Epic to pay for Kickstarter refunds for poached Steam games

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jul 3, 2019 5:32 PM CDT

Epic is taking a proactive approach to its games poaching, especially those that were funded via Kickstarter.

Epic to pay for Kickstarter refunds for poached Steam games

Shenmue 3 recently switched over to the Epic Games Store, kicking off a big controversy. After all, Shenmue 3 was funded by Kickstarter backers who were promised a Steam key, not an Epic Games Store key. Yesterday, Ys Net announced it'll be issuing refunds to those Kickstarter backers who want them. But Ys Net won't have to pay the bill: Epic is swooping in to save the small team from what could be disastrous financial losses.

This isn't a one-time deal, either. Epic plans to cover costs for any other Kickstarter games that pull a similar move. Today Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed it'll front refund costs for future Kickstarter-funded games that switch from Steam to EGS.

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Luigi's Mansion 3 box art shows a HD Gooigi and Luigi

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jul 3, 2019 5:00 AM CDT

The launch of Luigi's Mansion 3 is getting closer and closer and what better way to keep that excitement cranking than with the games official box art!

Luigi's Mansion 3 box art shows a HD Gooigi and Luigi

Nintendo has released the image of the box art on their official Nintendo of America Twitter account, and it showcases Luigi and his doppelganger friend Gooigi. It can also be noticed that Nintendo has taken their time with the level of detail in the image, an example of this is the threading on Luigi's cap.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is running scared onto the Nintendo Switch sometime later this year. If you haven't yet seen any gameplay of the title, check out this post here to see some wet towel-ghost catching action.

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Spider-Man: Far From Home suits swing into Spider-Man PS4

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jul 3, 2019 3:00 AM CDT

Spider-Man: Far From Home has just released in theatres around the globe and so far it has been received extremely well by fans, but what about them suits?

Spider-Man: Far From Home suits swing into Spider-Man PS4

Many fans of Spider-Man who have seen the movies most likely picked up a copy of Insomniac Games' Spider-Man for the PS4 and they would of be right to do so. Insomniac arguably created the best Spider-Man game ever, adding a plethora of different suits for players to enjoy, moves and just overall some epic web-slinging action.

Speaking of suits, the new suits that are seen in Spider-Man: Far From Home are coming to Insomniac's Spider-Man PS4, they are titled Updated Suit and Stealth Suit. Images for both the released DLC suits are available in the entirety of this post. Both of the suits are available to players who have built the Advanced Suit in-game.

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Claptrap introduces players to Borderlands 3's flora & fauna

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jul 3, 2019 2:00 AM CDT

Claptrap and his trusty companion Steve are attempting to walk players through what Borderlands 3 will offer flora and fauna wise.

Claptrap introduces players to Borderlands 3's flora & fauna

Above is Claptrap's Interplanetary Series Episode 1: Pandora, where Claptrap and his trigger happy associate Steve introduce us to what Borderlands 3's environments and inhabitants will look like. Right off the bat Claptrap reports to us that there will be a multitude of enemies to watch out for, some that fly, bury themselves and even shock players.

Not only do we see some enemies players will have to remember, but we also get some nice wide pan shots of some awesome looking environments. To get a better look at what was shown off in the video, Gearbox has provided us with some official screenshots for you to enjoy. The images are located below and are in full quality. For more information about Borderlands 3, head on over to the official website here.

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Pour salt in a cup to RAGE quit Smash Bros./Overwatch/League

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jul 3, 2019 1:00 AM CDT

Ever just wanted to rage quit the game you are playing not because you are sucking but because its obviously the games fault? You can now do it in style with this new salty controller mod.

Pour salt in a cup to RAGE quit Smash Bros./Overwatch/League

Insert Controller Here has taken the trolling to a new level with his brand new salty controller mod. This controller mod allows for the user to rage quit their game in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Overwatch and League of Legends by simply pouring salt into a cup of distilled water.

The cup has been modded with a micro controller, and when your pent up saltiness is added the water resistance is decreased and the controller detects a change in current between the two detecting nodes. Once this change is detected the corresponding command to quit the game is then relayed back to the console, then BOOM you are out of that toxic match. The cup supports quitting for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Overwatch and League of Legends. Happy pouring!

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MSI roll out custom GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, 2080 SUPER cards

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jul 2, 2019 10:41 PM CDT

MSI has just unveiled its new GeForce RTX 20 SUPER series graphics cards with all three in tow: the RTX 2060 SUPER, RTX 2070 SUPER, and RTX 2080 SUPER. MSI will offer a higher-end triple-fan cooled RTX 2070/2080 SUPER, which will act as their flagship GAMING cards.

MSI roll out custom GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, 2080 SUPER cards

The higher-end RTX 2070/2080 SUPER GAMING TRIO graphics cards use improved TWIN FROZR/TWIN FROZR 7 designs to keep them cooler than ever, with temps on the RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING TRIO maxing out at 65C. The RGB lighting comes courtesy of MSI's own Mystic Light RGB technology and it looks awesome, it's not too hardcore and adds to the overall style of what MSI is using on their RTX 2070/2080 SUPER GAMING TRIO.

