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Nintendo Switch owners need a vampire experience on their hand-held consoles and Focus Home Interactive will do just that, Vampyr will be debuting to the Switch in the near future.

Vampyr is developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Focus Home Interactive, the publisher recently revealed its plans for Q3 and what was included within these plans is the mission to bring Vampyr to the Nintendo Switch. "In Q3, the Group will continue to maximise the potential of the Vampyr licence" said the Focus Home Interactive report.

Due to Vampyrs popularity across the other platforms, the publisher wants to further the reach of Vampyr being available to gamers. "After the game's impressive success on PC, Xbox One and PS4, it will be Nintendo Switch's turn to welcome the DontNod title to reach an even wider audience." Unfortunately, there was no further information regarding the port to the Nintendo Switch, instead we can expect an official announcement soon from Focus Home. In other news about Vampyr, check out our review on the game here.

The Super Smash Bros. community is touching the ceiling in terms of hype, as a recent leak surfaced online revealing what is to be believed the final roster for the release of the game. Despite Incineroar being no where to be seen in the leak, a well known leaker still believes Incineroar is still "in."

The image leak happened yesterday, where a 4Chan user uploaded what seems to be a Snapchat image of a promotional banner for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The image was quickly re-uploaded everywhere and people began their attempts at debunking it, if you are interested in the evidence for/against the leak, a great summary has been provided on the /r/NintendoSwitch sub Reddit.

Now that you have a little background on the leak, let's address the comment of a well known leaker throughout the Smash community. The leaker is named Vergeben and he called that Metroid's Ridley would join the roster, Castlevania's Simon Belmont would be an addition and also the return of every character from previous Smash Bros. titles, dive into more of that here. Credentials now out the way, Vergeben has spoken out about the recently leaked image that is kicking around the Smash forums. He has said that despite the absence of Incineroar in the leaked image he still stands by his sources, saying "In case people need me to repeat myself, Incineroar is in."

Today Bloober Team and Gun Media announced Layers of Fear 2, a new chapter in the mind-bending horror series set aboard a seemingly haunted cruise ship.

Remember that mysterious Project Melies game that was announced back in March? That project is actually Layers of Fear 2, and it aims to tap lots themes and eerie motifs from early horror films. Bloober Team directly references Alfred Hitchcock as an inspiration (which bodes extremely well for the game in my book), and says Layers of Fear 2 will feature unique styles akin to those of silent film director Georges Melies (he directed the excellent A Trip to the Moon film).

"Set on a desolate ship, Layers of Fear 2 will rely on the claustrophobic, ever-changing environments to keep players in the dark, never knowing what horror to expect around every corner and through every door. The feeling of uneasiness and terror will be enhanced by influences from classic cinematography ranging from the experimental works of Georges Melies to the twists and turns used by Alfred Hitchcock."

Microsoft's gaming division is all about monetization. I've said it many, many times now, and I'll probably say it many more. Company CEO Satya Nadella drives this point home in Microsoft's Fiscal FY Q1'19 earnings call and illustrates how the Xbox business works.

Xbox is no longer a console, but a wide-reaching service that brings games, subscriptions, microtransactions, and other engagement hooks to both consoles and Windows 10 PCs. And soon that'll come to phones, too. The Redmond-based tech giant is ahead of Sony in this respect and has major assets at its disposal: forward-thinking plans, a constantly growing and lucratively monetizable community via Xbox LIVE, and of course the might of both consoles and PCs. But at the same time these strategies threaten the quality of Microsoft's first-party games, all of which should now have live-based microtransactions or services of some sort.

This strategy is working quite well though (and has been for some time). Microsoft just kicked off its new Fiscal Year 2019 with $2.738 billion earned from Xbox gaming, which saw services and sales revenues up 36% year-over-year. This trend won't change any time soon; if anything Microsoft is doubling-down on engagement. During the financial call Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined the Xbox business model now and moving forward.

Fallout 76 on PC is lenient on GPU requirements, but you'll need a decent CPU to run the game from the Bethesda.net client.

