The new Modern Warfare reboot will indeed have microtransactions, but details have been quite light and fans are worried. Infinity Ward says more info is coming soon but we can make some guesses how monetization will work.

Like all of Activision's games (especially big AAA juggernauts like Call of Duty) the new Modern Warfare shooter will indeed be monetized. There's no way it won't be. The company enjoys billions every year from microtransactions thanks to strong online engagement and Call of Duty is always a big cash crop. This time around the publisher has a new trick with cross-play on PS4, Xbox One and PC that'll maximize player counts. This new method is so potentially potent that every new Activision-Blizzard game should support it.

So why hasn't Infinity Ward or Activision talked about microtransactions yet? It's a sore topic, something that has to be handled with finesse. They've all but confirmed mTX by saying Modern Warfare has the biggest post-launch DLC pipeline out of any CoD game, and that MW won't have a season pass. Why not just spill the beans and confirm cosmetic microtransactions? That's the least harmful way to monetize games these days--just toss in a bunch of skins and vanity items, and bam. It's the lesser of two evils.

Deep Silver says it'd like to do more timed-exclusivity deals with the Epic Games Store, hinting its biggest future hits could skip Steam.

Epic is paying big bucks to buy up timed exclusives for its storefront, and publishers like Deep Silver, 2K Games, and Ubisoft want in on the action. Deep Silver in particular caused a big ruckus by switching Metro Exodus from Steam over to EGS, delaying the game's Steam launch until 2020. The move was controversial but it was also quite lucrative for Deep Silver thanks to the Epic Store's 88-12 revenue split, and the switch didn't impact sales.

In the quest for more money, the games-maker wants to sign more exclusives with Epic, which could mean its biggest upcoming titles like Saints Row V, Dead Island 2, and 4A Games' brand new Metro game could all skip Steam for an entire year.

Remedy's new supernatural sci-fantasy shooter Control is getting some much-requested features, including a motion blur toggle and a photo mode.

Launching a game as beautiful and dazzling as Control without a photo mode is a crime. But Remedy redeems itself in many other ways; the game is a spectacle of environment destruction physics, a unique artistic style, and wickedly fun gunplay. Gamers are still annoyed with some things though, namely the motion blur and incredible performance drops on base PS4 consoles. Now Remedy says fixes are on the way...but they could take some time.

Remedy plans to add an on/off toggle for motion blur with the game's next update, which could come out mid-September. A photo mode is also coming so gamers can easily freeze frame bizarre moments, snap them, and share them online. The big FPS drops on consoles will take longer to adjust and there's no ETA on that front.

Cyberpunk 2077 has fast-travel, but CD Projekt RED's own devs don't use it much. The game is simply too immersive and amazing to skip through.

CDPR is going above and beyond with Night City, the in-game world for Cyberpunk 2077. It's a world within itself, a high-tech metropolis bustling with real-time AI, next-gen dynamism, and tons of stuff to see and do. It's kind of like a Blade Runner wonderland or a playground right out of Johnny Mnemonic; you can hack practically everything, go buy some fancy new guns or robot arms, or just zoom around the city on a cyberbike or a supercar like a futuristic GTA game.

In a recent Q&A session stemming from the new Cyberpunk 2077 footage, CD Projekt RED devs talked about how jam-packed Night City is with life and content. It's a dazzling and brilliant hub full of crime, mayhem, and living, breathing cultures. Fast-travel is a part of locomotion, but you really probably shouldn't use it. You'll be missing out on all the crazy things Night City has to offer.

CD Projekt RED's latest sci-fi shooter will have tons of vehicles straight out of a high-tech Grand Theft Auto.

Cyberpunk 2077 isn't just a FPS RPG. It also takes cues from GTA and lets you jump into a spruced up high-tech car to roam around Night City's seedy neon-lit streets. And like Grand Theft Auto, the game will have tons of vehicles to choose from--all of which can be claimed.

We've seen a few examples of the different types of vehicles from past videos--Jackie's sweet supercar from the E3 2018 demo, and now the Akira-esque Yaiba Kusanagi bike and armored muscle car--but there's a lot more in the actual game. Sadly we won't be able to operate the flying cars (known as AVs, or Aerial Vehicles) but CDPR did tease some "special vehicles" during a recent stream.

Today CD Projekt RED dropped the new 14-minute Cyberpunk 2077 demo from E3 2019, and it's jam-packed with info. First we saw how Netrunners can hack pretty much anything in the world, and now we get a taste of the game's dynamic skill system.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a huge choice-driven RPG where you can mix and match abilities at will. There's no hardline classes, and it's up to you how you want to play: as a melee specialist who dukes it out and blasts baddies with huge guns or a stealthy Netrunner who melds with the shadows, CDPR gives you opportunities to fill out all the variations in between. The skill system is actually pretty familiar and takes cues straight from games like Morrowind and Skyrim.

