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I'm shocked guys, I really am. Deep Silver has announced that it has delayed Metro Exodus, which now won't see the light of day until Q1 2019.

Deep Silver said in its press release announcing the news: "The development of Metro Exodus is progressing well; we are all really excited by what we are seeing. We have been constantly reviewing the games progress to ensure that we deliver a product that gamers and fans of the Metro series want and deserve, as well as keeping an eye on announcements from our competitor products".

The developer continued: "We want everyone to be able to experience what is the most ambitious Metro game to date at its absolute best and therefore we have taken the decision to move the release date to Q1 2019".

Mario Tennis Aces for the Nintendo Switch is releasing at the end of this month, and to subside players hype Nintendo are allowing for fans to get their first serve of the game with a pre-launch online tournament.

This pre-launch online tournament is very similar to what Splatoon 2 and Arms received last year. It is pretty much a beta of the title and players will be able to enjoy up to 4 characters, Mario, Peach, Yoshi and Bowser. There is also 5 more characters available to be unlocked but no confirmation of what they are just of yet.

Players will be able to jump onto the pre-launch online tournament from 3pm UK time on Friday, 1st June until 12pm UK time on Sunday 3rd June. Mario Tennis Aces fully releases on the Nintendo Switch on June 22nd.

Julian Gollop, designer behind XCOM has announced that his studio Snapshot Games will need more time to work on Phoenix Point, and sadly this will mean the games release date will have to be pushed back until June 2019.

According to the unlisted video that was released to Phoenix Point's YouTube Channel, Gollop wants to concentrate on the expansion of the development team and "maintain our focus on quality." Gollop explains that the markets expectations have changed and that gamers today want much more from a game, this ties into how "Phoenix Point has become a bigger game. In order to realise this potential we need to push back the target release date to June 2019."

Gollop owns up to the progress of his title being quite slower than he initially wanted, here is his honest opinion on the matter "To be honest, this has been a slower process than I wanted, but I felt that we needed the best talent that we could find. I am glad to say that we now have 35 great developers in our Sofia studio, and as a consequence of our recent, excellent exposure we are attracting offers of help from game developers around the world."

With Mario Tennis Aces release date just around the corner, Nintendo has released a new trailer for upcoming title, introducing Mario Tennis Aces adventure mode.

From the above trailer we can see Luigi being completely taken over by what is called "the legendary racket." Adventure mode will set players on an epic quest to save Luigi, this will require players to foil the plans of Wario and Waluigi all so Mario can do what he does best, save his friends.

Mario Tennis Aces launches for the Nintendo Switch on June 22nd and for anyone that missed out on the character selection screen reveal check it out here.

Yesterday we saw that the Cliff Bleszinski's company Boss Key Productions has sadly had to close its doors after the failure of LawBreakers and Radical Heights. As promised in the statement Bleszinski gave yesterday, he has provided fans with a slew of concept art from games that are unreleased.

Starting off Bleszinski's Twitter storm, he reveals a concept art from a title called Dragonflies, Bleszinski describes the title as "Basically you were ninja/samurai in airships riding dragons fighting zombies with friends in a PVE "feudalpunk" setting on floating islands. (the airships = your "aircraft carriers", the dragons = your "planes.")" This idea is quite unique and from the art pieces we can see the idea could of looked incredible if it was brought to life.

The next art piece we have has been titled as DogWalkers, the idea behind this game would have been the players would join in on a multiplayer VR experience inside of a massive mech. What is interesting though, and most likely would of been the staple aspect of this game if it was developed, is that each player controls their own respective part of the mech, requiring teamwork to execute battles effectively.

It feels like forever since the original STALKER was released by developer GSC Game World, but now the developer has finally announced STALKER 2, without much fan fare which is very, very strange.

Rewinding the clock 11 years back 2007 and we have the original STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl released, pitting gamers into a first-person shooter set in the Soviet-era nuclear power plant of Chernobyl. STALKER gave birth two a few follow-up games in STALKER: Clear Sky in 2008, and then STALKER: Call of Pripyat in 2010.

But in 2011, studio founder Sergiy Grygorovych shut GSC down. Four years later GSC was back, announcing a new RTS game called Cossacks 3, and ever since the studio has been silent. But now, Sergey Galyonkin who is an employee of Epic Games, and the creator of the Steam Spy service, tweeted out that GSC seems to have licensed Unreal Engine 4 to create STALKER 2.

Activision is starting to make good use of their insane $5.9 billion acquisition of mobile developer King back in 2015, with the Candy Crush developer working on an "exciting new project", which just so happens to be a new Call of Duty game, for mobile.

The developer recently posted a job ad looking for a level designer for their studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The job ad reads: "The aim is to create a Call of Duty experience on mobile, while also breaking new ground for mobile and redefining the genre. The approach and ambition is to be fresh, social, and highly accessible, while providing a very authentic game experience".

