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Grand Ages: Medieval, the High Middle Ages real-time strategy game from Gaming Minds, will launch for PS4 and PC on September 25, Kalypso Media has announced. Players will have access to a massive 20 million square kilometres world, all running in 1080p. Set in 1050AD you must lead your people and advance through the decades by utilising construction, research, expansion and conquest in an area extending from Scandinavia and North Africa; to Portugal, the Caucasus and the Middle East....

The first Gravity Rush 2 reviews are in and so far critics are really enjoying the action game sequel from Sony Japan Studio. Scoring 9.5 out of 10 on Destructoid, the reviewer states: “Gravity Rush 2 is the kind of game that makes me want to do everything. If there’s more DLC beyond the upcoming free Raven campaign, I’ll play it. If there’s some uncovered secret or time trial I haven’t done yet, I’ll find it....

Movie-making tool Rockstar Editor will be introduced to the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Grand Theft Auto 5 next Tuesday, September 15, Rockstar has announced. The feature will be included as part of the new GTA Online Freemode Events update, and lets players shoot and edit their own video shorts directly within the game before sharing them online. Rockstar Editor first appeared in the PC release of GTA 5 earlier this year....

GTA Online: The Criminal Enterprises is in full swing, as Rockstar Games has just released a whole slew of new content for the title this week. Those updates include everything from a brand new car set to hit the Luxury Autos showroom floor to some interesting opportunities just waiting to be unearthed across Southern San Andreas. The press release also teased that next week in GTA Online, there’s good news for Sprunk and eCola loyalists looking to rep their brand and that Lamar needs your help locating his missing product....

With the fall season of games upon us, it’s time for several music based rhythm games to start making their play for some space in our living rooms. Hitting store shelves first is the godfather of the genre, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, a similar riff on the old formula with some new surprises in store. Activision has given all of us rockers in training a new trailer to celebrate the upcoming launch for the game....

The Fields of Elysium is where your journey in Hades will take you. In this region, you’ll fight Theseus and the Minotaur Asterius, and you might just encounter the shade of Patroclus along the way. Here’s our mini-guide to help you out. Note: This guide is intended for Hades’ early access stage and certain mechanics may change in due course. For more information, check out our Hades guides and features hub....

Halo: Reach is the first title that’s part of the long-awaited Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Originally released in 2010 for the Xbox 360, Halo: Reach aims to bring its trademark action to a new audience. Sadly, it falls a bit short of the mark, sullying what could be a great introduction to the Halo franchise for PCs. I’ll delve a bit more in our official review. Note: For more about the graphics settings, controls, audio, and the like, do check out our Halo: Reach technical review....

Halo Infinite has seen countless controversies over the past year, but arguably one of the bigger ones came when 343 Industries announced the cancellation of split-screen co-op. This feature has remained a staple in the Halo franchise since the first game, but although 343 promised it would add the feature to Halo Infinite post-launch, the studio chose to put its focus elsewhere. This understandably upset several fans, and it did not help that players found an exploit in the game that allowed them to experience split-screen co-op in a relatively stable fashion....

Much like Pokemon GO’s successful monthly events, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is attempting to continue hype for its mobile AR game from month to month with recurring Community Day events. The Pokemon GO Community Day themes are a little easier to keep straight, since each one is just built around a single Pokemon, but Wizards Unite is still working on developing that kind of clarity. For now, Niantic is ready to share the first details about the wizarding game’s second Community Day event....

We are now in Striking Distance of The Callisto Protocol’s release, and as such we are getting more bits of information about the game. For example, we now know its PC system requirements. Per Steam, these are as follows: MINIMUM: RECOMMENDED: In addition to this, we also have a new live-action trailer for The Callisto Protocol starring Josh Duhamel, which you can see below. Duhamel will portray protagonist Jacob Lee on the game’s release next month (which, incidentally, is also next week)....

The recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio have sent shockwaves throughout the United States, reigniting not only the gun control debate, but also the debate about whether or not video games cause violence. Retail giant Walmart was the location of the El Paso shooting, and its decision to pull marketing materials for violent games (and other violent media), while still selling guns, has seen it widely criticized online....

With just over a month to go until its full release, Sony’s latest State of Play unveiled a fresh batch of details on Polyphony Digital’s PlayStation exclusive Gran Turismo 7 - including some surprising new modes, a look at the vastly improved customisation options as well as a more detailed look at its new weather system. The 30 minute presentation reestablished the line that this is a Gran Turismo game that’s returning to the series’ roots, with a fresh focus on optimisation and the player’s journey from starting behind the wheel of a humble starter car after the more stripped-back, multiplayer-focussed Gran Turismo Sport....

All-Seeing Eyes is a mission story that you can do in Hitman 3‘s Chongqing level/End of an Era. You’ll be able to eliminate both targets, Hush and Imogen Royce, which makes Impulse Control and Certainty Principle moot. Following the objectives here also leads to fairly easy Silent Assassin Suit Only (SASO) and Sniper Assassin completions. Note: For more information, check out our Hitman 3 Chongqing/End of an Era guide, as well as our guides and features hub....

The Tour is a fun mission story that takes place in Hitman 3’s Mendoza level/The Farewell mission. It’s “fun” because of all the possible assassination challenges that you can complete in a single run. Oh, and it also leads to a secret mission story at the end. Here’s our guide to help you out. Note: For more information, check out our Hitman 3 Mendoza/The Farewell guide, as well as our guides and features hub....

In this world of next-gen systems, high definition graphics, motion controls, and frame rates that would blow our pong-playing parents’ minds, flash games remain a strong component of games being played worldwide. It’s hard to find someone who has never played an online flash game - and had a good time doing it at that. While speaking recently at Game Connect Asia Pacific, David Edery, former head of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade spoke about the nature of videogame markets, and how free-to-play flash games manage to break the mold in increasingly significant ways....

Collect Toy Biplanes at Condo Canyon, Greasy Grove or Sleep Sound locations is one of the Winterfest challenges in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1. These challenges, which are of course Christmas-themed, are only available for a limited time. Thankfully for these tasks, which include the activity to warm yourself at the Yule Log in the Cozy Lodge, the rollout happens gradually, which means that you don’t have to worry about all of them at once....

With Epic Games releasing a custom player skin in Fortnite modeled after Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the obvious question is who will be receiving the same star treatment next. Given how influential Ninja has been in Fortnite on Twitch and now Mixer, the obvious answer would be other popular content creators, but there is likely also room for the World Champion as well. Readers who keep up with Fortnite news might notice that Pokimane is absent from the list below, and that is because there is already a large chance that she is having a skin added to the game in the near future....

Fortnite Season 5 is officially underway, and Epic Games is switching up the formula yet again for how to enjoy the game. This season introduces the concept of bounty hunting to the game as you may have noticed by the obvious Mandalorian skin headlining the adverts. It’s pretty cool, really, but it’s not immediately obvious how to take up Bounties in the game or understand how they work. This guide has you covered though, and you’ll be completing Bounties and rounding up all the scum and villainy in Fortnite in no time....

Fortnite is a 2017 released, free-to-play online Battle Royale game where 100 players compete to be the last one standing. The Epic Games released battle royale has garnered huge praise since then and has been launched for numerous platforms like Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, and Android. If you have been a Fortnite player for some time, you will be aware of the different Clans that exist in the community. Many of the famous Twitch and YouTube streamers are parts of such clans....

Fortnite Chapter 2 came with a new fishing feature, with which players are able to haul out a Mythic Goldfish that will eliminate players in one hit (via GameSpot). The new world is a watery one, and offers motorboats, swimming, and fishing features for the new and established battle royale players. Fortnite Chapter 2 also introduced an overhauled Battle Pass which uses an achievement-style system to award experience points and a new loading screen....