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PlayStation Has Revealed The New PlayStation Plus Games Lineup May 19, 2022

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PlayStation has followed up pricing for its new PlayStation Plus offering with a blog post detailing a bunch of PS5 and PS4 games coming to the service as well as a bunch of classic PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3 games (not in Australia) that will be launching alongside the service. As far as we can tell, this is only some of the games that will be there on launch day in June, but more will also be added following launch.

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Silent Hill Just Won't Stay Silent! May 17, 2022

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A Twitter user by the name of Dusk Golem has posted what they claimed were verified screenshots of an in-development Silent Hill game. The shots, which are said to date back to 2020, pictured a handful of environments and some character art and looked fairly convincing. Adding fuel to the fire, the images were swiftly removed and Dusk Golem's Twitter account locked, a move which they claim was handed down by Silent Hill's current IP owner, Konami.

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Starfield Has Been Delayed! May 13, 2022

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Bethesda has announced that both Redfall and Starfield have both been delayed and will now release in the first half of 2023. In a statement posted on Twitter, Bethesda said that both Arkane Austin and Bethesda Game Studios have “incredible ambitions for their games, and we want to ensure that you receive the best, most polished versions of them”. Xbox & Bethesda’s showcase is happening on June 13th where we’ll no doubt hear more about both of these games.

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Gotham Knights Is Now A Next-Gen Exclusive! May 11, 2022

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Warner Bros. Games dropped 14 minutes of brand new Gotham Knights footage overnight, showing off some slick Nightwing and Red Hood gameplay, but more interesting was the reveal that the game will be skipping last generation consoles and release exclusively on PS5, Xbox Series X&S and PC. In a statement provided alongside the trailer it's noted that the move to focus on these consoles was to provide the best gameplay experience.

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Xbox Is Holding A Big Event In Melbourne May 09, 2022

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In case you missed it, a massive Xbox and Bethesda livestream showcase is planned to go ahead on June 13 that’ll bring trailers, gameplay, reveals and hopefully plenty of surprises. It’ll be like E3 was never cancelled! While fans around the world can watch the event digitally as it happens, Xbox is also hosting select in-person events in much the same vein as it’s done before in the pre-pandemic days.

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Fortnite Comes To Xbox Cloud Gaming! May 06, 2022

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Xbox and Epic Games have announced a partnership to make Fortnite the first free-to-play title available on browser-enabled devices running Xbox Cloud Gaming. As of today, all you need to get playing Fortnite via cloud streaming is a free Microsoft Account and a Windows PC, Android or iOS device with a web browser and to head to Xbox.com/Play. This marks the first time since the famous Apple vs Epic legal battle that the game has been readily available to play on iPhone or iPad devices.

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The Nintendo Experience At Melbourne's EB Games Has Closed May 05, 2022

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It seems as though not even Nintendo is immune to the ongoing challenges of retail business in the not-quite-post-pandemic world, as the much-loved Nintendo Experience that once lived at the EB Games on Melbourne CBD’s Swanston Street is now no more.

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A Brand New Warcraft Mobile Game Has Been Announced May 04, 2022

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Not long after the official release date for Diablo: Immortal was announced, Blizzard has shared details of another upcoming mobile game, this time, unlike anything we’ve ever seen from the company before. Warcraft: Arclight Rumble is a genre-defining action RPG strategy title set in the Warcraft Universe and exclusive to the mobile platform.

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May's Xbox Games With Gold Have Been Revealed May 03, 2022

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After Amazon’s free games for May were revealed yesterday, we’ve today learned what May’s Games With Gold will be for the Xbox platform. The list is headlined by Yoku’s Island Express but also features the banger spin-off of Viva Pinata, Viva Pinata: Party Animals.

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Modern Warfare Is Back, Baby! Apr 29, 2022

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has officially been announced, with developer Infinity Ward revealing the game's logo on social media. The game is expected to launch sometime this year, and is a successor to 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare which served as a soft reboot for the series. Beyond a logo, there still isn’t much known about the title, although rumours last year suggested the game might follow a U.S. Task Force going toe-to-toe with a Colombian cartel.

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