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Call of Duty: Mobile is back again with its World Championship for 2022, and this time round Activision has allocated a grand prize pool of $2 million USD. The tournament will commence on March 31 and all eligible players of the game will be able to compete for a whole variety of rewards, including epic weapons and operators. Stage One and Two of the championship will be open to all entrants across the globe, and those who sign up will automatically receive a brand new frame and calling card. Spanning four weeks, the first stage will feature one in-game online qualifier every weekend through 10 ranked multiplayer matches. Those who manage to earn 60 points or more will be able to qualify for Stage Two as well as receive new rewards. For the ultimate Championship Finals, Activision has earm...

PlayStation users will receive an extended look into the forthcoming RPG Hogwarts Legacy later this week. Avalanche Software and Warner Bros. Games will host a State of Play stream for the open-world Harry Potter game on Thursday, March 17. “The show will run for about 20 minutes, featuring over 14 minutes of Hogwarts Legacy gameplay captured on PS5, and concluding with some insight from a few members of the team at Avalanche Software who are bringing the Wizarding World to life,” the two companies announced on the PlayStation Blog. Set in the late 1800s, Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the old Wizarding World. The player’s character is a student who receives a late invitation to attend Hogwarts. Upon arrival, they discover they possess the rare ability to master Ancient Magic. While living...

Riot Games has invested in its collaborator, Paris-based 3D animation studio Fortiche Production. Under the supervision of Riot Games, the French studio produced 2021’s critically acclaimed League of Legends spin-off series, Arcane. The show’s viewership, which counts both LoL fans and those who have never played the game, even set the record as Netflix‘s highest-rated series within a week of premiering on the streamer. Now, Riot Games has made an equity investment in Fortiche, giving it a “significant” but non-controlling stake in the studio. Two of Riot Games’ own, Chief Content Officer Brian Wright and Director of Corporate Development Brendan Mulligan, have joined Fortiche’s board of directors. Aside from its board, Fortiche will still remain “operationally independent” from Riot. “For...

After rocketing to 10 million downloads last month, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has just announced it has reached a new milestone with 20 million downloads. To celebrate the new achievement, Konami gifted 1,000 gems to its players — this celebratory present is available for those that log in from now until April 25. On top of the gems, a new solo mode was added titled “The Fairies Who Paint the Weather.” ✨━━━━━━━━━━━　 2000万ダウンロード　 感謝キャンペーン━━━━━━━━━━━✨#遊戯王マスターデュエル 累計2000万ダウンロードを突破致しました！ありがとうございます！ 只今、ゲーム内にて期間中ログイン頂きました皆さまに1000ジェムをプレゼント中です！ pic.twitter.com/RqrWr8stQH — 【公式】遊戯王マスターデュエル (@YuGiOh_MD_INFO) March 11, 2022 In other gaming news, the Dead Space remake is set for an early 2023 release.

A speedrunner has managed to complete Elden Ring in just under 29 minutes. The new world record comes from prolific Dark Souls speedrunner Distortion2, who managed to finish the massively popular game in just 28 minutes and 59 seconds, managing what he believes to be the world’s first sub-30 minute completion of Elden Ring. The run itself is an “Any%” run, which means Distortion2 aims to get from the beginning of the game to the end credits as quickly as possible without completing every single quest and task in the game, but what’s impressive is that his time has constantly been improving. Following a comprehensive playthrough, the speedrunner first posted a record time of 49 minutes and 29 seconds. Since then, he’s made multiple attempts and improved his time through the 30-min...

Retro gaming fans will be delighted to learn that SNEG will now be bringing back the Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box Classic series. Due to arrive on Steam, the new revival will bring numerous titles from the ’80s series to the platform, including three Forgotten Realms collections with one from the Eye of the Beholder Series, one for Pool of Radiance and Savage Frontier, and a final one for Dungeon Hack and Menzoberranzan. Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse and Dungeons & Dragons Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator will both be offered individually, while Dark Sun, Ravenloft and the DragonLance bundle for the Krynn trilogy will also be available to fans. Unfortunately, though, there won’t be any releases for DragonStrike an...

News regarding the upcoming Dead Space remake game has arrived. Livestreamed just hours ago from the developer — joined by Creative Director Roman Campos-Oriola, Senior Producer Philippe Ducharme, and Audio Director Olivier Asselin — the team goes over some of the main enhancements and updates to the game. One of the big improvements will arrive in the sound architecture and as the A.L.I.V.E. system. The sound promises to be more realistic and immersive for a truly terrifying experience while the A.L.I.V.E. system — Adrenaline, Limbic System Response, Intelligent Dialog, Vitals, and Exertions — transforms the main character’s dialogue based on his vitals and exertion. Watch the whole presentation in the video above. Fans can expect the remake to launch in early 2023. For more gaming news, ...

Following a tip-off from journalist and insider Tom Henderson last February, Activision has confirmed that it is going forward with building Call of Duty: Warzone for mobile and is currently hiring development and publishing teams. “We are creating an all-new, AAA mobile experience that will bring the thrilling, fluid and large-scale action of Call of Duty®: Warzone™ to players on the go,” Activision announced. Warzone Mobile will be the second free-to-play Call of Duty title for mobile following the current Call of Duty: Mobile offering first introduced in 2019. Henderson previously revealed that Warzone Mobile has been added to the PlaytestCloud database and is scoped for a 2022 release. Other Activision titles that will see a mobile version include Diablo Immortal which is also s...

Square Enix has just revealed its dedicated page to the 35th Anniversary of the Final Fantasy game franchise. With Nobuo Uematsu Prelude from Final Fantasy VII as the background music, the landing pages shows the artwork of long-time series illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and a message from the Final Fantasy VII REMAKE producer Yoshinori Kitase. V=30, VII=25, XI=20 What do you think these numbers mean? They are actually the anniversaries of FINAL FANTASY titles this year. Every year a number of titles celebrate their anniversaries, but if you think about it so many from one series lining up in such a way is pretty unusual.This is only possible because of the long-lasting passionate support for each game in the FF series from fans like you. Thank you so much. And this year, the FINAL FANTASY s...