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Entertainment Weekly has released the opening weekend numbers for the recently released Spider-Man: Far From Home.

The most recent release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is Spider-Man: Far From Home and as expected the movies box office earnings are exceptional. According to Entertainment Weekly, Far From Home managed to pull in $93.6 million from the US and Canada over the weekend, from July 5th to the 7th.

Since Far From Home was released on a Tuesday instead of the typical Friday, Far From Home managed to break the record for the biggest domestic Tuesday release ever with $39.3 million. When looking at the 6-day box office spread, Spider-Man: Far From Home managed to pull in a total of $185 million from both the US and Canada. When looking world-wide, Far From Home has already manged to rake in $580 million in less than a week.

Step into the action in Bandai Namco's most recent gameplay trailer for their upcoming One Punch Man title, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows.

Bandai Namco are gearing up to release their upcoming 3v3 fighting game that is based on the extremely popular anime/manga series, One Punch Man. The title is called One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows and the above gameplay trailer introduces us to some of the shows characters.

In the above trailer we see Vaccine Man, Mosquito Girl, Carnage Kabuto and Deep Sea King. All of these characters are from the shows first season and of course as players you will be able to play the hero himself, Saitama. Players will also be able to walk in the shoes of other characters such as Genos, Hellish Blizzard, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic and Mumen Rider. One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows will be arriving on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 in 2019.

Nintendo of Japan have revealed some special news for Tetris 99 players, later this year a second DLC will be arriving for the game and it will be concentrating on adding offline modes.

According to the announcement which has been translated by Siliconera, Nintendo will be bringing the 2nd Big Block DLC to players that will include more offline versus modes and split-screen variations.

The DLC only comes in at a cost of $9.99 and within that cost is the entire game as well. Tetris 99 is currently available on the Nintendo Switch and for more information check out the Nintendo eShop listing for the title here.

In Nintendo's recent shareholder announcement meeting we have learned that the Nintendo Switch Online service is home to over 10 million users.

Nintendo has released the transcripts of their 79th annual general meeting of shareholders, and one of the questions that was posted to Nintendo regarded the attraction of their Nintendo Switch Online service. Here is the question: "A Nintendo Switch Online subscription is very inexpensive, so the barrier to entry feels low, but on the other hand the content of the service still feels rather weak. How will you enhance the service going forward?"

Shuntaro Furukawa, the representative Director and President of Nintendo replied and said "The number of subscribers for Nintendo Switch Online has increased steadily since the service was launched last September, and it has now surpassed 10 million accounts. Nintendo Switch Online provides users the ability to play Nintendo Switch games over the internet, both competitively and cooperatively."

We aren't far away from the Gears of War 5 technical test on the PC, with developer The Coalition releasing some early PC requirements for the game. You will need to have Windows 10 with the May 2019 update applied at a bare minimum, along with 6GB of RAM and 15GB of HDD space.

The Coalition will kick off the pre-download of the Gears of War 5 tech test starting July 17 at 10AM PDT, where it will take place between July 19 at 10AM PDT through to July 22 at 10AM PDT. There will be a second technical test for Gears of War 5 a few days later, with The Coalition settings dates of July 26-29 at 10AM PDT.

The developer notes: "During Test periods, our goal is to test our servers handling an influx of players ahead of launch day. Gears 5 has an access queue system in place to protect server stability as much as possible - please be aware you may encounter some queueing as you start to play. Between test periods, the Tech Test will remain available for download but servers will be offline".

I'm sure you might be aware by now but AMD launched its next-gen Ryzen 3000 series CPUs in the last 24 hours (with our review here), with news quickly following that the company had teamed with gaming peripheral giant Razer to bring Razer Chroma lighting support to Ryzen CPU fans.

The new third-gen Ryzen 7 and 9 Wraith Prism fans now pack support for Razer Chroma RGB lighting, which means if you own any Razer Chroma-capable products all of the lighting can be easily controlled by Razer's in-house Synapse software. This means that AMD Ryzen gamers (at least with Zen 2 chips) that have Razer gaming keyboards, mice, mouse pads or headsets will enjoy synced RGB lighting goodness.

Another added benefit of this is that the AMD Wraith Prism HSF is not a pile of junk, it's actually a decent performer that already looks great, and with Razer Chroma support just became that little bit cooler. Yeah, I went there.

AMD has just launched its new Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 graphics cards (my review here) and then I happened to stumble upon news that the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2019 with some interesting numbers.

In terms of graphics cards used by gamers on Steam, we have a dominating 75.53% owned to NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards while its main competitor in AMD has 14.75% and the integrated GPU competitor (and soon to be discrete GPU competitor) in Intel has 9.58%. When it comes to the most popular graphics card used by Steam gamers we have the GeForce GTX 1060 as #1 with 16% of gamers using the GTX 1060 while the GTX 1050 Ti is owned by 10.6% and GTX 1050 with 6.22%.

