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The release of Super Mario Maker 2 is only a month away, and we are already gotten a very decent look at the games course maker in a new preview.

The footage has come from AbdallahSmash026 who has said that he was invited by Nintendo to play Super Mario Maker 2 early before the games launch. Abdallah says that he would normally prefer "playing everyone else's stages" but was only allowed to record an attempt of building a stage himself. The stage wasn't necessarily completed, but nonetheless it gives us viewers a great display of what Super Mario Maker 2 can offer.

From the 10 minute long video we can see a variety of different features being used, such as sound integration throughout the level, enemies, grid layouts and much more. If you are after what will be new in Super Mario Maker 2, check out the feature list here. Super Mario Maker 2 will be released exclusively on the Nintendo Switch on June 28th. For more information about the title head on over to the Nintendo eShop listing here.

Hideo Kojima is at it once again with his Death Stranding teasers, as the director has said that "tomorrow is in your hands".

Following up on the Death Stranding teaser from a few days ago that revolved around the 'create the rope' concept, we have yet another bizzare teaser from Kojima. The new teaser has been released onto the official PlayStation Twitch Channel and features a weird loop video that allows viewers to peer through hand cut outs at brief moments of gameplay or cinematics. It is very unclear what these hands signify, and to throw even more confusion into the mix we can hear a womens voice saying things such as "we need to come together".

When I say that Capcom are gearing up for their coming Monster Hunter World DLC 'Iceborne', I mean that in the quite literal sense. New trailers have been released showcasing some the new weapons that will be apart of the soon to be released DLC.

Firstly, lets dive into what Iceborne actually is. Capcom will be bringing a brand new expansion to Monster Hunter World players. The expansion will contain a brand new region with brand new inhabitants, so yes, that means new monsters to slay. Players will be embarking on a mission with the Research Commission to explore the ice-cold region known as "Hoarfrost Reach".

Since players are traveling to a new region to slay a bunch of new monsters, new weapons to take these beasts down would surely be a necessary reward. That assumption is correct, the Iceborne DLC will be adding new weapons for players to enjoy and today we have three new weapons trailers to showcase; Clutch Claw, Great Sword and Long Sword. One trailer is located above and the other two are located in the entirety of this post. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will be releasing on September 6th for PS4 and Xbox.

As gaming addiction is now classified as a real mental disorder, the industry's biggest names pledge to tackle the problem. But how far are they willing to go?

Despite making billions from a video game business built around engagement, the strategy of hooking gamers to online titles in the hope of long-term spending, Sony plans to take the World Health Organization's gaming disorder designation quite seriously. Following Microsoft's vague affirmations to "curb overuse," Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says it too must take steps to reduce gaming stress.

"We need to take it seriously and adopt countermeasures," Mr. Yoshida told Japanese outlet Kyodo News. "We've already implemented a ratings system (to restrict players by age) and have been taking measures based on our own standards."

Mortal Kombat 11 has been quite the hit in the long time running series and now a new announcement from the games director has teased the titles coming DLC fighters. Who do you think will take the spotlight?

Ed Boon, the director of Mortal Kombat has Tweeted out on his personal Twitter account a gif "It has begun". This is in reference to the DLC fighters being prepared for reveal, Boon says that "if all goes well, next week we will be announcing the fighters that will be joining Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat 11's DLC !!"

This isn't the first time we have heard about DLC fighters coming to Mortal Kombat 11, last month there was a supposed 'leaked roster' that included the likes of; Nightwolf, Sindel, Fujin, Sheeva, Joker, Terminatior, Spawn and Ash Williams. Its not clear how accurate this "leak" is, but the information was retrieved through data mining. Hopefully everything goes to plan for Boon and his team and sometime next week we get a reveal and perhaps a character introduction trailer. Mortal Kombat 11 is currently available on the Xbox One, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch.

It has almost been an entire decade since we have had a decent Simpsons game on consoles and PC, as most the development efforts have been sueded over to mobile.

