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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.

With its new Year 2 expansion Bungie is directly responding to the clamoring frustrations of the Destiny 2 community.

The Forsaken expansion looks to do for Destiny 2 what The Taken King did for the original Destiny. Today Activision announced key details on the expansion including a brand new 4-player mode called Gambit that blurs PVE and PVE together alongside a host of promises of tweaks, super powers, weapons and armor, and overall improvements. It'll have a new bow weapon type and "nine additional supers" to boot.

Forsaken, which will retail for $40 versus the usual $19.99 stapled onto Destiny 2's expansions, will pack in two brand new destinations: The Tangled Shore and The Dreaming City. Guardians are sent across the lawless rims of the solar system to discover what exactly happened to The Reef, and then take down the nefarious 8 Barons. Endgame is a big focus in Forsaken. The Dreaming City was built from the ground up for advanced gamers and has its own raid and new bosses to take down.

State of Decay 2 has only been out for two weeks and since then the player base for the Microsoft title has grown past 2 million players.

A press release that was debuted by Undead Labs and Microsoft has revealed that the recently release title has reached this huge achievement of 2 million+ players. The press release also revealed that players have slain close to 2 billion zombies, 121,000 community stories have been completed and that the average player survives 3 days on average.

State of Decay 2 recently received a update, it was quite substantial coming in at a massive 20GB. The title has already sold more than 2 million units and for those that are interested in attempting to survive State of Decay 2 is available on the Xbox One and PC.

Computex 2018 - ASUS had more products being shown off, unveiled and teased at this year's Computex than ever before... including their new ROG Swift PG65.

NVIDIA is behind the new push for living room dominance with their Big Format Gaming Displays (BFGDs) with the huge 65-inch panel rocking the glorious 4K resolution and even more glorious 120Hz refresh rate, with ultra-low latency thrown into the mix and an NVIDIA Shield built into the TV.

Funnily enough, Destiny 2 is the only game being shown off on it... so I need to spend some time with Overwatch, PUBG, and other games before I can pass judgement on it - until then... droooooool.

Computex 2018 - I disappointed so many people with my report that NVIDIA would unveil their next-gen GeForce GTX 1180 graphics cards during GTC 2018, and admit failure. I'll give each and every one of you a cuddle when I see you for the disappointment.

But walking across the floor of Nangang and talking to various industry people, NVIDIA will be launching their next-gen GeForce GTX 1180 graphic card on July 30. NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang said they were a while away during NVIDIA's Computex 2018 press conference, but of course he's going to say that.

July 30 isn't too far away, and while we were wrong about the GTC 2018 launch, my sources were very clear about July 30. I asked multiple people and more than one confirmed it was less than two months away, with July 30 specifically being mentioned by multiple of my sources.

Computex 2018 - COLORFUL has had its GeForce GTX 1080 Ti KUDAN on the market for a while now, but we got a closer look at it once again at Computex 2018.

COLORFUL uses a hybrid cooler with a triple-fan design that will cool it out of the box without using the included waterblock if you want radically reduced temperatures and higher overclocks. GPU clock wise we have a base GPU clock of 1480MHz and boost of 1582MHz, while the 'One Key OC' button on the back of the card cranks those clocks up to 1657/1784MHz.

The usual 11GB of GDDR5X is clocked at 11Gbps, but there will be some OC wiggle room of course.

Computex 2018 - Intel officially teased their new beast today at Computex 2018, with their new Cascade Lake-X HEDT processor coming 'at the end of this year'.

Intel's new beast is a huge 28C/56T processor that will compete with Threadripper 2 later this year from AMD, and ASUS was showing it off smashing through some amazing Cinebench results. During the Intel keynote, a GIGABYTE motherboard was used to run it at 5GHz. Intel said that this particular 28C/56T processor will be running at 5GHz, which is absolutely incredible.

Threadripper can't get close to 5GHz right now, so if Intel can get to the market with 28C/56T at 5GHz then AMD is going to be in for a bad time before Threadripper 2 is even unveiled. Wow, Intel... wow.

On the heels of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3's huge downfall, CI Games is now handing the development of Lords of the Fallen 2 off to a new dev.

