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Fortnite players have been wondering WTF is going on with the meteor strike in the game, with everyone having a different opinion as they're bursting through the atmosphere and exploding into the ground.

The developers of Fortnite are such trolls that they even built a "doomsday cult" hangout at the top of one of the buildings in the latest update to the game, just to have a laugh. But now that meteors are smashing into the ground, Fortnite players are up in arms about what is about to change.

We don't know what the meteors will do in Fortnite, with people thinking that the will blow up the Twisted Towers and change the map. Others think it could be an alien spaceship that might introduce new enemies, and other changes... while developer Epic Games has been virtually silent about it... until now.

Who knew that not building your own gaming PC in real life would be so much fun, with PC Building Simulator flying past 100,000 sales in the first month of it being released on Steam Early Access.

The Irregular Corporation boss Claudiu Kiss is behind the game, with a viral demo last year racking up the 3rd most downloaded free Itchi.io title in 2017. The full game was released last month, with lots of press covering it and gamers loving it as it has a great attention to detail, and is fun to play.

The Irregular Corporation producer Stuart Morton said: "The overwhelming support we have had from the PC gaming and building community has been nothing short of phenomenal and we are extremely grateful to all the players who have been so passionately providing feedback, this is the whole reason we wanted to launch into Early Access. There are plenty of new and exciting things to come for PC Building Simulator and we can't wait to share them with our ever-expanding community".

Announced at E3 2017, the Pokemon RPG for the Nintendo Switch was originally slated for release in 2018 but the game may miss its release target.

Nintendo's latest financial earnings give key insight on the future of the company's software and hardware plans, but also allows gamers to gauge expectations on future game releases. One of the most anticipated Switch games is the Pokemon RPG that's supposed to launch this year, but Nintendo now lists it as "2018 or later". The other high profile first-party game Super Smash Bros. is locked in for 2018, whereas Metroid Prime 4 is still marked as TBD.

To get a better picture at what's going on with the Switch's games lineup I took a quick gander at Nintendo's internal Switch software forecasts for the current fiscal year. For FY2018 (April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019) Nintendo expects to sell a whopping 100 million in combined digital and physical software for the console, representing a big 45% jump from FY2017's 68.97 million software sales units.

Nintendo's recent yearly financials show strong growth across the board, and its recent Switch hybrid system continues to accelerate sales.

Nintendo just posted up its earnings for the fiscal year ended March 2018 (Fiscal Year 2017) and the results are superb. The Japanese games-maker sold 15.05 million Switch units in the fiscal year, meeting its internal hardware target while pushing total cumulative Switch console sales to 17.79 million. A gander at quarterly results reveals that 2.92 million Switch consoles were sold in the fourth quarter period from Jan - March 2018, down about 60% from the previous holiday quarter.

This is just the beginning though: Nintendo expects to push 20 million Switch units throughout the FY2018 timeline (April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019), strongly hinting that the company has ironed out any supply issues while also planning out a strong continued momentum for both first-party and third-party software. If Nintendo were to meet this goal it would put total Switch sales at 37.79 million in just two years' time.

Nintendo's current acting president Tatsumi Kimishima will step down to hand off the position to a younger company executive.

In an effort to better reach and understand a new generation of gamers, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima will relinquish his position to 46-year-old Shuntaro Furukawa, Japanese website Nikkei reports. Mr. Furukawa has a long-standing 15-year history at Nintendo and helped plan out marketing for the Switch--a move that helped the console shift almost 18 million units to date.

Mr. Kimishima steps down on June 28, but will stay on in an advisory role, and Mr. Furukawa's appointment represents Nintendo's new shift towards younger management. Interestingly enough it appears Nintendo actually planned for Mr. Kimishima to be a temporary president until the Switch's hardware sales solidified, in which the mantle would pass to Mr. Furukawa.

Bandai Namco has released some 1080p screenshots for New Gundam Breaker, the screenshots reveal customizations, mobile armor and enemies.

From the screenshots we can see quite a lot of suit customizations as well as some large enemies that players will have to battle. Players will be able to combine heads, legs, other body parts and backpacks together to create their very own Gunpla. This customization will go in-depth as players will have the option of controlling body part positioning, angle and size.

Enemies wise, players that jump into New Gundam Breaker will be facing enemies that are much larger than them. Take the Hashmal battle for example, the screenshot located below sums the challenge up pretty well.

The newest patch for Monster Hunter World has been released for both the Xbox One and PS4 and to make players lives easier the patch notes have also been released on the developers blog.

