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During the publisher's earnings call, Blizzard's president Collister Johnson said that the company expects materially lower financial performance in 2019 because they are not planning a major frontline release during the current year.
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Deep Silver's Metro Exodus is getting serious love from various gaming websites and critics. Apparently, the trilogy finale is one of the best shooters in the last few years that offers an incredible journey through post-apocalyptic Russia.
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Deep Silver have confirmed that preloading for Metro Exodus will be available only to those who purchased the game on Steam, while Epic Store won't offer the option to download earlier. The preload dates will be announced in due course.
FEBRUARY 13
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.
FEBRUARY 12
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.
FEBRUARY 12
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.
FEBRUARY 12
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.
FEBRUARY 11
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.
FEBRUARY 11
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.
FEBRUARY 11
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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