Maybe its time for a change, maybe its time for Simpson's Hit and Run 2, or at least that is what I hope will be discussed at The Simpson's panel at E3 2019. I remember playing Simpson's Hit and Run as a kid and having an absolute blast tearing through Springfield in my rocket car, perhaps I will be able to relive those memories in a more technologically and graphically updated follow-up title?

The above announcement has come from the official E3 Twitter page, and they are proud to announce that the writers and producers of the long running TV show will be having their own panel at E3 on June 11th. It is unclear what the topics of discussion will be, but the panel will be at E3 so it can at least be assumed that the conversations will revolve somewhat around games, or perhaps a new game. We will have to wait and see what happens, hopefully we get a next-gen Simpsons title to look forward to in the near to late future.

As a Nintendo Switch owner, I can solidly say that having The Witcher 3 available in hand-held mode would truly be an awesome luxury. Is it possible that this luxury could be an actuality?

In Asia, multiple video game retailers have listed The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition for the Nintendo Switch. The retailers -according to the translation - say that the Game of the Year Edition will be released sometime in September. While these are just rumors at this point, it is very interesting that multiple retailers have the same listing.

Before fans of the Witcher series scream that there is no way the Nintendo Switch can handle such a massive world, perhaps consider that CD Projekt RED could implement the title as streamable version. Much like the Resident Evil 7 Nintendo Switch version, or Assassin's Creed Odyssey. As always with posts like these, please take the information as non-official as no official statements have been made from the developers or Nintendo.

Nintendo has announced that its time to update Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this patch will bring the version of the game up to 3.1.0.

The announcement has been released onto the Nintendo Versus Twitter account, and says that the patch will be rolled out sometime later this week and include "fighter adjustments". It is unclear what these "fighter adjustments" will be and which fighters will be the ones to be adjusted, but I'm sure Nintendo will release patch notes alongside the update when it debuts.

As with previous Smash Bros. Ultimate patches, Nintendo has warned players to save all of their replay data into video format before they update their game. As the update will remove all replay data that hasn't been converted into video format and it will not be retrievable. To do this follow these instructions; Vault -> Replays -> Replay Data -> Convert to Video. When the patch has been released I will be sure to do a follow up post with the changes that have been made. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is exclusively available on the Nintendo Switch.

Most Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players are very curious to find out who the next mystery DLC fighter will be, recent news has taken one big name off the table of possibilities. Say goodbye to Sora coming to Smash Bros Ultimate.

The rumors of a Square Enix representative coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate string all the way back to before Smash Ultimate was even released. Most rumors and leaks that were coming out said that Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series would be the one to take the lime light, recent news has unfortunately confirmed that this won't be the case.

The news has come from a recent interview with Shiniji Hashimoto, who is a Producer and brand manager of the Kingdom Hearts series and Final Fantasy series at Square Enix. A student going by the Twitter handle 'Forest' has posted an image with Hashimoto to his personal Twitter, along with the caption "Today I was able to meet Shinji Hashimoto, Vice President and producer of Square Enix (notably FF and KH) at a Conference at my future school #Genimage, it was great. I took a lot of notes. PS: he was asked the question and not, Sora is not foreseen in SSBU."

Naughty Dog is finishing up The Last of Us Part II for a possible 2019 release, and now sources say we'll be seeing more grisly action soon.

A new trailer for The Last of Us Part II will release sometime this week, inside sources tell Spanish website Legion de Juegos. As for timing, we expect it to be quite soon. Sony confirmed a new new Death Stranding trailer for May 29 and we expect The Last of Us Part II to be included. It's possible Sony will have a surprise digital showcase with new footage and release dates for both games.

Sony's not attending E3 2019 this year, and has yet to announce a PlayStation-centric show outside of E3, so it's likely eager to get a leg up on Microsoft's massive announcement salvo.

Ubisoft may reveal a new games subscription service at its big E3 2019 showcase this year.

