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Team Cherry has taken to their developers blog to unload a bunch of news surrounding their title Hollow Knight, and its upcoming 'Gods & Glory' DLC.

The developers have revealed the official release date for the upcoming DLC.'Gods & Glory' has been deemed the "largest pack yet" and will be arriving to players on the 23rd of August. The new content pack will be filled with a bunch of new bosses, more music, new NPC's and brand new quests. The DLC pack will be released at the same time on both the Nintendo Switch and PC versions of the game.

Team Cherry also unveiled their second music album by Christopher Larkin, the composer of the Hollow Knight soundtrack. Larkin has been adding new music to Hollow Knight through the released DLC packs. To complement this, Team Cherry and Larkin have decided to bring both the new tracks and the old tracks together, compiling them into "one epic album" called 'Hollow Knight: Gods & Nightmares.' The album will be released on Steam for $4.99 and all other major digital platforms. It will also be coming in vinyl form, which you can check out here.

After decades of sitting on the sidelines Atari will jump back in with its new Atari VCS PC-that's-also-a-console system. But the system will ship with somewhat outdated specs, and now the console's architect reveals why.

When the Atari VCS ships (possibly during its targeted July 2019 timeframe) it'll roll out with underwhelming hardware--at least compared to today's growing consoles and the ever-eclipsing might of PC components. Rather than tapping AMD's newer Ryzen APU lineup for the VCS, Atari went with the older Bristol Ridge family for a number of reasons including TDP, cost, and overall processor usage efficiency.

VCS system architect Rob Wyatt reveals more specifics on why Bristol Ridge is being used over Ryzen:

The Atari VCS gets a nice little hardware jump to attract gamers and consumers, but will it be enough?

Right from the very beginning Atari's new VCS console seemed like an iffy bet. The system, which is touted as a kind of all-in-one media box, seems a kind of redundant: it's somewhat expensive and scratches an itch that most mini PCs can achieve. One of the chief concerns was the Atari VCS' power; the company says the console can play games on its Linux platform but some specs were lacking, namely in the RAM offering.

Apparently Atari thought the same thing, which is why it's doubling the VCS' RAM. In a recent Medium post VCS system architect Rob Wyatt revealed the console will now have 8GB of unified DDR4 system memory (likely 2400MHz) versus the original 4GB module.

Ubisoft have decided to really crack down on hate speech throughout games of Rainbow Six Siege, the developer has now implemented a system that will instantly ban anyone who curses or uses slurs.

The new system will have a variety of punishable warnings that could come in three stages. The first being a instant ban of 30 minutes from joining any form of Siege match. The second will be a 2 hour ban for the players account, and finally the third will cause an investigation by Ubisoft into the offence. It will then be decided whether a permanent ban is necessary or just another one of the various timed bans.

Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo's head of software development has taken to Twitter to post a short video detailing specific titles that Nintendo have updates in the pipline for.

Mr. Takahashi was asked by Nintendo how some of the most popular Nintendo titles would fair up in future. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was discussed and Takahashi mentioned the fact that players now have the option to enjoy motorbike races with Nintendo Labo. Takahashi also says that "There will be further updates for Mario kart 8 Deluxe so please look forward to it."

Unfortunately, the short video doesn't detail what these specific updates will be, so when this information is released I will be sure to update everyone in another article. Takahashi continues by saying that he hopes everyone is still exploring Zelda: Breathe of the Wild and that the more he plays, the more surprises he finds. He finishes up the video by saying that the Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2 will be receiving free updates all the way until December.

Ben Porter the creator of MoonQuest has been working on his title for almost seven years now, finally the game has debuted to Steam Early Access and is available right now.

To celebrate the launching of MoonQuest to Steam Early Access, Porter has released a gameplay trailer on his MoonQuest themed YouTube Channel. The gameplay video showcases the pixel art style, a procedurally-generated world, many different enemies, construction, magic and mining.

For those that don't know anything about MoonQuest, the title is based around a wizard who desires to bring light upon a completely nocturnal world. The wizard summons a hero (you) and gives them the task of finding all of the remaining moonstones, in order to equip them and power the moon machine. If you are interested in checking out MoonQuest and like the idea of diving into a world that is procedurally-generated and has a massive variety of exploration to it, visit the official Steam listing here.

