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Borderlands 3 might be overheating Xbox One consoles, or at least triggering an erroneous overheating message.

First Borderlands 3 players had their saves deleted or corrupted on PC, now Xbox gamers are reporting hardware issues while playing the game. Multiple Redditors say their consoles are turning off during specific cutscenes, and the systems are showing overheating error messages upon reboot.

"After beating Shiv and moving on to the next area, my Xbox is doing something similar. I play on the X and when you get into the next cutscene, right as the camera pans up with the guy scratching his ass, my Xbox completely powers off. Exact same frame every time. And when I turn it back on it tells me it overheated which is not the case.

Valve is cracking down hard on bad behavior in Dota 2, banning players until the year 2038.

Consistently abusive Dota 2 players can face a huge 19 year ban on their favorite MOBA. Valve is dishing out bans with the maximum penalty possible to punish foul-mouthed and toxic gamers in an attempt to purge Dota 2's community. The news was outlined in a recent Dota 2 blog post and promises to exile players with "exceptionally low behavior scores." Valve will also ban you for buying Steam accounts, too.

The post further details potential role-specific bans for gamers who queue up and don't play their role. Gamers can now report others for abusing their roles, and Valve will collect this info and take action when needed.

BioWare doesn't seem confident in Anthem's long-term future, strongly hinting it's lifecycle is winding down.

Anthem needs to die out, and live games are laid to rest in two ways: thrashing, grueling deaths that are abrupt, or slow wind-downs where content is stretched thinner and thinner before it finally stops and the game is retired. Now it appears BioWare is starting the latter option with Anthem.

In a recent blog update, BioWare confirmed two things: They don't know where Anthem's future lays, and they're no longer following the original free expansion roadmap. The developer doesn't seem to have confidence in Anthem's long-term future, which could be a good thing altogether.

In this day and age, leaks from big name companies happen all the time and in several different formats. Unfortunately, a leak happened for the Joker movie, but the director has said that he actually doesn't mind.

Todd Phillips, the director of the Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix has spoke out about the leaked transcript for his movie, saying to GameSpot "I don't care that you read it--I like that it's out there." He also said to GameSpot that he enjoys the idea that people are even interested in his work enough to read the leaked script and that the script people are reading is actually six months old.

"The leaked script got leaked six months after we started writing, six months before we started shooting", said Phillips. "Somebody else asked me about it, and I go, 'I like that it's out there. Throw 'em off. Go that way.' Literally, that script that went out was an April draft. We started shooting the movie in September. That's six months of writing--that's half the writing process." It seems that Phillips already knows that whatever is in the leaked script won't spoil or ruin the movie since its already in cinemas.

Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has received a blessing of honors at the Japan Game Awards 2019, distinguishing it extensively from the rest of the titles that were honored.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was awarded the 'Grand Award' seperating itself from the Excellence Awards that were given to the following titles: Detroit: Become Human, Marvel's Spiderman, Judgment, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Apex Legends, Devil May Cry V, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Not only was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate awarded the 'Grand Award', but it was also given the 'Best Sales Award' and 'Global Award' for a Japanese product. If you were wondering how many units Smash Bros. Ultimate has moved, its currently pushing 14.73 million units since last December.

Riot Games will be celebrating their ten year anniversary of League of Legends with a new logo change, livestream, teases for the games future and much more.

Riot Games has taken to their official website to announce that League of Legends fans can join them on October 116th to celebrate 10 years of League of Legends. The event will be 10th Anniversary Edition of Riot Pls and will kick off with a livestream that will share some glimpses of what League of Legends will be like in the future, Riot's favorite League of Legends moments, preseason changes and more.

In addition to teasing players for the October 16 livestream, Riot has also mentioned how even though League of Legends is 10 years old it still holds the record for the biggest PC game in the world. According to the website post, "about 8 million peak concurrent players in League" making it "even bigger than the top ten games on Steam combined." The company also mentions that they have "modernized" the League of Legends logo which you can see above.

Two days before the launch of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake the story trailer has dropped for the title.

The quick little trailer has been released onto the Nintendo UK YouTube Channel and showcases the different stages of the games story mode. The trailer cycles through these glimpses of story to some softly voiced music which seems to fit the game absolutely perfectly.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake is set for exclusive release on September 20th for the Nintendo Switch and if you were wondering how different the remade game is from the original, check out this comparison here. Also, if you haven't yet seen some gameplay, head on over to this article to jump into a dazzling 20 minutes that has come out from Gamescom 2019.

