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Five years of waiting, snippets and scraps of info from CDPR, and interesting patents have all sent Cyberpunk 2077 hype soaring to new heights...and it could skyrocket even higher after E3 2018.

Thanks to the official E3 exhibitor website we've been able to glean a bunch of clues about what's in store for the show. The latest shows that CD Projekt RED will showcase a RPG at the venue, corroborating recent rumors of a Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay reveal.

Despite not knowing exact details, the last half-decade has exposed a nice helping of info about Cyberpunk 2077. We know the game should feature living, breathing cities with next-generation AI, that it's the biggest and most ambitious game CD Projekt RED has ever tackled, that development on the project is going smoothly, and that it may have an online, connected multiplayer component of some kind--but don't worry, it'll stay narrative-driven with a dynamic story arc. CDPR even opened a brand new studio to help it craft the game's sprawling sci-fi world.

Atari releases new pre-order and shipment info on its new Atari VCS gaming/entertainment platform.

The Atari VCS seems like an iffy bet. Essentially the system aims to do what the Xbox One was supposed to back in 2013, while also entering a market completely dominated by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo: the Atari VCS is not only a games console that will come pre-loaded with Atari classics and play Linux-based games, but it's also a PC that can web browse, load apps, and stream music and videos. It's described as a 'connected device' and should pair well with other hardware like phones and even PCs in some capacity. Powered by unspecified AMD Radeon tech the Atari VCS may be as powerful as a higher-end laptop, and aims to do it all while being affordable whilst helping the company enter a new age of digital content with a fully-fledged online storefront ecosystem and dev partnership deals.

As promised Atari has announced VCS pre-orders will go live on May 30 of this year with a planned shipping window of Spring 2019. Pre-orders will be exclusively available on Indiegogo, and the classic retro 70s-style wood console will be part of a special collector's edition. Here's what Atari said about the early pre-order promos:

Capcom should showcase a new action-adventure game at E3, but what could it be? A new IP, or a classic return to form?

E3 is a prime venue to reveal and/or tease new titles and stir up serious hype, and Japanese games-maker Capcom might have something very interesting in store at this year's expo. Right now the E3 website is unearthing lots of little tidbits and pre-show gems to feed speculation--the latest of which surrounds Capcom. According to the site Capcom may show off an action-adventure game for Switch, Xbox One and PC...but oddly enough PS4 is left out.

Sadly there's no other information. Considering PS4 isn't highlighted I'd say the chances of Devil May Cry 5 are slim...but there's always a chance the site's info is incomplete. Capcom will undoubtedly deliver clues on the project during its fiscal year earnings presentation on May 8-9.

Remedy's brand new action game codenamed "P7" should be officially announced at E3 2018.

While Remedy Entertainment's "P7" has yet to be formally unveiled we actually know quite a bit about the game itself: it'll be a third-person action game and is meant to be a "long-lasting" experience that strongly hints at live service-powered multiplayer integration. A recent job listing strongly hints P7 should have online service elements, and Remedy even said its proprietary Northlight engine is being optimized for new things such as multiplayer.

To get P7 made and distributed, Remedy has teamed up with publisher 505 games in a multi-year contract for the new IP. The game is being made for all platforms (PS4, Xbox One and PC) and the project should get a name and new details at E3 2018. Since it's due out in 2019 it behooves both Remedy and 505 Games to show something off at the expo in June.

Rockstar Games will drop the third trailer for its massively anticipated Western shooter Red Dead Redemption 2 this week.

The latest RDR2 trailer is set to release this Wednesday, May 2 at 11AM EST, Rockstar today announced. In predictable Rockstar fashion the devs didn't release any real new teasers or snippets of info--just the basic "new trailer on X date".

Based on everything we know and have seen so far, Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar's most ambitious game yet and aims to push current generation consoles (4K and otherwise) to their limit. The studio has been crafting this game for years on end and actually built RDR2 from the ground up for PS4 and Xbox One and should eke out the Xbox One X's higher-end console power to boot.

It isn't long until Donkey Country: Tropical Freeze debuts to the Nintendo Switch, ahead of its launch Nintendo has released a new Nintendo Minute episode revealing the titles speed run mode.

The video details that players will have the option of playing levels in the 'Funky Mode' which will change the players character into the surfboard riding Funky Kong. If a player completes a level in 'Funky Mode' they will have the option of replaying the same level in the 'Time Attack' mode which will give players the chance of winning a bronze, silver or gold medal based on their achieved time.

The scores that players achieve will also be available to upload to a online leader-board for each of the respective levels. If you have missed the recently released Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze trailers check out the overview trailer and also the introduction to the Kongs trailer.