Have you ever been curious of how many games are on the Nintendo Switch? well, a full list has been provided by Perfectly Nintendo and it appears there are almost 1000+ games on the handheld console across all regions.

Nintendo Perfectly has gone ahead and provided the numbers of titles based on each region. The lists feature the main three regions, North America, Europe and Japan. For a game to be counted it has be fully released and available to gamers, not just announced.

According to the figures, the total amount of Nintendo Switch games available to gamers since the consoles release back in 2016 comes in at 928 (all regions). Moving onto smaller categories, North American gamers have 846 games available to them, Europe following closely behind with 834 and finally Japan with just 543.

As we move closer to the release of Mega Man Legacy Collection 1/2, Capcom has released some brand new screenshots from both titles, revealing what seems to be a new mode called 'Rookie Hunter.'

Thanks to 4Gamer we have screenshots from both Mega Man X7, Mega Man X8 and also the new 'Rookie Hunter' mode players will be able to enjoy. According to 4Gamer, 'Rookie Hunter' mode will give players the opportunity to halve the damage they take, this option will be available both in the main menu of the game, as well as a toggle in-game.

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1/2 will be arriving with bonus content for players, this will be include: gacha capsule toys, cards and soundtracks. A prologue to Mega Man X will also be included in both collections, it is a 25 minute animated episode. Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1/2 releases on July 24th on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

Gunfire Games, the developers behind Darksiders 3 have just announced a brand new co-op shooter IP, Renmant: From the Ashes.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, where an invading monster dimension called 'The Root' is collapsing on earth, players will have to fight off hordes of root monsters to survive. Renmant: From the Ashes' world will be "dynamically generated" and will challenge players to work together to craft a variety of different weapons and equipment to further their survival.

Players will also be able to craft and build up their very own home bases, this mechanic will also tie into the levelling system each players character will have. Remnant: From the Ashes is planned for release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC sometime throughout 2019. Gunfire Games is keeping themselves very busy, with their newest title Darksiders 3 arriving to gamers on November 27. If you missed the pre-order packages that are available you can catch up on that here.

Fortnite's 5th season has arrived and Epic Games has released a bunch of new content for players, as well as an awesome cinematic trailer for everyone to enjoy.

This new season has changed the story up a little bit, the crack in sky is breaking reality and teleporting people and objects all around the place. It seems as if the Fortnite universe is colliding with another universe, and that these breaks in reality are forcing anomalies to happen across the map.

Content wise, Epic Games has decided to add a Viking Ship, ancient statues, an All terrain Kart (ATK) and much more juicy pieces to enjoy throughout the new season. Small things that have been fixed and tweaked are: the spread on shotguns, the amount of pellets they fire and the ability of firing another shotgun right after firing the first. Many bug fixes have also been thrown in with this new season, for further information regarding the Season 5 visit the official Fortnite website here.

A new action-RPG will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, introducing Fall of Light: Darkest Edition. Will you be helping your daughter find the last glimpse of sunlight?

The immersive gameplay will be taking players through story-driven dungeons that are completely consumed by darkness. The player will be taking control of an old warrior called Nyx, who's mission is set on safely taking his daughter Aether (the glowing luminescence girl) to see the last remnants of sunlight.

Players will be able to choose between 20 different battle stances and 10 weapon classes that range from close-up combo's with short range weapons to long-range weapons such as crossbows. The Darkest Edition will be featuring an all new dungeon, with new enemies and new weapons for them to be slain with. There currently isn't a Nintendo Switch release date for Fall of Light: Darkest Edition but if you want to check out more about Fall of Light visit the official Steam listing here.

Last week, I reported on the Japanese Nintendo website saying that the amiibo's for the returning/new Super Smash Bros. characters were almost here. Now, Nintendo has made the amiibo's available for the three new characters.

Nintendo has brought us three new amiibo figures with many more on the way, ready for pre-order right now we have Ridley, Wolf and the Splatoon characters, Inklings. Nintendo has made the listings go live on Amazon and fans can begin the pre-order process now. Each of the figures will be retailing for $15.99, the following are links (except for Inklings as it is not available yet) to their respective Amazon listings: Ridley amiibo, Wolf amiibo and the Inkling one here.

