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One of the titles that have been drowned out throughout the bombardment of E3 announcements has got to be the next installment to the Unravel series. Welcoming Unravel Two, now take your friends on a string of adventures.

Unravel Two has already been launched and for players that choose to gift this adorable title to a friend will receive 1 month of EA Access completely free. Those that are not aware of what EA Access is, it is a monthly paid service that allows for players to play demos of some big EA titles, while also giving full access to over 100 games in what is called The Vault.

Unravel Two is quite self-explanatory, the first title was only a single-player game but now, as you could have guessed players will now have the choice to take a friend on their adventure. Judging from the trailer we can see quite a great range of unique puzzles that players will have to traverse, here is the official description for the title "Unravel Two builds off of the original game and centers on the bond between two Yarnys, which can be played as a single player or local co-op drop-in/drop-out experience. The two Yarnys will need to support one another as they work through tricky trials and traverse between beautiful natural landscapes and intricate urban environments, with the surroundings blossoming into new life as they embark on an adventure together."

Just as we move past E3 2018, lovers of the anticipated Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will have another chance to try out the new fighter, and its only 2 weeks away.

According to the above Twitter post from CEOgaming, which is the official Twitter account for the fighting community called Community Effort Orlando, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be playable at the Nintendo booth.

The fighting event is being held in just two weeks, beginning on June 29th and continuing until July 1st at Daytona Beach, Florida. If you are wanting more information regarding the event check out the CEO website here.

Most people know someone who loves games, and is even obsessed with games - and now the World Health Organization recognizes having a "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition.

WHO said that by classifying "gaming disorder" on its own, it will help gamers, families, governments, and health care workers to be more aware of gaming disorders. But having a gaming disorder, by the classification of WHO, is very rare - with less than 3% of gamers affected by their definition of a gaming disorder.

British Psychological Society spokeswoman Dr. Joan Harvey explained that the designation of a "gaming disorder" might panic parents in the wrong way. She explains: "People need to understand this doesn't mean every child who spends hours in their room playing games is an addict, otherwise medics are going to be flooded with requests for help".

In a recent PlayStation blog release Sony has addressed the highly anticipated new Spider-Man game from Insomniac Games.

After the recent release of the E3 2018 gameplay fans have increased their hype that much more after seeing Spidey traverse the concrete with not a single problem at all. According to the PlayStation blog post written by Justin Massongill, the Social Media Manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment says that it will only take players 5 minutes to feel exactly like Spider-Man. The smooth controls allow for players to immediately take full rein over Spideys quick and agile movements.

Massongill also addresses how the combat feels in the title, here is what he had to say "Combat, by the way, felt plenty accessible, almost to the point that I thought I had mastered it in a paltry few minutes of practice... until I opened the "Move List" window. Holy moly! Scrolling through the rundown of moves and combos available to Spidey felt like learning a new character in a fighting game."

IGN has sat down with the PR Manager from SEGA named Evan Badger who runs us through 11 minutes of fast-paced Team Sonic Racing gameplay, explaining juicy details about the upcoming arcade racer.

Badger explains that players will have a choice of playing solo or with up to 12 other drivers. This will include both online and offline gamemodes such as Grand Prix, Time Trial and Team Adventure. Badger continues by explaining boosts, items and when to utilize team based strategies as well as the environmental effects of the tracks.

Team Sonic Racing will be releasing on all major platforms including the Nintendo Switch. At the moment Team Sonic Racing will only be bringing characters from the Sonic universe but as we move closer to launch we could see SEGA sprinkle some of their magic over the game, surprising us with more characters from different SEGA franchises.

The relationship between Nintendo and Ubisoft to bring Star Fox to Starlink: Battle for Atlas has been explained by an Ubisoft executive.

According to Ubisoft's Creative Director, Laurent Malville, the partnership began at last year's E3 when a few Nintendo executives played the demo at a private showing room. Malville explains that they seemed to really enjoy the demo and came back with a second group of people, within this second group one of the executives asked "Is it OK if I come back with a group of higher executives?" and Malville replied with "Yes! Yes, absolutely."

The story continues with "So they came a third and fourth time to check out the demo, to the point where we were finally showing it off to the President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime. I'll never forget when he grabbed the controller and said, "This is a neat concept you have here." It felt like something was happening, but we weren't exactly sure what."

In support of the recent re-release of Shadow of Colossus, Sony Interactive Entertainment has released a brand new PS4 theme.

The new dynamic theme showcases different slideshows of the titles vistas while also adding custom icon and a soundtrack. The theme is currently only available on the Japanese PlayStation Store but a simple region change of your system will allow you to download it and install.