AMD's first card on the most-used graphics cards by gamers on Steam is the Radeon RX 580 which comes in at #11 with 1.32% sitting in between the GTX 960M with 1.41% and the GTX 1070 Ti with 1.28%. We won't see these numbers change with Navi in the coming months, but it'll be interesting to see where these numbers will be in 18-24 months from now.

Nintendo is currently experimenting with lots of weird R&D controller designs for its next generation of hardware.

When it comes to controllers, Nintendo has been a huge pioneer. First they implemented the D-Pad, then they made huge waves with the N64's analog stick, followed up by the megaton bomb of the Wii's motion controls. The Switch however is more of an evolution of the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS than its own thing. Now they're working on something else, something different, something that may define its new generation of console hardware.

In a recent investors Q&A meeting, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says the company needs to accelerate its unique controller designs to compliment next-gen hardware. That last bit is quite interesting, too, because up until this point Nintendo has disavowed new Switch models. But Nintendo President Shuntaro Furakawa sort of teased a new Switch at the event and Miyamoto's words reinforce a new system is in the works.

Microsoft is apparently still developing a low-cost Xbox made specifically for Project xCloud game streaming.

A while back we predicted Microsoft could release a streaming-only Xbox built around its new cloud-based games service. The idea is the cheaper box wouldn't be a dedicated machine that plays games on its own, but instead be similar to a set top box that acts as a receiver for games beamed from Microsoft's Project xCloud servers. Then a few weeks after our prediction, word broke out that Microsoft was indeed making such a device. It's been a while since we last heard about the box, but now reports have resurfaced.

Sources tell Windows insider Brad Sams that the streaming-only box is in active development. Details are still shaky but the system, which could be an HDMI stick, a dongle, or even a smaller box, was likely built from the old experimental Project Hobart device.

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The moon is haunted, and terrors roam its blasted surface. Some new Shadowkeep footage takes players back to those hallowed Giger-esque chasms and macabre pits of doom.

Destiny's moonscape was always captivating. It's a place of ancient, eldritch power, where specters roam and undying creatures plot in the dark. Destiny 2's big new Shadowkeep expansion is basically a horror film that preys deeply on your fear with its environments and enemies, and this new bit of footage certainly raises our hackles.

From the claustrophobic halls of blackness to the dark cathedrals to blasphemous gods, Shadowkeep is an exotic foray into the bizarre. It's like a twisted mashup of the world's most profoundly weird artists: Beksinski, Barlowe, Giger, even pieces straight out of a Barker horror flick.

I still remember buying an overseas copy of Grand Theft Auto III for my PlayStation 2 at the time as the "Hot Coffee" version was banned in Australia, so I imported it from New Zealand for something like $150 at the time. But that's about my limit... $90,000 on the other hand? That game better get up, clean my house, cook me dinner and do my work for me everyday, right?

Well, some collectors will happily pay $90,000 for a rare game like Extra Terrestrials -- yeah, the one that no one would remember from 1983 for the Atari 2600. A game released in the same year I was born is sitting on eBay for $90,000 and could be the rarest game in existence. A physical copy of Extra Terrestrials is so rare as it was one of the last games manufacturered for the Atari 2600 in 1984, as the wave of the huge video game crash of 1983 happened.

The seller on eBay is called 'gamewizard69' that explains: "the only confirmed private owner of this game right now", with the only other copy being in the PC Museum. It will come with the cartridge only, no retail packaging and is in an "acceptable condition". Yay, for $90,000 it can be all yours.

It started off as a rumor and now it has been officially confirmed online, and by my own sources at AMD -- they have indeed reduced the price of the Radeon RX 5700 series cards. NVIDIA increased the competition right before luanch with its new GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and RTX 2070 SUPER, forcing AMD to drop its prices.

AMD says it dropped the prices because it "embraces competition, which drives innovation to the benefit of gamers. In that spirit, we are updating the pricing of our Radeon RX 5700 Series graphics cards, launching July 7". The new prices on the Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 series are as follows:

AMD continues: "We know that gamers will be thrilled once they have the opportunity to experience the amazing performance, stunning visual fidelity and highly responsive gameplay these new graphics cards provide. Making history on 7/7 as the first company to launch gaming CPUs and GPUs together - the first in 7nm and PCIe 4.0 - is all about pushing the ultimate gaming experience forward for as many gamers as possible".

Doom, the bad mofo of all first-person shooters. Everyone knows it, everyone loves it, and now the rip-and-tear classic is getting re-skinned with some modded upgrades.

Doom still looks and plays great today, pixellated effects and all. Like the virulent heart of evil, Doom is immortal and has stayed true to its legacy for decades. But that hasn't stopped talented modders like gamehacker from updating the demon-slaughtering original with some updated visuals.

Introducing Doom Reborn, a total conversion mod that merges old-school mayhem with Doom 3's idTech 4 engine. Essentially the mod recreates both Doom and Doom 2 with the newer idTech 4 toolset, allowing for beefier visuals, drastically improved combat fluidity, and some nifty lighting effects and textures. It's the hell-razing adventure you remember only with a different skin.

There's been lots of mixed signals on a new Switch model, and Nintendo of course doesn't clear anything up.

