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During EVO 2018, Bandai Namco decided they were going to showcase a brand new trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ, the trailer consisted of three upcoming characters, Base Vegeta, Base Goku and now Cooler.

From a leak that started back on July 19th from Twitter user Blackkite, which then eventuated into Bandai officially releasing trailers for into both Base Goku and Base Vegeta. The developer has taken to EVO 2018 to showcase yet again another trailer for the characters, but has now also included Frieza's brother, Cooler.

The trailer reveals to us a much better look at both of the characters movesets, we can see Goku using kaio-ken, Kamehameha and many close up combos. The same goes for Base Vegeta, we see combo's and galick gun displayed to us in an epic battle with Goku's kamehameha wave. What is most interesting in this video is the last half, as a "mighty warrior" approaches we are introduced to Cooler. Cooler will be joining the other season 1 DLC characters which include Bardock, Broly, Fused Zamasu and Vegito.

During the EVO 2018 Super Smash Bros. 4 finals, fans in the crowd took quite a negative turn towards the fighters that were chosen to compete. The very last EVO event for Smash 4 could possibly have been the worst.

This debate has been raging on since February 3rd, 2016 when Bayonetta was released into Super Smash Bros. 4. Players and fans alike have constantly debated whether the quick attacks and follow-up combo's are too much to compete against. The constant fast attacks from not only close range but afar result in a all round amazing move-set, so good that of the Smash finals of this years EVO 2018 mostly consisted of Bayonetta players.

One of those players was 16-year old Zack Lauth or better known as "CaptainZack". Zack took the stage with Tamim Omary or "Lima" who also happens to be quite young as well at 17. Both players picked Bayonetta, and to the crowds disapproval a slew of booing was thrown at them the entirety of the match. Zack and Lima took the booing on the chin and displayed what seemed to be personal enjoyment between eachother, despite the angry cries from the crowd. At the start of the final reset, both players decided amongst themselves that they would waste time, each player didn't attack one another for over 2 minutes of the game, until a EVO 2018 official forced the rules upon them.

God of War, the critically acclaimed title from Santa Monica Studios has had a new announcement made, the rich storyline that fans absolutely loved will be formed into a book.

God of War follows Kratos and his son Atreus, players delve into a father-son relationship that builds character. Kratos is set on teaching his son to survive in the wild while also training him to defend himself from monsters and perhaps even future gods. The games storyline was very well received by players, so well received that now a novelization has occurred and will be available at the end of the month.

The novel has been written by J.M Barlog, the father of Cory Barlog, who directed the new God of War. According to the description on the Amazon website, the novel will be concentrating on: "His vengeance against the gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive ... and teach his son to do the same. This startling reimagining of God of War deconstructs the core elements that defined the series-satisfying combat, breathtaking scale, and a powerful narrative-and fuses them anew." God of War: The Official Novelization will be available for $14.95 and will be released on August 28th. If you want to pre-order the title, visit the official Amazon listing here.

Nintendo has taken to their 'Nintendo Versus' Twitter page to announce that there will be a Nintendo Direct featured around the upcoming next installment into the Super Smash Bros. franchise, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

The official Nintendo Versus account has revealed that on August 8th at 7AM PT, fans of the Super Smash Bros. series will have more details revealed to them regarding the upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is possible that throughout this very unique Nintendo Direct we could have a new fighter revealed to us. The Nintendo Direct that was held in March this year teased Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the title was then officially revealed at E3 2018.

According to the Twitter post, the livestream will be hosted by none of then the Super Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai. Throughout this livestream we will most likely have the fundamental game mechanics explained to us and the rest of the changes that have been added to the new game. I'm assuming that Sakurai will be addressing the speed of the game as that has been a massive topic of discussion amongst the Smash community. The livesteam could also shed some light towards how many new characters will be included within the initial fighting roster, rumors have pointed towards the following possibilities: King K. Rool, Paper Mario, Simon Belmont and also Waluigi.

Samsung has a whole lot of hype around its upcoming Galaxy Note 9 smartphone and for good reason - it's the last flagship smartphone the company will unveil until at least CES 2019 which is when we should begin to see or hear official things about the Galaxy X, the world's first foldable smartphone.

