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SEGA's original hard-as-nails lightgun classics are getting remade for current-gen systems.

It's official: The House of the Dead 1 & 2 are getting remakes, bringing that old-school arcade thrill to your living room. Developer Forever Entertainment today confirmed the news, but left out some important details like launch date or platform availability.

It's likely the House of the Dead remakes will skip Xbox One now that the Kinect is dead and there's no real official lightguns for the platform. Sony, on the other hand, has PS Move controllers and an official lightgun mold, not to mention a PlayStation Camera sensor for tracking. We could even see the House of the Dead remakes come to VR hardware like the Oculus Rift, Valve Index, or PlayStation VR.

Death Stranding's latest trailer underlines its core mechanisms: becoming a high-tech delivery man.

Hideo Kojima's new game Death Stranding is all about making connections. But it doesn't do this in a direct way. Instead you're connecting a fractured, ghost-haunted world by delivering important parcels and precious resources throughout the world, thereby binding societies together. You're basically a futuristic postman that accepts delivery jobs, and everything you do brings the world closer together.

A new Death Stranding trailer shows this point in action. As Sam Porter Bridges, players will collect, deliver, and share tons of packages in the game, all while being chased by strange otherworldly phantoms. The parcels can contain everything from first aid and food to ammo, weapons, and gear. It's kind of metaphorical to how delivery and shipping is basically the heart of any society; being able to transport, share, and sell goods and services is the backbone to our world.

EA wants you to have to more security on your Origin account, but they don't want you to not be rewarded for enabling it either.

During the month of October, Origin users will be able to enable the new two-factor authentication service which EA calls "Login Verification", and receive 1 month of free Origin Access Basic. If you are wondering what Origin Access Basic is, its a free ticket to be able to try out hundreds of different EA titles as well as 10-hour-long early access to upcoming titles.

Origin Access Basic is priced at $6.45 a month and this is a fantastic reason to give the service a shot if you didn't want to fork out your own money. For users that are already paying for Origin Access Basic and enable the new two-factor authentication, EA will simply not charge them for the month of November. Head on over to the Origin website here if you want to give it a try.

A team behind an open source Nintendo Switch emulator has announced that due to their recent updates they have managed to get Super Mario Odyssey to run at a stable 60FPS on the PC.

The emulator is called Yuzu, and from the above video that has been released onto the BSoD Gaming YouTube Channel, we learn that this new update has introduced a brand new version of asynchronous GPU emulation. This the biggest update to come to the emulator since its release, and from the video we can definitely see Super Mario Odyssey running at stable 60FPS minimum.

Unfortunately this emulator isn't perfect though, at the moment Bayonetta 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild are still unplayable. But what Yuzu can play is Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, Super Mario Maker 2 and ONE PIECE: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition all at 60FPS. It should also be noted that the player in the above video is running Super Mario Odyssey at 60FPS on an i7 8700k with an NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti.

The release of the highly anticipated Death Stranding isn't that far away, and while fans are shaking in their boots with excitement, the director has given them yet another reason to look forward the launch.

In a recent Tweet on Hideo Kojima's personal Twitter account, who is the director of Death Stranding, he says that he is currently editing the launch trailer for the title. Kojima also states that this will be the final trailer that will go online before the game launches, and that usually these trailers are "handled by outsourcing CGI studio" that comes with a "movie director".

But not this trailer. Nope. Kojima is doing this one all by himself, and even says that he is treating this trailer as if its apart of the games title. So this would mean the games launch trailer is a 'Hideo Kojima trailer' right? If so, I must say that is pretty damn awesome, and really does show much care has been put into Death Stranding on Kojima's behalf. Death Stranding will be releasing on November 8th.

The director of Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan has selected one specific hero out of his 31 to chose from. This hero will be offered to the Nintendo gods to be deemed worthy enough to enter into the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster.

In an interview with IGN, Jeff Kaplan, the director of Overwatch spoke out about the recent speculation that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would soon be adopting an Overwatch representative since Overwatch is now coming to the Nintendo Switch.

In response to the question, it's described that Kaplan got excited about the idea and said "To the Smash Brothers team, whatever character you want, we love them all. They're all our babies, you can have any single one of them. We have 31 to choose from." Kaplan did eventually say that if he was going to chose one hero from the Overwatch roster, he would choose Tracer.

Call of Duty: Mobile is off to a good start so far, with 20 million downloads clocked since its release across iOS and Android devices.

Sensor Tower is behind the 20M number, with the statistical firm tracking mobile downloads, reporting 20 million downloads of Call of Duty: Mobile so far. Interestingly, gamers have already spent $2 million on microtransactions in that time.

India is a hotspot for Call of Duty: Mobile, with 14% of all installs of the game taking place in the country while US gamers account for 9% in comparison.

