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Swedish developer Starbreeze have sold System Shock 3 publishing rights back to the original developer OtherSide Entertainment. Starbreeze CEO said in a short note that he believes this decision is the best solution for the company.
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Ubisoft have officially announced open beta testing for The Division 2, which is scheduled to run from 1 to 4 March 2019. The publisher didn't offer additional info but they did mention that more will be shared as we're nearing kick off.
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Rockstar have shared a list of features which are coming with the next Red Dead Online update, scheduled for 26 February 2019. The update will introduce NPC bounty hunters and a new system to highlight overly aggressive players on the map.
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Saber Interactive have officially and finally revealed the release date for their zombie co-op shooter World War Z. The game is now scheduled to launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 16 April 2019 if everything goes as planned.
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EA and Neill Blomkamp have officially announced Anthem's live-action short film dubbed Conviction. Both the publisher and director shared a teaser trailer while the film will premiere on 14 February 2019 on Oats Studio YouTube channel.
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One of the creators of Dead Space, Michael Condrey has joined an unnamed 2K studio to work on a mysterious, new project. The game industry veteran is joining a San Francisco-based studio after leaving Activision back in December 2018.
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Anthem live-action short film could be in the works by District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp. The man himself shared a photo of Anthem's Javelin with a description in which he says that more info on the project will be coming soon.
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Creative Assembly have delayed the upcoming Total War Three Kingdoms to late May 2019 it's confirmed in the development update posted on Total War website. Apparently, the developers need more time to deliver a proper Total War experience.
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Massive Entertainment developers have confirmed that The Division 2 open beta is planned and should be coming soon. In one of the Twitch live streams, the devs said that they will look to address some issues for the upcoming open beta.
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There are a total of 48 PlayStation 4 trophies and Xbox One achievements on the list and they are mostly tied to the story, map exploration and using every weapon available in the game. Overall, none of them look too hard to unlock.
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In case you've been concern that Epic Games could snatch the upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 and make it an Epic Store exclusive, fear not, as the official confirmation states that CDPR will pass on that offer if it ever reaches them.
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Capcom have released a big Monster Hunter World patch which includes various tweaks to Guild Cards, some weapons, skills. The developers also included a bunch of general bug fixes. The patch is now live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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