Although Fallout 76 shares a lot in common with Fallout 4, it's a lot more demanding PC spec-wise. According to the new Fallout 76 PC spec announcement the online-only service game puts more emphasis on CPU usage. Gamers will need a rig outfitted with at least an Intel i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X CPU to play, but the GPU side of things are more forgiving and require an NVIDIA GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 285. The standard 8GB of RAM is a minimum requisite and the game clocks in at 60GB.

Recommended specs are the same CPU-wise, but Bethesda advises an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU or Radeon R9 290X with 4GB of VRAM to play Fallout 76. I'd like to see a preferred or required internet connection speed advisory on here too (remember Fallout 76 is purely an online game).

Predictably enough, Microsoft will bring its massively popular Xbox Game Pass subscription to PC at some point in the future. This means

As soon as the $9.99 a month Xbox Game Pass subscription was announced, I had a feeling it'd come to Windows 10 PCs at some point. After all, Xbox is now a cross-platform brand that bridges PCs, Xbox One consoles, and soon with Project xCloud, mobile devices. Let's also not forget Microsoft's love for monetizing its services (which is best handled by bringing said services to more places players spend money). All the signs were there and Microsoft's business plan clearly spelled out Game Pass' transition to PC.

We've had rumblings in the past about Game Pass arriving on PC, and now Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella continues the dialog. In Microsoft's Fiscal Q1'19 earnings, Nadella spoke about Xbox gaming, services, monetization, and how Game Pass' arrival on PC will strengthen the core Xbox community.

Red Dead Redemption 2's physical release will take around 90 minutes to install on a PlayStation 4, YouTuber GeekAloud reveals.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an absolutely massive game. Clocking in at 99GB on PS4, Rockstar's Western opus ships on two discs, and like GTA V on Xbox 360 one of them is just for installing and the other is for play. Usually one of the main ways to avoid long installs is to buy physical games and install them on your PS4, a process that's usually pretty speedy. But Red Dead Redemption 2 will take a long while to install both discs.

According to a recent YouTube stream, RDR2 can take as much as 90 minutes to install data from the discs to your internal PS4 hard drive. If you're going to a 9PM or midnight launch tonight be sure to remember you won't be able to play right away.

Capcom has just stabbed every North American Resident Evil fan in their metaphorical back, as the developer has just revealed that the Resident Evil 2 Remake will be receiving a Steelbook Edition, but it's exclusive only to Europe.

The announcement comes from the Resident Evil Twitter page who has shared an image of the Steelbook Edition. Included within the bundle is of course a copy of Resident Evil 2 in the form of a Steel cover, which can be seen above and also "Claire's Elza DLC outfit."It appears that inside the cover of the game we get a showcasing of Racoon City going through a sunset or a sunrise, while on the front we can see the bloodied mouth of a zombie grinning at the player. Below the mouth is the Resident Evil title and on the back is the Umbrella Corporation's logo.

It truly is a shame that Capcom has decided to only release this bundle in Europe as I would imagine there is a lot of Resident Evil fans across the North American region that would of loved to pick it up. Hopefully Capcom announces an exclusive Western bundle to complement this European release. Resident Evil 2 is planned for release on January 25th next year, it will be arriving on the Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

A new trailer has been released for Firaxis Games' Sid Meier's Civilization VI coming to the Nintendo Switch, the trailer showcases to players what they need to do when they jump into the title on their hand-held console.

The trailer has been revealed through Tweets onto the Nintendo America Twitter page, as well as the Civilization Twitter page. Within the trailer, Nintendo Switch owners are informed about what will be required of them if they decide to pick up Civilization VI for their Switch. Players will need to firstly select a leader of their civilization, then work towards expansion as they grow their city turn by turn. This is done through making farms to feed your population, building lumber mills and mines to increase production and much more.

It was also confirmed by the Civilization VI Twitter page that the title will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch with touch controls. Twitter user 'Taffer' asked the Civilization VI Twitter page "will Civ on switch have touch controls?" and then the page replied with "Yes, it has touch controls." This should make scrolling throughout the map, unit selection and other aspects of the game much easier for players while in hand-held mode. Civilization VI will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, for more information visit the official eShop listing here.

The launch for Red Dead Redemption 2 is about to be upon us, but ahead of it we already have leaked gameplay footage from the title. A whole 20 minutes of it as well.