This update will be bringing the PS4 version to 3.02 and the Xbox One version to 3.0.0.2, the changes that will be made specificially include: a bug with the Kulve Taroth Siege quest line, Wyvern Ignition sword's "Impact" attack value and a bug with the First Wyverian.

For a full run down on the patch notes visit the developers blog on the official Capcom website post here.

The developers behind the critically acclaimed Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has spoken out about the titles game sales.

Chief Creative director, Tameem Antoniades has told PCGamer that they never expected the title to do so well on PC considering it was "primarily a PlayStation 4 title."Here is what Antoniades had to say: "We did see this as primarily a PlayStation 4 title, and we thought that platform would be the bulk of our sales, and in fact it was pretty evenly split. So going forward, we will make sure that we get our interface and everything right for the PC audience as well."

Ninja Theory, the developers Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice were also surprised at the amount of players that choose to play the title with a keyboard and mouse instead of a controller. "We were so surprised that so many people played the game with mouse and keyboard, and we dropped the ball a little bit at the start. We patched it afterwards, but we dropped the ball with our mouse and keyboard support."

A new trailer has been released by Nintendo UK on their YouTube Channel, the video details an overview for the upcoming Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Nintendo Switch.

The above video showcases exactly what players need to know if they are considering picking up Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for their Nintendo Switch. The overview consists of every aspect of 'fun' that players will be experiencing throughout the game.

The video also explains that the Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will be featuring co-op by simply "passing a Joy-Con controller to a friend." If you are not familiar with the Kong another trailer introducing the family can be found here, as well as another 'chilly' trailer here.

Insomniac Games has complemented the release of Avengers: Infinity War in cinemas by announcing that fans who pre-order the upcoming Spider-Man game will also receive the Iron Spider Suit.

On the PlayStation blog, a post by James Stevenson, the Community Director for Insomniac Games explained that when the developer announced the release date for the upcoming title, the pre-order bonus only contained one suit - Spider-Punk. Now, fans will have the luxury of seeing one more suit, meet the Iron Spider suit.

Stevenson details: "Players who pre-order Marvel's Spider-Man will get an early unlock of the Iron Spider suit inspired by Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War. This was a big collaboration between Sony Interactive Entertainment, Insomniac, Marvel Games, and Marvel Studios. And while you may have glimpsed the pre-order video before, you haven't seen this new video we made to show it off - some of you will even be lucky enough to see this on the big screen before the movie when the film hits theaters later this week."

BioWare's next Dragon Age game is in the works, but with its new juggernaut release Anthem on the horizon, the game could take some time before it releases...but it also could be a big AAA mainline game.

We've known for a while that BioWare is making a new Dragon Age game, and that Sunless Sea's Alexis Kennedy is helping the devs write a portion of the game. All of the info we know so far strongly hints the game will be a big-budget affair versus a smaller-scale spin-off (Mass Effect: Andromeda's failures notwithstanding). Now BioWare's Mark Darrah might've just hinted the game is a direct sequel.

In a long Twitter thread chronicling Darrah's development career, the BioWare dev outlined everything that led up to his current position as Executive Producer on Anthem, the studio's massively ambitious new online-based action-RPG. At the very end he directly refers to the next Dragon Age game as "DA4", and says that he's the exec producer on that project too.

343 Industries could be working on bringing authentic Halo multiplayer to PC in some form--could it be Halo: Master Chief Collection or maybe an official worldwide rollout of Halo Online?

In its official statement surrounding the unauthorized Eldewrito Halo Online PC mod 343i both confirmed the mod itself will be put on hiatus while saying something else quite interesting: the team is excited about bringing an "official classic Halo experience" to PC at some point. In fact the Halo devs are so impressed with Eldewrito's most recently 0.6 update that they want to team up with the team in a bid to broaden community-driven tools and creations across the Halo fanbase.

Here's 343i's full statement on the matter: "One thing remains clear - the community really wants more Halo on PC. As we look ahead, we're very excited about the prospects of an official classic Halo experience making its way to PC and we hope to be able to partner with the ElDewrito team and broader mod and content creation community to help inform the types of experiences and features our fans desire. While we have nothing to announce today, please know that the PC community is very important to us and top of mind as we work towards the future," the developers said in the post.

Halo Online, which brought an authentic Halo 3 multiplayer experience to PC, has been resurrected and revamped thanks to the most recent Eldewrito 0.6 update...but Microsoft and 343i are taking measures to get it yanked offline.

In a blog post 343 Industries says it has a "non-optional" obligation to protect its intellectual property, and that the Eldewrito project directly violates its IP rights because it was built on company-owned assets and content that weren't technically released. Unlike Installation 01, which is built on its own game engine and fits in line with Microsoft's rules, Eldewrito is built on the Halo Online game that was built by 343i and Saber Interactive and only available in Russia.

