The Dragon’s Dogma Servers for Xbox 360 are Shutting Down

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As of today, Capcom has announced through the official Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen servers for Xbox 360 will be shutting down on March 31s, 2018, at 1:00am PST. When the servers shut down, Capcom has announced that some of the game’s features will be rendered useless, taking away from the overall experience.

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Tony Hawk Confirms He’s No Longer Working with Activision

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After the mind-blowing success of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, it seemed with the last few titles that the relationship between Tony Hawk and Activision may not have been the best. As of today, it seems that the plausible rockiness between the two had finally escalated to the point that the pro skater and Activision have parted ways as confirmed by Tony Hawk himself.

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Happy Birthdays Release Date Announced by NIS

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Originally revealed during NIS’s Streamed Press Event last month, the team revealed a wide array of upcoming titles, among those titles, came the announcement of Birthdays: The Beginning as it prepares to head to the Nintendo Switch featuring all available content as Happy Birthdays.

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Gameplay Trailer and Beta Announcements Released

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Today, indie developer Fatshark has announced that their upcoming title Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is now live via a Pre-Order Beta. Everyone who has bought Warhammer: Vermintide 2, the sequel to last years multi-million selling title Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide, will be able to experience the games current state up until March 8, 2018, starting today.

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The Sims are Invading Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition

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With only a few days left until its launch, Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition is getting even more content headed its way. However, this latest tidbit is exclusive to the release of Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition via Origin, which will allow players to unlock Sims 4-themed outfits for their characters to use.

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Metal Gear Survive Extra Character Slots Will Cost You $10 USD

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Since the launch of Metal Gear Survive, fans have been heavily scrutinizing Konami’s newly released title, a spin-off from the core series itself. Having launched on Feb. 20, 2018, in the US and earlier today in the UK and Europe. But there’s one thing about this game that has absolutely begun to anger fans of the Metal Gear franchise: an unnecessary microtransaction that should not exist.

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PUBG to Receive a New Map in the First Half of 2018

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It almost comes as no surprise that a new map could have been in the work as quickly as Miramar aka the Desert Map had launched. In the recent months, Bluehole and PUBG Corporation have been hard at work improving the game in every way possible. These improvements include a new anti-cheat system, balancing changes, and performance enhancements across the board.

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Shining Resonance Refrain to Release in the West in 2018

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Today, Sega America has confirmed that Shining Resonance: Refrain will be headed west later this year.  Originally released in 2014 as a Japanese-only HD remaster for the PlayStation 3 and announced for Japan on PlayStation 4 last November, Sega has confirmed this HD remaster will be headed to the PlayStation 4 in the West later this year.

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Preview: Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ahoy Mateys, Load the Cannons!

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Over the course of the past few days, I’ve been spending a bit of time with the Obisidian’s latest endeavors back into cRPGs, a genre that has taken the world by storm in the last couple of years. Games such as Shadowrun: DragonfallDivinity 2: Original Sin and Blackguard 2 all stand as a testament to what good cRPGs are. Among them is a slightly lesser-known title, one that should stand out more than it does, and one that comes with its own unique touch into an already well-established genre: Pillars of Eternity.

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The ESA Responds to Hawaii’s Proposed Legislations on Loot Boxes

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In several countries, the move to ban loot boxes from games altogether is gaining steam. Several countries including Germany and Belgium have already begun to see them as a predatory practice as well as a form of gambling, which very well means that they could be getting regulations put against them in those countries before much longer.

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