We've been hearing about a Switch Mini for a while now. Reports say system will replace the flagging 3DS as a lower-cost entry point to the Switch ecosystem, playing all Switch games and even dock for TV play. The trade-off? Fused JoyCons that don't detach, a smaller form factor with possibly a smaller screen, and no included dock. Specs should be the same. A Chinese retailer also put up some mock-up cases for the Switch Mini, igniting further speculation. There's also rumblings of a beefier next-gen Switch model that could get some upgrades, or a slightly revised Switch variant with a new OLED panel. Then key sources told Bloomberg that the next-gen Switch isn't happening after all. So what gives?

Nintendo didn't reveal any new info (and won't until the device is actually ready) but we did get a few teasers from the recent shareholders Q&A event in Japan. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says the company is always making new hardware (most of which is never actually released) and he won't discuss any details because it'd ruin the surprise.

Cloud game streaming is on the rise, but Nintendo isn't ready to jump in just yet. It plans to watch to see how the game unfolds.

Two major game streaming platforms are launching this year: Google's new Stadia platform, and Microsoft's Project xCloud. Both will beam games directly to devices gamers already own for a set fee. Sony has likewise been in the streaming game since 2014 with PS Now. But Nintendo's foray with streaming has been a toe-dip versus its competitors' deep dives. The company's been experimenting with a weird on-demand cloud streaming option in Japan that rents out Switch games for a period of time...however that's not really sustainable. Now Nintendo says it's interested in game streaming, 5G, and cloud tech, but only as a tentative buffer to its dedicated console business.

In a recent shareholders Q&A session, top Nintendo execs remarked about game streaming and how it could affect their strategy for the future. If anything, it'll supplement the core business of selling games on dedicated hardware instead of replacing it (both Microsoft and Sony are taking this proactive approach, whereas Stadia is a hostile attack on all gaming hardware). And Nintendo will only fully embrace game streaming when it becomes big.

The Switch might not be as powerful as an Xbox One or PS4, but it's quite mighty in other ways.

To get games running on the Nintendo Switch, developers have to scale back their games and dial down resolution, frame rates, draw distances--pretty much every aspect has to be carefully balanced. The Nintendo Switch's lower-end Tegra X1 SoC is a thorn in developers' sides and the system's form-factor power disparity doesn't help. As a result, many AAA games have skipped the Switch because certain games just won't run on it (conversely, even The Witcher 3 is getting ported).

Nintendo investors have noticed this gap in AAA games. The Switch's 34.74 million install base makes it appealing for some projects like indies, re-releases, and a handful of new titles, but it's not always included for big-budget games (although more and more publishers are embracing it).

What gamer doesn't like free games right? Well, head on over to the Epic Games Store to get your hands-on your own copy of Overcooked.

If you aren't quite sure what Overcooked is, the game is team based title where you and some trusty friends have to work your way around ever-changing kitchens. Each of the kitchens come with their own little puzzles and quirks that players will have to overcome in order to successfully get each of the required meals out.

I have personally enjoyed a lot of time in Overcooked and can whole heartedly recommend it to anyone who wants another couch co-op experience to sink their teeth into. The game is best enjoyed when you and three other players are all in the same room screaming at each other, it really does get quite intense and makes for some solid laughs that you wouldn't really expect you'd have. Overcooked is free on the Epic Games Store until July 11th.

AMD looks to have reduced the price of its next-gen Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 in the last hours before its launch on 7/7, with VideoCardz reporting that AMD has reportedly dropped the Radeon RX 5700 to $399 down from $449 and the RX 5700 to $349 down from $379.

This move makes sense as it's something I was genuinely concerned about at the AMD Next Horizon Gaming event and expressed my dismay to other tech journalists and AMD themselves, saying that at over $399 the new RX 5700 XT would be dead in the water to whatever SUPER would end up being. Days later NVIDIA unveiled SUPER to a very limited number of press in LA at E3 2019 which I attended, and it was then that it was absolutely confirmed without a doubt that Navi was in trouble at $449.

If AMD is genuinely pricing the new Radeon RX 5700 XT at $399 then it is in a much better position to compete against the new GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER from NVIDIA, we just have to wait until our NDA expires on 7/7. Until then, back to benchmarking my Navi GPU samples -- and if you didn't see it, I just tested NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER graphics cards in NVLink mode!

Basically every gamer is somewhat excited to see what Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be like next year when it launches in April. Even though gamers definitely want the game, what if there was a movie in the works based on the game?

In an interview with Video Games Chronicle, Cyberpunk franchise creator Mike Pondsmith discussed the possibility of a movie being released about Cyberpunk 2077. Here is what he had to say, "I can't really say anything on [the movie rights]. But with Keanu Reeves being tied up in things, it's become much more of a possibility."

He continues and says that at this moment in time we are "Teaching people about this new kind of cyberpunk. My favorite film is Blade Runner, but I recognize inherently that it's a cerebral film and 2049 was even more cerebral. We found a sweet spot with Cyberpunk which is, we make you think, but we don't bog you down and give you an education."