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Los Angeles is on fire this weekend, between comic conventions and gaming championships the city is hosting some great events. The 2016 League of Legends Worlds Finals is amongst one of those hitting up the gaming scene.

Held at the Staples Center in LA over the next few days, thousands of gamers will be attending the Riot Games official League of Legends Championship Finals. Teams of five players will take to the stage an either progress to the next round or be eliminated throughout the event as they chase the prize of 1st place along with a large sum of cash.

For those not competing only attending, video footage of the action will be spread across several screens as the two teams go head to head. Live streaming via YouTube will also be available so International spectators won't miss out!

If you haven't heard yet from social media apps: Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, let me bring you up to speed in the world of comic conventions. Starting yesterday (preview night) through till Sunday evening, Stan Lee's LA Comic Con 2016 is in town.

Like all good conventions, they will be covering a ton of exciting content this year, from games to book and even TV/movie snippets of what's coming in the near future. Fans will be happy to know that Mr Marvel himself, Stan Lee, will be making an appearance over Saturday and Sunday, along with other great artists, actors and creators making guest appearances.

The event will be held at:

Titanfall 2 is now out and inside gamers' consoles and PCs, but according to research firm Cowen & Company, sales of EA's latest and greatest mech first-person shooter are... underwhelming, to say the least.

The research firm said that Titanfall 2 sales are going to be "substantially disappointing" in their report, ahead of EA's upcoming earnings briefing. The sales of Titanfall 2 are expected to fall somewhere in the 5-6 million range, down from the much higher 9 million forecast.

Cowen & Company's report said: "We think the game got squeezed between Battlefield 1 and [Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]. We suspect EA believed that by launching two shooters next to Call of Duty it could put a large dent in its biggest competitor, but instead EA appears to have wound up shooting its own foot off".

NVIDIA has pushed out its latest GeForce 375.70 WHQL drivers, which are ready for a slew of games that have just been released, are on their way, or improve support/performance in various games.

The new GeForce 375.70 WHQL drivers are ready for games like Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands as NVIDIA has added a temporal SLI profile. There are 3D Vision profiles for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, with NVIDIA not recommending 3D Vision for the latest COD just yet. Ubisoft's upcoming medieval game 'For Honor' is also 'not recommended' for 3D Vision.

NVIDIA's latest GeForce 375.70 WHQL drivers are ready for games like Titanfall 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Dishonored 2 - and even the new VR version of Obduction.

We all know No Man's Sky was a massive letdown, but there has been a tweet from the official Twitter account of Hello Games, the developer of the game - and it seems to have stemmed from someone within the company. Hello Games tweeted:

First off, the tweet was sent through LinkedIn - but there were also two websites that said they had sources that told them a disgruntled employee was behind the tweet. Polygon said that they received an email from Sean Murray's account, which said: "The tweet is from me, but somebody from the team took it down. We have not been coping well".

Forbes also reached out to Hello Games, with a studio rep saying that a "disgruntled employee" sent the tweet, and that the developer was "currently trying to sort out the issue". Mashable was also contacted by Murray, where he said: "The tweet came from a disgruntled employee," Murray wrote in an email. "We're currently trying to solve the issue internally".

If there's one big missing chunk from Battlefield 1, it would have to be hardcore mode... as normal mode feels like I'm shooting rubber bullets half the time, and then breathing heavily for regenerative health.

But, it looks like hardcore mode is not too far away, with DICE Producer Ali Hassoon teasing over Twitter: "stay tuned! Coming sooner than you think!". Hassoon also talked a little about BF1 hardcore mode, adding: "health is at 100%, bullet damage is set to 200%. These choices, however, aren't set in stone, as they might be changed if needed".

Hassoon also talked about the compass possibly coming back, saying: "we've discussed this feature and are looking to implement in a future patch. No dates im afraid".

Those living in the UK might want to jump on the awesome deal the Microsoft Store is currently offering. With every customer purchase of a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book, the Microsoft UK Store is giving away free Xbox One S bundles to sweeten the deal.

The Xbox One S FIFA 17 bundle is available with select Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book models. The deal will include a 500GB console, along with a copy of the game, and one month of EA Access.

Starting from the mid-range Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book upwards will be required to access the deal. So basically anything over the 128GB range that possesses an Intel Core i5 and higher.

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is currently on offer to gamers via the Microsoft Store, with the bundle package including more enhanced versions of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.

The deal is only obtainable for the Xbox One and will require an Xbox Live account to download, oh and it's free!

At this point, it's not certain as to how long the offer stands, or whether the game will expire after a certain period of time. What we do know is that it's ready now, for further information visit the Microsoft website.

2014 saw the release of hit-racing game: Mario Kart 8 for Nintendo Wii U. Since that time the title has gone on to sell 8 million copies around the world.

Comparison against other Wii U games:

Whilst this is just a list of several titles compared against the 2014 game, it proves that the classic racing game is still a smash-hit amongst gamers, 2 years after its release.

A remake of the popular iOS blaster "Hyperlight" by CatfishBlues Games, will be available this coming November for the latest Nintendo 3DS XL.

The new an enhanced version of the original base game, has been developed specifically for the updated Nintendo 3DS XL system.

New game features: