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In March we saw that SEGA released a video about their 'top secret' Sonic Racing title that hasn't been announced, now SEGA's social media PR team has mentioned that we will be receiving some updated information very soon.

Since the short video that has been released, SEGA has kept awfully quite about their unannounced title until now. During an official livestream this week Aaron Webber, a member from SEGA's social media PR team teased that some information should be released in the near future.

According to Webber, SEGA knows that "A lot of you have been waiting for news and information, and you're very curious about what that title was that we teased back at South by Southwest, and at least in the near future, you might be hearing some more news and information about that."

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was revealed last week with a big push into Battle Royale madness with Fortnite and PUBG, but through an interview with Australian site Finder, Black Ops 4 game designer Matt Scronce had some fighting words.

Scronce said: "We wouldn't do [a battle royale mode] if we didn't think we could do it best and better than everybody else. We've got a huge library of content, ten years of history, we've got the best gunplay out there, we've got the best movement, so we're not too worried about it. Honestly, we're just worried about making this damn thing as fun as possible".

He continued: "And look, we're in a world where there's plenty of room for multiple titles. People would sometimes ask 'How are Battlefield and CoD going to exist in the same industry?' We do. What we're doing is going to be different. Some players will gravitate to us and people may gravitate towards other games. We're making something that, when we play it, we have a whole lotta fun and I think we can grow out from that".

Activision has activated the hype train for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, while rumors begin swirling around about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which is reportedly scheduled for 2019.

A new post on charlieINTEL says that Infinity Ward is the developer behind Modern Warfare 4, with several ex-Infinity War developers leaving for Respawn Entertainment to work on Titanfall, coming back to the Infinity Ward team for MW4. This could mean that MW4 could feel more like the original Modern Warfare titles, and not like the not-so-well received COD games over the years.

Eric Hirshberg, the at-the-time CEO of Activision said that the next three Call of Duty games would be the best in the history of the COD franchise. He said: "Its suffice to say I think we have the best 3 year slate in Call of Duty's history, which is really saying something given this franchise's history. And I think we've got multiple different game universes that we know our players love on tap, so obviously, more to come on that".

Overseas behemoth Tencent has purchased a huge majority stake in Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games, but the games-maker will still remain independent.

The devs at GGG today announced that Tencent has invested significantly into the studio with the aim of giving it the "resources to make Path of Exile as good as it can be." While the exact cost of the purchase remains unknown, the NZ Herald reports that Tencent bought 80% of Grinding Gear Games' shares, making it yet another major acquisition under the Chinese publisher's belt.

The Path of Exile devs assert that the studio will still remain fully independent and that the share purchase won't affect future development of their popular APRG. Grinding Gear Games will also still have full control of the Path of Exile IP, and no major changes will be made to the game's cosmetic-only monetization approach.

The rumors that Battlefield V will be set in World War II may be right on the money.

Earlier today EA dropped a new teaser for Battlefield V that seems to confirm the game will take place, at least in part, during WWII. The teaser is only 12 seconds long and gives two major clues: the apparel of the man shown, and the icons in the upper part of the screen that clearly show the British Union Jack as well as the German Balkenkreuz beam-cross symbol used by the German Wehrmacht forces in World War II.

As for the content, the teaser looks like actual in-game footage taken during conquest multiplayer game and shows a modern-ish stylized HUD. EA is also teaming up with Microsoft to promote the game so we may see some Xbox-exclusive content...or at the very least more footage during Team Green's E3 2018 conference.

Paradox Interactive has announced a new strategy game title Imperator: Rome, featured in a time of prospering Rome, where players will be able to enjoy the experience of Caeser and what it is like to rule from Athens to the beginnings of the Roman Empire.

Paradox Interactive has created a new Twitter account for the upcoming title, already on the account is screenshots of the sheer size of the map players will have available. From the images, we can see that players will be able to rule all the way from the Pillars of Hercules to the distant India.

According to the announcement trailers description Imperator: Rome will be "set around the growth of Roman power in a threatening Mediterranean. Unify Italy and then the world under the eagles of your legions. Or rule an Eastern monarchy with claims to the mantle of Alexander."

Capcom has confirmed that a port of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard will be added to the Nintendo Switch, the port has been titled the "Cloud Version" and has already got a listing on the Japanese version of the eShop.

According to Nintendo Everything, Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version will be launching in quite a unique way for the Nintendo Switch. Unlike like other Nintendo Switch games, Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version will only be a 45MB download, with the rest of the required data being streamed off Nintendo's cloud.