For now, we'll deal with the latest rumor on the Galaxy Note 9 that sees it packing a huge 1TB of storage. Not only that, but Samsung will be pushing a larger battery into the Galaxy Note 9 where 'all-day battery' is being offered. We're expecting a 4000mAh battery inside of the Galaxy Note 9, up from the smaller 3300mAh battery which should provide the 'powerful all-day battery' that Samsung is teasing.

Samsung should offer up a Galaxy Note 9 with 512GB of storage and the option of upgrading to 1TB of internal storage with the expandable microSD card slot taking up to 512GB. There aren't 512GB microSD cards available in all countries, but Samsung will still be able to market the Galaxy Note 9 as having 'up to 1TB' off storage.

TSMC is one of the world's largest chip manufacturers, handling wafers of chips for the likes of NVIDIA and Apple has been hit with viruses on Friday night that forced multiple factories to be shut down in Taiwan.

We don't know which specific factories were hit with the viruses and shut down, and whether they were factories that are important to NVIDIA and its next-gen GeForce GTX 1180 and other graphics cards expected to be released imminently, or Apple's upcoming next-gen iPhone. August is a big month for manufacturing as we're leading into the holiday season and consumer devices are being made now, but you can't make those new expensive products without chips made by TSMC if you're one of their customers.

TSMC is now the world's largest independent semiconducer in the industry, with the company making NVIDIA's new 12nm GPUs for their upcoming GTX 11 series graphics cards, and the new 7nm chips for Apple's new iPhones. Other TMSC customers having chips made in Taiwan include AMD and Qualcomm. A small disruption like this in production can have very hefty snowball effects depending on which companies chips were being made that day.

Blizzard is bringing back the Overwatch Summer Games for a third year running now, with the new games kicking off on August 9.

The annual Summer Games will include summer-themed events, something that will include a soccer-inspired 3v3 fight in Lucioball, with rumors suggesting we should expect the matches to take place in Busan, Korea. Overwatch is one of the most popular games in the Asian region, so it would be fitting to host the annual Summer Games for Overwatch there.

Expect some Summer Games Loot Boxes to be released, with skins and other event items up for grabs. As an avid Overwatch player, I can't wait! Personally I want to see more than just Lucioball, with Blizzard going all out. The game isn't pushing boundaries against massive juggernauts like Fortnite now with an ever-changing world. I feel Lucioball for the third year in a row is... I don't know, a little boring?

Propelled by strong IPs like GTA Online, WWE, and NBA 2K, Take-Two Interactive wants to keep pushing live services into its slate of upcoming games.

Live services are a boon for major publishers and are currently the main driving force behind specific games. Everyone wants to make an online game that continually generates revenue over time via microtransactions, but not everyone can successfully monetize their game accordingly. Luckily for Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games has proven themselves adept at this feat with years and years of strong GTA Online earnings.

Taking a gander at the publisher's Fiscal Q1'19 earnings shows why it's keen on continuing this trend. The company earned $240.56 million from recurrent consumer spending (in-game purchases, microtransactions, DLC, etc) in the three-month period ended June 30, primarily driven by GTA Online and NBA 2K. Recurrent spending made up 63% of net revenues in Q1, up 21% year-over-year, and digital net revenue sits at $315 million, up 17.44% YoY.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V has been a runaway success since its release in 2013, and continues bolstering Take-Two's earnings on a quarterly basis.

Thanks to its online mode, GTA V has raked in consistent quarterly and yearly revenue via microtransactions and in-game purchases. But actual game sales are up too, and Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive is constantly surprised at the game's performance. The game, which strongly drives the publisher's recurrent consumer spending, has nearly reached 100 million global shipments (or sell-in).

"Sales of Grand Theft Auto V also outperformed our expectations with the sell-in of the title now approaching 100 million units," Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said in the company's Q1'19 earnings call. "Remarkably nearly five years after its initial release, Grand Theft Auto V remains the standard-bearer for the current console generation."

Tencent will be publishing Activision's Call of Duty game in China, the company recently announced.