Activision is currently preparing the hype train for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, but with PUBG and Fortnite doing so much damage not just on the usual platforms: PC and consoles, but the mobile market... Activision (and King) have some catching up to do in this market.

According to a report from Shacknews Gearbox won't be showing off Borderlands 3 at E3 2018 next month...but no official confirmations have been announced.

We've known Gearbox is making Borderlands 3 for a long time now, and that the game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4. Borderlands 3 likely has its new writer by now and development is in full swing--at least that's what Gearbox head Randy Pitchford strongly hinted on Twitter.

And 2K Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive has repeatedly hinted that Borderlands 3 will launch before the fiscal year's end on March 2019. Take-Two didn't explicitly say Borderlands 3, of course. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said "Looking ahead to Fiscal Year 2019, we expect to deliver both record net sales and operating income led by the launches of Rockstar Games' Read Dead Redemption 2, and a highly anticipated new title from one of 2K's biggest franchises."

Bethesda's excellent-looking new shooter RAGE 2 is primed for the long haul, and should have many a DLC, cosmetic, and/or player-created mod storefront to offer.

When I first saw the teasers for RAGE 2, I thought about the current landscape of gaming (microtransactions, long-term revenues via live services, etc) as well as Bethesda's past trajectory (Fallout/Skyrim Creation Club). While RAGE 2 by itself may not instantly bring to mind big online gaming, the title's sandbox has been called quite huge and everything looks pretty dynamic insofar as interactive vehicles and enemies. This alone is a nice little stage for an online service game. Throw in some online co-operative and competitive play and we have all the trimmings for a live service game.

I recently made the prediction RAGE 2 would have online elements of some sort that are possibly monetized, and now id Software creative director Tim Willits confirms that first part. In a recent interview with GameStar, Willits says RAGE 2 will embrace the Games-as-a-Service model to ensure a longer lifespan for gamers. "We want people to play Rage 2 longer, and we think we can bring some fun stuff that makes it possible, but we'll talk about it in more detail as we move closer to the release of Rage 2," he said.

Following yesterday's confirmation announcement, Bethesda made good on its promise to show off RAGE 2 gameplay...and it looks pretty great.

In a very real sense RAGE 2 looks like a mashup of so many different great things that play into the dev teams' existing strengths: there's dystopian themes and visuals from Fallout and Mad Max (and of course the first RAGE game), a huge fleet of drive-able vehicles straight out of Avalanche's excellent Mad Max game, and the smooth, blistering-fast shooter mechanics that id infused into Doom 2016. RAGE 2 is a huge open-world game that's filled with chaos and mayhem, and has a very Destiny-like feel with its powers...plus there's a possibility my online co-op prediction was right on the money.

Apart from its style and visceral, speed-filled FPS action, RAGE 2 seems to have a very Fallout-esque story. In the game you play as Walker, the last Ranger, on his quest to topple an evil regime. On your quest you'll leave a bloody trail across the badlands, gunning and running down all the teeming hordes of enemies in your wake. One other really interesting thing about RAGE 2 is its vehicle selection: according to the company's press release, if you see it you can drive it (and consequently use it as an implement of total havoc).

Team Cherry has sat down with Nintendolife at the Bitsummit indie games event in Kyoto Japan, the developers revealed that Hollow Knight for the Switch is "at the finish line" of development.

Nintendolife asked quite a few questions to Team Cherry developers William Pellen and Ari Gibson, some of which included when the game is going to be finished and also if it was hard porting the title from PC to the hand-held console.

When Pellen and Gibson was asked when the game would be released on the Nintendo Switch the answer that they gave was "Soon... All we can say it that it's very soon... And we know that we have made people wait but we do think the quality of the product is worth it. The time that we've put into it has made the Switch version the perfect version of Hollow Knight and it really was worth the time we have taken." They both did reveal that the developers "are at the finish line but can't say anything conclusive regarding timing, so until things are rock solid, we have to wait but we know exactly what's going to happen."

Yesterday we saw the new Italian map titled 'Villa' that is coming with the Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Para Bellum, today Ubisoft North America has released a short video teasing the first Italian operator Alibi.

Just days before the official reveal of the new expansion coming to Rainbow Six Siege, a short teaser trailer for one of the three upcoming operators has been released by Ubisoft. The trailer showcases an operator named Alibi, and from the video we can see that Alibi is a Defender and will be using illusions and misdirection to infiltrate and secure areas.

According to the description on the official Rainbow Six Siege website post for Alibi, the new operator was "Inspired by undercover infiltration specialists in the Italian Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale unit. She is a cunning woman with a gift for infiltrating dense networks of organized crime." For further backstory on the coming operator visit the official Ubisoft website post here. Operation Para Bellum will be revealed during the Pro League Finals on May 19-20th, anyone interested can join in on the reveal via the Rainbow Six Siege Twitch stream.

Ahead of the upcoming State of Decay 2 launch, Microsoft has released 17 minutes of gameplay footage through IGN.