Locating your games in your Steam library can sometimes be a bit of pain, especially if you have thousands of games you need to cycle through.

Valve has announced on their website that Steam Library will be getting a "makeover" to make it look "better looking, more relevant, and more powerful than ever before." This makeover will have an beta that Steam users can join and that everyone is invited to. What will the beta feature?

The home section of the library will show updates for the games you have in your library as well as the most recent games you have played. It will also show some activity from your Steam friends and what games they are currently playing. What is probably the best new feature the ability to be able to make shelves, which gives Steam users the choice of being able to customize their Library Home layout however they want.

If you're based in the US and think you're good at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe then you're going to want to jump into the online tournament that Nintendo just announced.

Nintendo has announced that a new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament will kick off on its Switch Online platform between 1PM and 11PM ET (10AM to 8PM PT) on September 22, with the top 8 racers taking home 2500 Gold Points -- which is worth $25. To enter, you'll need to select Tournaments from the Online Play option in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game menu, then search for this tournament code: 2093-5045-4827.

The tournament will consist of 24 races in the 150cc level, with all vehicles on offer and all normal items available -- but, smart steering is disabled. Nintendo will mix it up every 4 matches with a new selection of challengers.

Sony now commands Insomniac's full IP library, including Sunset Overdrive. But Microsoft might still own the publishing rights.

Now that Sony wholly owns Insomniac Games, the company has access to the games-maker's fleet of IPs. Sony's Shuhei Yoshida underlined the news, giving hope to Sunset Overdrive fans who've been clamoring for a sequel. "SIE holds the rights to past Insomniac works. Do gamers want to see Sunset Ovedrive on PlayStation?" Yoshida said in an interview with Inside Games.

But there's one potential fly in the ointment. Sony might own the IPs themselves now that Insomniac is a first-party studio, but they might not have the other missing half of the puzzle: publishing rights. Sunset Overdrive was a Microsoft-published game on Xbox One, meaning Microsoft owned the publishing rights. We're not sure if the rights have reverted back to Insomniac yet. If they have, a sequel could happen, and we could see the first game drop on PS4. If not, then Microsoft will sit on the rights until they expire.

Modern Warfare's cross-play will have some limitations and won't let console players square off against PC players in ranked matches.

Cross-play is coming to Call of Duty for the first time, and it's a huge deal for everyone involved. Microsoft, Sony, and Activision stand to make a killing from monetization, engagement, subscriptions, and raw game sales. In a recent blog post, Infinity Ward says cross-play unification on PS4, Xbox One and PC is opt-in, and gamers can choose whether to play against gamepad or keyboard and mouse players. But there's some multiplayer match types like ranked play that won't be supported.

"Crossplay supports all multiplayer modes in Modern Warfare. There are no plans currently to support Ranked Play or competitive tournaments," Infinity Ward wrote in a recent blog post.

Most of Modern Warfare's massive arsenal of free DLC and content updates will roll out on PS4, Xbox One and PC at the same time.

Activision says Modern Warfare will have the most post-release content out of any Call of Duty game ever made. Luckily that content won't be significantly divided up or released early on specific systems, and will instead launch simultaneously on every platform. Well most of it at least; Activision's deal with Sony still stands, so PS4 should get first dibs on some stuff.

In a recent Activision blog post, Infinity Ward confirms that DLC rollout cadences aim to match the cross-play initiative of full accessibility irregardless of platform. But every platform won't get everything at the same time.

The Epic Games Store's cloud save system is overwriting Borderlands 3 game saves, causing players lots of grief. Now Epic has identified the culprit and rolled out a hotfix.

Borderlands 3 players are having hours and hours of their progress reset thanks to a cloud save bug. The issue arises when you switch platforms and play Borderlands 3 without cloud saves on, and then switch to another PC where cloud saves are turned on. It's a simple case of overwriting, and you can actually reclaim your progress by renaming a few files.

Epic says they've rolled out a fix to address the issue and make sure the pop up notification comes up every time, and both 2K and Gearbox are working with the storefront to get things ironed out. Still though it's an absolutely massive oversight for a game that's based around hours upon hours of grinding, leveling up, and collecting loot. There's no faster way to alienate your audience than by messing with their saves.

Rockstar Games now has a games launcher that'll gate off its titles on PC, and you'll get a free copy of San Andreas if you download it now.

