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A recent patch hit PUBG not too many days ago and now PUBG Corp has come forward and apologized over the game's reward system not working correctly. In addition to the apology, the company has given its players a chance to redeem any lost BP.

On a Steam Community forum post the developer has directed attention towards the recent 1.0 launch, according to forum post a issue had occured within the games reward system which resulted in players not receiving the fully owed amount of battle points. This problem seemed to of stretched out from the PC 1.0 launch until December 27th, when the developer was performing scheduled maintenance on PUBG, in order to compensate players for this issue the company is offering a restoration of missed BP.

Players will be able to receive their missing BP by simply logging into the game and clicking a pop up that will inform you of a BP loss. According to the forum post, battle points will be restored until Feb 9th UTC, so it is advised to go and collect your battle points you have lost before it is too late.

Sony has approved a number of official controllers across vendors like HORI and even Razer in an attempt to offer PS4 players a range of options, and now the games-maker continues this trend with the Onyx.

HORI's new Onyx controller is shaped very much like an Xbox One controller, meaning it should be pretty good for shooters. The standard DualShock 4 can be funky at times, especially with its floating triggers (those things are a nightmare to fix if you lose the little spring), so major vendors and peripheral-makers have stepped in with their own respective solutions.

Outside of its looks and ergonomic feel, all in all the Onyx seems to act just like a regular DualShock 4: it sports wireless connectivity, has all of the buttons in the same place (well maybe except for the floating triggers), and rocks the touchpad that can often be wonky to use in-game.

Square Enix is bringing its Zodiac Age remaster to Steam next month, offering a host of features not included in the console version.

Having played Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on PS4, I can say the game looks and plays great, but it should really shine on PC. Apparently the publisher agrees and that's why the remastered port will run at 60FPS on PC, as well as include support for up to three 21:9 ultra-wide monitors at once, and also full controller support on Steam.

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is slated to launch on February 2, 2018 on Steam for $49.99.

In order to reach a more broad audience and re-release one of its most beloved franchises, Bandai Namco is bringing a remastered port of the original Dark Souls games across a slew of platforms.

Months ago there were rumors that a Dark Souls trilogy would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, but those reports were only half right: instead of all three games the Japanese publisher is launching the first as a remaster on the Switch. As the Switch has sold over 10 million units, meeting Nintendo's internal fiscal year estimates, it's only natural developers and publishers are seeing it as a major entry in the current console gen race. Details are slim at this point, but we do know the game will launch on May 25, 2018 for $39.99 on the platform.

Dark Souls: Remastered is also coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 consoles, with the added bonus of supporting 4K resolution if you own a PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, or have the proper PC hardware to support it.

The next game has been revealed in the award-winning real-time strategy franchise Total War. SEGA has begun showcasing Total War: Three Kingdoms with an announcement trailer and a bunch of screenshots.

SEGA has taken to their social media channels to announce Total War: Three Kingdoms and has lifted the veil on which major historical event the game will be set in. It appears that ancient China has been the choice of the new games location, and more specifically the year of 190CE, which is a time of turmoil within the country.

Three Kingdoms will be following the relationship of three heroes, each sworn to brotherhood in order to come together to face the hand of tyranny. SEGA has said "The year is 190CE. China is in turmoil. The Han Dynasty crumbles before the child-emperor. He is but a figurehead; a mere puppet for the tyrant warlord Dong Zhuo. It is a brutal and oppressive regime, and as Dong Zhuo's power grows, the empire slips further into the cauldron of anarchy. But hope yet blossoms."

It came to our attention recently that Capcom are delaying the release for Monster Hunter: World on PC, with the console version of the game is due for release very soon Ryozo Tsujimoto has come fourth and has explained why the developer has decided to extend the PC launch for more development time.

In a recent conversation with GamesRadar, Ryozo Tsujimoto producer of Monster Hunter has said that the PC port for the game is no small feat and that the company would like to make sure that the game they have designed is up to scratch for PC gamers. Unlike most companies these days simply porting over a very rough version of their game from console to PC, Capcom has decided to take their time with their release, in hopes PC gamers will understand when it is finally launched.

Tsujimoto explains that rather than diversifying the development resources between the console release and the PC port, the company has decided that it will instead focus their attention on one project at a time. This will happen until the console version is completely ready and essentially "out the door."

Civilization VI is gearing up to release its first full DLC expansion for their turn-based strategy game, within the expansion there is going to be a brand new civilization to play titled Georgia, led by Queen Tamar who ruled over nation during the 12th century.

Judging from the below video, it seems Georgia is going to be quite a balanced Civilization when compared to the others featured in the Rise and Fall expansion. It appears that she will have not only strong unique units but also city defenses, as well as golden age and faith bonuses. This means that she will easily be able to pursue religious, cultural or domination victories across the map.