Shadow of Colossus is a PS4 exclusive and if you missed out on how Bluepoint Games went about remaking the title with ultra-high definition assets, a link for you to check that out has been provided here.

Fortnite can't be stopped and I don't think anything will get in its way any time soon, with Epic Games getting into the World Cup spirit that has embraced hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Epic has also added a bunch of updates into Fortnite with the World Cup update, with a new stadium map, weekly challenges that include scoring goals on the fields across the isl;ands itself, and some World Cup themed items to buy with V-Bucks.

Fortnite now features 6 male and 6 female jerseys to choose, with personalization of your favorite player's colors and number from the World Cup. There is soccer-themed gliders and pick axes, emotes that include a red card that signals an unforgiveable offense.

CD Projekt Red had its big unveil of Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 2018, but what PC was powering that gorgeous displays of visuals during the demo?

On the official Discord server for Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR community manager 'Alicja' confirmed that the E3 2018 demo system was powered by an Intel Core i7-8700K, 32GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

We don't know if the game was running at 4K, and whether CDPR had the game running on medium, ultra or any other graphics settings.

At E3 2018, IGN was lucky enough to sit down with the president and chief operating officer for Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime. During the talks Fils-Aime confirmed that the next Nintendo Virtual Console would be the Nintendo Switch Online service.

People that are awaiting news about the next Nintendo Virtual Console will be glad to know that wait is finally over. Fils-Aime has addressed the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service and considers it to be the next Virtual Console, here is what he had to say: "The Virtual Console successor is Nintendo Switch Online, right? With the mentality that says we're going to be offering a slate of games, and it's a slate that's going to increase over time. For many of these games, there's going to be additional online capability provided in those games. That's the vision we have for how to best bring our legacy content to Nintendo Switch"

Fils-Aime continues and mentions the cloud storage and how Nintendo are thinking about applying this new paid service. "We do [believe people will subscribe], and I say that because what we've laid out is a proposition where, yes you get the competitive play accessibility, you also get the cloud save, and you get access to the legacy content. That's a fantastic proposition for $20 a year. We believe that it's not going to be any type of issue for us. In fact, it's going to enable us to continue offering a varied slate of opportunities from an online experience standpoint."

In a recent interview with American board game designer, Mike Pondsmith it has been revealed that CD Projekt Red's title Cyberpunk 2077 could be released in "a few more years."

During E3 2018, YongYea came across Mike Pondsmith who is currently working on the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077. Yong got to talk to Pondsmith for around 30 mins and was able to ask the video game designer if he "has a message to people anticipating Cyberpunk 2077."

Pondsmith replied very quickly with "I've waited 30 years to get to this and it was worth it. You guys can wait a few more years, it will be worth it." This could be a direct hint towards the titles release date, or Pondsmith could simply be over-exaggerating and instead just meaning that fans should be patient regardless of when the title is planned to come out.

Adam Creighton, the director of the development studio Panic Button, has discussed how long the developers have been working with the Nintendo Switch hardware and hinted towards an announcement next month.

According to Creighton in a recent interview with Variety, Panic Button has been working with the Nintendo Switch hardware for " almost six years" which is "more than almost any third party."

Panic Button is the studio that brought AAA titles such as Rocket League, Doom and Wolfenstein II to the Switch. The developers have clearly proven that they are more than capable to tackle large games so what is next on the menu? According to Variety, Creighton said that the company is currently working on another project that will be announced next month, until then there has been no official reveal. We will be sure to follow up on whatever Panic Button has in store for us.

E3 2018 - Those awaiting the new Starlink: Battle for Atlas on the Nintendo Switch will be glad to know that players will be able to use Fox McCloud for the entirety of their play-through.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas will be coming to Nintendo Switch owners this October with an exclusive character, introducing Fox McCloud and his famous Arwing. Questions have been raised about how much of Fox players will be able to enjoy, luckily the suspense has already been subsided with a confirmation that players will be able to enjoy Fox for the entirety of their play-through.

During the Nintendo Treehouse stream at this years E3 it was confirmed that not only will players get Fox for the whole campaign but there will also be exclusive Fox missions as well. If you are interested in more information regarding Starlink: Battle for Atlas visit the official Ubisoft website here.

It has been announced that after one day of being available to download, Fortnite for the Nintendo Switch has already been downloaded over 2 million times.

This announcement comes from Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, which he said to Bloomberg in an interview that Nintendo focuses on "surprising the fans" with content. An example of this would be Epic Games' Fortnite coming to the Nintendo Switch, according to Fils-Aime "Fortnite already has 2 million downloads specifically on the Nintendo Switch."