Microsoft and Sony will both have ray tracing in their next-gen consoles, with news breaking that the next-gen Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5 each doing ray tracing differently.

Gizmodo is behind the latest rumor, saying that a leaker told them that the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett will be using different techniques for ray tracing and that both Microsoft and Sony will be using different approaches in their respective ray tracing abilities

The leak included the fact that both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett consoles feature 4K cameras, but Microsoft will be amping it up with their Xbox camera. The Xbox Scarlett development kit has a 4K-capable camera with 2ms lag, Snapchat-style abilities with lighting changes, and more.

PlayStation 4's cross-play functionality is now available to all developers, Wired reports.

After years of hesitation, Sony has finally embraced cross-play. Starting with bigger free-to-play games like Rocket League, PUBG, and Fortnite, Sony eventually opened PS4 cross-play to more games. The biggest is Modern Warfare, which launches this month with full cross-play functionality on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Now Sony is lifting the floodgates completely and making PS4 fully compatible with cross-play on other platforms. Now it's up to developers to make use of it.

The news comes from a recent Wired interview with Jim Ryan discussing the future of the PlayStation platform. PS4's cross-platform support is now active across its near-100 million strong install base. Not much was said about the PS5 other than Sony working hard not to rest on its laurels--the content was mostly about services like PlayStation Now and cross-play. Both have an important role for Sony's immediate and long-term future.

Destiny 2 is currently the third most popular game on Steam right now, behind DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive.

Bungie's migration to Steam is a huge success. Destiny 2's new free-to-play mode has attracted nearly 2% of current active Steam users, and has amassed a huge 226,651 peak players today. Right now it currently sits at over 119K players, beating out PUBG by over 70,000 users. We're not sure how many Destiny 2 players are on the free New Light mode or bought into Shadowkeep, but we're betting the F2P option is most popular.

Whether or not these numbers will stay this inflated remains to be seen. Gamers are much more willing to try something that's free and give it a go for a few days, but a portion of them could drop out and move on. Destiny 2 has the added bonus of cross-saves, which lets PS4 players jump in on PC to play with Steam friends and then jump right back to their main platform. This potent tool could lead to lots of retention and platform-switching over time.

The rumors were true: Microsoft is making a Surface phone, and it has two screens. This new Surface Duo could be its answer to handheld gaming.

Microsoft has always been woefully behind when it comes to handheld gaming. But all of that could change with today's Surface Duo announcement, a new Android-powered device with hinging dual-screens. Microsoft showed off various use cases for the Surface Duo at its recent event, and gaming in particular has tons of potential.

The Surface Duo is transformable, making it somewhat like the Nintendo Switch. It doesn't dock, but you can use it like a 3DS, like a full display, or a half-display, mirroring the Switch's Tabletop Mode and Handheld Mode. Users can either hook up an Xbox One controller wirelessly via Bluetooth and use the dual screens as a portable gaming display, or flip it and hold like a 3DS and use the bottom half as a touch-screen controller while the top is used as a display.

Amazon Germany spills the beans on a new Fallout compilation that bundles the biggest games together in single SKU.

Bethesda is finally wrapping up every singleplayer-driven Fallout game together in one package on PC. Introducing the Fallout Legacy Collection, a new set that combines Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 4 in the same set, complete with all expansions and released DLC for every game. The leaked listing has a 39.99 Euro price tag, which puts it at roughly $40 in USD.

The games in the retail version will be included on discs rather than digital, and we should see the collection arrive on Bethesda.net too. There's no word on a potential console or Switch version, but don't expect the original Fallout 1 & 2 to arrive anywhere but PC. Bethesda has yet to announce the news just yet, and listing says the Fallout Legacy Collection is due out on October 25, 2019.

Respawn Entertainment has released the newest season for Apex Legends, and accompanied with all the new skins and map, we have a brand new character.

Above we have the introduction video released on the official Apex Legends YouTube account, it gives us a very brief lore overview of why Crypto has joined the Apex Legends. The video then goes into what players can expect ability wise, and since Crypto is one of the most elite hackers in the Outlands he has the pleasure of being able to use his drone to locate enemies.

When the drone is used the camera is changed from Crypto's point-of-view to what the drone is looking at. Players can fly the drone around the map and locate enemies, once the drone has spotted some enemies it will mark them for the entire team to see. This feature is his passive called 'Neurolink' which grants teammates and Crypto vision of marked enemies through walls up to 30 meters.

Call of Duty: Mobile players were no doubt dominating when using a controller to play the game, unfortunately Activision has ruined that portion of fun. Controllers for Call of Duty: Mobile have now been disabled.

Activision Support has replied to a fan on Twitter who was asking about controller support for the game. Activision has said that since the last update for the game, controller support has been revoked and it seems it won't be returning either.