The video has been released by the YouTube Channel 'Shousinen', who appears to have already gotten his hands-on a copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. From the video we can see the player making some fairly questionable decisions, robbing cashiers, gun fights and more.

The video showcases the player tracking down a deer and hunting it through the snow, might I just say, despite the video being rendered in quite poor quality, the tracking of the snow around the players' character does look incredible. I also couldn't pass up on mentioning the fact that players can put their horses out of misery if they are injured, we can see in the video the player stabbing his horse in the heart after it was clipped during a gun fight.

Possibly the biggest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate leak has just surfaced online, revealing what is to be believed the full games roster. Just hours after the leak was found online Nintendo drop a new Smash Ultimate trailer, coincidence?

I just finished writing up the new 'leak' breakdown regarding the recently released image that showcases what is be believed the completed roster for Ultimate. While completing that article I got notifications for Nintendo's Smash Ultimate trailer, we see nothing new throughout the trailer but could this be a distraction from Nintendo, or perhaps a tease?

Putting our speculation caps on now, perhaps Nintendo caught wind of the extremely popular 'leak' that has neither been confirmed nor disproven and decided to quickly drop their trailer to take eyes off the leak. If this was their strategy the comment section for the video has certainly ruined that for them, most people seem to be taking this trailer drop as a distraction from leak which has in turn caused many to think it further proves its legitimacy. Maybe it was complete coincidence and Nintendo planned to drop the trailer today no matter what, we will never know, but this roster 'leak' is gearing up to look quite real. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is planned for release on December 7th exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

We are back yet again with another potential leak for Super Smash Bros. UItimate, this time round we have a new image to decipher, let's just jump straight into it.

The above image with the clear outlines of the alleged newcomers to make it Super Smash Bros. UItimate has been sourced from no other than 4Chan. I know, when Smash fans hear '4Chan' and 'leak' a bad taste in your mouth instantly occurs, but since this time round its an image and not just text it will be much easier to tell if this ones fake or not (hopefully).

The two outside images are the officially announced roster so far, they have been placed on the outside of the leaked image to give a comparison to where each of the characters are standing/resolution. Now looking towards the leaked image, it has been supposedly taken on Snapchat and we can see outlines of Shadow the Hedgehog, Banjo Kazooie, Ken, Mach Rider, Chorus Kid, Issac and Geno. Obviously this leak is very blurry, which certainly raises my suspicions to whether it is real or not, blurry images are much easier to pass off as real as injecting renders into an already blurred image is much more believable. It also makes it extremely difficult for detail finding, due to most, if not all the pixels on the edges of the renders being blurred out.

It was only a couple of days ago that I reported on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and its just-launched Black Market, which includes a battle pass style progression system. This system features the Contraband Stream, where you can earn goodies by playing Seasonal Operations.

The grind for Black Market goods was huge, where it would take over 400 hours to reach the max level of 200. This is awful, as it works out to playing 8 hours a day, every single day, in order to hit that max level.

Treyarch has since pushed out an update that reduces the amount of time required to hit the max Contraband Stream level, with the developer adding earn-rate accelerators, challenges, and event-based tier skips on the way.

DICE has come out and confirmed some new information for Battlefield V now that it has gone gold and is weeks away from launch.

David Sirland, the Multiplayer Producer for Battlefield V at DICE answered some questions over Twitter, with one of them concerning the server tickrate on the PC and consoles. We now know that the PC version of Battlefield V will have a 60Hz server tickrate, while consoles are halved at 30Hz.

The team will improve the tickrate post-launch, which should be something that'll be applied to all platforms not just the PC. Sirland said: "We will start out with the same settings at BF1. 30hz on console, 60hz on PC. But that's a start, and we'll invest in improving that too".

Fallout 76 is basically an online Fallout 4--for all the good and ill that brings. It's an interesting new start for Bethesda, but the beta test foreshadowed a lot of the same tedium I remember from 2015's Fallout entry...and I'm reticent to jump right in.

I want to preface this article by saying I've yet to play Fallout 76. TweakTown wasn't invited to try the game out during the press event, and I haven't pre-ordered because frankly I'm not sold just yet. The following is intuition based on numerous Fallout 76 beta streams I watched last night, which paint a particular picture in my mind of what to expect about the online-only Fallout game.