"While we are humbled and inspired to see the amount of passion poured into this project, the fact remains that it's built upon Microsoft-owned assets that were never lawfully released or authorized for this purpose. As this project reverberated across the community, our team took a step back to assess the materials and explore possible avenues, while Microsoft, like any company, has a responsibility to protect its IP, code and trademarks. It's not optional in other words."

Early March during the Nintendo Direct we discovered that South Park: The Fractured But Whole was on its way to the Nintendo Switch, now the title has officially launched and Ubisoft are celebrating with a new trailer.

From the above trailer we can see two minutes of South Park: The Fractured But Whole running on the Nintendo Switch. Thanks to the games art style, players won't really be able to notice the visual downscales.

Also during the Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that the port will be coming with the titles DLC, unfortunately there has been no mention of the DLC as we were not given a release date with the launch.

We had some confusion not to long ago about Bandai Namco bringing Dark Souls Remastered discounted to gamers that already own the original title, now official confirmation has been announced.

Publisher Bandai Namco has revealed on Twitter that "owners of the PC version of "Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition" will be able to upgrade to "DARK SOULS REMASTERED" at a discounted price. Please feel free to take advantage of this campaign."

Additionally, Bandai has also revealed not only the PC requirements for the title but also have released a new gameplay trailer for fans. Dark Souls Remastered will be released on May 25th for PC, Xbox One and PS4. The Nintendo Switch version of the Remaster has been delayed until further notice.

Nintendo Switch fans will be glad to know that Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will be arriving on their handheld console this year, as Bethesda announced the date through a short Nintendo Switch trailer for the title.

Bethesda has released the above trailer showcasing what Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will be looking like on the Nintendo Switch. At the beginning of the month we saw gameplay of the title running on the Switch and we discovered that the game will be running at a smooth 30FPS with the respective downscaling.

Panic Button will be porting over the title to the Nintendo Switch, the same developers who have brought over DOOM. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will be arriving to Nintendo Switch fans on June 29.

H1Z1 started the entire Battle Royale thing years ago before PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite were born, with the game arriving on the PS4 on May 22 in beta form.

The game will still be a free-to-play title with cosmetic items costing you money, but the developer has made some tweaks to H1Z1 for the PS4 that will see new progression mechanics that will speed the game up. This means the deadly gas that is like the zone in PUBG has been increased, while airdrop frequency is faster.

H1Z1 will have a surprise for PS4 Pro owners with 'resolution gains' over the PS4 version, and guaranteed 60FPS gameplay, something the team has "fully optimized" the code for. The normal PS4 will run at a minimum of 45FPS, which is nothing to sneeze at. With the tweaks that the developer has made to the PS4 version of H1Z1, we should expect a Battlegrounds like experience with the speed of Fortnite, with matches lasting for around 15 minutes or so.

I still remember all of my teachers, parents and most of my friends when I was in high school tell me that "you will never make money playing video games", and look at how far we've come in the world of gaming.

Now we have Ashland University in Ohio announcing they will be adding Fortnite to their roster of competitive eSports program, something that will launch in the fall. Fortnite other eSports games like League of Legends, Overwatch, CS:GO, and Rocket League where AU offers a $4000 scholarship in eSports.

Ashland University's eSports head coach Josh Buchanan said in a press release: "Fortnite appeals to both the core and casual gaming audience. We're excited to provide this platform for gamers who want to showcase their skills in a more competitive space. Fortnite facilitates an environment that allows players to get creative, innovate and show off their mastery of their skills".

Now that Battlefield V is on the way for 2018, DICE will stop releasing content updates for Battlefield 1 in a few months.

EA and DICE have been pretty consistent on their content roadmap for Battlefield 1, releasing a steady stream of DLCs, tweaks, and modes to keep their playerbase engaged. But all of that will cease starting in June.

While announcing new maps for the They Shall Not Pass expansion and a brand new mode called Shock Operations, DICE's Jonas Elfving confirmed that the team is basically moving on this Summer.

As is usually the case, Humble Bundle has a great offering of yesteryear video games for the down low.

If you're like me then you've avoided a few games here and there--even great remasters like the original Resident Evil release on PS4. But thanks to the most recent Humble Bundle we can now jump into Capcom games like the Mega Man Legacy Collection, Resident Evil Code Veronica X, and even the incredibly atmospheric Alien Isolation from SEGA for a nice discounted price. There's only one catch: all of the codes are for PlayStation platforms (PS3, PS Vita, and PS4)--no Steam grabs here.

The sale ends in 13 days so be sure to grab the games while you can and support charity in the process.