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UPDATE: Atari sent us word that the Atari VCS is still happening and on schedule, despite the departure of the lead hardware designer.

"The Atari VCS is proceeding according to its previously announced schedule. We remain confident in the Atari VCS as the entire team works diligently to bring forth its vision according to plan, and we will continue to communicate accordingly over the coming weeks and months, including hands-on presentations to key media and partners planned for later this fall."

Atari just lost the chief architect of its new VCS console after allegedly not paying the designer for six months.

Doom Eternal has been delayed from its original November launch to March 2020, id Software today announced.

id confirms Doom Eternal has been delayed to March 20, 2020 on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The Switch version doesn't yet have a targeted release date, but it'll launch after other systems. The studio says the four-month delay will ensure higher quality and polish for the game on all platforms. id is offering Doom 64 free as a consolation, but only if you pre-order Doom Eternal.

"Throughout the development of DOOM Eternal, our goal has been to deliver a game that exceeds your greatest expectations across the board," id said in a statement.

PlayStation 5 games could end up spanning multiple BD-XL discs and pack serious content, as Sony today confirmed PS5 games will ship on 100GB Blu-ray discs.

As we predicted, PlayStation games will ship on two separate SKUs once the PS5 rolls out in holiday 2020: the dual-layer 50GB Blu-rays for the PS4, and 100GB capacity BDXL discs on the PS5. Although the generations will overlap, Sony plans to support the PS4 well into 2022. Since the PS5 is backward compatible with all PS4 games we'll likely see two variants of every PS game out on the market.

According to a new info blowout at Wired, PlayStation 5 games will be packed onto bigger BDXL Blu-ray discs to give developers more room for their titles. The PS5 will still require users to install games via an optical 4K UHD drive, but this process will be speedier thanks to the SSD.

Sony's new ultra-powerful next-gen PlayStation 5 console is coming in holiday 2020, Sony today confirmed.

"Today I'm proud to share that our next-generation console will be called PlayStation 5, and we'll be launching in time for Holiday 2020," Sony Interactive President Jim Ryan today announced. Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console, codenamed Project Scarlett, will likewise release holiday 2020. The console wars are far from over.

According to inside sources, the PS5 is a true generational leap ahead of current console tech. The system leverages AMD's new potent Zen 2 CPU and Navi GPU tech to deliver up to 120FPS, 8K graphics, dedicated ray-tracing lighting,and is outfitted with a potent PCIe 4.0 SSD to massively accelerate gameplay. Rumor has it the PS5's GPU is nearly as fast as an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 GPU to deliver high-end 4K gaming and 1080p with higher FPS.

New job listings from Avalanche Studios have indicated that the development studio behind the RAGE and Just Cause franchise are gearing up for a mega-sized title.

According to the listings on their website, Avalanche Studios are looking for a "Build Engineer" for the the studios New York based team. The position requires knowledge in "building and managing a large and complex code base for diverse platforms as well as enormous amounts of data." The listing also mentions that applicants need to have "in depth knowledge of game engine architectures and next generation console architectures and future architectural trends."

It seems that Avalanche Studios are planning on taking full advantage of the coming next-gen consoles and the massive hardware upgrade that will arrive with him. By doing this, the studio plans on building what seems to be a massive game and to back up this claim GamesRadar managed to find two more listing that specifically ask for applicants who have knowledge on next-gen engines.

Can you believe World of Warcraft has been out for 15 years now? I still remember losing friends to the game, as they sunk 16 hours a day into it and wouldn't play Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive in my pro teams here in Australia.

15 years! Add on top of that the mega successful release of World of Warcraft Classic, and now Blizzard have unveiled a new statue that celebrates the 15-year milestone of the original World of Warcraft. The awesome Ragnaros statue not only looks awesome, but he was one of the best raid bosses in the original WoW.

Blizzard offered up the World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition on its website, but it quickly sold out (you're not surprised). The kit cost $100 and included a bunch of gear, starting with the 10+ inch Firelord statue, an Onyxia pin, Map of Azeroth mouse pad, fine art prints, 30 days of game time, and two Alabaster mounts.

EA is aware of server issues it was experiencing across its games, with the company tweeting out: "We are aware of connectivity problems with our games. We'll keep you up to date on progress here. Thanks for your reports".

The server issues were affecting some of the largest games in the world including Apex Legends, FIFA 20, and Battlefield V. EA hasn't detailed the server issues, but Apex Legends players were reporting errors with error code 100 or 103, which stopped them from signing into their EA accounts -- which you know, stops them from playing Apex Legends.

I do like some of the reply tweets to EA's original tweet, with "MrFUTAnalyser (Billy)" tweeting "Theres been connectivity problems for a few years" and right under that "Jonas" with something a little more apocalyptic in "Hope the servers blow up so they have to buy new ones". Wow, guys.

