Bandai Namco today confirmed that Code Vein, the company's new unique hack-and-slash IP, will release in September.

Code Vein looks like a rather interesting game that melds J-RPG visuals with fast-paced dodge-and-slash action combat from a Dark Souls game. Internally described as a "dramatic dungeon-exploring action RPG," Code Vein features online co-op and will take players across a world riven with chaos and monstrosities. The combat itself will be blistering and fluid, and gamers will have a fair bit of exploration to tackle throughout their journeys.

Code Vein launches on September 28, 2018 for the PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Blizzard once again reiterates that a new Diablo project is currently in development, and based on the current job talent listing, it should be an entirely fresh game--not a Diablo II remaster.

Blizzard is currently hiring no less than eleven full-time positions to work on a new unannounced Diablo game, including a creative director and executive producer. The company seems to have filled the project's game director role following Josh Mosquiera's exit from Diablo III back in 2016. "The minions of Hell are growing stronger...We're working on a new, unannounced Diablo project. Come work with us, and together we will build something exceptional," reads the header on every listing.

We've known for a while now that Blizzard is making a new Diablo game, so this recent development shouldn't exactly be a big surprise to any of our readers. Blizzard has been steadily recruiting talent for the project for quite some time. A new Diablo game hasn't been directly announced but it has been confirmed by multiple job listings--but remember this only means that a project is in development, not that it will release.

The very first gameplay video of SEGA's Team Sonic Racing game has been revealed by the YouTube channel Shacknews, it showcases what is in store for the upcoming arcade racer.

This Sonic racing game will give players the opportunity to race with up to twelve friends in both online multiplayer and co-op modes. SEGA's idea behind this title is that they want to be utilizing all the best parts of a competitive racer while still including an arcade style.

Team Sonic Racing will also be featuring 4 player split screen and numerous racing modes to enjoy, some of which include Grand Prix Mode, Exhibition Mode, Time-Trial and Team Adventure Mode. According to the leak from Walmart, Team Sonic Racing will be released on the 31st of December 2018.

Well... NASA has discovered something on Mars after 2054 days on the Red Planet, with the US space agency set to hold a press conference tomorrow to tell the world about their discovery.

NASA said in a statement when they announced the press conference: "The media and public are invited to ask questions during a live discussion at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 7, on new science results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. The results are embargoed by the journal Science until then".

No one knows what NASA is going to talk about, but we do know that NASA's new drilling technique has worked, and now they're going to talk about something mysterious. The US space agency will have a bunch of scientists and experts on the ready, including:

Computex 2018 - Qualcomm has announced its new Snapdragon 850 processor, a new chip that was specifically designed for Windows 10 Always Connected PCs, and has some nifty upgrades and improvements under the hood.

The new Snapdragon 850 will be exclusive to Windows 10 machine and will not be used in smartphones or tablets, even though it is a customized Snapdragon 845. We have a 30% performance improvement, 20% improved battery life, and 20% faster peak performance over the previous-gen Snapdragon 835, which is great.

It's built on the second-gen 10nm process, the same node that the Snapdragon 845 was made on, with the same X20 modem for LTE connectivity. Qualcomm has performed both hardware and software tuning to the Snapdragon 850 so that it will perform PC tasks better than the current Snapdragon 845.

Computex 2018 - AMD is kicking all sorts of ass today with the announcements of its second-gen Threadripper CPUs rocking a huge 32C/64T of CPU power, the super-small Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano, and also the world's first GPU on 7nm - just like we said they would, last week.

AMD will have Vega on 7nm inside of the upcoming new Radeon Instinct part, which thanks to 7nm will feature 35% more performance over the previous-gen 14nm part, with twice the power efficiency that means it can do it all with under half the power consumption. Crazy stuff.

The density has been increased by 2x which means we can have smaller die sizes, or what I want - bigger GPUs. Bring it on, AMD. This now means AMD is ahead of the GPU game in one area, as even Volta is only on 12nm. It's good to see Team Red in their stride, and I can't wait to see what 7nm Radeon RX gaming cards can do.

Computex 2018 - AMD has just announced its new second-gen Threadripper CPU, and it is truly a monster that just so happens to be right around the corner.

The new Threadripper arrives on the same socket as the original Threadripper, but doubles the core count to 32C/64T for some extreme megatasking. AMD is using the new 12nm node with the Zen+ architecture on the second-gen Threadripper, which beats out Intel's just-announced 28C/56T processor.

AMD's new Threadripper will be coming in 24C/48T and 32C/64T with the company showing off the new CPUs on air cooling here at Computex, which is very impressive. The new Threadripper CPUs will be launching in Q3 2018, so we don't have long to wait at all.

Destiny 2 is getting some big changes, but if you're a new player be prepared to pay.

Destiny 2's big new Forsaken expansion is changing the shape of the game in many, many ways: from core shake-ups like weapon loadout designations, mods and shaders to exciting new super abilities, the DLC aims to please the community. In many ways Forsaken resembles the original game's The Taken King mega-DLC that ultimately saved Destiny...but there's a catch. The $40 Forsaken expansion requires both the base game as well as the two previous expansion packs--Curse of Osiris and Warmind--to play. And it doesn't come with either.

This little tidbit wasn't explicitly mentioned on the game's website, nor was it mentioned on Activision's official press release. I spotted it on the cover art for the expansion itself, which reads "Destiny 2 game, Destiny 2 Expansions I & II required. Sold separately." What's even more eyebrow-raising is that Forsaken, an expansion to a live game, comes with its own $30 season pass that potentially brings your investment up to $69.99. The total investment for new players though is much higher. The Destiny 2 Expansion Pass is $34.99 regularly (on sale on PSN right now), the base game is $59.99 MSRP still (can be had for cheaper, let's say $30) and Forsaken is $40. That's a hefty bit of cash.

Bungie has plotted Destiny 2's DLC roadmap well into next year.

Today marks a big occasion for Destiny 2. Bungie finally announced Forsaken, the game's big The Taken King-style expansion, which brings a massive core systems overhaul while adding in new endgame content, weapons, supers, and more. And it seems this $40 expansion will be the new baseline for Destiny 2's future content rollouts.

Forsaken has an optional $30 Annual Pass attached to it that unlocks three "premium content releases" that will "deliver new experiences to Destiny 2: Forsaken, including activities, end game content, and an arsenal of powerful weapons, armor, and gear to earn." Assuming these bits of content are priced at $10 they may not be actual expansion-sized affairs but instead piecemeal modules of sorts that beef up Forsaken. Or they could indeed be bigger DLC akin to Bungie's original Comet idea (I'm betting they aren't, though, despite the Eververse raking in untold amounts of money via microtransactions).

Bungie and its partnered studios are doing some very interesting things with Destiny 2--including total weapon slot customization.

Today saw the big reveal of Destiny 2's year two Forsaken expansion that promises to evolve the shooter's core mechanics. One of these changes that Forsaken brings is allowing players to switch between Destiny 1's and Destiny 2's weapon slot designations (one primary, one special, and one heavy weapon style loadouts will return)...but there's also a third option. A crazy option. Forsaken will let you use three power weapons at once--well three shotguns, anyway. Probably not rocket launchers.

"Hey, if you like Destiny 2, great, play that way. If you like Destiny 1, great, play that way. But if you're crazy, why not three shotguns? Just for the fun of it," said Bungie's sandbox design lead Josh Hamrick.