Game titans Activision and Tencent have teamed up to bring one of the industry's biggest franchises to Chinese mobile markets: Call of Duty. We've known Activision is working on a smartphone-based Call of Duty for a while now, but the publisher is apparently working on two different flavors: a standalone game for Chinese gamers, and another being developed by Candy Crush dev King.

Tencent will be making the Call of Duty mobile game for China, which will be a free-to-play shooter that's likely infused with microtransactions and live service content. The game is specifically being geared for the Chinese market and won't be a port of its overseas cousin. Remember Activision is the king of monetization and has big plans for its mobile push, including further adapting its IPs into smartphone games.

I still remember growing up as a kid and my Dad being an avid Star Trek fan, and a huge fan of Patrick Stewart playing Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Well, Picard is coming back to the franchise which is huge news.

CBS has announced a new All Access series that will continue the story of Captain Picard, with Discovery co-creator Alex Kurtzman looking over the show with the help of other veterans from All Access' Star Trek show. We have no idea what it'll be about, when it'll arrive, or anything - but the news of Patrick Stewart returning to the role of Picard is big enough on its own.

Stewart took to his personal Twitter account to announce the news, and release a statement. In his tweet, he said: "It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him. Read my full statement in the photo".

Origin PC has just announced two new laptops that are made for gamers, streamers, and everyone in between: we have the EON15-S and EVO17-S, depending on your needs.

The EON15-S is under 1-inch thick and only 3.4 pounds, with a hybrid mechanical keyboard that features individual key lighting, and can pack up to the Intel Core i9-8950HK (6C/12T) processor. Origin also uses an all-in, intuitive battery saving feature that provides up to 8 hours of casual use on the EON15-S with a single press of the button.

Inside, the new Origin EON15-S can pack the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, with a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS display, up to 32GB of DDR4-2666MHz RAM, 2 x M.2 SSDs for storage, and Origin's own custom HD UV printing.

GIGABYTE has just announced their flagship X399 motherboard that is fully prepared and laden with features ready for AMD's upcoming next-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs.

The new GIGABYTE X399 AORUS Extreme motherboard will support the new Threadripper 2990WX which is AMD's upcoming 32C/64T flagship second-gen TR processor that has a TDP of up to 250W. GIGABYTE is using a heavily improved cooling system on the X399 AORUS Extreme, with 10+3 phase PWM supply that gets its power through not one, but two 8-pin EPS connectors.

There are 8 x DDR4 DIMM slots on the GIGABYTE X399 AORUS Extreme, 6 x SATA 6Gbps ports, 3 x M.2 slots (which are cooled by GIGABYTE's M.2 heat sinks), 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, and 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot. There's 64 PCIe lanes thanks to Threadripper, so GIGABYTE is preparing for anyone to throw the kitchen sink at this motherboard with connectivity options galore.

We already know that AMD is heavily committed to the semi-custom market with Sony working hand-in-hand with RTG on the development of Navi for their next-gen PlayStation 5 console, but now it's China's time in the spotlight with a Ryzen/Vega SoC in development.

A new semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) was announced today that packs a quad-core Ryzen CPU and Vega GPU with 24 stream processors, all packed with 8GB of GDDR5 memory. AMD is working with Zhongshan Subor on the new chip, something that will be powering a "new gaming PC and upcoming console" in China.

Inside, teh new SoC packs a 4C/8T Ryzen CPU at 3GHz, and 24 Vega CUs at 1.3GHz joined by the 8GB of GDDR5. We should expect Radeon RX 580 level performance, which is fine for 1080p and 1440p gaming at 60FPS depending on the game and detail levels used. The more interesting side here is that the Vega GPU technology is using GDDR5 memory and not HBM2 like AMD originally said when they announced the Vega GPU architecture.

There are games that let you play as a farmer, or an animal - and now we have Bee Simulator, where you play as... well... a bee. Check out the Gamescom 2018 trailer for Bee Simulator:

Bee Simulator will let players "compete with other bees in races, collect pollen, perform waggle dances, and explore a world inspired by Central Park in New York". Bringing legitimacy to the game in its soundtrack, something that The Witcher 3 composer Mikołaj Stroiński will be handling.