MSI's flagship GeForce RTX 20 SUPER series family are the GAMING series cards, which offer TWIN FROZR/TWIN FROZR 7 cooling technology which not only performs great, but it looks awesome with its Mystic Light RGB coursing through the card. Great performance, overclocking headroom, and style with the GAMING series from MSI.

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GIGABYTE announces its range of GeForce RTX 20 SUPER cards

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jul 2, 2019 8:34 PM CDT

GIGABYTE has just unleashed its range of GeForce RTX 20 SUPER graphics cards led by the new flagship AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8G graphics card and boy... does it look good. All of the new AORUS GeForce RTX 20 SUPER series cards look awesome, but the flagship AORUS RTX 2080 SUPER 8G takes the cake.

GIGABYTE announces its range of GeForce RTX 20 SUPER cards

The new AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8G features a huge triple-fan WINDFORCE STACK cooler with 3 x 100mm fans keeping the graphics card nice and cool, and a metal backplate on the back. GIGABYTE is keeping the entire card cool with VRAM and MOSFET cooling, especially the high-speed GDDR6 at 15.5Gbps on the new RTX 2080 SUPER cards.

As you can see the cooling system is pretty elaborate. GIGABYTE has infused the AORUS card with a "multi-layered design" that features wing shaped contours and resembles, in their words "the falcon's high velocity ascension and dive through the skies".

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ZOTAC unveils its beasty new GeForce RTX SUPER cards

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jul 2, 2019 7:43 PM CDT

Now that NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 20 SUPER series graphics cards are here, with my review on the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER available right here, ZOTAC has officially unveiled its new range of GeForce RTX 20 SUPER series graphics cards.

ZOTAC unveils its beasty new GeForce RTX SUPER cards

ZOTAC have 3 of each card in the RTX 2060 SUPER, RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2080 SUPER. First off we have the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER AMP Extreme, followed by the RTX 2080 SUPER AMP and RTX 2080 SUPER TWIN FAN. The custom RTX 2070 SUPER cards are the same from ZOTAC in that there'll be a SUPER AMP Extreme, SUPER AMP, and SUPER TWIN FAN version while the RTX 2060 SUPER cards change things up offering a SUPER MINI variant for tiny-but-powerful gaming PCs.

The ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER AMP Extreme will have its GPU boost clocks at 1875MHz and I'm sure with much more OC headroom, as well as its 8GB of GDDR6 clocked at 15.5Gbps (a normal thing for the new RTX 2080 SUPER cards). It features ZOTAC's beautiful use of RGB lighting, with a triple-fan cooler keeping the Turing GPU and GDDR6 nice and cool. This will be the one to look for when it comes to brute performance from SUPER and ZOTAC.

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Sabrent's new Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD: 5GB/sec for $230

Anthony Garreffa | Storage | Jul 2, 2019 6:45 PM CDT

We are mere days away from AMD's new X570 platform launching alongside the next-gen Ryzen 3000 series CPUs which are based on the new Zen 2 CPU architecture, so PCIe 4.0-enabled SSDs that pump up to 5GB/sec are now a reality. Sabrent is one of the first to market with its new Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD.

Sabrent's new Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD: 5GB/sec for $230

Sabrent's new Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD is on Amazon right now and comes in two sizes: 1TB and 2TB which will cost you $230 and $430, respectively. It is powered by the Phison PS5016-E16 SSD controller that has power management support for APST/ASPM/L1, as well as SMART and TRIM commands, advanced wear leveling, bad block management, error correction code, and over-provision.

Sabrent is using Toshiba's BiCS4 96L TLC (triple-level cell) NAND flash memory that provides the Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD to truly act like a rocket with transfer speeds of up to 5GB/sec reads and 4.4GB/sec writes. Yeah, considering normal 2.5-inch SSDs max out at around 500MB/sec having 10x the speed on tap thanks to PCIe 4.0 is hugely impressive.

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Cuphead's new Delicious Last Course DLC delayed to 2020

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Jul 2, 2019 5:31 PM CDT

Cuphead will deliver its next saucer full of deliciousness in 2020.

Cuphead's new Delicious Last Course DLC delayed to 2020

Today Studio MDHR confirmed Cuphead's new The Delicious Last Course expansion has been delayed into 2020. Originally slated to release in 2019, the new DLC promises to deliver meaty content for gamers to chew in by offering a brand new isle, new bosses, new weapons and abilities, and a new playable character named Ms. Chalice. Oh and there's a giant saltshaker baker's man, too.

The beloved indie charmers said the delay was in part to maintain a healthy work life. The original Cuphead required monumental crunch; Studio MDHR had to meticulously hand-draw every single character and sequence and meld them into the game. The result is one of the most visually appealing (if not rage-inducing) video games ever made.

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