During this interview, Fils-Aime also revealed some information regarding Nintendo's stance on the loot box system that seems to be plaguing games. Fils-Aime said "What we believe, for example, at Nintendo is that a gameplay mechanic that offers to consumer something to buy that they're not sure what's inside can be interesting, as long as that's not the only way you can get those items."

The disappearance from Rocksteady Studios at this years E3 caused quite a bit of a ruckus for players that were patiently awaiting more information regarding the upcoming Superman game. The developer has issued a statement comforting their fans disappointment.

The statement says that the developer is working very hard on their next project and will be revealing details as soon as its ready for the limelight.

The statement comes from Game Director and Co-founder of Rocksteady Studios, Sefton Hill, has posted the following "We know some of you were disappointed that we were not at E3 this year. The whole team has been reading your comments, and all of us here at Rocksteady really appreciate your passion for our next project. Knowing how much it means to you keep us inspired and energized to deliver a game that you will be proud of. We'll share it with you as soon as it's ready. "

After the release of Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch, both Sony's and Nintendo's share prices have dipped. Sony has allowed Fortnite players to share progress from their PS4 account to their Nintendo Switch.

After the Nintendo presentation at this years E3, both of Sony's and Nintendo's share prices took a small hit. This was a direct result of Sony not allowing PS4 owners that happen to own a Switch as well to transfer their account to the Nintendo Switch. Sony has blocked players from doing this as they believe they are protecting their players from potential security risks.

Sony issued a statement in reply to the share value drop of 2%, here is what they had to say "We're always open to hearing what the PlayStation community is interested in to enhance their gaming experience. Fortnite is already a huge hit with PS4 fans, offering a true free-to-play experience so gamers can jump in and play online. With 79 million PS4s sold around the world and more than 80 million monthly active users on PlayStation Network, we've built a huge community of gamers who can play together on Fortnite and all online titles. We also offer Fortnite cross-play support with PC, Mac, iOS, and Android devices, expanding the opportunity for Fortnite fans on PS4 to play with even more gamers on other platforms."

CD Projekt RED fans are going to be astounded to know this juicy detail. Throughout The Witcher 3 Ciri describes to Geralt what seems like the world of Cyberpunk 2077, as if it is a place she as has been before throughout her travels to distant worlds.

YouTuber Tolkfan remembered this detail and did everyone else the courtesy of overlapping the conversation Ciri has with Geralt about her travels with the newly released E3 trailer. The trailer almost matches perfectly with the voice over and everything that Ciri describes such as "houses of glass" or "flying ships" seems to be featured throughout Cyberpunk 2077.

It is good to note that Cyberpunk 2077 was announced back in 2012 and The Witcher 3 was released in 2015 so this theory could entirely be 100% possible. CD Projekt RED is yet to confirm anything as of yet but fans seem to think this is not just a developing coincidence.

ARK: Survival Evolved was a mega success on the PC through Steam Early Access, and now it will spread its wings into iOS and Android... completely free.

ARK sees you dropped onto an island where you're tasked with surviving the elements, other players, and dinosaurs. You'll need to hunt down materials, craft items, and survive. You'll level up, learn new skills, and explore the world of ARK as a full free-to-play game on iOS and Android, compared to the PC and consoles where the game costs money.

A single ARK server hosts 60 players, with more than 80 dinosaurs across the lands that you can either fight, or tame and use yourself. If you want an ad-free experience, you can buy the Primal Pass subscription which includes free gifts, and a reserved server slot.

AMD has announced a new partnership with both Capcom and Ubisoft, with Scott Herkelman, the VP and GM of Radeon Gaming announcing the news during the E3 2018 Coliseum.

The new partnership sees AMD teaming with Ubisoft for The Division 2 in 2019, and Capcom for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. Remember that the original The Division was optimized for NVIDIA, but its sequel will be optimized for Radeon which is similar to Far Cry 5 (also an Ubisoft game) that was optimized for AMD.

AMD has also teamed with Rebellion Developments for Strange Brigade, with the company teaming with the developer previously on Sniper Elite 3 in the last. One of the surprises from this news is that Capcom producer Peter Fabiano announced on-stage that the Resident Evil 2 remake will support both DX12 and FreeSync 2.

Fallout 76, being an online service game, will be monetized with optional cosmetic-based microtransactions--something that really shouldn't be a surprise.

Bethesda's big new experimental Fallout 76 game will follow a familiar formula we've seen across the industry: online live-based titles that make recurring revenue via optional in-game purchases. Gamers will be able to purchase cosmetic items in Fallout 76 (paintjobs, outfits, etc) to add flavor to their characters, the studio confirmed, but everything offered on the game's digital storefront can be earned through regular play--paying outright is just a shortcut. Users will not be able to buy items that have a direct affect on gameplay.

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