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Bethesda may have a huge announcement waiting for us at E3--Skyrim HD might be on the horizon.

Rumor has it that Bethesda plans to remaster The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for PS4 and Xbox One with full console mod support, allowing console users to experience the enchanting magic that is Skyrim's vast galaxy of mods. This is a substantial development that was corroborated by renowned industry insider Shinobi602, and Bethesda is believed to announce the remaster at E3 2016.

Given Shinobi's excellent track record--he was part of the recent Dead Rising 4 leak--I have full faith in the announcement. A remastered Skyrim with full console mod support fits perfectly in with Bethesda's new cross-platform modding initiative hosted by the Bethesda.net platform.

During each of the past five Computex I have attended, GIGABYTE has always had a private suite in Taipei 101 to showcase their prime products. Admittance to this suite is by invitation only, and there was just so much to show I have decided to dedicate an entire article to coverage.

The X99-Designare EX is GIGABYTE's top-of-the-line mainstream model. Moving away from the traditional "Ultra Durable" naming scheme and trying some new words, the X99-Designare EX is one of the first GIGABYTE motherboards you will be able to purchase under this new model name. The motherboard fully supports the 6950X Broadwell-E 10 core CPU, and I used it in our review of the new CPU. The motherboard uses a PEX8747 to expand CPU PCI-E 3.0 lanes to support dual U.2 ports, M.2, and a slew of PCI-E lanes. The board also has dual Intel Gbit LAN and build in Wireless AC/BT. GIGABYTE also make sure to include those RGB LEDs for enthusiasts who might want some extra bling.

The Z170X-Designare is one of GIGABYTE's new motherboard, not seen before Computex. It carries all the latest features such as U.2, USB 3.1, dual Intel Gbit LAN, and can support three Intel 750s in RAID 0 (it's written on the PCB). The motherboard also has a secret power converter for 100W USB Power Delivery 2.0 support on the USB Type-C connector. It also carries multiple RGB LEDs.

With a new Battlefield 1 trailer on the way, and some details on the weapons that EA DICE's new first-person will include, we're now seeing some leaked concept art which looks positively beautiful. Check out some of the shots below, with many more if you want to check them out.

Imgur member 'xjumper' uploaded them, and they're beyond amazing. What do you guys think about the leaked concept art for Battlefield 1?

After a long wait which saw Universal Pictures cancel the cancellation, it looks like the wheels of the much anticipated 'Pacific Rim' sequel are finally churning, as the studio announces who'll lead the production.

Legendary Pictures have announced that 'Force Awakens' star John Boyega has been cast in the lead, playing the son of Idris Elba's character from the first film. Speaking to Deadline, Producer Guillermo del Toro said "I am very proud and happy to welcome John into a fantastic sandbox. The Pacific Rim universe will be reinforced with him as a leading man as it continues to be a multicultural, multi-layered world. 'The World saving the world' was our goal and I couldn't think of a better man for the job."

'Pacific Rim 2' is scheduled to begin filming later this year, for a release some time in 2018.

AMD has just unleashed a new set of Radeon Software Crimson Edition drivers, with the new 16.6.1 set of drivers including some optimizations for both Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Paragon. Not only that, but we have a new CrossFire driver for Dark Souls 3, too. You can download the new RSCE 16.6.1 drivers here.

As for the release notes, here's what to expect from Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.1:

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With E3 2016 right around the corner, we're finally hearing about Watch Dogs 2, with Ubisoft announcing that the world premiere trailer to Watch Dogs 2 will take place on June 8 at 9AM PDT.

Watch Dogs 2 is reportedly set in San Francisco, with Ubisoft teasing some "radical changes" compared to the first game. There'll also be DirectX 12 support which will be interesting to see, but let's hope we don't get any bullshots, with graphical downgrades post-E3 2016 tease. Ubisoft's Lional Raynaud told CVG last year: "There are flaws, obviously. We absolutely want to tackle these flaws and surprise players, and the way to tackle some of those flaws is going to be quite radical. There are parts of the game that will need to change".

Bethesda officially responds to the big Fallout 4 console mod piracy fiasco that threatens to jeopardize the modding community.

Earlier today we reported on the growing epidemic of Fallout 4 mod thievery and how it's ultimately dismantling the tight-knit modding community across consoles and PC. The good news is that Bethsoft is definitely aware of the situation, and the devs have officially responded to the problem by announcing a new way to report mod theft.

"A number of you have reported instances of users uploading Mod content that allegedly does not belong to the Mod creator. We take these reports seriously and want to protect copyright holders and authors of the Mod content shared on Bethesda.net," reads the recent forum post. Modders will have to file a DMCA claim to a specific email address, enabling a streamlined and direct method to thwart the pandemic. Although this isn't a catch-all solution, is a huge step in the right direction.