Japanese players will be able to pick up the Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version and all of its DLC's for free, a 15 minute free trial is provided before players are required to purchase a further 180 days for 2,000 yen. Unfortunately, there has been no mention of the title coming to western markets, we can expect and hope that in the coming days Capcom makes an announcement and gifts western markets with a great portable horror experience.

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has commented on the current gaming industries interest in cross-platform play, he says that cross-play is "beneficial to everyone."

Kaplan discussed the topic throughout Games Magazines latest installment, he began by mentioning the two hottest games at the moment; PUBG and Fortnite. Using both of the battle royale titles as an example, Kaplan says "Fortnite and PUBG recently made a huge impact on gaming by having cross-platform experiences that spanned the PC, consoles and mobile. Cross-platform experiences, especially in social games or games with persistent progression, are very exciting."

Kaplan continues by saying "I hope to see platforms open up and embrace the way players want to play more. The technology and the desire exist. I believe it would be beneficial to everyone to open platforms up more to bring players together. So I'm definitely hoping for more cross-platform opportunities."

The first Deadpool movie was a R-rated blast, setting records in its own respective field for largest R-rated opening weekend movie ever. Deadpool 2 has recently been released and has not lived up to its predecessors opening weekend mark.

The original Deadpool was released back in February 2016 and it made a massive $132.4 million during its opening weekend. According to Entertainment Weekly, Deadpool 2 was projected to make anywhere between $130-$150 million, unfortunately the title fell short, only making $125 million in the US and Canada.

Overall though, Deadpool 2 made $176.3 million from overseas markets bringing the newly released sequel to a total worldwide haul of $301.1 million for its opening weekend. Deadpool 2's debut did have an achievement though, it finally knocked off Avengers: Infinity War from sitting at the top of the weekly revenue figures.

Square Enix's highly anticipated crossover action-RPG Kingdom Hearts III is no doubt one of the most sought after games of 2018, to tease fans just that much more Square Enix has released 20 mins of gameplay footage for the upcoming title.

Gamespot was luckly enough to sit down with the unreleased title and take it through its paces. From the above video we can see an over-the-shoulder view of the game, gameplay wise we can see the beauties that Kingdom Hearts fans are after: smooth animations, solid FPS, awesome cut-scenes and amazing combat.

Unfortunately, Kingdom Hearts III has no official release date as of yet, the only thing we have to go off of is the planned "2018" window that was announced back at the start of this month. If you happened to miss some older Kingdom Hearts III news, check out the Classic Kingdom trailer, Monsters Inc. announcement or the Riku action figure.

In a not-so-surprising move, Shenmue III has been delayed to an undetermined 2019 release window.

Behind obvious games like Half-Life 3, Shenmue III is arguably one of the most hyped games for an older generation of gamers. Although Ys Net secured over $6 million in funding on Kickstarter along with a big publishing deal with Deep Silver, the studio has a lot of work to do to ensure the game lives up to its fans' expectations. As a result of this workload the team has delayed the game into next year, which isn't really that shocking given the lack of gameplay footage.

"Deep Silver today announce that their upcoming release Shenmue III has been moved and will now release in 2019," the publisher wrote in an announcement.

It may surprise many to learn that Valve is still indeed working on new games...and some of them are super secret affairs.

In its new website redesign Half-Life developer Valve reminds everyone that yes, it's still making games. Pre-occupied with running its juggernaut Steam storefront and building its VR ecosystem, Valve hasn't released a new big game for some time...but it's still making content behind closed doors. "We have some new games in the works, too. A couple have been announced, while others remain top secret," the company said on the site. Could one of these top secret games be Left For Dead 3 or, just maybe, Half-Life 3?

And Valve is hiring too. Here's an interesting tidbit from a 3D character artist job listing: "Valve has many projects in various stages of production at all times." Before you get too excited though remember all game dev studios have countless projects in their pipelines that often get cancelled. The industry is replete with examples of amazing-sounding games (or in the case of Star Wars 1313 amazing looking) that've simply died out, and I'm sure Valve is no different in this respect.

Russian game developer Mono Studio has released a new trailer for their upcoming title INSOMNIA: The Ark, the trailer has been titled "Dystopian World."

For those that are not aware of INSOMNIA: The Ark, the title is based around a retro-futuristic space station named Object 6. The entire station has been tasked to find humanities new home and it appears that the mission has caused several problems within the confines of the ship.

During the trailer we can hear an upbeat jazz song playing in the background, while the songs lyrics are in Russian when they are translated to English a perfect description of the ships current state is revealed "with our full crew on board, with our one motor gone, we can still carry on."

To celebrate the third anniversary of CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3, the developer has gathered together all of the characters once more.