A while back I predicted Fallout 76 would use Fallout 4's assets, engine, and basic structure. Based on what I've seen I'm only half right. Yes, Fallout 76 seems to tap the tedium of scavenge-driven exploration across irradiated Appalachia, and yes, Fallout 76 uses a lot of the same structures, textures, and content...but it does something more. The online element actually infuses a sense of tension and dire frenetic chaos into what used to be a singleplayer-only franchise.

Microsoft kicks off a new fiscal year with strong gaming earnings, but its other segments reign above Xbox.

Microsoft today announced its Fiscal Year 2019 earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2018, proving its wide-reaching Xbox gaming segment is still a versatile and lucrative branch of the tech juggernaut. FY Q1'19 saw total gaming revenue spike by a mighty 44% year-over-year driven by strong hardware and software sales. Xbox subscription services like Xbox LIVE and full game sales grew 36% from FYQ1'18 thanks to third-party titles.

Gaming--which includes full game sales, subscriptions, DLC content, and other game purchases on Xbox and Windows PCs--raked in a combined $2.738 billion during the quarter, up a tremendous 44% YoY from FYQ1'18's $1.896 billion. Microsoft's second quarters are typically the biggest for revenues thanks to the holiday season.

Today's cultural landscape makes for a veritable battleground of social issues--the kinds of things that Rockstar Games uses for fuel for its Grand Theft Auto fire. But company exec Dan Houser is glad GTA 6 isn't happening during these tumultuous times.

Like South Park, Grand Theft Auto games make fun of everything. Topics like politics, social issues, technology trends, film motifs, and cultural stereotypes are all lampooned and satirized in crude, often ridiculous ways. The series is a playground for this kind of violent and chaotic humor: whole metropolises are stages whose acts are filled to the brim with offensive jokes, themes, and vice. This has always been the formula for GTA, but today's political world is changing so much that Rockstar could have a hard time keeping up with relevant satire.

In a recent interview with GQ, Rockstar's Dan Houser expressed relief that GTA 6 wasn't happening during Trump's divided America:

Sony's new PlayStation Network name changes come at a hefty risk to gamers, and can potentially strip access to games content, in-game functionality, and more.

PlayStation Network ID changes are coming, but they come with a series of big caveats. Sony warned users to expect issues with name changes, especially in older games released before April 2018, but no one was sure exactly how this could affect our PSN experience. Now thanks to a recent firmware beta disclaimer we have more details.

Sony plans to extensively beta test the feature ahead of its 2019 launch, but anyone who's willing to try it out should be cautious (especially if you have a huge digital library). According to the disclaimer posted on ResetEra, PSN name changes can actually revoke your access to purchased (and free) in-game content, including DLC, virtual currency, and other digital pieces.

Today EA revealed the extended timeline for future Battlefield V content, confirm that the game's anticipated battle royale mode will miss launch in favor of a 2019 release.

Battlefield V's team-based Firestorm battle royale mode will actually miss the game's November launch by a whole quarter. EA today announced the game's post-release live service plan, confirming Firestorm is slated for a March 2019 release on all platforms.

Considering DICE isn't making Firestorm it's possible this delay is to ensure the mode is polished and mechanically optimized ahead of release.

The launch for RockStar Games' highly anticipated title Red Dead Redemption 2 is imminent and just two days out from the official launch the full map has been leaked.

The image has been leaked through Reddit users 'Mco_yum_yum' and 'tomcruise_momshoes', who have shared an image from the titles official game guide. From the image, we can see that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be containing some of the first games map, we can see Flat Iron Lake, Tall Trees and Armadillo.

In the entirety of this post, Reddit user tomcruise_momshoes has provided an image with the map of the first Red Dead Redemption attached to the leaked image. This gives a great comparison estimation to how much bigger in scale the game will be in terms of map size, of course no one will officially know until players jump into the world for themselves. Since Red Dead Redemption 2 has weighed in at 105GB for the PS4 and 88.15GB for the Xbox One, the title will be shipping on two discs, check that story out here.