For all those Nintendo collectors out there or even just amiibo collectors, do note that it is doubtful that these are the only amiibo's that Nintendo are releasing. Expect a further three more characters to be released, Snake, Young Link and Ice Climbers. Leaving these characters out would be awfully strange for Nintendo, so we should see listings for them sometime soon, more accurately before the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mike Pondsmith, the original creator of Cyberpunk has spoken out about CD Projekt RED's iteration of the game, he has told fans that patience will be their strongest virtue leading up to its release.

Back during E3, we reported on Mike Pondsmith discussing Cyberpunk 2077 with YongYea. It was revealed throughout this interview that Cyberpunk 2077 could be "a few years away." Now, Pondsmith, the lead designer for the project has sat down with IGN and talked about the progress the developers have under way. "We have an awful lot of stuff that we want to do, and it's going to take time to do it. And I'm hoping the fans are going to give us the time to do it."

Pondsmith continues and says that what he asks from the fans is time, space and privacy. As the developers and himself need time to go over the game and make sure it is as perfect as they dreamed. "The game we have right now is pretty damn close to what I would have built if I built it alone myself in a broom closet. I look at things in there and I just go, 'Oh my God, that's perfect. That's just downright perfect." Pondsmith seems quite happy with the current efforts the developer and himself have already made, but more importantly, coming at a game this size with the mentality of a perfectionist certainly should be respected. "But to get that kind of perfection does take time. It takes iteration."

Up until now, Epic Games has taken a huge chunk of developers' profits because of the agreement that developers have when making games using Unreal Engine. Except now, that changes in benefit of game developers.

Epic has previously divided profits 70/30 with Epic taking 30% of revenue from Unreal Engine usage, but have decreased this significantly down to 88/12, with Epic now taking just 12% of developers' money. Better yet, Epic's changes are retroactive, meaning that Unreal Engine Marketplace creators will receive back pay on all sales since 2014... huge!

Tim Sweeney, Epic Games founder and CEO explains: "Thanks to both the Marketplace's growth and the success of Fortnite, Epic now conducts a huge volume of digital commerce. The resulting economies of scale enable us to pass the savings along to the Unreal Engine Marketplace community, while also making a healthy profit for Epic".

Focus Home Interactive, the publisher behind the recently released Vampyr title have come forward and announced that they are pushing the 500k unit sales mark, with the title currently sitting at 450k unit sales in just one month.

The publisher sent out a press release that details the games achievements so far. According to the press release, the week that Vampyr was released it topped the weekly game sales in countries such as France, the United Kingdom and Germany. Oskar Guilbert, the CEO of DONTNOD Entertainment, the independent French developer who created Vampyr has spoken out about the titles success, saying "We are very proud, because since its launch, our last original creation meets a great craze among players. Thanks to our new role as co-producer, we will greatly benefit from this commercial success."

Focus Home Interactive said back in November that Vampyr cost them between 10 - 15 million euro to develop, this works out to be around $11.5 - $17.5 million USD. They also said that for Vampyr to be a profitable in anyway they would have to sell upwards of 500k units, and for the title to be deemed a success they would have to push the 1 million unit mark. If you are interested in our thoughts about Vampyr visit our review here, or for more news about the title visit the official website here.

As we move closer to the Spyro Reignited Trilogy releasing, PlayStation Underground have gone ahead and showcased a beautiful 12 minutes of gameplay footage from the second game, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

The 12 minutes of gameplay footage also features an interview with the developers of the Reignited Trilogy, Toys for Bob. Toys for Bob discusses the lengths they needed to take to get Spyro to exactly where they wanted, they also took the thoughts of die-hard fans in heavy consideration while going about this process. The Spyro Trilogy has had a fine-toothed comb scrapped through it, with the developers creating their own "Spyro Scout" development tool that allowed them to extract and build on the previous games' code.

According to Toys for Bob, every single aspect seen in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been added onto and "modernized" by the developers. Toys for Bob also tried to keep the same animation movement, in hopes of bringing that nostalgic feel to returning players. Spyro Reignited Trilogy will be released on the PS4 and Xbox One on September 21st, 2018. For further information regarding the title visit the official Spyro website here.

