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Capcom shared a first look at alternate costumes for Street Fighter 6, and some of the outfits are sure to bring a wave of nostalgia to long-time fighting game fans. As part of the Street Fighter panel at SDCC 2022 , Capcom revealed that Ryu, Chun-Li, and Guile are getting DLC costumes that replicate their classic Street Fighter 2 outfits. Chun-Li will be able to do her classic taunt that has hit detection, as well. You can check out the classic designs below. Capcom also showed off Luke wearing streetwear. This version of the character is wearing shoes, which isn't the case for his default costume. Jamie, Luke's rival, also got an alternate costume, complete with a pretty sick chain. There was no announcement on if this DLC is paid or free. We also don't know if the DLC will be available at launch, or come sometime after. Street Fighter 6 is slated to release next year on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. We got to go hands on with Street Fighter 6 last month at ...

AMD Noise Suppression Is the Company’s Answer to Nvidia RTX Voice

Yesterday, AMD uploaded a video on its official YouTube video revealing a new feature called "Voice Suppression," allowing users to filter background noise, Tom's Hardware reports . The leaked trailer mentions AMD Noise Suppression will use a "real-time deep learning algorithm" to provide users with "two-way noise-reduction" that will filter out background noise from both incoming and outgoing microphone audio. The video also suggests that Noise Suppression will be a new setting found in the Audio and Video Tab in the AMD Adrenaline driver. AMD has since removed the trailer from its YouTube channel , though Reddit user u/zenobian managed to download the trailer and post it on the AMD subreddit. AMD Noise Suppression sounds interesting, and the concept reminds me of Nvidia's RTX Voice . This beta software launched in early 2020 and allowed Nvidia graphics card owners to improve their outgoing audio quality by eliminating most of their backgr...

'Ultra Instinct Shaggy' Meme is Canon

At San Diego Comic-Con 2022 we got official confirmation that " Ultra Instinct Shaggy " meme is indeed canon. During a panel focusing on MultiVersus, the upcoming free-to-play crossover fighting game with characters from various properties owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, when asked about the meme, MultiVersus Game Director Tony Huynh confirmed that the meme had been added to the official canon. "While it's a meme, it's actually canon," Huynh said. "In the movie, there's that bar fight scene. There was the Mortal Kombat animated movie last year, and it was connected to that." The Mortal Kombat movie is referencing is Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms , in which Shaggy appears in the Warner Bros. Animation intro. The Ultra Instinct Shaggy meme has been around for years. As KnowYourMeme notes, the origin dates back to 2017 after a YouTuber created a remix of Shaggy from the 2011 animated film Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur...

MultiVersus Reveals New Characters, Including LeBron James and Rick Sanchez

MultiVersus, the Smash Bros.-like Warner Bros. crossover fighter, has revealed new characters Rick Sanchez, Morty Smith, and LeBron James. Announced during a San Diego Comic-Con panel, the panel unveiled these characters along with a closer look at how LeBron controls in the game. While it seems jarring to put LeBron James, a real-life person and pro basketball player in the NBA, this would not be the first time we have seen a "fictionalized" version of him, which initially debuted in 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy . The MultiVersus panel also confirmed that Morty Smith will join the roster on August 9th, while Rick Sanchez will be playable at a later date. LeBron James along with Rick and Morty join a roster that includes an abundance of characters from various properties owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, such as Batman, Steven Universe, and the recently-announced Iron Giant . MultiVersus is a platform fighter in the vein of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros., and ...

Ubisoft's Unannounced, Delayed Game Is Reportedly Assassin's Creed Rift

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that it delayed a "smaller unannounced premium game," though the title of the game was unknown. Now, a source has revealed that this game was Rift, the codename for an upcoming Assassin's Creed title. According to a report by Bloomberg , Assassin's Creed Rift was delayed from February to May or June because development was running behind schedule. Rift was originally planned as an expansion for the 2020 title Assassin's Creed Valhalla, though the project became a standalone game in late 2021 to add to the company's thin release schedule. While not much is known about the game, it's reportedly set in the Middle East and features a smaller scope with a focus on stealth gameplay. As pointed out by Bloomberg, the delay of Rift leaves Ubisoft with an especially thin fiscal year. This isn't the only major change to Ubisoft's release schedule that occurred this week. Yesterday, the company revealed that it fully stopp...