It seems like a great idea to remove the controller support, as players who are just using their fingers to aim would have a clear disadvantage when compared to those players who have hooked up their controller. Call of Duty: Mobile is aimed at mobile players, and I believe that players who want to hook up their controller for a clear advantage should instead take pillaging desires to consoles where those controllers belong.

Nintendo has rolled out the newest update to Super Mario Maker 2 adding online co-op and competitive modes.

The newest update levels up the game to version 1.1.0 and adds online player matchmaking in the form of co-op and versus play. According to Nintendo World Report, Nintendo chose to not originally include online matchmaking because they didn't want players tag-teaming up to top global leader-boards.

Now that version 1.1.0 has released players now have that option and can search for players or even invite Switch friends via their friends lists. Nintendo has also added voice chat support via the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app. If you are interested in checking out the full version 1.1.0 changes visit this link here.

NetherRealm Studios has teased a brand new skin for Cassie Cage, the skin coincides with the announcement of Birds Of Prey.

Above we have the teaser that has been released onto the official Mortal Kombat 11 Twitter page. From the video we can see Cassie Cage with a brand new Harley Quinn skin that resembles much of the depiction of Harley Quinn in the recently released Birds Of Prey trailer.

The Tweet also mentions Birds Of Prey, saying "Cassie auditioned for #BirdsOfPrey. Unfortunately, she inherited her Father's acting skills." The video also shows off the soon to be released Terminator T-800, and as Cage approaches the cyborg she says "What, no roses?". Terminator responds with "Just guns", Cage then says "Welcome to the jungle." This is all a direct reference to band Gun n' Roses and how that band is connected to The Terminator.

Both Blizzard and Nintendo announced Overwatch for the Nintendo Switch back in early September, and since then players have been wondering how not only the controls are going to pan out, but also if there is going to be adjustable performance options available.

In a recent interview with Vooks, Wes Yanagi, the games principal producer discussed both of these topics and shined a light on some valuable information. According to Yanagi, the Nintendo Switch version of Overwatch will have the tradional controller layout that other consoles do, but in addition players will have what is called 'gyro-aim support'.

Yanagi says, "Controls for the Nintendo Switch version of Overwatch is basically the same as the other consoles. However, one big addition is gyro-aim support. With gyro-aiming, you can tilt the Switch or Pro Controller to give a little nudge to your aim and help line-up shots. Or, you can detach the Joy-Cons and point it at the screen like a laser pointer. One of our designers plays this way and dominates."

Respawn Entertainment has released the third season of Apex Legends, making the highly anticipated 'Crypto' available to play as well as a bunch of brand new surprise content.

Season 3 will take players to a brand new map called World's Edge where players will see a visual representation of fire and water battling each other. Just like every new season, there is a new Battle Pass to go along with it and that also means brand new skins for guns, champions, loading screen art and more.

To go along with the additions of gun skins and more, Respawn Entertainment has also added brand new music packs, skydive emotes, Legend banners, crafting metals, XP boosts, Apex Packs and Apex Coins. Not to mention the addition of the brand new Legend Crypto. For those wondering how much the Battle Pass is, it comes it at a price of 950 Apex Coins which is about $10. When purchased players will automatically unlock new skins for Mirage, Bloodhound, and Octane as well as a Legendary skin for the DMR Longbow, Reckoner.

UPDATE: Microsoft has issued a statement saying Project Scarlett won't ship with a camera.

Microsoft's ultra-powerful next-gen Project Scarlett Xbox console will come with a high-end 4K camera, sources tell Gizmodo.

Microsoft has been surprisingly open about its new Xbox console. The company confirmed Project Scarlett will sport AMD's new Zen 2 CPU and GPU technology for a huge compute jump over current gen, it's targeting higher frame rates versus resolution, it's 4x as powerful as the Xbox One X's 6TFLOPs of power, and it has an on board super-fast SSD that can be used as VRAM for games. And it's fully backward compatible with every Xbox One game and peripheral.

Ubisoft takes a risk by over-monetizing Ghost Recon Breakpoint, effectively experimenting to see how far its live service plan can go.

Pretty much every aspect of Breakpoint is monetized. Gamers can simply pay real money to circumvent key parts of the grind. It has clear pay-to-win microtransations that let gamers pay real money for skill boosts, weapon attachments, blueprints, and upgrades, crafting materials, EXP boosters--you can even buy in-game cash to fuel your grind. You name it, it can be bought.

Time-savers, cosmetics, upgrades and more are locked behind a Ghost Coins premium currency that can only be bought with real money. Ghost Coins can't be earned in the game. Conversion rates are about $4.99 for 600 Ghost Coins and range up to $79.99 for 12,000 Ghost Coins. Weapon bundles are priced at roughly $10 when converted from GC to USD, whereas attachment bundles are around $30 or so. That's a lot of cash.