Jay Wilson, one of the main Blizzard devs responsible for Diablo 3's awful Real Money Auction House, has left Blizzard (and gaming) for good.

After spending 10 years with Blizzard, key developer Jay Wilson is leaving the games industry. Wilson was one of the main forces behind Diablo 3's Real Money Auction House, a system that almost transformed the Diablo franchise into a money-printing machine. Wilson's work with the RMAH largely alienated him from the core Diablo community, and eventually stepped down as Diablo 3's game director just a year after the game's release so that Blizzard could attempt to undo the damage.

As a Diablo fan that played D3 when it first came out, I can say that the RMAH was the worst kind of microtransaction-style peddling I've ever seen in a game. It not only crushed Diablo's soul into smithereens, but forced Blizzard into an intense damage control mode that ultimately lead to a complete re-working of the game itself. The RMAH ultimately tanked the game's reputation within the gaming sphere, and it wasn't really until Reaper of Souls and the Ultimate Evil Edition that Diablo 3 was able to recover.

EA has confirmed what everyone pretty much already knew: Battlefield 1 will get a new trailer ahead of its EA Play event on Sunday.

A new Battlefield 1 trailer will be released on Sunday, June 12 at EA's Play event in Los Angeles. The official Battlefield Twitter account revealed the timeline and also released a brand new "Weapons of Battlefield 1" teaser trailer (see above), accompanied with a lengthy post on pretty much everything you need to know about the WW1 game's weapons.

Battlefield 1 releases on October 21, 2016 on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Check below for the huge Q&A session on the game's weapons, along with ten things you should know about Battlefield 1's weapons.

You may have caught word of Yooka-Laylee when it launched last year on Kickstarter. Either way, you can get the first good look at it today with the new E3 trailer below.

As you can see, Yooka-Laylee is extremely reminiscent of the Banjo-Kazooie series, and for good reason: it's developed by ex-Rare employees from the golden N64 era who worked on that very series, as well as Donkey Kong Country. If the music feels familiar, that's because it's the work of Grant Kirkhope, who composed both series'.

In short, if you're looking for a classic platformer, Yooka-Laylee is all but a sure bet. Unlike Banjo-Kazooie, the game will be available for all current consoles as well as PC. It's slated for an early 2017 launch.

Insomniac Games, the studio known best for console-centric classics like Resistance and Ratchet & Clank, are straying well outside their comfort zone and releasing three virtual reality titles on the Oculus Rift this year. Their first is Lovecraftian horror adventure title Edge of Nowhere, available right now.

If there's two things Insomniac Games is known for, it's a witty sense of humor and imaginative weaponry. So when I previewed Edge of Nowhere at a press event earlier this year and discovered they'd traded in these hallmarks for psychological horror, I was initially skeptical. But as the 30 minute demo unfolded, I became convinced that Insomniac is as adept at telling a story rife with terror as they are telling one filled with laughs and wildly creative arsenals.

Today you can make that judgment for yourself. Edge of Nowhere draws heavy inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and leans on the inescapable presence of VR to make players feel truly immersed, truly awestruck, and downright horrified at some of the scenarios they must encounter.

Dead Rising 4 has been outed by a new leak, heavily indicating we'll see an official reveal at E3 2016.

According to leaked info from ThisGenGaming, Dead Rising 4 will "make fans of the series happy" be revealed at Microsoft's E3 2016 showcase, possibly indicating an exclusivity deal for the Xbox One and PC. The leaks show series alum Frank West in what could be the same snowy Colorado setting feature in the original Dead Rising game, hinting at a possible remake.

Capcom teased two major new games would release in their current fiscal year forecast, and we now know that Dead Rising 4 is one of those titles. Expect a major reveal at E3 along with gameplay footage and a release date.

Sony is doing everything in their power to ensure PlayStation fans who can't physically get to this year's E3 don't feel left out, including broadcasting more than 18 hours of video content across Twitch, YouTube, and 85 theaters across North America. But what I keyed into from Sony's E3 announcement today is a list of 10 playable PlayStation VR demos on the show floor.

Note that's it not an exhaustive list (for example, RIGS is clearly MIA) , as Sony teases that these are only "some" of the playable games at the L.A. Convention Center. At the very least, we know we'll be able to get eyes on with the following 10 PlayStation VR titles: Battlezone, 100ft Robot Golf, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, Wayward Sky, Thumper, Rez Infinite, Super Hypercube, Harmonix Music VR, EVE: Valkyrie, and Headmaster.

Keep your eye on 100ft Robot Golf, by the way. This game looks like supreme amounts of silly fun.

Even social media CEOs are susceptible to being hacked, it seems. Over the weekend, a couple of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts were compromised by Saudi Arabian hacking group OurMine Team.