Today the GTA-maker rolled out the Rockstar Games Launcher as a means to tightly unify and control its games on PC. The launcher comes with GTA: San Andreas 100% free, and requires Social Club in order to access and play specific games. All digital rights are tied to this account. The launcher clocks in at roughly 1GB and includes built-in cloud saves.

Interestingly enough, you'll now access newer games right from the launcher. Games like GTA V and Max Payne 3 can't be launched from Steam and can instead only run from the Rockstar Games Launcher.

Following a closed alpha test earlier this year, a full-on Nioh 2 open beta will be available to all PS4 gamers this November.

With Nioh 2's upcoming beta, Team Ninja is honing their fiery demonic blade to ensure it's ready for an early 2020 release. Sony announced a Nioh 2 open beta will go live from November 1-10 on PS4 and should include similar content as the alpha. We should also see Nioh's awesome frame rate performance mode return too.

The so-called samurai Souls sequel pushes the bar even further with insane demon transformations, new weapons, and deeper character customization. Gamers can now harness the power of the devilish Yokai to dish out tremendous damage. The dynamic and hard-as-nails combat is back in full force, complete with the innovative stance system and massive hulking bosses straight out of Japanese myth.

Soon GameStop will be a place where you play games and also buy them.

After years of falling sales and a crippling $500 million loss in 2018, GameStop is making big changes to its business. The company is restructuring its storefronts into gaming cafes with retro gaming, LAN play, and modern console gaming to keep consumers engaged. To pay for all this, GameStop is closing as many as 200 stores across the globe to fund these new expenditures.

Now GameStop teases what future stores could look like. In a recent Facebook post, a test store in Pryor, Oklahoma gave a quick run down of what gamers can expect from new redesigns.

Microsoft has taken to their official Xbox blog to talk about the success of Gears 5 and how it has broken launch records for Xbox Games Studios.

According to the blog post, Gears 5 saw three million players in its opening weekend and has set a new record for Xbox Games Pass with the "biggest launch week of any Xbox Game Studios title this generation". When comparing Gears of War 4 to Gears 5, the performance has "easily doubled" in the first week of launch and now Gears 5 has become the "most-played Xbox Game Studios title in its first week since 2012's Halo 4."

On PC, Gears 5 has tripled the performance of its predecessor, which has now bestowed the title on Gears 5 as the "biggest-ever launch for Xbox Game Pass for PC" and also Xbox Game Studios' "best-ever debut on Steam".

It just felt like a matter of time before Nintendo were going to officially announce their own SNES-styled Nintendo Switch controllers, and now here they are.

The news has come via the official Nintendo America Twitter page where the company has announced the brand new controllers. Following the Tweet, we head over to the website where it is detailed that purchasing will come in at $30 which will give you one Super Nintendo Entertainment System Controller and one USB cable. Orders will begin shipping on September 18th, 2019.

The whole idea of this controller release is to give gamers who are using the retro side of the Nintendo Switch Online service (required for the initial purchase of the controller) an excuse to pick up the controller their games were designed to be played with. Nintendo has also put a limit to the amount of controllers that can be purchased, as the website states that there is a "Limit four per Nintendo Account".

The long awaited launch of Dragon Quest XI S on the Nintendo Switch isn't almost upon us and as a surprise addition, Dragon Quest I-III will also be coming to the hand held console.

The announcement comes from the official Dragon Quest Twitter page who shared an image of the three titles with some of their respective game art. The image says that players will be able to "discover the three legendary RPGs that started it all!". The launch of these three older titles being on the same day as the latest Dragon Quest installment coming to Switch is clearly planned additional content for players who might want to eventually pick up the whole series on Switch.

In other news about Dragon Quest, 'Hero' who represents several of the different Dragon Quest protagonists has been invited to join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is currently available to purchase and play. Check out more about 'Hero', and his massive impact in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate scene here.

The first part of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare exclusively came to the PS4, but now that is over PC and Xbox One gamers can join in on the action. How about 32v32?

Infinity Ward has updated open beta players with a brand new message that says that players can expect a new game mode to be introduced to live beta testers starting on Saturday, September 21. The new game mode will be 32v32 game mode called Ground War and players will be jumping into some raw wide-spread action on a new map called Karst River Quarry.

The Infinity War message reads as follows: "Thank you for playing the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Beta! We hope you're enjoying everything we've shown you so far, but we aren't done yet! On Saturday, September 21, during weekend two of the Beta, we'll be taking your multiplayer experience to the next level. Taking place on a new map, Karst River Quarry, you'll get your hands-on 32v32 warfare in a new mode, Ground War."