: the impossible Mad Box 4K console is probably dead

For some bizarre reason, Slightly Mad Studios, the devs behind Project Cars, decided they want to make a video games console. But not just any games console--the most powerful one on the market. Nevermind the absurdity of entering a market absolutely dominated by Sony, Micorosft, and Nintendo. The so-called Mad Box would sell based on its raw next-gen power alone, and studio exec Ian Bell promised big performance with native 4K gaming and VR at 120FPS. It was a ridiculous notion then, and is still ridiculous today.

Investors apparently agree with this assessment. Two of the Max Box's biggest backers have dropped out and won't be putting up the required millions and millions to fund the console. Bell says these investors were dissuaded thanks to Google's Stadia game streaming platform, and the latest hardware details on next-gen consoles could seal the Mad Box's fate and ensure no one puts up money to fund the system.

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Bloodborne board game Kickstarter, $2m pledged already

Jak Connor | Gaming | May 2, 2019 4:00 AM CDT

The difficulty of FromSoftware's Bloodborne is famous, but what about if we took that same difficulty and converted it to a table top game? Introducing Bloodborne: The Board Game.

Bloodborne board game Kickstarter, $2m pledged already

Bloodborne has officially joined the other range of video games acquiring their very own table top edition last month, and now the Kickstarter project has already traversed its goal in donations. The project is being held by board game makers CMON and what the company has shown off is certainly an impressive. Proving that point is the extreme amount of support it has gotten since the time it has been made available to back, at the time of writing this the project has reached the $2,293,943 million mark.

This figure is damn impressive for a Kickstarter project, and especially one that is a board game. CMON set the goal for this project at $200,000 and that figure has been completely toppled by fans. It is unclear what CMON will be doing with this extensive amount of support, but what we do know is that the board game will have much more potential which can only be good for the project. CMON says that backers can expect the Bloodborne: The Board Game to arrive sometime in May of 2020, this date could be subject to change due to the surprising amount of support the project has gained.

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Mortal Kombat 11 PC patch: AI, crashes and frame data fixes

Jak Connor | Gaming | May 2, 2019 3:00 AM CDT

A new Mortal Kombat 11 PC patch has been released bringing the PC version of the game up to where the console version is. Patch notes have also been released and have been made available here.

Mortal Kombat 11 PC patch: AI, crashes and frame data fixes

Mortal Kombat 11 for the PC has recently been blessed with a new update that has brought the PC version of the game up to where the console version is. The new updates patch notes have been released onto the Steam listing for Mortal Kombat 11 and have made changes to the games AI, various crashing bugs, online match-making and several issues with FXAA.

This update also brought some changes to Tower of Time, the changes feature some adjustments to the AI difficulty, health reductions for opponents, increases for Koin Rewards and many more small fixes here and there. I recently reported on a Mortal Kombat 11 mod that unlocked the games 30FPS lock to 60FPS through mod. This mod made the menu, intros and fatal blows to be showcased in glorious 60FPS, it was believed that this update broke the mod but it has recently been updated and you can download the updated version for free here.

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New Forza Street game rumored to drift onto Nintendo Switch

Jak Connor | Gaming | May 2, 2019 2:00 AM CDT

A new Forza title has been published onto the Microsoft Store titled 'Forza Street', and the game is also planned to be coming to iOS and Android. Now, new rumors have suggested that Forza Street is coming to the Nintendo Switch.

New Forza Street game rumored to drift onto Nintendo Switch

Forza Street developers Electric Square has said that Forza Street will debut to the App Store and Google Play Store "later this year". Now AR12Gaming has managed to scrape the source code for the game on PC and found many references to the Nintendo Switch platform. While this doesn't necessarily confirm that Forza Street is on its way to the Nintendo Switch, it does line up with Microsoft's initiative to bring Microsoft games over to the Nintendo Switch.

Personally, I think that Forza Street would be a great fit for the Nintendo Switch platform, and I also think the Switch could use a well rounded modern racing game on its platform, as I believe many users would welcome an experience such as this one. If you are interested in checking out more information regarding Forza Street, visit the official Forza Street website here.

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Gearbox founder 'would love' to bring Borderlands to Switch

Jak Connor | Gaming | May 2, 2019 2:00 AM CDT

Being a Nintendo Switch owner, there is a few titles that I would love to see come to the Nintendo Switch. One of those titles I would love to see debut on the handheld console is definitely Borderlands.

Gearbox founder 'would love' to bring Borderlands to Switch

Borderlands would be one of the most perfect games to come to the Nintendo Switch, imagine portable co-op missions with a bunch of friends leading up to the release of Borderlands 3. I believe most Nintendo Switch owners would agree that Borderlands would be an amazing addition to the Nintendo Switch library of games, and it seems Borderlands' founder also agrees with that idea.

In a Twitter post answer to Gearbox's founder Randy Pitchford, a fan asked Pitchford if "there any chance to see the borderlands series on the Nintendo Switch???". Pitchford replied to the tweet saying "I would love to see that happen." Due to the Borderlands art style, I think the graphical downgrades that the game would be facing wouldn't be that noticeable, they would certainly be present but I could think of many games that would suffer a worser fate. While this doesn't confirm that Borderlands is coming to the Nintendo Switch it certainly raises eyebrows at the possibility of it happening in the future.

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Borderlands 3 gameplay trailer is guns, guns and more guns

Jak Connor | Gaming | May 2, 2019 1:00 AM CDT

Borderlands developers Gearbox Software have decided to show off some gameplay footage from the upcoming title Borderlands 3. I hope you enjoy over-the-top weapons and even bigger bosses.

Borderlands 3 gameplay trailer is guns, guns and more guns

The reveal trailer for Borderlands 3 was like no other, fans flocked to the announcement and now the title is one of the most sought after games to date. Now, developer Gearbox has released another trailer onto their official YouTube Channel showcasing some gameplay of the title. We can see vehicles, an extremely large range of diverse weapons, a selection of extremely different looking environments and maps, unique abilities and some strange but interesting enemies.

The trailer doesn't forget to leave out weapons, thats for sure. We can see the player using some quite unique weaponry, some requiring a cool down squirt from your water gun due to the gun being literally on fire. Others allow for the player to shoot a missile and manually hone it on a enemy. To top everything off, players can also jump into a mech suit if the situation requires one. We also get a solid look at some of the enemies and bosses we will be facing, and they certainly do come in a variety of different sizes and have a range of different attacks.

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GIGABYTE celebrates AMD turning 50 with new X470 motherboard

Anthony Garreffa | Motherboards | May 2, 2019 12:28 AM CDT

If you didn't already know, AMD turned 50 years old on May 1 and outed its new Ryzen 7 2700X 50th Anniversary Edition and Radeon VII 50th Anniversary Edition products, while AIB partner SAPPHIRE revealed its slick yellow-themed Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ 50th Anniversary Edition, and GIGABYTE even stepped into the celebrations with its new X470 AORUS Gaming 7 Wi-Fi-50 motherboard.

GIGABYTE celebrates AMD turning 50 with new X470 motherboard

GIGABYTE's new X470 AORUS Gaming 7 Wi-Fi-50 motherboard has a specially designed box with the AORUS logo embossed in a beautiful gold to celebrate AMD turning 50. The board is a special edition kit with custom overlay that sits under the 24-pin ATX power connector, which has 'AORUS x AMD 50th Anniversary" markings in the RGB LED array.

There's no difference with the actrual board and the non-50 version, so I don't see the point - especially with X570 around the corner. But again, it'll be an awesome collectors item one day. Buy it and keep it in the box.

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