Epic Games has stepped up big time with Fortnite's Summer Skirmish series, players will be glad to know that there will be a massive prize pool for the winners, $8 million dollars worth of massive.

Not to long ago, Epic Games announced that they would be setting aside $100 million worth of prize pool money, which would then be used for future Fortnite tournaments throughout 2018/2019. To kick off the festivities, Epic has taken to their Fortnite blog to announce the 'Summer Skirmish' series, a eight-week round robin tournament that will leave the winner possibly $8 million dollars richer.

The Summer Skirmish series will begin this weekend, the first tournament will start off with duos and a prize pool of $250,000. Unfortunately, the required credentials for the players that are interested in joining in are not 100% clear, as The Fortnite Team stated "Participants will be made up of community creators and Fortnite players who have demonstrated their competitive prowess. The format and competitors may change from week-to-week, so stay on your toes!"

EA has released the patch notes for the latest update coming to Star Wars Battlefront II, the developer has posted on the Battlefront forums showcasing the route they will be taking with the patch priorities.

EA DICE discusses on the forum post the severity of the problems they are facing and which options they are going to be taking in terms of either hotfixes or client side fixes. The post says that developer has performed hotfixes to their side of the game, these will only be a small amount of data to download or will require no download at all. This will only be happening for problems with "high priority", the hard stutter issue that players have been facing has been classified as "high priority" as well as the notification spam from challenges menu. Both of these issues have now been fixed and rolled out into the live game.

Furthermore, EA has decided to remove Emperor Palatine, they have pressed the "Kill Switch" button for him and he will be removed from the game until a hotfix can be deployed. EA has said "We don't take this decision lightly, but we feel it is in the best interest for everyone until a fix can be deployed." EA doesn't discuss why they have removed the Emperor but do say that once a hotfix has passed Origins certification process it will be rolled out to 1st party platforms (PC and Sony). If you are interested in the official forum post visit it here.

Rare has decided to give players a reason to venture down to the seabed they have been so effortlessly cruising over since the release of Sea of Thieves. The update titled 'Bilge Rat Adventures: The Sunken Curse' will now reward players for their scuba-diving skills.

The Sunken Curse will be adding cursed 'Mermaid Statues' at the bottom of the sea floor that radiate ancient magic and will have to be destroyed by players. The Bilge Rats will challenge players to go and destroy the statues, all of them will slowly regenerate health overtime but some more than others. The more powerful statues will require some more fire-power to bring down, a crew of up to four players might be needed to fully tackle it but no more than that.

The patch also comes with cosmetics for players to dress up, 'The Wailing Barnacle Cosmetics' have been added as a purchasable to the Bilge Rat shop. The Wailing Barnacle Cosmetics features a hat, dress and jacket. They will only be available to players for a limited time only so you want to get in on some limited edition garments, bring your Bilge Rat Doubloons to the Bilge Rat shop before the 25th of July. The Sunken Curse patch is live right now and comes in at 1.64GB download on the Xbox One and 1.30GB on Windows. To read the official patch notes visit the official Sea of Thieves website here.

A new fighting game has come to Steam Early Access, introducing Roof Rage, a fighting game quite similar to Super Smash Bros. Roof Rage takes martial arts to the next level with a very unique combat style.

Roof Rage will be bringing players a competitive fighting experience in the form of the platformer. With up to eight different fighters, players will be able to produce a flurry of different combo's in attempts to push the capabilities of the titles gameplay. Fighters will also be able to pick up roof tiles and use them as projectiles against their enemies, enemies on the receiving end of the tiles will have the ability to deflect them if timed correctly.

Local matches will be able to support up to eight different players, with gamemodes consisting of the following: stock match, team match, score match and practice. Online gameplay wise, players can jump straight into a 1v1 or invite friends to join a private match. For players that want to practice before they get into online play, there is ""really" challenging CPUs, 9 different levels". Looking to the future of Roof Rage, the developer Early Melon has said they are planning on releasing new game modes including online ranked matches, new characters, new stages, tutorials and even a potential storyline. For more information about Roof Rage, visit the official Steam Store page here.