OurMine is said to have found Zuckerberg's information in a recent LinkedIn dump, which they then used to gain control of his Twitter and Pinterest accounts. The group claims his password for both accounts was the surprisingly simple 'dadada', but there's reason to be skeptical of this as it also claimed it had overtaken his Instagram account, which Facebook has denied.

Both the Twitter and Pinterest account haven't been terribly active, at least not recently; Zuckerberg's Instagram account hasn't been too active either, although it has been used on a regular basis and multiple times in the last week.

If you own an HTC Vive, chances are incredibly high that you've played Valve's The Lab, an awesome collection of demos showcasing what roomscale VR is all about. Today The Lab gets even better, and even teaches Fetchbot a new trick.

The "Appliance of Science" update is out now, and adds a few gameplay tweaks and fixes to various aspects of gameplay. The most important by far is the addition of global leaderboards and "endless" play modes for Xortex, Slingshot, and Longbow. While these are tragically short slices of what I can only hope will be developed into full game releases someday, they're still ridiculous amounts of fun and adding a layer of competition to the mix only increases their replayability.

For those of you fond of Fetchbot but not fond of his thieving ways, Valve has also taught him not to steal your new toys from the table. You can also now skip the iconic Valve intro, but I'm not sure why anyone would want to do that.

Computex 2016 -- We got a chance to see Tesoro's new IR key switches in action at their Computex booth, courtesy of the company's Excalibur Spectrum SE Keyboard. Considering it was submerged in a small tank of water all day, we're pretty sure Tesoro's claims of it being spill-proof are accurate.

The Excalibur Spectrum SE uses the company's slick new light-based infrared switches, which eliminate metal bounce and oxidation. That means you can go ahead and splash your favorite beverage on it and it will just shrug it off and laugh hysterically.

Tesoro's Lucas Wiltse explained to TweakTown that this makes the Excalibur Spectrum SE the perfect candidate for internet cafes.

Bose's celebrated QuietComfort headphones are going wireless. Like its predecessor, the new QuietComfort 35s feature patented noise-canceling technology.

Also included: custom Bluetooth said to offer a strong and consistent connection wherever you are, mics inside and outside the cups that respond to unwanted noise and filter it out practically immediately, a new EQ said to "balance sound at every volume, for any genre", and handy buttons for power, volume, play/pause, and answer/end calls on the right cup.

As for battery life, you get up to 20 hours from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

Horizon: Zero Dawn has been delayed, with a new release date of February 28, 2017, Guerrilla Games today announced.

After tons of rumors and teases, Killzone devs Guerrilla Games today confirmed that their new post-apocalyptic PS4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn won't release in 2016. The team says that it needs the extra time to live up to expectations, and promises that the fruits from the delay will "become clear in the coming months."

"As you can see in the trailer, we've decided to push the release date for Horizon Zero Dawn to February 28, 2017. It wasn't an easy choice to make; we know many of you have been anxious to play the game since we first announced it," Guerrilla's Hermen Hulst said on a PlayStation Blog post. "However, we also want to ensure that Horizon Zero Dawn lives up to the visuals and gameplay quality that our games are known for. The new date affords us the extra time required to deliver fully on our ambitious vision for Horizon Zero Dawn."

Volition has just announced their new game, Agents of Mayhem, as part of IGN's First series.

Agents of Mayhem is described as an "open-world action game", and features a distinct Borderlands-esque visual style with Volition's signature abrasive hilarity. Agents of Mayhem is singleplayer-only, and players will use a squad of three M.A.Y.H.E.M agents who use their unique skill combos and gadgets to blast baddies to smithereens.

Volition didn't reveal a whole lot to IGN, but we did get a snazzy cinematic trailer (see above) and the promise of "more to come" at E3 2016. Sadly the trailer has absolutely no actual gameplay footage, so official details are light. So for now we know Volition's new game is indeed Agents of Mayhem, an open-world action game possibly set in a universe related to Saints Row.

Thanks to rampant piracy, Fallout 4 console mods may very well destroy the modding community as we know it.

The current Fallout 4 console mod structure is a pressure cooker waiting to explode. Piracy, glitches and greedy demands are jeopardizing everything. Piracy is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems, as "modders" are taking PC mods they don't own and didn't make and are uploading them to the Bethesda.net framework for Xbox One owners to enjoy. What's worse is that these mods are designed to work on PC, and aren't optimized for consoles, thus leading to performance errors and the like. But who gets blamed? The actual mod creators, of course.

But why would someone do such a thing? Console owners have bombarded PC modders with demands to port their mods to consoles, which inevitably pushes the mod creators away. Even still the process takes time, as modders have to scale back their creations to work on consoles. Gamers don't really want to wait, and these pirates see a demand that's going unfulfilled. So they download PC mods, do a few adjustments here and there, upload them and take credit for something they didn't even make.