For more information regarding the Georgia and Queen Tamars unique perks refer to the below video as Sid Meier's Civilization's YouTube channel has released a short video summarizing how Georgia is going to slot into the Rise and Fall expansion.

There is a flood of announcements coming out of Hi-Rez Studos recently, as the developer has just announced a Battlegrounds game mode coming to Paladins, now DualShockers has confirmed that the company plans to release a project on the Nintendo Switch.

In a recent interview with DualShockers, Erez Gore, Hi-Rez Studios CEO has confirmed that the developer will be brining one of their future projects to the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately Gore refused to give any details on what the project might be or when it will arrive.

The question Goren was asked by DualShockers was "Do you plan on bringing any current or future projects to Nintendo Switch?", Goren replied with "Maybe... maybe yes... yes. But I'm not saying which game!."

Microsoft might be targeting more dynamic engagement interactions with Xbox LIVE users with a new, multi-faceted approach to its avatar system.

In an older article I explained how Xbox LIVE, not Xbox consoles, is the center of Microsoft's gaming division. Rather than compete directly with Sony and try to sell as many Xbox consoles as they can, Microsoft took a more long-term route that you may recognize from the likes of EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Blizzard, and Take-Two Interactive: monetizing engagement and ensuring players remain "sticky" in the network. By adding in tons of social features such as communities and giving players a direct line of contact with one another in a more organic fashion, Microsoft promoted a more personalized and engaging atmosphere for gamers--thus ensuring they'll likely continue subscribing and buying games, thus Microsoft is able to monetize this engagement (advertisements too!).

Microsoft also recently announced Xbox Quests, a new way to engage players by offering tantalizing prizes for completing objectives or "quests" within the network or specific games--ie getting a certain GamerScore in an alotted time, or play X matchmade games, etc etc.

Sony nearly sold 6 million PlayStation 4 consoles in less than a month's time, according to company estimates.

An estimated 5.9 million PS4 units were sold-through (sold, not shipped) to consumers during the holiday season, which was measured from Nov. 20 through Dec. 31, 2017. This spike bumped the total PS4 sell-through to over 73.6 million units globally since its launch in 2013, meaning that 8% of total PS4 sales were made during 2017's holiday timeframe.

Sony also touted that over 55.9 million PS4 games were sold during the period across digital and retail, and total PlayStation Plus subscribers has now reached 31.5 million, meaning Sony now enjoys a 42.7% conversion rate in subs (of course we don't know how many of these were full year/monthly/3 month subscribers).

The first DLC to hit Call of Duty: WWII is about to be here, with The Darkest Shore continuing the very popular zombie storyline, this time according to Activision, the zombies will be "more cunning, quick, and even more bloodthirsty than before."

As seen in the video, the new map allows for players to make use of various traps that are located around the area, to make things harder it seems that that there is thick fog effects surrounding the entire island which would not only add to the atmospheric feel of the game, but also hinder line of sight.

The Darkest Shore is set to be only days after the last disaster at Mittelburg, as the main antagonist Doktor Straub is found to be on The Darkest Shore island. Players will have to endure zombies coming fourth from the surrounding seas while they traverse the island in hopes to uncover "mysteries hidden within The Darkest Shore."

PUBG Corp seem to be smashing out the updates for their game, just recently the Xbox One version received its first person servers . Now, the PC version has had a new patch pushed out the test servers, which includes a reduced view distance when parachuting, an in-game report within the replay option, and also more cover in the city La Bendita.

According to the release notes, the patch will help stem the big problem with hackers, as it lets Battlegrounds' players to report players directly from replays, meaning that players will not have to die to a suspected hacker for them to report them.

Also included in this patch is the reduced visible view distance while parachuting down into the map, this was implemented in order to help client performance and add to optimization of the server in the early stages of the game. Other content added to the game is more cover in the deathtrap we call La Bendita and two new crates. PUBG Corp has given players the ability to fully preview the crates contents and the percentage chances of receiving each of the items, a full list of the clothes and patch notes can be found here.

PUBG Corp. has taken to their forums to announce that Battlegrounds on the Xbox One will be receiving first-person servers in North America and Europe.

The update will be pushed out today at 2PM KST/7PM PST/ 4AM CET and will feature duo and squad servers for gamers to experience as PUBG Cor.p keep an eye on player data before they decide to add any more game modes to the console version of the game.

Taken from the patch notes that were released yesterday, we saw that PUBG Corp. rolled out the servers to NA/EU but were not available to play as the servers were closed as the Battle royal shooter waited for gamers to download the update as well as monitor player feedback.

