Nintendo have just conducted their Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct Livestream and have announced a brand new fighter to join the roster, introducing Simon Belmont from Konami's Castlevania series.

Rumors begun of Simon Belmont from back in June from known leaker DasVergeben, who leaked out the information that all of the previous Super Smash Bros fighters would be returning for Ultimate. According to the rumors by Vergeben, Simon Belmont was meant to be revealed alongside Ridley at this years E3. That didn't happen, and resulted in everyone expecting Simon Belmont to be revealed at a later date, what better time than Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct?

Everyone has expected the arrival of Simon Belmont, even the Super Smash Bros. YouTube Channel teased the fighter through some music they released. Throughout the Direct livestream, it is officially confirmed that Simon Belmont will be joining the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. Simon carries his iconic holy whip and is everything you expect him to be from his respective series. For further information regarding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, visit the official Smash website here.

SEGA has released a new short video onto their Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube Channel, the video details the mechanics players will be expeirencing on the racing track.

From the video we can see numerous ways players will be able to catch up from lower positioned races, mechanics such as Skimboost will propel struggling teammates forward once you pass them. Slingshot will do the same thing but will only work if a player drives through another team mates slipstream, if this is done then the player that is behind the team mate will receive a substancial boost.

Rival Takedown is quite straightforward, if a player knocks out a competing racer then they can speed past them. Item Box Transfer allows for teammates to trade items to one another from anywhere on the track, if used correctly this should allow for players to strategically keep all team mates at around the same speed. Team Ultimate boost can be used by team mates once the Team Ultimate meter has been fully filled, using this mechanic will unleash a massive boost to all team members. For further information regarding Team Sonic Racing, visit the official Team Sonic Racing website here.

Capcom has performed an interview with GamesIndustry regarding the Resident Evil 2 Remake, throughout the interview it has been revealed that the developer considered releasing the game with a fixed camera view.

Capcom Europe COO, Stuart Turner sat down with GamesIndustry to reveal some details about the upcoming title. According to Turner, inner Capcom employee's had numerous discussions to whether they would be able to provide "everything for everyone" in regards to "tank controls" and "fixed cameras." Turner also does mention that the developers "did try first-person, we did try fixed camera", but after much discussion it was decided that "a third-person view works better."

This decision from Capcom had the developer on the edge of it's seat, as EMEA Marketing Director Antonie Molant says "That was probably the main worry, or question mark, that we had" leading into the E3 2018 reveal. Molant says that he was worried that the decision of making the camera angle third-person would divide the fan-base, surprisingly it has had quite the opposite effect "but, although there might have been some initial dissenting voices, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive."

A day before the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate themed Nintendo Direct, Nintendo has uploaded a video to their YouTube Channel under 'unlisted.' The video gives a massive clue to who the next new fighter to be announced is, shall we see Simon Belmont revealed tomorrow?

The leak has been picked up by the /r/Smashbros sub reddit and has blown up, according to the post "Last week's Galaga music update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had its title changed on the official Smash Bros. YouTube channel. The new name? Bloody Tears / Monster Dance." For those that didn't know, Blood Tears is one of Castlevania's most iconic tracks, it debuted on Castlevania II: Simon's Quest and has been redone several times over the course of the franchise.

Listening to the video that was released onto the Super Smash Bros. YouTube Channel, you can hear a clear distinction between that of the original Castlevania track the newly released one. It is especially suspicious as Nintendo are only 24 hours away from their Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, this could suggest that all of the rumors about Simon Belmont joining Smash could be true, I suppose we will find out very soon. If you missed out on the rumors surrounding Simon Belmont, catch up on that story here. There are also rumors about King K. Rool and Paper Mario also being announced, if you missed those visit that story here.

Marvel and Insomniac's Spider-Man is very close to launch and to keep that hype ball rolling, Insomniac's Creative Director, Bryan Intihar has sat down with PlayStation Access to reveal a further 20 minutes of gameplay footage.

From the video we are introduced to a more strategic Spider-Man, players will have the choice of approaching missions through either stealth take-downs, or more hand-to-hand open combat. The video showcases that Spidy is able to calmly approach enemies and take them down from behind, above, the sides and basically any other direction as long as he isn't spotted prior to the attack.

Inithar narrates over the gameplay footage which then leads to a battle between Kingpin and Spidy, during this fight Inithar reveals (15:10) that players will be battling the Sinister Six later in the game. Inithar also says that players will be able to experience what it is like play as Peter Parker, the same goes for M.J as well. It is not detailed how players will be able to play as them or what will specifically be done, but now it has been confirmed that it is possible. Marvel's Spider-Man will be releasing exclusively on the PlayStation 4 on September 7th.

A new set of screenshots have been released from Activisions Spyro Reignited Trilogy, the images are the first set of screenshots from the third Spyro game, Spyro Year of The Dragon.

From the images we can see that the remastered version is more than a considerable increase in graphical quality when compared to the original game. We can also see Spyro on the skateboard from these images, the skateboard provided for a massive role in Spyro 3 so hopefully as we move closer to the released of the Trilogy Activision showcase some gameplay of it in action.

If you missed out on the recent news about the Spyro Reignited Trilogy shipping on one disc and then requiring a further update to acquire both of the other Spyro titles, visit that story here. If you also happened to miss the 12 gorgeous minutes of Spyro gameplay footage showcasing Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, check that out here.

AMD has released new Radeon drivers that are optimized for new games like Monster Hunter World, We Happy View, Madden NFL 19, and World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. You can download them right here.

The new Radeon Adrenalin 18.8.1 drivers offer up to 5% more performance on the Radeon RX Vega 64 for Monster Hunter World, and for Radeon RX 580 owners you can expect up to 6% additional performance. There are some bug fixes included with Fortnite crashing upon launch in Windows 7 solved, as well as some issues with multi-GPU systems crashing when changing resolutions in-game fixed.

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 Release Notes

Activision and Treyarch are only days away from unleashing the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 PC beta, and now we know what we'll need to run it - and the answer is: not much.

The COD: Black Ops 4 beta kicks off on the PC on August 10 for those who pre-ordered the game, and on August 11 for those who didn't. It's exclusive to Blizzard Battle.net, so you'll need to jump on there to get into it.

At a minimum, you'll require:

It's official: AMD is kicking ass and taking names once again with the release of their second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs with the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX coming in as a 32C/64T beast that has taken the Cinebench performance crown from Intel.

Until now, Intel's fastest Core i9-7980XE (18C/36T) at 4.2GHz scored 4136 in the multi-core test of Cinebench R15, while their prototype 28C/56T processor teased at Computex 2018 not even able to beat the Threadripper 2990WX when overclocked. The prototype 28C/56T chip when under a massive cooling system was pushed to 5GHz and scored 7344, but when the 2990WX is overclocked to 5.1GHz on LN2 it pushes a huge 7618.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is the flagship second-gen Threadripper CPU with 32C/64T of CPU performance, 250W TDP, 16MB of L2 cache, and 64MB of L3 cache. AMD is tapping quad-channel DDR4 on the second-gen Threadripper, with base CPU clocks of 3GHz and boost of 4GHz with Precision Boost Overdrive taking things up to 4.2GHz in single-core optimized workloads.

Digital continues to drive quarterly earnings for Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive, in no small part thanks to GTA Online's continued success.

Every year Take-Two leverages its popular slate of IPs to rake in considerable earnings, but it's not all about raw game sales. Popularity is now typically measured in ARPU and MAUs, especially when premium games like GTA V have live service modes attached to them. The industry is pivoting more towards digital revenues and Take-Two is a major player in this regard.

In Q1 of its Fiscal Year 2019 timeline, Take-Two Interactive continued its long-running trend of digitally-focused revenues. Digital made $315 million in Q1, up 17.4% year-over-year, and accounting for a whopping 81% of the $388 million earned from total net revenues. What's even more indicative of Take-Two's strong engagement performance is how much of its digital revenues are made up of recurrent consumer spending (ie microtransactions, DLC, etc) hooks that are attached to most of its key games.