The Farm 51 has taken to Facebook to announce their newest title Chernobylite, a horror game set in the nuclear disaster zone of Chernobyl.

The developers specifically left their announcement until the 26th of April as "Exactly at this date and time the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe has started. The melted core of the burning Reactor No. 4 mixed with the other chemical substances to create a highly radioactive material that hadn't exist anywhere in the world besides Chernobyl."

This catastrophe has been documented by the developers as it is their goal to bring "a deep, emotional story, engaging survival and horror experience, and a visually stunning recreation of Chernobyl area achieved with detailed 3D scanning of rich game world, beautifully rendered in Unreal Engine 4."

Starbound developer Chucklefish has released a trailer for their new upcoming title Eastward. The new trailer showcases the pixel art players will be enjoying as well as puzzles and some enemies.

For those that do not know about Eastward here is the description of the title that was released with the trailer. "Eastward is an adventure game for PC & Mac combining RPG elements, with a visual style inspired by 90s Japanese animation. As the world around falls to ruin, you play as hardworking digger John, who must guide a mysterious girl named Sam through dangerous decaying cities, inhabited by strange monsters, and even stranger people!"

To check out more information on Eastward, visit the official Eastward website here, or visit the Chucklefish YouTube Channel here.

It looks like the new Hitman game has been accidentally teased, with both the Australian and Korean classifications ratings boards teasing Hitman: Sniper Assassin for the PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

Hitman: Sniper Assassination hasn't been offically announced by developer IO Interactive, and while this could be a genuine error, I doubt it - we should expect Sniper Assassin to be announced soon enough. But, there was mobile variant 'Hitman: Sniper' released in 2015, so this could be a better polished or sequel to that game, or a totally new game... we don't know just yet.

IO did announce that they were "making great progress" on a follow up to Hitman from 2016, so we should expect something soon. Hitman: Definitive Edition is right around the corner as well, with a release on both the Xbox One and PS4 on May 18. E3 2018 is less than a month after that, where I think we'll be officially introduced to Hitman: Sniper Assassin.

We all know that cheating in Battlegrounds is a big deal, with 120 suspects arrested by Chinese authorities earlier this year, and another 15 cheat makers were just arrested with fines totaling $6.24 million.

PUBG Corporation's Ryan Rigney said that the arrests took place in China on April 25, with the developer aiming at people who were "developing and selling hacking/cheating programs that affect PUBG". Rigney continued, saying that some of these cheats that were made had malicious code and were installing backdoors and stealing user information.

Rigney explained: "The longstanding rumor that hacking/cheating programs extract information from users' PCs has been confirmed to be true. Using illegal programs not only disrupts others, but can end up with you handing over your personal information".

We're finally starting to see more concrete details on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, something that is coming very soon and is now being pushed as the latest game to be donned by NVIDIA's technologies.

NVIDIA has announced it partnered up with Square Enix, Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, and Nixxes Software on the PC version of the game. The press release reads: "NVIDIA will lend its gaming and PC development expertise to help bring the PC platform's advanced gaming features to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This effort will help maximize the performance benefits of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs for PC gamers across the world. This continues the collaboration that began in the series' previous title, Rise of the Tomb Raider".

We should expect Shadow of the Tomb Raider to rock the usual GeForce technologies like VXAO, HBAO+ and more. The game itself is expected on September 14 for the PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

Rare has released a new Sea of Thieves trailer, this time the developer showcases the games community options that are designed to bring players together.

The trailer displays what players will have to do if they desire to create a crew and take to the high seas with a bunch of new players. Players will have the option of joining in on the Xbox One's Clubs, using the Looking for Group feature, Discord and the official forums.

Sea of Thieves is currently available for the Xbox One and PC, check out the games official forums here if you are interested in joining a crew.

Recently we have been seeing quite a lot of leaks for Shadow of The Tomb Raider and finally we have an official trailer released by Square Enix on the Tomb Raider YouTube Channel.

The trailer reveals Lara tackling the very difficult terrain of the Mexican or Central American Mayan jungle. The trailer showcases classic Lara takedowns, scaling of mountains and other extreme heights.

The trailer showcases Lara saving a child from a ritual sacrifice, then after only to see the entire tribe looking up at her with confusion as if she has done something wrong. The release date for Shadow of The Tomb Raider is currently set for September 14. Check out leaked screenshots here as well as possible guerilla marketing that has gone underway for Shadow of The Tomb Raider.

A new patch has been released for Dynasty Warriors 9, patch 1.07 has been made available and the patch notes have been revealed.

