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FIFA has reportedly decided to end its licensing contract with EA Sports, according to the New York Times. The outlet reported that negotiations reached a stoppage after the soccer company requested that the gamer double its licensing fee of $150 million USD per year to $1 billion USD every four years. Additionally, EA has registered a trademark for “EA Sports F.C.,” which will seemingly take the place of its FIFA partnership should the contract be terminated. Cam Weber, president and general manager at EA Sports, released a statement earlier this week suggesting that the company’s FIFA partnership will no longer be continued. “As we look ahead, we’re also exploring the idea of renaming our global EA SPORTS football games,” said Weber. “This means we’re reviewing our naming rights agr...

Call of Duty has unveiled an all-new Ghost of War Ultra Skin bundle, which is now available in both the Black Ops Cold War and Warzone stores. The new skin is designed to fight off fellow Operators and specters inside the new Ghosts of Verdansk mode or in various other Halloween-themed playlists. “An old war legend tells the tale of a skeletal creature born out of the blood and ashes of the deadliest battles,” the game says of the skin in a blog. “Powered by supernatural energy, the hollow warrior knows no allies and can fight for an eternity. Bound to Naga’s bones, but not his flesh, the ‘Ghost of War’ is ready to fight for you in Warzone and Black Ops Cold War.” The bundle arrives with three weapon blueprints — one shotgun, one SMG and one assault rifle — each of...

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Halo Infinite, Microsoft has now teamed up with the game’s exclusive PC partner AMD to give away several units of the Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card specially designed as a tribute to the game’s protagonist Master Chief. Drawing inspiration from the legendary Spartan himself, the new GPU comes dressed in a military green shade matching the tone of the Chief’s Mjolnir armor, with gold iridium accents replicating the suit’s reflective visor. Elsewhere on the card you’ll find Halo Infinite branding as well as John’s classic 117 number in white, along with blue illumination as a nod to Cortana. Aside from the special giveaway, Microsoft is also tapping into AMD’s technology to bring ray-tracing into Halo Infinite shortly after its release. Since t...

Rockstar Games dropped off the official trailer for its upcoming Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition, providing a first look at several graphical and gameplay improvements to each included title. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, Rockstar has remastered the game, along with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, with across-the-board upgrades. The new edition features “graphical improvements and modern gameplay enhancements for all three titles, while still maintaining the classic look and feel of the originals,” according to the company. The gamer has removed existing versions of the game from digital retailers in preparation for the remastered trilogy’s launch. As part of the anniversary cel...

Despite insisting on 2021 release dates for both next-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Wicher 3 for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, developer CD Projekt Red has now announced a delay in the two upgrades to early next year. In a statement posted on Twitter, the studio said that “Based on recommendations supplied by teams supervising the development of both games, we decided to postpone their releases until 2022.” No specific reasons were given for why there’s been a delay, but CD Projekt Red says it “wanted to make it right” before launching the two titles, probably having learned from the fiasco surrounding a broken launch for the original Cyberpunk 2077. The Keanu Reeves-starring game is now slated to arrive by the end of Q1 in 2022 while The Witcher 3 will ...

Among Us is headed to Xbox and PlayStation on December 14, the Dual Wield Studio and Innersloth teams announced on Thursday. The popular social deduction game will become available to play on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass for Console, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Additionally, crossplay will be available on both Xbox and PlayStation and will cost $4.99 USD, just like the game’s PC version. The only difference between the Xbox and PlayStation versions is that the latter console will receive access to exclusive Ratchet & Clank skins, accessories and pets. Among Us was named 2020’s most downloaded mobile game, and its developers have previously disclosed plans to improve gameplay with a new hide and seek mode and a fifth map. In tandem with the game’s d...

Among Us is headed to Xbox and PlayStation on December 14, the Dual Wield Studio and Innersloth teams announced on Thursday. The popular social deduction game will become available to play on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass for Console, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Additionally, crossplay will be available on both Xbox and PlayStation and will cost $4.99 USD, just like the game’s PC version. The only difference between the Xbox and PlayStation versions is that the latter console will receive access to exclusive Ratchet & Clank skins, accessories and pets. Among Us was named 2020’s most downloaded mobile game, and its developers have previously disclosed plans to improve gameplay with a new hide and seek mode and a fifth map. In tandem with the game’s d...

Between franchise partnerships, entertainment crossovers and fashion collaborations, Fortnite is seemingly becoming the go-to platform for collaborations across genres. Most recently, the Epic Games title debuted a selection of Dune skins based on Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya‘s characters from the film, heightening the excitement surrounding the movie’s imminent unveiling. As with most Fortnite collaborations, the game’s Dune partnership arrives with a range of various props, including a Sand Walk emote, Twinblades for harvesting and Fremkits. The Dune crossover is just one example of Fortnite’s continuous development of in-game transformations, which have come to serve as a new marketing outlet that several other industries are beginning to latch on to. Take fashion, for exampl...

Between franchise partnerships, entertainment crossovers and fashion collaborations, Fortnite is seemingly becoming the go-to platform for collaborations across genres. Most recently, the Epic Games title debuted a selection of Dune skins based on Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya‘s characters from the film, heightening the excitement surrounding the movie’s imminent unveiling. As with most Fortnite collaborations, the game’s Dune partnership arrives with a range of various props, including a Sand Walk emote, Twinblades for harvesting and Fremkits. The Dune crossover is just one example of Fortnite’s continuous development of in-game transformations, which have come to serve as a new marketing outlet that several other industries are beginning to latch on to. Take fashion, for exampl...