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Microsoft are giving away the original Crackdown game for free on the Xbox store. The futuristic action adventure is available for Xbox 360 and Xbox One due to a backwards compatibility. A possible promo for the upcoming Crackdown 3?
NOVEMBER 9
Destiny 2 sales have fallen short of Activision's expectations, the publisher has revealed in its earnings call. Even with the latest update Forsaken, which was well received by fans, Activision wanted more from the sci-fi shooter.
NOVEMBER 9
Final Fantasy XV game director Hajime Tabata has left Square Enix and Luminous Productions. Square Enix have also canceled three out of four DLC episodes for Final Fantasy XV as the team is said to focus on a new and unnamed AAA title.
NOVEMBER 9
If you want to play as Harley Quinn in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds it will cost you $25, and for the arguably worst version of Joker ever you'll have to pay $18 it's been revealed as PUBG crossover with DC Comics has now gone live.
NOVEMBER 9
Answering a question at investors call, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has confirmed Rockstar will launch Red Dead Redemption 2 online open beta by the end of the month. Zelnick also declined to go into any detail about monetisation.
NOVEMBER 9
Mass Effect developer Bioware posted a video on their official Twitter reminding players of the N7 Day in which the game director Casey Hudson drops a small tease by stating that he's dreaming about the next great Mass Effect game.
NOVEMBER 8
Old School Runescape has debuted as the most downloaded game on the App Store, hitting the one million mark in eight countries since its full release last week, Jagex confirmed. The game also reached the top 10 in 15 countries overall.
NOVEMBER 8
FromSoftware's latest VR title Deracine has released just yesterday and some players have already found pretty interesting easter eggs like dolls performing Bloodborne gestures, which suggest a possible sequel could be in the making.
NOVEMBER 7
Two promotional pictures of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds have been revealed by a member of PSNProfiles forum along with ID codes of the game. The information comes just a month before the one year anniversary of PUBG's Xbox One release.
NOVEMBER 7
Blizzard's daily dose of bad news comes from the New York Stock Exchange where Acitivision Blizzard Inc. stock value has crashed by almost seven per cent following the last week reveal of Diablo Immortal for mobile on Blizzcon 2018.
NOVEMBER 7
More Fallout 76 beta sessions are coming this week but before that, a huge 30 GB patch has been released, fixing some existing stability and performance issues. Final beta tests ahead of release will be available today and Thursday.
NOVEMBER 6
Following Blizzard's announcement that the next entry to the Diablo series will be for mobile, fans of the venerable franchise exploded with less than stellar feedback. The backlash was expected, but not its magnitude, Blizzard respond.
NOVEMBER 5