Lords of the Fallen 2 is still happening, but it won't be directly made by the same team that made the predecessor. CI Games today announced that Defiant Studios, a private New York-based indie studio, will now handle the sequel. CI Games will instead publish the game and team up directly with Defiant to oversee creation and production of the Middle Age-based title. "The partnership demonstrates an important component of CI Games' new strategy - collaborating with strong external teams to deliver quality gaming experiences with the player in mind," the company said in a recent announcement.

Defiant Studios will have wide-spanning creative freedom on the sequel and has been handed the reins to the game's creation. While it shouldn't vary wildly from the first Lords of the Fallen, this chapter could have some surprises depending on the early concepts that were greenlit by CI Games.

Computex 2018 - ASUS held their Computex 2018 press conference with a huge unveiling of their new ROG Phone, the first smartphone ASUS has made for gaming... and it's all thanks to Fortnite and PUBG.

ASUS has crammed in just about everything you can think of into the ROG Phone, going even as far as offering external cooling with a clip-on fan that connects ot the back of the phone for those long hours of gaming on-the-go, as well as an optional handheld dock that is very Nintendo Switch like.

Inside, we have Qualcomm's latest and greatest Snadragon 845 which is an 8-core CPU that has its clock speed boosted from its usual 2.8GHz up to 2.96GHz. The display itself is a 6-inch 2160 x 1080 AMOLED display with a faster 90Hz refresh rate, not quite 120Hz like Razer, but Razer uses a lesser quality LCD versus the AMOLED on the ASUS ROG Phone.

At the beginning of April we saw the rumor that Spyro Reignited Trilogy is on its way to the Nintendo Switch, since then we haven't really heard much about the purple dragon, now the title has had some gameplay released on the "Spyro" Twitter page.

The gameplay that has been released is only a short display of footage and from a title that is currently in development it seems Spyro Reignited Trilogy is shaping up to be quite promising. We can see Spyro frolicking around and dashing through enemies, he also chases down some sheep only to eventually turn them to ash with his fire.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is planned for released on September 21 this year and will be going for a price of just $39.99. The title will be released on the PS4 and Xbox One, currently there has been no official announcement for a port to the PC or the Nintendo Switch but we could see one at E3.

NeocoreGames, the developers behind Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor - Martyr have released a brand new feature trailer showcasing what the title will be offering.

The trailer reveals the main features that will be found throughout the game, highlighting certain aspects such as the blood and gore, destructible environments, cover system, advanced A.I, vehicles and bosses.

Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor - Martyr will be launching on June 5th this year for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. If you are interested in checking out some more news about Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor - Martyr visit the official NeocoreGames website here.

Last week we saw that a mod was on its way to Grand Theft Auto V that allows players to experience the power of Thanos and his infinity gauntlet, now that mod is available to download.

JulioNiB, the developer of this mod has given players the opportunity to experience Thanos and the powers of the infinity gauntlet. Players will have the ability to use each of the infinity stones and their respective powers, examples include the space stone and being able to teleport around, the reality stone and being able to turn objects into into animals or water and so on and so forth.

If you are a Marvel fan and want to experience what is like to be Thanos in a video game this mod is definitely for you, if you are interested in downloading it and trying it out the link can be found here.

Studio Mono, the developers behind the Kickstarter project INSOMNIA: The Ark have announced that the closed beta for their title will give players the opportunity to experience 4 hours of gameplay.

The announcement was made via the developers Kickstarter page and explains that players will be able to enjoy the first 4 hours of the title. The gameplay that will be available to players will be the same as when the title is fully released, beta testers will be able to craft items, scavenge for supplys and fight.

Studio Mono has kindly asked players that will be using the English version of the the title to provide them with feedback on the translation as well as any other issues that gamers encounter. INSOMNIA: The Ark will be released on PC, Mac and Linux and if you happened to miss the trailer that was released last month check it out here.

The race for next-gen graphics cards is here, with Micron revealing that the overclocking headroom on GDDR6 is going to be significant, where we will see bandwidth numbers that beat HBM2 and even surpass the memory bandwidth of the NVIDIA Tesla V100.

Micron released a new research paper that should open most peoples eyes to GDDR6, which is what NVIDIA will be using on their next-generation GeForce GTX 11 series graphics cards. Inside of the paper, Micron talks about the silicon changes, channel enhancements, and performance measurements of GDDR6.