CAPCOM is continuing to see mega success in Monster Hunter World, with the company announcing that physical and digital shipments of the game have now passed 14 million units.

Hell, when Monster Hunter World reached 7.5 million sales back in March 2018 it was CAPCOM's best-selling title of all time. In the 18 months after that, Monster Hunter World has doubled its sales through to 14 million units and should only continue to do so.

The new Iceborne expansion launched last month on consoles and has shipped over 2.5 million units so far, and that's without it even hitting the PC. Monster Hunter World's new Iceborne expansion drops on the PC in January 2020, so we should see how sales are a few months after that and compare.

Activision and Infinity Ward have enabled the full hype train for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as we get into the final weeks before its big launch, with a new launch trailer released. Check it out:

The new trailer is action-packed, with plenty of 'splosions, fights, helicopters crashing and Metallica's "Enter Sandman" playing over top. I definitely feel like this isn't like the last few releases of Call of Duty, and definitely feels like what we loved from years ago. It also looks far better than previous COD titles, something I want to play with RTX enabled.

As for the story of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this will bring you up to date: "When the world is threatened, you'll have to get your hands dirty so the world stays clean. In a desperate mission, Captain Price and the SAS will partner alongside the CIA and the Urzikstani Liberation Force to retrieve stolen chemical weapons. The heart-racing fight will take you from London to the Middle East and other global locations, as this joint task force battles to stop full-scale global war. Lines will be drawn, your resolve will be tested, and the world will look to you to do what needs to be done".

Oh, you thought you had to do mining in Minecraft in order to beat the game? Yeah, nah -- you don't need to do anything of the sort. Check out this video on how to beat Minecraft, without any actual mining.

YouTuber 'Hedgey' ignored all the cues to actually mine anything in Minecraft to beat the final dragon at the end of the game, all without mining a single piece of wood or rock. Hedgey had to find some supplies without mining, which means there would've been lots of time exploring.

You don't need to mine in Minecraft in order to be well-equipped, something that is on show here as Hedgey using the dead bodies of Creepers to collect and craft TNT. This provided a weapon against enemies, and used to place explosives in the right places -- but it's nowhere near the same as using the crafty pickaxe.

The same day it released PS4 remote play on all Android devices, Sony blocks PS4 Facebook sharing.

Sony has mysteriously disabled PS4 media sharing on Facebook. Users can no longer link their PSN and Facebook accounts together, nor can they share screenshots, video clips, or even find their Facebook friends on the PlayStation Network.

PS4 media sharing is now only available via Twitter and YouTube, making game and activity visibility quite limited. Removing Facebook as one of the sharing mediums will significantly impact the free organic promotion and advertisement of key first-party games, especially when big hits like Death Stranding roll out in November. It's possible Facebook changed its terms of service, or Sony was worried about possible privacy issues arising from real-life information being shared.

Epic Games may get sued for not telling players how addictive Fortnite can be, especially when it comes to minors.

Fortnite, a game that's earned Epic Games billions from massive replayability and status as a social sensation, is described as one of the most addictive games on the planet. One Canadian law firm is making a case that Fortnite's dopamine-releasing effects are similar to cocaine addiction, thereby making the game a potential health hazard and/or risk.

Canadian law firm Calex Legal wants to sue Epic Games on the grounds of not properly informing players and users of addiction risks. The firm will represent the parents of two minors who have had their lives transformed by the battle royale game. "We dug into it and we realized there was a strong case for it," Calex Legal attorney Alessandra Esposito Chartrand told the CBC.

PlayStation 4 games can now be played on all Android devices, and are no longer exclusive to Sony Xperia phones.

It used to be PS4 remote play on mobile was only available to Xperia devices. Today that changed as Sony rolled out a big new system software update for PS4 that expands features, namely allowing gamers to stream PS4 games remotely from consoles to devices running Android 5.0 and above.

In conjunction with PlayStation Now's ability to stream games to mobile devices, this feature is invaluable to Sony to fend off Microsoft's advances with Project xCloud, which has its own Xbox-to-mobile remote streaming option.

Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel will be a titular heroine of Crystal Dynamics' big new Avengers live service game.

Square Enix makes good on its promise to add more superheroes to Avengers' roster. This time the hero pool expands with Ms. Marvel, complete with her ass-kicking abilities: In the new trailer, we see Kamala stretching out her limbs to dish out devastating hook kicks and smash foes with her gigantic hands. Her abilities aren't just for fighting though. She can use her extending limbs as a kind of grappling hook to grab nearby ledges to escape attacks.