This new patch will be adding a new setting called "Ultimate" which will be another setting of difficulty ontop of what is available now. The patch also adds a new mission titled "The Arena" as well as more features to 'options.'

To view the full patch notes visit the official KOEI Tecmo website post here, or visit the official Steam patch notes here.

A new trailer has surfaced for KURSK which is a new title from Jujubee. The trailer is rendered in real-time and showcases how far the title has come so far.

According to the CEO of Jujubee, Micha Stepien the studio wants to concerntrate on developing new titles from serious and controversial themes. The studio believes that if they do this correctly it will gift players with knowledge of true events that have happened or are happening around the world.

Here is what Stepien had to say: "We believe the time has come to tell real stories. In an age in which we compete for the free time of consumers against the entire entertainment industry, including movies and TV series, and when people are less likely to read non-fiction, game producers have an additional obligation."

It really seems inevitable that at some stage we are going to see Fortnite debut to the Nintendo Switch, recent rumors have surfaced and suggested that this day could be sooner rather than later.

The rumors have been sourced from a group of leakers that post on the Twitter account LeakyPandy. LeakyPandy did leak some information about the contents of Nintendo Direct before Nintendo went live, this could suggest that the Twitter account has some slight credibility.

The rumors are as follows: "After debating we have decided to release a portion of the Fortnite x Switch information we have - the statements we consider to be the most reliable. This could be part of Nintendo's E3 Showcase. The majority of the most interesting information about this is actually about Save the World. Nothing seems to point to Battle Royale being all that different on Switch. That goes for Cross-Play, it will be there too. Save the World, on the other hand, apparently got Nintendo's interest. One of our most trusted sources pointed to us that this game's version local Switch-to-Switch Save the World. Exclusive Nintendo IP related content is also being worked on exclusively for Save the World."

Following up on the announcement made by Outright Games that they will be revealing the release date for Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion today, we not only have the date but also a cool trailer to go with it.

The above trailer shows Finn and Jake going around helping their friends in need, beginning with the Ice King as his precious penguins have run away from him and his Ice Kingdom has melted. For those that are unfamiliar with the upcoming Adventure Time game here is a short description: "Somebody's up to bad biscuits. They got their hands-on another Enchiridion, and they've somehow used it to flood the Land of Ooo. Help Finn and Jake as they take to the high seas to solve this latest mystery and save the kingdoms of Ooo in this all-new third-person puzzle adventure. Freely explore unknown waters and familiar kingdoms with your crew of Adventure Time buddies. Unleash your heroes' unique abilities in exciting tactical battles on land and sea, and interrogate pirates and other suspicious characters as you try to figure out what son of a blee blop is behind this disastrous series of events."

Outright Games has said that Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion will be releasing on July 17th for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

In early March we saw the announcement date and the release date leaked for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, we also saw the setting the game is located in via a leaked Facebook video. Now, Amazon has leaked the first batch of screenshots of the upcoming title.

The below screenshots show Lara doing what she does best, traversing rough environments, taking out enemies that are in her way and surviving as best she can. On the official Tomb Raider Twitter it was announced that the official reveal of Shadow of the Tomb Raider will happen today, this will most likely be a gameplay trailer.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be released on September 14, check out the Amazon listing here if you are interested to see all of the released screenshots.

Fortnite might have generated a huge $223 million last month alone, but there have been millions of gamers engrossed in Far Cry 5 over the last few weeks, and now we have some solid sales numbers.

Far Cry 5 sold an estimated 2.5 million copies on both the PC and consoles, with the digital launch of Far Cry 5 on consoles "up nearly 500% compared to Far Cry Primal two years ago", SuperData said in their latest report. The outfit continued: "This points to not only the underlying health of the Far Cry series, but also to growing digital download rates for AAA console games in 2018".

The top grossing titles on the PC saw Far Cry 5 at #9, while PUBG is at #7 and Fortnite at #5.

Fortnite is an unstoppable force that I think Epic Games didn't even imagine could get close to being, but they're enjoying the ride and handling the success incredibly well. But how much money did Fortnite make last month?

$223 million. $223,000,000. Insane. Just 30 days and the free-to-play title rakes in $223 million, which is incredibly hard for most games to do over their lifetimes, Fortnite does in a month. It's unstoppable, and deservedly so - it's a phenomenon beyond words right now with no signs of stopping.

SuperData's latest report tells us that the game has overtaken PUBG as the "king of battle royale" in terms of revenue generated and monthly active users on all platforms. Their report reads: "It also hit the #1 spot by revenue on iOS in the United States in its launch month, and has the highest conversion rate of any free-to-play PC game in March. Oh and P.S. - Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users".