Resident Evil Village: The Mercenaries Trailer Shows Playable Lady Dimitrescu in Action

Alongside a new trailer, new gameplay details have been revealed for Resident Evil Village: The Mercenaries Additional Orders' upcoming playable characters Lady Dimitrescu, Chris Redfield, and Karl Heisenberg. Resident Evil Village producer Tsuyoshi Kanda shared the info on PlayStation.Blog in regards to the newest additon to Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries mode that will be part of the Winters' Expansion and the Resident Evil Village Gold Edition. Resident Evil Gold Edition pre-orders are now live! Here's a preview of what to expect from the three new playable characters in The Mercenaries Additional Orders, included in both Gold Edition and the Winters' Expansion DLC. 🐺⚙️👒 🌿 https://t.co/i4YXminxdw pic.twitter.com/yPTCLTsLM5 — Resident Evil (@RE_Games) July 22, 2022 One of the biggest draws to Additional Orders will undoubtedly be a playable version of everyone's favorite nine-foot-tall villain, Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. When you become Lad...

The Last Of Us Remake Permadeath Mode Revealed Alongside a Host Of Other Improvements

In the wake of the reveal of The Last of Us Part 1, a full remake of the original 2012 release for PlayStation 3, there were plenty of questions about how much it would actually change. But based on a new video released by Naughty Dog today, the answer is "plenty." The Last Of Us director Neil Druckmann was among those taking center stage to outline some of the biggest enhancements to the beloved classic, from graphical enhancements to improvements to accessibility. The team also outlined a host of new features, which include: A new Permadeath Mode A Speedrun Mode where players can time their runs Unlockable costumes for Joel and Ellie An enhanced Photo Mode A Model Viewer Mode That's on top of big changes to AI, graphics, and controls, which aim to enhance The Last Of Us at pretty much every level. For instance, the remake will utilize the DualSense's haptics to add tension as Elllie draws a bowstring, or to enhance the tactile feel of Joel and Ellie pet...

The Witcher 3 Designer Recalls the 'Mistake' the Team Made With a Key Feature

CD Projekt Red has admitted it included a few too many points of interest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's Skellige map, but has also explained the reason why so many question marks filled the screen in the first place. Speaking during the developer's 20th anniversary stream , Witcher 4 campaign director Philipp Weber, who was a junior quest designer at the time, said that the various smugglers' caches — underwater chests sprinkled in the dozens throughout the oceans of Skellige — weren't actually introduced as points of interest at all. Given the extraordinary size of The Witcher 3's map, CD Projekt decided it needed something more than just quests upon quests to fill it. "I can admit freely I'm one of those people that actually put those question marks in the world," Weber said. "It was already late 2014 so not that long before release [in May 2015] when we basically just filled the world with them. "There was not a lot of time so it ...

The Joker Won't Be in Gotham Knights

Iconic Batman villain The Joker won't be in WB Montreal's upcoming action RPG, Gotham Knights, according to creative director Patrick Redding speaking at a panel today at San Diego Comic Con. During a fan Q&A, Redding was asked if Joker was in the game, to which he responded no, but added, "I will not confirm or deny whether Harley is," indicating that Joker's clownish compatriot might make an appearance of some sort. Redding also confirmed that Batman is in fact "really dead" in Gotham Knights (he dies in the first ten minutes, setting up the plot), and remains dead at the end of the game. He also added that there is "exactly one" Riddler question mark in all of Gotham Knights. At this same panel, we also got a look at a new trailer showing off Batgirl gameplay , alongside more details about how the four heroes of the game (Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin) have distinct custom dialogue and cinematics depending on which one t...

New Gotham Knights Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Batgirl

Today at San Diego Comic Con, WB revealed more details about Gotham Knights, including a new gameplay trailer featuring Batgirl. The trailer highlights Batgirl's combat, including her wrist blasters and a multi batarang throw. It also gave some insight into her character, with a focus on her desire to protect Gotham City regardless of what name that protection happens to go by. It concluded by announcing that anyone who pre-orders Gotham Knights now will receive a 233 Kustom Batcycle skin. The SDCC panel included appearances from creative director Patrick Redding, narrative director Anne Lemay, cinematics director Wilson Mui, Cinematics Director, America Young (Batgirl), and Christopher Sean (Nightwing). Comics writer Scott Snyder also made a surprise guest appearance. A chunk of the panel discussion highlighted the ways in which Gotham Knights' dialogue and tone will differ depending on which of the four characters is being played, with Lemay mentioning that WB Montreal d...

Magic: The Gathering’s Next Set Will Hide Extremely Valuable Vintage Cards in Some Packs

Today Wizards of the Coast revealed new details about Magic: The Gathering’s next set, Dominaria United. While the first hints of story were shared, the really surprising news is that some booster packs will contain original cards printed for the 1994 set Legends. In a video announcing the news, WOTC explained that it found sealed boxes of actual Legends booster packs in a warehouse and wanted to find a way to distribute those cards to players. As such, they decided to open the packs and insert these original printings into Collector boosters for Dominaria United as both a tie-in to Magic’s very first plane and a celebration of its history as the game approaches its 30th birthday. Many of the cards in Legends are extremely rare and valuable, making the idea of finding one in a brand new booster an exciting proposition. Some of these cards are even part of Magic’s infamous Reserved List , meaning they have never been reprinted in any form (and theoretically never will). That includ...