According to a recent placeholder on the Ubisoft Store, the publisher is readying something called Ubisoft Pass Premium, which sounds a lot like a subscription service. No details have been confirmed and the placeholder is now gone, but it's possible Ubisoft's service will be an all-you-can-play offering like Xbox Game Pass or EA Access. It's also possible Ubisoft's new games could launch simultaneously on the service similar to Game Pass and EA Origin Premiere to further fragment the digital landscape. Whether or not Ubisoft Pass is a game streaming platform similar to Google's Stadia or Microsoft's Project xCloud remains to be seen. Given the current nascent streaming market we're betting Ubi Pass is the publisher's own answer to Game Pass.

A new subscription fits perfectly with Ubisoft's digital-first strategy, and the company even promised investors it'll explore streaming opportunities and new digital models. Ubisoft has made a tremendous transformation thanks to digital gaming and consistently makes billions every year from online content--it made $1.56 billion from digital last year.

Hideo Kojima released a new Death Stranding teaser calling for gamers to "create the rope." As confusing as it sounds, the phrase is quite philosophical and is the backbone of the game's core tenants.

Death Stranding was directly inspired by Kojima's breakup with Konami. After Konami fired him and scrubbed his name from Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima felt lost. His future was still in games, but he didn't have anything--no studio, no publisher, no team, no tools. But he had his human connections that he built up over years of games development. Leveraging these contacts, Kojima built a new studio, partnered with Sony, and found a star-studded cast. People believed in him even when he thought it was all over.

This is really the heart of Death Stranding: human connections. The game's create the rope tagline is a direct reference to the concept of gamers tethering themselves to other people and fostering these connections. In an old interview from 2016, Kojima explains where this idea came from: "There's a Japanese author I am a huge fan of called Kobo Abe. He has a short novel called 'Rope' in which he makes a definition, a statement: the first tool mankind made was a stick. It was made to keep away bad things. It's a weapon. The next tool created by mankind was rope. The rope is not to keep away bad things. On the contrary, it's a tool used to keep good things close to you, to tie good things close to you."

The opening cinematic trailer has been released for the upcoming Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. Check out the trailer below before Crash races onto your PS4!

The above trailer has been released onto the Crash Bandicoot YouTube Channel, and reveals the opening cinematic players will be able to enjoy once they pick up their own copy of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. Players will be able to pick from a selection of classic characters such as Crash, Coco, Cortex, Polar, Pura, Tiny and many others.

Players will also unlock something after each win of a race, unlockables include kart parts, character skins, or kart customization items. If you are after more information about Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, head on over to the official PlayStation blog that details each of the new and old aspects of the game. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled dashes onto shelves June 21.

If you are a longtime Mortal Kombat fan and have been following the series since the release of the original game back in 1992, then the below footage is something you are likely to thoroughly enjoy.

If you didn't know, the original Mortal Kombat used real actors instead of CGI characters to pit players against one another. This meant that real actors had to perform each of the attacks and defensive moves, much like a modern day movie except the quality is that of 1992.

Above we have some exclusive behind the scenes footage of the original Mortal Kombat recordings. We can see fighters and actors attempting to perform a variety of different attacks, defensive moves and jumps. It is honestly quite amusing looking back on what is now a 30 year old running franchise and seeing what was required of actors. This was motion capping before there was motion capping. Better yet, the actors nor the developers behind Mortal Kombat knew that this game would go on to be a pivotal part of gaming history.

Phoenix Labs recently released their new title Dauntless earlier this week, and there is no doubt that the free-to-play title has taken off as an announcement has clocked in the player-base at 5 million.

For those that don't know, Dauntless takes the hunting of monsters, adds a free-to-play element, and allows for players to enjoy the action together across different platforms. Dauntless comes with true cross-play and cross-progression support across Xbox, PS4 and PC. Phoenix Labs are currently working on both a Nintendo Switch and mobile edition of Dauntless, so we can expect that sometime in the future.

Gameplay wise, players will take on the role of a Slayer and be pitted against invading monsters that will require strategic levels of gameplay and immense damage to take down. At the moment many players are reporting that the title is having trouble with matchmaking players together, Phoenix Labs acknowledged this a couple of days ago and is currently working on a resolution to the issue. If you are interested in more information about Dauntless, you can check out the official PC listing for title here.

Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has taken to Twitter to once again tease his coming mysterious title Death Stranding. This time round we have a 30 second clip that again raises more questions than it answers.

Kojima has been teasing fans since the announcement of Death Stranding which was way back in 2016 at E3. Now that we are only a few weeks out from E3 2019, we can expect that despite Sony's lack of presence at the event that Kojima will have something to show off.

Since there is just a lack of solid news surrounding Death Stranding, many fans believed the title is being developed for the next-gen PlayStation since there hasn't been a release date slapped on it yet. These rumors have since been squashed as Sony has confirmed that Death Standing alongside, The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima are still coming to PS4. It is to be believed that these three titles are being developed for both consoles and that we could see a graphical/performance improvement for the next-gen versions.

Microsoft is talking up its new Project xCloud game streaming service ahead of E3 2019, and has some exciting news for developers.

Xbox One game developers can now optimize their titles for cloud streaming. Microsoft updated its Xbox SDK toolset with a new streaming-focused API in preparation of its big new Project xCloud subscription. The SDK not only ensures compatibility between consoles, PCs, and now mobile devices via xCloud, but the new API also gives developers more flexibility to get the most out of Microsoft's new service.

"We also recently added enhancements to our standard Xbox Developer Kit (XDK) to add support for streaming," Microsoft VP of cloud Kareem Choudhry said in a recent Xbox Wire update. "One API we're excited about is the new "IsStreaming" API which allows any game to know if it's streaming from the cloud. Games can then cue features and functionality to enhance the streaming experience; for instance, adjusting font sizes for smaller displays or hosting multiplayer matches on a single server to reduce latency. We'll continue to look for ways to empower developers to tailor their games for the many ways their customers play."

Microsoft's new Project xCloud streaming service is very ambitious, but like any cloud gaming subscription we should expect some big caveats.

Like Google's Stadia platform, Project xCloud has the potential to change gaming forever. Microsoft has the upper edge with its established Xbox LIVE core framework, as well as its vast storefront of digital games. First Xbox bridged PC and consoles, and now Microsoft is aiming at the whole pie by bringing Xbox to mobile. Now the company makes some bold affirmations that Project xCloud will technically support all existing and future Xbox One games. But will it actually host and beam the 3,000 plus titles available on Xbox? Probably not.

In a recent update on Xbox Wire, Microsoft VP of cloud Kareem Choudhry said Project xCloud's infrastructure can technically support any game playable on the Xbox One. If it's playable on Xbox One, it could be streamed on Project xCloud, including original Xbox and Xbox 360 games. Coudhry says the games will be natively scaled across all devices and platforms without any additional work from the developer.

Microsoft's E3 2019 will be a fusillade of games, hardware, and services that lasts as long as a feature-length movie.

Xbox is going big at E3 2019. Microsoft confirmed this year's show is its biggest yet, and now we have a concrete duration for the show. According to the Xbox @ E3 website, the conference will last a cool 2 hours. Gamers can expect updates and teases on Microsoft's next-generation Xbox Scarlett family of consoles that includes an enthusiast and mid-grade option, lots of info on its new Project xCloud streaming service, reveal of Game Pass on PC, and lots of games.

I think Project xCloud will be the star of the show. Following Google's cloud streaming Stadia announcement, companies are eager to hit back and remind consumers of their own services. Microsoft announced Project xCloud at last year's E3 and the cloud service has matured tremendously since them. I also think Microsoft will only lightly touch on Xbox Scarlett, which should be powered by highly customized AMD Zen 2 CPU and Navi GPU tech.

The World Health Organization adds gaming addiction to its list of categorized disorders, a move that could have a tremendous ripple effect on incoming lootbox legislation.

Gaming addition is now recognized as a real behavioral disorder. Found in the updated 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, the World Health Organization's newly adopted "gaming disorder" classification is almost synonymous with crippling gambling disorders. Gaming addiction is characterized by "increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences," the report says.