For those that are not aware, State of Decay 2 is a multiplayer zombie survival title that plans to create a long lasting community that players can enjoy either with a group of friends or solo. The titles story is quite unique, as each of the choices players make will be recorded by the world, which then further influence the choices that will have to be made later in the game.

Not to long ago, we saw the official State of Decay 2 PC requirements and also the size of the title when it is fully released. State of Decay 2 will be releasing on the Microsoft Store on May 22nd and will be set at a price point of only $30.

Milla Jovovich the actress from the very popular Resident Evil film series has been announced to be featured as the main star of the upcoming Monster Hunter movie.

The movie is being produced and distributed by Contantin Film, the same company that worked on all six of the Resident Evil movies. Jovovich's husband Paul W. S. Anderson, wrote all six of the Resident Evil movies and is also working on the Monster Hunter adaptation.

This isn't the first piece of news for the Monster Hunter movie. Back in 2012, Anderson mentioned that he was taking the reins on the movie and also explained that the adaptation would be concentrating on a single person being immersed in a parallel world riddled with monsters that eventually begins to invade our world. Here is what Anderson had to say "Then eventually the parallel world ends up coming to our world. So you have the creatures from the Monster Hunter world invading our world."

Not to long ago we saw that Avengers: Infinity War took the number 1 spot in movie history for making the fastest $1 billion, now the newest release from Marvel has taken the 5th spot in highest grossing movie of all time.

At the start of May, Box Office Pro projected that Avengers: Infinity War would set a new box office record, and now that the movie has been released in China and international markets, it has made $281.3 million more just over the weekend. This has brought Infinity War to a global total of $1.6 billion and counting.

Avengers: Infinity War is now in the 5th spot of the all time biggest grossing movies, with only the following movies ahead of it Jurassic World at $1.67 billion Star Wars: The Force Awakens at $2.06 billion, Titanic $2.18 billion and finally Avatar at $2.78 billion. It will be interesting to see if the comic book phenomenon can reach Avatar to secure yet another box office record.

Ubisoft has released a quick teaser trailer for the new map Villa that is apart of the Year Three Season Two: Operation Para Bellum expansion. The trailer showcases the beautiful upcoming Italian countryside.

The trailer shows the new map via camera pans that both show the outdoor setting as well as the interior design. It appears that this map is more close quarters then widespread, at the same time though there is plenty of spots for players to strategically place themselves depending on the objective at hand.

The new map Villa will be bundled up with the Operation Para Bellum expansion, the expansion will be fully revealed on May 19th and 20th at the Pro League Finals in Atlantic City. Players that are interested in watching the reveal can join in on the action on the official Rainbow Six Siege Twitch stream.

A new character highlight trailer has been released by Nintendo, it showcases some new characters for the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition that is debuting to the Nintendo Switch.

The above video showcases Ghirahim and Fi from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Ravio from A Link Between Worlds, Yuga from Ocarina of Time and the one and only demon king Ganondorf.

For those that are interested in the other character highlight trailers there is already a trailer for Toon Link, Tetra, Medli, King Daphnes, Link, Zelda, Impa, Linkle, Lana, Cia and Volga. Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch on May 18, the title can already be pre-loaded via the Nintendo eShop.

The rumors of the PS5 being announced and released this year had console gamers excited, with the rumor mill stating that Sony would release the PlayStation 5 this year according to the number of developer kits given to developers.

Well, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment America CEO Shawn Layden, that won't be happening. He confirmed on the PlayStation Blogcast that there will be "no new hardware announcement at E3 this year", and there you have it. This should mean no PS5 and no PSVR 2.0 headset.

Sony released the PS4 nearly 5 years ago now, so we're getting close to the half-decade milestone with no new news of a next-gen PlayStation 5 console. The beefed up PS4 Pro was released in November 2016, so we're getting close to the 2-year anniversary of that, and still no PS5.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds latest map is nearly here, with developer PUBG Corp. launching the first open beta for Sanhok in the last 24 hours.

This means that all Battlegrounds players can jump into Sanhok and win some chicken dinners if they find the map in the Experimental Server, download the new map, and play it.

As for Sanhok, it's a new 4 x 4km island map that the developer took inspiration from islands across southeast Asia, with specific influence taken from countries like Thailand and the Phillippines.

EA and DICE are having to try a little harder with the new Battlefield, with cryptic marketing going into overdrive for Battlefield 5 in the last couple of weeks.

First, was the easter egg in Battlefield 1 map Fort Vaux which led to a chamber where pipes dripped morse code that led gamers to a website that featured the #Battlefield hashtag and a date of May 23. Now we have an even bigger tease, which has been posted to the official Twitter account for Battlefield.

The tweet was posted by DICE in morse code, which translates to "Good work, but this is just the beginning. The Battlefield will never be the same". I'm sure we're going to see more of this cryptic marketing leading up to the official reveal of Battlefield 5, and I've got to say... DICE are killing it.