Nintendo's Former Managing Director Joins PlatinumGames

Nintendo's former managing director of sales, planning, and strategy has joined Bayonetta and Nier: Automata developer PlatinumGames as vice president. Announced in a Famitsu article featured on Platinum's website , Takao Yamane will also take on the role of chief business officer after spending his last 27 years at Nintendo. Yamane became managing director back in March 2004, meaning he was there for the release of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. He had other roles at the company previously, including as vice president of Nintendo France. Yamane made clear he didn't leave Nintendo with any ill-feelings, but he had just turned 50 and wanted a new challenge. "My resignation was very smooth," he said. "My desire to take on something new and what PlatinumGames was aiming to do lined up perfectly. And to be perfectly honest, I felt like my last company would be perfectly fine without me." Platinum has been steadily expanding in the last f...

FIFA 23 Launches This September

EA has revealed that FIFA 23 will be available on September 30 and will feature women's clubs for the first time, as well as same-generation cross-play, World Cup DLC, and more. Revealed on its official website and in a new trailer (below), EA's final FIFA game will include both the UK's Barclays FA Women's Super League and France's Division 1 Arkema, letting fans play as cover star Sam Kerr . FIFA 23 will also be cross-play at launch, though like the testing in last year's edition , there are caveats. Players can only play together between the same generation of consoles, meaning those on PlayStation 4 can only play against those on the same platform or on Xbox One. PC players (and those on Google Stadia) will be in the same pool as players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series (X and S). Friends can also only play against each other in online friendlies and FIFA Ultimate Team's Play a Friend mode. All other modes - FUT Online Friendlies, Online Seasons...

Square Enix Is Selling a Cloud Strife Action Figure...That's Also an NFT

Final Fantasy VII hero Cloud Strife is being immortalized in a new 25th-anniversary action figure… that also comes with an NFT. Square Enix announced that the upcoming Cloud Strife figurine will include an NFT as part of the purchase – using the blockchain as a digital certificate of authenticity as well as a “digital version of the figure.” “The digital plus edition is a set product of physical action figure with one each of exchange tickets to redeem digital certificate of authenticity and digital version of the figure,” reads the description. “Both digital certificate of authenticity and digital version of the figure are managed by the block chain technology known as NFTs. Digital certificate of authenticity provides proof of authenticity for your original purchase of the figure.” “Digital version of the figure can be enjoyed on your smart phone or your PC through dedicated website,” they added. Quite how you will ‘enjoy’ your figurine via smartphone or PC remains to be se...

FF7 Remake Owners on PS5 Can't Claim Intergrade Via PS Plus

Final Fantasy VII Remake players can’t claim the PS5 Intergrade bundle via PS Plus. A quirk in the PlayStation Store means that those who already own the remake are unable to claim the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade bundle which has just been added to PS Plus Extra. Intergrade, the upgraded PS5 version of Remake, includes the new episode Intermission – a spin-off story that features Yuffie as a playable character. Unfortunately, if you already own the Final Fantasy VII Remake on PS5, you’re locked out from being able to claim or download the new bundle. Instead, you’ll find the following message: “You can’t buy this product for the following reasons. You already own the following products, which conflict with the product you’re trying to buy: Final Fantasy VII Remake.” This purchase error has actually existed for some time – players who upgraded from the PS4 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake to the PS5 version are then unable to buy or claim Intergrade. However, there’...

Spider-Man Remastered PC Port Will Include DLSS and Ultrawide Monitor Support

Spider-Man Remastered is swinging onto PCs soon, and today, the official PlayStation blog revealed some of the new graphical features that will be available, assuming your PC can keep up with all the web slinging. Spider-Man will look extra smooth swinging through the Big Apple thanks to DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). DLSS “increases graphics performance using dedicated Tensor Core AI processors found only on GeForce RTX GPUs, boosting frame rates with uncompromised image quality.” If you’re a person with many monitors, you’re in luck! Spider-Man Remastered will support a number of display rations including NVIDIA Surround multi-monitor setups, ultrawide 21:9, and panoramic 32:9. You’ll also be able to customize a number of graphical options including SSAO, texture filtering, LoD quality, shadows, and more. For gamers who haven’t gotten a chance to experience the scope of the PS5’s DualSense Controller , the game will support adaptive trigger feedback and haptic respons...

Minecraft Will Not Allow NFTs or Blockchain Technologies

As some developers embrace the controversial use of digital tokens, the folks at Minecraft have put their foot down on NFTs and blockchain technologies . Their post comes in response to feedback from their community members asking for “clarification and transparency” on where Mojang Studios and Minecraft stand on the topic. “While we are in the process of updating our Minecraft Usage Guidelines to offer more precise guidance on new technologies, we wanted to take the opportunity to share our view that integrations of NFTs with Minecraft are generally not something we will support or allow,” the post says. Just last year, Steam banned blockchain games and those that issued cryptocurrency . Some creators use blockchain technology to sell things like skins and worlds, but the folks at Minecraft want their community to be a place “where everyone has access to the same content.” They believe NFTs “can create models of scarcity and exclusion that conflict with our Guidelines and the ...

Farthest Frontier: The Final Preview

Farthest Frontier is far from the first foray I've fared into the fir-flecked forests of an unforgiving land. But as survival city-builders go, it provides some targeted depth and realism in areas that often get ignored. While I ran out of things to hold my interest in games like Banished fairly quickly, the agriculture and food spoilage system here make running and developing a settlement much more engaging. The premise is fairly simple. You get dumped in the woods with a few medieval settlers and have to survive harsh weather, disease, starvation, wolves, bears, and eventually – though I didn't run into any, thankfully – bandit attacks. Providing housing, firewood, fish, and berries is the first priority. But as your population grows, your town center levels up, and the tech tree is slowly unlocked, things get more complicated. The most significant wrinkle here is the very detailed food spoilage system. If you were planning to rely on the rations you brought with you to ...

Uncharted, The Last of Us Director Opens New Studio, Wildflower Interactive

Former Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us director Bruce Straley has opened up a new studio called Wildflower Interactive. The studio is made up of developers who’ve worked on games such as Call of Duty, Abzu, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and Astroneer. “In 2017 I left the industry not sure if I wanted to make games anymore,” says Straley. But the longer I was away, I kept thinking about this medium, and everything yet to be done and everything I wanted to do still. And this idea kept following me. So I grabbed some friends and we started prototyping.” OMG - it’s finally happened!! We’re doing a thing!!! Head over & follow @playwildflower to check us out. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/GvMM39TEdG — Bruce Straley (@bruce_straley) July 20, 2022 According to Wildflower Interactive’s website , the studio is aiming to create “small-ish”, creatively charged, and uniquely-stylized games. While the studio didn’t reveal any other information about any projects, it is currently embracing remote ...

Xbox Owners Will Finally Be Able to Connect to Discord Voice Chats from Their Consoles

Discord announced today that it is finally adding voice chat integration to Xbox consoles . The addition means that Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One owners will be able to talk to their friends on Discord Voice chats from their consoles, rather than having to use other devices. In a press release, Discord notes that Xbox Insider will be able to use its voice chat feature on their consoles, from today. with the feature coming at a later date for all users. As Discord notes, the feature has been widely requested by users . Previously the company allowed Xbox owners to connect their accounts, but could only be used to display information, like Gamertags. Discord also confirmed that Discord Voice chat on Xbox will allow users to transfer their voice call from the app (Desktop or mobile) directly onto their consoles using the Xbox mobile app. As you can see from the image below, the transfer process looks pretty straightforward. Discord integration announcement for Xbox came rough...

Assassin's Creed Fans Planning Farewell Sessions Ahead of Multiplayer Mode Shutdowns

Assassin’s Creed players are preparing to send off some of their favorite game modes. After news that Ubisoft would be shutting down the multiplayer modes of five Assassin’s Creed titles, fans have banded together to give the games one last hurrah. Over on the Assassin’s Creed subreddit , a user by the name FarlandsDesign has proposed a weekend of multiplayer ahead of the servers being switched off. “Assassin's Creed Multiplayer for Brotherhood, Revelations, and III is getting shut down,” they explained. “Let's commemorate them with a well-deserved farewell!” The plan is to play 3 games across 6 weekends, ensuring the maximum number of people log on at the same time to keep the games going. Games of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood are planned to take place starting this weekend, 23-24 July, with another round the following weekend on 29-30 July. Sessions of an hour or more will be held at 7 PM GMT, 7 PM GMT-8 (7 PM PDT), and 7 PM GMT+7, on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Ass...

No Man's Sky Announces Its 20th Major Free Update - Endurance

Hello Games has announced the 20th major free update for No Man's Sky, titled Endurance, which focuses on an overhaul for freighters, frigates, and fleets. No Man's Sky's first major content update, Foundation , introduced freighters to the game back in 2016 - and Endurance aims to add much more to that experience in time for the game's 6th anniversary. Creator Sean Murray wrote: "We introduced the ability to own and captain freighters in our very first update, and it’s something we’ve been excited to take the opportunity to completely reinvent. Captaining a fleet to explore the unknown has always been core to that fantasy of science fiction, from Battlestar to Starfleet, and it’s a huge fan favorite." Full patch notes are available on the No Man's Sky website, but in short Endurance will offer much more to the fantasy of commanding your own mega-ships, and fleets as a whole. Freighter bridges have been improved to offer instant warp and teleportatio...

Diablo: Immortal Now Lets You Swap Class Once a Week