Crystal Dynamics' Avengers game is set in its own unique alternate timeline, but each characters' origin stories still match up with the comic source material. Players will get to live through Kamala's humble beginnings and experience her transformation into the mighty Ms. Marvel. She's described as a fan-girl of the Avengers squad, but she's actually the glue that holds them all together by discovering proof that the A-Day catastrophe was a setup.

Microsoft is still baking its next-gen Xbox Scarlett console, something that should be seeing developer kits in developers' hands by now, but now we are being presented with a new patent that suggests a new VR device that looks very interesting.

Wccftech saw that 'WalkingCat' on Twitter found a couple of US patents that show a 6DoF input device, an interesting VR floor mat activity region (mmhmm), motion controllers, a new Xbox Stylus, VR headset, and Xbox Kinect camera. This might not be real and could just be something Microsoft was cooking in the background and will never see the light of day, though.

However, Sony is cooking up its PlayStation 5 console and should see the company unveil the next-gen PSVR 2.0 headset that Microsoft might combat with a new Xbox Scarlett-based VR headset (and activity mat, camera, etc).

Bungie is already hiring for its next game, and they're laying out some lofty ambitions for the project.

We've known for a while now that Bungie is making a new game, possibly set in a separate IP from Destiny. Bungie's Mark Noseworthy teased the new game at E3 2019, saying team members were "planting seeds" that could grow into something big. Bungie also trademarked something called Matter in 2018, which might be the name of the new IP, and also got a big $100 million investment from NetEase.

Although the non-Destiny game isn't set to release until 2025, Bungie is currently hiring for its unannounced project. The listings give an idea of Bungie's future path. Unsurprisingly, the new game will be a live service game like Destiny set in a brand new universe (likely a new IP).

Bully 2 was in early phases of development for almost two years before it floundered, sources close to the matter tell VG Chronicle.

Rumor has it Rockstar Games plans to release Bully 2 on PlayStation 5 and Project Scarlett. Multiple outlets have reported on the sequel, citing inside sources possibly within Rockstar itself. Now VG Chronicle sheds some new light on Bully 2, and it doesn't look too good for fans of the Rockstar underdog.

Sources say after Red Dead Redemption and the Bully: Scholarship Edition shipped, Rockstar's New England branch spend almost two years laying out early frameworks for Bully 2 (Rockstar has nine different teams stretching across the globe from India to California). This work included a write-up of the same story outlined in SWEGTA's Bully 2 video as well as a small slice of gameplay with rudimentary open-world mechanics. The project was ultimately put on the back burner as GTA V's development ramped up, followed by Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018.

Every singleplayer Fallout game is getting packed into a collection on PC and sold in stores. But it won't be available in North America and other regions.

The leaked Fallout Legacy Collection Amazon listing is real. Bethesda confirmed the bundle is coming, but it's exclusive to the United Kingdom and Germany. Not only does the legacy collection include Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Fallout 4 in the same set, but DLC from every game too.

This is absolutely bizarre as Bethesda would make a killing by bringing this to North America, but it's possible the pack will be sold digitally on Bethesda.net at some point for these regions. It's a strange tactical move from a publisher that's been making odd business decisions as of late, like infusing all its games with unnecessary live services and over-monetizing Fallout 76.

Agony, one of the most visually bizarre and frustratingly bad games on the market, is coming to Nintendo Switch.

Madmind Studios' hotly contested hellish horror game Agony is getting a Switch port, but we don't know when it'll happen. The devs at Madmind won't handle the Switch version, instead passing it off to Forever Entertainment (the same team making the new House of the Dead remakes). Madmind is currently developing an Agony spin-off called Succubus.

That this game is coming to the Switch shows just how much Nintendo has grown up. We've seen lots of brutal and graphic games roll out on the Switch, including Doom 2016, Friday the 13th, and even Mortal Kombat 11 to name a few. Agony might be terribly designed, but it's environments are supremely disturbing and bizarre. It's not something I'd ever expect to see on a Nintendo platform.

A recent Microsoft patent could have far-reaching implications on its next-gen VR plans.

A recently published patent for what's described as a "virtual reality floor mat" just popped up, and it could outline Microsoft's VR ambitions. The mat itself is electronic and works in tandem with cameras outfitted on a VR HMD or tracking beacons to enable more fluid room-scale VR. It's a kind of interactive boundary that aims to more seamlessly blend the real and virtual worlds for more immersion in room-scale virtual reality experiences.

The patent describes the device as "a virtual reality experience is provided to one or more users by a computing system through the use of a special-purpose virtual reality mat." As with any patent, there's lots of permutations and possibilities outlined for the device, but the general gist is having an actual defined space that reacts to digital actions, shows key information to users while wearing VR headsets, and directly synergizes with HMDs, peripherals, and controllers.