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't really have skills. Instead it has perks that buff your proficiency in things like hacking, rifle handling, and augmentation efficiency. All of Cyberpunk 2077's perks are governed by an attribute similar to Morrowind or Oblivion, but the perks are straight out of Skyrim.

In Cyberpunk 2077's high-tech futuristic Night City, everything's connected. That means everything can be hacked and turned into a weapon, including bench presses and a boxing training robot that punches people's heads off.

Cyberpunk 2077 has a ton of playstyle options, but choosing a stealthy Netrunner lets you hack the world around you in creative ways. It's kind of like Watch Dogs, but with a more involved and ambitious next-gen scope. Being a seasoned Netrunner means you can manipulate the massively connected world of Night City and turn practically everything into a weapon or a much-needed distraction--including actual enemies. Pretty much everything is electronic and connected to a network, making the city a playground for your amusement. The results are often pretty humorous--hacking a bench press machine so it fails and crushes a guy's head

"Just develop your Netrunner skills to hack into enemy tech to have it do the dirty work for you."

Spiders Studios' (The Technomancer, Bound by Flame) new RPG Greedfall might just fill the BioWare-shaped void in the games market.

Greedfall looks to be Spiders' best project yet and is kind of a mix of Dragon Age, The Witcher, and even Assassin's Creed, all wrapped up in an exotic colonial style. A new gameplay video on IGN narrated by a Spiders dev illustrates the game's ambitious scope. Set in the fantasy world of Teer Fradee, the game merges a kind of expeditious realism with myth and magic straight out of a sword and board epic. Strange beasts roam the lands, including enchanted tree guardians, hulking monstrosities, and a manner of shadowy creatures--all of which drop loot and materials to fuel gameplay.

The real power of Greedfall comes in its mechanics. It might be a AA game, but it seems to blend some big AAA aspects together in a nice mix. It's a singleplayer-only RPG replete with BioWare influences like a party system with cinematic dialog sequences, action-based combat combined with a strategic freeze-frame quick menu to change things around, and an intuitive mix of sword and sorcery variety. There's swords and firearms and combat is third-person lock-on hack-and-slash action.

Marvel plan on rolling out some character profile mini-trailer for each of the characters in their upcoming Marvel's Avengers game, first off we have Captain America.

While I believe that this Marvel's Avengers title certainly has some potential to be great, the above character trailer really doesn't get me that excited for it. This is mainly due to its length and what we see in the trailer. Basically all we are shown is Captain America's suit (which everyone has seen before), and some basic combat of him kicking and punching enemies.

It says in the description that its "time to get to know our heroes!" so I can assume that there will be more of these trailers introducing each of the other Avengers. Hopefully we given some more detail, in combat, character design etc, so gamers know what they are in for when picking up the title. Marvel's Avengers will be coming to the Xbox One, PS4 and PC on May 15th.

CD Projekt has looked back on the first half of 2019 and has commented on their sales and revenue makers, The Witcher 3 is still a main means of income for them.

CD Projekt RED has released a press release detailing their revenue for the first half of 2019 and it reveals that The Witcher 3 sales still "remain strong". The email excerpt which has been provided by Dom on his personal Twitter page quotes Piotr Nielubowicz: "In the first half of 2019 gamers actually purchased more copies of The Witcher 3 than during the first of the previous year!"

If I was to give a guess as to why The Witcher 3 sales are still going strong and are actually improving, I would say it would have something to do with Netflix's Witcher TV show that is expected to launch by the end of the year. Perhaps fans of Henry Cavill (actor who is playing Geralt in the TV show), enticed some new gamers to give The Witcher 3 a shot before both the show releases.

HackerOne has announced that they have now rewarded six individuals with over one million dollars each for their bounty bug finding efforts.

The announcement has come via the official HackerOne Twitter account where they say that the ranks of 7-figure-earning hackers has now reached six people. First off, we have Santiago Lopez who is only 19-years old and was the first to cross the $1 million dollar mark.

Mark Litchfield from the UK was next, followed by Frans Rosen from Sweden, then Nathaniel Wakelam from Australia, Ron Chan from Hong Kong and finally Tommy DeVoss from the US. Each of these individuals have reached the 1 million dollar mark or above.

You remember that obnoxiously funny prehistoric squirrel from the Ice Age movies? Well, he is getting his very own game and its heading to every platform.

Above we have the teaser trailer for game which is called Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure. Bandai Namco and Outright Games have announced the title, and it seems that players will be struggling just as much as Scrat does in the movies to get that beloved acorn.

From the quick trailer we can see that players will be faced with some puzzles to solve and some cool locations to solve them in. It can also be noticed that Scrat's two front teeth will be used to latch onto ledges to pull himself up. There will also be some enemies to face and some cool gems to collect. Ice Age Scrat's Nutty Adventure will be heading to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 18th.

Ubisoft Blue Byte, the German arm of Ubisoft who is known for creating games such as Anno and The Settlers has released a new gameplay trailer for an upcoming title.

Before we jump into the above video, I would advise you turn on English subtitles unless you are fluent in German. Firstly, The Settlers uses the incredible Snowdrop Engine and we can see it in all its glory throughout the entirety of this 16 minute gameplay reveal. The reveal was done at Gamescom 2019, and we can see numerous different aspects of the upcoming game.

The gameplay trailer gives us a great look at the building and construction system players will be enjoying, as well as resource gathering, exploration, building upgrades, civilisation progression, unit management and more.

The Witcher TV is one of the most anticipated TV shows to come to the streaming platform, and now recent rumors are now pointing towards a solid release date that isn't even that far away.

According to Redanian Intelligence, Netflix's Giovanni Eugene Altamarquez, who is an executive producer for the show recently discussed possible release dates and when fans could expect the release to be.

During the discussions, Altamarquez said that fans could expect the show arriving on the streaming platform around late October, he than further clarified that November first would be a more "likely" release date. We cannot say if this is a solidified release date as it's not an official announcement by Netflix themselves, but either way we will be getting The Witcher TV show before the end of the year.

A full list of the upcoming TV shows and movies heading over to Netflix next month has been released, what will you be watching?

Netflix will be adding a plethora of new content for subscribers to enjoy next month, as numerous different types of TV shows and movies will taking charge on the streaming platform. What is coming? Almost every type of movie/TV show for every type of subscriber.

Just to cherry pick some of the additions that we will see throughout September, we have: Matt Groening's Disenchantment part 2, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, 300, Superbad, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Igor and many, many more. The full list has been provided with the individual release dates in the entirety of this article.

You would expect that a Microsoft exclusive title wouldn't be able to amass a impressive player purely because its platform restricted. Well, Forza Horizon 4 is the outlier with over 12 million players and counting.

The latest episode of Forza Monthly, it was revealed that Forza Horizon 4 has racked up a staggering 12 million players. This is the total number of players when combining both the PC and Xbox community.

Just like our friends over at DualShockers said, it would be extremely interesting to see how many of those 12 million gave Forza Horizon 4 a shot through the Xbox Games Pass, which then resulted in them eventually purchasing the game. If we had those statistics we would be able to see just how effective Microsoft's Game Pass is, and how many players are using the game pass to try new games.

Respawn has been going through a tough time with the Apex Legends community, something you cna read up on here, but moving on we have an ew character and new goodies coming into the game soon.

First off, the new legend coming into the world of Apex Legends will be Crypto, something that has leaked out of a GameStop leadership conference being held in Nashville, Tennessee. A new shot of Crypto shocking a slick coat and some cybernetic gear hooked up, and into him, has emerged.

There's also a new "Charge Rifle" that is coming to the game, with no details on it exactly -- but it could be a BFG-style heavy hitting weapon. We might see it only drop into the game through a Supply Drop, like other guns in the game like the L-Star, Mastiff, and Kraber.

President Trump and Vice President Pence have announced that US Space Command is back and operational, after a lengthy 17-year hiatus the Cold War-era division of the Air Force is back.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the US Space Command will "ensure the protection of America's interests in space", but the new Space Command isn't the same, and shouldn't be confused with Space Force. Space Force is the 6th branch of military that President Trump is hoping to build, which will focus on Air Force operations where no one can hear you scream.

Trump said at the event itself: "The dangers to our country constantly evolve. Now, those who wish to harm the United States, who seek to challenge us in the ultimate high ground of space, it's going to be a whole different ballgame".

Control is the best looking game of the year (with Derek's review here), and one of the best-looking games of all time with all of its RTX real-time ray tracing effects enabled on GeForce RTX graphics cards -- but what about consoles?

Yeah, I know -- I'm not surprised either, with consoles not capable of running Control smoothly. The base Xbox One and PS4 consoles run Control like crap, with the game dropping into 15FPS without a problem, and down to an even more unplayable 10FPS at times. Digital Foundry's video (above) does a great job (as always) of breaking down Control on the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, PS4, and PS4 Pro consoles.

Even the 'higher-end' Xbox One X and PS4 Pro consoles drop into the 20FPS region, which is ridiculously low for games not just in 2019, but forever. Digital Foundry notes that the stock Xbox One and PS4 performance of Control was so bad, he thought something was wrong with his consoles and rebooted them. It didn't fix the issue, obviously.

ADATA has just unveiled the world's first 4D gaming mouse at IFA Berlin 2019, the new XPG Headshot Gaming Mouse.

The new ADATA XPG Headshot Gaming Mouse hits some big buzz words in AI and 4D printing, with ADATA teasing its new XPG HEADSHOT gaming mouse combines intelligence, ultra-light form factor, and "versatile lattice structure" that forms to make the "ultimate gaming mouse".

ADATA XPG Director of Products and R&D, Luca Di Fiore explains: "The XPG HEADSHOT is the embodiment of our commitment to achieving a relentlessly fine-tuned and insanely ergonomic experience. From day one, we have sought out ways to accommodate both Esports professionals' needs with tech enthusiasts wants to create a mouse that is an extension and reflection of who they are".