CD Projekt RED has taken to The Witcher Twitter page to celebrate the third anniversary, the developer has said "Today marks the third anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt release! On this occasion we've managed to gather the gang for celebrations."

The post continues by saying that this gathering was captured by "Count Beledal's parestisomach" and that fans should join in on the fun and make today the day where everyone shows off their favorite screenshots from the game. If you missed the 10th anniversary for The Witcher series there was a celebratory video released by CD Projekt RED, its a real tear-jerker if you are fan of The Witcher series.

To celebrate the anniversary of Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment has thrown together a awesome stop-motion video for fans, Tracer has decided to cook up a celebratory cake!

The video begins with an Overwatch player just finishing off a game and walking away from her PC, beside her are two Overwatch statues, one of Reaper and the other being Tracer. After the player leaves the room the Tracer statue comes to life, much like Toy Story. Tracer makes her way over to Reaper and asks "do you know what today is?" Reaper follows up with a very stern but not at all shocking "leave me alone."

The stop-motion video continues by fans watching Tracer make a celebratory cake as fast as she possibly can, she finishes it up by getting Reaper to shoot the candles to light them, beginning the celebrations. For more information on Overwatch or if you are interested in joining the community visit the official Blizzard Entertainment website here.

A week ago we saw the Little Nightmares Complete Edition announcement trailer released and now the title is available for digital download via the Nintendo eShop!

Above we have the Little Nightmares: Complete Edition launch trailer and from the video it can be seen that Nintendo has done a fantastic job with creating a spooky and unsettling atmosphere around the title. This could honestly be the darkest trailer Nintendo has ever done, it isn't aimed at children from the age range of 3 - 12 but more so at the more mature audiences.

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition is now available on the Nintendo eShop, if you missed out on the games announcement trailer check it out here.

To celebrate the launch of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition on the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo has released a launch trailer showcasing exactly what the game features.

Before the launch of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition we saw the Ganondorf character highlight trailer and also the Toon Link, Tetra, Medli, King Daphnes, Link, Zelda, Impa, Linkle, Lana, Cia and Volga highlight trailers.

From the description on the video, players will be able to enjoy Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition as they "Fight through hordes of enemies as your favorite The Legend of Zeldaâ„¢ characters in full 1080p TV mode-or in two-player on one system! All of the weapons, characters, and downloadable contents are included in this ultimate version of Hyrule Warriors."

DICE will have one of the biggest gaming reveals of 2018 on May 23 with Battlefield V, and now the official Twitter account of Battlefield is ramping up the hype machine into overdrive leading into the official reveal.

The official Twitter account of Battlefield has been on fire teasing that "the tides of war are changing... can you feel it", following up that tweet with a bunch of teases of Battlefield V and what it will deliver. The first says: "A New Battlefield in a New Setting. It's a brand new experience and still everything you love about Battlefield - where every fight is different and brought to life across unexpected theaters of war".

The second tweet teased "The Return of War Stories. DICE believes in both all-out multiplayer and single player, and the live reveal will have more info on the returning fan-favorite War Stories. Prepare for untold, compelling narratives in a new setting".

After years of service, Best Buy may be shuttering its Gamer's Club Unlocked initiative, pushing consumers to other retailers like Amazon for savings.

Reports broke out yesterday that big box retailer Best Buy is canning its penny-saving Gamer's Club Unlocked program for "a variety of reasons." An internal memo obtained by Twitter user Wario64 states that effective immediately GCU cannot be renewed by existing members or purchased by non-members. Current members will still have discount benefits until their subscription expires. The service offered perks like 20% off all new games, 10% off used games, and bonus trade-in credit for the low cost of $30 for 2 years.

"For a variety of reasons, we have decided that our Gamers Club programs will not be accepting new members. This includes both the free Gamers Club membership and Gamers Club Unlocked (GCU). Current members will continue to receive their benefits and we encourage everyone else to use our 'My Best Buy' membership to receive perks, including receiving a $10 reward certificate when pre-ordering hot games," the memo states.

Ubisoft will unveil and release new IP this fiscal year. What could it be?

We've known for a while that Ubisoft is making a new IP to release this fiscal year. The company's Fiscal Year 2019 slate, which is from March 2018 through April 2019, will include three major AAA releases: The Division 2, The Crew 2, and something brand new...something that's been in the works for quite some time.

"This fiscal year we are looking to launch very strong titles that will benefit from extended development time that should support their overall performance. The release slate will be made of The Division 2, The Crew 2, and one unannounced franchise that we can't wait to reveal at E3," the company said in its earnings call. "These three games are the result of a huge amount of work and passion of our teams over many years."