The game will of course have a pollen-collecting story mode where the bees are the heroes, and the humans are the bad guys. There's an exploration mode that lets you fly around Central Park, New York and a split-screen mode that has an additional map.

Octopath Traveler has now shipped 1 million units globally on the Switch, Nintendo today revealed.

Square Enix has to be happy about Octopath Traveler's performance, especially since it's a Switch exclusive. The game has been in hot demand in both Japan and overseas, where miscalculated shipments saw countless gamers waiting on their copy of the JRPG. Now Nintendo has confirmed the rather excellent RPG has hit 1 million combined shipments and digital sales on the eShop.

Sadly we don't have official numbers from the publisher but we should see more details drop during Square Enix's fiscal Q1 earnings. Given near universal acclaim and strong sales of Octopath Traveler, more traditional singleplayer-driven games could be cemented in the games-maker's plans. Square Enix has been dabbling with mobile games and live service type of experiences over the past few years or so--moves that've manifested into numerous gaming experiments--but ultimately game sales propel its business.

We'll soon see more Activision-Blizzard franchises made into mobile games, company CEO Bobby Kotick asserts.

Activision didn't get to the top of the games industry food chain without its strong engagement strategy. These gameplans have become the core driving force behind the industry's recurring revenue streams, and while Activision may have helped pioneer them, it wants to also innovate upon them via esports and partnerships. Typically this means the company has to leverage its eight billion-dollar franchises across all aspects of gaming, including mobile--and that's exactly what it plans to do.

In the company's Calendar Q2'18 earnings call, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said more franchises will cross over into the world's most accessible games platform.

Capcom should double-down on remakes and remasters to help fill out its release slate and provide long-term revenues.

Capcom is quite an interesting company. The Japanese games-maker has a wealth of unique, wholly-owned IPs that it leverages for sequels, spin-offs, and of course remasters--in fact, it has some of the most renown franchises in history like Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter and Mega Man. Over the last few quarters we've seen Capcom push remasters and re-releases like the newly launched Mega Man X collection and upcoming Resident Evil 2 Remake, and this isn't something that'll end any time soon.

In its recent fiscal Q&A session Capcom affirmed that this strategy will continue onwards. "Regarding remakes and re-releases of titles in our back catalog, we expect to explore these further with a variety of properties as a part of our strategy to utilize our library of IP," the company said in its Q1 earnings.

BioWare isn't giving up on Mass Effect, and the devs have multiple teams working on "secret" projects.

We've known for a long while now that BioWare is making a new Dragon Age game, and that it could be a mainline franchise sequel instead of a spin-off. It's true that BioWare is hard at work on its massive new online IP Anthem, and that it represents a turning point for the company, but the devs aren't about to give up on their big AAA series. BioWare GM Casey Hudson says that multiple teams are squirreled away working on some future projects that will make Dragon Age and Mass Effect fans very happy.

"We hear loud and clear the interest in BioWare doing more Dragon Age and Mass Effect, so rest assured that we have some teams hidden away working on some secret stuff that I think you'll really like - we're just not ready to talk about any of it for a little while," Hudson said in a recent update on the BioWare blog.

News has surfaced regarding Rockstars upcoming staple title Red Dead Redemption 2. According to Rockstars parent company the sequel to critically acclaimed title will "redefine" the gaming industry as we know it.

The parent company's CEO for developer and publisher Rockstar Games, has spoken out at an earnings call today about the upcoming release of Red Dead Redemption 2. Strauss Zelnick has said that even though the first installment of Red Dead Redemption was so well received by players, the second game could turn the entire gaming industry as we know it on its head. Zelnick says the title will be "yet another creative milestone" and that Rockstar Games will "redefine our industry."

Zelnick continues on and discusses how "Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar Games' first title developed from the ground up for the current console generation." With all this in mind, Zelnick says that not only Take-Two Interactive, but also Rockstar "could not be more excited about the upcoming launch of Red Dead Redemption 2, which is poised to be another massive entertainment event." Red Dead Redemption 2 is planned for release on the 26th of October this year, for further information regarding the release visit the official Red Dead Redemption website here.