GDDR6 will offer some deliciously high bandwidth numbers that make GDDR5/X look like they're from 1999, all while using less power. This means that we can have next-gen graphics cards that offer a true leap in memory bandwidth, all while the GDDR6 is using less power.

Computex 2018 - AMD is pushing for a strong Computex this year, with an exciting unveiling of Vega 20 on 7nm with 32GB of HBM2, but also their new project: Fenghuang 15FF, a new graphics chip for APUs,

Fenghuang 15FF is the internal codename for the graphics chip, with the current codename of DG02SRTBP4MFA applied. This chip should be part of the Zen+ APU family with 4C/8T of CPU power, 3GHz clock speed, and 2GB of HBM2 clocked at 1200MHz (2.4GHz effective).

AMD's new chip sports 28 CUs and 1792 SPs (up from 24 CUs and 1536 SPs on Vega 24) while there's 2GB of HBM2 at 2.4Gbps offering 307.2GB/sec memory bandwidth, which is up from the 1.6Gbps and 204.8GB/sec offered on Vega 24.

The first patch has been rolled out for Agony, this patch is bringing massive changes to aspects of the title such as adding more checkpoints, difficulty reductions and tweaks here and there.

According to the patch notes, the major changes that Agony will be facing are buffs to players stamina, difficulty changes to Easy Possession and a massive reduction of enemies in certain areas such as the The Pit, Fractal Forest, Mushroom mind and more.

Steam will be automatically downloading this update as soon as users decide to launch Agony, the patch is total of 3.9GB and if you are interested in viewing the full patch notes for the title visit the official Steam page here.

Capcom has announced the Mega Man 11 Complete Edition details for when the title is to be released in Japan, the details feature what will be included within the package.

According to the announcement from Capcom, Mega Man 11 Complete Edition will be featuring a physical game copy, a 32 page starter guide, poster, 64 pages of production notes, 30-year anniversary keychain, Mega Man 1-up piggy bank and a special collectors box.

At the moment the Mega Man 11 Complete Edition is unfortunately only planned for release in Japan, after the release though we could see a western announcement from Capcom and hopefully a debut of the title closer to the end of the year.

Computex 2018 - We knew it was coming from rumors from late April, but I've just had an industry source reach out to me moments ago here in Taipei that AMD will be launching their refreshed Vega 20 during Computex 2018.

AMD's new Vega 20 will be made on the new 7nm node fixing most of the mistakes and problems of Vega 10, it will come with up to a whopping 32GB of HBM2. If you were expecting a new Radeon RX Vega graphis card for the consumer market and gamers, think again - Vega 20 with 32GB of HBM2 on 7nm will be for the professional/workstation markets.

My source didn't tell me the price but did say it would be 'expensive' and that it would be announced during AMD's own Computex 2018 press conference which kicks off on Wednesday morning.

Anthem is getting a big showcase at EA's press conference this June.

EA Play should see an info blowout on BioWare's expansive and "massively ambitious" new IP, Anthem, complete with a new trailer as well as gameplay content and a full-on combat breakdown. Anthem will be a shared-worlds action-based shooter that blends the flexibility and shifting nature of online service games with BioWare's familiar narrative-driven structure, all wrapped in fast-paced mechanics, representing years of planning and untold investment from EA. Besides Battlefield V, Anthem should be the big star of the show.

Although Anthem was revealed last year and that we've had some pretty big clues about what the game will be like, EA and BioWare have been somewhat mum on exact details. Expect all of that to change at EA Play. "One thing we'll be showing in-depth this time around is combat," the publisher wrote, also saying that characters and story will be highlighted as well.

Chinese games giant NetEase has invested $100 million to fund Bungie's new "bold vision," which could kick off another big franchise/IP.

Things aren't so good with Destiny right now: Bungie is likely developing Destiny 3 while juggling DLC expansions and live updates to shore up the leaky ship that is Destiny 2. But what about the future when the dev's ten-year agreement with Activision is up? The once-mighty Halo studio has something up their sleeve...something interesting and big. And they've received a hefty investment from China's NetEase--an online-based games company that oversees numerous Blizzard games like Overwatch and Diablo III in the region--to shape and formulate their plan.

Bungie today announced the partnership news on its website, giving nebulous hints that something new is on the way (but not before Destiny 3).