A new gameplay video has been released by Milestone showcasing the weather effects as well as a Wild Rush mode for their upcoming off-road racer Gravel.

Gravel is powered by Epic Games's Unreal Engine 4 and will be the first four-wheeled racing game released from Milestone. The use of UE4 has provided quite a significant increase in the games graphics as from the above video you can see that the snow environment shown is quite visually aesthetic.

Not only does the video show off the beautiful snow environments but also the Wild Rush mode is being played throughout the video so fans of the upcoming game can get a quick taste of what the game mode has to offer in terms of intensity.

Nintendo Switch being the fastest selling console for 2017 has added some amazing titles to its library of games, now Damon Baker, Nintendo's head of partner management has taken to Twitter to tease a future 2018 line-up for the Switch.

With games such as Rocket League and Skyrim already on the Nintendo Switch there is no doubt that the hybrid console is getting great support for third party games coming to the new platform.

Damon Baker replied to a Tweet that was a screenshot of a Nintendo Switch users homepage showcasing Rocket League, L.A Noire, Skyrim, DOOM and Resident Evil: Revelations. The screenshot was titled "imagine this leaking last year", Baker replied by saying "I know, right?! I think you're going to like 2018 as well!" which suggests that more third-party titles of last year's caliber will be coming to the Nintendo Switch as the year progresses on.

The open world genre seems to be quite attracting to developers these days as many games seem to be adopting the genre in hopes of widening the universe that their game is built around.

Sometimes players of open world games say that their attachment to the main characters is diluted down by the sheer size of the world. Cory Barlog, the director of God of War seems to agree with this and says that his franchise will be taking a more "wide linear" approach, rather than jumping straight into massive open world.

In a recent interview with GameInformer, Barlog delves into the open world genre, bringing some good points about the genre disadvantages. Barlog says that when he was playing open world games that the experience felt more like "homework" as the list of things he "had" to do was to away from the character development.

Back in 2016, a League of Legends streamer going by the name of Tyler1 was banned by Riot as he was deemed detrimental to the communities health, Riot labeled the streamer as "a genuine jerk" but now his account has been returned to him.

Tyler1 has described himself as rehabilitated and that must of been enough for Riot, an account review has passed the standards of Riot, which then lifted the ban. As the old streamer was originally not allowed to stream League of Legends at all that ban has also been lifted which has created a massive influx of viewers curious to Tyler1's return.

The stream titled "THE RETURN" has been so popular that it has broken Twitches record for a single streamer being watched at once with 378,000 viewers, Faker originally held the record with 245,000 concurrent viewers on his first ever live stream back in February last year.

NetherRealm Studios, the developer of Injustice 2, has just dropped a new gameplay trailer showcasing their upcoming new character release, Enchantress.

From the above video we can see that Enchantress has quite a unique array of abilities, ranging from a number of counters and the ability to teleport around the stage. To balance the fact that she can kite her opponent with teleportation and range attacks it appears that she is quite slow with movement and attacks in general.

Enchantress will belong to the Fighter Pack 3 DLC that also includes Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles and Atom the size-changing superhero. Below you can find the full fighter pack 3 reveal trailer showing off all of the new characters.

For a game that was released back in November of 2011 it is incredible that mods are still being created for Skyrim. Modder 'Arcky' has released a new video showcasing 'Lordbound' an upcoming mod that is going to add a new region to the game and 30+ more hours of content.

A new region being added to Skyrim seems like a impossible task but from looking at the above video it can be seen that the environments that have been created do not disappoint at all. To go with this new region the mod will also include non-linear quests, new weapons and armor which is said to be totaling up to a massive 30+ hours of content to get through once finalized.

Unfortunately there is no set time for release for the mod as the team working on it is quite small and is taking their time to perfect it. Originally, Lordbound was due for release back in Q4 of 2017, but as the year moved closer to the end the team realized that they needed extra time to work out the kinks and further polish it before release.

The recent success of PlayerUnknown' Battlegrounds has inspired developers to pick up the popular new genre and attempt to implement it into different games. Hi-Rez studios, the developer of Paladins, is one of these companies and will be updating their game to receive a new battle royale mode in 2018.

Hi-Rez Studios announced the news on their YouTube channel, showing off the games new mode in cinematic form and gave a quick run down of what players will experience in the description "Enter a fantasy world of ancient technology in Paladins, a team-based shooter with strategy elements and deep character customization. Through a unique collectible card system, players can amplify and augment a character's core set of abilities to play exactly how they want to play."

Furthermore, Paladins has deemed this new mode 'Paladins: Battlegrounds' and has also provided a complete list of the key features that will be within the game: