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Injustice: Gods Amongst Us landed on game store shelves in 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, 4 and Wii U. Developers NetherRealm in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive announced Injustice 2 would hit the stores in 2017 for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Injustice 2 will include new characters such as Deadshot, Blue Beetle, Supergirl, Red Lantern Atrocitus and Gorilla Grodd with the added features of new costumes and suits for characters such as Harley Quinn. Quinn recently made her debut in the DCEU in Suicide Squad, giving a new look from the standard red and black leotard that is portrayed in comics and games such as Batman: Arkham City and Origins. Original characters such as Superman, The Joker, Batman, Wonderwoman, Green Lantern, Cyborg and more are to return for Injustice 2, continuing with the already established storyline from Injustice: Gods Amongst Us.

The new trailer includes an official look at Harley Quinn and Deadshot, who were portrayed by Margot Robbie and Will Smith in Suicide Squad.

UPDATE: Eurogamer has confirmed that the leaked PS4 Slim console is indeed genuine. Sony will unveil the new slimmer, thinner model on September 7.

Sony will unveil a new standard PlayStation 4 model--the "PS4 Slim"--alongside the upgraded 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Neo console next month, with the slim variant becoming the new basic PS4 model, sources indicate.

Just hours after alleged images of Sony's new PS4 Slim model leaked onto the internet, the Wall Street Journal corroborates the existence of the slim console by reporting that Sony will unveil two new PlayStation 4 models at the PlayStation Meeting event on September 7: the same-specced PS4 Slim, and the new powerful PS4 Neo.

UPDATE: Eurogamer has confirmed that the leaked PS4 Slim console is indeed genuine.

Sony's new cheaper PS4 Slim variant launches globally on September 14, according to purported early owners of the console.

Some UK gamers have apparently gotten a hold of Sony's new PlayStation 4 Slim, revealing the console's aesthetics and basic features to the gaming world via GumTree listings.

UPDATE: Eurogamer has confirmed that the leaked PS4 Slim console is indeed genuine. Sony will unveil the new slimmer, thinner model on September 7.

It's looking pretty official: Sony might be making a PS4 Slim model alongside the new 4K ready PS4 Neo, and the alleged slim variant been spotted in the wild.

Sony's new cheaper PS4 Slim has been shipped out to some lucky owner, who posted a listing on eBay-like site GumTree for 295 Pounds, and the pictures soon arrived on NeoGAF and Shop.to.

Rise of the Tomb Raider was a big deal for the Xbox One last year, as it was a timed exclusive for Microsoft but now the PS4 is about to experience the latest Lara Croft outing. Before its release in October, Digital Foundry has played with the game, stating that it's locked at 30FPS. The game renders at 1080p on the PS4, too.

The input latency had "significant input lag" that was "very noticeable" when aiming precise weapons in Rise of the Tomb Raider on the Xbox One, but the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game didn't experience this issue. The PS4 version is free of the input lag, which is a great thing to see from Crystal Dynamics and Nixxes, who is helping the former developer on the PS4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration - yeah, that's what the PS4 version is called, will include all of the available DLC. This means you'll get Blood Ties as well, which is a mission that takes place exclusively in Croft Manor. Blood Ties can even be played in the first-person perspective, and on the upcoming PlayStation VR, which is exciting. There's also a zombie mode that will be unleashed with the PS4 version.

Microsoft has been experiencing unprecedented demand for its new Xbox One S console, so riding the Gamescom 2016 wave is a good idea, especially when you need to get rid of the taste of Quantum Break out of gamers' mouths.

During an appearance on the latest Inner Circle podcast, Xbox executive Albert Penello said that PC gaming doesn't take anything away from the console market, and instead of provides gamers with more ways to play the games they love. Penello talked about the idea that someone wouldn't buy a game because it was on another platform, where he said: "There's a debate or a discussion that you can have with a certain type of people online and you want to argue details and argue nuance, but the reality is that most people don't make that kind of choice".

Penello continued: "Today, if you play games, you're playing games on just about everything you own. You're playing games on your phone, you're playing games on your console when you want to lay back in front of that big TV, and you're playing PC games when you want that keyboard and mouse, up-close, highly customized kind of experience. Even guys that are diehard console gamers, we know they play on their phone and PC". He's right, you know?

No Man's Sky has some truly massive hype and so far, it hasn't really lived up to it at all and yet somehow, it has been the biggest release on Steam this year.

The game launched last week hitting an average of 212,000 players at its peak, quickly becoming the largest launch of 2016. But, the game has been losing players since its launch, with a massive 78% decrease from its peak 7 days ago of 212,000 players to hit its new peak of just 47,000 players.

The developer has patches being deployed as we speak, but I don't see it being able to help the not just stagnated, but plummeting growth of No Man's Sky. Check out what we thought about the game in our official No Man's Sky review.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will have a $30 season pass that includes two story-based DLC missions, extra weapons and gear, and more.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided drops this Tuesday, continuing Adam Jensen's journey through the warring world of augs. Like pretty much every game released in this current generation, the sequel will have a $30 season pass that grants access to two new singleplayer missions called System Rift and A Criminal Past. You also get a bunch of extra filler items like Firaxis skill points, 5,000 credits (that's really not a lot), some item and weapon packs, and some boosters and chips for the new Breach mini-game.

For $30, this season pass looks extremely underwhelming. I'm hoping that those story missions are more than your typical linear quests, especially since you're basically paying $15 each for them. Honestly I think the whole "story mission" description is a misnomer because it implies that you're not getting very much, almost something like a little bonus quest that can be beaten in under an hour. And maybe it isn't a misnomer and the missions are pretty short, I'm not sure. But for $30 I'd hope that Square Enix would give us more bang for our buck.

Gamescom 2016 - Microsoft showcases a nice chunk of gameplay for Forza Horizon 3, the beautiful upcoming racer set in the heart of the outback.

The Forza series is known for its eye-poppingly enchanting visuals, and Forza Horizon 3 is no different: the game really captures the arid golden beauty of Australia quite well, and even has photorealistic locations that are found in the real-world. Interestingly enough, Forza Horizon 3's outback setting was way outside of the team's comfort zone, but they were happy to recreate the continent in game form:

"We never reuse anything in our games, we always rebuild everything from scratch in each new Horizon game," said Forza Horizon 3's creative director Ralph Fulton. "We call these areas playgrounds, because they're build specifically so you can get in your cars and go out and have fun."

Gamescom 2016 - Star Citizen shows us what real planetary exploration is like, making No Man's Sky look like child's play.

After playing No Man's Sky for the past week or so, I find myself wanting a real sci-fi experience. Star Citizen's new planetary exploration demo shown at Gamescom 2016 completely smashes the indie in nearly every way, showing us what real co-op interstellar planet-side should be like.

Star Citizen's new 3.0 update adds in worlds that have actual civilizations and cities and living, breathing NPCs, all of which can be explored with a friend: there's dirty steampunk-style worlds that resemble Blade Runner, and the planets are absolutely huge and varied.